Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-5

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

Computer-aided design

Computer-aided prototyping

Computer-aided manufacturing

Computer-aided engineering

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

Center line

Hidden line

Zero

Hatch

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

Aerospace

Commercial

Publicly funded

Residential

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

Decimal

Architectural

Metric

Fractional

5. Architectural dimensioning is usually done in ________.

Feet and inches

Feet only

Even numbers

Inches only

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

Selective laser sintering

Fused deposition modeling

Stereo lithography apparatus

Solid ground curing

7. The site plan illustrates _________.

Where the garage and driveway are located

The floor plan

The roof plan

Where the house sits on the property

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

Elevations

Floor plan

Foundation

Building section

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

Line type

Layer set

Sheet number

All of these

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

The Finished plot

Model space

Paper space

The PDF file

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

Site plan

Foundation

Floor plan

All of these

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

Half section

Symmetric section

Quarter section

Full section

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

Insure that Ortho is on

Enter 3 for the length of the line

Read the coordinate position on the Dynamic Readout

Pull the line from away from the starting point very carefully

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

Poly line

Dimension line

Hatch line

Center line

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

Baseline and continuous

Linear and continuous

Quick dim and linear

Baseline and linear

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

Roof pitch angles

Finished floor elevations

Roof overhangs

All of these

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

Revolved section

Broken-out section

Half section

Removed section

18. 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

Copy

Explode

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

Revolved section

Removed section

Half section

Quarter section

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

Series of thread

Thread pitch

Major diameter

Lead

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

Standard piping

Centerline piping

Double-line

Single-line

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

Door openings and walls

Centers of cabinets

Windows

All of these

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

Designer's intent

None of these

Size of the sheet

Scale factor

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

See the entire bounding area to hatch

Turn ISO grid off

Set the layer to Defpoints

Set Ortho on

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

Sidewalk

None of the above

Roof overhang

Plumbing drain lines

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

Phantom

Center

Dashed

Hidden

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

Major diameter thread

Basic thread

External thread

Internal thread

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

Production size

Actual size

Basic size

Dimensioned size

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

All of these

Whole

Broken out

Half

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

Line

Polyline

Circle

Ellipse

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

Root

Pitch

Crest

Lead

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

Product proposals

Development plans

Document reviews

Engineering change orders

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

Transverse

Angular

Straight

Filleted

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

Thin parts

All fasteners

Rivets

Bolts

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

Architectural working

Mechanical

Isometric

All of the above

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

Whole

Broken out

Revolved

Half

37. 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

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

Union

Add

Attach

Form

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

X-axis

Y-axis

Z-axis

All of these

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

Water and steam

Soil and waste

Water and gas

Gas and soil

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41. Elevation drawings will include information about ________.

Window style

All of these

Siding

Roof pitch

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

2 : 1

1 : 1

1 : 2

1 : 4

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

Broken out

Half

Full

Quarter

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

Leader

Dimension

Center

Extension

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