Hindusthan College of Engineering And Technology

Approved by AICTE, New Delhi, Accredited with ‘A’ Grade by NAAC

(An Autonomous Institution, Affiliated to Anna University, Chennai)
Coimbatore – 641 032
ACADEMIC YEAR 2020-2021
QUESTION BANK FOR FIRST INTERNAL
BRANCH: MECHATRONICS ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
COURSE CODE AND NAME 16MT5201/ CAD/CAM/CIM
CLASS/SEMESTER: III /V
UNIT I-CAD CAM

1. What should you pay attention to when learning AutoCAD? (CO1)

(a)The Command Line
(b) The Status Bar
(c) The Title Bar
(d) Floating toolbars
2. What does WCS stand for? (CO1)
(a)Western CAD System
(b) Worldwide Coordinate Sectors
(c) World Coordinate System
(d) Wrong CAD Setting
3. Status bar do not contain (CO1)
(a)Snap
b) Grid
(c) Erase
(d) Polar
4. Coordinates for the current position of crosshair of the cursor is seen in (CO1)
(a)Menu bar
(b) Standard toolbar
(c) Properties toolbar
(d) Status bar
5. Units command of AutoCAD is not used to set (CO1)
(a)Units for linear measurement
(b) Units for angular measurement
(c) Limits of drawing
(d) Direction in which angle is to be measured
6. Polar coordinates are used mostly for drawing (CO1)
(a)Circles
(b) Arcs
(c) Vertical lines
(d) Angled lines
7. The number of points needed to draw a line using Absolute Coordinates is (CO1)
 (a)None
(b) One
(c) Two
(d) Four
8. If a line is drawn between points 1,5 and -3,5 its absolute length is (CO1)
(a)Three unit
(b) Four units
(c) Five units
(d) Insufficient data
9. How long will line from 1,5 to @5<10 be? (CO1)
(a)One unit
(b) Four units
(c) Five units
(d) Ten units
10. To move something Six units to the right, what would be the 2nd point of displacement? (CO1)
(a)@6,0
(b) @6<0
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
11. Which one is not a valid option of Units command? (CO1)
(a)Architectural
(b) Decimal
(c) Meter
(d) Metric
12. Snap command is used to regulate the cursor movement to the specified increments along (CO1)
(a)Vertical axis
(b) Horizontal axis
(c) Cartesian coordinates
(d) Polar angles
13. What can be contained in a template drawing? (CO1)
(a)Sheet layout
(b) Dimension styles
(c) Text styles
(d) All of these
14. Which one of the following in not a valid option for drawing a circle? (CO1)
(a)3 Points
(b) Tan Tan Center
(c) Tan Tan Radius
(d) Tan TanTan
15. 2-points option is used to draw circles by specifying the(CO1)
(a)Two end points of a diameter
 (b) Two end points of a radius
(c) Radius and tangent to two objects
(d) Center and two end points of a chord
16. Xline command is used to draw line that (CO1)
(a)Extends up to a specified point
(b) Extends up to another line
(c) Extends infinity in one direction only
(d) Extends infinity in both directions
17. Offset command can be used for drawing (CO1)
(a)Infinite long lines
(b) Parallel lines
(c) Intersecting lines
(d) Perpendicular bisectors
18. Objects are rotated around the (CO1)
(a)Base point
(b) Bottom right of the object
(c) Centre of the object
(d) Origin
19. Join command is executed by clicking the icon (CO1)

