Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-5

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

Production size

Actual size

Basic size

Dimensioned size

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

None of the above

Plumbing drain lines

Sidewalk

Roof overhang

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

Half

Whole

Broken out

All of these

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

Broken out

Quarter

Half

Full

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

Centers of cabinets

Door openings and walls

All of these

Windows

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

Polyline

Ellipse

Circle

Line

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

Add

Form

Union

Attach

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

Stereo lithography apparatus

Solid ground curing

Fused deposition modeling

Selective laser sintering

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

Aerospace

Publicly funded

Residential

Commercial

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

Y-axis

All of these

Z-axis

X-axis

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

Building section

Foundation

Floor plan

Elevations

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

Pitch

Root

Lead

Crest

13. Elevation drawings will include information about ________.

Window style

Siding

All of these

Roof pitch

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

Half section

Broken-out section

Revolved section

Removed section

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

Revolved

Whole

Broken out

Half

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

Water and steam

Soil and waste

Gas and soil

Water and gas

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

External thread

Major diameter thread

Internal thread

Basic thread

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

Model space

The Finished plot

Paper space

The PDF file

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

Thin parts

Rivets

All fasteners

Bolts

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

Offset

Explode

None of these

Copy

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

Center

Leader

Extension

Dimension

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

Angular

Transverse

Filleted

Straight

23. The site plan illustrates _________.

Where the house sits on the property

The floor plan

The roof plan

Where the garage and driveway are located

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

Select a different text style

Produce a visible grid system

Control the accuracy of the drawing

Choose various line types

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

Series of thread

Lead

Thread pitch

Major diameter

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

Set the layer to Defpoints

Set Ortho on

See the entire bounding area to hatch

Turn ISO grid off

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

All of these

Floor plan

Foundation

Site plan

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

Quarter section

Symmetric section

Half section

Full section

29. 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

30. Architectural dimensioning is usually done in ________.

Feet only

Inches only

Feet and inches

Even numbers

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

Zero

Hatch

Hidden line

Center line

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

Computer-aided manufacturing

Computer-aided design

Computer-aided prototyping

Computer-aided engineering

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

None of these

Designer's intent

Scale factor

Size of the sheet

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

Decimal

Fractional

Metric

Architectural

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

Mechanical

All of the above

Isometric

Architectural working

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

Single-line

Standard piping

Centerline piping

Double-line

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

Revolved section

Quarter section

Half section

Removed section

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

Development plans

Product proposals

Engineering change orders

Document reviews

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

Read the coordinate position on the Dynamic Readout

Enter 3 for the length of the line

Pull the line from away from the starting point very carefully

Insure that Ortho is on

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

All of these

Roof overhangs

Roof pitch angles

Finished floor elevations

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

Line type

Sheet number

Layer set

All of these

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

1 : 2

1 : 1

2 : 1

1 : 4

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

Phantom

Hidden

Center

Dashed

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

Quick dim and linear

Baseline and continuous

Baseline and linear

Linear and continuous

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