Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-1

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1. There are two main types of projection

Station-point and Perspective

Parallel and Convergent

Parallel and Orthographic

Perspective and Parallel

2. 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

Explode the dimension and then erase the center mark

It can't be done

Use the trim tool to take away the stacked center mark

3. 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.

Vertical

Horizontal

Inclined

None of these

4. 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 finished to a working drawing

A working drawing to a draft

An assembly to a finished drawing

5. 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<45 and enter

Type 3 back slash and enter

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

Type 3 forward slash and enter

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

O Snaps

Grid

Ortho

Dynamic Input

7. 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

Figure what lines are to be illustrated vertical and horizontal

None of these

8. 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

9. 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

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

Millimeter

Meter

Kilometer

Centimeter

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

Any number

Three

One

Two

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

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

Set the grid to isometric

Turn Object Snap off

Set the current layer to Def-points

Turn Ortho off

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

Architectural

Civil

Engineering

Metric

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

Angular

Orthographic

Parallel

Isometric

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

Change orders

Electronic files

Draft drawings

Rapid prototypes

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

Iso-circles

Iso-ellipses

Ellipses

Circles

18. Spur gear design normally begins with selecting this:

Rack size

Tooth size

Gear size

Pitch diameter

19. 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

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

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

They seem to transmit better in a fax machine

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

3-D Modeling

Modify

All of these

Visual Styles

22. 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

None of these

Use the Join command

Use Union to join them

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

Angle joint

Rear joint

Groove joint

T-joint

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

The beginning point of the last line

None of these

0, 0

The ending point of the last line

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

Circles

Horizontal lines

Vertical lines

None of these

26. 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

None of the above

Whole new set of drawings

Modification slip

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

Design process

Engineering process

Functional process

Aesthetic process

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

Countersink

Counter-bore

Boss

Spot-face

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

Electrical layer

Part number

Electrical legend

List

30. 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

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

Inside

Outside

Radial

Isoplane

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

Extrude

Revolve

Sweep

None of these

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

Design for concurrent engineering

Design for assembly

Design for manufacture

Design for manufacture and assembly

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

Involute profile

Convolute profile

Base circle

Spur circle

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

10, 10, 10

20, 20, 20

0, 0, 0

None of these

36. 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

Hidden feature

Center of a circle

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

Chamfer

Lug

Spot face

Boss

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

Formatting forms

Portable documents

Document strips

Title and record strips

39. 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.

40. 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 2, 9

0, 0 and 17, 11

0, 0 and 18, 24

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