Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-1

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

Development plans

The Internet and e-mail

Portable document files

Gantt charts

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

Meter

Millimeter

Kilometer

Centimeter

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

Grid

Dynamic Input

O Snaps

Ortho

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

None of these

The beginning point of the last line

The ending point of the last line

0, 0

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

Metric

Civil

Engineering

Architectural

6. Spur gear design normally begins with selecting this:

Tooth size

Rack size

Pitch diameter

Gear size

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

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

Counter-bore

Countersink

Spot-face

Boss

9. 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 34, 24

0, 0 and 17, 11

0, 0 and 2, 9

10. 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

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

Inside

Isoplane

Radial

Outside

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

None of these

20, 20, 20

10, 10, 10

0, 0, 0

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

An assembly to a finished drawing

A working drawing to a draft

A draft to a finished drawing

A finished to a working drawing

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

Revolve

Extrude

Sweep

None of these

15. In order to create one solid model from two or more separate solid shapes the drafter will need to position them and then ________.

Use Union to join them

Use the Join command

Use the Add Parts tool

None of these

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

Circles

Ellipses

Iso-ellipses

Iso-circles

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

Sharpen the leads in the technical pens

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

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

Rapid prototypes

Electronic files

Change orders

Draft drawings

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

Horizontal lines

None of these

Vertical lines

Circles

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

Electrical legend

Electrical layer

Part number

List

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

Involute profile

Base circle

Convolute profile

Spur circle

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

3-D Modeling

Visual Styles

All of these

Modify

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

Center of a radius

Hidden feature

Center of a circle

Center axis of a hidden cylinder

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

It makes no difference

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

They seem to transmit better in a fax machine

Different line widths convey different information

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

Design for manufacture and assembly

Design for concurrent engineering

Design for assembly

Design for manufacture

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

Groove joint

Rear joint

T-joint

Angle joint

27. 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

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

Turn Object Snap off

Set the grid to isometric

Set the current layer to Def-points

Turn Ortho off

29. 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.

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

Functional process

Aesthetic process

Engineering process

Design process

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

Check the engineer's scale

Look on a metric conversion chart

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

All of these

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

Isometric

Orthographic

Parallel

Angular

33. 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

34. There are two main types of projection

Parallel and Orthographic

Parallel and Convergent

Station-point and Perspective

Perspective and Parallel

35. 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

Explode the dimension and then erase the center mark

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

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

Any number

Three

One

Two

37. 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

Perpendicular projection

Oblique projection

38. 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

39. 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

Change order

Whole new set of drawings

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

Chamfer

Lug

Boss

Spot face

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