Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-1

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

Rapid prototypes

Draft drawings

Electronic files

Change orders

2. 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

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

Base circle

Convolute profile

Involute profile

Spur circle

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

T-joint

Rear joint

Groove joint

Angle joint

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

Gantt charts

The Internet and e-mail

Development plans

Portable document files

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

Vertical lines

Horizontal lines

Circles

None of these

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

Design process

Engineering process

Functional process

Aesthetic process

9. 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

Portable documents

Formatting forms

10. 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

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11. 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

Confine the isometric drawing to its maximum size

None of these

12. 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

Draw a series of guide lines

Sharpen the leads in the technical pens

Set up the meter line

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

20, 20, 20

0, 0, 0

None of these

10, 10, 10

14. 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 back slash and enter

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

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

Revolve

None of these

Extrude

Sweep

16. 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

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

Parallel

Angular

Isometric

Orthographic

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

Circles

Iso-ellipses

Iso-circles

Ellipses

19. 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

Perpendicular projection

Aesthetic projection

Angular projection

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

Design for manufacture and assembly

Design for manufacture

Design for concurrent engineering

Design for assembly

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21. Spur gear design normally begins with selecting this:

Pitch diameter

Gear size

Tooth size

Rack size

22. 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

23. 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

Modification slip

Whole new set of drawings

None of the above

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

One

Two

Any number

Three

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

All of these

Look on a metric conversion chart

Check the engineer's scale

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

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

Metric

Engineering

Architectural

Civil

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

Outside

Inside

Radial

Isoplane

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

Counter-bore

Countersink

Boss

Spot-face

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

They seem to transmit better in a fax machine

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

It makes no difference

Different line widths convey different information

30. 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

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

Hidden feature

Center of a radius

Center of a circle

Center axis of a hidden cylinder

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

Electrical legend

List

Electrical layer

Part number

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

O Snaps

Dynamic Input

Grid

Ortho

34. There are two main types of projection

Parallel and Convergent

Station-point and Perspective

Perspective and Parallel

Parallel and Orthographic

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

A working drawing to a draft

A finished to a working drawing

An assembly to a finished drawing

A draft to a finished drawing

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

Centimeter

Kilometer

Millimeter

Meter

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

Spot face

Boss

Lug

Chamfer

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

Set the grid to isometric

Turn Ortho off

Set the current layer to Def-points

Turn Object Snap off

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

3-D Modeling

Visual Styles

Modify

All 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.

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