REVIT MID-TERM EXAM STUDY GUIDE SPRING 2023

Question 1

When inserting a component, you select the family that you want to use in the…?

Answer 1

Type selector

Question 2

If you want to delete a dimension from a string of dimensions, how do you select just that dimension and not the whole string?

Answer 2

Hover your mouse over the dimension, use the Tab button to cycle through to the one you want, select it, and press delete

Question 3

Where is the Tag by Category tool located?

Answer 3

Annotate tab

Question 4

What is the control for #3?

Answer 4

Flip

Question 5

Which icon in the View Control Bar lets you change the detail level to Coarse, Medium or Fine?

Answer 5

Flat Box

Question 6

To create a stair that covers multiple floors (as shown), you need to create a stair and …

Answer 6

Select the stairs. In the ribbon, select Connect Levels, and then select the levels where you want stairs

Question 7

If you want to base a compound wall on an existing wall type, what should you do?

Answer 7

Select the base wall type, click Edit Type, and select Duplicate

Question 8

For the rooms labeled A and B, which command do you use to change the position of the ceiling grid?

Answer 8

Move

Question 9

Where are the Attach Top/Base and Detach Top/Base tools located?

Answer 9

Modify / Walls Tab

Question 10

Refer to the image below. Which do the four elevations markers on the floor plan correspond with in the project browser?

Answer 10

East, North, South and West Elevations

Question 11

Which tool is used to capture renderings of a structure in Revit?

Answer 11

Camera

Question 12

Which of the following commands shown, creates a view that results in an independent view displaying the same model geometry and containing a copy of the annotation?

Answer 12

Duplicate with Detailing

Question 13

Some walls are made from multiple layers of materials, such as brick, block and drywall, as shown on the bottom. if the hatching for these materials is not displayed (as shown at the top), how do you change this?

Answer 13

Set the Detail Level to Medium

Question 14

Which of the following tools enables you to change a wall from one made out of studs and brick, to one made out of concrete?

Answer 14

Type Selector

Question 15

Which command do you use if you want two walls that are not touching to come together, as shown

Answer 15

Trim/Extend to Corner

Question 16

Which of the following properties of a mass floor does Revit calculate?

Answer 16

Area, perimeter, exterior surface area, and volume

Question 17

Which of the following Opening commands cuts an opening in multiple floors at the same time?

Answer 17

Shaft

Question 18

What are the two methods for starting commands such as Move, Copy, Rotate, Mirror and Array? Start the command from the Modify tab and select the elements, or…

Answer 18

Select the elements and then start the command

Question 19

You are placing a curtain grid and it keeps snapping to one dimension, such as the TWO-THIRDS OF CURTAIN PANEL shown, when you want it to be another. What should you do?

Answer 19

Place the curtain grid anyway, select the temporary dimension, and change it to the required value

Question 20

How do you create multiple interior elevations in one room?

Answer 20

Using the Elevation command, place the first marker, select it and select the appropriate Show Arrow boxes

Question 21

If you want to see rooms in a view (as shown), but they are not displayed, what do you have to do?

Answer 21

In the Visibility/Graphics Overrides dialog box, under Rooms toggle on Interior Fill

Question 22

Which of the following statements is true about elements?

Answer 22

Tag values can be alphabetical, numerical, or alphanumeric

Question 23

Where are the door and window sizes stored?

Answer 23

In Type Properties

Question 24

Which icon in the view Control Bar reveals hidden elements?

Answer 24

Light Bulb

Question 25

Which of the following would be true if you changed the top constraint of a wall from an unconnected height to a level?

Answer 25

Only that wall would change height

Question 26

When you use the Moves with nearby Elements option, can you control which elements a component moves with?

Answer 26

No, it moves with the closest host element

Question 27

What is the purpose of the Project Browser?

Answer 27

it is used to access and manage the views of the project

Question 28

What is the control for #4?

Answer 28

Drag wall end

Question 29

Which option will open the schedule properties window, allowing you to change the Sorting/Grouping settings for the schedule?

Answer 29

4

Question 30

Which command would you use to remove part of a wall?

