This is the total amount that the feature on the actual part is allowed to vary from what is specified by the dimension:
Allowance
Tolerance
Specification
Difference
Correct Answer :
B. Tolerance
Related Questions
Schematic and single-line diagrams should be arranged so that signal or transmission path from input to output proceeds in this fashion:
Right to left and top to bottom
Right to left and bottom to top
Left to right and top to bottom
Left to right and bottom to top
On typical electronic diagrams, these items need not be shown unless they are needed for clarification:
Transmission diagrams
Operating relays
Closed relays
Terminal circles
In the section view, the areas that would have been in actual contact with the cutting plane are shown with:
A cutting plane line
Section lining
Visible lines
Lines and arrows
The edges of a cube in isometric projection make angles of this many degrees with each other:
30
60
90
120
This is the smallest diameter of a screw thread:
Internal thread diameter
Minor diameter
Major diameter
External thread diameter
Some of the common terms used to describe technical drawing include:
Drafting
Engineering Graphics
Engineering Drawing
All of the above
The condition of a part when it contains the least amount of material is referred to as ________.
Smallest
LMC
MMC
Actual size
These units are based on inch-foot and yard measurements:
International customary units
U.S. metric units
U.S. customary units
ISO international units
The bounding box method for setting up an isometric drawing helps the drafter ________.
Confine the isometric drawing to its maximum size
Figure what lines are to be illustrated vertical and horizontal
Position the isometric drawing in paper space
None of the above
Most architectural firms and mechanical design companies utilize different categories of blocks. These sets of blocks are usually housed in ________.
Block vaults
Block libraries
Block books
Block references
PDM is the acronym for:
Project drawing management
Product drawing manipulation
Product data management
Project data manipulation
These are vertical distances above a common datum, reference plane, or point:
Plats
Elevations
Traverse
Profiles
In perspective drawings this is placed between the observer and the object:
Vanishing point / horizon
Station point
Ground line
Plane of projection / picture plane
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.
Horizontal
Vertical
Inclined
None of the above
This is the total amount that the feature on the actual part is allowed to vary from what is specified by the dimension:
Allowance
Tolerance
Specification
Difference
Approximately this much of the cost of product development and manufacture is determined at the design stage:
40-50 %
60-75 %
70-80 %
75-85 %
This is the theoretically exact size from which limits of size are determined:
Actual Size
Dimensioned size
Production size
Basic size
In U.S. structural and architectural drafting, all dimensions of this length are usually expressed in feet and inches:
One inch or over
One foot or over
One yard or over
One rod or over
The building construction industry relies on sets of ________ drawings to construct homes and commercial buildings.
Mechanical
Isometric
Architectural working
All of the above
The primary unit of measurement for engineering drawings and design in the mechanical industries is the:
Millimeter
Centimeter
Meter
Kilometer
When designing a home for a client, one of the most important predesign considerations that an architect needs to address is ________.
How much money the client is willing to spend
The site on which the house is to sit
The nearest grocery store
Whether or not there is a curb and gutter system
An oil refinery relies on which type of drafter to maintain and update the technical piping drawings used for the construction and maintenance of the facility.
Architectural
Civil
Process piping
Electrical
This type of section is not in direct projection from the view containing the cutting plane:
Revolved section
Removed section
Broken-out section
Full section
Dimensions are used on the elevation plan to describe ________.
Finished floor elevations
Roof overhangs
Roof pitch angles
All of the above
These types of pipes are generally connected with bell and spigot joints or flanged joints:
Soil and waste
Water and gas
Water and steam
Gas and soil
Once a drawing is determined to be complete, the title block is used to document the change from:
A draft to a finished drawing
A finished to a working drawing
An assembly to a finished drawing
A working drawing to a draft
This allows the designer to conceptualize objects more easily without having to make costly illustrations, models, or prototypes:
Computer-aided manufacturing
Computer-aided design
Computer-aided engineering
Computer-aided prototyping
A ________ section allows the drafter to create a Cutting Plane line which is not in a straight line across the part.
Offset
Half
Whole
Broken out
The architectural and construction industries use the United States National CAD standard (NCS) system on many ________ projects.
Residential
Commercial
Aerospace
Publicly funded
In an exploded assembly drawing it is customary for the drafter to use a ________ line to illustrate how parts fit together.
Phantom
Hidden
Dashed
Center