Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-1

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

Involute profile

Convolute profile

Spur circle

Base circle

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

Circles

Vertical lines

Horizontal lines

None of these

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

Architectural

Metric

Civil

Engineering

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

Design for manufacture

Design for manufacture and assembly

Design for concurrent engineering

Design for assembly

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

Rear joint

T-joint

Groove joint

Angle joint

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

Gantt charts

The Internet and e-mail

Portable document files

Development plans

7. 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

Hidden feature

Center of a radius

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

Three

Any number

One

Two

9. 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.

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

Spot-face

Counter-bore

Boss

Countersink

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

It can't be done

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

Explode the dimension and then erase the center mark

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

None of these

20, 20, 20

10, 10, 10

0, 0, 0

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

Chamfer

Boss

Lug

Spot face

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

Angular

Isometric

Parallel

Orthographic

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".

16. 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 forward slash and enter

Type @3<45 and enter

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

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

Extrude

Sweep

None of these

Revolve

18. 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

Perpendicular projection

Oblique projection

Aesthetic projection

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. There are two main types of projection

Perspective and Parallel

Parallel and Orthographic

Station-point and Perspective

Parallel and Convergent

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

Outside

Isoplane

Inside

Radial

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

Change orders

Draft drawings

Electronic files

Rapid prototypes

23. 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

Modification slip

Whole new set of drawings

Change order

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

Electrical legend

Part number

Electrical layer

List

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

All of these

Visual Styles

Modify

3-D Modeling

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

Confine the isometric drawing to its maximum size

Figure what lines are to be illustrated vertical and horizontal

None of these

Position the isometric drawing in paper space

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

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

All of these

Look on a metric conversion chart

Check the engineer's scale

28. 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

They seem to transmit better in a fax machine

Different line widths convey different information

It makes no difference

29. Spur gear design normally begins with selecting this:

Tooth size

Rack size

Pitch diameter

Gear size

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

Aesthetic process

Engineering process

Design process

Functional process

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

Dynamic Input

O Snaps

Grid

Ortho

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

Set the current layer to Def-points

Set the grid to isometric

Turn Ortho off

Turn Object Snap off

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

Portable documents

Title and record strips

Document strips

Formatting forms

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

None of these

Use Union to join them

Use the Add Parts tool

Use the Join command

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

Iso-circles

Circles

Ellipses

Iso-ellipses

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

Draw a series of guide lines

Sharpen the leads in the technical pens

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

Set up the meter line

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

Kilometer

Meter

Centimeter

Millimeter

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

0, 0 and 2, 9

0, 0 and 18, 24

0, 0 and 34, 24

0, 0 and 17, 11

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

The beginning point of the last line

0, 0

The ending point of the last line

None of these

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

A finished to a working drawing

A working drawing to a draft

An assembly to a finished drawing

A draft to a finished drawing

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