Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-1

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1. In order to create an isometric circle to represent a hole through the top surface of a box, the drafter must insure that the correct iso-plane has been selected by scrolling through the iso-planes using the ________ key.

2. Drawings created with commercial software are typically saved as:

Electronic files

Change orders

Rapid prototypes

Draft drawings

3. Auto-CAD refers to isometric ellipses as ________.

Ellipses

Circles

Iso-ellipses

Iso-circles

4. Inserting blocks into a drawing file usually requires exacting placement. The drafter should insure that ________ is turned on.

Ortho

Dynamic Input

Grid

O Snaps

5. The primary unit of measurement for engineering drawings and design in the mechanical industries is the:

Millimeter

Kilometer

Centimeter

Meter

6. The first step in creating a traditional technical drawing is to ________.

Sharpen the leads in the technical pens

Set up the meter line

Draw a series of guide lines

Align the paper so that it will be positioned square to the parallel bar

7. The text height for room names should be set to ________for a drawing that will be plotted to a scale of ¼" = 1'-0".

8. There are two main types of projection

Parallel and Convergent

Station-point and Perspective

Perspective and Parallel

Parallel and Orthographic

9. How can the drafter prevent Auto-CAD from placing or stacking another center mark on a circle when adding a diameter dimension to it?

Use the Properties dialog box to turn off the center mark of the dimension

Use the trim tool to take away the stacked center mark

It can't be done

Explode the dimension and then erase the center mark

10. When drawing a line using the relative coordinate system a line is created from ________.

0, 0

The ending point of the last line

The beginning point of the last line

None of these

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11. A fillet is a rounded surface on the ________ corner of a part.

Radial

Inside

Isoplane

Outside

12. In order to set drawing limits for a 'C' size architectural drawing the drafter should set the limits to ________.

0, 0 and 18, 24

0, 0 and 17, 11

0, 0 and 2, 9

0, 0 and 34, 24

13. A line drawn with a long section, short dash, and another long section is a __________.

Center axis of a hidden cylinder

Center of a circle

Center of a radius

Hidden feature

14. Using the Relative Polar Coordinate System to add a 3 inch line that is 45 degrees from the end point of the line created above the drafter would ________.

Type @3<45 and enter

Type 3 and try to use the Dynamic Input readout to find the end point

Type 3 back slash and enter

Type 3 forward slash and enter

15. In working drawings, these show all necessary information not given directly on the drawing with its dimensions and notes:

Title and record strips

Portable documents

Document strips

Formatting forms

16. Once the architect has finalized the house plans with the client any changes to the design requested by the client will require a ________.

Whole new set of drawings

Change order

None of the above

Modification slip

17. 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.

Vertical

Horizontal

Inclined

None of these

18. To insure that everyone understands what the electrical symbols represent it is customary to include a ________ on the electrical sheet.

Part number

List

Electrical legend

Electrical layer

19. This is a flat or rounded tab protruding from a surface, usually to provide a method for attachment:

Boss

Chamfer

Lug

Spot face

20. The Offset tool should only be used for placing _________ in an isometric drawing.

Horizontal lines

Circles

Vertical lines

None of these

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21. This type of projection is when projectors are parallel to each other, but are at an angle other than 90 degrees to the plane of projection:

Oblique projection

Angular projection

Perpendicular projection

Aesthetic projection

22. In order to create one solid model from two or more separate solid shapes the drafter will need to position them and then ________.

Use the Add Parts tool

Use Union to join them

None of these

Use the Join command

23. Before starting an isometric drawing in Auto-CAD the drafter needs to ________.

Turn Ortho off

Set the current layer to Def-points

Set the grid to isometric

Turn Object Snap off

24. Oblique drawings are dimensioned in a similar fashion as these types of drawings:

Parallel

Orthographic

Angular

Isometric

25. This is a conical-shaped recess around a hole, often used to receive a tapered screw head

Countersink

Boss

Counter-bore

Spot-face

26. This process recognizes the inherent interrelationships between design and manufacturing:

Design for assembly

Design for concurrent engineering

Design for manufacture

Design for manufacture and assembly

27. Traditional drafters need to be able to create several different line widths because ________.

The line width has to do with how dark it appear in the finished drawing

It makes no difference

They seem to transmit better in a fax machine

Different line widths convey different information

28. In order to convert fractional inches into decimal inches __________.

Divide the numerator (top number) by the denominator (bottom number)

Look on a metric conversion chart

All of these

Check the engineer's scale

29. When lettering a CAD drawing, for clarity you should limit the number of fonts to:

Three

Any number

One

Two

30. Which of the following is one of the basic types of welded joints:

Angle joint

Groove joint

Rear joint

T-joint

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31. The Conceptual Visual Style tool is located on the ________ toolbar.

Visual Styles

3-D Modeling

All of these

Modify

32. A cylinder can be created by drawing a rectangular shape then the ________ tool.

Revolve

Extrude

None of these

Sweep

33. Using this as a communication and design review tool can help shorten the process and eliminate productivity barriers:

Gantt charts

Development plans

The Internet and e-mail

Portable document files

34. Generally, the units used on an architectural drawing are set to __________.

Metric

Civil

Architectural

Engineering

35. The bounding box method for setting up an isometric drawing helps the drafter ________.

Position the isometric drawing in paper space

Confine the isometric drawing to its maximum size

Figure what lines are to be illustrated vertical and horizontal

None of these

36. Once a drawing is determined to be complete, the title block is used to document the change from:

A working drawing to a draft

An assembly to a finished drawing

A finished to a working drawing

A draft to a finished drawing

37. The default position of the UCS icon is positioned at ________ on the Auto-CAD grid.

20, 20, 20

0, 0, 0

10, 10, 10

None of these

38. Spur gear design normally begins with selecting this:

Gear size

Pitch diameter

Tooth size

Rack size

39. The organized and orderly approach to solving problems is known as the

Engineering process

Aesthetic process

Design process

Functional process

40. The most common geometric form used in gears today is this

Involute profile

Spur circle

Convolute profile

Base circle

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