Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-5

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

Union

Attach

Add

Form

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

Polyline

Line

Ellipse

Circle

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

Copy

Offset

None of these

Explode

4. The site plan illustrates _________.

Where the house sits on the property

Where the garage and driveway are located

The roof plan

The floor plan

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

Floor plan

All of these

Site plan

Foundation

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

Series of thread

Lead

Thread pitch

Major diameter

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

Half

Revolved

Broken out

Whole

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

Centerline piping

Standard piping

Single-line

Double-line

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

Quick dim and linear

Linear and continuous

Baseline and continuous

Baseline and linear

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

Architectural working

Mechanical

All of the above

Isometric

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

Elevations

Foundation

Floor plan

Building section

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

2 : 1

1 : 4

1 : 1

1 : 2

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

Half section

Revolved section

Removed section

Broken-out section

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

Model space

Paper space

The PDF file

The Finished plot

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

Hatch

Zero

Hidden line

Center line

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

Half section

Symmetric section

Quarter section

Full section

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

Filleted

Transverse

Angular

Straight

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

Windows

Door openings and walls

Centers of cabinets

All of these

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

Dashed

Hidden

Phantom

Center

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

Designer's intent

None of these

Size of the sheet

Scale factor

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

All of these

Z-axis

Y-axis

X-axis

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

Read the coordinate position on the Dynamic Readout

Insure that Ortho is on

Enter 3 for the length of the line

Pull the line from away from the starting point very carefully

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

Removed section

Quarter section

Revolved section

Half section

24. Architectural dimensioning is usually done in ________.

Inches only

Feet and inches

Feet only

Even numbers

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

See the entire bounding area to hatch

Set the layer to Defpoints

Set Ortho on

Turn ISO grid off

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

Fractional

Decimal

Architectural

Metric

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

Roof pitch angles

Finished floor elevations

All of these

Roof overhangs

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

Aerospace

Commercial

Publicly funded

Residential

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

Sidewalk

Roof overhang

Plumbing drain lines

None of the above

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

Bolts

All fasteners

Thin parts

Rivets

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

Stereo lithography apparatus

Fused deposition modeling

Selective laser sintering

Solid ground curing

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

Broken out

Whole

Half

All of these

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

Sheet number

Layer set

Line type

All of these

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

Computer-aided prototyping

Computer-aided engineering

Computer-aided design

Computer-aided manufacturing

35. Elevation drawings will include information about ________.

Window style

Siding

Roof pitch

All of these

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

Center

Extension

Dimension

Leader

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

Pitch

Crest

Root

Lead

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

Development plans

Engineering change orders

Product proposals

Document reviews

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

Broken out

Full

Quarter

Half

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

Choose various line types

Select a different text style

Control the accuracy of the drawing

Produce a visible grid system

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

Production size

Actual size

Basic size

Dimensioned size

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

External thread

Basic thread

Major diameter thread

Internal thread

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

Gas and soil

Soil and waste

Water and gas

Water and steam

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

Dimension line

Hatch line

Center line

Poly line

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