1.

Hidden lines are drawn as

 (a) dashed narrow lines

 (b) dashed wide lines
 (c) long-dashed dotted wide line
 (d) long-dashed double dotted wide line

Ans: (a)

2. Line composed of closely and evenly spaced short dashes in a drawing represents

 (a) visible edges

 (b) hidden edges
 (c) hatching
 (d) pitch circle of gears

Ans: (b)

3. Lettering on a drawing sheet should have

 (a) all alphabets in capital letters

 (b) all alphabets in small letters
 (c) In a sentance only first alphabet in capital letter
 (d) In a sentance only abbreviations are capital letter

Ans: (a)

4. The line connecting a view to note is called

 (a) dimension line

 (b) projection line
 (c) leader
 (d) arrowheads

Ans: (c)

5. The dimension figure for radius of a circle should be preceded by

 (a) R
 (b) CR
 (c) SR
 (d) RAD

Ans: (b)
6. The recommended method of dimensioning a sphere with diameter 80 mm is

 (a) 80фS
 (b) ф80S
 (c) S80ф
 (d) Sф80

Ans: (d)

7. Methods of arrangement of dimensions includes

 (a) Parallel, continuous and combined

 (b) Perpendicular, parallel and combined
 (c) Perpendicular, continuous and combined
 (d) Perpendicular, parallel and continuous

Ans: (a)

8. Superimposed dimensioning is a simplified method of

 (a) chain dimensioning

 (b) parallel dimensioning
 (c) combined dimensioning
 (d) tabular dimensioning

Ans: (b)

9. A curve drawn for Boyle’s law (PV = constant) on a P-V chart has a characteristic shape of

 (a) ellipse
 (b) parabloa
 (c) oblique hyperbola
 (d) rectangular hyperbola

Ans: (d)

10. The profile of a gear teeth is in the form of

 (a) parabola
 (b) involute
 (c) spiral
 (d) helix
Ans: (b)

11. When two angles together make 90º, they are called

 (a) obtuse angle

 (b) reflex angle
 (c) complementary angles
 (d) supplementary angles

Ans: (c)

12. The included angle of a hexagon is

 (a) 30º
 (b) 60º
 (c) 120º
 (d) 150º

Ans: (c)

13. The curve generated by a point on the circumference of a circle, which rolls without
slipping along outside of another circle is known as

 (a) Hypocycloid
 (b) Epicycloid
 (c) Cycloid
 (d) Trochoid

Ans: (b)

14. In orthographic projections, the rays are assumed to

 (a) diverge from station point

 (b) converge from station point
 (c) be parallel
 (d) None of these

Ans: (c)
15. If an object lies in third quadrant, its position with respect to reference planes will be

 (a) infront of V.P, above H.P

 (b) behind V.P., above H.P.
 (c) behind V.P., below H.P.
 (d) infront of V.P., below H.P.

Ans: (c)

16. If the Vertical Trace (V.T.) of a line lies 30 mm above reference line (XY), then its
position will be

 (a) 30 mm infront of V.P.

 (b) 30 mm behind V.P.
 (c) 30 mm above H.P.
 (d) 30 mm below H.P.

Ans: (c)

17. When an object is cut by a section plane parallel to H.P and perpendicular to V.P, then
the sectional view of the object is obtained in

 (a) top view

 (b) front view
 (c) left side view
 (d) right side view

Ans: (a)

18. Which of the following object gives a circular section, when it is cut completely by a
section plane (irrespective of the angle of the section plane)

 (a) Cylinder
 (b) Sphere
 (c) Cone
 (d) Circular lamina

Ans: (b)
19. Comparative scale is a pair of scale having a common

 (a) units
 (b) representative fraction
 (c) length of scale
 (d) least count

Ans: (b)

20. An angle can be set off and measured with the help of

 (a) plane scale

 (b) diagonal scale
 (c) comparative scale
 (d) Scale of chords

Ans: (d)

1. If a client of yours is having difficulty visualizing a design, what type of drawing would be
the easiest to understand?
A) axonometric
B) three-view orthographic
C) one-view orthographic
D) bimetric
ANS: A

