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Certified Drafting Exam

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A fine line composed of long and short dashes with spaces in between used to indicate the center of a symmetrical object.






2. A skecth that is fully closed and does not contain any gaps or openings.






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






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






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






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






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






8. A line that defines an axis of symmetry or the center of a circular feature.






9. Counter space requirements on either side of sink






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






11. Menu in which only items associated with the current work environment and application are available.






12. Vertical cut through house used to show construction components of building






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






14. Arc Part of two circles that touch.






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






16. Establishing assembly constraints including mate flush tangent and insert constraints by dragging one component to another component.






17. Heavy dashed line used to show section views.






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






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. Used in architecture to show exterior views of buildings






21. Actual size of framing member






22. A dimension used to define the angle between two lines.






23. Used to make lines of varying colors and widths on CAD drawings






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






25. A secondary menu that contains options related to the chosen menu item.






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






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






28. Simple method of drawing threads on an orthographic drawing






29. Initials of the person who drafted the drawing.






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






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






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






33. Lines that are not parallel to the axes.






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






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






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






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






38. Having a common center.






39. An orthographic drawing of multiple parts that shows relationship of parts to each other in a mechanism






40. Text on a drawing.






41. The inside radius of a formed feature.






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






43. A grouping of one or more design components.






44. The figure formed by two lines coming together.






45. Constraints that establish geometric relationships and positions between one component face edge or axis and another component face edge or axis.






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






47. Relief typically added to a sheet metal part to relieve stress or the tear that occurs when a portion of a piece of material is bent.






48. Exact drawing representation of a given thread type






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






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