Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-1

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1. 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

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

Design process

Aesthetic process

Functional process

Engineering process

3. 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

Explode the dimension and then erase the center mark

Use the trim tool to take away the stacked center mark

It can't be done

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

4"

6"

5"

8"

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

Chamfer

Boss

Lug

Spot face

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

0, 0 and 17, 11

0, 0 and 18, 24

0, 0 and 2, 9

0, 0 and 34, 24

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

Revolve

Sweep

None of these

Extrude

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

Ellipses

Iso-ellipses

Circles

Iso-circles

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

Design for assembly

Design for manufacture and assembly

Design for concurrent engineering

Design for manufacture

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

Convolute profile

Involute profile

Base circle

Spur circle

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

Visual Styles

Modify

3-D Modeling

All of these

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

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

Draw a series of guide lines

Sharpen the leads in the technical pens

Set up the meter line

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

0, 0

The beginning point of the last line

The ending point of the last line

None of these

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

Rear joint

Groove joint

Angle joint

T-joint

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

Centimeter

Meter

Millimeter

Kilometer

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

Different line widths convey different information

It makes no difference

They seem to transmit better in a fax machine

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

17. 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 forward slash 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<45 and enter

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

One

Any number

Three

Two

19. 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.

Inclined

Vertical

Horizontal

None of these

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

Document strips

Title and record strips

Formatting forms

Portable documents

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

Inside

Outside

Isoplane

Radial

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

Countersink

Counter-bore

Boss

Spot-face

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

Ortho

Dynamic Input

O Snaps

Grid

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

Electronic files

Draft drawings

Change orders

Rapid prototypes

25. 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.

F5

F8

F1

F3

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

None of the above

Change order

Modification slip

Whole new set of drawings

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

Turn Object Snap off

Set the grid to isometric

Set the current layer to Def-points

Turn Ortho off

28. 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 the Join command

Use Union to join them

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

List

Electrical layer

Part number

Electrical legend

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

Circles

None of these

Horizontal lines

Vertical lines

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31. Spur gear design normally begins with selecting this:

Gear size

Pitch diameter

Rack size

Tooth size

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

Metric

Architectural

Engineering

Civil

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

All of these

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

Check the engineer's scale

Look on a metric conversion chart

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

Portable document files

Gantt charts

The Internet and e-mail

Development plans

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

Parallel

Angular

Isometric

Orthographic

36. 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

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

Figure what lines are to be illustrated vertical and horizontal

Confine the isometric drawing to its maximum size

Position the isometric drawing in paper space

None of these

38. There are two main types of projection

Perspective and Parallel

Parallel and Convergent

Station-point and Perspective

Parallel and Orthographic

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

An assembly to a finished drawing

A working drawing to a draft

A finished to a working drawing

A draft to a finished drawing

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

Hidden feature

Center axis of a hidden cylinder

Center of a radius

Center of a circle

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