Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-1

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1. 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

2. 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 2, 9

0, 0 and 17, 11

3. 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

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

Confine the isometric drawing to its maximum size

Figure what lines are to be illustrated vertical and horizontal

None of these

Position the isometric drawing in paper space

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

Civil

Architectural

Metric

Engineering

6. 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

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

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

Portable document files

Development plans

Gantt charts

The Internet and e-mail

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

Countersink

Boss

Counter-bore

Spot-face

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

Orthographic

Parallel

Isometric

Angular

10. Spur gear design normally begins with selecting this:

Rack size

Pitch diameter

Gear size

Tooth size

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

Spot face

Boss

Chamfer

Lug

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

Two

Three

One

Any number

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

Design for manufacture

Design for manufacture and assembly

Design for concurrent engineering

Design for assembly

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

Millimeter

Meter

Kilometer

Centimeter

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

Inside

Radial

Outside

Isoplane

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

Change order

Whole new set of drawings

None of the above

Modification slip

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

Center of a circle

Hidden feature

Center axis of a hidden cylinder

Center of a radius

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

3-D Modeling

Modify

All of these

Visual Styles

19. 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

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

Horizontal lines

Circles

None of these

Vertical lines

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21. 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.

F1

F8

F5

F3

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

A draft to a finished drawing

A working drawing to a draft

An assembly to a finished drawing

A finished to a working drawing

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

The ending point of the last line

None of these

The beginning point of the last line

0, 0

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

Set the grid to isometric

Set the current layer to Def-points

Turn Ortho off

Turn Object Snap off

25. 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

None of these

Use the Add Parts tool

26. 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.

Vertical

Inclined

Horizontal

None of these

27. There are two main types of projection

Parallel and Orthographic

Perspective and Parallel

Station-point and Perspective

Parallel and Convergent

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

Set up the meter line

Draw a series of guide lines

Sharpen the leads in the technical pens

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

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

Convolute profile

Spur circle

Base circle

Involute profile

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

Extrude

Sweep

Revolve

None of these

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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. 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<45 and enter

Type 3 forward slash and enter

Type 3 back slash and enter

33. 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

They seem to transmit better in a fax machine

It makes no difference

Different line widths convey different information

34. 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

35. 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"

8"

6"

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

Engineering process

Design process

Functional process

Aesthetic process

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

Dynamic Input

Ortho

Grid

O Snaps

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

Change orders

Draft drawings

Electronic files

Rapid prototypes

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

Iso-ellipses

Circles

Iso-circles

Ellipses

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

Rear joint

Angle joint

Groove joint

T-joint

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