Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-5

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

Dimension

Extension

Center

Leader

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

Floor plan

All of these

Site plan

Foundation

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

1 : 2

2 : 1

1 : 1

1 : 4

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

Stereo lithography apparatus

Solid ground curing

Fused deposition modeling

Selective laser sintering

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

Actual size

Dimensioned size

Basic size

Production size

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

Major diameter

Series of thread

Thread pitch

Lead

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

Bolts

All fasteners

Thin parts

Rivets

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

Development plans

Document reviews

Product proposals

Engineering change orders

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

Removed section

Half section

Quarter section

Revolved section

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

Half section

Revolved section

Broken-out section

Removed section

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

Add

Attach

Form

Union

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

Computer-aided prototyping

Computer-aided design

Computer-aided engineering

Computer-aided manufacturing

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

Floor plan

Foundation

Building section

Elevations

14. 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

Hatch line

Dimension line

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

Size of the sheet

None of these

Designer's intent

Scale factor

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

Residential

Commercial

Aerospace

Publicly funded

17. 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

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

Roof pitch angles

Finished floor elevations

Roof overhangs

All of these

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

Double-line

Centerline piping

Single-line

Standard piping

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

Roof overhang

Plumbing drain lines

None of the above

Sidewalk

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21. Architectural dimensioning is usually done in ________.

Inches only

Feet and inches

Feet only

Even numbers

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

Half

Full

Quarter

Broken out

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

Broken out

Half

Whole

All of these

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

Quick dim and linear

Linear and continuous

Baseline and continuous

Baseline and linear

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

Control the accuracy of the drawing

Choose various line types

Produce a visible grid system

Select a different text style

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

Metric

Fractional

Decimal

Architectural

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

Filleted

Angular

Transverse

Straight

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

All of the above

Architectural working

Mechanical

Isometric

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

Windows

Centers of cabinets

Door openings and walls

All of these

30. The site plan illustrates _________.

The floor plan

Where the garage and driveway are located

The roof plan

Where the house sits on the property

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

Pitch

Lead

Root

Crest

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

Sheet number

Layer set

Line type

All of these

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

Polyline

Line

Circle

Ellipse

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

Paper space

Model space

The Finished plot

The PDF file

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

Set Ortho on

Set the layer to Defpoints

Turn ISO grid off

See the entire bounding area to hatch

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

Offset

None of these

Explode

Copy

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

Half

Broken out

Revolved

Whole

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

Zero

Hidden line

Hatch

Center line

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

X-axis

All of these

Y-axis

Z-axis

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

Symmetric section

Full section

Quarter section

Half section

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41. Elevation drawings will include information about ________.

All of these

Siding

Window style

Roof pitch

42. 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

Insure that Ortho is on

Enter 3 for the length of the line

Pull the line from away from the starting point very carefully

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

Center

Dashed

Hidden

Phantom

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

Internal thread

External thread

Major diameter thread

Basic thread

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