Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) on d.

Drop
Engineering Drawing (Instruments)
(Ans:d)
The mini drafter serves the purpose of
everything except The designation of sheet of size 594 x
841 is
a. Scales
b. Set square a. A0
c. Protractor b. A1
d. Compass c. A2
d. A3
(Ans:d)
(Ans:b)
During operation, the two arms of the
drafter remain at Which of the following is softest pencil?

a. 45° a. 2B
b. 90° b. 1B
c. 180° c. HB
d. 270° d. H

(Ans:b) (Ans:a)

With the combination of T-square, the Which of the following is the lightest
following angles can be drawn except pencil?

a. 15° a. 2B
b. 25° b. 1B
c. 45° c. HB
d. 105° d. H

(An:b) (Ans:d)

Which of the following compass is used Which of the following is not used to fix
to draw very large circles? drawing sheet on the board?

a. Beam a. Drawing pins

b. Large b. Adhesive tapes
c. Bow c. Clips
d. Drop d. Thread

(Ans:a) (Ans:d)

Which of the following compass is used The main ingredients of pencil leads are
to draw small size circles?
a. Graphite and Clay
a. Beam b. Lead and Graphite
b. Large c. Clay and Lead
c. Bow d. None of these
(Ans:a)

This is how axonometric, oblique,

and perspective sketches show
objects:
A. Orthographically B. Pictorially
C.Obliquely D.Parallel
Ans B

This type of projection is when

projectors are parallel to each other,
but are at an angle other than 90
degrees to the plane of projection:
A. Oblique projection
B. Perpendicular projection
C.Aesthetic projection
D.Angular projection
Ans A

There are two main types of

projection:
A. Parallel and Orthographic
B. Station-point and Perspective
C.Parallel and Convergent
D.Perspective and Parallel
Ans D

