Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-1

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

Dynamic Input

Ortho

Grid

O Snaps

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

Outside

Radial

Isoplane

Inside

3. 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 forward slash and enter

Type 3 back slash and enter

Type @3<45 and enter

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

None of these

0, 0, 0

20, 20, 20

10, 10, 10

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

Center axis of a hidden cylinder

Center of a circle

Hidden feature

Center of a radius

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

Isometric

Parallel

Angular

Orthographic

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

Spur circle

Convolute profile

Involute profile

Base circle

8. 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 34, 24

0, 0 and 2, 9

0, 0 and 18, 24

9. There are two main types of projection

Parallel and Orthographic

Perspective and Parallel

Parallel and Convergent

Station-point and Perspective

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

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

Set up the meter line

Draw a series of guide lines

Sharpen the leads in the technical pens

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

Development plans

Gantt charts

The Internet and e-mail

Portable document files

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

Functional process

Aesthetic process

Engineering process

Design process

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

Turn Ortho off

Set the grid to isometric

Set the current layer to Def-points

Turn Object Snap off

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

Countersink

Counter-bore

Boss

Spot-face

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

Check the engineer's scale

All of these

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

Look on a metric conversion chart

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

Boss

Spot face

Lug

Chamfer

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?

Explode the dimension and then erase the center mark

It can't be done

Use the trim tool to take away the stacked center mark

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

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

One

Three

Any number

Two

19. 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"

6"

5"

4"

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

Formatting forms

Portable documents

Document strips

Title and record strips

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

Visual Styles

Modify

All of these

3-D Modeling

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

Electronic files

Change orders

Rapid prototypes

Draft drawings

23. 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

Angular projection

Oblique projection

Aesthetic projection

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

None of these

Position the isometric drawing in paper space

Confine the isometric drawing to its maximum size

Figure what lines are to be illustrated vertical and horizontal

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

Architectural

Metric

Engineering

Civil

26. 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

None of the above

Change order

Modification slip

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

Angle joint

T-joint

Rear joint

Groove joint

28. 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

F1

F5

F3

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

Design for manufacture

Design for manufacture and assembly

Design for concurrent engineering

Design for assembly

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

Centimeter

Kilometer

Meter

Millimeter

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31. 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 working drawing to a draft

An assembly to a finished drawing

A finished to a working drawing

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

None of these

Use the Add Parts tool

Use the Join command

Use Union to join them

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

Iso-ellipses

Circles

Ellipses

Iso-circles

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

It makes no difference

Different line widths convey different information

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

They seem to transmit better in a fax machine

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

The ending point of the last line

None of these

0, 0

The beginning point of the last line

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

Sweep

Revolve

None of these

Extrude

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

List

Electrical layer

Electrical legend

Part number

38. 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.

Vertical

Inclined

Horizontal

None of these

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

None of these

Horizontal lines

Vertical lines

Circles

40. Spur gear design normally begins with selecting this:

Pitch diameter

Tooth size

Gear size

Rack size

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