Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-1

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

Modify

All of these

3-D Modeling

Visual Styles

2. 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

3. Once the architect has finalized the house plans with the client any changes to the design requested by the client will require a ________.

Whole new set of drawings

None of the above

Modification slip

Change order

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

Radial

Isoplane

Inside

Outside

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

All of these

Check the engineer's scale

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

Look on a metric conversion chart

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

Turn Ortho off

Set the current layer to Def-points

Turn Object Snap off

Set the grid to isometric

7. 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 the Add Parts tool

Use Union to join them

8. 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

9. 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

They seem to transmit better in a fax machine

Different line widths convey different information

10. Spur gear design normally begins with selecting this:

Pitch diameter

Tooth size

Gear size

Rack size

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

Circles

Vertical lines

None of these

Horizontal lines

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

Dynamic Input

Ortho

O Snaps

Grid

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

Rapid prototypes

Change orders

Electronic files

Draft drawings

14. 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 18, 24

0, 0 and 2, 9

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

Gantt charts

The Internet and e-mail

Development plans

Portable document files

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

Draw a series of guide lines

Sharpen the leads in the technical pens

Set up the meter line

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

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

Rear joint

Angle joint

T-joint

Groove joint

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

Architectural

Engineering

Metric

Civil

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

Lug

Chamfer

Spot face

Boss

20. 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:

Aesthetic projection

Oblique projection

Perpendicular projection

Angular projection

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21. 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.

22. 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.

Inclined

Vertical

Horizontal

None of these

23. 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

It can't be done

Use the trim tool to take away the stacked center mark

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

The beginning point of the last line

0, 0

None of these

The ending point of the last line

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

Position the isometric drawing in paper space

None of these

Figure what lines are to be illustrated vertical and horizontal

Confine the isometric drawing to its maximum size

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

Base circle

Involute profile

Spur circle

Convolute profile

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

Three

Two

One

Any number

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

Spot-face

Boss

Counter-bore

Countersink

29. There are two main types of projection

Station-point and Perspective

Parallel and Convergent

Parallel and Orthographic

Perspective and Parallel

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

Design for concurrent engineering

Design for assembly

Design for manufacture

Design for manufacture and assembly

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

Revolve

None of these

Extrude

Sweep

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

Aesthetic process

Functional process

Design process

Engineering process

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

Isometric

Orthographic

Angular

Parallel

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

Circles

Iso-circles

Ellipses

Iso-ellipses

35. 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 working drawing to a draft

A draft to a finished drawing

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

Kilometer

Meter

Millimeter

Centimeter

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

Center of a radius

Center of a circle

Hidden feature

Center axis of a hidden cylinder

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

39. 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<45 and enter

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

Type 3 back slash and enter

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

0, 0, 0

None of these

20, 20, 20

10, 10, 10

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