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.

Building section

Floor plan

Foundation

Elevations

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

Paper space

The Finished plot

The PDF file

Model space

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

All of these

Windows

Door openings and walls

Centers of cabinets

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

Broken out

Whole

All of these

Half

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

Broken out

Half

Whole

Revolved

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

Full section

Quarter section

Half section

Symmetric section

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

Removed section

Broken-out section

Revolved section

Half section

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

Architectural

Metric

Fractional

Decimal

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

Publicly funded

Aerospace

Residential

Commercial

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

Straight

Transverse

Filleted

Angular

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

Y-axis

All of these

X-axis

Z-axis

12. 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

Explode

Copy

Offset

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

Hatch

Zero

Center line

Hidden line

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

All of the above

Mechanical

Architectural working

Isometric

15. The site plan illustrates _________.

Where the garage and driveway are located

Where the house sits on the property

The floor plan

The roof plan

16. Architectural dimensioning is usually done in ________.

Inches only

Feet and inches

Feet only

Even numbers

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

Line type

Layer set

All of these

Sheet number

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

Leader

Dimension

Center

Extension

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

Dimensioned size

Basic size

Actual size

Production size

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

Computer-aided prototyping

Computer-aided engineering

Computer-aided design

Computer-aided manufacturing

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

Quarter section

Half section

Revolved section

Removed section

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

Select a different text style

Produce a visible grid system

Choose various line types

Control the accuracy of the drawing

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

1 : 4

1 : 1

2 : 1

1 : 2

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

Line

Circle

Ellipse

Polyline

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

Single-line

Double-line

Centerline piping

Standard piping

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

Major diameter thread

Internal thread

Basic thread

External thread

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

Add

Attach

Form

Union

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

Bolts

All fasteners

Thin parts

Rivets

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

Hidden

Phantom

Center

Dashed

30. Elevation drawings will include information about ________.

Window style

Siding

All of these

Roof pitch

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

Foundation

Floor plan

All of these

Site plan

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

Selective laser sintering

Stereo lithography apparatus

Solid ground curing

Fused deposition modeling

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

Linear and continuous

Baseline and linear

Baseline and continuous

Quick dim and linear

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

None of these

Scale factor

Size of the sheet

Designer's intent

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

Thread pitch

Major diameter

Lead

Series of thread

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

Pitch

Crest

Root

Lead

37. 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

Set the layer to Defpoints

Turn ISO grid off

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

Finished floor elevations

All of these

Roof pitch angles

Roof overhangs

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

Quarter

Broken out

Full

Half

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

Sidewalk

Plumbing drain lines

None of the above

Roof overhang

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

Center line

Dimension line

Poly line

Hatch line

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

Document reviews

Development plans

Product proposals

Engineering change orders

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

Gas and soil

Soil and waste

Water and gas

Water and steam

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

Insure that Ortho is on

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

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