What is an assembly? -Answer A group of components working together as a single
functional unit
A collection of related parts that are grouped together as a single functional unit but
designed to be incorporated with other units into a larger manufacturing product is
called ___ -Answer Subassembly
Which assembly modeling methodology is more appropriate to support large complex
products and highly collaborative projects that need to be supported by PDM systems? -
Answer Top-Down
The concept used to add a part to an assembly so that the component appears in the
assembly, but the actual geometric data of the component remains in the source
component file is called ______ - Answer Instantiation
How many degrees of freedom does a free object in 3D space have? - Answer 6
A variable that can be set dynamically to any numeric value and then referenced by a
CAD model for dimensioning purposes is called ________ - Answer Parameter
Which of the following statements about part families and configurations is TRUE? -
Answer Configurations can leverage parameters and formulas to build part variations
A part made in total conformance to published government or industry-accepted
specifications and include all information needed to manufacture the part is known as
_______ - Answer Standard part
Which of the following statements is NOT true? - Answer Parameters cannot be defined
, in under-defined sketches
Though many times used as interchangeably, which term is applied to a set of members
which differ principally in size? - Answer Part families
What does it mean for a technical drawing to be a derivative of a model? -Answer The
attributes of the drawing are driven by the model via a parent/child reference
relationship
Which of the following is a general category of drawing elements? -Answer Object
geometry views, notes, drawing sheet format and title block
Dashed, thin lines used to depict geometric features that are not visible in a given view
are called ______ - Answer Hidden lines
What type of section view is often used with symmetric parts and results in exposing the
internal detail of one-quarter of the object? - Answer Half section
What type of scheme is used in engineering graphics to depict an object to be either
smaller, or larger, than its true physical size? Scale
Which of the following is NOT a true statement regarding the processing of parts in a
PDM system? Vender-supplied parts cannot have CAD models associated with them.
Make-buy decision. Which of the following is a common reason to buy? Lack of in-house
expertise
Which of the following is NOT something that has to be considered in selecting an
optimum part for a given product? -Answer Digitalization
Which of the following is NOT a neutral CAD format? IGES, STEP and DXF are examples
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