A S S I G N M E N T  3 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 15