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.

Inclined

None of these

Horizontal

Vertical

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

Inside

Radial

Outside

Isoplane

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

Electrical legend

Part number

List

Electrical layer

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

Lug

Chamfer

Boss

Spot face

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

Metric

Engineering

Civil

Architectural

6. 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

Different line widths convey different information

They seem to transmit better in a fax machine

It makes no difference

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

Draft drawings

Electronic files

Change orders

Rapid prototypes

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

Base circle

Convolute profile

Involute profile

Spur circle

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

Iso-circles

Iso-ellipses

Circles

Ellipses

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

Orthographic

Isometric

Angular

Parallel

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

Design for assembly

Design for manufacture and assembly

Design for manufacture

Design for concurrent engineering

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

O Snaps

Grid

Dynamic Input

Ortho

13. 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 Add Parts tool

Use the Join command

Use Union to join them

None of these

14. 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:

Oblique projection

Perpendicular projection

Angular projection

Aesthetic projection

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

Counter-bore

Boss

Countersink

Spot-face

16. There are two main types of projection

Parallel and Convergent

Station-point and Perspective

Parallel and Orthographic

Perspective and Parallel

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

Aesthetic process

Functional process

Design process

Engineering process

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

Meter

Millimeter

Kilometer

Centimeter

19. 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

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

All of these

Visual Styles

Modify

3-D Modeling

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

All of these

Look on a metric conversion chart

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

Check the engineer's scale

22. 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 finished to a working drawing

A draft to a finished drawing

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

Groove joint

Rear joint

Angle joint

T-joint

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

0, 0, 0

None of these

20, 20, 20

10, 10, 10

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

Horizontal lines

Vertical lines

Circles

None of these

26. In order to set drawing limits for a 'C' size architectural drawing the drafter should set the limits to ________.

0, 0 and 2, 9

0, 0 and 17, 11

0, 0 and 18, 24

0, 0 and 34, 24

27. 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"

28. 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

29. 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

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

Three

One

Any number

Two

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

Position the isometric drawing in paper space

Confine the isometric drawing to its maximum size

None of these

Figure what lines are to be illustrated vertical and horizontal

32. Spur gear design normally begins with selecting this:

Tooth size

Rack size

Pitch diameter

Gear size

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?

Explode the dimension and then erase the center mark

Use the trim tool to take away the stacked center mark

Use the Properties dialog box to turn off the center mark of the dimension

It can't be done

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

Sweep

Revolve

None of these

Extrude

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

Gantt charts

Development plans

The Internet and e-mail

Portable document files

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

Sharpen the leads in the technical pens

Align the paper so that it will be positioned square to the parallel bar

Draw a series of guide lines

Set up the meter line

37. 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

Change order

None of the above

38. 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.

F5

F8

F1

F3

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

Set the current layer to Def-points

Set the grid to isometric

Turn Object Snap off

Turn Ortho off

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

Formatting forms

Portable documents

Title and record strips

Document strips

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