Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-1

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

Spot-face

Boss

Counter-bore

Countersink

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

All of these

Look on a metric conversion chart

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

Check the engineer's scale

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

O Snaps

Dynamic Input

Ortho

Grid

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

Part number

List

Electrical legend

Electrical layer

5. 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

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

Modify

3-D Modeling

All of these

Visual Styles

7. 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

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

It makes no difference

They seem to transmit better in a fax machine

Different line widths convey different information

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

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

A draft to a finished drawing

An assembly to a finished drawing

A finished to a working drawing

A working drawing to a draft

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

None of these

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

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11. 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

12. 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

Set up the meter line

Draw a series of guide lines

13. 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.

None of these

Horizontal

Inclined

Vertical

14. 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

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

Sweep

Revolve

None of these

Extrude

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

One

Three

Two

Any number

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

None of these

10, 10, 10

0, 0, 0

20, 20, 20

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

Turn Ortho off

Turn Object Snap off

Set the grid to isometric

Set the current layer to Def-points

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

Electronic files

Change orders

Draft drawings

Rapid prototypes

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

Design for manufacture

Design for manufacture and assembly

Design for concurrent engineering

Design for assembly

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

Inside

Radial

Isoplane

Outside

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

Portable document files

Gantt charts

Development plans

The Internet and e-mail

23. There are two main types of projection

Parallel and Orthographic

Perspective and Parallel

Parallel and Convergent

Station-point and Perspective

24. 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

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

Use the trim tool to take away the stacked center mark

Explode the dimension and then erase the center mark

25. 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<45 and enter

Type 3 forward slash and enter

Type 3 back slash and enter

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

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

Kilometer

Centimeter

Millimeter

Meter

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

Use Union to join them

Use the Join command

Use the Add Parts tool

None of these

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

None of these

0, 0

The beginning point of the last line

The ending point of the last line

29. 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"

5"

8"

30. 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

F5

F8

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

Orthographic

Isometric

Parallel

Angular

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

Aesthetic process

Design process

Engineering process

Functional process

33. 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

Whole new set of drawings

Change order

34. Spur gear design normally begins with selecting this:

Pitch diameter

Gear size

Rack size

Tooth size

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

Horizontal lines

Vertical lines

Circles

None of these

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

T-joint

Groove joint

Angle joint

Rear joint

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

Spot face

Chamfer

Lug

Boss

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

Involute profile

Convolute profile

Spur circle

Base circle

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

Ellipses

Iso-circles

Iso-ellipses

Circles

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

Civil

Metric

Architectural

Engineering

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