Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-5

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1. 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

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

Copy

Explode

None of these

Offset

3. 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

Hatch line

Center line

4. 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

Turn ISO grid off

Set Ortho on

5. The site plan illustrates _________.

Where the garage and driveway are located

The floor plan

Where the house sits on the property

The roof plan

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

Quarter section

Half section

Full section

Symmetric section

7. Elevation drawings will include information about ________.

Roof pitch

All of these

Siding

Window style

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

Size of the sheet

None of these

Designer's intent

Scale factor

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

Basic size

Dimensioned size

Production size

Actual size

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

1 : 1

1 : 4

1 : 2

2 : 1

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

Extension

Leader

Dimension

Center

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

Stereo lithography apparatus

Fused deposition modeling

Selective laser sintering

Solid ground curing

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

All fasteners

Bolts

Rivets

Thin parts

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

Quarter section

Removed section

Half section

Revolved section

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

Select a different text style

Produce a visible grid system

Choose various line types

Control the accuracy of the drawing

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

Computer-aided prototyping

Computer-aided engineering

Computer-aided manufacturing

Computer-aided design

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

Angular

Straight

Filleted

Transverse

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

Soil and waste

Water and gas

Water and steam

Gas and soil

19. Architectural dimensioning is usually done in ________.

Even numbers

Feet and inches

Feet only

Inches only

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

Aerospace

Publicly funded

Commercial

Residential

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

Baseline and continuous

Baseline and linear

Quick dim and linear

Linear and continuous

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

Broken out

Whole

Half

All of these

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

Circle

Polyline

Ellipse

Line

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

Metric

Fractional

Architectural

Decimal

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

Layer set

All of these

Line type

Sheet number

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

All of these

Roof overhangs

Finished floor elevations

Roof pitch angles

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

Centerline piping

Single-line

Double-line

Standard piping

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

Dashed

Center

Hidden

Phantom

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

Internal thread

Basic thread

Major diameter thread

External thread

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

Union

Form

Attach

Add

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

Hidden line

Center line

Hatch

Zero

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

Series of thread

Major diameter

Lead

Thread pitch

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

Z-axis

All of these

X-axis

Y-axis

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

Root

Pitch

Crest

Lead

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

Half

Broken out

Full

Quarter

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

Broken-out section

Half section

Revolved section

Removed section

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

All of these

Foundation

Site plan

Floor plan

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

All of these

Door openings and walls

Centers of cabinets

Windows

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

Development plans

Product proposals

Engineering change orders

Document reviews

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

Architectural working

Isometric

All of the above

Mechanical

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

Roof overhang

Sidewalk

None of the above

Plumbing drain lines

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

Paper space

The PDF file

The Finished plot

Model space

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

Elevations

Foundation

Floor plan

Building section

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

Revolved

Whole

Half

Broken out

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