Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-5

June 5, 2021

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

Offset

None of these

Explode

Copy

2. 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

3. The site plan illustrates _________.

The floor plan

Where the garage and driveway are located

Where the house sits on the property

The roof plan

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

All of these

X-axis

Y-axis

Z-axis

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

Double-line

Single-line

Standard piping

Centerline piping

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

Commercial

Publicly funded

Residential

Aerospace

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

All of these

Site plan

Foundation

Floor plan

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

Size of the sheet

None of these

Designer's intent

Scale factor

9. Architectural dimensioning is usually done in ________.

Feet only

Inches only

Feet and inches

Even numbers

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

Lead

Series of thread

Thread pitch

Major diameter

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

Dashed

Hidden

Center

Phantom

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

Circle

Line

Polyline

Ellipse

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

Transverse

Filleted

Angular

Straight

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

Basic size

Actual size

Production size

Dimensioned size

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

Add

Form

Attach

Union

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

Computer-aided design

Computer-aided engineering

Computer-aided prototyping

Computer-aided manufacturing

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

Finished floor elevations

Roof pitch angles

Roof overhangs

All of these

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

Selective laser sintering

Fused deposition modeling

Solid ground curing

Stereo lithography apparatus

19. 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

Pull the line from away from the starting point very carefully

Enter 3 for the length of the line

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

Thin parts

Bolts

Rivets

All fasteners

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

Control the accuracy of the drawing

Produce a visible grid system

Choose various line types

Select a different text style

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

Water and gas

Gas and soil

Soil and waste

Water and steam

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

Hidden line

Center line

Zero

Hatch

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

Development plans

Document reviews

Engineering change orders

Product proposals

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

Centers of cabinets

All of these

Door openings and walls

Windows

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

Leader

Dimension

Extension

Center

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

All of the above

Isometric

Architectural working

Mechanical

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

Layer set

Sheet number

Line type

All of these

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

Linear and continuous

Baseline and continuous

Baseline and linear

Quick dim and linear

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

Removed section

Broken-out section

Half section

Revolved section

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

Broken out

Full

Quarter

Half

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

Model space

The PDF file

Paper space

The Finished plot

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

Floor plan

Foundation

Elevations

Building section

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

Set the layer to Defpoints

Turn ISO grid off

Set Ortho on

See the entire bounding area to hatch

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

Lead

Pitch

Crest

Root

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

Revolved section

Removed section

Half section

Quarter section

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

All of these

Whole

Broken out

Half

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

Internal thread

External thread

Major diameter thread

Basic thread

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

Decimal

Fractional

Architectural

Metric

40. 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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41. Elevation drawings will include information about ________.

All of these

Siding

Window style

Roof pitch

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

2 : 1

1 : 2

1 : 1

1 : 4

43. 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

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

Half section

Quarter section

Full section

Symmetric section

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