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Textbook Assignment:
“Drafting:
Fundamentals and Techniques; Reproduction Process.” Pages
3-1 through 3-51.
3-1.
For you to be positioned
comfortably at your drawing board,
your line of sight, in relation to
the drawing surface, should be at
approximately what angle?
1.
30°
2.
45°
3.
60°
4.
90°
3-2.
If a drawing board has a severely
marred drawing surface, you should
cover the surface with which of the
following materials?
1.
A large sheet of butcher’s
paper
2.
Two thicknesses of drawing
paper
3.
Laminated vinyl material
4.
Self-adhesive linoleum
3-3.
What step should you take to
improve the surface of drawing
paper that has become scratched
from excessive erasing?
1.
Rub the area smooth with your
thumbnail
2.
Rub the area lightly with
pounce
3.
Cover the damaged area with
transparent tape
4.
Apply a thin coating of clear
acrylic spray
3-4.
Which of the following drawing
pencils should you select for the
initial layout of a drawing?
1.
2B
2. F
3. H
4.
4H
3-5.
When you view the back of a pencil
drawing (on tracing paper) that is
held against a light and see only
indistinct lines, what, if
anything, should you do?
1.
Select a harder pencil to
darken the lines
2.
Select a softer pencil to
darken the lines
3.
Exert more pressure on the
pencil used to prepare the
drawing
4.
Nothing; viewing the drawing
from the back serves no purpose
3-6.
You should always sharpen a pencil
on its unlettered end for which of
the following reasons?
1.
To avoid breaking the lead
2.
To retain the grade symbol
3.
To retain the manufacturer’s
name
4.
To permit easier dressing of
the point
3-7.
The mechanical pencil pointer
produces what type of point?
1.
Chisel
2.
Elliptical
3.
Conical
4.
Wedge
3-8.
A mechanical pencil has which of
3-9.
3-10.
the following-advantages over a
wooden pencil?
1.
It is more comfortable to use
2.
It does not need to be
sharpened as frequently
3.
It stays at a constant length
4.
It uses leads that do not break
as readily
When drawing a horizontal line, you
should hold the pencil at what
incline?
1.
30°
2.
45°
3.
60°
4.
75°
To draw vertical lines, you should
(a) incline the pencil toward what
part of the board and (b) draw the
lines in what direction?
1.
(a) Top
(b) from bottom to
top
2.
(a) Top
(b) from top to
bottom
3.
(a) Bottom (b) from bottom to
top
4.
(a) Bottom (b) from top to
bottom
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