Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-1

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1. Spur gear design normally begins with selecting this:

Rack size

Pitch diameter

Tooth size

Gear size

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

All of these

Visual Styles

Modify

3-D Modeling

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

Turn Object Snap off

Set the grid to isometric

Turn Ortho off

Set the current layer to Def-points

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

None of these

10, 10, 10

20, 20, 20

0, 0, 0

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

Three

One

Any number

Two

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

Document strips

Title and record strips

Formatting forms

Portable documents

7. There are two main types of projection

Parallel and Orthographic

Parallel and Convergent

Station-point and Perspective

Perspective and Parallel

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

A draft to a finished drawing

A working drawing to a draft

An assembly to a finished drawing

A finished to a working drawing

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

Angular

Parallel

Orthographic

Isometric

10. The text height for room names should be set to ________for a drawing that will be plotted to a scale of ¼" = 1'-0".

4"

8"

6"

5"

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11. 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

The line width has to do with how dark it appear in the finished drawing

Different line widths convey different information

12. 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 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

It can't be done

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

The beginning point of the last line

0, 0

None of these

The ending point of the last line

14. 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

F3

F5

F8

15. 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

None of the above

Modification slip

Change order

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

Chamfer

Lug

Boss

Spot face

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

Design for manufacture and assembly

Design for concurrent engineering

Design for assembly

Design for manufacture

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

Inside

Isoplane

Outside

Radial

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

Electrical layer

Electrical legend

List

Part number

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

Set up the meter line

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

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21. 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

None of these

Use Union to join them

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

Center axis of a hidden cylinder

Center of a radius

Hidden feature

Center of a circle

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

Engineering

Architectural

Civil

Metric

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

All of these

Check the engineer's scale

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

Look on a metric conversion chart

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

Spur circle

Base circle

Involute profile

Convolute profile

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

Angle joint

T-joint

Rear joint

Groove joint

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

None of these

Sweep

Extrude

Revolve

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

Aesthetic process

Functional process

Design process

Engineering process

30. 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

Oblique projection

Angular projection

Aesthetic projection

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

Development plans

The Internet and e-mail

Gantt charts

Portable document files

32. 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

Horizontal

Vertical

None of these

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

Electronic files

Rapid prototypes

Change orders

Draft drawings

34. 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 17, 11

0, 0 and 2, 9

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

Iso-circles

Ellipses

Iso-ellipses

Circles

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

Counter-bore

Spot-face

Countersink

Boss

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

Horizontal lines

Vertical lines

Circles

None of these

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

Type 3 back slash and enter

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

Millimeter

Centimeter

Kilometer

Meter

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

Grid

Ortho

O Snaps

Dynamic Input

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