NCCER Construction Drawings

The material to be used for the walls would be found in the _____.

• a. plumbing plan

• b. structural plan

• c. civil plan

• d. mechanical plan

5. Break lines are used to show that _____.

• a. an object will appear in a separate drawing

• b. an object is hidden

• c. only part of an object is represented to save space

• d. an object is not included on the cutting line view

7. Gridlines are used to _____.

• a. show changes in topography within a building structure

• b. indicate that an object has been broken off

• c. indicate land boundaries on a site plan

• d. make it easy to refer to specific locations on a plan

8. A dimension is a measurement written as a _____.

• a. range

• b. number

• c. letter

• d. symbol

One way that an engineer's scale differs from an architectural scale is that the engineer's scale _____.

• a. uses fractional values

• b. is based on units of 10

• c. cannot be used to scale long distances

• d. is only used for drawings of machinery

If 1 inch equals 10 feet, the arrow on the engineer's scale in the figure above indicates a length of _____.

• a. 5 feet

• b. 6 inches

• c. 50 feet

• d. 1/2 inch

A site plan ____.

• Does not show features such as trees and driveways
• Shows the location of the building from an aerial view
• Is drawn after the floor plan is drawn, before the HVA is designed
• Includes information about plumbing fixtures and equipment

The latest revision date on a set of construction drawings can be found ____.

• Inside the detail
• In the schedule
• In the legend
• In the title block

The Alphabet of Lines consists of ____.

• The line types used on a construction drawing
• Lines that are indicated using letters of the alphabet
• Lines that match up detail and section drawings
• Lines that indicate land boundaries on the site plan

Construction drawings often become ____ when signing business contracts.

• Outdated
• Unnessary
• Useless
• Legal Documents