DAY 4 – DRAFTING AREA

1. When a designer or an ordinary person translates his or her own design idea with
the use of paper and pencil, what is the name of the activity?
a. Architectural delineation
b. Freehand Sketching
c. Geometric Construction
d. Drafting
2. After two dimensional drawings are done and all the shapes and sizes being laid-
out, the next step to be executed to complete the process is_.
a. Dimensioning
b. Tolerancing
c. Specifications
d. Sectional Drawing
3. With the help of drawing instruments such as T-square and triangles, one
produces quick and accurate delineations for an intended project. The process is
considered as:
a. Drafting
b. Pictorial Drawing
c. Graphics
d. Shape and Size Descriptions
4. Technical drafting involves the manipulation of the elements of geometry to make
accurate description of shapes. Which term is referred to by engineering’s and
drafting professionals all over world?
a. Blueprint Reading
b. Geometric Construction
c. Line Weight
d. Measurement
5. Objects to be drawn are not always solid in nature and if we want to explain
complex objects to the reader of our blueprints we need an imaginary cut through
the component or an assembly drawing to portray exactly what is inside. This
element is called:
a. Sectioning
b. Parallel Perspective
c. Etching
d. Dimensioning
6. To make drawings look more professional, the notes, dimensions, and other
specifications must be professionally executed. In manual drafting this is called:
a. Lettering by the hand
b. Scaling
c. Drawing of views
 d. Legibility
7. In various engineering fields, multiple line weights are being to emphasize areas
of drawing. It is also standardized in order for a uniform interpretation drawing.
The term is called:
a. Horizontal Line
b. Center line
c. Alphabet lines
d. Dimensioning
8. It is about placing units of measure to the height, width, and length of an object to
convey accurate instructions to part. In old English it is called “dimensions”. IN
drafting this means:
a. Tolerance
b. Datum
c. axis
d. dimensioning
9. Which is a method of representing the exact shape and size of an object drawn
to scale on “set of planes” which sometimes are called planes of projection? It is
also known as 3-view drawing.
a. Orthographic Projection
b. Perspective Construction
c. Isometric Drawing
d. Fourth Dimension
10. Which technique in pictorial drawing appears like 3-dimensional but the lines are
exactly 30 degrees from horizontal part of the object?
a. Isometric Drawing
b. Cabinet Drawing
c. Oblique Drawing
d. Perspective Drawing
11. As far as the appearance of the drawing is concerned, it is the most important
part for the usefulness of the drawing it can be ruined if it is done carelessly:
a. Painting
b. Lettering
c. Etching
d. Calligraphy
12. There are six secrets of lettering namely: form, proportion, stability, density, and
spacing. Identify the sixth secret by completing the adage: “A good draft man will
never letter without use of:
a. Line
b. Guidelines
c. Horizontal lines
d. Border lines
13. Five guidelines are accepted in the drafting field. Which of them are laid-out to
touch the capital letter c aside from the base line?
a. Base line
b. Cap line
c. Drop line
d. Waist line
14. Which of these are positioned to limit letter g aside from waist line?
a. Base line
b. Cap line
c. Drop line
d. Waist line
15. Of the many styles of letters, the most commonly used are script or italics, gothic,
old English and roman. Which of them is most commonly used in college
diploma?
