Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-1

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

Title and record strips

Document strips

Formatting forms

Portable documents

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

Meter

Millimeter

Centimeter

Kilometer

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

Hidden feature

Center of a circle

Center of a radius

Center axis of a hidden cylinder

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

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

Two

One

Any number

Three

6. 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 forward slash and enter

Type @3<45 and enter

Type 3 back slash and enter

7. There are two main types of projection

Station-point and Perspective

Perspective and Parallel

Parallel and Orthographic

Parallel and Convergent

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

Figure what lines are to be illustrated vertical and horizontal

None of these

Confine the isometric drawing to its maximum size

Position the isometric drawing in paper space

9. 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 34, 24

0, 0 and 2, 9

0, 0 and 18, 24

10. 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.

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11. 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

Vertical

Horizontal

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

Metric

Civil

Engineering

Architectural

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

All of these

Check the engineer's scale

Look on a metric conversion chart

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

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

Aesthetic process

Engineering process

Functional process

Design process

15. 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

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

Electrical legend

List

Part number

Electrical layer

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

Change orders

Rapid prototypes

Electronic files

Draft drawings

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

Base circle

Involute profile

Convolute profile

Spur circle

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

Iso-circles

Ellipses

Circles

Iso-ellipses

20. 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

Angular projection

Perpendicular projection

Aesthetic projection

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

The ending point of the last line

0, 0

None of these

The beginning point of the last line

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

Change order

Whole new set of drawings

Modification slip

None of the above

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

Gantt charts

Portable document files

The Internet and e-mail

Development plans

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

Counter-bore

Countersink

Spot-face

Boss

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

Grid

Ortho

Dynamic Input

O Snaps

26. 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

27. In order to create one solid model from two or more separate solid shapes the drafter will need to position them and then ________.

None of these

Use Union to join them

Use the Add Parts tool

Use the Join command

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

Boss

Spot face

Lug

Chamfer

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

Modify

3-D Modeling

All of these

Visual Styles

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

Set the grid to isometric

Turn Object Snap off

Turn Ortho off

Set the current layer to Def-points

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31. 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

Set up the meter line

Draw a series of guide lines

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

Groove joint

Rear joint

T-joint

Angle joint

33. Spur gear design normally begins with selecting this:

Pitch diameter

Rack size

Tooth size

Gear size

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

Revolve

Extrude

Sweep

None of these

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

Isometric

Parallel

Angular

Orthographic

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

Horizontal lines

None of these

Vertical lines

Circles

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

Radial

Isoplane

Outside

Inside

38. 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

It makes no difference

They seem to transmit better in a fax machine

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

None of these

20, 20, 20

0, 0, 0

10, 10, 10

40. 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

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