Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-5

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

Ellipse

Line

Circle

Polyline

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

1 : 4

1 : 1

1 : 2

2 : 1

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

Centers of cabinets

Windows

All of these

Door openings and walls

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

Poly line

Hatch line

Center line

Dimension line

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

Product proposals

Document reviews

Development plans

Engineering change orders

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

Half

Broken out

Quarter

Full

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

Lead

Thread pitch

Series of thread

Major diameter

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

Hidden

Dashed

Center

Phantom

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

Elevations

Building section

Floor plan

Foundation

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

Baseline and continuous

Quick dim and linear

Linear and continuous

Baseline and linear

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

Basic thread

External thread

Major diameter thread

Internal thread

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

Centerline piping

Double-line

Standard piping

Single-line

13. 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

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

Computer-aided design

Computer-aided engineering

Computer-aided manufacturing

Computer-aided prototyping

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

The Finished plot

Model space

Paper space

The PDF file

16. Elevation drawings will include information about ________.

Siding

Window style

All of these

Roof pitch

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

Pull the line from away from the starting point very carefully

Insure that Ortho is on

Enter 3 for the length of the line

Read the coordinate position on the Dynamic Readout

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

Center

Leader

Dimension

Extension

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

Turn ISO grid off

Set Ortho on

See the entire bounding area to hatch

Set the layer to Defpoints

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

Form

Attach

Union

Add

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

Angular

Straight

Transverse

Filleted

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

Water and gas

Soil and waste

Gas and soil

Water and steam

23. 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

24. The site plan illustrates _________.

Where the house sits on the property

The floor plan

The roof plan

Where the garage and driveway are located

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

Removed section

Quarter section

Half section

Revolved section

26. 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

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

Half section

Broken-out section

Revolved section

Removed section

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

Plumbing drain lines

Roof overhang

None of the above

Sidewalk

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

Designer's intent

Scale factor

None of these

Size of the sheet

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

Foundation

Floor plan

All of these

Site plan

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

Pitch

Crest

Root

Lead

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

Full section

Symmetric section

Quarter section

Half section

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

Z-axis

X-axis

Y-axis

All of these

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

Mechanical

Architectural working

Isometric

All of the above

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

Whole

All of these

Broken out

Half

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

Rivets

All fasteners

Thin parts

Bolts

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

Roof pitch angles

Finished floor elevations

Roof overhangs

All of these

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

Dimensioned size

Basic size

Production size

Actual size

39. Architectural dimensioning is usually done in ________.

Feet and inches

Inches only

Even numbers

Feet only

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

Half

Revolved

Whole

Broken out

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41. 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

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

Publicly funded

Aerospace

Residential

Commercial

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

Layer set

Sheet number

All of these

Line type

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

Decimal

Architectural

Metric

Fractional

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