Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-5

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

Symmetric section

Quarter section

Half section

Full section

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

Zero

Hatch

Hidden line

Center line

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

Isometric

Architectural working

All of the above

Mechanical

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

Selective laser sintering

Solid ground curing

Stereo lithography apparatus

Fused deposition modeling

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

Angular

Transverse

Straight

Filleted

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

Dashed

Hidden

Center

Phantom

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

Revolved

Broken out

Half

Whole

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

Model space

The PDF file

Paper space

The Finished plot

9. Architectural dimensioning is usually done in ________.

Feet only

Inches only

Feet and inches

Even numbers

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

Single-line

Double-line

Centerline piping

Standard piping

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

Floor plan

All of these

Site plan

Foundation

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

Baseline and linear

Quick dim and linear

Baseline and continuous

Linear and continuous

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

Center line

Poly line

Dimension line

Hatch line

14. 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

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

Scale factor

Designer's intent

None of these

Size of the sheet

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

Document reviews

Engineering change orders

Development plans

Product proposals

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

Computer-aided manufacturing

Computer-aided prototyping

Computer-aided engineering

Computer-aided design

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

Publicly funded

Commercial

Residential

Aerospace

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

Line type

All of these

Layer set

Sheet number

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

Turn ISO grid off

See the entire bounding area to hatch

Set Ortho on

Set the layer to Defpoints

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

Explode

Copy

None of these

Offset

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

Architectural

Metric

Decimal

Fractional

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

Produce a visible grid system

Select a different text style

Control the accuracy of the drawing

Choose various line types

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

Crest

Lead

Root

Pitch

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

Attach

Form

Union

Add

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

Major diameter thread

Internal thread

External thread

Basic thread

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

All of these

Roof pitch angles

Roof overhangs

Finished floor elevations

28. 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

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

Extension

Center

Leader

Dimension

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

Basic size

Production size

Dimensioned size

Actual size

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

Lead

Thread pitch

Major diameter

Series of thread

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

All of these

Whole

Broken out

Half

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

Water and gas

Soil and waste

Gas and soil

Water and steam

34. The site plan illustrates _________.

The roof plan

Where the garage and driveway are located

The floor plan

Where the house sits on the property

35. 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

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

Broken-out section

Removed section

Revolved section

Half section

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

Half section

Removed section

Revolved section

Quarter section

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

1 : 4

1 : 2

1 : 1

2 : 1

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

Thin parts

Bolts

Rivets

All fasteners

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

Foundation

Elevations

Floor plan

Building section

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

Y-axis

All of these

Z-axis

X-axis

42. Elevation drawings will include information about ________.

Siding

Roof pitch

Window style

All of these

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

Ellipse

Circle

Polyline

Line

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

Broken out

Quarter

Full

Half

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