Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-5

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

Pitch

Crest

Lead

Root

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

Revolved

Half

Broken out

Whole

3. 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

4. Elevation drawings will include information about ________.

Siding

Roof pitch

Window style

All of these

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

Dashed

Hidden

Phantom

Center

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

Floor plan

Site plan

Foundation

All of these

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

Quick dim and linear

Baseline and continuous

Linear and continuous

Baseline and linear

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

Product proposals

Development plans

Document reviews

Engineering change orders

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 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

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11. Architectural dimensioning is usually done in ________.

Even numbers

Inches only

Feet and inches

Feet only

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

1 : 2

1 : 4

2 : 1

1 : 1

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

Leader

Center

Extension

Dimension

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

All of these

Sheet number

Line type

Layer set

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

Roof overhang

Sidewalk

Plumbing drain lines

None of the above

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

Quarter section

Half section

Removed section

Revolved section

17. 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

Center line

Hatch line

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

Roof overhangs

All of these

Finished floor elevations

Roof pitch angles

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

Model space

Paper space

The PDF file

The Finished plot

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

Double-line

Single-line

Centerline piping

Standard piping

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

Residential

Publicly funded

Commercial

Aerospace

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

Mechanical

All of the above

Architectural working

Isometric

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

Polyline

Ellipse

Line

Circle

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

Floor plan

Foundation

Elevations

Building section

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

Major diameter thread

External thread

Basic thread

Internal thread

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

Metric

Architectural

Fractional

Decimal

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

Offset

Copy

None of these

Explode

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

Designer's intent

None of these

Scale factor

Size of the sheet

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

Actual size

Basic size

Production size

Dimensioned size

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

Z-axis

All of these

Y-axis

X-axis

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

Symmetric section

Full section

Half section

Quarter section

32. 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

Set the layer to Defpoints

Set Ortho on

Turn ISO grid off

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

Broken-out section

Removed section

Revolved section

Half section

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

Lead

Thread pitch

Series of thread

Major diameter

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

Hatch

Center line

Zero

Hidden line

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

Control the accuracy of the drawing

Choose various line types

Select a different text style

Produce a visible grid system

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

All fasteners

Rivets

Thin parts

Bolts

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

Angular

Transverse

Filleted

Straight

39. 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

40. The site plan illustrates _________.

The roof plan

Where the garage and driveway are located

The floor plan

Where the house sits on the property

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

Broken out

Whole

Half

All of these

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

Half

Quarter

Broken out

Full

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

All of these

Door openings and walls

Windows

Centers of cabinets

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

Water and steam

Water and gas

Soil and waste

Gas and soil

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