Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-1

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1. 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 17, 11

0, 0 and 18, 24

0, 0 and 2, 9

2. 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 the Join command

Use Union to join them

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

A working drawing to a draft

An assembly to a finished drawing

A finished to a working drawing

A draft to a finished drawing

4. 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

Confine the isometric drawing to its maximum size

Position the isometric drawing in paper space

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

Lug

Boss

Chamfer

Spot face

6. There are two main types of projection

Perspective and Parallel

Parallel and Convergent

Parallel and Orthographic

Station-point and Perspective

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

Convolute profile

Spur circle

Involute profile

Base circle

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

Visual Styles

Modify

3-D Modeling

All of these

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

20, 20, 20

0, 0, 0

None of these

10, 10, 10

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

Centimeter

Kilometer

Meter

Millimeter

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

Center of a radius

Center of a circle

Center axis of a hidden cylinder

Hidden feature

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

Countersink

Boss

Spot-face

Counter-bore

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

Ortho

Dynamic Input

O Snaps

Grid

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

6"

4"

8"

5"

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

It makes no difference

Different line widths convey different information

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

They seem to transmit better in a fax machine

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?

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

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

Design for assembly

Design for manufacture

Design for concurrent engineering

Design for manufacture and assembly

18. 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

Modification slip

Whole new set of drawings

None of the above

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

Radial

Outside

Isoplane

Inside

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

Turn Object Snap off

Set the current layer to Def-points

Set the grid to isometric

Turn Ortho off

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21. 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

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

Gantt charts

Development plans

Portable document files

The Internet and e-mail

23. 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

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

Metric

Engineering

Civil

Architectural

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

Draft drawings

Rapid prototypes

Change orders

Electronic files

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

Design process

Functional process

Aesthetic process

Engineering process

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

Iso-circles

Circles

Iso-ellipses

Ellipses

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

One

Three

Any number

Two

29. Spur gear design normally begins with selecting this:

Gear size

Tooth size

Rack size

Pitch diameter

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

Sharpen the leads in the technical pens

Draw a series of guide lines

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

Set up the meter line

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

Check the engineer's scale

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

Look on a metric conversion chart

All of these

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

None of these

Revolve

Sweep

Extrude

33. 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

Horizontal

Inclined

Vertical

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

Circles

Vertical lines

Horizontal lines

None of these

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

Electrical legend

Electrical layer

Part number

List

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

Groove joint

Rear joint

Angle joint

T-joint

37. 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

Aesthetic projection

Angular projection

Perpendicular projection

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

Orthographic

Parallel

Isometric

Angular

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. 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 back slash and enter

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

Type 3 forward slash and enter

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