Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-1

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1. 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

A draft to a finished drawing

An assembly to a finished drawing

2. 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 34, 24

0, 0 and 2, 9

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

Isometric

Parallel

Angular

Orthographic

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

Gantt charts

Portable document files

Development plans

The Internet and e-mail

5. There are two main types of projection

Station-point and Perspective

Parallel and Convergent

Perspective and Parallel

Parallel and Orthographic

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

Figure what lines are to be illustrated vertical and horizontal

Position the isometric drawing in paper space

Confine the isometric drawing to its maximum size

None of these

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

Design for concurrent engineering

Design for manufacture

Design for manufacture and assembly

Design for assembly

8. 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

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

Electronic files

Draft drawings

Change orders

Rapid prototypes

10. 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 Join command

Use the Add Parts tool

None of these

Use Union to join them

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

Base circle

Involute profile

Spur circle

Convolute profile

12. 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.

F3

F5

F1

F8

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

Centimeter

Kilometer

Millimeter

Meter

14. Traditional drafters need to be able to create several different line widths because ________.

They seem to transmit better in a fax machine

It makes no difference

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

Different line widths convey different information

15. 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

Whole new set of drawings

None of the above

Change order

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

0, 0, 0

None of these

10, 10, 10

20, 20, 20

17. 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<45 and enter

Type 3 forward slash and enter

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

18. 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

Portable documents

Formatting forms

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

Look on a metric conversion chart

All of these

Check the engineer's scale

Divide the numerator (top number) by the denominator (bottom 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. A fillet is a rounded surface on the ________ corner of a part.

Radial

Outside

Isoplane

Inside

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

Boss

Chamfer

Spot face

Lug

23. 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

Explode the dimension and then erase the center mark

It can't be done

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

Modify

Visual Styles

3-D Modeling

All of these

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

Ellipses

Iso-ellipses

Circles

Iso-circles

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

Rear joint

T-joint

Groove joint

Angle joint

27. Spur gear design normally begins with selecting this:

Gear size

Tooth size

Rack size

Pitch diameter

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

Revolve

Extrude

None of these

Sweep

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

Center of a radius

Center axis of a hidden cylinder

Center of a circle

Hidden feature

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:

Aesthetic projection

Angular projection

Perpendicular projection

Oblique projection

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

0, 0

The ending point of the last line

The beginning point of the last line

None of these

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

Metric

Architectural

Civil

Engineering

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

Part number

Electrical legend

List

Electrical layer

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

None of these

Horizontal lines

Vertical lines

Circles

35. 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

Inclined

Horizontal

Vertical

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

One

Three

Two

Any number

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

6"

8"

4"

5"

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

Dynamic Input

Ortho

O Snaps

Grid

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

Countersink

Boss

Counter-bore

Spot-face

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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