Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-1

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

Design for concurrent engineering

Design for manufacture

Design for assembly

Design for manufacture and assembly

2. 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

Explode the dimension and then erase the center mark

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

3. 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. 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

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

Confine the isometric drawing to its maximum size

Figure what lines are to be illustrated vertical and horizontal

None of these

Position the isometric drawing in paper space

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

Two

Any number

One

Three

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

Inside

Outside

Radial

Isoplane

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

Draw a series of guide lines

Set up the meter line

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

Sharpen the leads in the technical pens

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

Vertical lines

Circles

None of these

Horizontal lines

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

Change orders

Draft drawings

Rapid prototypes

Electronic files

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

Electrical layer

Part number

Electrical legend

List

12. 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

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

Dynamic Input

Grid

O Snaps

Ortho

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

Portable documents

Formatting forms

Title and record strips

Document strips

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

Set the grid to isometric

Turn Ortho off

Turn Object Snap off

Set the current layer to Def-points

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

Aesthetic process

Functional process

Engineering process

Design process

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

Boss

Spot-face

Counter-bore

Countersink

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

Millimeter

Kilometer

Centimeter

Meter

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

Development plans

The Internet and e-mail

Gantt charts

Portable document files

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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 ________.

Whole new set of drawings

None of the above

Modification slip

Change order

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

Look on a metric conversion chart

Check the engineer's scale

All of these

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

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

Base circle

Convolute profile

Spur circle

Involute profile

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

0, 0, 0

10, 10, 10

None of these

20, 20, 20

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

Visual Styles

Modify

3-D Modeling

All of these

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

Civil

Metric

Engineering

Architectural

27. 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.

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

Rear joint

T-joint

Groove joint

Angle joint

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.

Inclined

Vertical

Horizontal

None of these

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

Spot face

Lug

Chamfer

Boss

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

None of these

Extrude

Sweep

Revolve

32. Spur gear design normally begins with selecting this:

Pitch diameter

Rack size

Tooth size

Gear size

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

Iso-ellipses

Ellipses

Circles

Iso-circles

34. 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

Use the Add Parts tool

None of these

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

It makes no difference

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

Different line widths convey different information

They seem to transmit better in a fax machine

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

A finished to a working drawing

A draft to a finished drawing

An assembly to a finished drawing

A working drawing to a draft

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

Angular

Parallel

Orthographic

Isometric

38. There are two main types of projection

Station-point and Perspective

Parallel and Convergent

Perspective and Parallel

Parallel and Orthographic

39. 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:

Perpendicular projection

Oblique projection

Angular projection

Aesthetic projection

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

Center of a radius

Hidden feature

Center axis of a hidden cylinder

Center of a circle

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