a. Roman
b. Script or italics
c. Old English
d. Gothic
16. Time is gold so a drafter must not get into a habit of making excessively time-
consuming letters. Single-stroke letters are advised with:
a. Rapidity of stroke
b. Sloppiness
c. Laziness
d. Free and natural
17. A grade 9 student understood that the Roman letters consist of thick and thin
lines and was asking to him. What were those small thin lines at the end of every
letter except O? in the drafting field the lines are called:
a. Serifs
b. Stem
c. Dash line
d. Ditto
18. Prior to the introduction of Computer Aided Design and Drafting there are tools in
lettering which are made of either plastic or aluminum on which the drafter just
traced the letters using a technical pen to produce each letter. The instrument is
called:
a. Lettering template
b. Lettering box
c. Leroy guide
d. Pressure sensitive guide
19. For beginning drafters the suggested height of letters to practice first is 6mm and
then shift to a height of:
 a. 30mm
b. 3mm
c. 1mm
d. 50mm
20. In the field of Drafting, each line has a specific meaning. This is to establish a
uniform way when interpreting complex blueprints of objects and other mega
projects. These lines are called:
a. Alphabet of Lines
b. Alpha numeric of Lines
c. Language of Lines
d. Lines of Sight
21. Based on the Blueprint, machinist is about to drill a 16mm diameter hole on a
piece of 100mmx120mm flat bar. Which line in the alphabet of lines must he look
for first?
a. Hidden Line
b. Phantom Line
c. Center Line
d. Section Line
22. When drawing the different views in orthographic projection, a drafter must
acknowledge that there are hidden edges that must be emphasized in order to
produce complete drawing information. Which line is he going to use?
a. Hidden Line
b. Section Line
c. Center Line
d. Object Line
23. A drawing teacher on a local high school was discussing a feature on which the
surface appears to have imaginary cut along the cutting plane line. Which line is
she going to apply to the surface where the cutting plane cut through?
a. Center Line
b. Dimension Line
c. Section line
d. invisible Line
24. There are six principal views of an object, TV, FV and RSV, RV, LSV, BV. Which
the views are accepted by the industry as standard multi-views according to the
3rd angle projection?
a. Top view, front view, and right side view
b. Side view, bottom view, and rear view
c. Right side view, left side view, and bottom view
d. Front view, rear view and side view
25. A group of students is experimenting on views in orthographic projection. They
extract first the front view of a simple object using a transparent material as
discussed by their teacher. What technique are they using?
a. Glass box technique
b. Onion skin technique
c. Japanese paper technique
d. Polycarbonate technique
26. Orthographic projection goes farther than right angle. A drafter can actually
extract views for more details of the object provided that the projectors are
parallel to each other and normal to the plane of projection. The additional plane
is called:
a. Frontal plane
b. Auxiliary plane
c. Profile plane
d. Horizontal plane

27. All of objects have distinct limits which can be considered as the width, depth,
and height. So when a drafter is working on the difference in elevation between
any two points, measured as the perpendicular distance between a pair of
horizontal lines, he is now engaged in the_ of the object?
a. Depth
b. Height
c. Width
d. Bottom
28. When an engineer is engaged in the preparation of views prior to formal drafting
activities, he practically bases his information on actual and accurate
observation. This process is regarded as:
a. Pencil and paper exercise
b. Glass box technique
c. Orthographic sketch
d. Order drawing
29. After all the views are given, the drafter must now work on the real form of the
objects based on actual result of the orthographic projection. This process is
called:
a. Pictorial drawing
b. Depth dimensioning
c. Height dimensioning
d. Center dimensioning
30. In isometric drawings, the angle used to aid the construction of the object is 30
degrees and all vertical line are equal lengths or scale but in oblique
drawing the angle used is:
 a. 40 degrees
b. 45 degrees
c. 30 degrees
d. 60 degrees
31. In oblique drawing, the depth of the object is reduced to ½ in case of cabinet
oblique, ¾ in case of a general oblique, and true or same measurement in:
a. Width
b. Cavalier
c. Specific
d. Object
32. Which technique is commonly used around the world as a graphic method or
representing a 3- dimensional object and intended to combine the illusion of
depth, with the undistorted presentation of the object’s principal dimension?
a. Cavalier oblique
b. Isometric drawing
c. Cabinet oblique
d. General oblique
33. When an observer stands in the middle of a street, the end of the street seems to
narrow as far as his eyes can see. Then he tries to draw the buildings as it
appears on his visual observations. The process is called_.
