Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-1

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

Different line widths convey different information

It makes no difference

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

They seem to transmit better in a fax machine

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

Chamfer

Spot face

Lug

Boss

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

Vertical lines

Circles

Horizontal lines

None of these

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

5"

4"

8"

6"

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

Outside

Radial

Inside

Isoplane

6. 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<45 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 back slash and enter

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

Rear joint

Angle joint

T-joint

Groove joint

8. 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

None of the above

Change order

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

0, 0, 0

20, 20, 20

10, 10, 10

None of these

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

3-D Modeling

All of these

Visual Styles

Modify

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

Sharpen the leads in the technical pens

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

12. There are two main types of projection

Parallel and Convergent

Parallel and Orthographic

Station-point and Perspective

Perspective and Parallel

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

Draft drawings

Electronic files

Rapid prototypes

Change orders

14. 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

None of these

Inclined

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

Civil

Architectural

Metric

Engineering

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

Formatting forms

Portable documents

Document strips

Title and record strips

17. 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

Angular projection

Aesthetic projection

Perpendicular projection

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

None of these

Extrude

Revolve

Sweep

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

Design for manufacture

Design for assembly

Design for concurrent engineering

Design for manufacture and assembly

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

Centimeter

Millimeter

Meter

Kilometer

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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

Gantt charts

The Internet and e-mail

Development plans

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

0, 0 and 2, 9

0, 0 and 17, 11

0, 0 and 18, 24

0, 0 and 34, 24

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

Center axis of a hidden cylinder

Center of a radius

Hidden feature

Center of a circle

24. 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

Use Union to join them

Use the Join command

None of these

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

Functional process

Aesthetic process

Design process

Engineering process

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

None of these

The beginning point of the last line

The ending point of the last line

0, 0

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

Convolute profile

Spur circle

Base circle

Involute profile

28. Spur gear design normally begins with selecting this:

Tooth size

Gear size

Rack size

Pitch diameter

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

Three

Two

One

Any number

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

Electrical legend

List

Part number

Electrical layer

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

Countersink

Boss

Spot-face

Counter-bore

32. 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

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

Check the engineer's scale

Look on a metric conversion chart

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

All of these

34. 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.

F3

F1

F8

F5

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

Angular

Orthographic

Isometric

Parallel

36. 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

37. 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

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

Grid

Dynamic Input

Ortho

O Snaps

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

Circles

Iso-circles

Iso-ellipses

Ellipses

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

Confine the isometric drawing to its maximum size

None of these

Position the isometric drawing in paper space

Figure what lines are to be illustrated vertical and horizontal

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