Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-1

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

The ending point of the last line

0, 0

None of these

The beginning point of the last line

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

One

Three

Two

Any number

3. 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.

Inclined

Vertical

None of these

Horizontal

4. 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 Add Parts tool

Use the Join command

None of these

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

Confine the isometric drawing to its maximum size

Position the isometric drawing in paper space

Figure what lines are to be illustrated vertical and horizontal

None of these

6. Once the architect has finalized the house plans with the client any changes to the design requested by the client will require a ________.

Modification slip

Whole new set of drawings

Change order

None of the above

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

Set the current layer to Def-points

Turn Object Snap off

Turn Ortho off

Set the grid to isometric

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

An assembly to a finished drawing

A draft to a finished drawing

A finished to a working drawing

A working drawing to a draft

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

Center of a circle

Hidden feature

Center of a radius

Center axis of a hidden cylinder

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

Isometric

Angular

Orthographic

Parallel

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11. 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 34, 24

0, 0 and 18, 24

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

List

Part number

Electrical legend

Electrical layer

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

Architectural

Civil

Metric

Engineering

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".

4"

8"

5"

6"

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

Different line widths convey different information

It makes no difference

They seem to transmit better in a fax machine

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

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

None of these

Sweep

Extrude

Revolve

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

Aesthetic process

Design process

Engineering process

Functional process

18. There are two main types of projection

Station-point and Perspective

Perspective and Parallel

Parallel and Convergent

Parallel and Orthographic

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

Gantt charts

Portable document files

Development plans

The Internet and e-mail

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

Kilometer

Millimeter

Meter

Centimeter

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21. 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

Explode the dimension and then erase the center mark

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

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

Circles

Vertical lines

None of these

Horizontal lines

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

Draft drawings

Change orders

Electronic files

Rapid prototypes

24. 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

25. 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

26. 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

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

Boss

Countersink

Spot-face

Counter-bore

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

Inside

Isoplane

Outside

Radial

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

Grid

Ortho

O Snaps

Dynamic Input

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<45 and enter

Type 3 forward slash and enter

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

Design for concurrent engineering

Design for assembly

Design for manufacture and assembly

Design for manufacture

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

Draw a series of guide lines

Sharpen the leads in the technical pens

Set up the meter line

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

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

Iso-ellipses

Ellipses

Circles

Iso-circles

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

Check the engineer's scale

Look on a metric conversion chart

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

All of these

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

Groove joint

Rear joint

T-joint

Angle joint

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

Document strips

Portable documents

Formatting forms

Title and record strips

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

All of these

Modify

Visual Styles

3-D Modeling

38. Spur gear design normally begins with selecting this:

Pitch diameter

Gear size

Tooth size

Rack size

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

Base circle

Convolute profile

Spur circle

Involute profile

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

Spot face

Boss

Chamfer

Lug

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