2009 Academic Challenge
ENGINEERING GRAPHICS TEST – REGIONAL
This Test Consists of 50 Questions
Engineering Graphics Test Production Team
Ryan Brown, Illinois State University – Author/Team Leader
Kevin Devine, Illinois State University – Author
Jacob Borgerson, PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign – Reviewer
Mary Weaver, WYSE – Coordinator of Test Production
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WYSE – Academic Challenge
Engineering Graphics Test (Regional) - 2009
1. What is the name of the line that is
used in multiview drawings to
represent the axis of a hole?
4. If all the points of one arc are
equidistant from another arc, they will
be:
A. Axis line
A. chordal
B. Center line
B. concentric
C. Dashed line
C. pararchial
D. Phantom line
D. tangent
E. Roundness line
E. eccentric
2. Identify the distance indicated in the
true size illustration below :
5. The principles of orthographic
projection are usually explained with
three projection planes, frontal,
horizontal, and profile. IF a surface of
an object is perpendicular to the
profile plane, how MIGHT it be
oriented to the horizontal plane?
A. Perpendicular
B. Parallel
A. 1-3/16”
C. Inclined
B. 1-1/4”
D. A or B, but not C
C. 1-9/32”
E. A, B, or C
D. 1-5/16”
E. 1-9/16”
3. How many B-size sheets of paper can
be obtained from an E-size sheet of
paper, without waste?
A. 2
B. 4
C. 8
D. 16
E. 32
6. The RP industry (only 15-20 years old)
is characterized by devices that accept
3D CAD files, slice the data into crosssections, and construct bonded layers
from the bottom up, which finally
produce physical models of parts.
What does RP stand for?
A. Real Products
B. Rapid Prototyping
C. Raster Particles
D. Ray Plotting
E. Reverse Production
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7. A common CAD term or command
related to controlling what is displayed
on the monitor:
A. PLOT
10. For the object illustrated below, if the
front view features the true size and
shape of surface N, then what view
would feature the true size and shape
of surface M?
B. POLYGON
C. DIVIDE
D. STRETCH
E. ZOOM
8. In engineering graphics, a single
orthographic projection of an object
that has been turned and tilted,
resulting in a pictorial drawing, can
always be identified as a(n) ______
projection, regardless of the turn and
tilt angles.
A. Left side view
B. Right side view
C. Top view
D. Front view
E. An auxiliary view
A. axonometric
B. dimetric
C. trimetric
D. isometric
E. oblique
11. You are designing a tube to hold
dimes, and you want the inside
diameter of the tube to be 1mm larger
than the dime’s diameter. The tube
material is 1 mm thick. Which of the
following will be the outside diameter
of the tube?
9. The top view illustrated below features
a cutting plane line. What type of front
view would you expect for this
drawing?
A. 4 mm
B. 5 mm
C. 20 mm
D. 21 mm
A. Half Section
E. 110 mm
B. Full Section
C. Broken-out Section
D. Revolved Section
E. Offset Section
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12. All of the symbols in the diagram below
are explained in ASME Y14.36. What
do these symbols pertain to?
15. Identify the number of degrees
indicated as a result of putting together
these two standard drafting triangles:
A. Geometric tolerancing
B. Surface texture
C. Welding
D. Knurling
E. Screw threads
A. 90°
B. 100°
13. In the illustration below, which is a
square thread form?
C.
105°
D. 110°
E. 120°
16. Center point C for a R1.250” tangent
arc can be established by swinging a
____” radius arc from point A, and a
____” radius arc from point B.
14. How much tolerance is allotted to the
external feature in the illustration
below?
A. 1.375; 1.625
A. .007
B. .008
C. .010
D. .014
B. 1.625; 1.625
C. 2.750; 2.500
D. 2.750; 2.750
E. 4.250; 3.750
E. .018
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17. Identify the best description of an
ASME standard hidden line:
19. How many extension lines are shown
in the drawing below?
A. Alternating long, then short,
dashes
B. Medium-weight dashes with the
spacing distance equal to the dash
length
C. Lighter lines made up of dashes,
no requirement on size as long as
they are spaced pleasing to the
eye
D. Thick dashes, about 1” each, with
“dots” between
E. Thin, short dashes closely spaced
18. Given a front and top view, with
surfaces A through E visible by shape
in the top view, which of the five
surfaces is the closest to the bottom of
the object?
A. 10
B. 11
C. 12
D. 13
E. 14
20. Which of the following is a FALSE
statement about oblique pictorial
drawings?
A. A worm’s eye view (from
underneath an object) can be
created with the depth axis (i.e.
receding axis) angling in a
downward direction
A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
E. E
B. Circles remain true size if on a
normal frontal plane of the object
C. The depth axis (i.e. receding axis)
can slope up to the right or up to
the left
D. The length of the depth axis (i.e.
receding axis) can be half the true
length (cabinet style)
E. The depth axis (i.e. receding axis)
must be 45°
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21. CAD files are often given to the
manufacturing team, and the data is
processed into CNC programs that
control the machine tools. What does
the N in CNC stand for?
24. In the sectional assembly drawing
illustrated below, through how many
parts has the clevis pin been inserted?
(Note: cotter pin not shown)
A. Neural
B. Nimble
C. Nominal
D. Numerical
E. Negative
A. 2
B. 3
22. How many “points of tangency” are
featured within this graphic diagram?
C. 4
D. 5
E. 6
A. 1
B. 3
C. 5
D. 7
E. 9
25. The top view of a cube shows the
circular view of a counter-bored hole,
through from top to bottom, with a
cutting plane passing through the axis
of the hole. How many visible line
segments are required to create the
sectional front view?
A. 7
B. 8
23. What common terminology is
illustrated by this heptagon and circle?
C. 9
D. 10
E. 11
26. With respect to readability, 1/8”
(approximately 3 mm) is a common
size recommended for all of the
following dimensions EXCEPT one:
A. height of the lettering
The heptagon is:
B. length of the arrowhead
A. inscribed within circle
C. extension line past the arrowhead
B. tangent to circle
D. gap between extension line and
object
C. circumscribed about circle
D. anchored to circle
E. complimentary to the circle
E. NONE of the above – all are
recommended to be 1/8”
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27. Identify the FALSE statement about
screw threads.
F. Screw threads are seldom drawn
or shown as true projections
29. In engineering graphics, it is common
to number the vertices of an object in
order to help solve a problem. How
many unique vertices does this object
have?
G. One symbolic method of showing
screw threads is called schematic
H. Acme threads are always shown in
a symbolic method called
simplified
I.
If the major diameter of screw
threads on the drawing is less than
an inch, the thread should probably
not be represented as detailed
J. The visual appearance of metric
screw threads is essentially the
same as Unified inch threads
28. For the illustration below, find a set of
superfluous dimensions that could be
deleted, leaving a properly
dimensioned view?
P. 11
Q. 12
R. 13
S. 14
T. 15
30. Counting ALL surfaces of the object
in Question 29 above, how many are
defined as normal?
U. 3
V. 4
W. 5
X. 6
Y. 8
K. C-E-H
L. H-F-L
M. E-L
N. D-E-F
O. A-B-E-H
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