Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-5

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

Revolved section

Quarter section

Removed section

Half section

2. Elevation drawings will include information about ________.

Window style

Roof pitch

Siding

All of these

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

Stereo lithography apparatus

Solid ground curing

Fused deposition modeling

Selective laser sintering

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

Bolts

Rivets

Thin parts

All fasteners

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

Zero

Hatch

Center line

Hidden line

7. 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

Enter 3 for the length of the line

Pull the line from away from the starting point very carefully

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

None of the above

Plumbing drain lines

Sidewalk

Roof overhang

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

Attach

Union

Form

Add

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

Internal thread

Basic thread

External thread

Major diameter thread

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

Windows

Centers of cabinets

Door openings and walls

All of these

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

Metric

Fractional

Decimal

Architectural

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

Dimensioned size

Basic size

Production size

Actual size

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

Half

Whole

Broken out

Revolved

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

Circle

Line

Polyline

Ellipse

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

Half section

Quarter section

Full section

Symmetric section

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

Development plans

Product proposals

Document reviews

Engineering change orders

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

Broken-out section

Removed section

Half section

Revolved section

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

Layer set

Sheet number

All of these

Line type

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

Single-line

Centerline piping

Double-line

Standard piping

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

Leader

Dimension

Center

Extension

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

Architectural working

All of the above

Isometric

Mechanical

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

Z-axis

All of these

X-axis

Y-axis

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

Lead

Root

Pitch

Crest

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

Baseline and continuous

Linear and continuous

Baseline and linear

Quick dim and linear

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

Center line

Dimension line

Hatch line

Poly line

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

Transverse

Straight

Filleted

Angular

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

Foundation

All of these

Site plan

Floor plan

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

Soil and waste

Water and steam

Gas and soil

Water and gas

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

Produce a visible grid system

Choose various line types

Select a different text style

Control the accuracy of the drawing

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

Computer-aided manufacturing

Computer-aided design

Computer-aided prototyping

Computer-aided engineering

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

Commercial

Residential

Aerospace

Publicly funded

33. The site plan illustrates _________.

Where the house sits on the property

Where the garage and driveway are located

The roof plan

The floor plan

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

Set Ortho on

See the entire bounding area to hatch

Set the layer to Defpoints

Turn ISO grid off

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

None of these

Scale factor

Size of the sheet

Designer's intent

36. 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

Offset

Explode

Copy

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

Quarter

Full

Half

Broken out

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

Elevations

Building section

Foundation

Floor plan

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

Roof overhangs

All of these

Roof pitch angles

Finished floor elevations

40. Architectural dimensioning is usually done in ________.

Even numbers

Feet only

Inches only

Feet and inches

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

All of these

Whole

Broken out

Half

42. 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

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

1 : 2

1 : 1

1 : 4

2 : 1

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

Thread pitch

Series of thread

Lead

Major diameter

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