Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-1

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1. In order to create one solid model from two or more separate solid shapes the drafter will need to position them and then ________.

Use Union to join them

Use the Join command

Use the Add Parts tool

None of these

2. 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

0, 0

None of these

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

Grid

O Snaps

Dynamic Input

Ortho

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

Modify

3-D Modeling

All of these

Visual Styles

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

Parallel

Isometric

Angular

Orthographic

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

Position the isometric drawing in paper space

Confine the isometric drawing to its maximum size

None of these

Figure what lines are to be illustrated vertical and horizontal

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

Any number

One

Two

Three

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

Design for manufacture

Design for assembly

Design for manufacture and assembly

Design for concurrent engineering

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

Rear joint

Angle joint

T-joint

Groove joint

10. There are two main types of projection

Parallel and Convergent

Perspective and Parallel

Station-point and Perspective

Parallel and Orthographic

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

Part number

Electrical layer

List

Electrical legend

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

Set up the meter line

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

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

Circles

None of these

Horizontal lines

Vertical lines

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

Formatting forms

Title and record strips

Portable documents

Document strips

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

Turn Ortho off

Turn Object Snap off

Set the current layer to Def-points

Set the grid to isometric

16. 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<45 and enter

Type 3 forward slash and enter

Type 3 back slash and enter

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

Iso-ellipses

Iso-circles

Ellipses

Circles

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

Architectural

Engineering

Civil

Metric

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

Boss

Spot-face

Countersink

Counter-bore

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

Aesthetic projection

Oblique projection

Perpendicular projection

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

Different line widths convey different information

It makes no difference

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

They seem to transmit better in a fax machine

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

Extrude

None of these

Revolve

Sweep

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

Millimeter

Meter

Centimeter

Kilometer

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

A draft to a finished drawing

A finished to a working drawing

A working drawing to a draft

An assembly to a finished drawing

25. 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

Inclined

Horizontal

Vertical

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

The Internet and e-mail

Portable document files

Gantt charts

Development plans

27. 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

28. 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"

8"

5"

6"

29. 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 trim tool to take away the stacked center mark

Explode the dimension and then erase the center mark

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

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

Hidden feature

Center axis of a hidden cylinder

Center of a radius

Center of a circle

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31. 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

Whole new set of drawings

Modification slip

Change order

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

Engineering process

Design process

Functional process

Aesthetic process

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

Change orders

Draft drawings

Rapid prototypes

Electronic files

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

Lug

Chamfer

Spot face

Boss

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

Inside

Isoplane

Radial

Outside

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

20, 20, 20

10, 10, 10

0, 0, 0

None of these

37. 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

38. 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.

F8

F3

F1

F5

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

Convolute profile

Involute profile

Spur circle

Base circle

40. Spur gear design normally begins with selecting this:

Rack size

Tooth size

Pitch diameter

Gear size

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