a. Perspective drawing
b. Isometric drawing
c. Diametric drawing
d. Cabinet drawing
34. A student in drafting has done three views; his next task is to indicate the
dimensions to complete the information. What is the distance of the first
dimension from the views?
a. 1”
b. 2”
c. 1/8”
d. ½”
35. There is a good reason why we should not place dimensions directly on the itself.
This is to avoid_
a. Super dimensioning
b. Overcrowding of dimensions
c. Inaccurate dimensions
d. Aligned dimension
36. The radius of an arc should always be specified by the drafter in the form of a
symbol which denotes_.
a. R
b. r
 c. rad
d. ra
37. It is important to the drafting students to place the overall dimension of a part or
view to appear more pleasing to the reader. It is placed starting from the_.
a. Shortest dimension line outside the view
b. Longest dimension line outside the views
c. Longer dimension inside the view
d. Shorter dimension inside the view
38. Some drafter often place dimensions every while the maybe permitted in some
drafting classes let us keep in mind that these are repetitions and can be
avoided. This is referred to as_.
a. Superfluous dimension
b. Unidirectional dimensioning
c. Aligned dimensioning
d. Tolerance dimensioning
39. In the rule of sectional drawing, all visible edges exposed by the cutting-plane
line must be emphasized and series of lines can now be drawn. This process is
called_.
a. Filling-up of section lines
b. Eliminating hidden lines
c. Eliminating object lines
d. Symmetrical objects
40. There are situations in executing sectional drawings that every drafter must be
familiar with especially when dealing with blow-up part of an object. We find this
very reasonable with tiny and complicated parts. This refers to_.
a. Detail sections or spot details
b. Dual dimensioning
c. Aligned objects
d. Isometric objects
41. For a professional looking section detail, which additional feature shall a drafter
include to really portray the drawing?
a. Line symbols
b. Common section line symbols for materials
c. Material line weight
d. Symmetric object line
42. There are several types of section- a full section which the cutting plane line
passes across entire object and half section on which the cutting plane passes
through an object which is_.
a. Symmetrical
b. Orthographic
c. Offset drawing
 d. Common section
43. When a section is to be detailed according to the intended parts, assembly is
called_.
a. Assembly of parts
b. Assembly section
c. Assembly of materials
d. Assembly of common section
44. The world has adopted the metric system of dimensioning but some countries
used it voluntarily depending on the situation they practice. What is the name of
their approach?
a. Unidirectional system
b. Dual dimensioning system
c. Aligned system
d. Position dimensioning
45. A third-world country even for its stage can’t neglect drafting as part of its
industrial pursuit is it manual, mechanized, or automated. So a citizen of a third
world country must have the necessary skill in the use of:
a. Graphic or drafting language
b. Foreign language
c. Sign language
d. English language
46. Mr. John cross purchased a 12.00m x 9.00m (frontal) land along the road. Local
building code mandated that the building must have a set-back of 3.00m with
respect to the edge of the paved barangay road. What then is the total area of
the land minus the building code?
a. 80 square meters
b. 81 square meters
c. 90 square meters
d. 79.90 square meters
47. Grade 10 students from a local central school in the North wanted to build a
square culvert with one side open for an irrigation system. The dimensions are;
w=80, d=1.20, h =.80m, and the thickness is .80m. What then is the set of
drawings they need before giving it to an engineer to determine the size of
reinforcement bars?
a. Top view, front view, right side view, isometric
b. Top view, front view, bottom view, isometric
c. Top view, front view, rear view, isometric
d. Top view, side view
48. A half-moon protractor is divided into how many degrees?
a. 360
b. 180
 c. 270
d. 310
49. A line drawn with a long section, short dash, and another long section is a_.
a. Hidden feature
b. Center of a circle
c. Center axis of a hidden cylinder
d. Center of a radius
50. Traditional drafters need to be able to create several different line widths
because_.
