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Certified Drafting Exam

Subject : certifications
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A figure or character used in place of a word.






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






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






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






5. The pivot point around which the selected geometry is copied.






6. Heavy dashed line used to show section views.






7. 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.






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






9. Lines that are not parallel to the axes.






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






11. Collection of different lines which vary in line weight and type.






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






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






14. An arrangement of copies of a feature around an imaginary cirlce a designated number of times and at a specified distance apart.






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






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






17. Arc Part of two circles that touch.






18. Exact drawing representation of a given thread type






19. 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.






20. American Society of Mechanical Engineers






21. Initials of the person who drafted the drawing.






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






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






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






25. Angled planar faces added to lines or curves.






26. A dimension used to define an object or feature that is not vertical or horizontal.






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






28. Code numbers assigned to a project.






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






30. To draw one figure within another figure.






31. A line used to represent the middle of a circle in engineering drawings






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






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






34. A six-sided figure with each side forming a 60






35. A line connecting opposite corners of a figure.






36. A two dimensional drawing of the front top and side views of an object






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. A curved surface connecting two surfaces which form an angle.






44. To draw without the aid of drafting instruments.






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






46. A circular curve in which all of the points are an equal distance from the center point.






47. Nominal size of a framing member






48. Text on a drawing.






49. 1:2






50. The figure formed by two lines coming together.