Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-5

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1. 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

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

Sheet number

Layer set

Line type

All of these

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

Centerline piping

Single-line

Standard piping

Double-line

4. Architectural dimensioning is usually done in ________.

Even numbers

Feet only

Feet and inches

Inches only

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

Hatch line

Poly line

Dimension line

Center line

6. 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

7. 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

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

Whole

All of these

Broken out

Half

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

Broken out

Half

Quarter

Full

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

Elevations

Floor plan

Foundation

Building section

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

Dimensioned size

Actual size

Basic size

Production size

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

Circle

Polyline

Line

Ellipse

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

Produce a visible grid system

Select a different text style

Choose various line types

Control the accuracy of the drawing

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

Angular

Transverse

Straight

Filleted

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

Set Ortho on

Turn ISO grid off

See the entire bounding area to hatch

Set the layer to Defpoints

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

Size of the sheet

Designer's intent

None of these

Scale factor

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

Mechanical

All of the above

Isometric

Architectural working

18. Elevation drawings will include information about ________.

Siding

Window style

Roof pitch

All of these

19. 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

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

Crest

Lead

Pitch

Root

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

Metric

Architectural

Fractional

Decimal

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

Computer-aided prototyping

Computer-aided manufacturing

Computer-aided engineering

Computer-aided design

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

Quarter section

Removed section

Revolved section

Half section

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

Aerospace

Publicly funded

Commercial

Residential

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

Basic thread

Internal thread

External thread

Major diameter thread

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

Full section

Quarter section

Half section

Symmetric section

27. The site plan illustrates _________.

Where the house sits on the property

Where the garage and driveway are located

The floor plan

The roof plan

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

Linear and continuous

Baseline and linear

Quick dim and linear

Baseline and continuous

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

Product proposals

Engineering change orders

Development plans

Document reviews

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

All of these

Foundation

Site plan

Floor plan

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

Hatch

Zero

Hidden line

Center line

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

Roof overhangs

All of these

Finished floor elevations

Roof pitch angles

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

Model space

Paper space

The PDF file

The Finished plot

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

Plumbing drain lines

Roof overhang

Sidewalk

None of the above

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

Series of thread

Major diameter

Lead

Thread pitch

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

Union

Add

Attach

Form

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

1 : 2

1 : 4

2 : 1

1 : 1

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

Extension

Dimension

Center

Leader

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

Water and gas

Gas and soil

Water and steam

Soil and waste

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

Dashed

Center

Phantom

Hidden

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

Y-axis

X-axis

Z-axis

All of these

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

Stereo lithography apparatus

Selective laser sintering

Fused deposition modeling

Solid ground curing

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

Rivets

Bolts

All fasteners

Thin parts

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

Removed section

Broken-out section

Half section

Revolved section

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