Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-1

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

Engineering

Architectural

Metric

Civil

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

Revolve

Sweep

None of these

Extrude

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

Set up the meter line

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

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

Isoplane

Inside

Outside

Radial

5. Spur gear design normally begins with selecting this:

Rack size

Pitch diameter

Tooth size

Gear size

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

Angular

Parallel

Orthographic

Isometric

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

Aesthetic process

Design process

Functional process

Engineering process

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

Center of a circle

Center of a radius

Hidden feature

Center axis of a hidden cylinder

9. 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

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

Gantt charts

Portable document files

The Internet and e-mail

Development plans

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

Meter

Millimeter

Centimeter

Kilometer

12. 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

Oblique projection

Aesthetic projection

Perpendicular projection

13. 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.

F1

F8

F3

F5

14. 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

Explode the dimension and then erase the center mark

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

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

Iso-ellipses

Circles

Ellipses

Iso-circles

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

Convolute profile

Base circle

Involute profile

Spur circle

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

Look on a metric conversion chart

Check the engineer's scale

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

All of these

18. 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

None of these

Use the Add Parts tool

Use the Join command

19. There are two main types of projection

Parallel and Convergent

Perspective and Parallel

Parallel and Orthographic

Station-point and Perspective

20. 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

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21. 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"

4"

6"

5"

22. 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

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

All of these

Modify

3-D Modeling

Visual Styles

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

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

None of these

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

Counter-bore

Boss

Countersink

Spot-face

26. 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

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

Two

Three

One

Any number

28. 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

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

20, 20, 20

10, 10, 10

0, 0, 0

None of these

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

List

Part number

Electrical layer

Electrical legend

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

Grid

Ortho

O Snaps

Dynamic Input

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

Chamfer

Boss

Spot face

Lug

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 18, 24

0, 0 and 2, 9

0, 0 and 34, 24

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

The ending point of the last line

None of these

0, 0

The beginning point of the last line

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

Rapid prototypes

Draft drawings

Electronic files

Change orders

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

Rear joint

Angle joint

T-joint

Groove joint

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

None of these

Circles

Horizontal lines

Vertical lines

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

A finished to a working drawing

A working drawing to a draft

An assembly to a finished drawing

A draft to a finished drawing

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

Set the grid to isometric

Turn Ortho off

Turn Object Snap off

Set the current layer to Def-points

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

Design for manufacture

Design for concurrent engineering

Design for manufacture and assembly

Design for assembly

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