Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-3

May 27, 2021

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1. 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

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

Orthographic

Oblique

Foreshortened

Parallel

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

One yard or over

One rod or over

One foot or over

One inch or over

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

Inside

Outside

Radial

Isoplane

5. 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

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

Artist

Drafter

Construction superintendent

Technical illustrator

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

Aligned

Radial

Angle

Linear

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

Extruded solid

Revolved solid

Planar solid

Warped solid

9. 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

Help the client select a color for their carpet

Determine the quantity of brick needed to build the house

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

All of these

Piping drafters

Mechanical engineers

Aerospace engineers

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

Auxiliary

Horizontal

Orthographic

Planar

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

Dimension line

Centerline

Extension line

Arrowhead line

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

None of these

Plane

Hidden lines

Center lines

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

Sheet metal

Angular

Datum

Tolerance

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

Dimension line

Extension line

Leader

Specification

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

Circle templates

Triangles

Technical pens

Lettering guides

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

Pyramid

Torus

Prism

Cone

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

According to the planar views

Vertically

Horizontally

Parallel to the frontal plane

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

Civil

Electrical

Architectural

Mechanical

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

Parallel straight edge

All of these

45 degree triangle

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

Profile

Horizontal

Base

Frontal

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

45 or 60 degrees

25 or 30 degrees

30 or 45 degrees

15 or 30 degrees

23. 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

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

MMC

Smallest

LMC

Actual size

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.

Baseline

Continue

Quick Dimension

Linear

26. 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 show cylinders as ellipses

To locate center marks

27. 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 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

Use the Break tool to clean up the extension lines

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

Linear dimension

Baseline dimension

Angle dimension

Aligned dimension

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

1/4" = 1'-0"

3/4" = 1'-0"

1" = 100'

1/8" = 1'-0"

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

270

360

180

310

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31. 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

1.906

5.958

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

Operating relays

Transmission diagrams

Terminal circles

Closed relays

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

Orthographic

Oblique

Parallel

Perspective

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

Signal relays

Electron tubes

Amplifier tubes

Switches

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

Object lines

Construction lines

Reference lines

Construction lines

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

Client

Receptionist

Checker

CAD trainee

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

Radius

Diameter

Arc Radius

Arc Length

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

Right side view

Top view

Front view

All of these

39. 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

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

Metric

Engineer's

None of these

Architect's

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

Edge

Vertex

Line

Oblique

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

Cylinder

Cone

Ellipsoid

Torus

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

As an oblique surface

True size

Foreshortened

As a line or edge

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

Plotted circuit

Integrated circuit

Transmission circuit

Conducted circuit

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

Civil

Mechanical

Architectural

Process piping

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

All of these

Engineering Drawing

Drafting

Engineering Graphics

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