Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-1

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1. 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 Join command

Use the Add Parts tool

None of these

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

Figure what lines are to be illustrated vertical and horizontal

Confine the isometric drawing to its maximum size

None of these

Position the isometric drawing in paper space

3. There are two main types of projection

Parallel and Orthographic

Perspective and Parallel

Station-point and Perspective

Parallel and Convergent

4. 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.

Inclined

None of these

Horizontal

Vertical

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

Engineering

Metric

Architectural

Civil

6. 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

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".

5"

6"

8"

4"

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

Ortho

Grid

O Snaps

Dynamic Input

9. 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

None of the above

Change order

Modification slip

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

Design for manufacture

Design for concurrent engineering

Design for assembly

Design for manufacture and assembly

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11. 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

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

It makes no difference

12. 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 forward slash and enter

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

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

Isometric

Orthographic

Parallel

Angular

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

Two

Any number

One

Three

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:

Oblique projection

Angular projection

Perpendicular projection

Aesthetic projection

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

Isoplane

Outside

Inside

Radial

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

Circles

Vertical lines

Horizontal lines

None of these

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

Boss

Lug

Spot face

Chamfer

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

Draw a series of guide lines

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

20. 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 draft to a finished drawing

A finished to a working drawing

An assembly to a finished drawing

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

The Internet and e-mail

Portable document files

Development plans

Gantt charts

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

Ellipses

Iso-ellipses

Circles

Iso-circles

23. Spur gear design normally begins with selecting this:

Gear size

Tooth size

Pitch diameter

Rack size

24. 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

F8

F5

F1

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

None of these

20, 20, 20

10, 10, 10

0, 0, 0

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

Visual Styles

3-D Modeling

Modify

All of these

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

Functional process

Engineering process

Aesthetic process

Design process

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

T-joint

Angle joint

Groove joint

Rear joint

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

Spur circle

Involute profile

Convolute profile

Base circle

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

Countersink

Boss

Spot-face

Counter-bore

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31. 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

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

Centimeter

Millimeter

Meter

Kilometer

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

Change orders

Draft drawings

Rapid prototypes

Electronic files

34. 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

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

It can't be done

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

Center axis of a hidden cylinder

Hidden feature

Center of a radius

Center of a circle

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

Extrude

Sweep

Revolve

None of these

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

Look on a metric conversion chart

Check the engineer's scale

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

All of these

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

0, 0 and 34, 24

0, 0 and 17, 11

0, 0 and 18, 24

0, 0 and 2, 9

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

The beginning point of the last line

0, 0

The ending point of the last line

None of these

40. 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

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