50. Which type of variable is the

following list: Thinnest, Thin, Medium,
Fat, Fattest?
A) Nominal
B) Ordinal
C) Scalar
D) Vector
ANS: B
1. If a client of yours is having difficulty A) dimetric
visualizing a design, what type of drawing B) trimetric
would be the easiest to understand? C) orthographic
A) axonometric D) isometric
B) three-view orthographic ANS: D
C) one-view orthographic
D) bimetric 7. In a trimetric drawing, the relationship of
ANS: A the angle between axes to each other is:
A) three are equal
2. Which of the following is not a pictorial B) two are equal
drawing? C) three are unequal
A) isometric D) none of the above
B) multiview ANS: D
C) perspective
D) axonometric 8. In an isometric sketch of a cube:
ANS: B A) the frontal face appears in its true shape
B) the receding axes are at 45 degrees to
3. Which of the following projection methods the horizontal
does not use projectors perpendicular to the C) all faces are equally distorted
projection plane? D) only the depth distances must be
A) isometric reduced
B) orthographic ANS : C
C) oblique
D) axonometric 9. In isometric drawings:
ANS: C A) Two axes are perpendicular
B) True measurements can be made only
4. A circle will appear on an isometric along or parallel to the isometric axes
drawing as a(n) __________ . C) All faces are unequally distorted
A) ellipse D) None of the above
B) cycloid ANS: B
C) circle
D) parabola 10. In an axonometric drawing, the
ANS: A projection rays are drawn _________ to
each other and _______ to the plane of
5. An axonometric drawing which has two projection.
axes divided by equal angles is: A) parallel.....oblique
A) dimetric B) oblique.....parallel
B) trimetric C) parallel.....perpendicular
C) orthographic D) parallel....parallel
D) isometric ANS: C
ANS: A
11. One method of drawing an ellipse that
6. An axonometric drawing which has all represents an isometric pictorial circle is
three axes divided by equal angles is: known as:
A) the box construction method 16. All of the following are processes (as
B) the coordinate construction method opposed to input or output) in a
C) the four-center approximation method manufacturing business except:
D) the offset construction method A) Material
ANS: A B) Planning
C) Documenting
12. Non-isometric lines are located and D) Designing
sketched how? ANS: A
A) They are drawn parallel to the isometric
axis. 17. following operations can make use of
B) They are measured using the angle from the CAD database, except:
the multiview. A) Designing
C) They are measured using a non- B) Marketing
isometric template. C) Producing
D) They are located by determining the D) None of the above
endpoints of the non-isometric line. ANS: D
ANS: D
18. Which of the following is the
13. In an oblique sketch of a cube: responsibility of the production manager?
A) the frontal face appears in its true shape A) people
B) both receding axes are at 30 degrees to B) plants
the horizontal C) processes
C) all faces are equally distorted D) all of the above
D) the depth distances must be reduced ANS: D
ANS: A
19.Which of the following would be a typical
14. In an oblique drawing, all of the use for Product Data Management?
following angles are commonly used for A) tracking potential clients by Marketing
drawing the depth axis, except: B) generating variations of a preliminary
A) 30° design
B) 45° C) searching for how many designs used a
C) 60° particular fastener
D) 90° D) evaluating the strength of a rib support
ANS : D on a cast piece
ANS: C
15. In an oblique drawing, the projection
rays are drawn _________ to each other 20. Which design process involves
and _______ to the plane of projection. responding to the emotional needs of the
A) oblique.....oblique consumer?
B) oblique.....parallel A) aesthetic design
C) parallel.....oblique B) functional design
D) parallel....parallel C) systems design
ANS: C D) e-business
ANS: A
21. Which network system gives outside out of sequence?
vendors access to a company's internal A) H, HB, B, 3B
network? B) 7B, H, F, 3H
A) Intranet C) 6B, B, H, 4H
B) Extranet D) 9H, HB, B, 2B
C) Internet ANS: B
D) Outernet
ANS: B 27. Which type of line is part of a
dimension?
22. All of the following are part of a typical A) break lines
design team, except: B) phantom lines
A) vendors C) extension lines
B) quality control specialists D) cutting plane lines
C) manufacturing engineers ANS: C
D) accountants
ANS: D 28. Which type of line is particular to section
drawings?
23. Which of the following input devices A) break lines
does not translate hand movements into B) phantom lines
instructions for the computer? C) extension lines
A) Scanner D) cutting plane lines
B) Mouse ANS: D
C) Keyboard
D) 3D Mouse 29. Which angle cannot be made with either
ANS: A a 45 or 30/60 triangle or a combination of
the two?
24. Which type of output device creates A) 90
images which look and feel like B) 70
photographs? C) 30
A) Electrostatic plotter D) 15
B) Laser printer ANS: B
C) Dye-sublimation printer
D) Inkjet plotter 30. A drawing instrument set usually
ANS: C contains all of the following, except:
A) bow compass
25. hich tool can be used to draw a 90 B) scale
degree angle? C) dividers
A) 30/60 triangle D) extra leads
B) protractor ANS: B
C) drafting machine
D) all of the above 31. Which of the following operating
ANS: D systems is used with CAD systems?
A) DOS
26. Which set of lead grades has a grade B) UNIX
C) Linux perspective and parallel projection?
D) all of the above A) Parallel projection can only be used with
ANS: D objects containing parallel edges.
B) Perspective projection gives a more
32. Which line type is thin and light? realistic representation of an object.
A) visible lines C) Parallel projection is equivalent to a
B) center lines perspective projection where the viewer is
C) construction lines standing infinitely far away.
D) all of the above D) Perspective projection can only be used
ANS: C for creating oblique and not isometric
pictorials.
33. Which line type is thick and black? E) b and c
A) visible lines ANS: E
B) center lines
C) construction lines 38. What type of sketch uses a miter line?
D) all of the above A) a two-view multiview
ANS: A B) an isometric pictorial
C) a three-point perspective pictorial
34. What type of sketches are typically used D) a three-view multiview
in the refinement stage of the design ANS: D
process?
A) isometric 39. Which type of line has precedence over
B) document all other types of lines?
C) oblique A) a hidden line
D) ideation B) a center line
ANS: B C) a visible line
D) none of the above
35. What type of sketch incorporates ANS: C
convergence?
A) isometric 40. Which statement(s) is true about the
B) perspective precedence of lines?
C) oblique A) a hidden line has precedence over a
D) multiview center line
ANS: B B) a center line has precedence over a
visible line
36. What type of sketch shows the front in C) a visible line has precedence over a
true shape? miter line
A) isometric D) all of the above
B) perspective ANS: A
C) oblique
D) axonometriC 41. Where do the projection lines converge
ANS: C in a perspective sketch?
A) the vanishing point
37. What is the major difference(s) between B) the ground line
C) the horizon line
D) the eye point D) the image plane
ANS: A ANS: B

