Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-1

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

None of these

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

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

Angular

Isometric

Parallel

Orthographic

3. 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

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

They seem to transmit better in a fax machine

Different line widths convey different information

It makes no difference

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

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

Electronic files

Draft drawings

Change orders

Rapid prototypes

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

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

All of these

Look on a metric conversion chart

Check the engineer's scale

7. There are two main types of projection

Station-point and Perspective

Parallel and Orthographic

Perspective and Parallel

Parallel and Convergent

8. 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

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

A working drawing to a draft

An assembly to a finished drawing

A finished to a working drawing

A draft to a finished drawing

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

Centimeter

Meter

Millimeter

Kilometer

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11. 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

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

Spot-face

Countersink

Boss

Counter-bore

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

Horizontal lines

Vertical lines

None of these

Circles

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

One

Three

Any number

Two

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

Boss

Spot face

Lug

Chamfer

16. 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 forward 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 back slash and enter

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

Hidden feature

Center of a circle

Center axis of a hidden cylinder

Center of a radius

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

Civil

Metric

Architectural

Engineering

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

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

Explode the dimension and then erase the center mark

20. 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

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

Electrical layer

Part number

List

Electrical legend

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

The Internet and e-mail

Gantt charts

Portable document files

Development plans

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

0, 0

None of these

The ending point of the last line

The beginning point of the last line

24. Spur gear design normally begins with selecting this:

Gear size

Pitch diameter

Tooth size

Rack size

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 Add Parts tool

Use the Join command

None of these

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

Visual Styles

3-D Modeling

All of these

Modify

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

Sweep

Extrude

Revolve

None of these

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

Outside

Inside

Isoplane

Radial

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

Ellipses

Circles

Iso-circles

Iso-ellipses

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

O Snaps

Dynamic Input

Grid

Ortho

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31. 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

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

None of these

10, 10, 10

0, 0, 0

20, 20, 20

33. 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 18, 24

0, 0 and 2, 9

0, 0 and 34, 24

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

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

Groove joint

Angle joint

Rear joint

T-joint

36. 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

Vertical

Inclined

None of these

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

Document strips

Title and record strips

Formatting forms

Portable documents

38. 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.

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

Base circle

Spur circle

Convolute profile

Involute profile

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

Aesthetic process

Functional process

Engineering process

Design process

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