Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-3

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

310

360

180

270

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

Switches

Signal relays

Electron tubes

Amplifier tubes

3. 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.

1.906

5.958

14.6844

4.7625

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

Baseline dimension

Linear dimension

Angle dimension

Aligned dimension

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

Operating relays

Transmission diagrams

Closed relays

Terminal circles

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

All of these

Front view

Top view

Right side view

7. 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

Offset the right vertical line of the front view

Offset the top line of the front view 2 inches

Rotate the top line of the front view 45 degrees

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

Base

Frontal

Horizontal

Profile

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

Architect's

None of these

Engineer's

Metric

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

Arc Radius

Radius

Arc Length

Diameter

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

Actual size

LMC

Smallest

MMC

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

Vertically

Parallel to the frontal plane

Horizontally

According to the planar views

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

30 or 45 degrees

15 or 30 degrees

25 or 30 degrees

45 or 60 degrees

14. 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 Tolerance tool to clean up the extension lines

Use the Modify tool to clean up the extension lines

Use the stretch tool to clean up the extension lines

Use the Break tool to clean up the extension lines

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

Architectural

Mechanical

Civil

Process piping

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

Technical pens

Triangles

Circle templates

Lettering guides

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

One inch or over

One yard or over

One rod or over

One foot or over

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

Object lines

Construction lines

Reference lines

Construction lines

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

1" = 100'

1/8" = 1'-0"

3/4" = 1'-0"

1/4" = 1'-0"

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

Foreshortened

As a line or edge

As an oblique surface

True size

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

Drafting

Engineering Graphics

All of these

Engineering Drawing

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

Angle

Aligned

Radial

Linear

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

Center lines

Plane

None of these

Hidden lines

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

Difference

Tolerance

Allowance

Specification

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

Oblique

Vertex

Line

Edge

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

Foreshortened

Orthographic

Oblique

Parallel

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

Planar

Orthographic

Horizontal

Auxiliary

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

45 degree triangle

Parallel straight edge

All of these

45 degree triangle

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

All of these

Mechanical engineers

Piping drafters

Aerospace engineers

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

Centerline

Dimension line

Arrowhead line

Extension line

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

Extruded solid

Planar solid

Warped solid

Revolved solid

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

Hidden

Object

Phantom

Center

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

Angular

Tolerance

Sheet metal

Datum

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

Construction superintendent

Artist

Technical illustrator

Drafter

35. 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

Baseline

Continue

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

To eliminate hidden lines

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

To show cylinders as ellipses

To locate center marks

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

Oblique

Perspective

Orthographic

Parallel

38. 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

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

Dimension line

Specification

Extension line

Leader

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

Transmission circuit

Plotted circuit

Integrated circuit

Conducted circuit

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

Pyramid

Prism

Cone

Torus

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

Cone

Cylinder

Torus

Ellipsoid

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

CAD trainee

Receptionist

Client

Checker

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

Architectural

Civil

Mechanical

Electrical

45. 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 top to bottom

Right to left and bottom to top

Right to left and top to bottom

Left to right and bottom to top

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

Inside

Radial

Outside

Isoplane

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