Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-1

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

Change orders

Electronic files

Rapid prototypes

Draft drawings

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

Angular

Parallel

Orthographic

Isometric

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

Metric

Architectural

Civil

Engineering

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

Electrical layer

Part number

List

Electrical legend

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

Groove joint

Rear joint

T-joint

Angle joint

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

Boss

Spot-face

Countersink

Counter-bore

7. There are two main types of projection

Perspective and Parallel

Parallel and Convergent

Station-point and Perspective

Parallel and Orthographic

8. 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

9. 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

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

Any number

One

Two

Three

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

Circles

None of these

Horizontal lines

Vertical lines

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

Isoplane

Radial

Inside

Outside

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

Document strips

Formatting forms

Portable documents

Title and record strips

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

Involute profile

Convolute profile

Base circle

Spur circle

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

Lug

Spot face

Boss

Chamfer

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

Functional process

Aesthetic process

Design process

Engineering process

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

Development plans

Portable document files

The Internet and e-mail

Gantt charts

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

20, 20, 20

None of these

10, 10, 10

0, 0, 0

19. 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 Object Snap off

Turn Ortho off

20. 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

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

None of these

Extrude

Sweep

Revolve

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

Center of a radius

Center axis of a hidden cylinder

Center of a circle

Hidden feature

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

All of these

Modify

3-D Modeling

Visual Styles

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

Design for assembly

Design for concurrent engineering

Design for manufacture

Design for manufacture and assembly

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

Check the engineer's scale

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

Look on a metric conversion chart

All of these

26. 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<45 and enter

Type 3 back slash and enter

27. 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

None of these

Use the Add Parts tool

28. 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.

None of these

Inclined

Horizontal

Vertical

29. Spur gear design normally begins with selecting this:

Pitch diameter

Rack size

Gear size

Tooth size

30. 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 2, 9

0, 0 and 34, 24

0, 0 and 17, 11

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

O Snaps

Dynamic Input

Ortho

Grid

32. 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

33. Once the architect has finalized the house plans with the client any changes to the design requested by the client will require a ________.

None of the above

Whole new set of drawings

Modification slip

Change order

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

Millimeter

Centimeter

Kilometer

Meter

35. 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

Explode the dimension and then erase the center mark

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

36. 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

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. Auto-CAD refers to isometric ellipses as ________.

Iso-ellipses

Ellipses

Iso-circles

Circles

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

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

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

Different line widths convey different information

They seem to transmit better in a fax machine

It makes no difference

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