Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-5

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

Thin parts

All fasteners

Rivets

Bolts

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

Elevations

Foundation

Building section

Floor plan

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

Designer's intent

Size of the sheet

None of these

Scale factor

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

Roof pitch angles

Finished floor elevations

Roof overhangs

All of these

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

Insure that Ortho is on

Pull the line from away from the starting point very carefully

Read the coordinate position on the Dynamic Readout

6. 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

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

Fractional

Metric

Architectural

Decimal

8. 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

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

Publicly funded

Aerospace

Commercial

Residential

10. 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

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

Computer-aided manufacturing

Computer-aided design

Computer-aided engineering

Computer-aided prototyping

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

Crest

Root

Lead

Pitch

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

Center

Phantom

Dashed

Hidden

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

Basic size

Production size

Dimensioned size

Actual size

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

Leader

Center

Dimension

Extension

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

Layer set

Line type

Sheet number

All of these

17. The site plan illustrates _________.

The floor plan

Where the house sits on the property

Where the garage and driveway are located

The roof plan

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

Angular

Transverse

Straight

Filleted

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

Fused deposition modeling

Solid ground curing

Selective laser sintering

Stereo lithography apparatus

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

Basic thread

Internal thread

Major diameter thread

External thread

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

Choose various line types

Select a different text style

Control the accuracy of the drawing

Produce a visible grid system

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

Half section

Symmetric section

Quarter section

Full section

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

Zero

Center line

Hidden line

Hatch

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

Major diameter

Thread pitch

Lead

Series of thread

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

Baseline and linear

Quick dim and linear

Baseline and continuous

Linear and continuous

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

Polyline

Circle

Ellipse

Line

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

Revolved section

Half section

Removed section

Broken-out section

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

Floor plan

All of these

Site plan

Foundation

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

Model space

The Finished plot

The PDF file

Paper space

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

Quarter section

Revolved section

Half section

Removed section

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31. Architectural dimensioning is usually done in ________.

Even numbers

Feet only

Inches only

Feet and inches

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

Dimension line

Poly line

Center line

Hatch line

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

Half

Whole

All of these

Broken out

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

Document reviews

Product proposals

Engineering change orders

Development plans

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

Sidewalk

Plumbing drain lines

Roof overhang

None of the above

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

1 : 4

2 : 1

1 : 1

1 : 2

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

Add

Form

Union

Attach

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

All of these

Y-axis

X-axis

Z-axis

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

All of the above

Isometric

Architectural working

Mechanical

40. Elevation drawings will include information about ________.

Siding

Roof pitch

All of these

Window style

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

Centerline piping

Standard piping

Double-line

Single-line

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

Centers of cabinets

All of these

Door openings and walls

Windows

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

Full

Quarter

Broken out

Half

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

Water and steam

Gas and soil

Water and gas

Soil and waste

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