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 working drawing to a draft

An assembly to a finished drawing

A draft to a finished drawing

A finished to a working drawing

2. 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:

Angular projection

Oblique projection

Perpendicular projection

Aesthetic projection

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

They seem to transmit better in a fax machine

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

It makes no difference

Different line widths convey different information

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

One

Three

Any number

Two

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

Lug

Spot face

Boss

Chamfer

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

Orthographic

Angular

Parallel

Isometric

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

Turn Ortho off

Set the grid to isometric

Turn Object Snap off

Set the current layer to Def-points

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

Draw a series of guide lines

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

Set up the meter line

Sharpen the leads in the technical pens

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

Electronic files

Change orders

Rapid prototypes

Draft drawings

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

Dynamic Input

Grid

O Snaps

Ortho

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

Electrical layer

List

Part number

Electrical legend

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

Countersink

Spot-face

Counter-bore

Boss

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

Sweep

Extrude

None of these

Revolve

14. 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"

8"

4"

6"

15. There are two main types of projection

Parallel and Orthographic

Perspective and Parallel

Parallel and Convergent

Station-point and Perspective

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

Document strips

Portable documents

17. 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

18. 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

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

None of the above

Modification slip

Whole new set of drawings

Change order

20. 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

None of these

Figure what lines are to be illustrated vertical and horizontal

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

Engineering

Metric

Architectural

Civil

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

Base circle

Convolute profile

Spur circle

Involute profile

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

T-joint

Angle joint

Rear joint

Groove joint

24. 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

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

All of these

3-D Modeling

Visual Styles

Modify

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

Isoplane

Outside

Radial

Inside

27. 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

F8

F1

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

Design process

Aesthetic process

Engineering process

Functional process

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

Design for manufacture

Design for concurrent engineering

Design for manufacture and assembly

Design for assembly

30. 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

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

The Internet and e-mail

Portable document files

Gantt charts

Development plans

32. 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 forward slash and enter

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

Type 3 back slash and enter

33. 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

Center of a circle

Hidden feature

34. Spur gear design normally begins with selecting this:

Tooth size

Rack size

Gear size

Pitch diameter

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

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

Check the engineer's scale

Look on a metric conversion chart

All of these

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

Iso-circles

Circles

Ellipses

Iso-ellipses

37. 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

None of these

Vertical

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

Kilometer

Meter

Centimeter

Millimeter

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

None of these

0, 0

The beginning point of the last line

The ending point of the last line

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

None of these

Horizontal lines

Circles

Vertical lines

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