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".

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?

Use the trim tool to take away the stacked center mark

Explode the dimension and then erase the center mark

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

It can't be done

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

Circles

Vertical lines

None of these

Horizontal lines

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

None of these

Use the Join command

Use Union to join them

Use the Add Parts tool

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

Two

Any number

Three

One

6. 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 forward slash and enter

Type @3<45 and enter

7. 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.

8. 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

Angular projection

Oblique projection

Aesthetic projection

9. 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.

Horizontal

None of these

Inclined

Vertical

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

0, 0, 0

None of these

10, 10, 10

20, 20, 20

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11. There are two main types of projection

Station-point and Perspective

Parallel and Orthographic

Perspective and Parallel

Parallel and Convergent

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

Electrical layer

List

Electrical legend

Part number

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

Engineering process

Design process

Aesthetic process

Functional process

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

Counter-bore

Spot-face

Boss

Countersink

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

Iso-circles

Circles

Ellipses

Iso-ellipses

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

Hidden feature

Center of a radius

Center axis of a hidden cylinder

Center of a circle

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

The Internet and e-mail

Portable document files

Development plans

Gantt charts

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

T-joint

Groove joint

Rear joint

Angle joint

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

Design for concurrent engineering

Design for manufacture and assembly

Design for manufacture

Design for assembly

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

Different line widths convey different information

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

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21. 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

22. Spur gear design normally begins with selecting this:

Gear size

Rack size

Pitch diameter

Tooth size

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

A working drawing to a draft

A draft to a finished drawing

An assembly to a finished drawing

A finished to a working drawing

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

Isometric

Angular

Parallel

Orthographic

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

Radial

Inside

Outside

Isoplane

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

Revolve

Sweep

None of these

Extrude

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

O Snaps

Ortho

Dynamic Input

Grid

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

None of the above

Change order

Modification slip

Whole new set of drawings

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

None of these

Position the isometric drawing in paper space

Figure what lines are to be illustrated vertical and horizontal

Confine the isometric drawing to its maximum size

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

Centimeter

Kilometer

Millimeter

Meter

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

Electronic files

Change orders

Draft drawings

Rapid prototypes

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

The ending point of the last line

None of these

The beginning point of the last line

0, 0

34. 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

Sharpen the leads in the technical pens

Draw a series of guide lines

Set up the meter line

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

Convolute profile

Involute profile

Base circle

Spur circle

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

Turn Ortho off

Set the grid to isometric

Set the current layer to Def-points

Turn Object Snap off

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

Metric

Engineering

Civil

Architectural

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

Document strips

Portable documents

Formatting forms

Title and record strips

39. 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 18, 24

0, 0 and 34, 24

0, 0 and 17, 11

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

3-D Modeling

All of these

Visual Styles

Modify

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