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SET NO.01

Question 1. The device, fed to the control unit of NC machine tool which sends the position
command signals to sideway transmission elements of the machine, is called as
a. controller
b. tape
c. feedback unit
d. none of the above ANSWER: tape
Question 2. In NC (Numerical Control) machine tool, the position feedback package is
connected between
a. control unit and programmer
b. programmer and machine tool
c. control unit and machine tool
d. programmer and process planning ANSWER: control unit and machine tool
Question 3. In CNC machine tool, the part program entered into the computer memory
a. can be used only once
b. can be used again and again
c. can be used again but it has to be modified every time
d. cannot say ANSWER: can be used again and again
Question 4. Several machine tools can be controlled by a central computer in
a. NC (Numerical Control) machine tool
b. CNC (Computer Numerical Control) machine tool
c. DNC (Direct Numerical Control) machine tool
d. CCNC (Central-Computer Numerical Control) machine tool DNC (Direct Numerical
Control) machine tool
Question 5. Part-programming mistakes can be avoided in
a. NC (Numerical Control) machine tool
b. CNC (Computer Numerical Control) machine tool
c. Both a. and b.
d. None of the above CNC (Computer Numerical Control) machine tool
Question 6. The machine tool, in which calculation and setting of the operating conditions like
depth of cut, feed, speed are done during the machining by the control system itself, is called
a. Computer Numerical Control System
b. Direct Numerical Control System
c. Machining Centre System
d. Adaptive Control System. Adaptive Control System
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Question 7. Which machine tool reduces the number of set-ups in machining operation, time
spent in setting machine tools and transportation between sections of machines?
a. Computer Numerical Control machine tool
b. Direct Numerical Control machine tool
c. Adaptive Control Systems
d. Machining centre. Machining centre
Question 8. The device, fed to the control unit of NC machine tool which sends the position
command signals to sideway transmission elements of the machine, is called as
a. controller
b. tape
c. feedback unit
d. none of the above ANSWER: tape
Question 9 In NC (Numerical Control) machine tool, the position feedback package is connected
between
a. control unit and programmer
b. programmer and machine tool
c. control unit and machine tool
d. programmer and process planning ANSWER: The control unit of NC machine tool works in
batch processing mode and the control unit of CNC machine tool works in ON-line mode

SET NO.02

Question 1. In CNC machine tool, the part program entered into the computer memory
a. can be used only once
b. can be used again and again
c. can be used again but it has to be modified every time
d. cannot say ANSWER: can be used again and again

Question 2. Jigs and fixtures are

a. machining tools
b. precision tools
c. both a. and b.
d. none of the above ANSWER: precision tools

Question 3. A device, in which a component is held and located for a specific operation and
bushes are integrated that guide the tool, is called as
a. jig
b. fixture
c. both a. and b.
d. none of the above: ANSWER: jig
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Question 4. Which of the following statements are correct for CNC machine tool?
1. CNC control unit does not allow compensation for any changes in the dimensions of cutting
tool
2. CNC machine tool are suitable for long run applications
3. It is possible to obtain information on machine utilization which is useful to management in
CNC machine tool
4. CNC machine tool has greater flexibility
5. CNC machine can diagnose program and can detect the machine defects even before the part
is produced
a. (1), (2) and (3)
b. (2), (4) and (5)
c. (3), (4) and (5)
d. (2), (3), (4) and (5) ANSWER: (3), (4) and (5)

Question 5. Several machine tools can be controlled by a central computer in

a. NC (Numerical Control) machine tool
b. CNC (Computer Numerical Control) machine tool
c. DNC (Direct Numerical Control) machine tool
d. CCNC (Central-Computer Numerical Control) machine tool ANSWER: DNC (Direct
Numerical Control) machine tool

Question 6. Part-programming mistakes can be avoided in

a. NC (Numerical Control) machine tool
b. CNC (Computer Numerical Control) machine tool
c. Both a. and b.
d. None of the above ANSWER: CNC (Computer Numerical Control) machine tool

