Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-5

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

Half section

Quarter section

Revolved section

Removed section

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

The PDF file

Model space

The Finished plot

Paper space

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

Standard piping

Single-line

Centerline piping

Double-line

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

Straight

Angular

Transverse

Filleted

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

Architectural working

Isometric

All of the above

Mechanical

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

Enter 3 for the length of the line

Read the coordinate position on the Dynamic Readout

Pull the line from away from the starting point very carefully

Insure that Ortho is on

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

Center line

Hidden line

Hatch

Zero

8. Elevation drawings will include information about ________.

Roof pitch

Window style

All of these

Siding

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

Quarter section

Half section

Symmetric section

Full section

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

Development plans

Product proposals

Engineering change orders

Document reviews

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

Whole

All of these

Broken out

Half

12. The site plan illustrates _________.

The floor plan

Where the house sits on the property

The roof plan

Where the garage and driveway are located

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

Selective laser sintering

Fused deposition modeling

Stereo lithography apparatus

Solid ground curing

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

Architectural

Metric

Fractional

Decimal

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

Actual size

Production size

Dimensioned size

Basic size

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

Circle

Ellipse

Polyline

Line

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

External thread

Major diameter thread

Internal thread

Basic thread

18. 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

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

Quarter

Full

Broken out

Half

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

Computer-aided design

Computer-aided manufacturing

Computer-aided engineering

Computer-aided prototyping

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

None of the above

Sidewalk

Plumbing drain lines

Roof overhang

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

1 : 1

1 : 4

1 : 2

2 : 1

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

Commercial

Publicly funded

Residential

Aerospace

24. 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

Revolved

Half

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

Phantom

Dashed

Center

Hidden

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

Door openings and walls

Windows

All of these

Centers of cabinets

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

Gas and soil

Water and steam

Soil and waste

Water and gas

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

Foundation

Floor plan

Elevations

Building section

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

All of these

X-axis

Z-axis

Y-axis

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

Crest

Root

Pitch

Lead

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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 ________.

Union

Form

Attach

Add

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

All of these

Layer set

Line type

Sheet number

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

Series of thread

Lead

Thread pitch

Major diameter

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

Select a different text style

Control the accuracy of the drawing

Produce a visible grid system

Choose various line types

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

Designer's intent

None of these

Size of the sheet

Scale factor

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

Rivets

All fasteners

Bolts

Thin parts

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

Floor plan

All of these

Site plan

Foundation

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

Baseline and continuous

Quick dim and linear

Linear and continuous

Baseline and linear

39. 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

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

Extension

Leader

Dimension

Center

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41. Architectural dimensioning is usually done in ________.

Inches only

Feet only

Even numbers

Feet and inches

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

Finished floor elevations

All of these

Roof overhangs

Roof pitch angles

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

Set Ortho on

See the entire bounding area to hatch

Turn ISO grid off

Set the layer to Defpoints

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

Removed section

Half section

Broken-out section

Revolved section

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