Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-5

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

Elevations

Foundation

Floor plan

Building section

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

Broken out

Whole

All of these

Half

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

The Finished plot

The PDF file

Paper space

Model space

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

Foundation

Site plan

Floor plan

All of these

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

Full

Broken out

Half

Quarter

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

Windows

Centers of cabinets

All of these

Door openings and walls

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

All of these

Z-axis

X-axis

Y-axis

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

Produce a visible grid system

Control the accuracy of the drawing

Choose various line types

Select a different text style

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

Document reviews

Development plans

Engineering change orders

Product proposals

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

Line

Ellipse

Polyline

Circle

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

Add

Attach

Union

Form

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

Basic size

Production size

Dimensioned size

Actual size

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

Hidden

Dashed

Phantom

Center

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

Pitch

Crest

Lead

Root

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

Basic thread

Internal thread

Major diameter thread

External thread

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

Baseline and linear

Quick dim and linear

Linear and continuous

Baseline and continuous

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

Removed section

Quarter section

Revolved section

Half section

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

Insure that Ortho is on

Pull the line from away from the starting point very carefully

Read the coordinate position on the Dynamic Readout

Enter 3 for the length of the line

19. Architectural dimensioning is usually done in ________.

Feet only

Even numbers

Feet and inches

Inches only

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

Fractional

Metric

Architectural

Decimal

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

Roof overhangs

All of these

Finished floor elevations

Roof pitch angles

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

Sidewalk

None of the above

Plumbing drain lines

Roof overhang

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

Filleted

Straight

Angular

Transverse

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

Major diameter

Lead

Series of thread

Thread pitch

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

All of these

Layer set

Sheet number

Line type

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

Fused deposition modeling

Stereo lithography apparatus

Selective laser sintering

Solid ground curing

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

Offset

None of these

Explode

Copy

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

Hatch

Hidden line

Zero

Center line

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

Isometric

Mechanical

All of the above

Architectural working

30. 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

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

Dimension

Extension

Center

Leader

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

None of these

Size of the sheet

Scale factor

Designer's intent

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

Broken-out section

Revolved section

Half section

Removed section

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

Set Ortho on

Set the layer to Defpoints

Turn ISO grid off

See the entire bounding area to hatch

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

Dimension line

Hatch line

Poly line

Center line

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

Aerospace

Residential

Commercial

Publicly funded

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

Water and steam

Water and gas

Soil and waste

Gas and soil

38. Elevation drawings will include information about ________.

Siding

All of these

Window style

Roof pitch

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

Full section

Quarter section

Half section

Symmetric section

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

Rivets

Thin parts

Bolts

All fasteners

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

1 : 2

1 : 1

1 : 4

2 : 1

42. The site plan illustrates _________.

Where the garage and driveway are located

The floor plan

Where the house sits on the property

The roof plan

43. 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

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

Standard piping

Single-line

Double-line

Centerline piping

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