Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-1

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

Architectural

Civil

Engineering

Metric

2. How can the drafter prevent Auto-CAD from placing or stacking another center mark on a circle when adding a diameter dimension to it?

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

It can't be done

Explode the dimension and then erase the center mark

Use the trim tool to take away the stacked center mark

3. There are two main types of projection

Station-point and Perspective

Parallel and Convergent

Parallel and Orthographic

Perspective and Parallel

4. 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

Perpendicular projection

Oblique projection

Aesthetic projection

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

Parallel

Isometric

Angular

Orthographic

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

Visual Styles

All of these

3-D Modeling

Modify

7. 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 the Join command

Use Union to join them

None of these

8. 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

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

Any number

Two

Three

One

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

None of these

10, 10, 10

0, 0, 0

20, 20, 20

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

Kilometer

Meter

Millimeter

Centimeter

12. 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

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

Base circle

Convolute profile

Spur circle

Involute profile

14. 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

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

Chamfer

Lug

Spot face

Boss

16. 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 18, 24

0, 0 and 17, 11

0, 0 and 2, 9

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

All of these

Check the engineer's scale

Look on a metric conversion chart

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

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

Revolve

Extrude

Sweep

None of these

19. Spur gear design normally begins with selecting this:

Gear size

Pitch diameter

Rack size

Tooth size

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

Design process

Aesthetic process

Functional process

Engineering process

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

Position the isometric drawing in paper space

None of these

Confine the isometric drawing to its maximum size

Figure what lines are to be illustrated vertical and horizontal

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

A finished to a working drawing

A draft to a finished drawing

An assembly to a finished drawing

A working drawing to a draft

23. 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

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

Rear joint

T-joint

Groove joint

Angle joint

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

Vertical

Horizontal

Inclined

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

Portable documents

Document strips

Formatting forms

Title and record strips

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

Design for assembly

Design for concurrent engineering

Design for manufacture

Design for manufacture and assembly

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

Outside

Inside

Radial

Isoplane

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

Rapid prototypes

Electronic files

Draft drawings

Change orders

30. 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

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31. 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

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

Ellipses

Circles

Iso-circles

Iso-ellipses

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

O Snaps

Dynamic Input

Grid

Ortho

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

They seem to transmit better in a fax machine

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

35. 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.

F3

F1

F5

F8

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

Counter-bore

Spot-face

Boss

Countersink

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

5"

6"

8"

4"

38. 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

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

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

Draw a series of guide lines

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

Horizontal lines

None of these

Circles

Vertical lines

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