Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-3

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

Linear dimension

Baseline dimension

Aligned dimension

Angle dimension

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

Foreshortened

Parallel

Oblique

Orthographic

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

None of these

Center lines

Hidden lines

Plane

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

Arc Radius

Diameter

Arc Length

Radius

5. 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 show cylinders as ellipses

To eliminate hidden lines

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

Actual size

MMC

LMC

Smallest

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

Right to left and top to bottom

Right to left and bottom to top

Left to right and bottom to top

Left to right and top to bottom

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

1/4" = 1'-0"

1/8" = 1'-0"

3/4" = 1'-0"

1" = 100'

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

Tolerance

Allowance

Difference

Specification

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

Front view

Top view

All of these

Right side view

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11. 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

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

Dimension line

Leader

Specification

Extension line

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

Datum

Tolerance

Angular

Sheet metal

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

15 or 30 degrees

25 or 30 degrees

45 or 60 degrees

30 or 45 degrees

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

Radial

Outside

Inside

Isoplane

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

CAD trainee

Receptionist

Checker

Client

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

Extension line

Dimension line

Centerline

Arrowhead line

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

Profile

Base

Horizontal

Frontal

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

Oblique

Vertex

Line

Edge

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

Architectural

Mechanical

Civil

Electrical

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

Auxiliary

Orthographic

Horizontal

Planar

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

Construction lines

Object lines

Construction lines

Reference lines

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

None of these

Metric

Engineer's

Architect's

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

All of these

Engineering Graphics

Drafting

Engineering Drawing

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

Linear

Baseline

Quick Dimension

Continue

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

All of these

Mechanical engineers

Aerospace engineers

Piping drafters

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

Transmission diagrams

Terminal circles

Operating relays

Closed relays

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

Process piping

Architectural

Civil

Mechanical

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

Conducted circuit

Integrated circuit

Transmission circuit

Plotted circuit

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

Linear

Aligned

Angle

Radial

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

Offset the top line of the front view 2 inches

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

Offset the right vertical line of the front view

Rotate the top line of the front view 45 degrees

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

Orthographic

Oblique

Perspective

Parallel

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

Triangles

Lettering guides

Circle templates

Technical pens

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

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

Help the client understand the overall design concept

Determine the quantity of brick needed to build the house

Help the client select a color for their carpet

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

Vertically

Parallel to the frontal plane

Horizontally

According to the planar views

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

Planar solid

Revolved solid

Warped solid

Extruded solid

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

Ellipsoid

Torus

Cone

Cylinder

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

270

180

310

360

39. 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

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

Pyramid

Prism

Torus

Cone

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41. 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 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

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

Object

Hidden

Center

Phantom

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

Foreshortened

As an oblique surface

As a line or edge

True size

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

Signal relays

Electron tubes

Amplifier tubes

Switches

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

All of these

45 degree triangle

Parallel straight edge

45 degree triangle

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

One foot or over

One yard or over

One rod or over

One inch or over

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