Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-1

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

Radial

Outside

Inside

Isoplane

2. 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

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

Different line widths convey different information

They seem to transmit better in a fax machine

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

It makes no difference

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

Modify

Visual Styles

3-D Modeling

All of these

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

Part number

Electrical legend

Electrical layer

List

6. 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

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

Iso-circles

Circles

Iso-ellipses

Ellipses

8. There are two main types of projection

Parallel and Convergent

Perspective and Parallel

Station-point and Perspective

Parallel and Orthographic

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

Functional process

Engineering process

Aesthetic process

Design process

10. 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 finished to a working drawing

A draft to a finished drawing

A working drawing to a draft

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

None of these

Sweep

Extrude

Revolve

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

Spot-face

Countersink

Boss

Counter-bore

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

Metric

Architectural

Engineering

Civil

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

Draft drawings

Rapid prototypes

Change orders

Electronic files

15. 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:

Oblique projection

Perpendicular projection

Aesthetic projection

Angular projection

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

One

Three

Any number

Two

17. 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

Modification slip

None of the above

Whole new set of drawings

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

Ortho

Grid

O Snaps

Dynamic Input

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

Circles

Vertical lines

Horizontal lines

None of these

20. 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

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

T-joint

Rear joint

Groove joint

Angle joint

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

6"

4"

5"

8"

23. 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

None of these

Horizontal

Inclined

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

All of these

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

Look on a metric conversion chart

Check the engineer's scale

25. 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

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

Design for concurrent engineering

Design for manufacture and assembly

Design for assembly

Design for manufacture

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

None of these

Confine the isometric drawing to its maximum size

Figure what lines are to be illustrated vertical and horizontal

Position the isometric drawing in paper space

28. 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

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

Orthographic

Isometric

Angular

Parallel

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

Base circle

Convolute profile

Involute profile

Spur circle

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31. In order to set drawing limits for a 'C' size architectural drawing the drafter should set the limits to ________.

0, 0 and 18, 24

0, 0 and 34, 24

0, 0 and 17, 11

0, 0 and 2, 9

32. Spur gear design normally begins with selecting this:

Gear size

Pitch diameter

Tooth size

Rack size

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

Kilometer

Millimeter

Meter

Centimeter

34. 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 trim tool to take away the stacked center mark

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

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

The beginning point of the last line

0, 0

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

Draw a series of guide lines

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

Sharpen the leads in the technical pens

Set up the meter line

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

Lug

Spot face

Chamfer

Boss

38. 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

F3

F1

F5

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

10, 10, 10

None of these

20, 20, 20

0, 0, 0

40. 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 Join command

None of these

Use Union to join them

Use the Add Parts tool

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