Question 7. The machine tool, in which calculation and setting of the operating conditions like
depth of cut, feed, speed are done during the machining by the control system itself, is called
a. Computer Numerical Control System
b. Direct Numerical Control System
c. Machining Centre System
d. Adaptive Control System ANSWER: Adaptive Control System
Question 8. Which machine tool reduces the number of set-ups in machining operation, time
spent in setting machine tools and transportation between sections of machines?
a. Computer Numerical Control machine tool
b. Direct Numerical Control machine tool
c. Adaptive Control Systems
d. Machining centre
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Question 9. Encoder is used in CNC machine tool, to sense and control

(A) Spindle speed

(B) Spindle position

(C) Table position

(D) All of these

SET NO.03

Question 1. What Is The Use Of Lathe Machine?

Answer : A lathe is a machine tool that rotates the workpiece on its axis to perform various
operations such as cutting, sanding, knurling, drilling, or deformation, facing, turning, with tools
that are applied to the workpiece to create an object with symmetry about an axis of rotation.
Question 2. What Is Meant By Canned Cycle?
Answer : A Canned cycle is a way of conveniently performing repetitive CNC machine
operations. Canned cycles automate certain machining functions such as drilling, boring,
tapping, pocketing, etc... Canned cycles are so called because they allow a concise way to
program a machine to produce a feature of a part.
Question 3. What Is The Hardwired Control?
Answer : Hardwired control is a control mechanism that generates control signals by using an
appropriate finite state machine (FSM). Microprogrammed control is a control mechanism that
generates control signals by reading a memory called a control storage (CS) that contains control
signals.
Question 4. What Is The Cnc Milling?
Answer : CNC milling is a specific form of computer numerical controlled (CNC) machining.
Milling itself is a machining process similar to both drilling and cutting, and able to achieve
many of the operations performed by cutting and drilling machines. Like drilling, milling uses a
rotating cylindrical cutting tool.
Question 5. What Is A Dnc Machine?
Answer : Direct numerical control (DNC), also known as distributed numerical control (also
DNC), is a common manufacturing term for networking CNC machine tools.
Question 6. What Are The Different Types Of Cnc Machines?
Answer : There are basically five different types of CNC machines:
o CNC Plasma Cutting Machine.

o CNC Laser Cutting Machine.

o CNC Milling Machine.
o CNC Router Machine.
o CNC Lathe Machine.
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Question 7. What Is The D Girl?

Answer : A d-girl (a.k.a. development girl) is a non-influential, entry-level staffer in a film
production company. Responsibilities include: finding and identifying story ideas worthy of
adaptation into a script, and potentially a feature film; and writing script coverage for scripts
submitted to the production company.

SET NO.04

Question 1. What Is Meant By Vmc Machine?

Answer : A vertical machining center (VMC) is a machining center with its spindle in a
vertical orientation. High-end VMCs are high-precision machines often used for tight-
tolerance milling, such as fine die and mold work. Low-cost vertical machining centers are
among the most basic CNC machine tools.
Question 2. What Does A Cnc Machine Operator Do?
Answer : CNC machine operators set up and work with computer numerically controlled
(CNC) machines, a type of equipment that is usually found in the metalworking industry.
Their jobs often involve repetitive tasks and the monitoring of multiple machines.
Question 3. What Materials Can Be Cut On A Cnc Machine?
Answer : Materials Used: Almost any material can be used in a CNC machine. It really
depends on the application. Common materials include metals such as aluminum, brass,
copper, steel, and titanium, as well as wood, foam, fiberglass, and plastics such as
polypropylene.
Question 4. What Is The Application Of Cnc Machine?
Answer :
o Electronics Parts Manufacturing.
o Engraving Machine Applications.
o Machining Composites.
o 5 Axis Machining.
o Dental Milling Applications.
o Micro Hole Drilling.
o Machining Aluminum.
o Machining Plastics.
Question 5. What Is Fanuc In Cnc?
Answer : The world standard CNC from FANUC powers. FANUC i Series CNC. A wide
range of CNCs for simple machine tools to the most complex, as well as for other general
industrial machines. FANUC has produced over 3.6 million CNCs and those CNCs are used
to power machines around the globe.
Question 6. What is the use M codes?
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A word used to signal an action from a miscellaneous group of commands. M codes change
cutting tools, turn on or turn off the coolant, spindle, or workpiece clamps, etc
Question 7 Write about some important M codes?
M00 - Program stop; Mill and Lathe
M01 - Optional program stop; Lathe and Mill
M02 - Program end; Lathe and Mill M05 - Spindle off; Lathe and Mill