a. Different line widths convey different information
b. The line width has to with how dark it appear in the finished drawing
c. They seem to transmit better in a fax machine
d. It makes no difference
51. Several of the tools used in traditional drafting include the following:
a. Parallel straight edge
b. 45 degrees triangle
c. Circle template
d. All the above
52. A civil engineer working on a bridge design would probably rely on his _ scale for
checking printed drawings.
a. Engineer’s
b. Metric
c. Architect’s
d. None of the above
53. In order to connect fractional inches into decimal inches_____.
a. Look on a metric conversion chart
b. Divide the numerator by the denominator
c. Check the engineer’s scale
d. All of the above
54. An engineer would be used to measure lines on a drawing where the scale factor
reads _____.
a. ¼” = 1’ – 0”
b. 1/8” = 1’ =0”
c. 1” = 100’
d. ¾”= 1’ 0”
55. Referring to the fractional inches to decimal inches to millimeter conversion chart
on page 55 what is the equivalent mm measurement of 3/16 inch?
a. 1.906
b. 4.7625
c. 5.958
d. 14.6844
56. Some traditional board drafter preferred the drafting machine over the parallel
straight edge because it could be used without the need for _____.
a. Circle template
b. Triangles
c. Technical pens
d. Lettering guides
57. The first step in creating a traditional technical drawing is to;_______
a. Draw a series of guidelines
b. Set up the miter line
c. Align the paper so that it will be positioned square to the parallel bar
d. Sharpen the leads in the technical pen
58. When lettering a CAD drawing, for clarity you should limit the number of fonts to:
a. One
b. Two
c. Three
d. Any number
59. The primary unit of measurement for engineering drawings and design in the
mechanical industries is the:
a. millimeter
b. centimeter
c. meter
d. kilometer
60. These units are based on inch-foot and yard measurements:
a. international customary units
b. U.S. metric units
c. U.S. customary units
d. ISO international units
61. This is how axonometric, oblique, and perspective sketches show objects:
a. Orthographically
b. Pictorially
c. Obliquely
d. Parallel
62. This type of projection is when projectors are parallel to each other, but are at an
angle other than 90 degrees to the plane of projection:
a. Oblique projection
b. Perpendicular projection
c. Aesthetic projection
d. Angular projection
63. There are two main types of projection:
a. Parallel and orthographic
b. Station-point and perspective
 c. Parallel and convergent
d. Perspective and parallel
64. The top, front, and bottom and views align in this manner.
a. Horizontally
b. Vertically
c. According to the planar views
d. Parallel to the frontal plane
65. 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
66. 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
67. This is the plane upon which the top view is projected:
a. Horizontal
b. Frontal
c. Profile
d. Base
68. An advance of this type of view is that each view shows the object all the way
through as if it were transparent.
a. Planar
b. Horizontal
c. Auxiliary
d. Orthographic
69. This type of surface is tipped to all principal planes of projection and does not
appear true size in any standard view.
a. Foreshortened
b. Parallel
c. Orthographic
d. Oblique
70. Isometric drawings are often used by ______to help illustrate complex designs.
a. Mechanical engineers
b. Piping drafters
c. Aerospace engineers
d. All the above
71. A fillet is a rounded surface on the ___corner of a part.
 a. Inside
b. Outside
c. Radial
d. Isoplane
72. A round is a rounded surface on the ___corner of part.
a. Inside
b. Outside
c. Radial
d. Isoplane
73. The bounding box method for setting up an isometric drawing helps the
drafter____.
a. Confine the isometric drawing of its maximum size
b. Figure what lines are to be illustrated vertical and horizontal
c. Position isometric drawing in paper space
d. None of the above
74. The offset tool should only be used for placing_____ in an isometric drawing.
a. Circles
b. Horizontal lines
c. Vertical lines
d. None of the above
75. When creating an isometric drawing in Auto CAD, the drafter can utilize the
Dynamic input and Polar Coordinate system to place both vertical and horizontal
lines. A line created from one point 3 inches at 180 degrees would be a
_____line.
a. Horizontal
b. Vertical
c. Inclined
d. None of the above
76. Auto CAD refers to isometric ellipses as ____
a. Ellipses
b. Isoellipses
c. Isocircle
d. Circles
77. These lines are used to indicate the measurement of objects and are
represented by fine dark solid lines.