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)
20. Scaling objects makes them (CO1)
(a)Bigger
(b) Smaller
(c) It only stretches them
(d) Both Bigger and Smaller
21. When using the TRIM command, which do you select first? (CO1)
(a)The cutting edges
(b) The object to be trimmed
(c) Everything
(d) Nothing
22. The term used by most CAD systems for “rounding corners” is (CO1)
(a)Chamfer
(b) Curve
(c) Fillet
(d) Smooth
23. The fillet command creates (CO1)
(a)Sharp corners
(b) Round corners
(c) Angled corners
(d) Smooth corners
24. Which of the following is incorrect statement (CO1)
a) Chamfer command is used to bevel the edges
b) Fillet command is used to round the corners
c) Array command is used to draw multiple copies
d) Scale command is used to draw plain scales
25. The heart of a computer is: (CO1)
a) CPU
b) ALU
c) Monitor
d) Keyboard
26. The widely employed computer architecture for CAD/CAM applications is: (CO1)
a) Mainframe-based system
b) Minicomputer-based system
c) Microcomputer-based system
d) Workstation-based system
27. Keyboard is a input device. (CO1)
a) Graphical
b) Text
c) Numericals
d) All of the above
28. Locating devices are classified as: (CO1)
a) Text input devices
b) Graphics input devices
c) Both a and b
d) None of the above
29. Mouse is a type of input device. (CO1)
a) Text
b) Graphics
c) Locating
d) All of the above
30. Light pen is a: (CO1)
a) Writing device
b) Drawing device
c) Locating device
d) Lighting device
31. Digitizer is constructed on the basis of: (CO1)
a) Magnetic tablet mechanism
b) Acoustic tablet mechanism
c) Optical tablet mechanism
d) both (a) and (b)
32. Thumbwheels are usually mounted on: (CO1)
a) Keyboard
 b) Monitor
c) CPU
d) Mouse
33. The screen is scanned from left to right. top to bottom all the time to generate graphics
by: (CO1)
a) Raster scans
b) Random scan
c) Vector scan
d) Stoke writing
34. Color raster display uses three electron guns. namely: (CO1)
a) Red. green and blue
b) Red, green and yellow
c) White, blue and black
d) Red, black and white
35. The software that is used for file manipulations. managing directories and subdirectories,
programming and accounts setups is known as: (CO1)
a) Graphics software
b) Operating system
c) Application software
d) Programming language
36. The software that provides users with various functions to perform geometric modelling and
construction. Editing and manipulation of existing geometry. drafting and documentation is known as:
(CO1)
a) Operating system
b) Application software
c) Graphics software
d) Programming language
37. The software used for the purpose of mass property calculations, assembly analysis. Tolerance
analysis. Finite element analysis. Mechanisms analysis. Sheet metal design. Analysis of plastic injection
molding. And animation techniques. is: (CO1)
a) Graphics software
b) Operating system
c) Application software
d) Programming language
38. The software that enables the user to implement custom applications or modify the system for
specialized needs is known as: (CO1)
a) Programming language
b) Operating system
c) Application software
d) Graphics software
39. The following is not a graphics standard: (CO1)
a) GKS
b) IGBS
c) UNIX
d) PHIGS
40. In the following geometric modelling techniques which are not three-dimensional modelling?
Wireframe modeling (CO1)
a) Drafting
b) Surface modelling
 c) solid modelling
41. In the following three-dimensional modelling techniques. Which do not require much computer
time and memory? (CO1)
a) Surface modelling
b) Solid modelling
c) Wireframe modelling
d) All of the above
42. In the following geometric modelling techniques. which cannot be used for finite element analysis:
(CO1)
a) Wireframe modeling
b) Surface modelling
c) Solid modeling
d) none of the above
43. In the following geometric primitives. which is not a solid entity of CSG modelling: (CO1)
a) Box
b) Cone
c) Cylinder
d) Circle
44. The number of lines required to represent a cub: in a wireframe model is: (CO1)
a) 8
b) 6
c) l2
d) I6
45. Which of the following is not an analytical entity? (CO1)
a) Line
b) Circle
c) Spline
d) Parabola
46. Which of the following is not a synthetic entity? (CO1)
a) Hyperbola
b) Bezier curve
c) B-spline curve
d) Cubic spline curve
47. Which one of the following does not belong to the family of conics? (CO1)
a) Parabola
b) Ellipse
c) Hyperbola
d) Line
48. The number of tangents required to describe cubic splines is: (CO1)
a) 2
b) 1
c) 3
d) 4
49. The order of the cubic spline is the C. (CO1)
a) 2" order
b) 3" order
c) 1" order
d) 4" order
50. The shape of the Bezier curve is controlled by: (CO1)
a) Control points
b) Knots
c) End points
d) All the above

