Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-1

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

Ortho

Dynamic Input

O Snaps

Grid

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

Revolve

Extrude

None of these

Sweep

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

Document strips

Formatting forms

Title and record strips

Portable documents

4. 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 Join command

None of these

Use the Add Parts tool

Use Union to join them

5. 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

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

Electronic files

Draft drawings

Change orders

Rapid prototypes

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

Check the engineer's scale

Look on a metric conversion chart

All of these

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

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

Three

One

Two

Any number

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

Center of a radius

Hidden feature

Center of a circle

Center axis of a hidden cylinder

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

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

Groove joint

Rear joint

T-joint

Angle joint

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

Isoplane

Outside

Radial

Inside

13. 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 2, 9

0, 0 and 18, 24

0, 0 and 34, 24

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

Functional process

Engineering process

Aesthetic process

Design process

15. 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

Oblique projection

Perpendicular projection

Aesthetic projection

16. 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

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

Angular

Orthographic

Isometric

Parallel

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

Involute profile

Spur circle

Base circle

Convolute profile

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

Spot-face

Boss

Counter-bore

Countersink

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

None of these

Circles

Vertical lines

Horizontal lines

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

The beginning point of the last line

The ending point of the last line

0, 0

None of these

22. Spur gear design normally begins with selecting this:

Pitch diameter

Gear size

Rack size

Tooth size

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

Iso-ellipses

Ellipses

Circles

Iso-circles

24. 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.

None of these

Vertical

Inclined

Horizontal

25. 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 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

26. 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 trim tool to take away the stacked center mark

It can't be done

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

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

Engineering

Metric

Architectural

Civil

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

Different line widths convey different information

It makes no difference

They seem to transmit better in a fax machine

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

List

Electrical legend

Electrical layer

Part number

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

Lug

Chamfer

Boss

Spot face

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31. 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.

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

A working drawing to a draft

A finished to a working drawing

An assembly to a finished drawing

A draft to a finished drawing

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

Figure what lines are to be illustrated vertical and horizontal

None of these

Position the isometric drawing in paper space

Confine the isometric drawing to its maximum size

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

None of these

0, 0, 0

20, 20, 20

10, 10, 10

35. There are two main types of projection

Station-point and Perspective

Parallel and Orthographic

Perspective and Parallel

Parallel and Convergent

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

Set up the meter line

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

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

Modify

Visual Styles

3-D Modeling

All of these

38. 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

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

Portable document files

The Internet and e-mail

Development plans

Gantt charts

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

Meter

Kilometer

Centimeter

Millimeter

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