Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-1

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

Change orders

Rapid prototypes

Draft drawings

Electronic files

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

Iso-ellipses

Ellipses

Iso-circles

Circles

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

Center of a radius

Hidden feature

Center axis of a hidden cylinder

Center of a circle

4. 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

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

Parallel

Isometric

Angular

Orthographic

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

Check the engineer's scale

Look on a metric conversion chart

All of these

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

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

List

Part number

Electrical legend

Electrical layer

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

Two

Three

Any number

One

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

Counter-bore

Spot-face

Boss

Countersink

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?

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

Explode the dimension and then erase the center mark

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

Centimeter

Meter

Kilometer

Millimeter

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

Set the grid to isometric

Turn Ortho off

Turn Object Snap off

Set the current layer to Def-points

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

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

It makes no difference

14. 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 Join command

None of these

Use Union to join them

Use the Add Parts tool

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

Gantt charts

Portable document files

The Internet and e-mail

Development plans

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

Base circle

Spur circle

Involute profile

Convolute profile

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

Sweep

Extrude

Revolve

None of these

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

6"

4"

5"

8"

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

Design for manufacture and assembly

Design for concurrent engineering

Design for manufacture

Design for assembly

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

Sharpen the leads in the technical pens

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

Draw a series of guide lines

Set up the meter line

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

Grid

Ortho

O Snaps

Dynamic Input

22. 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

None of the above

Change order

Whole new set of drawings

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

Spot face

Chamfer

Lug

Boss

24. 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

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

Portable documents

Document strips

Title and record strips

Formatting forms

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

Metric

Civil

Engineering

Architectural

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

20, 20, 20

None of these

0, 0, 0

10, 10, 10

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.

Vertical

Inclined

None of these

Horizontal

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

A finished to a working drawing

A working drawing to a draft

A draft to a finished drawing

An assembly to a finished drawing

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

Design process

Functional process

Engineering process

Aesthetic process

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

Figure what lines are to be illustrated vertical and horizontal

None of these

Position the isometric drawing in paper space

Confine the isometric drawing to its maximum size

32. 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

Aesthetic projection

Angular projection

Oblique projection

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

T-joint

Groove joint

Angle joint

Rear joint

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

Modify

3-D Modeling

All of these

Visual Styles

35. There are two main types of projection

Perspective and Parallel

Station-point and Perspective

Parallel and Convergent

Parallel and Orthographic

36. 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 forward slash and enter

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

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

The ending point of the last line

None of these

The beginning point of the last line

0, 0

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

Inside

Radial

Isoplane

Outside

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

Circles

None of these

Vertical lines

Horizontal lines

40. Spur gear design normally begins with selecting this:

Tooth size

Rack size

Pitch diameter

Gear size

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