Answer 30

Split Element

Question 31

Which icon lets you change the scale?

Answer 31

the scale looking one

Question 32

Where do you specify the height of a wall before you start modeling it?

Answer 32

In the options bar

Question 33

When you are modeling (not editing) a linear element, how do you edit the temporary dimension as shown?

Answer 33

Type a new value and press

Question 34

To create a flat roof, which of the following commands would you use to sketch the boundary of the roof and to set its thickness?

Answer 34

Roof by footprint with the thickness set by the roof type

Question 35

Which is the control for #1

Answer 35

Move witness line

Question 36

Before adding dimensions to a plan, which is a recommended action to take?

Answer 36

Check project units

Question 37

How do you line up grid lines that might be different lengths, as shown

Answer 37

Select the grid line and use the drag control to line up with the other grid lines

Question 38

Refer to the image below. What is the current view scale for the displayed floor?

Answer 38

1/4" = 1'-0"

Question 39

Under which tab are Schedules located?

Answer 39

View

Question 40

Which of the following elements is most helpful in specifying the start and end runs of ramps?

Answer 40

Reference Planes

Question 41

Under which tab is the Text command located?

Answer 41

Annotate

Question 42

When you start a new project, how do you specify the base information in the new file?

Answer 42

Select the Right template for the task

Question 43

How do you select all the doors of various sizes, but no other elements in a view?

Answer 43

Select all of the elements in the view and use (Filter) to clear the other categories

Question 44

How do you create additional door or window sizes, as shown

Answer 44

Select the required door or window and in Type Properties, duplicate an existing door and modify it

Question 45

For the rooms labeled C and D, which command do you use to change the direction of the grids?

Answer 45

Rotate

Question 46

How do you create a job in a building section, such as that shown

Answer 46

Select the building section and then click Split Segment in the contextual tab

Question 47

How do you modify a stair so that it is wider at the bottom than at the top as shown

Answer 47

Convert the run to a sketch and modify the boundary and riser lines

Question 48

How do you select one panel to modify it?

Answer 48

Point to the edge of the panel and press until it is identified

Question 49

How do you add additional window or door families to a project

Answer 49

Load them from the Library

Question 50

When creating a floor the boundary sketch must be...

Answer 50

Closed

Question 51

Which of the following commands would you use if you want to move a furniture component to a floor that is lower than the level where it was originally placed, as shown

Answer 51

Use (Pick New Host) and select the lower floor

Question 52

What is the purpose of an alignment line?

Answer 52

Indicates that the new element you are placing or modeling is aligned with an existing element

Question 53

Which command do you start with to create a curtain wall?

Answer 53

Wall

Question 54

How is the following schedule sorted?

Answer 54

Area, Ascending

Question 55

You placed dimensions in the view and some of them display and others do not, as shown on the left, but you were expecting the view to display as shown on the right. To display the missing dimensions you need to modify the...

Answer 55

Annotation Crop Region

Question 56

What type of view do you need to be in to add a level to your project?

Answer 56

Any section or elevation view

Question 57

How do you include a tag with a door or window, as shown

Answer 57

Select Tag on Placement in the contextual tab

Question 58

When creating a sloped floor, (Add point) places a point at...

Answer 58

The high or low points of a floor

Question 59

Which of the following methods makes a wall touch the underside of a roof

Answer 59

Select the wall and use (Attach Top/base)

Question 60

When working with a compound wall, which option lets you divide the wall?

Answer 60

Split Region

Question 61

Where can columns (whose command access is shown) be placed?

Answer 61

Both types of columns can be placed wherever you want

Question 62

Which roof type and view should you use to create a curved roof as shown

Answer 62

Roof by Extrusion, Elevation or Section View

Question 63

To create mass floors, what needs to first be added to the project?

Answer 63

Levels

Question 64

when you create a project in the Autodesk Revit software, do you work in 3D, as shown on the left, or 2D, as shown on the right?

Answer 64

You work in 3D almost all of the time, even when you are using what looks like a flat view

Question 65

The Railing tool is found in which tab?

