Drawing communication MCQs

Drawing communication MCQs

The following Drawing communication MCQs have been compiled by our experts through research, in order to test your knowledge of the subject of Drawing communication. We encourage you to answer these multiple-choice questions to assess your proficiency.
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1: What is the absolute coordinate system also called?

A.   The local coordinate system

B.   The world or global coordinate system

C.   The relative coordinate system

D.   The object coordinate system

2: An example of an absolute scale is?

A.   Richter magnitude scale

B.   PH scale

C.   Kelvin temperature scale

D.   Fahrenheit temperature scale

3: What is Actual Size?

A.   The size of a part without any finish applied

B.   The size of a part after a certain finish is applied

C.   A tolerancing measure used to describe the size of a finished part after machining.

D.   A finish that is applied to a part

4: What is the actual size a tolerancing measure used to describe?

A.   The size of a part before machining

B.   The size of a part during machining

C.   The size of a finished part after machining

D.   The size of a part after assembly

5: What is the opposite of additive?

A.   Additive

B.   Subtractive

C.   Multiplicative

D.   Derivative

6: Additive primaries are the three primary colors: _____, _____, and _____.

A.   Green, yellow, and cyan

B.   Cyan, magenta, and yellow

C.   Red, green, and blue

D.   Red, yellow, and blue

7: What is an adjacent view?

A.   A view that is not adjacent to another view

B.   Orthographic views that are aligned to each other, allowing dimensional information to be shared

C.   A view of an object from the front

D.   A view that does not show all sides of an object

8: Which of the following is NOT an example of adjacent views?

A.   Front and bottom views

B.   Front and top views

C.   Front and left side views

D.   Front and right side views

9: What is aerospace engineering?

A.   A field of engineering concerned with the design and operation of bridges and roads.

B.   A field of engineering concerned with the design and operation of aircraft, missiles, and space vehicles.

C.   A field of engineering concerned with the design and operation of aircraft and missiles.

D.   A field of engineering concerned with the design of aircraft and missiles.

10: What are the artistic qualities or aspects that elicit an emotional response to an object called?

A.   Artifice

B.   Awkwardness

C.   Aesthetics

D.   Amateurs

11: What is the main concern of agricultural engineering?

A.   Production agriculture and its natural resource base

B.   The maintenance and management of agricultural infrastructure

C.   The processing and chemistry of biological materials for food and industrial products

D.   The design and implementation of agricultural processes and systems

12: What is an aligned section?

A.   A section view that is not in true projection.

B.   A section view created by bending the cutting plane line to pass through an angled feature.

C.   A section view in which the cutting plane line is parallel to the projection plane.

D.   A section view in which the cutting plane line is perpendicular to the projection plane.

13: What is the purpose of an allowance?

A.   To describe the minimum clearance or maximum interference between parts.

B.   To decrease the chance of interference

C.   To describe the tightest fit between two mating parts

D.   To provide extra space for tolerance

14: How many standard linestyles are there for technical drawing?

A.   7

B.   9

C.   5

D.   3

15: How many linestyles are specified by ANSI?

A.   2

B.   4

C.   3

D.   5

16: What is the approximate ellipse created by the alternate four-center ellipse method?

A.   Four-center ellipse

B.   Cavalier oblique drawings

C.   Rectangle

D.   Oval

17: What is an ambient light source?

A.   A light source that is not natural.

B.   A light source defined by its lack of orientation or location.

C.   A device that measures the amount of light in an area.

D.   A light source that is focused or directed at an object.

18: What does analytic geometry refer to?

A.   The study of curved lines

B.   A method of describing 3-D solid models

C.   The analysis of geometric structures and properties, principally using algebraic operations and position coordinates.

D.   The study of planes

19: What is the angle?

A.   The product of the lengths of the two lines

B.   The length of one of the two lines

C.   The sum of the lengths of the two lines

D.   The relative orientation of two linear elements with respect to each other.

20: Angularity is a condition of a surface, center plane, or axis at an angle other than a right angle to what?

A.   A datum plane or datum axis

B.   A wall

C.   Another surface

D.   The ground

21: What is the sense of motion induced by rapidly displaying a series of images of an object called?

A.   Random motion

B.   Continuous motion

C.   Linear motion

D.   Apparent motion

22: What does the term "archiving" refer to?

A.   Storing of computer-generated information on magnetic or optical media

B.   Storing and retrieval process for legal documents

C.   Storing and retrieval process for engineering documentation

D.   Storing and retrieval process for medical records

23: What does area rendering refer to in data visualization?

A.   A data visualization technique in which the pixels in a 2-D line are each assigned a value.

B.   A data visualization technique in which the pixels in a 2-D area are each assigned a value.

C.   A data visualization technique in which the pixels in a 2-D point are each assigned a value.

D.   A data visualization technique in which the pixels in a 3-D area are each assigned a value.

24: What is an array in computer programming?

A.   A way to copy and paste data

B.   A code optimization technique

C.   A software development methodology

D.   A geometry of a single feature being duplicated in a regular fashion in a model.

25: Which of the following is not a type of array?

