Revit Test

In a legend view, where would you find the drop-down list of the families - such as doors, windows, and other components - you want to use as legend components?

CONTEXTUAL MODIFY TAB ON THE RIBBON

OPTIONS BAR

RIGHT-CLICK MENU

TYPE SELECTOR

A family that relies on another family in the model for its placement and position is referred to a ______ family.

DATUM

COMPONENT

HOST-BASED

ANNOTATION

On the Draw panel, which command allows a designer to offset an object?

SET WORK PLANE

PICK FACES

PICK LINES

FILLET ARC

When in a 3D view in your Revit project, the ViewCube gives you a visual aid as to where you are in that view. If you hover over the ViewCube, you see a house symbol. What does Revit do if you click the house symbol?

IT TAKES YOU TO A HOUSE TEMPLATE FOR A NEW ARCHITECTURAL PROJECT.

IT TAKES YOU TO THE REVIT HOME PAGE.

IT REVERTS THE 3D VIEW BACK TO THE HOME ANGLE SET FOR 3D VIEWS.

IT OPENS UP A PALETTE WITH COMPONENTS FOR HOUSE DESIGN.

In a floor view, there is often not enough space to place dimensions around the plan view. What must you adjust to resolve this?

VIEWPORT BOUNDARY

ELEVATION MARKERS

ANNOTATION CROP REGION

SECTION MARKERS

When selected, permanent dimensions have numerous small blue dots, known as controls, displayed. You can change the reference point position used on a permanent dimension by selecting one of these controls. What is the name of the dimension control you change when you do this?

WITNESS LINE

WITNESS LINE GAP

DIMENSION EQUALITY

DIMENSION TEXT

You can link existing drafting views to a callout view. For example, in a section view, you might have a callout view that references a roof connection detail. What do you select in the Options Bar to allow you to select the appropriate drafting view?

CHAIN

SELECT DRAFTING VIEW

ROTATE AFTER PLACEMENT

REFERENCE OTHER VIEW

Revit is versatile when adding views to sheets. What familiar methodology do you use to get a view onto a sheet?

DRAG AND DROP

RIGHT-CLICK MENU

IMPORT A CAD FILE

COPY AND PASTE

In which of the following view types can you NOT reference a drafting view?

SECTION

ELEVATION

PLAN

3D

When placing a linear dimension, how do you change the dimension orientation from horizontal to vertical, and vice versa?

PRESS ESC.

PRESS THE SPACEBAR.

PRESS CTRL.

PRESS ENTER.

Where can you change your Revit username?

PROJECT BROWSER

PROJECT INFORMATION

FILE PROPERTIES

OPTIONS

If you wanted your Revit sheets to print to PDF, with black and shades of grey, which setting in Colors would you use?

GRAYSCALE

COLOR

BLACK LINES

NEUTRAL

In order to dimension specific model elements accurately, where should the dimensions be placed?

ON THE SHEET IN AN INACTIVE SHEET VIEW

ON THE MODEL IN AN ACTIVE VIEW

ON THE MODEL IN AN INACTIVE VIEW

ON THE SHEET IN AN ACTIVE SHEET VIEW

Revit has default settings in place for text family annotation in a model. How do you create a new text type with different text settings for a text family?

SELECT THE TEXT, THEN DUPLICATE FAMILY TYPE AND SETTINGS IN THE PROPERTIES PALETTE.

SELECT THE TEXT AND CHANGE THE REVIT TEXT STYLE IN THE CONTEXTUAL MODIFY TAB IN THE RIBBON.

SELECT THE TEXT, RIGHT-CLICK, AND SELECT TEXT SETTINGS.

SELECT THE TEXT AND CHANGE TEXT HEIGHT IN THE PROPERTIES PALETTE.

When worksharing, your BIM manager creates a central file and stores it on a server. When working, Revit opens a local file for you to work on, which is then synchronized to the central model. When opening a project during worksharing, what MUST be selected in the Open dialog box?

AUDIT

SAVE AS

DETACH FROM CENTRAL

CREATE NEW LOCAL

Schedules have their own specific view type in Revit. However, they cannot be easily exported to spreadsheets and databases. To communicate schedule data, where can you place a schedule to make it part of your project?

