Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-5

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

Double-line

Centerline piping

Standard piping

Single-line

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

Set the layer to Defpoints

Turn ISO grid off

See the entire bounding area to hatch

Set Ortho on

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

Roof pitch angles

All of these

Finished floor elevations

Roof overhangs

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

Center

Dimension

Leader

Extension

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

Union

Form

Attach

Add

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

Dimensioned size

Production size

Basic size

Actual size

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

Baseline and continuous

Linear and continuous

Baseline and linear

Quick dim and linear

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

Ellipse

Circle

Polyline

Line

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

Engineering change orders

Development plans

Product proposals

Document reviews

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

Pitch

Lead

Crest

Root

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

Revolved section

Broken-out section

Removed section

Half section

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

Designer's intent

Scale factor

None of these

Size of the sheet

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

Y-axis

Z-axis

X-axis

All of these

14. 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

Enter 3 for the length of the line

Read the coordinate position on the Dynamic Readout

Insure that Ortho is on

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

Hidden

Center

Phantom

Dashed

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

Removed section

Quarter section

Revolved section

Half section

17. 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

18. The site plan illustrates _________.

Where the garage and driveway are located

The roof plan

The floor plan

Where the house sits on the property

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

Line type

Sheet number

Layer set

All of these

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

Fused deposition modeling

Selective laser sintering

Solid ground curing

Stereo lithography apparatus

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21. 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

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

Symmetric section

Half section

Quarter section

Full section

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

Lead

Thread pitch

Major diameter

Series of thread

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

Hidden line

Hatch

Center line

Zero

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

Foundation

Floor plan

All of these

Site plan

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

Bolts

Thin parts

Rivets

All fasteners

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

Publicly funded

Residential

Aerospace

Commercial

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

Whole

Revolved

Broken out

Half

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

Computer-aided design

Computer-aided prototyping

Computer-aided manufacturing

Computer-aided engineering

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

Decimal

Metric

Architectural

Fractional

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

Hatch line

Dimension line

Poly line

Center line

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

None of the above

Roof overhang

Sidewalk

Plumbing drain lines

33. Elevation drawings will include information about ________.

Roof pitch

Siding

Window style

All of these

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

Building section

Foundation

Elevations

Floor plan

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

Filleted

Straight

Angular

Transverse

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

Half

Broken out

All of these

Whole

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

Offset

Explode

Copy

None of these

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

1 : 4

2 : 1

1 : 2

1 : 1

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

Broken out

Half

Quarter

Full

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

Basic thread

Internal thread

Major diameter thread

External thread

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41. Architectural dimensioning is usually done in ________.

Inches only

Even numbers

Feet only

Feet and inches

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

Isometric

Architectural working

Mechanical

All of the above

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

Choose various line types

Produce a visible grid system

Control the accuracy of the drawing

Select a different text style

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

Model space

Paper space

The PDF file

The Finished plot

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