A.   Linear

B.   Geometric

C.   Radial

D.   Angular

26: What is the dependent variable in an arrow plot?

A.   Data set

B.   Scalar

C.   Vector

D.   Region

27: What is the purpose of an artistic drawing?

A.   To be used as a reference for a future project.

B.   To be a record of previous work.

C.   To communicate clear, concise information pertaining to a design.

D.   To express aesthetic, philosophical, and abstract ideas.

28: What is a fabrication drawing?

A.   A drawing done by an architect

B.   A drawing that provides detailed information on how a product is to be manufactured

C.   A drawing that shows how a machine works

D.   A drawing of a work of art

29: What is a section view of multiple parts in an assembly called?

A.   Cross section

B.   Part section

C.   Detail section

D.   Assembly section

30: What does authoring refer to?

A.   The process of recording a song

B.   The process of using computer programming tools to assemble different media into an interactive presentation.

C.   The process of writing a book

D.   The process of painting a picture

31: What is autorouting?

A.   A type of book

B.   A process of hardening steel

C.   A specialized software process that suggests routing connections between components on a circuit board.

D.   A software that helps you design houses

32: What is an auxiliary view?

A.   A section view derived from an auxiliary view.

B.   An orthographic drawing that uses auxiliary views.

C.   A view that shows all hidden lines.

D.   A view drawn to scale using auxiliary lines.

33: What are auxiliary views used for?

A.   To derive a view from an image plane that is not the frontal, horizontal, or profile plane.

B.   To derive a view from the frontal, horizontal, or profile plane.

C.   To find the depth, height, or width of an object.

D.   To find the volume of an object.

34: What is the definition of axis?

A.   The line or vector representing a center of rotation

B.   A three-dimensional figure

C.   The distance between two points

D.   A straight line that intersects a curve

35: How many axes are used to define the orientation of the primary dimensions in an axonometric pictorial projection?

A.   One

B.   Two

C.   Four

D.   Three

36: What are the axes used to define the orientation of the primary dimensions in an axonometric pictorial projection called?

A.   Axonometric axes

B.   X-Axis

C.   Z-Axis

D.   Y-Axis

37: What is the angle between the object and the projection plane in an axonometric projection?

A.   The angle is 90 degrees

B.   The angle is 30 degrees

C.   The angle is 45 degrees

D.   The angle is rotated on an axis relative to the projection plane.

38: What is the full form of B2B?

A.   Business to Business

B.   Bank to Business

C.   Business to Customer

D.   Bank to Customer

39: What is backface culling?

A.   A rendering technique that removes all faces of the model that will be completely hidden from view.

B.   A method of 3D object construction that removes all faces of the model that will be completely hidden from view.

C.   A preprocessing step that removes all faces of the model that will be completely hidden from view.

D.   A postprocessing step that removes all faces of the model that will be completely hidden from view.

40: What is a bar graph?

A.   A graph in which one dimension represents the independent variable and the other represents the dependent variable.

B.   A graph in which all three dimensions represent the dependent variable.

C.   A graph in which two dimensions represent the independent variable and the other represents the dependent variable.

D.   A graph in which one dimension represents the dependent variable and the other represents the independent variable.

41: The base feature creates the initial geometry of the model from which additional geometry can be _______.

A.   Edited

B.   Deleted

C.   Created

D.   Added or subtracted

42: What is the basic dimension?

A.   The size of a feature plus or minus the tolerance.

B.   A theoretical exact size.

C.   A tolerancing measure used to describe the theoretically exact size of a feature.

D.   A unit of measurement.

43: What is the basic size?

A.   The size of an object before it is increased in size

B.   The amount of space allowed between two objects

C.   The size of an object after it has been reduced in size

D.   A tolerancing measure used to describe the theoretical size used as a starting point for the application of tolerances.

44: What are bearings designed to do?

A.   Increase friction between two surfaces

B.   Reduce energy lost to friction

C.   Transfer radial or axial loads from a shaft while minimizing energy loss due to friction from the rotating shaft.

D.   Decrease the amount of force needed to move an object.

45: What is a Bezier curve?

A.   A special case of the B-spline curve.

B.   A type of mathematical function

C.   A curve used in engineering

D.   A curve used in animation

46: What is business intelligence?

A.   A way to enhance customer relationships

B.   The consolidation and analysis of raw business data to produce actionable information that gives a company a competitive edge.

C.   A risk-reduction strategy for new businesses

D.   A method of creating new sales opportunities

47: Which of the following is NOT a type of cubic function?

A.   Lagrange

B.   B-spline

C.   Catmull-Rom

D.   Bezier

48: A bill of materials is a:

A.   Listing of parts or materials used in an assembled object

B.   Legend for a map

C.   Map of an area

D.   Geological feature

49: What is a binary tree?

A.   A hierarchical, logical structure used to organize related elements.

B.   A type of coding language

C.   A data structure that employs two nodes

D.   A mathematical formula used to calculate the area of a shape

50: What is a bird's eye view?

A.   A decorative element often used in quilts

B.   A type of map

C.   A perspective pictorial where the viewpoint is looking down from above the object

D.   A perspective pictorial where the viewpoint is looking up at the object from below