Revit for Mechanical 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.

All questions must be answered to submit your assessment.

Pre-test

58 questions

1. What does a mechanical designer use in order to create a numbered list?

User Keynotes
Text in a Drafting View
Element Keynotes
Noteblocks

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2. When hovering the mouse over a system, what information does the System Inspector provide?

Optimum duct sizing for the system.
Pressure loss, static pressure, and flow for the system.
Disconnects in the system.
Interferences with other systems.

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3. A mechanical designer wants to add a parameter to a tag label. What type of parameter should the designer create?

Project
Shared
Family
Global

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4. Where should the Room Calculation Point be enabled for an air terminal?

Family Editor
Air Terminal instance properties
Mechanical Settings dialog
Air Terminal Type Properties dialog

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5. A team of two mechanical designers are working on one main mechanical model. Each designer is working on a separate model and plans to link them together in the main model. When doing that, what ensures that both models appear when the main model is linked into an architectural model?

Setting Reference Type to Attachment.
Setting Reference Type to Overlay.
Setting Path Type to Relative.
Setting Path Type to Absolute.

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6. A mechanical designer is modeling piping in a building model and wants to constrain the fitting angles to 90, 45, and 30 degrees. How should this be accomplished?

MEP Settings dialog > Pipe Settings > Fittings
Project Units dialog > Pipe Settings > Fitting Angles
Mechanical Settings dialog > Pipe Settings > Angles
Snaps dialog > Pipe Settings > Angular dimension snap increments

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7. A mechanical designer is creating a family for a fan coil unit. The designer wants the supply air connector on the equipment to total all of the flow values of connected air terminals when used in a project. What should the Flow Configuration be set to?

Calculated
In
Out
System

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8. 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.
The settings for that category in the Visibility/Graphic Overrides dialog.
Existing elements will not be visible in the view.
The Existing settings on the Graphic Overrides tab.

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9. A mechanical designer wants to review all the piping system types in a project to make sure the graphics match company standards. What should the designer do?

Open the System Browser, expand Piping, right-click each system, and select Properties.
Expand Piping Systems in the Project Browser, right-click each type, and select Type Properties.
Expand System Type in the Properties palette, select each type, and click the More button.
Open the Mechanical Settings dialog and select Segments and Sizes under Pipe Settings.

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10. A mechanical designer is creating an air terminal schedule but none of the air terminals have a Type Mark specified. The Type Mark values should be assigned incrementally based on the types used. How should the designer specify the Type Mark values?

Create a schedule with the Type Mark and Type, deselect Itemize every instance, sort by Type, and input the Type Mark in the schedule.
On the Manage tab, in the Inquiry panel, click Select by ID, input the type ID and click OK. Click Edit Type and input the Type Mark.
Search the Project Browser for each type, right-click the family and select all instances in the project. Click Edit Type and input the Type Mark.
Select each air terminal family, click Edit Family. In the Family Editor, click Family Types, input the Type Mark, and load the families back into the project.

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11. Refer to exhibit.

A mechanical designer has specified the energy settings and performed a systems analysis. When reviewing the instance properties for the spaces, the designer notices that none of the calculated values have been computed. What is causing this condition?

The Export Category is set to Analytical Spaces.
An energy analytical model hasn’t been created.
Override is selected for the airflow parameters in the Schematic Types dialog.
Performing a systems analysis does not compute space parameters.

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12. Which mode of creating an energy model is recommended for the earliest stages in the design process?

Use Conceptual Masses and Building Elements
Use Rooms and Spaces
Use Building Elements
Use New Construction for the Project Phase

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13. Refer to exhibit.

Which thermal properties are used for the doors in the model?

The thermal properties specified in the Office Building Type.
The thermal properties specified in Conceptual Types.
The thermal properties specified in Schematic Types.
The thermal properties assigned to the materials used in the doors.

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14. A mechanical designer is exporting piping views to CAD files. The designer wants the piping system graphic overrides to be layers in the CAD file. How can this be accomplished?

