Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-1

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1. Spur gear design normally begins with selecting this:

Rack size

Gear size

Tooth size

Pitch diameter

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

Set the current layer to Def-points

Turn Object Snap off

Set the grid to isometric

Turn Ortho off

3. 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.

F8

F5

F3

F1

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

Sweep

Extrude

Revolve

None of these

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

Two

One

Three

Any number

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

A draft to a finished drawing

A finished to a working drawing

A working drawing to a draft

An assembly to a finished drawing

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

Iso-ellipses

Iso-circles

Circles

Ellipses

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

Grid

O Snaps

Dynamic Input

Ortho

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

Parallel

Angular

Isometric

Orthographic

10. 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.

Horizontal

Inclined

Vertical

None of these

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

Civil

Architectural

Engineering

Metric

12. 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 back slash and enter

Type @3<45 and enter

Type 3 forward slash and enter

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

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

Aesthetic process

Design process

Functional process

Engineering process

14. 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

None of these

Use Union to join them

Use the Join command

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

5"

8"

6"

4"

16. 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

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

Hidden feature

Center of a circle

Center of a radius

Center axis of a hidden cylinder

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

Formatting forms

Title and record strips

Portable documents

Document strips

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

Lug

Spot face

Boss

Chamfer

20. There are two main types of projection

Parallel and Convergent

Perspective and Parallel

Station-point and Perspective

Parallel and Orthographic

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

Spot-face

Boss

Counter-bore

Countersink

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

Figure what lines are to be illustrated vertical and horizontal

Position the isometric drawing in paper space

Confine the isometric drawing to its maximum size

None of these

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

0, 0, 0

20, 20, 20

10, 10, 10

None of these

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

Outside

Isoplane

Inside

Radial

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

Kilometer

Meter

Centimeter

Millimeter

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

0, 0 and 34, 24

0, 0 and 18, 24

0, 0 and 17, 11

0, 0 and 2, 9

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

Look on a metric conversion chart

Check the engineer's scale

All of these

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

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

Draft drawings

Rapid prototypes

Electronic files

Change orders

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

T-joint

Rear joint

Groove joint

Angle joint

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

Part number

Electrical legend

Electrical layer

List

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

Development plans

Gantt charts

The Internet and e-mail

Portable document files

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

Spur circle

Base circle

Convolute profile

Involute profile

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

Different line widths convey different information

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

35. 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:

Angular projection

Aesthetic projection

Perpendicular projection

Oblique projection

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

The ending point of the last line

None of these

The beginning point of the last line

0, 0

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

Design for manufacture

Design for concurrent engineering

Design for manufacture and assembly

Design for assembly

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

Set up the meter line

Sharpen the leads in the technical pens

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

Draw a series of guide lines

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

Change order

Whole new set of drawings

Modification slip

None of the above

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

Modify

Visual Styles

All of these

3-D Modeling

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