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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