SET NO.05

Question 1.How to change the tool in CNC program?

M06 - Toolchange;
Question 2. Define Numerical Control Machine?
Answer : Numerical control machine cane be defined as a form of programmable machine in
which the process are controlled by a program of numbers, letters, and symbols.
Question 3. What Is Nc Part Programming?
Answer : NC part programming is the step by procedure of by which the sequence of processing
steps to be performed on the NC machine is controlled by a program of numbers, letters, and
symbols.
Question 4. What Is Apt Language?
Answer : APT [automated programming language]is a computer program, it automatically
calculates the tool path, generates program and controls the machine by receiving general
high level languages.
Question 5. Mention Any 4 Post Processor Statement In Apt?
Answer : COOLNT END FEDRAT/
MACHIN/
RAPID
Question 6. What Is Cnc?
Answer : CNC is system consists of a computer, controller and a NC machine tool. Computer
is used to store and edit the program. Controller controls the tool path based on the program.
Question 7. What Is Meant By Machining Centre?
Answer : The machining centre is CNC system with automatic tool changing arrangement
that is designed to perform a verity of machining operations, with large number of cutting
tools.
Question 8. What Is Part Program?
Answer : Part program is a high level language containing the instructions for machining a
part to various standard words, codes and symbols.
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Question 9. What Is Post Processing?

Answer : Post processing is a computer program that takes a generalized part program output
and adopts it to a particular machine control unit and machine tool combination. It is the basic
intelligence required to change the program into computer language.

SET NO.06

Question 1. Write The Order Of Instructions In A Part Program?

Answer : End of Preparatory function Feed function Tool function block.
Question 2. What Is Manual Part Programming?
Answer : Manual part programming is a process of writing programs which consists of a set
of instructions [contains codes, symbols and numbers] to carry out the machining of the work.
Question 3. What Is Preparatory Function?
Answer : It is word address format represented by the letter G, Followed by a numerical code
for the operation of the control unit to instruct the machine tool.
Question 4. What Is Canned Cycle?
Answer : Canned cycle simplifies and shortens the programming in such way whenever any
one of the operation is required.
Question 5. What Are The Major Areas To Be Considered In The Design Of Nc
Machine Tools?
Answer :
o Machine structure and frame
o Location of transducer
o Slideways
o Elements of transmission and positioning of sliders
o Spindlesvi.Tool holding arrangements
Question 6. How The Heat Effect On The Machine Bed, Tool Holder Can Be Taken
Care?
Answer :
o Providing correctly designed mild steel structure with higherstiffness
o Use of ribs, braces, angle plates to increase stiffness
o Normal weight distribution over the entire frame
o The hollow cross section for beds, bases and columns with a number of ribs
welded with the walls cater for the rigidity as well as opening for inspection,
lubrication and collection of chip coolants.
o Thermo symmetrical design of all parts.
o Providing large heat removing surfaces vii.Use of excellent coolants
o Avoiding direct as well as local sources of heat such as sunlight and electrical
motors.oil pumps respectively.
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o Reduction of ambient temperature by using air conditioning units

o Proper alignment of the machine elements relative to each other while in
operation as well as in stationary conditions
Question 7. Explain Slide And Slideways?
Answer : In general machine tools are provided with tables, slides, carriages etc., to carry the work
pieces or cutting tools etc., These parts are sliding in nature and mounted on the ways that are fixed on
the other parts (column, housing, bed or knee) of the machines known as sliding ways.

