Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-5

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1. 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

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

Filleted

Angular

Straight

Transverse

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

Paper space

The Finished plot

The PDF file

Model space

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

Circle

Polyline

Line

Ellipse

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

Publicly funded

Commercial

Residential

Aerospace

6. Elevation drawings will include information about ________.

Siding

All of these

Window style

Roof pitch

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

Finished floor elevations

Roof pitch angles

All of these

Roof overhangs

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

Control the accuracy of the drawing

Produce a visible grid system

Select a different text style

Choose various line types

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

Layer set

Line type

All of these

Sheet number

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

Internal thread

Major diameter thread

External thread

Basic thread

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11. The site plan illustrates _________.

The floor plan

Where the garage and driveway are located

Where the house sits on the property

The roof plan

12. 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

Pull the line from away from the starting point very carefully

Enter 3 for the length of the line

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

Plumbing drain lines

Sidewalk

Roof overhang

None of the above

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

Revolved section

Quarter section

Half section

Removed section

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

Whole

All of these

Broken out

Half

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

Foundation

Building section

Floor plan

Elevations

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

Computer-aided engineering

Computer-aided prototyping

Computer-aided manufacturing

Computer-aided design

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

Mechanical

All of the above

Isometric

Architectural working

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

Lead

Thread pitch

Major diameter

Series of thread

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

Fractional

Decimal

Architectural

Metric

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

Selective laser sintering

Stereo lithography apparatus

Fused deposition modeling

Solid ground curing

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

1 : 4

1 : 2

2 : 1

1 : 1

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

Basic size

Dimensioned size

Actual size

Production size

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

Size of the sheet

None of these

Scale factor

Designer's intent

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

Half section

Removed section

Broken-out section

Revolved section

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

Quick dim and linear

Linear and continuous

Baseline and continuous

Baseline and linear

27. 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

28. Architectural dimensioning is usually done in ________.

Inches only

Feet only

Even numbers

Feet and inches

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

All fasteners

Bolts

Thin parts

Rivets

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

Zero

Hidden line

Hatch

Center line

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

Form

Attach

Add

Union

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

Y-axis

All of these

Z-axis

X-axis

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

Half section

Full section

Quarter section

Symmetric section

34. 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

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

Document reviews

Product proposals

Engineering change orders

Development plans

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

Pitch

Lead

Root

Crest

37. 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

Hatch line

Dimension line

38. 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

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

Leader

Center

Extension

Dimension

40. 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

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

Set the layer to Defpoints

See the entire bounding area to hatch

Set Ortho on

Turn ISO grid off

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

Site plan

Floor plan

Foundation

All of these

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

Double-line

Standard piping

Single-line

Centerline piping

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

Broken out

Quarter

Half

Full

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