42. When you want to make the letters of a 47. In a VR system, all of the following
line of text narrower, you would set its: statements about immersiveness are true,
A) aspect except:
B) scale A) response time is an important factor
C) alignment B) both display resolution and display size
D) font can affect it
ANS: A C) the visual sense is the only sense to
affect it
43. When you want to make sure that all of D) tracking body movement is an important
the text stays to the right of a given point on factor
the drawing, you wound set its: ANS: C
A) aspect
B) scale 48. Imagine a "L" shaped face extruded into
C) alignment three dimensions. How many faces does it
D) font contain?
ANS: C A) seven
B) eight
44. Which of the following is typically C) ten
represented in a drawing but does not have D) six
a true physical counterpart on the object? ANS: B
A) edge of planar surface
B) edge of a circular face 49. Which type of variable is the following
C) corner of a rectangle list: Texas, Utah, California, Delaware?
D) limiting element of a curved surface A) Nominal
ANS: D B) Ordinal
C) Scalar
45.A cutting plane normal to a face of a D) Vector
cube has to be ___________ in order to cut ANS: A
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
The projection showing the front in the true  (d) as a point
shape and size is
Ans: (a)
 (a) isometric
 (b) perspective 6. The top view of an object should typically
 (c) oblique be drawn
 (d) axonometric
 (a) to the right of the front view
Ans: (c)  (b) directly below the front view
 (c) anywhere on the same page
2. What type of line has precedence over all  (d) on a separate piece of paper
other types of lines?
Ans: (b)
 (a) hidden line
 (b) centre line 7. The top and right side views have
 (c) visible line common dimensions of
 (d) none of the above
 (a) height and width
Ans: (c)  (b) width and depth
 (c) height
3. Which is not a principal view?  (d) depth

 (a) front Ans: (a)

 (b) bottom
 (c) auxiliary 8. This type of projection is when projectors
 (d) left side are parallel to each other, but are at an angle
other than 90 degrees to the plane of
Ans: (c) projection:

4. Inclined planes in a three-view drawing  (a) perspective

will appear as  (b) oblique
 (c) aesthetic
 (a) two surfaces and one edge  (d) angular
 (b) one surface and two edges
 (c) three edges Ans: (b)
 (d) foreshortened in each view
9. This is how axonometric, oblique, and
Ans: (d) perspective sketches show objects

5. When a surface of an object is inclined to  (a) Orthographically

a plane of projection, it will appear in the  (b) Pictorially
view  (c) Obliquely
 (d) Parallel
 (a) foreshortened
 (b) in true size and shape Ans: (b)
 (c) as a line
10. The primary unit of measurement for  (b) parallel
engineering drawings and design in the  (c) orthographic
mechanical industries is the  (d) oblique

 (a) millimeter Ans: (a)

 (b) centimeter
 (c) meter 15. In oblique sketches, the most commonly
 (d) kilometer used angles for receding lines are

Ans: (a)  (a) 15 or 60 degrees

 (b) 15 or 75 degrees
11. This type of solid has two bases that are  (c) 45 or 60 degrees
parallel equal polygons:  (d) 45 or 75 degrees

 (a) pyramid Ans: (c)

 (b) prism
 (c) cone 16. Objects that are symmetric can be shown
 (d) torus effectively using this type of section

Ans: (b)  (a) quarter section

 (b) half section
12. The solid having a polygon for a base  (c) full section
and triangular lateral faces intersecting at a  (d) symmetric section
vertex is
Ans: (b)
 (a) pyramid
 (b) prism 17. In this type of section, one quarter of the
 (c) cone object is removed
 (d) torus
 (a) revolved section
Ans: (a)  (b) removed section
 (c) quarter section
13. This is formed where three or more  (d) half section
surfaces intersect:
Ans: (d)
 (a) oblique
 (b) line 18. This type of section is limited by a break
 (c) edge line
 (d) vertex
 (a) removed section
Ans: (b)  (b) revolved section
 (c) broken-out section
14. These types of projectors converge at a  (d) half section
vanishing point
Ans: (c)
 (a) perspective
19. This type of section is not in direct
projection from the view containing the
cutting plane

 (a) revolved section

 (b) removed section
 (c) broken-out section
 (d) full section

Ans: (a)

20. An axonometric projection in which

three perpendicular edges of the object make
different angles with the plane of projection
is called

 (a) isometric projection

 (b) diametric projection
 (c) trimetric projection
 (d) oblique projection

Ans: (c)