Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-1

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

Ortho

O Snaps

Grid

Dynamic Input

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

Check the engineer's scale

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

All of these

Look on a metric conversion chart

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

Angle joint

Groove joint

T-joint

Rear joint

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

List

Electrical layer

Electrical legend

Part number

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

Outside

Radial

Inside

Isoplane

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

Circles

Iso-ellipses

Ellipses

Iso-circles

7. 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

Perpendicular projection

Oblique projection

Angular projection

8. 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 forward slash and enter

Type @3<45 and enter

Type 3 back slash and enter

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

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

Turn Object Snap off

Set the grid to isometric

Set the current layer to Def-points

Turn Ortho off

10. 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 the Add Parts tool

Use Union to join them

None of these

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11. 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

Different line widths convey different information

It makes no difference

12. Spur gear design normally begins with selecting this:

Rack size

Tooth size

Pitch diameter

Gear size

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

Portable document files

The Internet and e-mail

Gantt charts

Development plans

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.

F5

F3

F8

F1

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

Document strips

Portable documents

Title and record strips

Formatting forms

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

One

Three

Any number

Two

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

None of these

Revolve

Sweep

Extrude

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

Counter-bore

Countersink

Boss

Spot-face

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

A finished to a working drawing

An assembly to a finished drawing

A working drawing to a draft

A draft to a finished drawing

20. 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

Whole new set of drawings

Modification slip

Change order

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

Center of a circle

Hidden feature

Center axis of a hidden cylinder

Center of a radius

22. 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

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

None of these

20, 20, 20

0, 0, 0

10, 10, 10

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

Orthographic

Angular

Parallel

Isometric

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

Design process

Aesthetic process

Engineering process

Functional process

26. There are two main types of projection

Station-point and Perspective

Parallel and Convergent

Perspective and Parallel

Parallel and Orthographic

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

Change orders

Rapid prototypes

Electronic files

Draft drawings

28. 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"

4"

8"

5"

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

None of these

Horizontal

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

Base circle

Involute profile

Spur circle

Convolute profile

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

Engineering

Civil

Metric

Architectural

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

None of these

Vertical lines

Circles

Horizontal lines

33. 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 2, 9

0, 0 and 18, 24

0, 0 and 34, 24

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

Figure what lines are to be illustrated vertical and horizontal

Position the isometric drawing in paper space

Confine the isometric drawing to its maximum size

None of these

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

Lug

Spot face

Chamfer

Boss

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

Visual Styles

Modify

All of these

3-D Modeling

37. 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

38. 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

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

Meter

Kilometer

Centimeter

Millimeter

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

Draw a series of guide lines

Set up the meter line

Sharpen the leads in the technical pens

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

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