Revit for Architectural Design Professional Certification Prep

Outline

Pre-test

Before you begin this course, test your skills by taking the following assessment to see where you stand.

Keep track of your incorrect answers to know which skills you should study. You'll have a chance to take this same practice test again at the end of the course to see how you've improved.

Revit for architectural design pre-test

49 questions

1. An architectural designer is working on a project for an existing building. A team member has used a laser scanner to scan the building. The scan file can be used in Revit. Which tool should be used to link the file?

Point Cloud
Coordination Model
Import gbXML
Link Image

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2. Which two items can a project parameter be applied to? (Select two.)

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System Families
Keyboard Shortcuts
Loadable Families
Units
Project Location

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3. Which view property can be switched between True North and Project North?

Project Location
Orientation
Shared Coordinates
Shared Site

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4. An architectural designer wants to control the view properties of several views using a view template. After assigning the view template to all the views, the View Scale can still be adjusted in the View Control Bar for each view. Why is this happening?

The View Scale has been associated to a shared parameter.
A plan region is being used to control the View Scale.
Override is selected for the View Scale in the Visibility/Graphic Overrides dialog.
Include is not selected for the View Scale parameter in the view template.

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5. Refer to exhibit. An architectural designer encounters the situation shown in the exhibit. The designer wants to connect the wall to the roof. Which tool should be used to accomplish this?

Align
Trim/Extend to Corner
Displace Elements
Attach Top/Base

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6. Refer to exhibit. An architectural designer is working on a door schedule. The Width and Height parameters are both added in one schedule column. How is this accomplished?

Using the Combine Parameters tool.
Grouping the columns together.
Adding a calculated parameter.
Changing the formatting of the columns.

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7. An architectural designer is creating schedules in a project. Drag and drop each schedule tool to the correct corresponding schedule description.

Note Block

Material takeoff

Sheet list

Schedule/quantities

A schedule for all the symbols placed

A schedule for all the wall types in the project

A schedule for all the materials in the walls

A schedule for all the sheets in the project

7. An architectural designer is creating schedules in a project. Drag and drop each schedule tool to the correct corresponding schedule description.

Note Block

Material takeoff

Sheet list

Schedule/quantities

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8. An architectural designer is creating a browser organization scheme. The available options to group by do not work for what the designer wants to do. What should be done to further customize the browser organization?

Create a project parameter and assign it to the Views category.
In the Global Parameters dialog, create a new parameter for Browser Organization.
Add a new sort by parameter in the User Interface options in the Options dialog.
Open the Project Information dialog and create a new shared parameter for Browser Organization.

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9. An architectural designer is working on resolving warnings in a project. The designer has the element ID of an element associated with a warning. Which tool should be used to select the element?

Select by ID
Warnings
IDs of Selection
Selection Set

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10. An architectural designer needs to remove several families from a project that are no longer needed to help reduce the file size. Which tool should be used?

Audit
Compact Central Model
Purge Unused
Delete

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11. What must be added to a dimension type for the dimension to show both imperial and metric units?

Units Format
Alternate Units
Text Note
Equality Formula

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12. Refer to exhibit. Based on the drawing area, what view state is currently active?

Temporary Hide/Isolate
Worksharing Display Mode
Reveal Hidden Elements
Gray Inactive Worksets

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13. Refer to exhibit. An architectural designer is configuring the stairs shown in the exhibit. What type of supports should be selected?

Carriage
Stringer
Riser
None

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14. Refer to exhibit. An architectural designer is reviewing the instance properties of a room and notices that the Volume is set to Not Computed. How can this parameter be calculated?

Change the Room Area Computation to At Wall Finish.
Change the Volume Computations to Areas and Volumes.
Change the Computation Height to SECOND FLOOR.
Change the Upper Limit to SECOND FLOOR.

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15. An architectural designer needs to create a new brick material based on an existing brick material. The same material assets need to be used. Which process should be used?

Right-click the material and select Duplicate Using Shared Assets.
Select Create New Material and then add the assets from the existing brick material.
Select Open Existing Library and then select the existing brick material.
Right-click the material and select Duplicate Material and Assets.

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16. Where is the leader arrowhead controlled for a text note?

Text Type Properties
Arrowhead Type Properties
Additional Settings dialog
Text Instance Properties

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17. An architectural designer has created a drafting view with a detail. The designer wants to use the detail in another project. Which tool should be used?

