Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-4

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1. The ________ is a standard element of a section view in a technical drawing.

Section lines

All of these

Material hatch pattern

Cutting Plane line

2. In isometric projection, all distances are approximately this percentage of their true size:

50 percent

20 percent

80 percent

120 percent

3. The edges of a cube in isometric projection make angles of this many degrees with each other:

120

90

60

30

4. Dimension text is generally placed above the ________ line.

Dimension

Extension

Center

Leader

5. In this type of auxiliary view, a break line is used to indicate the imaginary break in the views:

Revolved

Partial

Primary

Secondary

6. This type of axonometric drawing has equal foreshortening along two axis directions and a different amount on the third axis:

Trimetric

Multiview

Isometric

Dimetric

7. It is customary for the first sheet of a working drawing set to include __________.

Assembled assembly

Exploded assembly

A parts list

All of these

8. This is a rounded exterior blend between surfaces:

Fillet

Taper

Chamfer

Round

9. These units are based on inch-foot and yard measurements:

U.S. metric units

U.S. customary units

ISO International units

International customary units

10. Some of the standard Auto-CAD text styles used in architectural drawings includes _________.

City Blueprint

Country Blueprint

Stylus BT

All of these

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11. This type of section is not in direct projection from the view containing the cutting plane:

Full section

Removed section

Revolved section

Broken-out section

12. The distance a screw thread advances axially in one turn is the:

Crest

Pitch

Lead

Turn

13. This is the smallest diameter of a screw thread:

External thread diameter

Internal thread diameter

Minor diameter

Major diameter

14. This is the term for the range of tightness or looseness resulting from the allowances and tolerances in mating parts:

Limits

Allowance

Fit

Specifications

15. In offset sections, offsets or bends in the cutting plane are all:

90 degrees

180 degrees

Either 90 or 180 degrees

30, 60 or 90 degrees

16. In this type of projection, each of the axes has different ratios of foreshortening:

Trimetric

Isometric

Parallel

Dimetric

17. A ________ section allows the drafter to create a Cutting Plane line which is not in a straight line across the part.

Half

Offset

Whole

Broken out

18. In the mechanical design process the first step is to ________.

Brainstorm solutions

Identify the problem

Prepare a budget

Prepare rough sketches

19. When designing a home for a client, one of the most important pre-design considerations that an architect needs to address is ______________.

How much money the client is willing to spend

The site on which the house is to sit

Whether or not there is a curb and gutter system

The nearest grocery store

20. This is the range of digital or hard copy documents that specify the physical function requirements for a product:

Drawing definition

Engineering design

Product design

Product definition

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21. The text used on a typical detail sheet should be ________.

In bold text

In an architectural text style

Placed horizontally

None of these

22. This is the theoretically exact size from which limits of size are determined:

Production size

Actual Size

Dimensioned size

Basic size

23. Angles project true size only when the plane containing the angle and plane of projection are this:

Perpendicular

Aligned

Adjacent

Parallel

24. In architectural drawing ________ are often used to illustrate and detail structural components.

All of these

Building sections

Wall sections

Foundation beam detail sections

25. This is an angled surface used on cylinders to make them easier to handle:

Fillet

Chamfer

Taper

Lug

26. This means that a feature of a finished product contains the maximum amount of material permitted by the tolerance dimensions for that feature:

Machined material condition

Maximum material condition

Maximum machined indication

Machine mark indication

27. In the section view, the areas that would have been in actual contact with the cutting plane are shown with:

Lines and arrows

A cutting plane line

Visible lines

Section lining

28. When lines intersect on a drawing at angles of this many degrees, it is customary not to dimension the angle:

360

90

180

45

29. Lines of an isometric drawing that are not parallel to the isometric axes are called this:

Trimetric lines

Multiview lines

Dimetric lines

Non-isometric lines

30. In order to create an accurate assembly drawing the drafter should create the ________ drawings first.

Detail

Isometric

Title block

Parts list

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31. The section view drawing in which one fourth of an object has been marked for removal is known as a _________ section.

None of these

Quarter

Full

Half

32. These breaks are used to shorten the view of an object:

Section breaks

Full breaks

Conventional breaks

Aligned breaks

33. When creating a Cutting Plane line with Auto-CAD it is customary to use a ________ to create the line.

Center line

Dashed line

Polyline

Hatch line

34. A typical set of mechanical working drawings includes ________.

Parts list

All of these

Exploded assembly

Part details

35. This is used to indicate that a surface is to be machined:

Coordinate mark

Finish mark

Machining mark

Roughness indicator

36. The thread note for a typical bolt will include the _________.

Major diameter of the thread

Offset distance

Material

Center line

37. A back or backing weld is a type of:

Groove weld

Resistance weld

Arc and gas weld

Upset weld

38. This practice considers an individual part's dimensions and tolerances and that part's relation to its related parts:

Creating datum references

Geometric dimensioning and tolerancing

Angular dimensioning tolerances

Applying allowances

39. PDM is the acronym for:

Product data management

Project data manipulation

Project drawing management

Product drawing manipulation

40. This is how axonometric, oblique, and perspective sketches show objects:

Pictorially

Orthographically

Parallel

Obliquely

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41. These are used to attach parts to a cylinder so they won't turn on it:

Lugs and bearings

Key-seats and bearings

Keys and key-ways/key-seats

Knurls and keys

42. The second line of dimensions out from the plan generally includes _________.

The measurement from one outside corner to the opposite outside corner

The measurement from the outside of the brick to the inside of the exterior wall

The distances between outside walls and interior walls

Centers of doors and windows

43. The typical parts list should include the _________.

Manufacturing material

All of these

Number of parts needed

Part number

44. Acceptable parts must not extend beyond this:

Hole limits

Specification

Tolerances

Boundary limits

45. Placement of dimensions on a drawing is controlled by ________.

All of these

The design engineer

ANSI

Corporate drafting standards

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