Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-1

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

None of these

Position the isometric drawing in paper space

Confine the isometric drawing to its maximum size

Figure what lines are to be illustrated vertical and horizontal

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

Orthographic

Isometric

Angular

Parallel

3. 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

Sharpen the leads in the technical pens

Draw a series of guide lines

Set up the meter line

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

The Internet and e-mail

Gantt charts

Development plans

Portable document files

5. 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.

Vertical

None of these

Inclined

Horizontal

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

Center of a circle

Center of a radius

Hidden feature

Center axis of a hidden cylinder

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

Iso-circles

Ellipses

Circles

Iso-ellipses

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

Convolute profile

Spur circle

Involute profile

Base circle

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

Set the current layer to Def-points

Turn Object Snap off

Set the grid to isometric

Turn Ortho off

10. 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

Whole new set of drawings

Modification slip

None of the above

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

Design for concurrent engineering

Design for manufacture

Design for assembly

Design for manufacture and assembly

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

Draft drawings

Electronic files

Rapid prototypes

Change orders

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

Three

One

Two

Any number

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

Horizontal lines

Vertical lines

None of these

Circles

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

Groove joint

T-joint

Angle joint

Rear joint

16. 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 Join command

Use Union to join them

Use the Add Parts tool

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

Grid

O Snaps

Dynamic Input

Ortho

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

Spot face

Chamfer

Lug

Boss

19. Spur gear design normally begins with selecting this:

Pitch diameter

Tooth size

Gear size

Rack size

20. 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"

8"

5"

4"

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

Millimeter

Meter

Centimeter

Kilometer

22. 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

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

23. There are two main types of projection

Parallel and Orthographic

Perspective and Parallel

Station-point and Perspective

Parallel and Convergent

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

0, 0 and 18, 24

0, 0 and 34, 24

0, 0 and 17, 11

0, 0 and 2, 9

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

20, 20, 20

0, 0, 0

10, 10, 10

None of these

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

It makes no difference

Different line widths convey different information

They seem to transmit better in a fax machine

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

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

Extrude

None of these

Revolve

Sweep

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

Countersink

Spot-face

Counter-bore

Boss

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

Functional process

Engineering process

Aesthetic process

Design process

30. 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:

Aesthetic projection

Angular projection

Perpendicular projection

Oblique projection

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

The ending point of the last line

The beginning point of the last line

None of these

0, 0

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

Look on a metric conversion chart

Check the engineer's scale

All of these

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

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

Modify

3-D Modeling

All of these

Visual Styles

34. 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

35. 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

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

Isoplane

Outside

Inside

Radial

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

Civil

Architectural

Metric

Engineering

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

Portable documents

Formatting forms

Document strips

Title and record strips

39. 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

A draft to a finished drawing

An assembly to a finished drawing

40. 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

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