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Certified Drafting Exam

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A dimension used to define an object or feature that is not vertical or horizontal.






2. Horizontal section through building shows width and depth of building






3. A drawing that uses more than one orthographic view to depict a single object.






4. Piece of tracing paper that is placed on top of a sketch or drawing.






5. Assembly Pictorial drawing of mechanism to show how parts interrelated to each other






6. Simple method of drawing threads on an orthographic drawing






7. The heaviest line used in drafting acts as a "frame" for the drawing.






8. A figure having equal length sides.






9. The standard that is currently in use in a model or drawing file.






10. The intersection point of the X Y and Z axes in 3D space or 0 0 0.






11. Shortcut key combinations that include the [Ctrl] key and a character key.






12. A document that show the quantity of each type of direct material required to make a product






13. Sketch based on a plane that follows the 3 basic axes.






14. A dimensioning method that provides coordinates from established datums that are usually located at the corner of the part or the axis of a feature.






15. Used in perspectives for determining the direction of the depth lines






16. A surface formed by patching the space within a selected closed region.






17. A dashed medium-weight line used to identify features that cannot be seen in a given view.






18. Formed using a brake die mandrel roller or similar tools.






19. For a three-dimensional object - a line that cannot be seen because view of it is obstructed by part of the object or of another object






20. Describes a polygon in which the flats are tangent to an imaginary circle; circumscribed polygons are measured across the polygon flats.






21. Arc Part of two circles that touch.






22. A dimensioning method in which the size and location of features are given in reference to a datum.






23. Used by architect to design buildings to the client's wants and needs






24. The first view placed in a drawing to which all other views are added.






25. Three dimensional drawing that depth lines disappear to a vanishing point - Used mainly in architectural presentations






26. A panel that displays all the items in the current model or drawing.






27. Actual size of framing member






28. Text on a drawing.






29. The perimeter of a circle.






30. The center of model mass where balance occurs.






31. A line that normally runs between two extension lines has arrows or ticks at its ends and has a value at its center.






32. Three dimensional drawing where the front faces forward and the depth dimensions go back at angles usually 15 30 or 45 degrees - Used when most information on drawing is on the front of the object.






33. The initial model feature on which all others are based.






34. Used up in the creation of a model or feature.






35. Fillets and rounds that have a curve radius that does not change.






36. Lines on an isometric drawing that are parallel to the isometric axes.






37. Title Identifies the project.






38. Geometry used for construction purposes only. Inventor cannot use construction geometry to build sketched features.






39. Method of projection showing a three-dimensional object in two dimensions by displaying various views.






40. Used in AutoCAD to show various materials in sectional drawings






41. A figure or character used in place of a word.






42. Two or more iMates linked together and added to a single; used for the same assembly operation.






43. A 2D representation of an assembly.






44. Used to represent visible lines on a drawing






45. A view used to show the true size and shape of an inclined surface that is not parallel to any of the projected views including the front top bottom left-side right-side and back views.






46. Lines added to the spline to help illustrate and analyze the spline curvature.






47. Contains: Company logo Sheet title Date Drawn Drawing number Scale Revision block.






48. The ratio of the size of the object as drwan to the object's actual size.






49. A CADD drawing aid formed by a network of uniformly spaced points or lines on the screen.






50. At right angles to a horizontal line.