Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-1

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

Architectural

Civil

Metric

Engineering

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

Base circle

Involute profile

Spur circle

Convolute profile

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

Parallel

Orthographic

Angular

Isometric

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

Electrical legend

Electrical layer

List

Part number

5. 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"

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

All of these

Look on a metric conversion chart

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

Check the engineer's scale

7. 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

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

Design for assembly

Design for manufacture and assembly

Design for concurrent engineering

Design for manufacture

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

Outside

Radial

Inside

Isoplane

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

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

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11. 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.

Horizontal

Inclined

None of these

Vertical

12. 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 18, 24

0, 0 and 17, 11

0, 0 and 2, 9

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

The beginning point of the last line

None of these

0, 0

The ending point of the last line

14. 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

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

Three

Two

Any number

One

16. Spur gear design normally begins with selecting this:

Tooth size

Gear size

Rack size

Pitch diameter

17. 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<45 and enter

Type 3 forward slash and enter

Type 3 back slash and enter

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

Circles

Iso-circles

Ellipses

Iso-ellipses

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

3-D Modeling

Modify

Visual Styles

All of these

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

Millimeter

Kilometer

Meter

Centimeter

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

Portable document files

Development plans

Gantt charts

The Internet and e-mail

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

Dynamic Input

Grid

O Snaps

Ortho

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

Vertical lines

None of these

Circles

Horizontal lines

24. There are two main types of projection

Parallel and Convergent

Parallel and Orthographic

Station-point and Perspective

Perspective and Parallel

25. 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

26. 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

27. 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

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

Spot face

Lug

Boss

Chamfer

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

Draw a series of guide lines

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

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

Hidden feature

Center of a radius

Center of a circle

Center axis of a hidden cylinder

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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 finished to a working drawing

An assembly to a finished drawing

A working drawing to a draft

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

Counter-bore

Spot-face

Countersink

Boss

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

Figure what lines are to be illustrated vertical and horizontal

Confine the isometric drawing to its maximum size

Position the isometric drawing in paper space

None of these

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

T-joint

Rear joint

Angle joint

Groove joint

35. 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

Aesthetic projection

Oblique projection

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

Draft drawings

Rapid prototypes

Electronic files

Change orders

37. 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

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

Sweep

Revolve

None of these

Extrude

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

Functional process

Design process

Aesthetic process

Engineering process

40. 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

F5

F1

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