a) Leader lines
b) Extensions lines
c) Dimensions lines
d) Center lines
78. If a drawing has an equal measure then it refers to __________.
a) Perspective drawing
 b) Isometric drawing
c) Mechanical drawing
d) Oblique drawing
79. When parts that are not seen are represented by series of light dash lines then
this line is classified as _________.
a) Reference line
b) Visible line
c) Section line
d) Invisible line
80. One of the best practices of a good draftsman is to NEVER letter without
__________.
a) Guide lines
b) Pencil
c) Lettering pens
d) Ink
81. If drawing has one surface that is parallel to the picture plane then this method is
called ____.
a) Oblique drawing
b) Isometric drawing
c) Perspective drawing
d) Orthographic drawing
82. This pictorial view is normally seen by the observer’s eyes. Which one is it?
a) Isometric drawing
b) Oblique drawing
c) Perspective drawing
d) Orthographic drawing
83. The line used to show clearly the dimension limits as called ____?
a) Center line
b) Extension line
c) Dimension line
d) Phantom line or section line
84. A horizontal line used to determine the general height of lower case letters.
a) Base line
b) Cap line
c) Waist line
d) Drop line
85. Letters that are composed of uniform width elements are classified as _____.
a) Italic letters
b) Text letters
c) Gothic letters
d) Roman letters
86. Horizontal lines are best drawn using this instrument.
a) T-square
b) Ruler
c) Meter stick
d) Triangles
87. The drawing pencil of a draftsman is graded the softest, medium, and hardest.
Which of the following grades is the softest?
a) 6B
b) HB
c) 3B
d) 9H
88. Which grade of pencil is commonly used for lettering by a draftsman?
a) 2H
b) HB
c) 4H
d) 6H
89. A drawing instrument that serves as guide in drawing vertical and diagonal lines
as in triangles. It is generally used in drawing horizontal lines. Which one is it?
a) Triangular scale
b) T- square
c) Triangle
d) French curve
90. Which is instrument is used in drawing curves except circles and arcs?
a) Compass
b) Protractor
c) French curve
d) Divider
91. To completely describe a cone, sphere, and rectangular pyramid the number of
views needed is ______.
a) One
b) Two
c) Three
d) Six
92. This line is projected as a shorter line in a drawing.
a) Incline line
b) Vertical line
c) Curve line
d) Horizontal line
93. Boxing method is the most widely used method of drawing a/an _____.
a) Isometric view
b) Pictorial view
 c) Mechanical view
d) Perspective view
94. Two intersecting lines which form right angles are called ____.
a) Straight lines
b) Parallel lines
c) Perpendicular lines
d) Tangent lines
95. A polygon is classified according to the number of sides. What do you call a four
– sided polygon?
a) Pentagon
b) Quadrilateral
c) Hexagonal
d) Octagon
96. How many meters is thirty feet?
a) 3 meters
b) 30 meters
c) 12 meters
d) 9 meters
97. Drafting material used for fastening the drawing paper on the drawing table.
a) Compass
b) Divider
c) Masking tape
d) Triangle
98. The main function of this tool is to reproduce the measurements of an object to
any size.
a) Compass
b) Protractor
c) Triangles
d) Triangular scales
99. This drafting tool is used to protect the rest of drawing when removing
unnecessary lines.
a) Erasing shield
b) Eraser
c) Masking tape
d) Pencil sharpener
100. Best tool when measuring arcs, angles, and circles.
a) Eraser
b) Triangular scale
c) Protractor
d) Divider