WorksheetsScaling in Drafting and Sketching
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 12mins
What does a scale ratio of 1:50 mean in a drawing?
1 unit on the drawing represents 50 units in real life.
50 units on the drawing represent 1 unit in real life.
1 unit on the drawing represents 1 unit in real life.
50 units on the drawing represent 50 units in real life.
If a room is 10 meters long in real life, how long will it be on a drawing with a scale of 1:100?
0.1 meters
1 meter
10 meters
100 meters
Which of the following scale ratios would make an object appear larger on the drawing than in real life?
1:1
1:2
2:1
1:10
You have a drawing of a car that is 4 cm long. If the scale is 1:250, what is the actual length of the car?
1 meter
10 meters
100 meters
25 meters
In a hand sketch, a tree is drawn 5 cm tall. If the scale is 1:20, how tall is the tree in real life?
1 meter
10 meters
100 meters
20 meters
Which of the following is NOT a practical application of scaling in drafting?
Creating a model of a building
Designing a circuit board
Writing a novel
Mapping a city
The tallest tree in the world is 370 feet tall. which of the following illustrations shows the tree drawn correctly to scale?
If a scale drawing of a park is made at a scale of 1:2000, and the length of the park on the drawing is 3 cm, what is the actual length of the park?
0.6 meters
6 meters
60 meters
600 meters
A model airplane is built at a scale of 1:50. If the wingspan of the model is 20 cm, what is the wingspan of the actual airplane?
1 meter
10 meters
100 meters
50 meters
In a scaled drawing, a building is represented as 8 cm tall. If the actual building is 32 meters tall, what is the scale of the drawing?
1:400
1:8
1:160
1:320
Which of the following statements is true about scaling in computer-aided drafting?
Scaling is only used for reducing the size of objects.
Scaling can be used for both enlarging and reducing the size of objects.
Scaling is not applicable in computer-aided drafting.
Scaling is only used for enlarging the size of objects.
