Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-1

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

Base circle

Convolute profile

Involute profile

Spur circle

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

Sweep

None of these

Revolve

Extrude

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

Civil

Engineering

Architectural

Metric

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

Isoplane

Radial

Inside

Outside

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

Lug

Boss

Chamfer

Spot face

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

Grid

Ortho

O Snaps

Dynamic Input

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

Look on a metric conversion chart

Check the engineer's scale

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

All of these

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

None of the above

Whole new set of drawings

Change order

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

Two

Any number

One

Three

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

4"

5"

8"

6"

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

Draft drawings

Rapid prototypes

Electronic files

Change orders

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

The ending point of the last line

The beginning point of the last line

0, 0

None of these

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

Set the current layer to Def-points

Turn Ortho off

Set the grid to isometric

Turn Object Snap off

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

Portable documents

Title and record strips

Document strips

Formatting forms

15. 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 and try to use the Dynamic Input readout to find the end point

Type 3 back slash and enter

Type @3<45 and enter

16. 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

Inclined

None of these

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

Different line widths convey different information

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

It makes no difference

They seem to transmit better in a fax machine

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

None of these

Figure what lines are to be illustrated vertical and horizontal

Confine the isometric drawing to its maximum size

Position the isometric drawing in paper space

19. 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

Hidden feature

Center of a circle

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

Modify

3-D Modeling

Visual Styles

All of these

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

Boss

Counter-bore

Spot-face

Countersink

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

A working drawing to a draft

An assembly to a finished drawing

A finished to a working drawing

A draft to a finished drawing

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

0, 0, 0

None of these

10, 10, 10

20, 20, 20

24. 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

Aesthetic projection

Angular projection

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

Vertical lines

Circles

None of these

Horizontal lines

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

Engineering process

Aesthetic process

Functional process

Design process

27. 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

28. 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 2, 9

0, 0 and 18, 24

0, 0 and 17, 11

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

Design for assembly

Design for manufacture

Design for concurrent engineering

Design for manufacture and assembly

30. 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

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31. There are two main types of projection

Parallel and Convergent

Perspective and Parallel

Station-point and Perspective

Parallel and Orthographic

32. Spur gear design normally begins with selecting this:

Pitch diameter

Tooth size

Rack size

Gear size

33. 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.

F8

F1

F3

F5

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

T-joint

Groove joint

Rear joint

Angle joint

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

Circles

Ellipses

Iso-ellipses

Iso-circles

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

Set up the meter line

Sharpen the leads in the technical pens

Draw a series of guide lines

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

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

Meter

Millimeter

Kilometer

Centimeter

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

Parallel

Isometric

Orthographic

Angular

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

Electrical layer

List

Part number

Electrical legend

40. In order to create one solid model from two or more separate solid shapes the drafter will need to position them and then ________.

None of these

Use the Join command

Use the Add Parts tool

Use Union to join them

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