Construction Drawings

Plans used for work that has to do with construction in or on the earth are called _____.

• civil plans

• architectural renderings

• structural foundations

• exterior views

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

• plumbing plan

• structural plan

• civil plan

• mechanical plan

What information in a drawing's title block identifies the project?

• Sheet title

• Company logo

• Drawing number

• Revision block

The information needed to identify lines and other symbols on a construction drawing can be found in the _____.

• index

• title block

• legend

• scale

Break lines are used to show that _____.

• an object will appear in a separate drawing

• an object is hidden

• only part of an object is represented to save space

• an object is not included on the cutting line view

In the alphabet of lines, an area not included in the cutting line view is shown with _____.

• break lines

• object lines

• section cuts

• dimension lines

Gridlines are used to _____.

• show changes in topography within a building structure

• indicate that an object has been broken off

• indicate land boundaries on a site plan

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

A dimension is a measurement written as a _____.

• range

• number

• letter

• symbol

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

• uses fractional values

• is based on units of 10

• cannot be used to scale long distances

• 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 _____.

• 5 feet

• 6 inches

• 50 feet

• 1/2 inch