Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-1

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

Sweep

Extrude

Revolve

None of these

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

Development plans

Gantt charts

Portable document files

The Internet and e-mail

3. 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.

Horizontal

None of these

Inclined

Vertical

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

Design for manufacture and assembly

Design for concurrent engineering

Design for manufacture

Design for assembly

5. Spur gear design normally begins with selecting this:

Pitch diameter

Gear size

Rack size

Tooth size

6. 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

Change order

None of the above

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

Set the current layer to Def-points

Turn Ortho off

Turn Object Snap off

Set the grid to isometric

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

Isometric

Angular

Parallel

Orthographic

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

A finished to a working drawing

A working drawing to a draft

An assembly to a finished drawing

A draft to a finished drawing

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

List

Electrical layer

Electrical legend

Part number

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11. 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 back slash and enter

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

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

Vertical lines

Circles

None of these

Horizontal lines

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

Electronic files

Draft drawings

Change orders

Rapid prototypes

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

Centimeter

Meter

Kilometer

Millimeter

15. 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

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

Document strips

Formatting forms

Portable documents

Title and record strips

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

Base circle

Convolute profile

Involute profile

Spur circle

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

Modify

3-D Modeling

Visual Styles

All of these

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

Engineering process

Functional process

Aesthetic process

Design process

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

Metric

Engineering

Architectural

Civil

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

Sharpen the leads in the technical pens

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

Set up the meter line

Draw a series of guide lines

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

Center of a circle

Center axis of a hidden cylinder

Hidden feature

Center of a radius

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

It makes no difference

Different line widths convey different information

They seem to transmit better in a fax machine

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

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

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

All of these

Check the engineer's scale

Look on a metric conversion chart

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

Two

One

Any number

Three

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

Isoplane

Inside

Outside

Radial

27. 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

Position the isometric drawing in paper space

None of these

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

The beginning point of the last line

None of these

The ending point of the last line

0, 0

29. 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"

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

Counter-bore

Boss

Spot-face

Countersink

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31. 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 34, 24

0, 0 and 18, 24

0, 0 and 2, 9

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

Rear joint

Angle joint

T-joint

Groove joint

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

Iso-ellipses

Ellipses

Circles

Iso-circles

34. There are two main types of projection

Parallel and Convergent

Perspective and Parallel

Parallel and Orthographic

Station-point and Perspective

35. 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 Union to join them

Use the Join command

None of these

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

O Snaps

Ortho

Dynamic Input

Grid

37. 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

Explode the dimension and then erase the center mark

Use the trim tool to take away the stacked center mark

It can't be done

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

Spot face

Chamfer

Lug

Boss

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

20, 20, 20

10, 10, 10

0, 0, 0

None of these

40. 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

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