Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-1

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

Spur circle

Convolute profile

Base circle

Involute profile

2. 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.

F8

F5

F1

F3

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

Design for concurrent engineering

Design for manufacture

Design for manufacture and assembly

Design for assembly

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

Whole new set of drawings

Modification slip

None of the above

Change order

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

Change orders

Draft drawings

Electronic files

Rapid prototypes

6. 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

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

None of these

Revolve

Extrude

Sweep

8. 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.

None of these

Horizontal

Vertical

Inclined

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

Visual Styles

All of these

Modify

3-D Modeling

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

Radial

Inside

Outside

Isoplane

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

One

Three

Any number

Two

12. 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 forward slash and enter

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

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

O Snaps

Dynamic Input

Ortho

Grid

14. Spur gear design normally begins with selecting this:

Rack size

Gear size

Tooth size

Pitch diameter

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

Vertical lines

None of these

Horizontal lines

Circles

16. 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

Position the isometric drawing in paper space

Confine the isometric drawing to its maximum size

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

Spot-face

Counter-bore

Boss

Countersink

18. There are two main types of projection

Station-point and Perspective

Perspective and Parallel

Parallel and Orthographic

Parallel and Convergent

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

Isometric

Angular

Parallel

Orthographic

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

Iso-circles

Circles

Iso-ellipses

Ellipses

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

Aesthetic process

Engineering process

Functional process

Design process

22. 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

It can't be done

Explode the dimension and then erase the center mark

Use the trim tool to take away the stacked center mark

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

Turn Object Snap off

Set the current layer to Def-points

Set the grid to isometric

Turn Ortho off

24. 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

25. 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

Perpendicular projection

Oblique projection

Aesthetic projection

26. 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

27. 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

Hidden feature

Center of a circle

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

Groove joint

Angle joint

Rear joint

T-joint

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

0, 0 and 2, 9

0, 0 and 34, 24

0, 0 and 17, 11

0, 0 and 18, 24

30. 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

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31. 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

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

Spot face

Boss

Lug

Chamfer

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

Millimeter

Kilometer

Meter

Centimeter

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

Set up the meter line

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

Sharpen the leads in the technical pens

Draw a series of guide lines

35. 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

36. 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"

6"

8"

4"

37. 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

Portable document files

Gantt charts

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

Engineering

Civil

Architectural

Metric

39. Once a drawing is determined to be complete, the title block is used to document the change from:

A working drawing to a draft

A finished to a working drawing

An assembly to a finished drawing

A draft to a finished drawing

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

Look on a metric conversion chart

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

Check the engineer's scale

All of these

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