In the Modify DWG/DXF Setup dialog, create new layers for each piping system type.
Select Specified in view on the Colors tab of the Modify DWG/DXF Setup dialog.
On the General tab of the Modify DWG/DXF Setup dialog, select Match systems.
Change the Export layer options in the Modify DWG/DXF Setup dialog.

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15. A mechanical designer receives a Revit model from the architect. The architect states that everyone needs to use the shared coordinates established in the architectural model. What should the designer do?

Work in the architectural model for MEP design.
Link the architectural model using the By Shared Coordinates option.
Open the architectural model and export the shared coordinates.
Link the architectural model and then acquire the coordinates.

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16. What format can an Interference Report be exported to?

A Navisworks file
An Excel workbook
An HTML file
A comma delimited file

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17. A mechanical designer wants a view to create a detail that is associated with the model and shows model elements. What type of view should the designer create?

Section
Drafting
Plan Region
Legend

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18. A model has one revision created; however, it does not appear in the revision schedule on the sheet. What is one possible explanation?

There was no revision cloud placed.
In the Sheets Issues/Revisions dialog, None is selected under Show for the Revision.
The revision numbering is set to Per Project.
The revision has been issued.

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19. A mechanical designer wants to change a run of pipe and fittings from the Standard type to a custom pipe type that they created for chilled water. The designer selects the pipe run and has Pipes and Pipe Fittings selected. How should the type be changed?

Click Duct/Pipe Sizing and select the chilled water type.
Expand the Type Selector and select the chilled water type.
Click Change Type and then expand the Type Selector. Choose the chilled water type.
Click Edit Type and then click Routing Preferences. Under Pipe Type, select chilled water.

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20. Refer to exhibit.

The AHU 1 has an exclamation point next to it indicating that one of its properties is not defined. Which property is it?

Heating Hot Water Loop
Cooling Coil
Heating Coil
Fan

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21. A mechanical designer is creating an unground piping plan. Which view setting should the designer adjust to show piping beneath the associated level of the view?

View Range
Detail Level
Color Scheme
Visibility/Graphic Overrides

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22. A mechanical designer is reviewing systems in the System Browser. The designer wants to add columns to see the System Classification and Pressure Drop. Where should this be accomplished?

Mechanical Settings > System Browser options
Options dialog > System Browser options
System Browser > Column Settings
Project Units > Browser Settings

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23. A mechanical designer is creating a valve family. The goal is for the end user to place the valve in a pipe at a specific location and the pipe split at that location. What should the designer do in the family?

Set the Part Type to Valve – Break Into.
Change the System Classification to Valve.
Create the family using the line hosted template.
Place pipe connectors on each end of the valve.

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24. A mechanical designer is creating a duct schedule and wants to see the lengths rounded in the schedule to the nearest foot. The lengths should remain rounded to the nearest 1/32ʺ in the rest of the model. How can this be accomplished?

Edit the duct sizes under Duct Settings in the Mechanical Settings dialog.
Edit the conditional formatting of the Length field in the schedule.
Edit the project units in the Manage tab.
Edit the field formatting of the Length field in the schedule.

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25. A mechanical designer wants to drive a dimension in a project with a parameter. What type of parameter should the designer create?

Shared
Family
Global
Project

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26. A mechanical designer wants to use Copy/Monitor to copy plumbing fixtures from an architectural model. The designer is only able to copy them individually but wants to copy them all at once. What should the designer do?

In the Coordination Settings dialog, set Plumbing Fixtures to Allow batch copy.
Select Multiple on the Options bar when using the Copy/Monitor tool.
Copy the architectural plumbing fixtures to the clipboard and paste in the MEP model.
Open the Copy/Monitor Options dialog and specify the type mapping for Plumbing Fixtures.

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27. Which contextual ribbon tool option is specific to face-based family types?

Load Family
Tag on Placement
Select Face
Place on Vertical Face

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28. A mechanical designer is creating parameters and is unsure of the Discipline and Type of Parameter to use. The designer wants to know which units are associated with the available types. Where can the designer see this information?

Mechanical Settings
Project Parameters
Project Units
Energy Settings

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29. A mechanical designer is creating a mechanical equipment family. The designer wants to add a clearance zone in the family and have its visibility be controlled in the project per instance. How should this be accomplished?

