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200

What does UAME stand for? 

Unrelated Actual mating envelope

200

What are the 2 organizations that publish GD&T standards?

ASME & ISO 

200

A Position tolerance primarily controls which element of a Feature of Size?

A. Surface texture
B. Circular elements of the surface
C. Axis, center point, or midplane
D. Flatness of the feature

C. Axis, center point, or midplane

200

Extension lines alone create a Continuous Feature? - TRUE or FALSE

FALSE

200

What is Rule #2 called? 

Regardless of feature size (RFS)

400

A feature axis is derived using? 

A. RAME 

B. DRF 

C. UAME

D. MMC

C. UAME - Unrelated Actual Mating Envelope

400

How many GD&T feature symbols is there? 

A. 17

B. 21

C. 9

D. 14

D. 14

400

A hole location is defined with basic dimensions, but no position tolerance is applied.

What do the basic dimensions establish?

A. The allowable variation of the hole location
B. The exact theoretical location of the hole
C. Bonus tolerance
D. The datum reference frame

B. The exact theoretical location of the hole

400

Name 1 (one) of the 3 questions in the GD&T Basics Tolerancing Framework. 

1. What is being controlled? 

2. What is the tolerance zone?

3. How is it constrained? 

400

Under Rule #2, increasing a hole size from MMC toward LMC will:

A. Increases the tolerance zone
B. Decreases the tolerance zone
C. Has no effect on the tolerance zone
D. Converts the tolerance to Bonus Tolerance

C. Has no effect on the tolerance zone

600

A feature identified as Datum A will always be the primary datum - TRUE or FALSE

FALSE 

600

What was the first-year GD&T standards were developed? 

A. 1931

B. 1949

C. 1954

D. 1947

B. 1949

600

What formula is used to convert coordinate dimensions to a position tolerance? 

Pythagorean Theorem 

600

Under RFS, feature size changes a Ø.008 position tolerance? - TRUE OR FALSE

FALSE

600

Which modifier allows additional geometric tolerance as a feature departs from Maximum Material Condition?

A. RFS
B. MMC
C. Datum Target
D. Basic Dimension

B. MMC

800

A Datum axis is derived using? 

A. UAME 

B. RAME

C. MMC 

D. RFS

B. RAME - Related Actual Mating Envelope

800

What does ISO stand for? 

the International Organization for Standardization 

800

A Position tolerance requires datums because the datums establish what?

A. Feature size
B. Datum Reference Frame
C. Material condition
D. Form tolerance


B. Datum Reference Frame

800

A Feature Control Frame is attached to a hole's size dimension. What element of the feature is being controlled?

A. The hole surface elements
B. The hole axis
C. The hole diameter 
D. The datum reference frame

B. The hole axis

800

What modifier allows bonus tolerance?

MMC modifier 

1000

Name the 3 datum targets. 

Points, Lines, Areas
1000

Who is credited as the orginator of GD&T

Stanley Parker

1000

A hole is located using basic dimensions from Datums A, B, and C. Those basic dimensions define this exact location from which Position error is measured.

True Position

1000

Why use MMC on position?

Additional tolerance while protecting function

1000

Hole MMC=.625, actual=.630. What is the bonus tolerance?

.005

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