Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-5

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

Fused deposition modeling

Stereo lithography apparatus

Selective laser sintering

Solid ground curing

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

Series of thread

Lead

Thread pitch

Major diameter

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

Actual size

Basic size

Production size

Dimensioned size

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

Pull the line from away from the starting point very carefully

Insure that Ortho is on

Enter 3 for the length of the line

Read the coordinate position on the Dynamic Readout

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

Water and gas

Water and steam

Gas and soil

Soil and waste

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

Model space

The PDF file

The Finished plot

Paper space

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

Ellipse

Line

Polyline

Circle

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

All fasteners

Rivets

Bolts

Thin parts

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

Lead

Root

Crest

Pitch

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

Extension

Leader

Dimension

Center

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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 ________.

Form

Add

Union

Attach

12. The site plan illustrates _________.

Where the house sits on the property

Where the garage and driveway are located

The roof plan

The floor plan

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

Fractional

Decimal

Metric

Architectural

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

Half section

Removed section

Revolved section

Broken-out section

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

Roof overhang

None of the above

Sidewalk

Plumbing drain lines

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

Double-line

Centerline piping

Standard piping

Single-line

17. 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

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

Quarter section

Half section

Removed section

Revolved section

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

Foundation

Floor plan

All of these

Site plan

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

Product proposals

Engineering change orders

Development plans

Document reviews

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

2 : 1

1 : 2

1 : 1

1 : 4

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

Baseline and linear

Quick dim and linear

Baseline and continuous

Linear and continuous

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

Hidden line

Zero

Hatch

Center line

24. 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

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

Architectural working

All of the above

Isometric

Mechanical

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

Y-axis

All of these

X-axis

Z-axis

27. Architectural dimensioning is usually done in ________.

Inches only

Feet and inches

Feet only

Even numbers

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

Full section

Half section

Quarter section

Symmetric section

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

All of these

Half

Whole

Broken out

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

Center line

Dimension line

Poly line

Hatch line

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

Size of the sheet

None of these

Scale factor

Designer's intent

32. 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

Whole

Half

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

Broken out

Half

Full

Quarter

34. Elevation drawings will include information about ________.

Roof pitch

Window style

Siding

All of these

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

Building section

Foundation

Floor plan

Elevations

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

Aerospace

Residential

Commercial

Publicly funded

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

Produce a visible grid system

Control the accuracy of the drawing

Choose various line types

Select a different text style

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

All of these

Roof pitch angles

Roof overhangs

Finished floor elevations

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

Sheet number

Layer set

All of these

Line type

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

Internal thread

External thread

Basic thread

Major diameter thread

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

Straight

Filleted

Angular

Transverse

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

Door openings and walls

Centers of cabinets

All of these

Windows

43. 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

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

Computer-aided prototyping

Computer-aided manufacturing

Computer-aided design

Computer-aided engineering

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