Adjust the Detail Levels in the Family Element Visibility Settings for the geometry.
Create a subcategory for the clearance zone and then set the Subcategory for the clearance zone geometry.
Adjust the View Specific Display for the clearance zone geometry.
Create a Yes/No family parameter and associate the Visible parameter of the clearance zone geometry.

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30. A mechanical designer wants to add a lavatory to a domestic cold water supply system in a project. A pipe connector is placed on the lavatory family. Which parameter will control whether or not the lavatory can be added to the system?

Flow Direction
System Type
Flow Configuration
System Classification

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31. The Phase of a view is set to Existing. 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 in the view?

Demolished
New
Temporary
Existing

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32. What can affect the transfer of a duct type using Transfer Project Standards?

The duct type is in a workset currently editable by the mechanical designer.
The duct type has a System Type that has not already been transferred.
The ducts created using the duct type are pinned.
The Routing Preferences of the duct type are not configured.

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33. Refer to exhibit.

A mechanical designer places a section and wants to use it to reference other view. However, the tool is dimmed. What is causing this issue?

A view template is assigned to the floor plan.
The section is not placed on a sheet.
Reference Other View should have been selected before placing the section.
The floor plan and the section have different disciplines.

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34. When the following formula is entered for a parameter, when would the value of 50 be used?
if(Flow > 100, 200, 50)

When the Flow parameter is equal to 500.
When the Flow parameter is equal to 101.
When the Flow parameter is equal to 100.
When the Flow parameter is equal to 200.

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35. A mechanical designer is creating floor plan views for a 2-story building. The lobby ceiling on the first floor is 2 feet above the other spaces on the level. The designer wants to show the ductwork above the lobby on the first floor plan view without showing anything on the second level. How should this be accomplished?

Create a scope box around the lobby and adjust the View Range.
Create a dependent view for the lobby and adjust the View Range.
Create a plan region around the lobby and adjust the View Range.
Create a section box around the lobby and adjust the View Range.

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36. What is a note block used for?

Creating a list of general notes that can be placed on sheets.
Creating a keynote legend.
Creating a group of items that can be placed multiple times.
Creating a schedule of generic annotations.

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37. Linked connectors only have an effect when the System Type is set to which option?

Global
Supply Air
Other Air
Fitting

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38. Refer to exhibit.

The system was created using a combination of ducts and duct placeholders. Which option allows the mechanical designer to distinguish between the two?

Change the discipline of the view to Coordination.
Use the Tab key on the keyboard and detect disconnects between ducts and duct placeholders.
Select the entire system and click Convert Placeholder.
Change the level of detail to fine.

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39. Before running an energy analysis, what should a mechanical designer do to ensure Revit distinguishes between elements above ground and those underground?

Set the ground level at an elevation of 0
Add a toposurface to the model to set the ground plane
Assign a new project parameter to all elements and use for the distinguishing
Set the ground plane in the Energy Settings dialog

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40. A mechanical designer places hosted air terminals in the ceiling of a linked architectural model. What is the hosting type of the air terminals?

Non-hosted
Ceiling-hosted
Face-based
Floor-hosted

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41. Refer to exhibit.

What kind of views are Level 1 – Area A and Level 1 – Area B?

Plan regions
Drafting views
Dependent views
Scope boxes

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42. An architectural model is linked into a mechanical model. In the Visibility/Graphic Overrides dialog, the ceilings are not selected in the architectural model but selected in the mechanical model. In the Visibility/Graphic Overrides dialog, which option should be activated for the linked architectural model in order for the ceiling grids to appear?

By Host View
Halftone
Underlay
By Linked View

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43. A mechanical designer creates a formula for the Flow parameter (units=CFM) using the Pressure Drop parameter (units=in-wg). The value for the Pressure Drop is 0.5 in-wg. The formula for the Flow is ‘Pressure Drop * 5’. What is the result of the formula?

25
Revit displays a dialog that states ‘Inconsistent Units’
5
2.5

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44. What controls the parameter(s) that a tag reports?

