Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-1

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

3-D Modeling

All of these

Visual Styles

Modify

2. 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 draft to a finished drawing

A finished to a working drawing

A working drawing to a draft

3. 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

It can't be done

Explode the dimension and then erase the center mark

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

Groove joint

T-joint

Angle joint

Rear joint

5. 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

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

Meter

Millimeter

Kilometer

Centimeter

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

O Snaps

Grid

Dynamic Input

Ortho

8. 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:

Aesthetic projection

Angular projection

Oblique projection

Perpendicular projection

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

Circles

Ellipses

Iso-ellipses

Iso-circles

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

Angular

Parallel

Orthographic

Isometric

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

The beginning point of the last line

The ending point of the last line

None of these

0, 0

12. 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

None of these

Figure what lines are to be illustrated vertical and horizontal

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

The Internet and e-mail

Development plans

Gantt charts

Portable document files

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

Lug

Spot face

Boss

Chamfer

15. 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.

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

Formatting forms

Title and record strips

Portable documents

Document strips

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

Inside

Isoplane

Radial

Outside

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

Modification slip

Change order

Whole new set of drawings

None of the above

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

None of these

Horizontal lines

Circles

Vertical lines

20. 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

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21. There are two main types of projection

Station-point and Perspective

Perspective and Parallel

Parallel and Convergent

Parallel and Orthographic

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

Boss

Countersink

Spot-face

Counter-bore

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

Check the engineer's scale

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

Look on a metric conversion chart

All of these

24. 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

Center of a radius

Hidden feature

25. 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

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

Design for assembly

Design for manufacture

Design for concurrent engineering

Design for manufacture and assembly

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

Civil

Architectural

Metric

Engineering

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

Draft drawings

Electronic files

Change orders

Rapid prototypes

29. Spur gear design normally begins with selecting this:

Rack size

Tooth size

Pitch diameter

Gear size

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

Convolute profile

Involute profile

Base circle

Spur circle

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31. 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

32. 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

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

34. 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 back slash and enter

Type 3 forward slash and enter

Type 3 and try to use the Dynamic Input readout to find the end point

Type @3<45 and enter

35. 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

Use the Add Parts tool

Use the Join command

None of these

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

Turn Object Snap off

Set the current layer to Def-points

Set the grid to isometric

Turn Ortho off

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

Extrude

Sweep

None of these

Revolve

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

Any number

Three

One

Two

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

Sharpen the leads in the technical pens

Draw a series of guide lines

Set up the meter line

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

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

Design process

Functional process

Engineering process

Aesthetic process

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