Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-1

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

Boss

Chamfer

Spot face

Lug

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

Portable document files

Development plans

The Internet and e-mail

Gantt charts

3. Spur gear design normally begins with selecting this:

Tooth size

Pitch diameter

Rack size

Gear size

4. 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

5. 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

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

Draft drawings

Electronic files

Rapid prototypes

Change orders

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

10, 10, 10

0, 0, 0

20, 20, 20

None of these

8. 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

Horizontal

Vertical

Inclined

9. 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

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

Horizontal lines

Vertical lines

None of these

Circles

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

Two

One

Three

Any number

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

Figure what lines are to be illustrated vertical and horizontal

None of these

Confine the isometric drawing to its maximum size

Position the isometric drawing in paper space

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

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

Sweep

Extrude

None of these

Revolve

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

3-D Modeling

Modify

All of these

Visual Styles

16. 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.

17. 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

18. 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

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

Angular

Parallel

Orthographic

Isometric

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

Spur circle

Base circle

Involute profile

Convolute profile

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21. 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

22. 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 forward slash and enter

Type 3 and try to use the Dynamic Input readout to find the end point

Type @3<45 and enter

Type 3 back slash and enter

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

Millimeter

Centimeter

Kilometer

Meter

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:

Perpendicular projection

Oblique projection

Aesthetic projection

Angular projection

25. 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

None of these

Use the Join command

Use the Add Parts tool

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

Title and record strips

Document strips

Portable documents

Formatting forms

27. There are two main types of projection

Parallel and Convergent

Parallel and Orthographic

Perspective and Parallel

Station-point and Perspective

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

Look on a metric conversion chart

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

Check the engineer's scale

All of these

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

Design process

Functional process

Engineering process

Aesthetic process

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

Inside

Isoplane

Radial

Outside

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

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

They seem to transmit better in a fax machine

It makes no difference

Different line widths convey different information

32. 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 34, 24

0, 0 and 17, 11

0, 0 and 18, 24

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

Spot-face

Counter-bore

Boss

Countersink

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

Architectural

Metric

Civil

Engineering

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

Angle joint

T-joint

Groove joint

Rear joint

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

Ellipses

Circles

Iso-circles

Iso-ellipses

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

Electrical legend

List

Electrical layer

Part number

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

Design for manufacture and assembly

Design for concurrent engineering

Design for manufacture

Design for assembly

39. 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

None of the above

Modification slip

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

O Snaps

Ortho

Dynamic Input

Grid

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