Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-1

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

6"

8"

4"

5"

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

Set the grid to isometric

Set the current layer to Def-points

Turn Ortho off

Turn Object Snap off

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

Radial

Inside

Isoplane

Outside

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

Centimeter

Millimeter

Meter

Kilometer

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

Design for assembly

Design for concurrent engineering

Design for manufacture and assembly

Design for manufacture

6. Spur gear design normally begins with selecting this:

Gear size

Rack size

Pitch diameter

Tooth size

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

Counter-bore

Boss

Spot-face

Countersink

8. There are two main types of projection

Station-point and Perspective

Perspective and Parallel

Parallel and Convergent

Parallel and Orthographic

9. 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

Perpendicular projection

Oblique projection

Aesthetic projection

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

Vertical lines

Horizontal lines

None of these

Circles

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

Iso-ellipses

Circles

Ellipses

Iso-circles

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

Convolute profile

Base circle

Spur circle

Involute profile

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

The beginning point of the last line

0, 0

The ending point of the last line

None of these

14. 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

F8

F1

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

Sharpen the leads in the technical pens

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

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

Visual Styles

All of these

Modify

3-D Modeling

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

None of these

Revolve

Extrude

Sweep

18. 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

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

Title and record strips

Portable documents

Document strips

Formatting forms

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

Engineering

Metric

Architectural

Civil

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

0, 0, 0

20, 20, 20

10, 10, 10

None of these

22. 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

23. 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 forward slash and enter

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

Type @3<45 and enter

24. 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

None of the above

Change order

Whole new set of drawings

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

Electronic files

Draft drawings

Rapid prototypes

Change orders

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

Electrical legend

List

Electrical layer

Part number

27. 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

28. 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

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

Isometric

Parallel

Orthographic

Angular

30. 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

It can't be done

Use the trim tool to take away the stacked center mark

Explode the dimension and then erase the center mark

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

Boss

Lug

Spot face

Chamfer

32. 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

None of these

Use the Join command

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

Look on a metric conversion chart

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

All of these

Check the engineer's scale

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

O Snaps

Ortho

Grid

Dynamic Input

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

Rear joint

T-joint

Angle joint

Groove joint

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

The Internet and e-mail

Gantt charts

Development plans

Portable document files

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

Confine the isometric drawing to its maximum size

None of these

Figure what lines are to be illustrated vertical and horizontal

Position the isometric drawing in paper space

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

Center of a radius

Center axis of a hidden cylinder

Hidden feature

Center of a circle

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

Functional process

Design process

Engineering process

Aesthetic process

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

One

Two

Three

Any number

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