Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-1

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

Circles

Horizontal lines

Vertical lines

None of these

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

10, 10, 10

None of these

0, 0, 0

20, 20, 20

3. 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

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

Design for concurrent engineering

Design for manufacture

Design for manufacture and assembly

Design for assembly

5. 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

It makes no difference

Different line widths convey different information

They seem to transmit better in a fax machine

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

Check the engineer's scale

Look on a metric conversion chart

All of these

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

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

O Snaps

Ortho

Dynamic Input

Grid

8. Spur gear design normally begins with selecting this:

Pitch diameter

Rack size

Gear size

Tooth size

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

Isoplane

Radial

Outside

Inside

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

Metric

Civil

Architectural

Engineering

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11. 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

Portable document files

Gantt charts

12. 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

Modification slip

Whole new set of drawings

Change order

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

Angular

Orthographic

Parallel

Isometric

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

Centimeter

Meter

Kilometer

Millimeter

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

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

Revolve

Sweep

None of these

Extrude

19. 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

None of these

Confine the isometric drawing to its maximum size

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

Two

Three

Any number

One

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

Chamfer

Spot face

Lug

Boss

22. 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

Set up the meter line

Draw a series of guide lines

Sharpen the leads in the technical pens

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

Electronic files

Draft drawings

Rapid prototypes

Change orders

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

Boss

Spot-face

Counter-bore

Countersink

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

Spur circle

Base circle

Involute profile

Convolute profile

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

8"

6"

4"

5"

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

0, 0

None of these

The beginning point of the last line

The ending point of the last line

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

An assembly to a finished drawing

A finished to a working drawing

A working drawing to a draft

A draft to a finished drawing

29. 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 18, 24

0, 0 and 17, 11

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

Modify

3-D Modeling

Visual Styles

All of these

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

Angle joint

Rear joint

Groove joint

T-joint

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

Portable documents

Document strips

Formatting forms

Title and record strips

33. 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

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

Set the current layer to Def-points

Turn Ortho off

Set the grid to isometric

Turn Object Snap off

35. 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

Vertical

Inclined

None of these

36. There are two main types of projection

Parallel and Orthographic

Parallel and Convergent

Station-point and Perspective

Perspective and Parallel

37. 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

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

Aesthetic process

Functional process

Engineering process

Design process

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

Center of a circle

Center axis of a hidden cylinder

Hidden feature

Center of a radius

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

Circles

Iso-ellipses

Iso-circles

Ellipses

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