Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-3

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1. The ____________ tool on the Dimension tool bar will place several dimensions at one time by using a selection box placed over several part features.

Quick Dimension

Linear

Continue

Baseline

2. This type of solid has a polygon for a base and triangular lateral faces that intersect at a vertex:

Cone

Prism

Torus

Pyramid

3. An engineer's scale would be used to measure lines on a drawing where the scale factor reads ________.

1/8" = 1'-0"

1/4" = 1'-0"

1" = 100'

3/4" = 1'-0"

4. The ____________ dimension tool will place the length of an angled line.

Radial

Angle

Linear

Aligned

5. This is a thin solid line directing attention to a note or dimension and starting with an arrowhead or dot:

Specification

Dimension line

Leader

Extension line

6. These items typically are not used in new designs, but are still common in high-power amplifiers:

Electron tubes

Switches

Amplifier tubes

Signal relays

7. In this type of dimensioning, allowance must be made for bends:

Datum

Sheet metal

Angular

Tolerance

8. The condition of a part when it contains the least amount of material is referred to as ________.

MMC

LMC

Actual size

Smallest

9. The top, front, and bottom views align in this manner:

Vertically

According to the planar views

Parallel to the frontal plane

Horizontally

10. Several of the tools used in traditional drafting include the following:

All of these

45 degree triangle

Parallel straight edge

45 degree triangle

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11. The principle reason for using an auxiliary view is _________________.

To create a true projection plane from an inclined plane in one of the primary views

To locate center marks

To eliminate hidden lines

To show cylinders as ellipses

12. This type of solid is egg-shaped and can be created by revolving an ellipse around one of its axes:

Ellipsoid

Cylinder

Cone

Torus

13. When adding dimensions to an auxiliary view it will be necessary to use the ________ tool.

Aligned dimension

Linear dimension

Baseline dimension

Angle dimension

14. An architect often relies on a _________ to complete the set of technical drawings used in the design of an office building.

Artist

Drafter

Technical illustrator

Construction superintendent

15. A half-moon protractor is divided into how many degrees?

310

180

360

270

16. Given a situation in which the drafter has crossed extension lines in a drawing what can be done to clean up the point of crossing?

Use the Break tool to clean up the extension lines

Use the stretch tool to clean up the extension lines

Use the Tolerance tool to clean up the extension lines

Use the Modify tool to clean up the extension lines

17. In oblique sketches, the most commonly used angles for receding lines are:

25 or 30 degrees

45 or 60 degrees

30 or 45 degrees

15 or 30 degrees

18. These types of projectors converge at a vanishing point:

Oblique

Parallel

Orthographic

Perspective

19. This is formed where three or more surfaces intersect:

Oblique

Vertex

Line

Edge

20. This type of solid is formed by sweeping a shape along a linear path:

Revolved solid

Warped solid

Planar solid

Extruded solid

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21. This is the total amount that the feature on the actual part is allowed to vary from what is specified by the dimension:

Difference

Specification

Tolerance

Allowance

22. This is a line terminated by arrowheads, indicating the direction and extent of a dimension:

Centerline

Dimension line

Extension line

Arrowhead line

23. Referring to the fractional inches to decimal inches to millimeter conversion chart on page 55 what is the equivalent mm measurement of ³/₁₆ inch.

4.7625

14.6844

5.958

1.906

24. Isometric drawings are often used by ________ to help illustrate complex designs.

Piping drafters

All of these

Aerospace engineers

Mechanical engineers

25. Some of the common terms used to describe technical drawing include:

All of these

Drafting

Engineering Graphics

Engineering Drawing

26. A drafter who develops technical drawings of a highway overpass would most likely be a ________ drafter.

Civil

Mechanical

Process piping

Architectural

27. A civil engineer working on a bridge design would probably rely on his ________ scale for checking printed drawings.

Engineer's

Metric

None of these

Architect's

28. When using the descriptive geometry method to create an auxiliary view the drafter should _____________.

Rotate the snap grid to the same angle of the inclined plane

Rotate the top line of the front view 45 degrees

Offset the right vertical line of the front view

Offset the top line of the front view 2 inches

29. The ________ tool on the Dimension tool bar places the length of an arch on a drawing.

Arc Length

Diameter

Arc Radius

Radius

30. A partial auxiliary view usually shows only features on the _________ of the inclined line and not any projection of other planes.

Plane

Center lines

None of these

Hidden lines

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31. This type of surface is tipped to all principal planes of projection and does not appear true size in any standard view:

Foreshortened

Oblique

Parallel

Orthographic

32. A ___________ is the person responsible for verifying that the drawings in a project set are free of mistakes.

CAD trainee

Checker

Client

Receptionist

33. The principle views associated with orthographic projection are ________.

Front view

Top view

Right side view

All of these

34. Schematic and single-line diagrams should be arranged so that signal or transmission path from input to output proceeds in this fashion:

Left to right and bottom to top

Right to left and bottom to top

Right to left and top to bottom

Left to right and top to bottom

35. On typical electronic diagrams, these items need not be shown unless they are needed for clarification:

Transmission diagrams

Operating relays

Terminal circles

Closed relays

36. In U.S. structural and architectural drafting, all dimensions of this length are usually expressed in feet and inches:

One yard or over

One foot or over

One inch or over

One rod or over

37. The lines used to create the auxiliary view should appear as ________ in the finished view.

Reference lines

Construction lines

Object lines

Construction lines

38. The daily workload of a ________ drafter would generally include technical drawings of machine parts.

Mechanical

Electrical

Architectural

Civil

39. This type of circuit is a semiconductor wafer or chip:

Transmission circuit

Conducted circuit

Plotted circuit

Integrated circuit

40. If a plane is parallel to the plane of projection, it appears:

As a line or edge

True size

As an oblique surface

Foreshortened

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41. This line pattern is composed of three dashes, one long dash on each end with a short dash in the middle:

Phantom

Center

Object

Hidden

42. An advantage of this type of view is that each view shows the object all the way through as if it were transparent:

Planar

Horizontal

Orthographic

Auxiliary

43. A round is a rounded surface on the ________ corner of a part.

Outside

Inside

Isoplane

Radial

44. Three dimensional models are often used in the design process to ______________.

Determine the quantity of brick needed to build the house

Help the client select a color for their carpet

Help the client understand the overall design concept

Provide the client with a model which they can use to impress their friends

45. This is the plane upon which the top view is projected:

Profile

Base

Horizontal

Frontal

46. Some traditional board drafters preferred the drafting machine over the parallel straight edge because it could be used without the need for_____________.

Technical pens

Lettering guides

Circle templates

Triangles

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