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. 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

Copy

Explode

Offset

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

Thin parts

All fasteners

Rivets

Bolts

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

Roof overhangs

Finished floor elevations

All of these

Roof pitch angles

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

Document reviews

Product proposals

Development plans

Engineering change orders

6. 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

Half

Revolved

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

Internal thread

Major diameter thread

External thread

Basic thread

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

Select a different text style

Control the accuracy of the drawing

Choose various line types

Produce a visible grid system

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

Broken-out section

Half section

Removed section

Revolved section

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

Add

Form

Union

Attach

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

None of these

Size of the sheet

Designer's intent

Scale factor

12. Elevation drawings will include information about ________.

All of these

Window style

Roof pitch

Siding

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

1 : 4

1 : 2

2 : 1

1 : 1

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

Solid ground curing

Stereo lithography apparatus

Selective laser sintering

Fused deposition modeling

15. 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

Dimension line

Center line

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

Full section

Half section

Quarter section

Symmetric section

17. 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

18. The site plan illustrates _________.

The floor plan

Where the house sits on the property

The roof plan

Where the garage and driveway are located

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

All of these

Centers of cabinets

Door openings and walls

Windows

20. Architectural dimensioning is usually done in ________.

Feet and inches

Inches only

Feet only

Even numbers

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

Circle

Ellipse

Polyline

Line

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

Foundation

All of these

Site plan

Floor plan

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

Water and steam

Gas and soil

Soil and waste

Water and gas

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

Read the coordinate position on the Dynamic Readout

Enter 3 for the length of the line

Insure that Ortho is on

Pull the line from away from the starting point very carefully

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

Paper space

The PDF file

Model space

The Finished plot

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

Leader

Dimension

Center

Extension

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

Lead

Crest

Pitch

Root

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

Elevations

Floor plan

Building section

Foundation

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

Linear and continuous

Baseline and linear

Quick dim and linear

Baseline and continuous

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

Y-axis

Z-axis

All of these

X-axis

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

Half

All of these

Broken out

Whole

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

Sheet number

All of these

Layer set

Line type

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

Centerline piping

Single-line

Double-line

Standard piping

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

Computer-aided prototyping

Computer-aided manufacturing

Computer-aided engineering

Computer-aided design

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

Metric

Decimal

Fractional

Architectural

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

Architectural working

Mechanical

Isometric

All of the above

37. 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

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

Filleted

Angular

Straight

Transverse

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

Aerospace

Commercial

Residential

Publicly funded

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

Full

Quarter

Half

Broken out

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

Removed section

Half section

Revolved section

Quarter section

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

Phantom

Hidden

Center

Dashed

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

Actual size

Basic size

Dimensioned size

Production size

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

Center line

Hidden line

Hatch

Zero

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