Insert 2D Elements from File
Insert Views from File
Link Revit
Detail Group

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18. An architectural designer is working on a project with design options. The designer needs to edit multiple walls but is not sure which design option the walls belong to. Which tool can be used?

Add to Set
Modify
Pick to Edit
Make Primary

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19. An architectural designer creates an area plan. Some of the automatically generated area boundary lines are incorrect. What should the designer do to get the correct area boundaries?

Place areas in the correct locations and then edit the area sketches.
Use the Area Boundary tool to create the correct area boundaries.
Activate the Room Separator tool and create the correct boundaries.
Create a new area scheme and then re-create the area plan.

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20. An architectural designer is creating a room tag family. The designer wants the tag to reference the room Name and Number parameters. How can this be accomplished?

Use the Symbol tool and choose a generic annotation the includes the Name and Number parameters.
Place a label in the family that includes the Name and Number parameters.
Add text in the family that includes the Name and Number parameters.
Create a link in the family and select the Name and Number parameters.

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21. Refer to exhibit. The Phase of a view is set to New Construction and the Phase Filter is set to Show Previous + New. What will control the graphic display of Existing elements?

Object Styles for the New Construction phase.
Existing elements will not be visible in the view.
The Existing settings on the Graphic Overrides tab.
The settings for the elements’ categories in the Visibility/Graphic Overrides dialog.

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22. An architectural designer is working in a 3D view and wants to see only the roof elements. The designer wants to inspect the roof elements without affecting the view properties. Which tool should be used?

Isolate Category
View Filters
Object Styles
Visibility/Graphics Overrides

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23. An architectural designer has an MEP model where air terminals are placed. The designer wants to use the air terminal locations to place generic air terminals in the architectural model. What should the designer do?

Use Copy/Monitor and specify type mapping for the air terminals.
Batch copy using Copy/Monitor and then change all the air terminal types.
Copy the MEP air terminals to the clipboard and paste in the architectural model.
Place air terminals individually and then use Monitor to track the locations.

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24. Refer to exhibit. An architectural designer has created four revisions. The designer wants the revisions to be numbered 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B. How can this be accomplished?

Set the Numbering for each revision to the Alphanumeric option.
Change the Numbering option for Sheet Issues/Revisions to Per Sheet.
Add four new revisions and change the Numbering for the new revisions to Alphanumeric. Then merge the revisions to create the custom numbering.
Create a customer numbering sequence and set the Numbering for each revision to the custom sequence.

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25. An architectural designer is working on a door family. The material for each geometric form needs to be controlled in the project. How can this be accomplished?

Associate each form’s Visible parameter to a family parameter that is a Material type of parameter.
Create a family parameter that is a Material type of parameter and associate the family to it.
Create a family parameter that has Material in the name and associate the family to it.
Associate each form’s Material parameter to a family parameter that is a Material type of parameter.

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26. An architectural designer has created a model group and wants to place additional instances of the group. Which two of the following methods can be used. (Select two.)

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Activate the Place Model Group tool.
Use the Copy tool to copy the original group.
Enter into Edit Group mode and copy the group.
Open the group in the Family Editor and change the number.
Activate the Place a Component tool.

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27. Refer to exhibit. An architectural designer needs to create the highlighted geometry. Which tool should be used to create the form?

Blend
Revolve
Swept Blend
Extrusion

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28. What are the two View options when placing a legend component? (Select two.)

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Floor Plan
Callout
Elevation
Section
3D

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29. Refer to exhibit. An architectural designer needs to create the sloped roof shown in the exhibit. Which tool should be used to slope the roof?

Variable Thickness
Slope Arrow
Shape Editing
Defines Slope

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30. Refer to exhibit. An architectural designer is working on a room schedule. The designer has grouped the schedule by Level and added a Footer with Title, count, and totals selected. However, the total Area is not showing. What needs to be done to show the total Area?

Enable Grand totals in the Schedule Properties dialog.
Change the Footer option to Totals only.
Add a calculated parameter for the Area.
Set the Area parameter to Calculate totals.

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31. An architectural designer needs to control the number of horizontal grids for individual curtain walls in a project. How should this be accomplished?

For each curtain wall, set the Horizontal Grid Justification to Beginning in the Properties palette.
Create the curtain walls using the Curtain System tool instead of the Wall tool.
In the Type Properties, set the Horizontal Grid Layout to Fixed Number.
Set the Horizontal Mullions Layout parameter to Fixed Number in the Type Properties.

