Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-5

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1. The architectural and construction industries use the United States National CAD standard (NCS) system on many ________ projects.

Publicly funded

Residential

Aerospace

Commercial

2. On a floor plan the dashed line that appears approximately 24" outside the exterior wall represents the ________.

Plumbing drain lines

None of the above

Sidewalk

Roof overhang

3. A line with a tapering width can be easily created by using the ________ tool.

Polyline

Circle

Ellipse

Line

4. This allows the performance of structures to be analyzed and tested efficiently, accurately, and quickly:

Computer-aided prototyping

Computer-aided engineering

Computer-aided manufacturing

Computer-aided design

5. The standard number of threads per inch for various diameters is the:

Series of thread

Major diameter

Thread pitch

Lead

6. If designs require changes, they should be documented with:

Document reviews

Development plans

Product proposals

Engineering change orders

7. To avoid having to dimension to a hidden feature the drafter can utilize a ________ section.

Half

All of these

Broken out

Whole

8. The building construction industry relies on sets of ________ drawings to construct homes and commercial buildings.

Isometric

All of the above

Architectural working

Mechanical

9. Understanding the Cartesian coordinate system will help the beginning drafter __________.

Select a different text style

Produce a visible grid system

Choose various line types

Control the accuracy of the drawing

10. In an assembly section, these parts should have their section lines left out or shown solid black:

All fasteners

Rivets

Thin parts

Bolts

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11. Dimensions are used on the elevation plan to describe ________.

Finished floor elevations

Roof pitch angles

All of these

Roof overhangs

12. The UCS icon represents the intersection of the __________.

All of these

Z-axis

Y-axis

X-axis

13. When dimensioning architectural drawings architects will utilize both ________ and ________ options.

Baseline and continuous

Linear and continuous

Quick dim and linear

Baseline and linear

14. The architectural drafter usually begins a set of working drawings by creating the ________ plan first.

Floor plan

Elevations

Foundation

Building section

15. The Auto-CAD command used to combine two or more primitive shapes into a single complex 3-dimensional model is ________.

Union

Add

Attach

Form

16. A full scale technical drawing will have a scale factor of ________.

2 : 1

1 : 4

1 : 2

1 : 1

17. In this type of section, one quarter of the object is removed:

Revolved section

Half section

Quarter section

Removed section

18. This is the bottom surface joining the sides of two adjacent threads:

Crest

Root

Lead

Pitch

19. This type of rapid prototyping system uses a laser to fuse powdered metals, plastics, or ceramics:

Stereo lithography apparatus

Solid ground curing

Selective laser sintering

Fused deposition modeling

20. These types of pipes are generally connected with bell and spigot joints or flanged joints:

Soil and waste

Gas and soil

Water and steam

Water and gas

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21. When filling an area with a hatch pattern in Auto-CAD the drafter needs to be able to ________.

Turn ISO grid off

Set the layer to Defpoints

Set Ortho on

See the entire bounding area to hatch

22. In an exploded assembly drawing it is customary for the drafter to use a ________ line to illustrate how parts fit together.

Center

Phantom

Dashed

Hidden

23. When using versions of Auto-CAD prior to Release 2006 it may be necessary to ________ a block in order to edit it.

None of these

Copy

Explode

Offset

24. Architectural dimensioning is usually done in ________.

Even numbers

Feet only

Feet and inches

Inches only

25. This type of section is limited by a break line:

Removed section

Broken-out section

Half section

Revolved section

26. There should be a visible gap between the wall and the _________ line.

Dimension

Extension

Leader

Center

27. The title block used on working drawings should include the _________.

Sheet number

Line type

Layer set

All of these

28. When only a small section of an interior area needs to be revealed the drafter can use a ________ section.

Half

Broken out

Quarter

Full

29. This is the measured size of a finished part:

Production size

Basic size

Actual size

Dimensioned size

30. This type of thread is a thread on the inside of a member:

Internal thread

Basic thread

Major diameter thread

External thread

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31. Architectural dimensioning standards allow for the placement of dimensions inside the floor plan. These inside dimensions locate interior __________.

All of these

Door openings and walls

Centers of cabinets

Windows

32. The foundation contractor will work with the following architectural plans.

Foundation

Floor plan

All of these

Site plan

33. Objects that are symmetric can be shown effectively using this type of section:

Quarter section

Symmetric section

Half section

Full section

34. When setting up a mechanical drawing in Auto-CAD the drafter should set the units to ________.

Metric

Decimal

Fractional

Architectural

35. Elevation drawings will include information about ________.

Siding

Window style

All of these

Roof pitch

36. This type of drawing shows two lines representing the pipe diameter:

Centerline piping

Single-line

Standard piping

Double-line

37. When dimensioning piping drawings, you give the lengths of all runs of this type:

Transverse

Straight

Angular

Filleted

38. When creating your own blocks it is important to avoid drawing any portion of the block in the ________ layer.

Center line

Hidden line

Zero

Hatch

39. When using the direct entry method to create a horizontal line exactly three inches long the drafter should ________ first.

Enter 3 for the length of the line

Insure that Ortho is on

Pull the line from away from the starting point very carefully

Read the coordinate position on the Dynamic Readout

40. By using a ________ section of a cylindrical mechanical part the drafter should be able to show only one view of the part.

Revolved

Whole

Half

Broken out

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41. The site plan illustrates _________.

The roof plan

The floor plan

Where the garage and driveway are located

Where the house sits on the property

42. Drafters should use a ________ in a section view of a mechanical part that includes the cylindrical view of a threaded hole.

Poly line

Center line

Dimension line

Hatch line

43. One critical issue drafters need to pay close attention to is the ________.

None of these

Scale factor

Designer's intent

Size of the sheet

44. The dimension text size is determined by what the architect deems necessary in _________.

Model space

The Finished plot

The PDF file

Paper space

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