Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-1

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

Spur circle

Convolute profile

Involute profile

Base circle

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

Set up the meter line

Draw a series of guide lines

Sharpen the leads in the technical pens

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

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

Center of a circle

Hidden feature

Center of a radius

Center axis of a hidden cylinder

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

Lug

Chamfer

Boss

Spot face

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

Confine the isometric drawing to its maximum size

Figure what lines are to be illustrated vertical and horizontal

Position the isometric drawing in paper space

None of these

6. 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 Add Parts tool

Use the Join command

None of these

7. There are two main types of projection

Parallel and Orthographic

Parallel and Convergent

Station-point and Perspective

Perspective and Parallel

8. 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

F8

F1

F5

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

Countersink

Boss

Counter-bore

Spot-face

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

Modify

All of these

3-D Modeling

Visual Styles

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

0, 0

The ending point of the last line

The beginning point of the last line

None of these

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

Circles

Ellipses

Iso-circles

Iso-ellipses

13. 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

Vertical

Inclined

Horizontal

14. Spur gear design normally begins with selecting this:

Pitch diameter

Gear size

Tooth size

Rack size

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

Two

Three

One

Any number

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

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

Check the engineer's scale

All of these

Look on a metric conversion chart

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

Kilometer

Meter

Millimeter

Centimeter

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

Orthographic

Isometric

Angular

Parallel

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

None of these

Extrude

Sweep

Revolve

20. 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

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

Turn Object Snap off

Turn Ortho off

Set the grid to isometric

Set the current layer to Def-points

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

Design for assembly

Design for manufacture and assembly

Design for manufacture

Design for concurrent engineering

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

Angle joint

Rear joint

Groove joint

T-joint

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

Ortho

Dynamic Input

O Snaps

Grid

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

None of these

Vertical lines

Circles

Horizontal lines

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

10, 10, 10

0, 0, 0

20, 20, 20

None of these

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

Architectural

Engineering

Civil

Metric

28. 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 back slash and enter

Type 3 forward slash and enter

Type 3 and try to use the Dynamic Input readout to find the end point

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

Design process

Aesthetic process

Engineering process

Functional process

30. 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

Perpendicular projection

Angular projection

Aesthetic projection

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31. 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"

8"

4"

6"

32. 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

It makes no difference

Different line widths convey different information

They seem to transmit better in a fax machine

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

Isoplane

Inside

Outside

Radial

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

Electronic files

Draft drawings

Rapid prototypes

Change orders

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?

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

36. 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

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

The Internet and e-mail

Gantt charts

Development plans

Portable document files

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

Electrical legend

Electrical layer

Part number

List

39. 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 draft to a finished drawing

An assembly to a finished drawing

A finished to a working drawing

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

Formatting forms

Document strips

Portable documents

Title and record strips

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