Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-5

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

Major diameter

Thread pitch

Lead

Series of thread

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

Half section

Full section

Symmetric section

Quarter section

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

Enter 3 for the length of the line

Insure that Ortho is on

Pull the line from away from the starting point very carefully

Read the coordinate position on the Dynamic Readout

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

Quick dim and linear

Linear and continuous

Baseline and linear

Baseline and continuous

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

Zero

Hatch

Hidden line

Center line

6. Elevation drawings will include information about ________.

Window style

Siding

All of these

Roof pitch

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

Roof pitch angles

All of these

Finished floor elevations

Roof overhangs

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

Architectural

Decimal

Metric

Fractional

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

Isometric

Mechanical

Architectural working

All of the above

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

Phantom

Center

Hidden

Dashed

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11. The site plan illustrates _________.

The floor plan

Where the garage and driveway are located

The roof plan

Where the house sits on the property

12. 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

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

Broken out

Half

Whole

Revolved

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

All fasteners

Bolts

Thin parts

Rivets

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

Choose various line types

Control the accuracy of the drawing

Produce a visible grid system

Select a different text style

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

Broken out

Half

Whole

All of these

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

Dimensioned size

Basic size

Production size

Actual size

18. Architectural dimensioning is usually done in ________.

Feet only

Inches only

Even numbers

Feet and inches

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

2 : 1

1 : 4

1 : 1

1 : 2

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

Computer-aided manufacturing

Computer-aided prototyping

Computer-aided engineering

Computer-aided design

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

Sheet number

Line type

Layer set

All of these

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

Paper space

The PDF file

The Finished plot

Model space

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

Angular

Transverse

Filleted

Straight

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

Floor plan

Foundation

Site plan

All of these

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

All of these

Z-axis

Y-axis

X-axis

26. 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

Set the layer to Defpoints

See the entire bounding area to hatch

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

Internal thread

External thread

Major diameter thread

Basic thread

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

Elevations

Building section

Foundation

Floor plan

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

Size of the sheet

Scale factor

Designer's intent

None of these

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

Poly line

Center line

Dimension line

Hatch line

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

Engineering change orders

Product proposals

Document reviews

Development plans

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

None of the above

Sidewalk

Plumbing drain lines

Roof overhang

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

Add

Attach

Form

Union

34. 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

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

Residential

Commercial

Aerospace

Publicly funded

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

Windows

Door openings and walls

Centers of cabinets

All of these

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

Removed section

Half section

Revolved section

Quarter section

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

Half section

Revolved section

Removed section

Broken-out section

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

Pitch

Crest

Root

Lead

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

Double-line

Centerline piping

Single-line

Standard piping

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

Broken out

Full

Half

Quarter

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

Extension

Leader

Center

Dimension

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

Solid ground curing

Fused deposition modeling

Selective laser sintering

Stereo lithography apparatus

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

Line

Circle

Polyline

Ellipse

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