Question

The appearance of the distortion of an object can be improved by ___________ the length of the receding lines.

(a) increasing

(b) doubling

(c) shortening

(d) dividing

I got this question in an online interview.

This intriguing question originated from Oblique Projections topic in portion Oblique & Perspective Projection of Engineering Drawing

Answer 1

Right answer is (c) shortening

To explain I would say: The appearance of the distortion of an object can be improved by shortening the length of the receding lines. The receding lines may be inclined either upwards or downwards, or to the left or right depending upon the necessity to show the details.