UNIT-2-GEOMETRIC MODELING TECHNIQUES

51. The curve that follows a convex hull property is (CO2)

a) Cubic spline
b) B-spline
c) Bezier curve
d) Both (b) and (c)
52. The degree of the Bezier curve with n control points is: (CO2)
a) n+1
b) n-I
c) n
d) 2n
53. The degree of the B-spline with varying knot vectors: (CO2)
a) Increases with knot vectors
b) Decreases with knot vectors
c) Remains constant
d) none of the above
54. C” continuity refers to: (CO2)
a) Common tangent
b) Common point
c) Common curvature
d) Common normal
55. C‘ continuity refers to: (CO2)
a) Common tangent
b) Common point
c) Common curvature
d) Common normal
56. C0 continuity refers to: (CO2)
a) Common tangent
b) Common point
c) Common curvature
d) Common normal
57. The number of non-coincidental points required to define the simplest surface are: (CO2)
a) 4
b) 3
c) 2
d) 5
58. convex hull property is satisfied by the following surface: (CO2)
a) Bezier
 b) B-spline
c) NURBS
d) All the above
59. The tensor product technique constraints surfaces by two curves. (CO2)
a) Adding
b) Subtraction
c) Multiplying
d) Dividing
60. The degrees of freedom of a two-node bar element are: (CO2)
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
61. The shape functions of a two-node bar element are: (CO2)
a) Linear
b) Quadratic
c) Constant
d) None of the above
62. The sum of the shape functions over the element is always equal to: (CO2)
a) Zero
b) Infinity
c) Unity
d) None of the above
63. Stiffness is to the length of the element. (CO2)
a) Inversely proportional
b) Directly proportional
c) Exponential
d) Independent
64. How many points do you need to define for the Rectangle command? (CO2)
a) One
b) Two
c) Three
d) Four
65. GUI is the acronym for Graphical User Interface. (CO2)
a) True
b) False
c) Don’t know
d) Can’t tell
66. From following, which modeller defines model without mass properties? (CO2)
a) wireframe
b) primitive
c) B-rep
d) CSG
67. The model which is created by using basic entities of two dimensioning is called (CO2)
a) Surface model
b) Wire frame model
c) Solid model
d) Isometric model
68. When every entity of a geometric model remains parallel to its initial position, the transformation is
 called as (CO2)
a) Scaling
b) Translation
c) Rotation
d) Mirror
69. The number of line required to represent a cube in a wire frame model is (CO2)
a) 8
b) 6
c) 12
d) 16
70. Which of the following are ways of representing 3D objects? (CO2)
a) Wire models
b) Surface models
c) Solid models
d) All of the above
71. How many workspaces are available in AutoCAD? (CO2)
a) 2
b) 4
c) 3
d) 5
72. In the following geometric modeling techniques which is not three dimensional modeling? (CO2)
a) Wire frame modeling
b) Drafting
c) Surface modeling
d) Solid modeling
73. In the following three-dimensional modeling techniques, which do not require much computer time
and memory? (CO2)
a) Wire frame modeling
b) Drafting
c) Surface modeling
d) All of the above
74. The term that is used for geometric modelling like solid modelling, wire frame modelling and
drafting is known (CO2)
a) software package
b) operating system
c) application software
d) none of the mentioned
75. The software that is used to provide the users with various functions to perform geometric
modelling and construction is known as (CO2)
a) operating software
b) graphics software
c) application software
d) programming software