Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-1

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

Sharpen the leads in the technical pens

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

Draw a series of guide lines

Set up the meter line

2. 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

It makes no difference

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

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

None of these

Horizontal lines

Circles

Vertical lines

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

Civil

Engineering

Metric

Architectural

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

Revolve

Sweep

Extrude

None of these

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

Radial

Isoplane

Outside

Inside

8. There are two main types of projection

Station-point and Perspective

Perspective and Parallel

Parallel and Convergent

Parallel and Orthographic

9. 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

Change order

Modification slip

None of the above

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

None of these

20, 20, 20

0, 0, 0

10, 10, 10

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11. Spur gear design normally begins with selecting this:

Tooth size

Pitch diameter

Gear size

Rack size

12. 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

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

Explode the dimension and then erase the center mark

13. 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

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

Orthographic

Isometric

Parallel

Angular

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

Development plans

Portable document files

Gantt charts

The Internet and e-mail

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

Boss

Counter-bore

Spot-face

Countersink

17. 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 Add Parts tool

None of these

Use Union to join them

Use the Join command

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

Iso-ellipses

Ellipses

Iso-circles

Circles

19. 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

Aesthetic projection

Perpendicular projection

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

None of these

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

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

Modify

All of these

3-D Modeling

Visual Styles

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

Base circle

Spur circle

Involute profile

Convolute profile

23. 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

An assembly to a finished drawing

A draft to a finished drawing

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

Millimeter

Kilometer

Centimeter

Meter

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

Set the current layer to Def-points

Set the grid to isometric

Turn Ortho off

Turn Object Snap off

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

Hidden feature

Center of a circle

Center of a radius

Center axis of a hidden cylinder

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

0, 0

None of these

The beginning point of the last line

The ending point of the last line

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

Lug

Chamfer

Spot face

Boss

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

Rapid prototypes

Draft drawings

Electronic files

Change orders

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

Two

Three

One

Any number

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31. 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

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

Design for assembly

Design for concurrent engineering

Design for manufacture and assembly

Design for manufacture

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

Look on a metric conversion chart

Check the engineer's scale

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

All of these

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

Rear joint

Angle joint

T-joint

Groove joint

35. 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

Horizontal

Inclined

None of these

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

Engineering process

Aesthetic process

Design process

Functional process

37. 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.

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

Title and record strips

Portable documents

Formatting forms

Document strips

39. 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 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

Type @3<45 and enter

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

Grid

O Snaps

Ortho

Dynamic Input

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