BASIC ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION
DRAWINGS COMPREHENSIVE
EXAMINATION PROBLEMS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS BUNDLED
●● Floor plans are drawn as though an imaginary cut has been made at
the level of the __________.
Answer: windows
●● Which of the following shows the face of a building?
Answer: elevation
●● A complicated architectural detail might be illustrated with a
__________ _____,
Answer: section view
●● A drawing contains an area circled in a cloud shape. This information
is often detailed in the __________ __________.
Answer: revision block
●● A drawing contains a match line. What does this mean?
Answer: It indicates that the drawing continues on another sheet.
, ●● If a floor plan of a building is drawn to a scale of 1/8" = 1'-0", each 1
3/8" on the drawing would equal __________.
Answer: 11'-0" on the building itself
●● Using a 1:20 scale on an engineer's scale, a measurement of 2" on a
drawing would equal __________.
Answer: 40 feet
●● A metric drawing scale of 1:1,000 typically depicts units in
__________.
Answer: meters
●● The letter designation SL on an electrical drawing indicates a
____________________ __________.
Answer: low-voltage switch
●● Existing power lines on an electrical site plan may be indicated by
the letter _____.
Answer: E
●● The specific types of luminaires required in an installation can be
found on the __________ __________ __________.
Answer: lighting fixture schedule
DRAWINGS COMPREHENSIVE
EXAMINATION PROBLEMS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS BUNDLED
●● Floor plans are drawn as though an imaginary cut has been made at
the level of the __________.
Answer: windows
●● Which of the following shows the face of a building?
Answer: elevation
●● A complicated architectural detail might be illustrated with a
__________ _____,
Answer: section view
●● A drawing contains an area circled in a cloud shape. This information
is often detailed in the __________ __________.
Answer: revision block
●● A drawing contains a match line. What does this mean?
Answer: It indicates that the drawing continues on another sheet.
, ●● If a floor plan of a building is drawn to a scale of 1/8" = 1'-0", each 1
3/8" on the drawing would equal __________.
Answer: 11'-0" on the building itself
●● Using a 1:20 scale on an engineer's scale, a measurement of 2" on a
drawing would equal __________.
Answer: 40 feet
●● A metric drawing scale of 1:1,000 typically depicts units in
__________.
Answer: meters
●● The letter designation SL on an electrical drawing indicates a
____________________ __________.
Answer: low-voltage switch
●● Existing power lines on an electrical site plan may be indicated by
the letter _____.
Answer: E
●● The specific types of luminaires required in an installation can be
found on the __________ __________ __________.
Answer: lighting fixture schedule