Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-1

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1. 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

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

Iso-circles

Ellipses

Circles

Iso-ellipses

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

Any number

One

Three

Two

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

The Internet and e-mail

Development plans

Gantt charts

Portable document files

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

10, 10, 10

None of these

0, 0, 0

20, 20, 20

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

Grid

Dynamic Input

O Snaps

Ortho

7. 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

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

Civil

Architectural

Engineering

Metric

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

Angular

Parallel

Orthographic

Isometric

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

Countersink

Boss

Counter-bore

Spot-face

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

Formatting forms

Title and record strips

Portable documents

Document strips

12. 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

13. 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

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

T-joint

Groove joint

Rear joint

Angle joint

15. 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

Use Union to join them

None of these

Use the Add Parts tool

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

Center of a circle

Hidden feature

Center axis of a hidden cylinder

Center of a radius

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

Isoplane

Inside

Outside

Radial

18. 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

19. 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

20. Spur gear design normally begins with selecting this:

Pitch diameter

Gear size

Rack size

Tooth size

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21. 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<45 and enter

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

Type 3 forward slash and enter

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

Base circle

Convolute profile

Spur circle

Involute profile

23. 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:

Angular projection

Aesthetic projection

Oblique projection

Perpendicular projection

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

Electrical legend

Part number

Electrical layer

List

25. 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.

26. 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

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

None of these

Vertical lines

Horizontal lines

Circles

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

Sweep

Extrude

None of these

Revolve

29. 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

Inclined

Vertical

Horizontal

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

A draft to a finished drawing

A finished to a working drawing

An assembly to a finished drawing

A working drawing to a draft

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

Kilometer

Centimeter

Millimeter

Meter

32. 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

Change order

None of the above

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

Engineering process

Aesthetic process

Functional process

Design process

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

Electronic files

Rapid prototypes

Change orders

Draft drawings

35. 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

Set up the meter line

Draw a series of guide lines

Sharpen the leads in the technical pens

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

37. There are two main types of projection

Station-point and Perspective

Perspective and Parallel

Parallel and Convergent

Parallel and Orthographic

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

Spot face

Lug

Chamfer

Boss

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

Modify

3-D Modeling

All of these

Visual Styles

40. 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 17, 11

0, 0 and 18, 24

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