ENGINEERING GRAPHICS
COURSE CODE: 1005
PROGRAM: DPLOMA IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
FACULTY NAME: ANSAR MUSTHAFA
PART A EXPECTED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
1) Write any two applications of continuous thick lines
Visible outlines, visible edges
2) In case of parabola the eccentricity is ……………………
Equal to one
3) Define a Projector
A straight line drawn from the point on the contour of an object to the
plane on which the image of the object is obtained
4) Define CADD
Method of preparing engineering drawings by computer software is
called Computer Aided Design and Drafting (CADD)
5) List different types of scales used in engineering graphics
Plain scale, Diagonal scale, Vernier scale, Isometric scale
6) Identify the quadrant when a point is below HP and behind VP
Third quadrant
7) What do you mean by reference lines?
Line of intersection of horizontal plane and vertical plane
8) List the different coordinate systems used in Autocad
Absolute coordinate system, Relative Coordinate system, Polar
coordinate system
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9) List different types of conic sections
Circle, Ellipse, Parabola, Hyperbola
10) Identify the quadrant when a point is below HP and in front of VP
Fourth Quadrant
11) What is the size of an A4 drawing sheet in mm
210 X 297
12) Length of scale is = RF x ……………..
Actual length of object
13) The line connecting a view to note is called a ?
Leader
14) According to BIS the symbol for 1st angle projection is
15) In orthographic projections, the projectors to the plane of projections are
(a) Parallel (b) Perpendicular (c) Inclined
Perpendicular
16) In first angle projection view from above is placed ……… of front view
Below
17) Cutting Plane lines are shown by …….type of lines
Thick and chain thin lines, Thick at ends
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18) Give two examples of Oblique projection types
Cavalier and Cabinet projections
19) What is the full form of UCS
User Coordinate System
20) Write any 4 commands used in Autocad
OFFSET or O
ARRAY or AR
TRIM or TR
ERASE or E
21) Define Involute?
A curve traced by a point on a taut inextensible string , as it unwinds
itself from a line or a polygon or a circle.
22) A space curve generated by a point moving uniformly along a straight line
while the line revolves uniformly about another line called axis is known as.
Helix
23) Isometric length = ………..x true length
0.82
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