Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-1

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

Change orders

Rapid prototypes

Draft drawings

Electronic files

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

Electrical layer

List

Electrical legend

Part number

3. 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

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

Aesthetic process

Engineering process

Design process

Functional process

5. 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:

Perpendicular projection

Oblique projection

Aesthetic projection

Angular projection

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

Meter

Centimeter

Kilometer

Millimeter

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

Different line widths convey different information

It makes no difference

They seem to transmit better in a fax machine

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

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

Spur circle

Involute profile

Convolute profile

Base circle

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

The ending point of the last line

The beginning point of the last line

None of these

0, 0

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

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

Draw a series of guide lines

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

Civil

Metric

Engineering

Architectural

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

Radial

Inside

Outside

Isoplane

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

Look on a metric conversion chart

All of these

Check the engineer's scale

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

14. 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

A finished to a working drawing

An assembly to a finished drawing

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

Lug

Boss

Chamfer

Spot face

16. 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

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

Sweep

Extrude

None of these

Revolve

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

Portable documents

Formatting forms

Title and record strips

Document strips

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

Center axis of a hidden cylinder

Center of a circle

Center of a radius

Hidden feature

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

Orthographic

Parallel

Angular

Isometric

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

Modify

Visual Styles

3-D Modeling

All of these

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

Two

Three

Any number

One

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

Design for assembly

Design for concurrent engineering

Design for manufacture

Design for manufacture and assembly

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

Turn Object Snap off

Set the current layer to Def-points

Turn Ortho off

Set the grid to isometric

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

Iso-ellipses

Ellipses

Iso-circles

Circles

26. There are two main types of projection

Perspective and Parallel

Station-point and Perspective

Parallel and Orthographic

Parallel and Convergent

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

Ortho

Grid

O Snaps

Dynamic Input

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

0, 0 and 17, 11

0, 0 and 2, 9

0, 0 and 18, 24

0, 0 and 34, 24

29. 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

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

Countersink

Boss

Counter-bore

Spot-face

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31. 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<45 and enter

Type 3 forward slash and enter

Type 3 and try to use the Dynamic Input readout to find the end point

Type 3 back slash and enter

32. 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"

8"

4"

6"

33. Spur gear design normally begins with selecting this:

Tooth size

Gear size

Pitch diameter

Rack size

34. 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

None of these

Inclined

Horizontal

35. 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

36. How can the drafter prevent Auto-CAD from placing or stacking another center mark on a circle when adding a diameter dimension to it?

Explode the dimension and then erase the center mark

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

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

None of these

Horizontal lines

Vertical lines

Circles

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

Use the Add Parts tool

Use the Join command

Use Union to join them

None of these

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

Rear joint

Groove joint

Angle joint

T-joint

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

Position the isometric drawing in paper space

Figure what lines are to be illustrated vertical and horizontal

None of these

Confine the isometric drawing to its maximum size

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