Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-5

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

Broken out

Whole

Half

All of these

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

Whole

Revolved

Half

Broken out

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

Phantom

Dashed

Hidden

Center

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

Bolts

All fasteners

Thin parts

Rivets

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

Paper space

The Finished plot

Model space

The PDF file

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

Basic size

Actual size

Dimensioned size

Production size

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

Floor plan

Foundation

Site plan

All of these

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

Set the layer to Defpoints

See the entire bounding area to hatch

Set Ortho on

Turn ISO grid off

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

Union

Form

Add

Attach

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

Floor plan

Foundation

Building section

Elevations

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

Computer-aided design

Computer-aided prototyping

Computer-aided manufacturing

Computer-aided engineering

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

Water and steam

Gas and soil

Soil and waste

Water and gas

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

Ellipse

Polyline

Circle

Line

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

Baseline and continuous

Baseline and linear

Linear and continuous

Quick dim and linear

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

Engineering change orders

Product proposals

Document reviews

Development plans

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

Series of thread

Major diameter

Thread pitch

Lead

17. Architectural dimensioning is usually done in ________.

Inches only

Feet and inches

Even numbers

Feet only

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

Center

Dimension

Leader

Extension

19. Elevation drawings will include information about ________.

All of these

Window style

Siding

Roof pitch

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

Center line

Hatch line

Dimension line

Poly line

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

Plumbing drain lines

Roof overhang

Sidewalk

None of the above

22. The site plan illustrates _________.

The roof plan

Where the garage and driveway are located

The floor plan

Where the house sits on the property

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

Fused deposition modeling

Selective laser sintering

Stereo lithography apparatus

Solid ground curing

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

Hidden line

Center line

Hatch

Zero

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

Isometric

Mechanical

Architectural working

All of the above

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

Layer set

Sheet number

All of these

Line type

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

Major diameter thread

Internal thread

External thread

Basic thread

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

Lead

Pitch

Crest

Root

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

Quarter

Full

Half

Broken out

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

Full section

Quarter section

Half section

Symmetric section

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

1 : 4

2 : 1

1 : 1

1 : 2

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

All of these

Centers of cabinets

Door openings and walls

Windows

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

Finished floor elevations

All of these

Roof pitch angles

Roof overhangs

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

Single-line

Double-line

Standard piping

Centerline piping

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

Angular

Transverse

Filleted

Straight

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

Y-axis

Z-axis

All of these

X-axis

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

Metric

Fractional

Architectural

Decimal

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

Copy

None of these

Explode

Offset

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

Aerospace

Commercial

Residential

Publicly funded

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

Designer's intent

Size of the sheet

None of these

Scale factor

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

Removed section

Revolved section

Quarter section

Half section

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

Choose various line types

Control the accuracy of the drawing

Select a different text style

Produce a visible grid system

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

Insure that Ortho is on

Read the coordinate position on the Dynamic Readout

Pull the line from away from the starting point very carefully

Enter 3 for the length of the line

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

Revolved section

Removed section

Broken-out section

Half section

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