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Certified Drafting Exam

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A two dimensional drawing of the front top and side views of an object






2. At right angles to a horizontal line.






3. A fine line composed of long and short dashes with spaces in between used to indicate the center of a symmetrical object.






4. A line at right angles to a given line.






5. A closed curve in the form of a symmetrical oval.






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






7. A drawing of an object as it appears to the eye.






8. Nominal size of a framing member






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






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






11. A grouping of one or more design components.






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






13. The part of the computer that processes input information.






14. A drawing that shows an object as it appears to the human eye includes isometric and perspective drawings






15. 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.






16. Each part is approximately the right size in relation .to the other parts of the drawing.






17. Three dimensional drawing made up of equal angles of 120 degrees most common 3-D drawing used in industry






18. Having a common center.






19. The perimeter of a circle.






20. Angled planar faces added to lines or curves.






21. User coordinate system - Used in the construction of 3D solids in AutoCAD






22. The distance from any point on a circle to the circles center.






23. To draw one figure within another figure.






24. Circles that have the same center but different diameters.






25. 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.






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






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






28. The distance from one side of a circle to the other running directly through the circle's center






29. Subordinate nodes that create are associated with or are consumed by the parent node item.






30. Heavy dashed line used to show section views.






31. A light line of long dashes separated by two short dashes.






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






33. Restrictions applied to sketches to define sketch geometry in reference to other sketch geometry.






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






35. Used to define specific size requirements of openings in the building






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






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






38. Amount of money that clients have to spend on cost of building






39. The positions or locations of points on the X Y and Z planes.






40. Actual size of framing member






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






42. An eight-sided figure with each side forming a 45






43. A rectangle or polygon near the edge of the drawing sheet that defines the usable drawing area of the drawing sheet. Borders may also include zone numbers and center marks.






44. 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






45. Initials of the person who drafted the drawing.






46. Depth of an object is drawn at any angle.






47. An estimated cost used by architects to begin schematic design process






48. A 2D representation of an assembly.






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






50. Information on the revisions including (at minimum) the date and initials of the person making the revision.