CM 2116 Final Exam QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
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AIA stands for the - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ American
Institute of Architects
CAD stands for - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ Computer Aided
Design
ASME stands for the - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ American
Society of Mechanical Engineers
ARCH D paper Measures 24 x ______ inches -
....ANSWER ....✔✔ 36
ANSI stands for the - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ American
National Standards Institute
Large Firms may create their own _____ for creating
plans - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ standards
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ISO stands for the - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ International
Organization for Standardization
ANSI A paper measures 8.5 x ____ inches - ....ANSWER
....✔✔ 11
ARCH A paper measures 9 x ___ inches - ....ANSWER
....✔✔ 12
The benefit of CAD includes lower product development
costs, faster processing, and greatly shortened -
....ANSWER ....✔✔ design cycle
Preliminary drawings go through many - ....ANSWER
....✔✔ alterations
Subcontractors and suppliers typically rely on
_________ drawings - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ shop and
assembly
working drawings may use the page numbering system
using the letter S for _____ pages - ....ANSWER
....✔✔ structural
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Initial designs are presented in _________ drawings -
....ANSWER ....✔✔ preliminary
_______ drawings are also called project and
construction drawings - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ working
Presentation drawings are selling tools showing the
project in its most _________ light - ....ANSWER
....✔✔ attractive
__________ drawings are used for promotional
purposes - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ presentation
working drawings may use the page numbering system
using the letter E for _________ pages - ....ANSWER
....✔✔ electrical
Working drawings are technical in nature intended to
furnish information necessary to _______ a structure -
....ANSWER ....✔✔ erect
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working drawings may use the page numbering system
using the letter A for ________ pages - ....ANSWER
....✔✔ architectural
Drawing with all lines of the same intensity or thickness
makes a plan _____ to read - ....ANSWER ....✔✔
difficult
the _____ of lines is the unique language of architects
and engineers. - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ alphabet
drafting is an international _____ language -
....ANSWER ....✔✔ graphic
some lines are made _____ to stand out from the other
lines on the plans - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ thick
dashed or hidden lines can serve more than one _____
in a set of plans - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ purpose
line _____ is a pattern of dashes, dots, or gaps used to
make lines look different - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ type