Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-1

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1. 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

Vertical

Inclined

2. 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

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

Ortho

O Snaps

Grid

Dynamic Input

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

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

Check the engineer's scale

All of these

Look on a metric conversion chart

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

Functional process

Engineering process

Design process

Aesthetic process

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

Angle joint

Rear joint

T-joint

Groove joint

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

Visual Styles

Modify

3-D Modeling

All of these

8. There are two main types of projection

Perspective and Parallel

Parallel and Orthographic

Station-point and Perspective

Parallel and Convergent

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

The Internet and e-mail

Gantt charts

Portable document files

Development plans

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

Base circle

Involute profile

Convolute profile

Spur circle

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

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

It makes no difference

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

Part number

List

Electrical layer

Electrical legend

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

None of these

The beginning point of the last line

0, 0

The ending point of the last line

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

Three

Two

Any number

One

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

Iso-ellipses

Circles

Ellipses

Iso-circles

16. 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

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".

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

Confine the isometric drawing to its maximum size

None of these

Figure what lines are to be illustrated vertical and horizontal

Position the isometric drawing in paper space

19. Spur gear design normally begins with selecting this:

Tooth size

Rack size

Gear size

Pitch diameter

20. 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 Union to join them

Use the Add Parts tool

Use the Join command

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

Horizontal lines

None of these

Vertical lines

Circles

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

Set the grid to isometric

Set the current layer to Def-points

Turn Ortho off

Turn Object Snap off

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

Metric

Architectural

Engineering

Civil

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

Countersink

Spot-face

Boss

Counter-bore

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

Extrude

Sweep

Revolve

None of these

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

Millimeter

Centimeter

Meter

Kilometer

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

Center of a radius

Center of a circle

Hidden feature

Center axis of a hidden cylinder

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

Formatting forms

Document strips

Title and record strips

Portable documents

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

Change order

None of the above

Whole new set of drawings

Modification slip

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

Spot face

Boss

Lug

Chamfer

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31. 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

32. 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 and try to use the Dynamic Input readout to find the end point

Type 3 back slash and enter

Type @3<45 and enter

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

Isometric

Angular

Orthographic

Parallel

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

Outside

Inside

Radial

Isoplane

35. 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.

36. 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

Aesthetic projection

Perpendicular projection

Oblique projection

37. 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

Use the trim tool to take away the stacked center mark

Explode the dimension and then erase the center mark

It can't be done

38. 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

39. 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 working drawing to a draft

A draft to a finished drawing

A finished to a working drawing

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

Change orders

Rapid prototypes

Draft drawings

Electronic files

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