Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-1

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

Design process

Functional process

Engineering process

Aesthetic process

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?

It can't be done

Explode the dimension and then erase the center mark

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

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

None of these

Vertical lines

Circles

Horizontal lines

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

List

Electrical layer

Part number

Electrical legend

5. 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

It makes no difference

Different line widths convey different information

They seem to transmit better in a fax machine

6. 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 the Join command

Use Union to join them

Use the Add Parts tool

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

Title and record strips

Portable documents

Document strips

Formatting forms

8. 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 18, 24

0, 0 and 17, 11

0, 0 and 2, 9

9. 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.

Horizontal

Inclined

None of these

Vertical

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

Design for manufacture

Design for concurrent engineering

Design for assembly

Design for manufacture and assembly

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11. Spur gear design normally begins with selecting this:

Tooth size

Gear size

Rack size

Pitch diameter

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

Counter-bore

Countersink

Spot-face

Boss

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

Parallel

Orthographic

Isometric

Angular

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

Ellipses

Iso-circles

Iso-ellipses

Circles

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

All of these

Visual Styles

Modify

3-D Modeling

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

Electronic files

Rapid prototypes

Change orders

Draft drawings

17. 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

None of the above

Whole new set of drawings

Change order

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

Check the engineer's scale

All of these

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

Look on a metric conversion chart

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

None of these

Confine the isometric drawing to its maximum size

Figure what lines are to be illustrated vertical and horizontal

Position the isometric drawing in paper space

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

O Snaps

Ortho

Dynamic Input

Grid

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

Millimeter

Meter

Kilometer

Centimeter

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

Civil

Metric

Engineering

Architectural

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

0, 0

None of these

The ending point of the last line

The beginning point of the last line

25. 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 back slash and enter

Type 3 forward slash and enter

Type @3<45 and enter

26. 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

Aesthetic projection

Perpendicular projection

Oblique projection

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

T-joint

Groove joint

Rear joint

Angle joint

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

Chamfer

Spot face

Lug

Boss

29. 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

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

One

Two

Any number

Three

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31. 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

32. There are two main types of projection

Station-point and Perspective

Parallel and Orthographic

Perspective and Parallel

Parallel and Convergent

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

Isoplane

Outside

Inside

Radial

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

Portable document files

Gantt charts

Development plans

The Internet and e-mail

35. 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

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

Convolute profile

Spur circle

Involute profile

Base circle

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".

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

Hidden feature

Center axis of a hidden cylinder

Center of a radius

Center of a circle

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

None of these

Revolve

Extrude

Sweep

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

Turn Ortho off

Turn Object Snap off

Set the current layer to Def-points

Set the grid to isometric

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