Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-3

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

As a line or edge

As an oblique surface

Foreshortened

True size

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

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

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

3. 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 top to bottom

Right to left and bottom to top

Left to right and bottom to top

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

1" = 100'

1/4" = 1'-0"

3/4" = 1'-0"

1/8" = 1'-0"

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

Architect's

Engineer's

Metric

None of these

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

To show cylinders as ellipses

To locate center marks

To eliminate hidden lines

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

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

45 or 60 degrees

15 or 30 degrees

30 or 45 degrees

25 or 30 degrees

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

Vertically

According to the planar views

Horizontally

Parallel to the frontal plane

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

Checker

Receptionist

Client

CAD trainee

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

Front view

Right side view

Top view

All of these

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

Aligned dimension

Linear dimension

Baseline dimension

Angle dimension

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

All of these

45 degree triangle

Parallel straight edge

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

Datum

Angular

Sheet metal

Tolerance

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

Construction lines

Object lines

Reference lines

Construction lines

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

Continue

Quick Dimension

Baseline

Linear

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

Electron tubes

Signal relays

Amplifier tubes

Switches

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

Vertex

Line

Edge

Oblique

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

Terminal circles

Operating relays

Closed relays

Transmission diagrams

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

Warped solid

Planar solid

Extruded solid

Revolved solid

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

Cylinder

Torus

Cone

Ellipsoid

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21. 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

5.958

1.906

4.7625

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

Base

Profile

Frontal

Horizontal

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

Center

Hidden

Phantom

Object

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

Orthographic

Auxiliary

Planar

Horizontal

25. 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 stretch tool to clean up the extension lines

Use the Break tool to clean up the extension lines

Use the Modify tool to clean up the extension lines

26. 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

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

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

Prism

Pyramid

Cone

Torus

28. 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

Lettering guides

Technical pens

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

Mechanical

Architectural

Civil

Electrical

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

360

270

310

180

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

Parallel

Oblique

Perspective

Orthographic

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

Piping drafters

Aerospace engineers

Mechanical engineers

All of these

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

One inch or over

One foot or over

One rod or over

One yard or over

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

Diameter

Radius

Arc Length

Arc Radius

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

Radial

Angle

Aligned

Linear

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

Specification

Extension line

Dimension line

Leader

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

Integrated circuit

Conducted circuit

Plotted circuit

Transmission circuit

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

Engineering Graphics

All of these

Engineering Drawing

Drafting

39. 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

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

Mechanical

Civil

Process piping

Architectural

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

Specification

Tolerance

Allowance

Difference

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

Parallel

Oblique

Foreshortened

Orthographic

43. 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

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

Inside

Radial

Isoplane

Outside

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

MMC

LMC

Actual size

Smallest

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

Dimension line

Extension line

Centerline

Arrowhead line

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