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

Half

Whole

All of these

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

Form

Add

Union

Attach

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

Decimal

Fractional

Metric

Architectural

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

Foundation

Floor plan

All of these

Site plan

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

Roof overhangs

Finished floor elevations

Roof pitch angles

All of these

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

Major diameter thread

Internal thread

Basic thread

External thread

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

All of the above

Mechanical

Architectural working

Isometric

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

X-axis

Z-axis

All of these

Y-axis

9. Elevation drawings will include information about ________.

Siding

All of these

Window style

Roof pitch

10. 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

Offset

Explode

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

Center line

Poly line

Dimension line

Hatch line

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

Straight

Filleted

Transverse

Angular

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

Sidewalk

None of the above

Plumbing drain lines

Roof overhang

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

Control the accuracy of the drawing

Choose various line types

Select a different text style

Produce a visible grid system

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

Set Ortho on

Turn ISO grid off

See the entire bounding area to hatch

Set the layer to Defpoints

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

Residential

Aerospace

Publicly funded

Commercial

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

Revolved section

Broken-out section

Half section

Removed section

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

1 : 2

2 : 1

1 : 4

1 : 1

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

The Finished plot

Model space

The PDF file

Paper space

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

Centers of cabinets

Door openings and walls

Windows

All of these

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

Quick dim and linear

Baseline and linear

Linear and continuous

Baseline and continuous

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

Insure that Ortho is on

Enter 3 for the length of the line

Read the coordinate position on the Dynamic Readout

Pull the line from away from the starting point very carefully

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

Selective laser sintering

Fused deposition modeling

Stereo lithography apparatus

Solid ground curing

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

All of these

Sheet number

Line type

Layer set

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

Hidden line

Hatch

Zero

Center line

26. Architectural dimensioning is usually done in ________.

Feet and inches

Even numbers

Feet only

Inches only

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

Engineering change orders

Development plans

Product proposals

Document reviews

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

Basic size

Dimensioned size

Actual size

Production size

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

Circle

Polyline

Line

Ellipse

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

Pitch

Root

Crest

Lead

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

Rivets

All fasteners

Bolts

Thin parts

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

Water and gas

Water and steam

Gas and soil

Soil and waste

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

Quarter

Half

Broken out

Full

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

Series of thread

Thread pitch

Lead

Major diameter

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

Double-line

Centerline piping

Single-line

Standard piping

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

Center

Dimension

Extension

Leader

37. 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

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

Floor plan

Elevations

Building section

Foundation

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

Computer-aided prototyping

Computer-aided design

Computer-aided manufacturing

Computer-aided engineering

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

Full section

Symmetric section

Half section

Quarter section

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41. The site plan illustrates _________.

The floor plan

Where the house sits on the property

Where the garage and driveway are located

The roof plan

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

Scale factor

Size of the sheet

Designer's intent

None of these

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

Hidden

Center

Phantom

Dashed

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

Removed section

Half section

Revolved section

Quarter section

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