School of Mechanical, Chemical and Materials Engineering

Materials Science and Engineering Department

Crystal Structure of Materials (MScE 2206)
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Questions from Chapter One
1. Which of the following possess anisotropic nature within their structure?

A) Hair Wax C) Polythene

B) Snow Flakes D) Crystal glass

2. What is each point (position of particle) in a crystal lattice termed as?

A) Lattice index C) Lattice lines

B) Lattice point D) Lattice spot

3. How many parameters are used to characterize a unit cell?

A) Six C) Two
B) Three D) Nine

4. Convert [2111] from four-index system to three-index.

A) [210] C) [111]
B) [301] D) [121]

5. The miller index for the plane shown on the right is:
 A) ( ̅ 11) B) (0 ) C) ( ̅ 22) D) (011)

6. What is the common direction between the (1̅̅̅̅) and (133) planes?

A) [ 10] B) [̅̅̅̅0] C) [ ̅ 10] D) [̅̅̅̅6]

7. Which of the following is not true for crystallographic axes?

A) They must be parallel to the edges of the unit cell.

B) They must be perpendicular to each other.
C) They must originate at one of the vertices of the cell.
D) They form a right-handed co-ordinate system.

8. X-ray crystallography uses which law for its implementation?

A) Einstein’s law
B) Plank’s law
C) Bragg’s law
D) Compton law

9. How are crystals classified?

A) According to the place of origin

 B) According to the position of the unit cells
C) According to the symmetry of the unit cells
D) According the purity of the unit cells

10. The elements of symmetry in a crystal are:

A) Plane of symmetry
B) Axis of symmetry
C) Centre of symmetry
D) All of the above

11. How many line (plane) symmetry and order of rotational symmetry does the
given figure below has respectively?

A) (3,3) B) (3,2) C) (4,2) D) (1,3)

12. ________________ is a crystal latticein two dimension having 2-fold axes
at lattice points, centers of edges and center of the unit cell with two horizontal
and vertical mirror planes.
A) Rectangular Lattice B) Oblique Lattice C) Centered Rectangular Lattice
D) Square Lattice
13. Most unsymmetrical Bravais lattice in terms of axial distances and angles:
A) Monoclinic C) Rhombohedra
B) Triclinic D) Hexagonal
14. Most Bravais lattices are of the type:

A) Primitive unit cell C) End centered unit cell

 B) Body centred unit cell D) Face centered unit cell

15. Which of the following Bravais lattices exist as face centered unit cells?

A) Orthorhombic C) Tetragonal
B) Monoclinic D) None of the mentioned

16. In which of the following Bravais lattice none of the sides are equal?

A) Triclinic C) Monoclinic
B) Orthorhombic D) All of the mentioned.

17. A combination of 32 point groups together with the translational symmetry

within all the available lattices is __________.
A) Screw axis C) Glide plane
B) Point Group D) Space group
18. The unit cell with a ≠ b ≠ c and α=β=γ=900 refers to__________ crystal
system.

A) Hexagonal B) Trigonal C) Triclinic D) Orthorhombic

19. 6/m2/m2/m point group belongs to ___________ Crystal system.

A) Hexagonal B) Trigonal C) Triclinic D) Orthorhombic

20. What is the space group for 2D representation given below?

A) Pm B) P4mm C) Pmm2 D) Cmm2

 Questions from Chapter Two

21. Which of the following is true about Stereographic projection?

A) Stereographic projection is a form of conformal projection in which the
angular relationships in two dimensions are represented in three dimensions.
B) The angle between lines on the surface of the sphere is equal to the angle
between the projections of those lines.
C) Circles (great and small) on the surface of the sphere projected as circles or
arc of a circle on the plane of projection.
D) All except A
22. Which of the following is true about uses of Wulff Net?
A) It can help to find angle between two planes or poles.
B) It is used to know relation between Pole and Trace of a Plane.
C) It is used to measure rotation of poles around axes.
D) All

23. What is a point group of stereographic projection shown below?

A) 2/m B) 4mm C) 3/m D) ̅

24. What is Point group representation for the given system below?
 A) D4h B) C6h C) D3 D) C3h

25. Which one of the following is false about Stereographic Projection of Cubic
Crystal?

A) The cubic crystal possesses a tetrads at {100} planes, diads at {110}

planes and triads {111} planes.
B) The cubic structure is oriented so that the x,y plane lies in the horizontal
plane.
C) All poles in a zone are on the same great circle.
D) ̅ 2m point group is one of stereographic projection of Cubic crystal.