Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-1

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1. 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

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

Engineering

Architectural

Metric

Civil

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

Turn Ortho off

Set the current layer to Def-points

Turn Object Snap off

Set the grid to isometric

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

Part number

Electrical layer

List

Electrical legend

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

Angular

Isometric

Orthographic

Parallel

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

Design for manufacture

Design for assembly

Design for concurrent engineering

Design for manufacture and assembly

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

Dynamic Input

O Snaps

Grid

Ortho

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

Aesthetic projection

Oblique projection

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

Change orders

Rapid prototypes

Electronic files

Draft drawings

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

Lug

Spot face

Chamfer

Boss

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11. 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

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

Whole new set of drawings

Modification slip

None of the above

Change order

13. Spur gear design normally begins with selecting this:

Pitch diameter

Tooth size

Rack size

Gear size

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

Revolve

None of these

Sweep

Extrude

15. 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 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

16. 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

None of these

Use Union to join them

Use the Add Parts tool

17. 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"

5"

4"

18. 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 18, 24

0, 0 and 2, 9

0, 0 and 17, 11

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

Functional process

Aesthetic process

Engineering process

Design process

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

Position the isometric drawing in paper space

None of these

Figure what lines are to be illustrated vertical and horizontal

Confine the isometric drawing to its maximum size

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

10, 10, 10

20, 20, 20

None of these

0, 0, 0

22. 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

23. 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

Draw a series of guide lines

Sharpen the leads in the technical pens

Set up the meter line

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

Meter

Kilometer

Millimeter

Centimeter

25. 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

26. 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.

F8

F1

F3

F5

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

Iso-circles

Ellipses

Circles

Iso-ellipses

28. There are two main types of projection

Perspective and Parallel

Station-point and Perspective

Parallel and Convergent

Parallel and Orthographic

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

Horizontal lines

Circles

None of these

Vertical lines

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

Angle joint

T-joint

Groove joint

Rear joint

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31. 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

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

0, 0

The beginning point of the last line

The ending point of the last line

None of these

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

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

Look on a metric conversion chart

All of these

Check the engineer's scale

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

Any number

Three

Two

One

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

Involute profile

Spur circle

Base circle

Convolute profile

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

Outside

Isoplane

Inside

Radial

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

All of these

3-D Modeling

Modify

Visual Styles

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

Title and record strips

Formatting forms

Portable documents

Document strips

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

Spot-face

Counter-bore

Boss

Countersink

40. 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 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

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