Answer 65

Architecture

Question 66

The difference between Type Properties and Properties, the ribbon location is shown, is

Answer 66

Properties stores parameters that apply to the selected individual element(s). Type properties stores parameters that impact every element of the same type in the project

Question 67

Which of the following is true about the visibility graphic overrides dialog box?

Answer 67

Changes made in the dialog box only affect the current view

Question 68

To create a roof sloping in one direction only, as shown, you would create a roof...

Answer 68

By footprint and specify the slope along one side

Question 69

Where do you change the wall type for a selected wall, as shown

Answer 69

In Properties, select a new type in the Type Selector drop-down list

Question 70

What is the control for #2?

Answer 70

make this temporary dimension permanent

Question 71

When working with a component wall, which option lets you add projections such as sills, parapets, and casings?

Answer 71

Sweep

Question 72

The purpose of callouts is to create a...

Answer 72

View of part of the model that is linked to the main view from which it is taken

Question 73

T/F You can create only one guide grid for a sheet to help you align views

Answer 73

false

Question 74

T/F When you want to add rooms with the same name, as shown, you need to modify each one separately

Answer 74

false

Question 75

T/F When you add mullions to a grid, the mullions resize to fit the grid automatically

Answer 75

true

Question 76

T/F If you try to add a roof on the lowest level in the project, Revit will prompt you to move it to a higher level, which you can choose to do or not

Answer 76

true

Question 77

T/F When creating a mass floor, every level in the project will be assigned a mass floor

Answer 77

false

Question 78

T/F The only way to change the grid layout's angle and offset for a curtain wall is to select the curtain wall and change the values in the Properties

Answer 78

false

Question 79

T/F Only wall types in the Basic Wall system family can function as sub walls in stacked walls

Answer 79

true

Question 80

T/F When creating a new family type, you can change the size values only

Answer 80

false

Question 81

T/F You can use any door type to replace a panel in a curtain wall with a door

Answer 81

false

Question 82

T/F When you want to change the scale of a view in a sheet, you can do it in the view itself or by selecting it on the sheet and changing the scale from there

Answer 82

true

Question 83

T/F You can use the Edit Witness line tool to combine dimensions in a dimension string

Answer 83

true

Question 84

T/F If you don't have the Automatic Landing setting enabled when creating stairs, you have to manually create a landing using the Floor tool

Answer 84

false

Question 85

T/F Railing on stairs can be positioned on the treads or stringers

Answer 85

true

Question 86

T/F Schedules automatically update as you add or change elements

Answer 86

true

Question 87

T/F Detail components are visible only in the view they are created in

Answer 87

true

Question 88

T/F Railings must be attached to hosts such as floors, ramps, or stairs

Answer 88

false

Question 89

T/F The texture of a brick wall cannot be cutomized

Answer 89

false

Question 90

T/F The sub walls that compose a stacked wall aren't attached to each other and can be separated once placed into the drawing area

Answer 90

false

Question 91

T/F Stacked walls must have the same thickness at all layers

Answer 91

false

Question 92

T/F The Automatic Ceiling tool ignores room separator lines when placing a ceiling

Answer 92

true

Question 93

T/F When you create a Duplicate with Detailing view, and annotation or view-specific elements created in the new view are not reflected in the original view

Answer 93

true

Question 94

T/F When drawing a floor's boundaries, you can only follow existing walls

Answer 94

false

Question 95

T/F If you use the Attach Top/Base tool to attach a wall to a roof, changing the pitch of the roof will automatically change the attached wall to match

Answer 95

true

Question 96

T/F You can attach one side of a wall to two different reference planes simultaneously

Answer 96

false

Question 97

T/F If you want to detach a wall from multiple elements, you can select each element individually you want to detach the wall from or use the Detach All option

Answer 97

true

Question 98

T/F The only way to access the Duplicate with Detailing tool is through the View Tab > Duplicate view Dropdown > Duplicate with Detailing

Answer 98

false

Question 99

T/F When you create a repeating detail, only certain detail components can be used

Answer 99

false

Question 100

T/F A work plane can be assigned using a named Reference Plane

Answer 100

true