Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-1

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

Set the current layer to Def-points

Turn Ortho off

Set the grid to isometric

Turn Object Snap off

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

Portable document files

The Internet and e-mail

Development plans

Gantt charts

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

Rapid prototypes

Draft drawings

Change orders

Electronic files

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

Design process

Aesthetic process

Functional process

Engineering process

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

Spot face

Boss

Chamfer

Lug

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

3-D Modeling

All of these

Modify

Visual Styles

7. 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.

Inclined

None of these

Horizontal

Vertical

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

Extrude

Revolve

Sweep

None of these

9. 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<45 and enter

Type 3 forward slash and enter

10. 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

Use the Add Parts tool

None of these

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

Rear joint

Angle joint

Groove joint

T-joint

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

One

Two

Any number

Three

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

Involute profile

Convolute profile

Spur circle

Base circle

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

Radial

Outside

Inside

Isoplane

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

None of these

0, 0, 0

10, 10, 10

20, 20, 20

16. 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

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

All of these

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

Check the engineer's scale

Look on a metric conversion chart

18. 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

Aesthetic projection

Oblique projection

Perpendicular projection

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

Vertical lines

Horizontal lines

None of these

Circles

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

Dynamic Input

Ortho

Grid

O Snaps

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

Part number

Electrical layer

Electrical legend

List

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

Centimeter

Millimeter

Kilometer

Meter

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

Document strips

Title and record strips

Portable documents

Formatting forms

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

Boss

Countersink

Counter-bore

Spot-face

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

Circles

Iso-ellipses

Iso-circles

Ellipses

26. 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

Change order

None of the above

27. Spur gear design normally begins with selecting this:

Gear size

Pitch diameter

Rack size

Tooth size

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

None of these

0, 0

The ending point of the last line

The beginning point of the last line

29. 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

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

Figure what lines are to be illustrated vertical and horizontal

Position the isometric drawing in paper space

Confine the isometric drawing to its maximum size

None of these

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

Hidden feature

Center axis of a hidden cylinder

Center of a circle

Center of a radius

32. There are two main types of projection

Station-point and Perspective

Parallel and Orthographic

Parallel and Convergent

Perspective and Parallel

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

It makes no difference

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

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

Orthographic

Parallel

Angular

Isometric

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

Design for manufacture and assembly

Design for manufacture

Design for assembly

Design for concurrent engineering

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

Metric

Civil

Engineering

Architectural

37. 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"

5"

4"

6"

38. 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

39. 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

40. Once a drawing is determined to be complete, the title block is used to document the change from:

A finished to a working drawing

An assembly to a finished drawing

A working drawing to a draft

A draft to a finished drawing

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