SET NO.07

Question 1. Which of the following material cannot be machined using electronic discharge
machine?
a) Iron
b) Aluminum
c) Copper
d) Wood Answer: d
Question 2. Which Stepper motor- driver boards Are Compatible To This Cnc-program?
Answer : Those with 5V CMOS/TTL logic and 2 Bit (direction and clock/enable) standard
signals.
Question 3. Material removal rate in USM increases with
a) Decrease in volume of work material per impact
b) Decrease in volume of work material per impact
c) Decrease in frequency
d) Increase in number of particle making impact per cycle Answer: d
Question 4. For machining of plastic material which of the unconventional process can be
used effectively?
a) Electro chemical machining
b) Electron beam machining
c) Ultrasonic machining
d) None of the mentioned Answer: c
Question 5. Which of the following is an unconventional process of machining?
a) Milling
b) USM
c) Drilling
d) None of the mentioned Answer: b
Question 6. In which of the following operation jigs are preferred over fixture?
a) Drilling
b) Turning
c) Milling
d) Grinding Answer: a
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Question 7. Which of the following is not correct about jig?

a) It is used to hold the work
b) It is used to position the work the work
c) It is used to guide the cutting tool
d) None of the mentioned Answer: d
Question 8. With the use of Jigs and fixture
a) Labour cost decreases
b) Labour cost increases
c) Labour cost decreases
d) None of the mentioned Answer: a
Question 9. Which of the following is not correct about fixture?
a) It is used to hold the work
b) It is used to position the work the work
c) It assures high accuracy of parts
d) It is used to guide the cutting tool Answer: d

SET NO. 08

Question 1. Number of degree of freedom of a workpiece in space is equal to

a) 10
b) 12
c) 14
d) 16 Answer: b
Question 2. Do The Axis Need All The Same Mechanic Gear And Spindle Slopes?
Answer : Each axis can have a different gear and spindle slope.
Question 3. With the use of Jigs and fixture quality control expenses will
a) Reduce
b) Increases
c) Jigs and fixture are not used in any production process
d) None of the mentioned Answer: a
Question.4 Which of the following does all the work of lathe machine?
a) turning centre of CNC type
b) machining centre of CNC type
c) turning centre of CNC type and machining centre of CNC type both
d) none of the mentioned Answer: a
Question.5 CNC machining centre does all the work_____
a) milling machine
b) drilling machine
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c) both milling and drilling machine

d) none of the mentioned Answer: c
Question.6 Which of the following is the type of lathe machine?
a) capstan
b) turret
c) both capstan and turret
d) none of the mentioned Answer: c
Question.7 The development of machine tools (which are used for metal cutting) started from
the invention of cylinder.
a) true
b) false Answer: a
Question.8 DNC stands for_____
a) digital numerical control
b) direct numerical control
c) double numerical control
d) none of the mentioned Answer: b
Question.8 Machine tools are economical for producing large rots.
a) true
b) false Answer: b
Question.9 The capacity and the efficiency of the universal machine tools are high.
a) true
b) false Answer: b
Question.10 Machine tools can be classified as _____
a) geometric shape of the work piece
b) number of the work piece
c) function of the machine
d) all of the mentioned Answer: d
SET NO. 09

Question 1. The Laser Beam Machining process can be carried out, when the media for energy
transfer between tool and workpiece is
a. air
b. liquid
c. vacuum
d. any of the above medium ANSWER: any of the above medium

Question 2 What is the reason for using unconventional or advanced machining processes?
a. Complex surfaces
b. High accuracy and surface finish
c. High strength alloys
d. All of the above ANSWER: All of the above
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Question 3. Which of the following is not a media of energy transfer on which the advanced
machining processes are classified?
a. Reactive atmosphere
b. Electrons
c. Electrolyte
d. Chemical ablation ANSWER: Chemical ablation

