Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-1

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1. 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

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

O Snaps

Grid

Ortho

Dynamic Input

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

Turn Object Snap off

Turn Ortho off

Set the grid to isometric

Set the current layer to Def-points

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

Spot-face

Countersink

Boss

Counter-bore

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

None of these

The ending point of the last line

The beginning point of the last line

0, 0

6. 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

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

Any number

Three

One

Two

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

Civil

Engineering

Metric

Architectural

9. 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

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

Extrude

Sweep

None of these

Revolve

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

Rapid prototypes

Draft drawings

Change orders

Electronic files

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

Rear joint

T-joint

Groove joint

Angle joint

13. Spur gear design normally begins with selecting this:

Rack size

Tooth size

Pitch diameter

Gear size

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

Inside

Isoplane

Radial

Outside

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

Visual Styles

Modify

3-D Modeling

All of these

16. 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

Use the trim tool to take away the stacked center mark

Use the Properties dialog box to turn off the center mark of the dimension

Explode the dimension and then erase the center mark

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

All of these

Check the engineer's scale

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

Look on a metric conversion chart

18. 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

Different line widths convey different information

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

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

Functional process

Engineering process

Design process

Aesthetic process

20. In order to set drawing limits for a 'C' size architectural drawing the drafter should set the limits to ________.

0, 0 and 18, 24

0, 0 and 17, 11

0, 0 and 34, 24

0, 0 and 2, 9

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

Chamfer

Boss

Lug

Spot face

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

Kilometer

Millimeter

Centimeter

Meter

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

None of these

Vertical lines

Circles

Horizontal lines

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

4"

5"

6"

8"

25. 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 the Add Parts tool

Use Union to join them

26. There are two main types of projection

Station-point and Perspective

Perspective and Parallel

Parallel and Orthographic

Parallel and Convergent

27. 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 and try to use the Dynamic Input readout to find the end point

Type 3 forward slash and enter

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

Confine the isometric drawing to its maximum size

None of these

Figure what lines are to be illustrated vertical and horizontal

Position the isometric drawing in paper space

29. 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

Oblique projection

Perpendicular projection

Angular projection

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

Center axis of a hidden cylinder

Hidden feature

Center of a circle

Center of a radius

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

Circles

Iso-ellipses

Ellipses

Iso-circles

32. 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

Whole new set of drawings

Modification slip

Change order

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

Title and record strips

Formatting forms

Document strips

Portable documents

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

Base circle

Involute profile

Spur circle

Convolute profile

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.

Inclined

Vertical

None of these

Horizontal

36. 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

Development plans

Gantt charts

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

Electrical layer

Electrical legend

List

Part number

38. 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

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

Parallel

Isometric

Orthographic

Angular

40. 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

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