Architectural Drawing Questions

What information is typically included on an architectural cover sheet?

• Site map

• Project directory

• Building information

• Plumbing sheets

Drawing Sheets are numbered in a logical manner which identifies the professional discipline that created the sheet.

• True

• False

Symbols for Elevations, Building Sections, and Wall Sections include a reference to the location of those drawings. Typically, the top number or letter is the image number and the lower number is the sheet on which the elevation or sections are located.

• True

• False

Plans, Elevations, and Building sections are typically drawn at the same scale.

• True

• False

Avery thin line with an arrowhead that points toward a certain building element. It can connect a number or note on the blueprint to the building element that it describes.

• object line

• centerline

• leader line

• cutting-plane line

In commercial buildings where there is a structural grid, the distances between grids are dimensioned. These dimensions are anchored to the structural grid.

• True

• False

These sheets include the main cover sheet, title block, plan index and any plot plans.

• General sheets

• Mechanical plans

• Plumbing sheets

Enlarged Floor Plan Drawings are referenced in an overall floor plan by drawing a rounded-edged shape around the enlarged area, and then a reference call-out is included which identifies the image letter/number and the sheet on which the enlarged plan is located.

• True

• False

A reflected ceiling plan is a drawing that is "as if you had put a mirror on the floor, and are looking up at the ceiling." Which of the following (vertical dimensions, ceiling fixtures, ceiling height references, suspended ceiling grids) are typically not included on a reflected ceiling plan?

• Vertical dimensions

• Ceiling fixtures

• Ceiling height references

• Suspended ceiling grids

Line that has a solid and thick appearance. It displays the sides of a specific element that can be seen when viewed in person.

• hidden line

• Horizontal dimensions

• centerline

• object line