Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering & Technology

Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya (Central University), Bilaspur(C.G.).

M. Tech. (Machine Design)- I Semester, Computer Aided Design
Class Test-I, 2020-21.
Time allowed: 1:30 hour Maximum Marks: 20
Note: Question no. 1 is compulsory which carries 6 marks. Attempt any one part from Question 2 and two
parts from Question 3 which carries 4 and 10 marks respectively. Explain with neat sketch
wherever necessary.

Q.1. Choose the correct answer/ fill in the blanks/ short answer. [3x1=3Marks]
(a) Choose a correct answer.
(i) Interlacing the horizontal refresh
(a) Fools the human eye into thinking the horizontal refresh rate is faster
(b) Is distracting and can cause eye fatigue
(c) Is necessary because of the shape of the rods in the human eye
(d) Is no longer used in any system
(ii) How much frame bitmap is needed for a 1280 by 1024 screen with 24-bit colour?
(a) 1.25 Mb (b) 3.75 Mb (c) 3.14 Mb (d) 1.31 Mb
(iii) Refresh rates are measured in
(a) Pixel per inch (b) Dot per inch (c) Times per second (d) Bite per pixel
(b) Fill in the blanks [3x1=3Marks]
(i) The software that is used for file manipulation, managing directories is a kind of ……
(ii) LCD screen is based on the principal of………………..
(iii) Staircase appearance or "Jaggies" is caused by…………..
Q.2. Solve any one question from the followings. [4x1 = 4 Marks]
(a) An eight-plane raster display has a resolution of 1920 x 1200 and aspect ratio is 4:3. Find the size
of the screen and active display area, if the screen resolution is 80 dpi.
(b) A monitor screen has a horizontal length of 32 inches and vertical length of 25 inches. If the screen
resolution is given as 1280 x 900. Find the memory required to store in Mb and aspect ratio.
Q.3. Solve any two questions from the followings. [2x5 = 10 Marks]
(a) Why Bresenham’s line drawing algorithm initially started with d1 = 2dy − dx for m < 1? Scan
converts a line from point (5, 5) to point (9, 12) by Bresenham’s line drawing algorithm.
(b) Find the coordinates of Hermit cubic curve at t=0.25, when start from the (0, 3) and ends up (4, 2)
with tangent at start is defined by an angle 45o and 90o.
(c) How the B-spline is different from Bèzier curve? Prove that quadratic B-spline curve for n+1
control point is same as quadratic Bèzier curve.