2. Which of the following is not a pictorial drawing?

A) isometric
B) multiview
C) perspective
D) axonometric
ANS: B

3. Which of the following projection methods does not use projectors perpendicular to the
projection plane?
A) isometric
B) orthographic
C) oblique
D) axonometric
ANS: C
4. A circle will appear on an isometric drawing as a(n) __________ .
A) ellipse
B) cycloid
C) circle
D) parabola
ANS: A

5. An axonometric drawing which has two axes divided by equal angles is:
A) dimetric
B) trimetric
C) orthographic
D) isometric
ANS: A

6. An axonometric drawing which has all three axes divided by equal angles is:
A) dimetric
B) trimetric
C) orthographic
D) isometric
ANS: D

7. In a trimetric drawing, the relationship of the angle between axes to each other is:
A) three are equal
B) two are equal
C) three are unequal
D) none of the above
ANS: D

8. In an isometric sketch of a cube:

A) the frontal face appears in its true shape
B) the receding axes are at 45 degrees to the horizontal
C) all faces are equally distorted
D) only the depth distances must be reduced
ANS : C

9. In isometric drawings:
A) Two axes are perpendicular
B) True measurements can be made only along or parallel to the isometric axes
C) All faces are unequally distorted
D) None of the above
ANS: B
10. In an axonometric drawing, the projection rays are drawn _________ to each other and
_______ to the plane of
projection.
A) parallel.....oblique
B) oblique.....parallel
C) parallel.....perpendicular
D) parallel....parallel
ANS: C

11. One method of drawing an ellipse that represents an isometric pictorial circle is known as:
A) the box construction method
B) the coordinate construction method
C) the four-center approximation method
D) the offset construction method
ANS: A

12. Non-isometric lines are located and sketched how?

A) They are drawn parallel to the isometric axis.
B) They are measured using the angle from the multiview.
C) They are measured using a non-isometric template.
D) They are located by determining the endpoints of the non-isometric line.
ANS: D

13. In an oblique sketch of a cube:

A) the frontal face appears in its true shape
B) both receding axes are at 30 degrees to the horizontal
C) all faces are equally distorted
D) the depth distances must be reduced
ANS: A

14. In an oblique drawing, all of the following angles are commonly used for drawing the
depth axis, except:
A) 30°
B) 45°
C) 60°
D) 90°
ANS : D

15. In an oblique drawing, the projection rays are drawn _________ to each other and
_______ to the plane of projection.
A) oblique.....oblique
B) oblique.....parallel
C) parallel.....oblique
D) parallel....parallel
ANS: C
16. All of the following are processes (as opposed to input or output) in a manufacturing
business except:
A) Material
B) Planning
C) Documenting
D) Designing
ANS: A

17. following operations can make use of the CAD database, except:
A) Designing
B) Marketing
C) Producing
D) None of the above
ANS: D

18. Which of the following is the responsibility of the production manager?

A) people
B) plants
C) processes
D) all of the above
ANS: D

19.Which of the following would be a typical use for Product Data Management?
A) tracking potential clients by Marketing
B) generating variations of a preliminary design
C) searching for how many designs used a particular fastener
D) evaluating the strength of a rib support on a cast piece
ANS: C

20. Which design process involves responding to the emotional needs of the consumer?
A) aesthetic design
B) functional design
C) systems design
D) e-business
ANS: A

21. Which network system gives outside vendors access to a company's internal network?
A) Intranet
B) Extranet
C) Internet
D) Outernet
ANS: B
22. All of the following are part of a typical design team, except:
A) vendors
B) quality control specialists
C) manufacturing engineers
D) accountants
ANS: D

23. Which of the following input devices does not translate hand movements into instructions
for the computer?
A) Scanner
B) Mouse
C) Keyboard
D) 3D Mouse
ANS: A

24. Which type of output device creates images which look and feel like photographs?
A) Electrostatic plotter
B) Laser printer
C) Dye-sublimation printer
D) Inkjet plotter
ANS: C

25. hich tool can be used to draw a 90 degree angle?