FLOOR PLAN

SHEET VIEW

CEILING PLAN

SHEET LIST

Revit dimensions can also become dimensional constraints. How do you make a dimension perform as a constraint?

CLICK THE TEMPORARY DIMENSION, AND THEN RIGHT-CLICK AND SELECT PERMANENT DIMENSION.

CLICK THE DIMENSION AND THEN CLICK THE PADLOCK SYMBOL TO CLOSE THE PADLOCK.

CLICK THE DIMENSION SYMBOL THAT APPEARS ON THE CONTEXTUAL MODIFY TAB ON THE RIBBON.

CLICK THE TEMPORARY DIMENSION, AND THEN SELECT PERMANENT DIMENSION IN THE CONTEXTUAL MODIFY TAB ON THE RIBBON.

When you select a schedule element, you can click Highlight in Model in the contextual Modify tab on the ribbon. This takes you to a close-up view of the element and displays the Show Element(s) in View dialog box. What happens if you click the Show button in the dialog box?

THE FAMILY EDITOR OPENS AND DISPLAYS THE ELEMENT FAMILY.

A NEW DETAIL VIEW OPENS WITH THE ELEMENT HIGHLIGHTED WITHIN IT.

THE FLOOR PLAN OPENS WITH THE SELECTED ELEMENT HIGHLIGHTED IN RED.

YOU SEE MORE VIEWS OF THE ELEMENT IN DIFFERENT MODEL VIEWS.

A drafting view is created to show more detail. A typical example might be a roof parapet drafting view to show its detail for ease of construction. Importing a CAD drawing (such as a DWG file) can be used for this. What Revit command would you use to start the conversion of the CAD details to Revit elements?

PARTIAL EXPLODE

UPDATE DRAWING

CHANGE

FULL CONVERT

When exporting a schedule, what file format will the exported file be saved in?

MDB

RTF

XLS

TXT

When rendering, you can utilize the Rendering dialog box to alter the settings as if you were using a camera and taking a photograph. Exposure Value is one of these settings. Where in the Rendering dialog box can you change this value to enhance your rendered views?

IN THE DISPLAY AREA

IN THE IMAGE AREA

IN THE LIGHTING AREA

IN THE OUTPUT SETTINGS AREA

You have linked your CAD drawing to your Revit model and are using the Copy/Monitor command. Which of the following can you NOT copy and monitor in Revit?

LEVELS

COLUMNS

BEAMS

GRIDS

Not all sheets in Revit are horizontally aligned (landscape). Sometimes, they need to be vertically aligned (portrait). You can rotate a selected view on a sheet by 90 degrees by changing which setting?

GO TO THE MODIFY TAB AND USE THE ROTATE COMMAND.

USE THE RIGHT-CLICK MENU AND SELECT ROTATION ANGLE.

USE THE PROPERTIES PALETTE AND CHANGE THE ROTATION ANGLE.

SELECT THE CROP REGION AND USE THE ROTATE COMMAND.

You can set up detailed views from existing model views, such as plans, elevations, or sections. What is the name for this specific view function?

DUPLICATE VIEW WITH DETAILING

DUPLICATE VIEW

CALLOUT VIEW

3D VIEW

When placing columns on a grid in a floor plan, you can use various drawing aids to place the columns in locations other than on a gridline. Which drawing aid CANNOT be used?

TEMPORARY DIMENSIONS

ALIGNMENT LINES

OBJECT SNAPS

LEVEL LINE

Many organizations have a large amount of standard details—such as connection, foundation, and fitting details—in CAD drawings. What is the best method to use to bring the CAD details into a drafting view?

PRESS CTRL+C TO COPY AND THEN CTRL+V TO IMPORT.

CLICK IMPORT DWG IN THE IMPORT PANEL ON THE RIBBON.

CLICK IMPORT CAD ON THE IMPORT PANEL ON THE RIBBON.

CLICK INSERT FROM FILE ON THE IMPORT PANEL ON THE RIBBON.

