ENGINEERING DRAWING

1. Drafters should use a ________ in a section view of a mechanical part that includes the
cylindrical view of a threaded hole.
A. Center line
B. Hatch line
C. Poly line
D. Dimension line
ANSWER: A
2. The section view drawing in which one fourth of an object has been marked for removal is
known as a ________ section.
A. Full
B. Half
C. Quarter
D. none of the above
ANSWER: B
3. In offset sections, offsets or bends in the cutting plane are all:
A. 90 degrees
B. 180 degrees
C. Either 90 or 180 degrees
D. 30, 60, or 90 degrees
ANSWER: A
4. When filling an area with a hatch pattern in AutoCAD the drafter needs to be able to
________.
A. see the entire bounding area to hatch
B. set Ortho on
C. turn ISO grid off
D. set the layer to Defpoints
ANSWER: A
5. To avoid having to dimension to a hidden feature the drafter can utilize a ________ section.
A. Whole.
B. Half
C. broken out
D. all of the above
ANSWER: D
6. Objects that are symmetric can be shown effectively using this type of section:
A. Quarter section
B. Half section
C. Full section
D. Symmetric section
ANSWER: B
7. This type of section is not in direct projection from the view containing the cutting plane:
 A. Revolved section
B. Removed section
C. Broken-out section
D. Full section
ANSWER: B
8. By using a ________ section of a cylindrical mechanical part the drafter should be able to
show only one view of the part.
A. Half
B. Whole
C. Revolved
D. broken out
ANSWER: C
9. In the section view, the areas that would have been in actual contact with the cutting plane
are shown with:
A. A cutting plane line
B. Section lining
C. Visible lines
D. Lines and arrows
ANSWER: B
10. These breaks are used to shorten the view of an object:
A. Section breaks
B. Aligned breaks
C. Conventional breaks
D. Full breaks
ANSWER:C
11. In architectural drawing ________ are often used to illustrate and detail structural
components.
A. Foundation beam detail sections
B. Wall sections
C. Building sections
D. All of the above
ANSWER: D
12. When only a small section of an interior area needs to be revealed the drafter can use a
________ section.
A. Half
B. Quarter
C. Full
D. broken out
ANSWER: D
13. In this type of section, one quarter of the object is removed:
A. Revolved section
B. Removed section
C. Quarter section
D. Half section
ANSWER: D
14. A ________ section allows the drafter to create a Cutting Plane line which is not in a straight
line across the part.
A. Offset
B. Half
C. Whole
D. broken out
ANSWER: A
15. The ________ is a standard element of a section view in a technical drawing.
A. Cutting Plane line
B. Section lines
C. Material hatch pattern
D. All of the above
ANSWER: D
16. When creating a Cutting Plane line with AutoCAD it is customary to use a ________ to create
the line.
A. center line
B. polyline
C. dashed line
D. hatch line

17. The type of section is limited by a break line is

A. Removed section
B. Revolved section
C. Broken-out section
D. Half section

18. The top, front, and bottom views align in this manner:
A. Horizontally
B. Vertically
C. According to the planar views
D. Parallel to the frontal plane
ANSWER: B

19. If a plane is parallel to the plane of projection, it appears:

A. True Size
B. As a line or edge
C. Foreshortened
D. As an oblique surface
ANSWER: A
20. This line pattern is composed of three dashes, one long dash on each end with a short
dash in the middle:
A. Object
B. Hidden
C. Center
D. Phantom
ANSWER: C