ARCHITECTURE STATE ASSESSMENT
Which ratio below indicates that a drawing is Full size?
All of the above
What does the acronym AIA stand for?
American Institute of Architects
Regarding Isometric views, which of the following statements IS NOT true?
Angular measurements may be measured directly.
In what field must a drafter be familiar with floor plans, elevations and construction details?
Architectural
A label or tag that attaches data to a block is called what?
Attributed blocks
A C size sheet is equal in size to two of these sheets laid side by side?
B.
CAD, Technical Drawing and Art are all forms of:
Graphic Communication.
European countries, trimmed sizes of drawing sheets follow standards set by:
ISO.
What command is used to place a block into a drawing?
Insert
In an Axonometric drawing when receding lines are drawn at full scale, the view created is called:
Isometric view
In what field of technical drawing are isometric techniques most often used to create a pictorial image?
Mechanical field
The path \\Servername\folder refers to a:
Network Drive
What is a block?
One set of a cube
Perspective projection requires:
a plan view and an elevation view
The method of placing dimensions preferred in architectural drawing is:
aligned
Good dimensioning practice requires the student to:
all of the above
An auxiliary view may be needed if the features of an object do not appear true shape in __________?
any of the regular views
Which scale includes 11 scales and expresses measurements in feet and inches?
architects scale
Projection of geometry between views in a multi-view drawing is referred to as:
Orthographic Projection.
Isometric drawings are well suited for:
Pictorial views
Your computer will not turn on. What would you check first?
Power Cord
In a two-view drawing of a cylinder, one view shows as a circle, the other as a(n)
Rectangle
What are the diagonal lines in a section view called?
Section Lines
Which of the following statements is NOT true? (2)
Shading is often used to show depth on a working drawing.
Hidden lines are used to:
Show surfaces that cannot be seen in a particular view.
Centerlines are used to:
Show the center of a circle or cylinder. (Hole)
All objects have _____ principal views.
Six.
All of the terms below are used to describe the creation of technical drawings except:
Sketching
Where is a removed section placed on a drawing?
Somewhere else on the sheet
What does 1/4"=1'-0" represent on an architectural drawing of a house?
That 1 foot on the constructed building equals ¼ inch on the drawing.
Which dimensioning line is thin, dark and has arrowheads on each end?
dimension lines
Another name for an isometric circle is:
ellipse
A scale measures a distance of 23.2 feet. Which scale was most likely used to make the measurement?
engineers scale
In the aligned system of dimensioning, all dimensions:
The annotation is aligned (parallell) to the surface it dimensions.
A pentagon has:
five sides.
In isometric drawing, measurements can be made only on:
isometric lines.
On an isometric drawing, lines that are not parallel to any of the isometric axes are called lines.
nonisometric
An eight sided regular polyhedron is a:
octahedron
A piece of translucent paper placed on top of a sketch or drawing for the purpose of making refinements is a(n)
overlay.
In an auxiliary view, the plane of projection is _________ relative to the inclined plane.
perpendicular
Lines that intersect at 90 degrees are:
perpendicular
A three-dimensional representation of an object as it looks to the eye from a particular point is called a(n) _______ drawing.
perspective
A line described as thin line having increments measuring 1 ½" and two short dashes, then repeated, best identifies a:
phantom line
Isometric is an example of __________ drawing.
pictorial
Drafting machines combine the functions of the T-square, triangles, scales, and
protractor
An angle that measures 90 degrees is a(n)
right angle.
Another name for a dimension is
size description.
A straight or curved line identical on both sides of a point or axis is:
symmetrical.
Circles are usually dimensioned using ______________.
the diameter
Arcs are usually dimensioned using ______________.
the radius
Which perspective view best shows the interior of a room
three-point perspective
The method of placing dimensions preferred in technical drawing is:
unidirectional
A drawing or set of drawings from which a part or product is manufactured is a(n) ___________ drawing.
working
Isometric axes are positioned at _____ degrees apart.
120
How far would a 2"X10" Southern Pine joist span with a spacing of 16" O.C.:
15'-2"
Sheet size for a Mechanical B size sheet?
17 x 11
Half-size scale on a drawing can also be specified as
1:2.
In an offset section, the cutting plane line is offset at what angle?
90 degree angle
What is the angle of an object's vertical lines in an isometric drawing?
90 degree angle
In the United States and Canada, trimmed sizes of drawing sheets follow standards set by
ANSI
What is the angle of an object's horizontal lines in an isometric drawing?
30 degree angle
How far would a 2"X8" Redwood, Western Cedars joist span with a spacing of 16" O.C.:
8'-4"
In an Oblique drawing when receding lines are drawn at half scale, the view created is called:
Cabinet projection
Which of the following statements is NOT true?
Centerlines are always used on fillets and rounds
In what field must a drafter be familiar with roads, bridges, water and waste-water systems, and surveying techniques?
Civil
A line described as a thick line with dashes approximately ¼" long, having arrows perpendicular to the line best identifies a:
Cutting plane line
CAD Drawings can be exported electronically to all of the following formats except:
DOC
A rewritable media storage generally not suitable for archival storage, yet has fast retrieval speeds describes:
DVD-ROM
What do the arrows on a cutting plane line indicate?
Direction section is viewed
The four-center method is a procedure for drawing:
Ellipses
Circles drawn in isometric drawings are constructed as:
Ellipses.
Inclined surfaces in an isometric drawing are drawn as non-isometric lines by:
Finding the starting and finishing points of the lines and constructing the line from those points.
