Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-1

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

T-joint

Angle joint

Groove joint

Rear joint

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

Millimeter

Meter

Centimeter

Kilometer

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.

None of these

Horizontal

Vertical

Inclined

4. 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<45 and enter

Type 3 back slash and enter

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

Type 3 forward slash and enter

5. 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

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

Countersink

Boss

Counter-bore

Spot-face

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

Extrude

Sweep

Revolve

None of these

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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 Properties dialog box to turn off the center mark of the dimension

Use the trim tool to take away the stacked center mark

It can't be done

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

Angular

Isometric

Orthographic

Parallel

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

Any number

Three

One

Two

13. 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

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

All of these

3-D Modeling

Modify

Visual Styles

15. 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.

F5

F1

F8

F3

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

Gantt charts

The Internet and e-mail

Development plans

Portable document files

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

Center axis of a hidden cylinder

Hidden feature

Center of a circle

Center of a radius

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

Functional process

Aesthetic process

Design process

Engineering process

19. 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

20. 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

None of these

Use the Add Parts tool

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

Outside

Isoplane

Radial

Inside

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 working drawing to a draft

An assembly to a finished drawing

A draft to a finished drawing

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

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

Different line widths convey different information

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

Civil

Architectural

Metric

Engineering

25. Spur gear design normally begins with selecting this:

Gear size

Rack size

Tooth size

Pitch diameter

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

Iso-circles

Ellipses

Iso-ellipses

Circles

27. 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

28. 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

None of the above

Change order

29. 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

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

Portable documents

Title and record strips

Formatting forms

Document strips

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

Position the isometric drawing in paper space

Figure what lines are to be illustrated vertical and horizontal

Confine the isometric drawing to its maximum size

None of these

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

Spur circle

Involute profile

Convolute profile

Base circle

33. There are two main types of projection

Parallel and Orthographic

Station-point and Perspective

Perspective and Parallel

Parallel and Convergent

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

Horizontal lines

None of these

Vertical lines

Circles

35. 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 17, 11

0, 0 and 2, 9

0, 0 and 18, 24

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

Lug

Boss

Spot face

Chamfer

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

Ortho

O Snaps

Grid

Dynamic Input

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

Electrical legend

List

Part number

Electrical layer

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

8"

4"

6"

5"

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

Rapid prototypes

Electronic files

Change orders

Draft drawings

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