Question 4. Several machine tools can be controlled by a central computer in

a. NC (Numerical Control) machine tool
b. CNC (Computer Numerical Control) machine tool
c. DNC (Direct Numerical Control) machine tool
d. CCNC (Central-Computer Numerical Control) machine tool DNC (Direct Numerical
Control) machine tool

Question 5. Part-programming mistakes can be avoided in

a. NC (Numerical Control) machine tool
b. CNC (Computer Numerical Control) machine tool
c. Both a. and b.
d. None of the above CNC (Computer Numerical Control) machine tool
Question 6. The machine tool, in which calculation and setting of the operating conditions like
depth of cut, feed, speed are done during the machining by the control system itself, is called
a. Computer Numerical Control System
b. Direct Numerical Control System
c. Machining Centre System
d. Adaptive Control System. Adaptive Control System

Question 7. The spark gap in Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM) process is maintained
such that
a. the gap voltage is around 99% of supply voltage
b. the gap voltage is around 70% of supply voltage
c. the gap voltage is around 50% of supply voltage
d. the gap voltage is around 10% of supply voltage ANSWER: the gap voltage is around 70%
of supply voltage

Question 8. The device, fed to the control unit of NC machine tool which sends the position
command signals to sideway transmission elements of the machine, is called as
a. controller
b. tape
c. feedback unit
d. none of the above ANSWER: tape
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Question 9 In NC (Numerical Control) machine tool, the position feedback package is connected
between
a. control unit and programmer
b. programmer and machine tool
c. control unit and machine tool
d. programmer and process planning ANSWER: The control unit of NC machine tool works in
batch processing mode and the control unit of CNC machine tool works in ON-line mode

SET NO.10

Question 1. Which of the following materials is/are used for Electrical Discharge Machining
(EDM) process?
a. Brass
b. Copper
c. Graphite
d. All of the above ANSWER: All of the above

Question 2. Jigs and fixtures are

a. machining tools
b. precision tools
c. both a. and b.
d. none of the above ANSWER: precision tools

Question 3. A device, in which a component is held and located for a specific operation and
bushes are integrated that guide the tool, is called as
a. jig
b. fixture
c. both a. and b.
d. none of the above: ANSWER: jig

Question 4. In which process the material is removed due to the action of abrasive grains?
a. Electro-Chemical Grinding (ECG)
b. Ultrasonic Machining (USM)
c. Laser Beam Machining (LBM)
d. Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM) ANSWER: Ultrasonic Machining (USM)

Question 5. Several machine tools can be controlled by a central computer in

a. NC (Numerical Control) machine tool
b. CNC (Computer Numerical Control) machine tool
c. DNC (Direct Numerical Control) machine tool
d. CCNC (Central-Computer Numerical Control) machine tool ANSWER: DNC (Direct
Numerical Control) machine tool
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Question 6. With the use of Jigs and fixture total cost of production
a) Increases
b) Decreases
c) Remains same
d) Jigs are not used in any production process Answer: b

Question 7. The machine tool, in which calculation and setting of the operating conditions like
depth of cut, feed, speed are done during the machining by the control system itself, is called

a. Computer Numerical Control System

b. Direct Numerical Control System
c. Machining Centre System
d. Adaptive Control System ANSWER: Adaptive Control System
Question 8. Which machine tool reduces the number of set-ups in machining operation, time
spent in setting machine tools and transportation between sections of machines?
a. Computer Numerical Control machine tool
b. Direct Numerical Control machine tool
c. Adaptive Control Systems
d. Machining centre
Question 9. With the use of Jigs and fixture rate of production will
a) Increase
b) Decrease
c) Remains same
d) Jigs are not used in any production process Answer: a
Question 10 Jigs and fixture increases the accuracy of the parts.
a) True
b) False Answer: a
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