Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-2

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1. Approximately this much of the cost of product development and manufacture is determined at the design stage

60-75 %

75-85 %

40-50 %

70-80 %

2. In a CAD system, you can draw an ellipse by specifying these

The center and major and minor axes

The midpoint and end points

The center and radius

The bounding lines

3. These maps are used in planning installations of trees, shrubbery, drives, and other garden features:

Cadastral maps

Landscape maps

Engineering maps

Topographic maps

4. Oblique sections are useful to show this

Oblique lines

Foreshortened features

Projected features

Interior shapes

5. Technical drawings typically serve one of three purposes:

Communication, Documentation, or Installation

Visualization, Communication, or Documentation

Visualization, Dimensioning, or Documentation

Documentation, Installation, or Engineering

6. These are accurately drawn maps of cities and towns showing property lines and other features that control property ownership:

Cadastral maps

Monument maps

City maps

Topographic maps

7. In oblique projection, important shapes should be in this position relative to the viewing plane:

Parallel

Rotated

Perpendicular

Adjacent

8. The maximum and minimum sizes of a feature are identified by a ________ tolerance.

Allowance

Reference

GD&T

Limits

9. EDM is the acronym for:

Enterprise drawing manipulation

Enterprise data management

Engineering data manipulation

Engineering drawing management

10. The offset distance for the width (front to back) distance of the auxiliary view is the same distance of the ________ in the top view.

Length

None of these

Width

Height

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11. The View toolbar will position the view of the 3-D solid toward the ________.

SE isometric

Left side

Front

All of these

12. Circular shapes appear in this fashion when viewed at an angle other than 90 degrees:

Lengthened

Circular

Elliptical

Angular

13. CAD programs which incorporate parametric modeling utilize a system in which the dimensions control the ________.

Shading used to render the model

Perspective of the model

All of the above

Size and shape of the model features

14. This is a systematic approach that integrates the design and manufacture of products with the goal of optimizing the process

Design for recycling

The manufacturing process

Traditional engineering design

Concurrent design

15. This type of surface may be a plane, a single curved surface, or a warped surface

Developed surface

Ruled surface

Edge surface

Auxiliary surface

16. One way to evenly space dimensions on a drawing is to use the __________.

Continue tool

Dimension Space tool

Linear tool

Baseline tool

17. The Free Orbit tool is found on the ________ toolbar.

Move

3-D Move

Modify

Rotate

18. The MASSPROP shortcut will provide the following information.

Volume

Mass

All of these

Bounding box

19. A secondary auxiliary view is a projection off of the __________.

None of these

Top view

Front view

Primary auxiliary view

20. Architectural drafters generally prefer to use ________ drawings to help illustrate 3-dimensional views of a structure.

Perspective

Isometric

Orthographic

Auxiliary

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21. A circular arc is dimensioned in the view where you see its true shape by giving the value for its

Arc length

Radius

Chord length

Diameter

22. These maps are used to plan construction projects that locate construction features so they fit the topography of the area:

Structural topography maps

Landscape maps

Structure location plans

Subdivision plats

23. In this type of view, the cutting plane line indicates both the location of the cutting plane and the direction of sight:

Partial section

Removed section

Auxiliary section

Revolved section

24. This type of drawing is created to calculate areas, locate property lines, and locate building projects and facilities:

Traverse

Plat

Contour

City map

25. Perspective drawings are classified according to their number of these features:

Station points

Picture planes

Ground lines

Vanishing points

26. These are joined together in the field to build a structure:

Assembled fabrications

Riveted members

Steel fabrications

Main members

27. The 3-D commands on the Modeling toolbar include __________.

Sphere

All of these

Extrude

Box

28. This is used in drawings to represent the edge of a solid object:

Line

Vertex

Surface

Angle

29. A partial auxiliary view is used to show only the __________ in the auxiliary view.

Projected inclined plane

None of these

The projected top view

The projected side view

30. This is a common method for connecting steel members of buildings and bridges:

Assembly

Fabricating

Welding

Riveting

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31. In this type of concrete, the steel is pre-tensioned before the superimposed load is applied:

Pre-stressed

Aggregate

Reinforced

Preloaded

32. Students can complete an associate's degree in drafting which normally takes about __________ years to complete.

Two

Four

Three

One

33. This type of solid has two bases that are parallel equal polygons:

Torus

Prism

Pyramid

Cone

34. These are lines drawn on a map to locate, in the plan view, points of equal ground elevation:

Contours

Elevations

Hatches

Profiles

35. These are special installations of stone or concrete marking the locations of points accurately determined by precise surveying:

Hatches

Topographic marks

Monuments

Pillars

36. Welding drawings are a special type of this kind of drawing:

Assembly

Isometric

Perspective

Symbol

37. These weld symbols have no arrow-side or other-side significance:

Flash and upset weld

Surface or groove weld

Back or backing weld

Projection or seam weld

38. This type of structural steel drawing shows all dimensions necessary for fabrication:

Application drawings

Shop drawings

Design drawings

Weldment drawings

39. These plans, made by the steel fabricator, are assembly drawings for the steel structure

Assembly plans

Erection plans

Construction plans

Welding plans

40. This allows the designer to conceptualize objects more easily without having to make costly illustrations, models, or prototypes:

Computer-aided engineering

Computer-aided design

Computer-aided prototyping

Computer-aided manufacturing

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41. A projection weld is a type of

Gas weld

Arc weld

Fillet weld

Resistance weld

42. This is the most common application for developments and intersections:

Architecture

Mechanical engineering

Sheet metal construction

Piping

43. An oil refinery relies on which type of drafter to maintain and update the technical piping drawings used for the construction and maintenance of the facility.

Architectural

Process piping

Civil

Electrical

44. This material is used in masonry construction, most commonly for ornamental facing:

Aggregate

Face brick

Clay tile

Natural stone

45. Switches and relays should be shown in this position with no operating force or applied energy:

Offset

Application

Normal

Closed

46. This type of weld is the most common in structural steel fabrication:

Rivet weld

Fillet weld

Structural weld

Beam weld

47. These are vertical distances above a common datum, reference plane, or point:

Plats

Traverse

Elevations

Profiles

48. The Press-Pull tool will ________ the face of a solid model in the direction it faces.

Spiral

Extrude

None of these

Taper

49. This type of auxiliary view is projected onto a plane that is perpendicular to one of the principal planes of projection:

Primary

Secondary

Successive

Revolved

50. Baseline dimensions are referenced from a common geometric feature known as a ________.

Edge

Point of reference

Corner

Datum

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