Tag Type Properties
Label in the tag family
Shared parameters in the element families
Loaded Tags And Symbols dialog

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45. The air terminals in a model became orphaned when the link they were hosted to was deleted. How can the mechanical designer review a list of these terminals?

Check systems using Show Disconnects in the Analyze tab
Create a schedule for Air Terminals in the View tab.
Use Coordination Review in the Collaborate tab.
Use Reconcile Hosting in the Collaborate tab.

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46. A mechanical designer is creating a mechanical equipment family. The designer wants to add a clearance zone in the family and have it appear with a red dashed line. The equipment should appear like the other mechanical equipment components. How should this be accomplished?

Create a Yes/No family parameter and associate the Visible parameter of the clearance zone geometry.
Adjust the View Specific Display for the clearance zone geometry.
Adjust the Detail Levels in the Family Element Visibility Settings for the geometry.
Create a subcategory for the clearance zone and then set the Subcategory for the clearance zone geometry.

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47. A mechanical designer places a view on a sheet. The designer wants to move the viewport title independent of the viewport. What should the designer select to accomplish this?

Viewport title
Activate View
Viewport
Titleblock

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48. A mechanical designer has several tags in a project and some use a different font. The font for all tags should be the same. What should the designer do?

Create a global parameter and associate it to the tag Font in the Type Properties.
Open each tag family and specify the Font in the Object Styles dialog.
Create a family parameter for the Font and associate it to the label Font parameter.
Open each tag family and specify the Font in the label Type Properties.

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49. A mechanical designer is creating a mechanical equipment family. The designer creates an extrusion and wants the length and width to adjust for various family types. How can this be accomplished?

Add family parameters for Length and Width.
Associate family parameters to the extrusion’s Length and Width parameters.
Dimension the length and width of the extrusion.
Constrain the extrusion to reference planes that are driven by parameters.

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50. Refer to exhibit.

What happens when Accept Primary is selected for Option Set 1?

Nothing is deleted since Option 1 is already primary
Only Option 1 and Option 2 under Option Set 1 are deleted
Option Set 1 and all dependent options are deleted
All option sets and options are deleted

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51. A mechanical designer is modeling piping. The System Type for one pipe run is Undefined. How can the designer assign it to a system?

Change the pipe type.
Change the System Type in the Properties palette.
Use the Reapply type tool to update the system.
Connect a pipe assigned to the correct system.

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52. Refer to exhibit.

A team of two mechanical designers, User 1 and User 2, are working on a workshared project. What happens when User 2 tries to move an element that is part of Workset 2?

User 2 will be able to move the element.
User 1 will get a notification to grant or deny User 2 permission to move the element.
User 1 will become a borrower of the element.
User 2 will be able to make the move only if Editable for workset 2 is set to No.

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53. Refer to exhibit.

Based on the drawing area, what view state is currently active?

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

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54. Refer to exhibit.

How should a mechanical designer add DR OFFICE 2014 to System-Zone 1?

Select System Zone 1, click Edit Systems Zone, and add DR OFFICE 2014.
In the System Browser, click DR OFFICE 2014 and drag it under System-Zone 1.
Click DR OFFICE 2014, and then click Add Air System in the System Browser
Right-click DR OFFICE 2014 and select Move to > Chose Unconditioned.

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55. How should flow from mechanical equipment be associated to a pipe without connecting pipe elements to the connector on the equipment?

Create an analytical pipe connection.
Add the pipe and equipment to the same piping system.
Place the pipe and equipment in a group.
Link the connector on the equipment to the connector on the pipe.

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56. When editing a diffuser tag, which option allows the tag to remain horizontal if rotated 180 degrees?

Keep Readable
Horizontal Align Center
Visible
Rotate with Component

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57. Refer to exhibit.

A mechanical designer is reviewing an air terminal family. The designer selects a line and then clicks Visibility Settings in the contextual ribbon. What tool was used to create the line?

Sketch Line
Reference Line
Symbolic Line
Model Line

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58. A mechanical designer wants to connect a round duct into a rectangular duct with a tap. Which setting should be adjusted?

Transition
Justification
Inherit Elevation
Routing Preferences

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