Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-1

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

Document strips

Portable documents

Title and record strips

Formatting forms

2. 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.

F1

F5

F8

F3

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

Engineering

Architectural

Metric

Civil

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

A finished to a working drawing

An assembly to a finished drawing

A draft to a finished drawing

A working drawing to a draft

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

They seem to transmit better in a fax machine

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

It makes no difference

Different line widths convey different information

6. Spur gear design normally begins with selecting this:

Tooth size

Pitch diameter

Rack size

Gear size

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

Revolve

Extrude

Sweep

None of these

8. 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

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

Lug

Spot face

Boss

Chamfer

10. 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 17, 11

0, 0 and 34, 24

0, 0 and 18, 24

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11. 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"

5"

8"

6"

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

Center axis of a hidden cylinder

Hidden feature

Center of a circle

Center of a radius

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

Modify

Visual Styles

3-D Modeling

All of these

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 forward slash and enter

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

Type @3<45 and enter

Type 3 back slash and enter

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

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

Set up the meter line

16. 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

Oblique projection

Perpendicular projection

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

The ending point of the last line

0, 0

The beginning point of the last line

None of these

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

Orthographic

Isometric

Angular

Parallel

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

Confine the isometric drawing to its maximum size

Position the isometric drawing in paper space

Figure what lines are to be illustrated vertical and horizontal

None of these

20. 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 the Add Parts tool

Use Union to join them

Use the Join command

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

Any number

One

Three

Two

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

Engineering process

Design process

Aesthetic process

Functional process

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

Groove joint

T-joint

Angle joint

Rear joint

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

Gantt charts

Portable document files

The Internet and e-mail

Development plans

25. There are two main types of projection

Parallel and Orthographic

Station-point and Perspective

Parallel and Convergent

Perspective and Parallel

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

Convolute profile

Spur circle

Involute profile

Base circle

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

Outside

Isoplane

Inside

Radial

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

0, 0, 0

None of these

20, 20, 20

10, 10, 10

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

Iso-circles

Circles

Ellipses

Iso-ellipses

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

None of these

Vertical lines

Horizontal lines

Circles

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

Draft drawings

Change orders

Electronic files

Rapid prototypes

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

Electrical layer

Electrical legend

Part number

List

33. 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

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

Countersink

Spot-face

Boss

Counter-bore

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

Look on a metric conversion chart

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

All of these

Check the engineer's scale

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

Design for assembly

Design for manufacture

Design for manufacture and assembly

Design for concurrent engineering

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

Kilometer

Millimeter

Centimeter

Meter

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

Grid

O Snaps

Dynamic Input

Ortho

39. 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

Horizontal

Vertical

None of these

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

Explode the dimension and then erase the center mark

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

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