For a 3D objects, given three views to you: one from top, one from front, and one from side, can you imagine what the original 3D objects looks like?
The question is not posed to a mechanic engineer, it would be trivial in that case. The question is raised to get a junior middle student to think a bit.
For a cylinder one of the three views is a circle, and the other two views are rectangles. For a cone one of the views is a circle, and the other two views are triangles. What if the three views given are a circle, a rectangle and a triangle? Can you figure out the original shape?