Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-1

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

Metric

Engineering

Civil

Architectural

2. There are two main types of projection

Parallel and Convergent

Perspective and Parallel

Parallel and Orthographic

Station-point and Perspective

3. 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

A working drawing to a draft

An assembly to a finished drawing

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

Type 3 back slash and enter

Type @3<45 and enter

Type 3 forward slash and enter

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

8"

4"

6"

5"

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

Rapid prototypes

Draft drawings

Electronic files

Change orders

7. 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

They seem to transmit better in a fax machine

It makes no difference

Different line widths convey different information

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

Iso-circles

Circles

Iso-ellipses

Ellipses

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

Involute profile

Base circle

Convolute profile

Spur circle

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

Horizontal lines

None of these

Vertical lines

Circles

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

Inside

Radial

Isoplane

Outside

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

Modify

All of these

Visual Styles

3-D Modeling

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

Angle joint

T-joint

Rear joint

Groove joint

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

Center axis of a hidden cylinder

Center of a radius

Center of a circle

Hidden feature

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

Spot-face

Boss

Counter-bore

Countersink

16. 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

F1

F8

F5

17. Spur gear design normally begins with selecting this:

Rack size

Pitch diameter

Tooth size

Gear size

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

One

Two

Any number

Three

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

Design process

Aesthetic process

Engineering process

Functional process

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

Look on a metric conversion chart

All of these

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

Check the engineer's scale

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21. 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

Change order

Whole new set of drawings

None of the above

22. 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

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

Confine the isometric drawing to its maximum size

Position the isometric drawing in paper space

Figure what lines are to be illustrated vertical and horizontal

None of these

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

Chamfer

Boss

Spot face

Lug

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

Formatting forms

Portable documents

Title and record strips

Document strips

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

None of these

Revolve

Sweep

Extrude

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

Ortho

O Snaps

Grid

Dynamic Input

28. 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

Use Union to join them

Use the Join command

None of these

29. How can the drafter prevent Auto-CAD from placing or stacking another center mark on a circle when adding a diameter dimension to it?

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

It can't be done

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

Turn Ortho off

Set the current layer to Def-points

Set the grid to isometric

Turn Object Snap off

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

Set up the meter line

Draw a series of guide lines

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

Sharpen the leads in the technical pens

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

Parallel

Orthographic

Angular

Isometric

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

Gantt charts

Development plans

Portable document files

The Internet and e-mail

34. 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

35. 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

36. In order to set drawing limits for a 'C' size architectural drawing the drafter should set the limits to ________.

0, 0 and 17, 11

0, 0 and 18, 24

0, 0 and 34, 24

0, 0 and 2, 9

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

The beginning point of the last line

The ending point of the last line

None of these

0, 0

38. 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

None of these

Vertical

Horizontal

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

Centimeter

Meter

Kilometer

Millimeter

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

Design for manufacture and assembly

Design for concurrent engineering

Design for assembly

Design for manufacture

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