Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-5

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

Root

Lead

Pitch

Crest

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

Baseline and continuous

Linear and continuous

Baseline and linear

Quick dim and linear

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

Roof overhangs

Finished floor elevations

All of these

Roof pitch angles

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

All of these

Sheet number

Layer set

Line type

5. 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

Pull the line from away from the starting point very carefully

Read the coordinate position on the Dynamic Readout

Insure that Ortho is on

6. Architectural dimensioning is usually done in ________.

Feet and inches

Even numbers

Feet only

Inches only

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

All of these

Half

Broken out

Whole

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

Ellipse

Circle

Line

Polyline

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

Decimal

Fractional

Architectural

Metric

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

Center

Dashed

Phantom

Hidden

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

Turn ISO grid off

Set the layer to Defpoints

Set Ortho on

See the entire bounding area to hatch

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

Straight

Angular

Filleted

Transverse

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

Actual size

Production size

Basic size

Dimensioned size

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

Windows

Door openings and walls

All of these

Centers of cabinets

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

Soil and waste

Water and gas

Water and steam

Gas and soil

16. 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

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

Half

Broken out

Quarter

Full

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

1 : 2

1 : 4

1 : 1

2 : 1

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

Publicly funded

Commercial

Residential

Aerospace

20. 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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21. The UCS icon represents the intersection of the __________.

Z-axis

Y-axis

All of these

X-axis

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

Zero

Center line

Hatch

Hidden line

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

Isometric

Architectural working

Mechanical

All of the above

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

Form

Union

Attach

Add

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

Select a different text style

Choose various line types

Produce a visible grid system

Control the accuracy of the drawing

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

Foundation

Floor plan

All of these

Site plan

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

Scale factor

Size of the sheet

None of these

Designer's intent

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

Floor plan

Foundation

Elevations

Building section

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

Product proposals

Document reviews

Development plans

Engineering change orders

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

Computer-aided engineering

Computer-aided manufacturing

Computer-aided prototyping

Computer-aided design

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31. The site plan illustrates _________.

Where the garage and driveway are located

The floor plan

Where the house sits on the property

The roof plan

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

Centerline piping

Single-line

Double-line

Standard piping

33. 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

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

Removed section

Half section

Quarter section

Revolved section

35. Elevation drawings will include information about ________.

All of these

Roof pitch

Siding

Window style

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

Extension

Center

Leader

Dimension

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

Basic thread

External thread

Internal thread

Major diameter thread

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

Solid ground curing

Stereo lithography apparatus

Fused deposition modeling

Selective laser sintering

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

Broken-out section

Removed section

Revolved section

Half section

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

The Finished plot

The PDF file

Paper space

Model space

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

Major diameter

Lead

Series of thread

Thread pitch

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

Rivets

Bolts

Thin parts

All fasteners

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

Explode

None of these

Copy

Offset

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

Quarter section

Symmetric section

Full section

Half section

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