Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-1

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

Isoplane

Inside

Outside

Radial

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

Angular

Parallel

Isometric

Orthographic

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

Centimeter

Kilometer

Meter

Millimeter

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

Iso-ellipses

Iso-circles

Ellipses

Circles

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

Ortho

O Snaps

Grid

Dynamic Input

6. 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

It can't be done

Use the trim tool to take away the stacked center mark

Use the Properties dialog box to turn off the center mark of the dimension

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

Portable documents

Document strips

Formatting forms

Title and record strips

8. 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.

F3

F5

F1

F8

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

Hidden feature

Center of a circle

Center axis of a hidden cylinder

Center of a radius

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

The ending point of the last line

None of these

0, 0

The beginning point of the last line

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

Chamfer

Boss

Lug

Spot face

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

Change orders

Draft drawings

Rapid prototypes

Electronic files

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

Change order

Modification slip

None of the above

Whole new set of drawings

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

Turn Object Snap off

Turn Ortho off

Set the grid to isometric

Set the current layer to Def-points

15. 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 34, 24

0, 0 and 18, 24

0, 0 and 17, 11

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

Use Union to join them

Use the Add Parts tool

Use the Join command

None of these

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

Angle joint

Rear joint

Groove joint

T-joint

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

Portable document files

Gantt charts

Development plans

The Internet and e-mail

19. 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

None of these

Horizontal

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

A draft to a finished drawing

An assembly to a finished drawing

A finished to a working drawing

A working drawing to a draft

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

Metric

Civil

Architectural

Engineering

22. 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

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

20, 20, 20

0, 0, 0

10, 10, 10

None of these

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

Spot-face

Countersink

Counter-bore

Boss

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

Involute profile

Spur circle

Convolute profile

Base circle

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

Any number

One

Two

Three

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

List

Electrical legend

Part number

Electrical layer

28. Spur gear design normally begins with selecting this:

Gear size

Tooth size

Rack size

Pitch diameter

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<45 and enter

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

Type 3 forward slash and enter

Type 3 back slash and enter

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

Horizontal lines

Vertical lines

None of these

Circles

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

3-D Modeling

Visual Styles

Modify

All of these

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

Draw a series of guide lines

Set up the meter line

Sharpen the leads in the technical pens

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

Figure what lines are to be illustrated vertical and horizontal

Confine the isometric drawing to its maximum size

None of these

Position the isometric drawing in paper space

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

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

Different line widths convey different information

35. 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

36. 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

37. There are two main types of projection

Parallel and Orthographic

Perspective and Parallel

Parallel and Convergent

Station-point and Perspective

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

Aesthetic process

Functional process

Engineering process

Design process

39. 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"

6"

8"

5"

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

Extrude

Sweep

None of these

Revolve

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