A) 30/60 triangle
B) protractor
C) drafting machine
D) all of the above
ANS: D

26. Which set of lead grades has a grade out of sequence?

A) H, HB, B, 3B
B) 7B, H, F, 3H
C) 6B, B, H, 4H
D) 9H, HB, B, 2B
ANS: B

27. Which type of line is part of a dimension?

A) break lines
B) phantom lines
C) extension lines
D) cutting plane lines
ANS: C
28. Which type of line is particular to section drawings?
A) break lines
B) phantom lines
C) extension lines
D) cutting plane lines
ANS: D

29. Which angle cannot be made with either a 45 or 30/60 triangle or a combination of the
two?
A) 90
B) 70
C) 30
D) 15
ANS: B

30. A drawing instrument set usually contains all of the following, except:
A) bow compass
B) scale
C) dividers
D) extra leads
ANS: B

31. Which of the following operating systems is used with CAD systems?
A) DOS
B) UNIX
C) Linux
D) all of the above
ANS: D

32. Which line type is thin and light?

A) visible lines
B) center lines
C) construction lines
D) all of the above
ANS: C

33. Which line type is thick and black?

A) visible lines
B) center lines
C) construction lines
D) all of the above
ANS: A
34. What type of sketches are typically used in the refinement stage of the design process?
A) isometric
B) document
C) oblique
D) ideation
ANS: B

35. What type of sketch incorporates convergence?

A) isometric
B) perspective
C) oblique
D) multiview
ANS: B

36. What type of sketch shows the front in true shape?

A) isometric
B) perspective
C) oblique
D) axonometriC
ANS: C

37. What is the major difference(s) between perspective and parallel projection?
A) Parallel projection can only be used with objects containing parallel edges.
B) Perspective projection gives a more realistic representation of an object.
C) Parallel projection is equivalent to a perspective projection where the viewer is standing
infinitely far away.
D) Perspective projection can only be used for creating oblique and not isometric pictorials.
E) b and c
ANS: E

38. What type of sketch uses a miter line?

A) a two-view multiview
B) an isometric pictorial
C) a three-point perspective pictorial
D) a three-view multiview
ANS: D
39. Which type of line has precedence over all other types of lines?
A) a hidden line
B) a center line
C) a visible line
D) none of the above
ANS: C

40. Which statement(s) is true about the precedence of lines?

A) a hidden line has precedence over a center line
B) a center line has precedence over a visible line
C) a visible line has precedence over a miter line
D) all of the above
ANS: A

41. Where do the projection lines converge in a perspective sketch?

A) the vanishing point
B) the ground line
C) the horizon line
D) the eye point
ANS: A

42. When you want to make the letters of a line of text narrower, you would set its:
A) aspect
B) scale
C) alignment
D) font
ANS: A

43. When you want to make sure that all of the text stays to the right of a given point on the
drawing, you wound set its:
A) aspect
B) scale
C) alignment
D) font
ANS: C

44. Which of the following is typically represented in a drawing but does not have a true
physical counterpart on the object?
A) edge of planar surface
B) edge of a circular face
C) corner of a rectangle
D) limiting element of a curved surface
ANS: D
45.A cutting plane normal to a face of a cube has to be ___________ in order to cut an
oblique face.
A) rotated about one axis
B) rotated about one axis and translated
C) rotated about two axes
D) rotated about two axes and translated
ANS: C

46. All of the following are variables involved in the use of image planes, except:
A) the object being viewed
B) the size of the object
C) the eye of the viewer
D) the image plane
ANS: B

47. In a VR system, all of the following statements about immersiveness are true, except:
A) response time is an important factor
B) both display resolution and display size can affect it
C) the visual sense is the only sense to affect it
D) tracking body movement is an important factor
ANS: C

48. Imagine a "L" shaped face extruded into three dimensions. How many faces does it
contain?
A) seven
B) eight
C) ten
D) six
ANS: B

49. Which type of variable is the following list: Texas, Utah, California, Delaware?
A) Nominal
B) Ordinal
C) Scalar
D) Vector
ANS: A

50. Which type of variable is the following list: Thinnest, Thin, Medium, Fat, Fattest?
A) Nominal
B) Ordinal
C) Scalar
D) Vector
ANS: B