Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-1

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

Civil

Metric

Engineering

Architectural

2. 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

None of these

Vertical

Inclined

3. There are two main types of projection

Parallel and Orthographic

Station-point and Perspective

Parallel and Convergent

Perspective and Parallel

4. 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

Whole new set of drawings

Change order

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

Spot-face

Countersink

Counter-bore

Boss

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

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

Different line widths convey different information

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

Portable document files

The Internet and e-mail

Gantt charts

Development plans

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

None of these

Position the isometric drawing in paper space

Confine the isometric drawing to its maximum size

Figure what lines are to be illustrated vertical and horizontal

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

Iso-ellipses

Circles

Iso-circles

Ellipses

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

None of these

20, 20, 20

0, 0, 0

10, 10, 10

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

Convolute profile

Involute profile

Base circle

Spur circle

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

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

Isoplane

Inside

Outside

Radial

14. 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

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

Angle joint

Rear joint

Groove joint

T-joint

16. 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

Explode the dimension and then erase the center mark

Use the trim tool to take away the stacked center mark

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

Modify

3-D Modeling

Visual Styles

All of these

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

Revolve

None of these

Extrude

Sweep

19. 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

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

O Snaps

Grid

Ortho

Dynamic Input

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

Horizontal lines

None of these

Vertical lines

Circles

22. Spur gear design normally begins with selecting this:

Pitch diameter

Tooth size

Rack size

Gear size

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

Design process

Engineering process

Functional process

Aesthetic process

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

None of these

Use the Join command

Use Union to join them

25. 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

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

Design for assembly

Design for manufacture

Design for manufacture and assembly

Design for concurrent engineering

27. 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.

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

Rapid prototypes

Change orders

Electronic files

Draft drawings

29. 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 back slash and enter

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

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

Two

Three

Any number

One

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

Isometric

Orthographic

Angular

Parallel

32. 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

Sharpen the leads in the technical pens

Set up the meter line

Draw a series of guide lines

33. 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

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

Document strips

Title and record strips

Portable documents

Formatting forms

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

Boss

Spot face

Lug

Chamfer

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

Look on a metric conversion chart

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

All of these

Check the engineer's scale

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

Millimeter

Kilometer

Meter

Centimeter

38. 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 17, 11

0, 0 and 2, 9

0, 0 and 18, 24

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

Turn Object Snap off

Turn Ortho off

Set the current layer to Def-points

Set the grid to isometric

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

Electrical legend

List

Electrical layer

Part number

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