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BICSI RPTM EXAM (NEW 2025/ 2026
UPDATE) QUESTIONS & ANSWERS| GRADE
A| 100% CORRECT (VERIFIED SOLUTIONS)
1. What type of drawings are represented with an A?:
Architectural drawings
2. What type of drawings are represented with an M?: Mechanical
drawings
3. What type of drawings are represented with an E?: Electrical
drawings
4. What type of drawings are represented with a P?: Plumbing
drawings
5. What type of drawings are represented with an FP?: Fire
protection drawings
6. What type of drawings are represented with a T?:
Telecommunication
7. What type of drawings are represented with an S?: Structural
drawing
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,8. What type of drawings are represented with a U?: Utility
drawing
9. What type of drawings typically include elements such as
landscaping, roadways/driveways/sidewalks and related
items, exterior signage, lighting and similar items, and may
show utility items?: site drawings
10. What type of drawings show the building profile and the
floortofloor relationships within each building?: cross sectional
and elevation
11. What type of drawings are an overheard view showing
dimensional relationships on each individual floor of
telecommunication spaces, work area outlets, and primary
pathways?: floor plans
12. List the four areas depicted by AV system diagrams: audio
flow, video flow, remote control system connection, simplified line
drawings
,13. What does NCS represent?: The National ComputerAided Design
Standard 23. What are the four major organizations involved in
the development of
NCS?: AIA, Construction Specifications Institute, The National Institute
of Building Sciences, TriService
24 The US NCS includes the US National CAD committee report,
the amendments, introduction and appendixes (NIBS), and which
additional three components?: UDS Modules, AIA CAD Layer,
Plotting Guidelines
25. True or False: Adoption of the NCS by the building design
and construction industry is voluntary: true
26. List the eight modules of the UDS: drawing set, sheet,
schedules, drafting conventions, terms and abbreviations, symbols,
notations, code conventions 27. What allows building construction
data to be organized and managed through the use of standard
CAD layer and file designations?: The AIA CAD Layer Guidelines
, 28. List the four areas of the AIA CAD Layer Guidelines:
Introduction, Layer name format, Layer lists, Commentary on the NCS
and International Org
29. What are the four defined layer name data fields?: discipline
designator, major group, two minor groups, status
30. Which NCS Symbol Type refers the reader to information in
another area of the set of drawings?: Reference
31. Which NCS Symbol Type indicates continuous objects and
are either single or double?: Line
32. Which NCS Symbol Type indicates individual objects and
generally are used in mechanical and electrical drawings?: Identity
33. Which NCS Symbol Type often symbolizes the object or work
result without necessarily resembling the object?: Template
34. Which NCS Symbol Type resembles the actual objects being
symbolized?: Template
35. Which NCS Symbol Type graphically indicates certain
materials and are used to help the reader differentiate one
material from another?: Material 36. Which NCS Symbol Type
BICSI
BICSI RPTM EXAM (NEW 2025/ 2026
UPDATE) QUESTIONS & ANSWERS| GRADE
A| 100% CORRECT (VERIFIED SOLUTIONS)
1. What type of drawings are represented with an A?:
Architectural drawings
2. What type of drawings are represented with an M?: Mechanical
drawings
3. What type of drawings are represented with an E?: Electrical
drawings
4. What type of drawings are represented with a P?: Plumbing
drawings
5. What type of drawings are represented with an FP?: Fire
protection drawings
6. What type of drawings are represented with a T?:
Telecommunication
7. What type of drawings are represented with an S?: Structural
drawing
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,8. What type of drawings are represented with a U?: Utility
drawing
9. What type of drawings typically include elements such as
landscaping, roadways/driveways/sidewalks and related
items, exterior signage, lighting and similar items, and may
show utility items?: site drawings
10. What type of drawings show the building profile and the
floortofloor relationships within each building?: cross sectional
and elevation
11. What type of drawings are an overheard view showing
dimensional relationships on each individual floor of
telecommunication spaces, work area outlets, and primary
pathways?: floor plans
12. List the four areas depicted by AV system diagrams: audio
flow, video flow, remote control system connection, simplified line
drawings
,13. What does NCS represent?: The National ComputerAided Design
Standard 23. What are the four major organizations involved in
the development of
NCS?: AIA, Construction Specifications Institute, The National Institute
of Building Sciences, TriService
24 The US NCS includes the US National CAD committee report,
the amendments, introduction and appendixes (NIBS), and which
additional three components?: UDS Modules, AIA CAD Layer,
Plotting Guidelines
25. True or False: Adoption of the NCS by the building design
and construction industry is voluntary: true
26. List the eight modules of the UDS: drawing set, sheet,
schedules, drafting conventions, terms and abbreviations, symbols,
notations, code conventions 27. What allows building construction
data to be organized and managed through the use of standard
CAD layer and file designations?: The AIA CAD Layer Guidelines
, 28. List the four areas of the AIA CAD Layer Guidelines:
Introduction, Layer name format, Layer lists, Commentary on the NCS
and International Org
29. What are the four defined layer name data fields?: discipline
designator, major group, two minor groups, status
30. Which NCS Symbol Type refers the reader to information in
another area of the set of drawings?: Reference
31. Which NCS Symbol Type indicates continuous objects and
are either single or double?: Line
32. Which NCS Symbol Type indicates individual objects and
generally are used in mechanical and electrical drawings?: Identity
33. Which NCS Symbol Type often symbolizes the object or work
result without necessarily resembling the object?: Template
34. Which NCS Symbol Type resembles the actual objects being
symbolized?: Template
35. Which NCS Symbol Type graphically indicates certain
materials and are used to help the reader differentiate one
material from another?: Material 36. Which NCS Symbol Type
