Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-5

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

All of these

Roof overhangs

Finished floor elevations

Roof pitch angles

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

Turn ISO grid off

See the entire bounding area to hatch

Set the layer to Defpoints

Set Ortho on

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

Baseline and continuous

Baseline and linear

Quick dim and linear

Linear and continuous

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

The Finished plot

The PDF file

Model space

Paper space

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

Line

Polyline

Ellipse

Circle

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

Hidden line

Center line

Hatch

Zero

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

Windows

Centers of cabinets

Door openings and walls

All of these

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

Half section

Quarter section

Symmetric section

Full section

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

Half

Broken out

Whole

All of these

10. 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

Insure that Ortho is on

Pull the line from away from the starting point very carefully

Enter 3 for the length of the line

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

Product proposals

Document reviews

Development plans

Engineering change orders

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

External thread

Basic thread

Internal thread

Major diameter thread

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

Decimal

Metric

Architectural

Fractional

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

Foundation

Site plan

Floor plan

All of these

15. The site plan illustrates _________.

The roof plan

The floor plan

Where the garage and driveway are located

Where the house sits on the property

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

Add

Form

Attach

Union

17. 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

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

Line type

All of these

Layer set

Sheet number

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

Production size

Actual size

Basic size

Dimensioned size

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

1 : 1

2 : 1

1 : 2

1 : 4

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

Leader

Dimension

Center

Extension

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

Revolved

Half

Broken out

Whole

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

Selective laser sintering

Fused deposition modeling

Solid ground curing

Stereo lithography apparatus

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

Thread pitch

Series of thread

Major diameter

Lead

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

Pitch

Root

Lead

Crest

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

Hatch line

Center line

Poly line

Dimension line

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

Half section

Broken-out section

Removed section

Revolved section

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

X-axis

All of these

Y-axis

Z-axis

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

Produce a visible grid system

Control the accuracy of the drawing

Select a different text style

Choose various line types

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

Aerospace

Publicly funded

Residential

Commercial

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31. 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

32. 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

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

All of the above

Architectural working

Isometric

Mechanical

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

Transverse

Filleted

Angular

Straight

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

None of these

Designer's intent

Scale factor

Size of the sheet

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

Building section

Foundation

Floor plan

Elevations

37. Elevation drawings will include information about ________.

All of these

Roof pitch

Siding

Window style

38. 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

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

Quarter

Full

Half

Broken out

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

Double-line

Single-line

Standard piping

Centerline piping

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

All fasteners

Thin parts

Rivets

Bolts

42. Architectural dimensioning is usually done in ________.

Inches only

Feet and inches

Even numbers

Feet only

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

Removed section

Quarter section

Revolved section

Half section

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

Computer-aided manufacturing

Computer-aided engineering

Computer-aided design

Computer-aided prototyping

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