Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-3

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

Foreshortened

Parallel

Orthographic

Oblique

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

Conducted circuit

Plotted circuit

Transmission circuit

Integrated circuit

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

One rod or over

One foot or over

One inch or over

One yard or over

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

Parallel

Orthographic

Oblique

Perspective

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

Hidden lines

Plane

None of these

Center lines

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

Prism

Pyramid

Cone

Torus

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

Arrowhead line

Extension line

Dimension line

Centerline

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

30 or 45 degrees

45 or 60 degrees

25 or 30 degrees

15 or 30 degrees

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

Revolved solid

Warped solid

Planar solid

Extruded solid

10. 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

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

LMC

Smallest

Actual size

MMC

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

360

310

180

270

13. 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.

14.6844

4.7625

1.906

5.958

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 Break tool to clean up the extension lines

Use the stretch tool to clean up the extension lines

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

As a line or edge

Foreshortened

As an oblique surface

True size

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

Baseline

Quick Dimension

Continue

Linear

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

Isoplane

Radial

Inside

Outside

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

Frontal

Base

Horizontal

Profile

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

Transmission diagrams

Closed relays

Operating relays

Terminal circles

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

Receptionist

CAD trainee

Checker

Client

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

45 degree triangle

Parallel straight edge

All of these

45 degree triangle

22. 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 bottom to top

Right to left and top to bottom

Left to right and top to bottom

Left to right and bottom to top

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

Electrical

Architectural

Mechanical

Civil

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

Ellipsoid

Torus

Cone

Cylinder

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

Line

Vertex

Oblique

Edge

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

Tolerance

Specification

Difference

Allowance

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

Angular

Datum

Sheet metal

Tolerance

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

None of these

Architect's

Engineer's

Metric

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

Engineering Drawing

Drafting

Engineering Graphics

All of these

30. 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

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

Drafter

Artist

Construction superintendent

Technical illustrator

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

Diameter

Radius

Arc Radius

Arc Length

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

1/4" = 1'-0"

1" = 100'

1/8" = 1'-0"

3/4" = 1'-0"

34. 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 eliminate hidden lines

To locate center marks

To show cylinders as ellipses

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

Triangles

Technical pens

Lettering guides

Circle templates

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

Linear dimension

Baseline dimension

Aligned dimension

Angle dimension

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

Civil

Mechanical

Process piping

Architectural

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

Signal relays

Electron tubes

Amplifier tubes

Switches

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

Angle

Radial

Aligned

Linear

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

Planar

Auxiliary

Horizontal

Orthographic

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

Object lines

Construction lines

Reference lines

Construction lines

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

Aerospace engineers

All of these

Piping drafters

Mechanical engineers

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

Help the client select a color for their carpet

Determine the quantity of brick needed to build the house

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

Help the client understand the overall design concept

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

Top view

Front view

All of these

Right side view

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

Vertically

According to the planar views

Parallel to the frontal plane

Horizontally

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

Specification

Dimension line

Extension line

Leader

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