This document contains practice questions for an engineering drawing course. It covers topics like the advantages of engineering drawings over verbal descriptions, different types of drawing lines, scales, dimensions, geometric constructions, orthographic projections, and multi-view drawings. The questions range from defining key terms to practical exercises like constructing geometric shapes, dividing lines to given ratios, and developing views of objects. The goal is to test and strengthen students' understanding of core concepts in engineering graphics and technical drawing.

1. MEE 213 – Engineering Drawing Practice Questions
Section A
1. Enumerate six advantages of engineering drawing over verbal description of a building project.
2. With the aid of a table list any eight types of drawing lines as shown below:
S/N Line Name
Geometric
description
Uses PASS
1
…
8
i. What are the differences between a perpendicular bisector and an intersection line
3. (a) List any six engineering drawing software you know
(b) Give five reasons why you would prefer them to conventional hand drawings.
4. What do you understand by the term locus of a point, a line, a circle and a parabola? No Maths description!
5. The size of an A0 paper is 852 mm x 548 mm. What is the size of the corresponding A3, A5 size papers?
6. i. why is scaling important in engineering?
ii. What do the following scales represent: A scale of 1:5 and 10:1
iii Give two practical applications of each of the scales in 6(ii)
7. List the major four lettering types you know and indicate the one that is used in engineering drawing.
What is a lettering code serials, and which series is: x/10, x/14.
State the gaps between letters and words in a lettering series x/14 with height 27 mm
8. Dimensions are used to indicate _________ , _________ , or _________.
i. Name the two main types of dimensions used in drawing
ii. State any eight dimension symbols you know
iii. List any five importance of dimensions
SECTION B: (Print out and use the attached A4 Size Sheet - Page 2.
1. Describe how to find the center of an arc. Determine the center of the arc B1
2. Draw a curve to join the two arcs in Figure B2
3. Construct a parallel, 35 mm away to line AB in Figure B3.
4. Inscribe a circle in triangle RST shown in Figure B4.
5. Divide line CE shown in Figure B5, into ratio 1:4 as CD:DE; and dimension DE.
6. Construct a regular heptagon on the periphery of the circle in Figure B6.
7. Construct an ellipse in the rectangle given in Figure B7.
8. Complete the views shown in Figure B10, using first angle projection.

2. MEE 213 – Engineering Drawing Practice Sheet
Department: ____________________ Reg. Number: _________________
Figure B5: Divide line CD into ratio 1:4 Fig. 6: construct a regular pentagon
Fig. 7: Sketch top and end views Fig. 8: Sketch an ellipse using the circles
C D
Fig. B 1: Find the center of the circle
Fig. B3: Construct a parallel line 20 mm
away
S R
Fig. B4: Circumscribe a circle on a triangle
RST
T
Fig. B2: Construction of a tangent via P1
A
B

3. SECTION C: Full drawing
1. i. Prepare a drawing layout with the conventional standard title block on an A3 size plane sheet.
ii. Produce a free-hand sketch of the isometric block element shown in Figure 1, a scale of 1:2.
iii. With a scale of 1:5 draw the orthographic views in first angle projection,of the isometric block
element shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1: An isometric block element with two square holes in front view
2. Draw the template shown in Figure 2 using a scale of 2:1
Figure C1: Outline of a bisected sanitary pad wing stretcher template
3. Construct a regular heptagon whose sides are 37 mm long using a general45o
/60o
method.
4. Develop a cylinder of diameter ø45 mm and height 76 mm, sectioned through a point midway of its height
and at 45o
to vertical and horizontal axes.
130
50
450
150
150
50 x 3
230
130
100
115
125
230
50 x 2
50