Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-1

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1. 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

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

It can't be done

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

Chamfer

Spot face

Lug

Boss

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

Centimeter

Kilometer

Meter

Millimeter

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

Architectural

Engineering

Civil

Metric

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

Document strips

Title and record strips

Formatting forms

Portable documents

6. 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.

Horizontal

Inclined

None of these

Vertical

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

Electrical layer

Part number

List

Electrical legend

8. 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 18, 24

0, 0 and 34, 24

9. 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

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

They seem to transmit better in a fax machine

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

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

20, 20, 20

None of these

0, 0, 0

10, 10, 10

12. 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 Add Parts tool

Use Union to join them

Use the Join command

None of these

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

Functional process

Aesthetic process

Design process

Engineering process

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

3-D Modeling

Visual Styles

Modify

All of these

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

Check the engineer's scale

All of these

Look on a metric conversion chart

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

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

Development plans

Gantt charts

The Internet and e-mail

Portable document files

17. Spur gear design normally begins with selecting this:

Tooth size

Rack size

Gear size

Pitch diameter

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

None of these

The beginning point of the last line

0, 0

The ending point of the last line

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

None of these

Figure what lines are to be illustrated vertical and horizontal

Confine the isometric drawing to its maximum size

Position the isometric drawing in paper space

20. 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

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21. 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

Change order

Whole new set of drawings

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

Grid

Dynamic Input

O Snaps

Ortho

23. There are two main types of projection

Perspective and Parallel

Station-point and Perspective

Parallel and Orthographic

Parallel and Convergent

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

Isometric

Angular

Parallel

Orthographic

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

Design for manufacture

Design for manufacture and assembly

Design for assembly

Design for concurrent engineering

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

Rear joint

T-joint

Angle joint

Groove joint

27. 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 draft to a finished drawing

An assembly to a finished drawing

A finished to a working drawing

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

Circles

Vertical lines

Horizontal lines

None of these

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

Draw a series of guide lines

Set up the meter line

Sharpen the leads in the technical pens

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

30. 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 and try to use the Dynamic Input readout to find the end point

Type 3 back slash and enter

Type 3 forward slash and enter

Type @3<45 and enter

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

Countersink

Counter-bore

Spot-face

Boss

32. 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.

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

Radial

Outside

Inside

Isoplane

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

Iso-circles

Ellipses

Iso-ellipses

Circles

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

Sweep

Extrude

None of these

Revolve

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

Change orders

Draft drawings

Rapid prototypes

Electronic files

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

Set the grid to isometric

Turn Ortho off

Turn Object Snap off

Set the current layer to Def-points

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

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

Any number

One

Two

Three

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

Spur circle

Base circle

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