Some Revit project templates automatically include reflected ceiling plan views in the Project Browser. If you need to create a reflected ceiling plan, how do you name the plan in the Project Browser?

SPECIFY IT IN THE PROJECT INFORMATION.

COPY AND PASTE THE PLAN NAME FROM THE CORRESPONDING FLOOR PLAN VIEW IN THE PROJECT BROWSER.

RIGHT-CLICK IN THE PROJECT BROWSER AND SELECT CEILING PLAN NAME.

YOU DON'T NEED TO. THE PLAN NAME IS APPLIED AUTOMATICALLY.

As you add elements such as doors, windows, and other components to the Revit model, the family information provided in the family is also added to the model. You can reference this information in schedules. How is this family information inserted into a schedule?

FROM AN EXCEL SPREADSHEET

AUTOMATICALLY

MANUALLY

FROM AN ACCESS DATABASE

You can add any number of worksets to the central workshared model. What is unique to a newly created workset?

IT IS NOT EDITABLE AND IS OWNED BY THE BIM MANAGER.

IT IS EDITABLE AND OWNED BY THE BIM MANAGER.

IT IS EDITABLE AND OWNED BY THE USER WHO CREATED IT.

IT IS NOT EDITABLE AND NOT OWNED BY THE USER WHO CREATED IT.

There is often a requirement to work with more than one project, or to use a legacy project, to bring information into your current project. How can you bring in schedules from other projects?

ON THE INSERT TAB, CLICK INSERT VIEWS FROM FILE.

ON THE INSERT TAB, CLICK INSERT FROM FILE > INSERT VIEWS FROM FILE.

ON THE INSERT TAB, CLICK IMPORT CAD.

DRAG AND DROP.

You can link CAD files to your Revit projects, and copy and monitor details from the CAD file into the model. Under which ribbon tab will you find the Copy/Monitor command?

ARCHITECTURE

VIEW

MANAGE

COLLABORATE

Which setting in a Revit view is used as the viewport when the view is added to a sheet, and can be changed in the view to update the viewport size on the sheet?

ELEVATION MARKER

CROP REGION

SECTION MARKER

VIEWPORT BOUNDARY

You can use artificial lighting when rendering a view. When the dimming value of a light fitting is set to 1, what does that do within the render?

THE LIGHT FITTING WILL NOT BE DISPLAYED IN THE RENDERED VIEW.

THE LIGHT FITTING WILL BE DISPLAYED IN THE RENDERED VIEW.

THE LIGHT FITTING WILL BE COMPLETELY OFF.

THE LIGHT FITTING WILL BE FULLY ON.

You can sketch a ceiling in a reflected ceiling plan view using the tools in the Draw panel. While creating the ceiling in sketch mode, in order to commit the sketch, what must the shape be?

A CLOSED LOOP

A FILLED REGION

A CLOSED POLYLINE

A RECTANGLE

Revit allows you to use alignment lines when drawing and editing in the model. When does an alignment line appear?

ONLY AFTER A RIGHT-CLICK

AS SOON AS YOU SELECT YOUR FIRST DRAWING POINT

WHEN YOU HOLD DOWN SHIFT WHEN SELECTING YOUR FIRST POINT

AS SOON AS YOU SELECT YOUR SECOND DRAWING POINT

In architectural Revit models, there is often a geometry clash between a wall and a roof. What command can you use to clean up the intersection?

JOIN GEOMETRY

JOIN ROOF

JOIN ROOF/WALL

JOIN WALL

Worksharing is the default method of collaboration on Revit models. When working with a workshared model, what is the term used for the main model being worked on and synchronized to?

MODEL FILE

CENTRAL FILE

MAIN FILE

SERVER FILE

Once a schedule is placed in a sheet view, you can customize it to suit that view with various controls. Which control do you select to change a schedule column width?

LENGTH CONTROL

BREAK MARK

MOVE CONTROL

BLUE TRIANGLE

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Exam Type:	Revit MCQ Skill Test
Questions Type:	Multiple Choice Questions
Total Questions:	38
Time Limit:	30 Minutes
Last Update	June, 2025

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