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.

Part number

Electrical layer

List

Electrical legend

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

Title and record strips

Portable documents

Document strips

Formatting forms

3. 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 2, 9

0, 0 and 34, 24

0, 0 and 17, 11

4. Spur gear design normally begins with selecting this:

Rack size

Tooth size

Gear size

Pitch diameter

5. 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

Change order

None of the above

Whole new set of drawings

6. There are two main types of projection

Parallel and Convergent

Station-point and Perspective

Parallel and Orthographic

Perspective and Parallel

7. 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:

Oblique projection

Angular projection

Aesthetic projection

Perpendicular projection

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

Visual Styles

3-D Modeling

Modify

All of these

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

Rapid prototypes

Change orders

Draft drawings

Electronic files

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

Spot-face

Countersink

Boss

Counter-bore

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

Design for manufacture and assembly

Design for assembly

Design for concurrent engineering

Design for manufacture

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

Dynamic Input

Grid

Ortho

O Snaps

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

Two

Any number

One

Three

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

Involute profile

Spur circle

Base circle

Convolute profile

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

0, 0

The beginning point of the last line

None of these

The ending point of the last line

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

Iso-ellipses

Iso-circles

Ellipses

Circles

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

Boss

Chamfer

Lug

Spot face

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

All of these

Look on a metric conversion chart

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

Check the engineer's scale

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

Circles

None of these

Vertical lines

Horizontal lines

20. 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

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

None of these

0, 0, 0

10, 10, 10

20, 20, 20

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

It makes no difference

Different line widths convey different information

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

They seem to transmit better in a fax machine

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

Design process

Functional process

Engineering process

Aesthetic process

24. 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 finished to a working drawing

A working drawing to a draft

A draft to a finished drawing

25. 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.

26. 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

27. 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

Draw a series of guide lines

Set up the meter line

28. 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

Use the trim tool to take away the stacked center mark

Explode the dimension and then erase the center mark

It can't be done

29. 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

None of these

Horizontal

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

Extrude

None of these

Sweep

Revolve

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

Inside

Isoplane

Radial

Outside

32. 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 Join command

Use Union to join them

None of these

Use the Add Parts tool

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

Rear joint

Angle joint

Groove joint

T-joint

34. 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

35. 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 and try to use the Dynamic Input readout to find the end point

Type 3 forward slash and enter

Type 3 back slash and enter

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

Engineering

Metric

Architectural

Civil

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

Parallel

Orthographic

Angular

Isometric

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

Gantt charts

Portable document files

The Internet and e-mail

Development plans

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

Centimeter

Kilometer

Meter

Millimeter

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

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