SKILLS USA ARCHITECTURE STUDY GUIDE

The LAYER command is used to apply hatch patterns in section views.

FALSE

The PAN command is used to increase or decrease the magnification factor of the drawing.

FALSE

A residential structure may be divided into three basic areas-sleeping, living, and service.

TRUE

The FHA recommends more closet rod space for a woman than for a man.

TRUE

An interior door should swing into a room

TRUE

Bathroom doors are usually the same width as a bedroom door

FALSE

A plot plan is an elevation view drawing that shows the site and location of the buildings on the property.

FALSE

Property lines define the site boundary

TRUE

Contour interval is the vertical distance between the contours

TRUE

A plot plan, landscape plan, and site plan are essentially the same

FALSE

A slab foundation takes more time to construct than a T-Foundation

FALSE

The finished floor of a house should be at least 8" above grade

TRUE

Excavations in clay may be nearly vertical

TRUE

Footings for most residential structures are made from cast concrete

TRUE

The footing of a chimney is generally 6" thick

FALSE

The scale of most residential floor plans is 1/4" = 1'-0"

TRUE

Direction of floor joists or trusses is not shown on the foundation plan

FALSE

Footings are represented on the foundation plan using a hidden line

TRUE

The floor plan is referred to by all workers

TRUE

Windows in a masonry wall are dimensioned to the center of the opening

FALSE

Functions that provide for the editing of a drawing include

ERASE, MOVE, COPY, ROTATE, ETC.

Which is not an editing or inquiry command

ZOOM

The ____ command is used to lengthen an object to end precisely at a boundary edge.

EXTEND

The ROTATE command may be used to

CHANGE THE ORIENTATION OF THE OBJECTS WITHIN A DRAWING

Which of the following represents how CADD can be used to design sleeping and bath facilities?

DESIGNING ROOM LAYOUTS

The ____ area is where the family relaxes, entertains guests, dines, and meets together.

LIVING

The Federal Housing Administration recommends ____ square feet as the minimum size for a bedroom

100

It is necessary for each bedroom to have a

CLOSET

The minimum recommended depth of a clothes closet is

24”

The usual height of an interior door is

6’8”

A 5'x8' would be considered a ____ bath

SMALL

Most water closets require a space at least ____ wide for installation

30”

Standard bathroom vanity sizes are 21" deep by ____ high

30”

A ____ receptacle should be used in a bathroom

GROUND FAULT CIRCUIT INTERCEPTER (GFCI)

Approximately ____ of the house is devoted to the sleeping area, which includes bedrooms, baths, dressing rooms, and nurseries

1/3

The ____ normally determines the number of bedrooms a house will have

SIZE OF THE FAMILY

Generally, ____ homes have the most sales potential

THREE BEDROOM

In a split bedroom plan, the ____ is separated from the remaining bedrooms for additional privacy

MASTER

The largest bedroom is usually the

MASTER

Closet doors may be

SLIDING, BI-FOLD, FLUSH

An ideal bedroom will have windows

ON TWO WALLS

*Bedroom doors should be ____ wide to accommodate a wheel chair

3’0”

The best location for a bedroom door is

THE CORNER

Property lines are measured with a(n) ____ scale to the nearest 1/100 foot

ENGINEERS

The proper format for describing the bearing of a property line is

N 90° E

Contour lines help describe the ____ of a site by depicting shape and elevation of the land

TOPOGRAPHY

The standard procedure for dimensioning the location of a house on a site is to dimension ____ of the house from adjacent lot lines

2 CORNERS

A typical scale used for plot plans is

1" = 30'-0"

The plot plan provides the necessary dimensions required for

STAKING OUT THE LOCATION OF THE HOUSE ON SITE

A ____ point is needed to determine the depth of excavation and foundation wall height

CONTROL

A ____ spreads the weight of a building over a broad area

FOOTING

The footing for a residential structure is generally ____ inches wide when the foundation wall is 8 inches thick

16 (24)

Stepped footings are frequently necessary when

BUILDING ON STEEP TERRAIN

Foundation walls are normally the part of the house that extends from the

FIRST FLOOR TO THE FOOTING

Concrete block basement walls should be damp-proofed to prevent groundwater from seeping through the wall. This is done by

2 1/4” THICK COATS OF CEMENT - MORTAR, FOLLOWED BY A COAT OF BITUMINOUS WATERPROOFING

To eliminate water damage to basements in wet or poorly drained soils,

install a check valve in the floor drain to keep water from flowing in through the drain

reinforce the floor slab to resist uplift from groundwater pressure

install a sump pump to remove any water that seeps in

When ordering concrete, allow ____ cubic feet to the yard

27

Concrete slabs are normally placed on a base of compacted sand ____ inches thick

4-6

The actual size of an 8 x 8 x 16 concrete block is ____ inches

7 5/8 X 7 5/8 X 15 5/8

The foundation plan is a plan view drawing in section that shows the location and size of

Footings, piers, columns, foundation walls, and supporting beams

The foundation plan is drawn from information presented on the

floor plan

plot plan

elevations

The brick ledge is generally ____ inch(es) wide

4

Floor trusses are generally spaced ____ inches OC

24

One reason that a house may be constructed with a basement is that

BASEMENTS ARE POPULAR IN AREAS WHERE SPACE IS LIMITED AND SITES ARE SMALL

The basement plan is

COMBO OF FOUNDATION AND FLOOR PLANS

The floor plan is actually a(n) ____ drawing

SECTION

An exterior frame wall composed of 5/8" siding, 3/4" insulation board, 2" ´ 4" studs, and 1/2" drywall is exactly ____ inches thick

5 3/8”

One of the most frequent errors in dimensioning is that

PARTIAL DIMS DONT ADD UP TO TOTAL DIM.

The floor plan is usually started

FIRST

Which type of line is used to show an archway or plain opening on a floor plan?

HIDDEN LINE

Information related to patios and swimming pools that appears on the floor plan can include

LOCATION, SIZE, MATERIALS

The room name should be placed near the center of the room and lettered ____ inch high to draw attention to it

3/32 ON 1/4” SCALE DRAWING

In architectural drawing, dimension lines are continuous lines with the dimension figure placed

ABOVE THE LINE

Overall width and length of primary walls should be multiples of ____ feet to comply with building material sizes.

4

After the exterior walls have been completed, draw the ____ next

INTERIOR

Kitchen base cabinets are drawn ____ inches deep while wall cabinets are ____ inches deep

24, 12

Prevents movement of string along a batter board.

SAW KERF

The name of this foundation comes from its shape.

T-FOUNDATION

Sometimes called a thickened-edge slab.

SLAB FOUNDATION

A foundation used in a crawl space where the distance is too large for a single span.

PIER FOUNDATION

Permanent Wood Foundation

PWF

Waterborne preservative salts

ACA OR CCA

Supports a portion of the load of the building

BEARING WALL

Formerly called an I-beam

S-beam

1,000 pounds

KIP

A horizontal structural element that supports the load over openings such as windows or doors.

LINTEL

The combination of cement, sand, aggregate, and water.

CONCRETE

Stone or Gravel

AGREGATE

A concrete finishing tool used in a circular motion to further harden the surface and develop a very smooth finish.

TROWEL

Used in large areas of concrete to control cracking.

CONTRACTION JOINTS

Used to cut grooves in freshly placed concrete.

JOINTING TOOL