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

Floor plan

Building section

Foundation

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

Turn ISO grid off

Set Ortho on

Set the layer to Defpoints

See the entire bounding area to hatch

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

Zero

Hidden line

Center line

Hatch

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

Full section

Quarter section

Symmetric section

Half section

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

Standard piping

Single-line

Double-line

Centerline piping

6. Architectural dimensioning is usually done in ________.

Feet and inches

Even numbers

Feet only

Inches only

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

Attach

Union

Form

Add

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

None of these

Copy

Explode

Offset

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

Internal thread

External thread

Major diameter thread

Basic thread

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

Polyline

Ellipse

Line

Circle

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

Series of thread

Lead

Thread pitch

Major diameter

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

Aerospace

Commercial

Publicly funded

Residential

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

Baseline and linear

Baseline and continuous

Quick dim and linear

Linear and continuous

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

Bolts

All fasteners

Rivets

Thin parts

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

Filleted

Angular

Straight

Transverse

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

Size of the sheet

Scale factor

Designer's intent

None of these

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

Broken out

All of these

Half

Whole

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

Poly line

Dimension line

Center line

Hatch line

19. 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

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

The Finished plot

Paper space

Model space

The PDF file

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

Removed section

Half section

Quarter section

Revolved section

22. 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

Insure that Ortho is on

Read the coordinate position on the Dynamic Readout

Pull the line from away from the starting point very carefully

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

Roof overhangs

All of these

Roof pitch angles

Finished floor elevations

24. The site plan illustrates _________.

Where the garage and driveway are located

Where the house sits on the property

The floor plan

The roof plan

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

1 : 1

1 : 2

2 : 1

1 : 4

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

Crest

Root

Pitch

Lead

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

Half

Full

Broken out

Quarter

28. Elevation drawings will include information about ________.

Window style

All of these

Roof pitch

Siding

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

Development plans

Engineering change orders

Product proposals

Document reviews

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

Dimension

Center

Extension

Leader

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

Soil and waste

Water and steam

Water and gas

Gas and soil

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

Sidewalk

Roof overhang

Plumbing drain lines

None of the above

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

Architectural

Decimal

Fractional

Metric

34. 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

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

Removed section

Revolved section

Broken-out section

Half section

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

X-axis

Z-axis

All of these

Y-axis

37. 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

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

Floor plan

Site plan

Foundation

All of these

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

Dashed

Phantom

Hidden

Center

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

Isometric

Mechanical

All of the above

Architectural working

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

Actual size

Dimensioned size

Production size

Basic size

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

Control the accuracy of the drawing

Choose various line types

Produce a visible grid system

Select a different text style

43. 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

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

Line type

All of these

Layer set

Sheet number

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