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32. An architectural designer is working on a project with a linked Revit model. The designer is unable to select the link. What is causing this condition?

The Select Links option is disabled.
A view template is assigned to the view.
The model is in a closed workset.
Another user is borrowing the link.

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33. An architectural designer needs to create an opening in a sloped roof. The opening needs to be perpendicular to the outer surface of the roof. Which opening tool should be used?

Vertical Opening
Opening by Face
Shaft Opening
Wall Opening

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34. The Phase of a view is set to New Construction. The Phase Created parameter for an element is set to Existing and the Phase Demolished parameter is set to New Construction. What is the phase status of the element in the view?

Demolished
Existing
Temporary
New

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35. An architectural designer is working on a building model with multiple areas. The designer wants to create furniture plans and dimensioned floor plans with the exact same crop regions. Which feature should the designer use?

View Range
View Templates
Scope Box
Selection Box

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36. An architectural designer needs to create a repeating detail type for a brick. What should be created first for the brick?

Generic Annotation Type
3D Brick Family
Generic Model Family
Detail Component Type

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37. An architectural designer needs to create a detail using detail components. The detail should be independent of the building model. What type of view should be used?

3D View
Callout View
Section View
Drafting View

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38. Refer to exhibit. An architectural designer needs to create the condition shown in the exhibit. The bottom extension of the outer brick layer needs to be adjusted independently of the other layers in the wall. How can this be accomplished?

On the Modify tab, activate the Split Element tool, and split the wall at the brick layer.
Edit the wall profile and adjust the sketch lines to account for the proper brick offset.
In the Edit Assembly dialog, use the Modify tool and unlock the brick layer.
Add a void extrusion to the wall and then use the Cut Geometry tool.

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39. An architectural designer wants to create a new central model from an existing workshared project. When opening the project, which option should be selected?

Detach from Central
Collaborate in Cloud
Relinquish All Mine
Audit

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40. An architectural designer needs to create a family that can be hosted to a wall or a ceiling. Which template should be used to create the family?

Generic Model.rft
Generic Model face based.rft
Generic Model wall based.rft
Generic Model ceiling based.rft

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41. An architectural designer is creating parameters for a door family. Drag and drop each Type of Parameter to the correct corresponding description.

Length

Yes/No

Material

Text

A parameter to control the hardware visibility

The material of the door trim

The height of the door

A field to enter custom notes

41. An architectural designer is creating parameters for a door family. Drag and drop each Type of Parameter to the correct corresponding description.

Length

Yes/No

Material

Text

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42. In which dialog is the Layer naming convention for exported CAD files controlled?

Object Styles
Modify DWG/DXF Export Setup
Export Setup
Visibility/Graphic Overrides

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43. Refer to exhibit. The Phase of a view is set to New Construction and the Phase Filter is set to Show Complete. What will control the graphic display of Demolished elements?

Demolished elements will not be visible in the view.
Object Styles for the New Construction phase.
The Demolished settings on the Graphic Overrides tab.
The settings for the elements’ categories in the Visibility/Graphic Overrides dialog.

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44. An architectural designer has created a detail by placing detail components in a section view. The designer wants to use the detail components in several other section views in the same project. Which tool should be used?

Insert Views from File
Insert 2D Elements from File
Copy
Create Group

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45. What should be created when the same set of sheets needs to be printed and exported to PDF multiple times?

Organization Scheme
Print Set
Template
Export Setup

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46. Where is the save location of workshared local copies controlled?

Worksets dialog
Synchronize with Central dialog
Options dialog > User Interface
Options dialog > File Locations

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47. An architectural designer is creating a wall schedule. The designer only wants to show walls of the Brick on Metal Stud type. How should this be accomplished?

Sort the schedule by wall Type and deselect Itemize every instance.
Use conditional formatting based on wall Type equals Brick on Metal Stud.
Filter the schedule by wall Type equals Brick on Metal Stud.
Set the Appearance of the schedule to show the Brick on Metal Stud type.

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48. An architectural designer has a linked architectural model and wants to place rooms inside of the link. Revit does not recognize any of the elements as room bounding though. What should be done?

Enable Room Bounding in the Properties palette for each wall in the link.
Open the link and change the Room Area Computation setting to at wall finish.
Use the Room Separator tool with the Pick Lines option to place room separation lines.
Select the linked architectural model, click Edit Type, and enable Room Bounding.

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49. What must be turned on to perform a solar study?

Altitude
Lighting
Sun
Shadows

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