The Basics of Architecture

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You will have to click the answer choice that you think is correct. If correct, it will turn green, it incorrect it will turn red. The purpose of this game is to inform you on what we have learned.

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What does a section view show?

• Multiples sections of a house.

• A birds-eye view of a house.

• A section or cut-through of a structure.

What does CADD stand for?

• Contemporary added design and decoration.

• Computer aided drafting and design.

• Computer answers about drafting and design.

Which writing utensil is easy to use, and erasable, but may be difficult to blend colors?

• Colored pencil

• Graphite pencil

• Felt tip marker

• Water color

How would you describe a rendering?

• Using lights to brighten a room

• Taking out items in a room

• Altering an aspect of a room

• Adding color, texture and value to a drawing

Which is not a type of construction drawings designers might choose to render?

• Floor plans

• Elevations

• Perspective drawings

• Color template

What's a T-Square

• A tool that makes vertical lines more realistic

• A tool that is guided along the edge of a drawing surface to

  maintain the trueness of horizontal lines

• A template you trace for floor plans

What viewpoint is a floor plan drawn from?

• Birds-eye

• Below

• Overhead

• Human eye level

How does it speed the process of creating accurate plans?

• Faster the plan comes out to start designing

• Less work to accomplish

• Happier clients

• Easier to make modifications than hand drawing

Is an elevation drawing 2-D or 3-D?

• 2-D

• 3-D