CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS EXAM SCRIPT
FULL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
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●● What are the 4 main types of construction drawings?
Answer: Plans, elevations, sections, and detail drawings.
●● What is a plan?
Answer: A top-down view of a space or building, viewed from above.
●● What is an elevation?
Answer: A view from the side that represents one wall or side of a
building.
●● What is a section?
Answer: A cut-through view of a building or building component that
shows the inner construction.
●● What is a detail drawing?
Answer: A drawing that shows one specific element in greater detail and
explains how something is constructed.
, ●● What are orthographic drawings?
Answer: The most common types of construction drawings; they use
orthographic projection.
●● What is orthographic projection?
Answer: A method of showing views of a building from different planes
using 2D drawings.
●● What does an orthographic drawing use?
Answer: 2D views and dimensions to communicate a 3D object or
building.
●● What are the different orthographic views?
Answer: Plans, elevations, and sections.
●● What does a plan show?
Answer: A top-down or 'bird's-eye' view of a space.
●● Why is the roof sometimes removed in a plan view?
Answer: So the interior layout of the space can be seen.
●● What does an elevation view show?
Answer: A side view of a building, usually representing one wall or side.
FULL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
REVIEW
●● What are the 4 main types of construction drawings?
Answer: Plans, elevations, sections, and detail drawings.
●● What is a plan?
Answer: A top-down view of a space or building, viewed from above.
●● What is an elevation?
Answer: A view from the side that represents one wall or side of a
building.
●● What is a section?
Answer: A cut-through view of a building or building component that
shows the inner construction.
●● What is a detail drawing?
Answer: A drawing that shows one specific element in greater detail and
explains how something is constructed.
, ●● What are orthographic drawings?
Answer: The most common types of construction drawings; they use
orthographic projection.
●● What is orthographic projection?
Answer: A method of showing views of a building from different planes
using 2D drawings.
●● What does an orthographic drawing use?
Answer: 2D views and dimensions to communicate a 3D object or
building.
●● What are the different orthographic views?
Answer: Plans, elevations, and sections.
●● What does a plan show?
Answer: A top-down or 'bird's-eye' view of a space.
●● Why is the roof sometimes removed in a plan view?
Answer: So the interior layout of the space can be seen.
●● What does an elevation view show?
Answer: A side view of a building, usually representing one wall or side.