Revit for Mechanical Design Professional Certification Prep

1. 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
Flow Configuration
System Type
System Classification

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

Visible
Keep Readable
Horizontal Align Center
Rotate with Component

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

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

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4. 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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5. 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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6. 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?

Out
Calculated
System
In

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7. 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?

Select Multiple on the Options bar when using the Copy/Monitor tool.
In the Coordination Settings dialog, set Plumbing Fixtures to Allow batch copy.
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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8. 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
Plan Region
Drafting
Legend

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9. 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?

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

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10. 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?

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

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

Element Keynotes
User Keynotes
Text in a Drafting View
Noteblocks

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

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

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

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14. 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 dependent view for the lobby and adjust the View Range.
Create a scope box around 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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15. 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
Titleblock
Activate View
Viewport title

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16. 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?

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

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17. What is a note block used for?

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

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18. 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?

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.
Create a schedule with the Type Mark and Type, deselect Itemize every instance, sort by Type, and input the Type Mark in the schedule.
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.
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.

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19. 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?

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

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20. 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?

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

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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?

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

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22. 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.
Use the Reapply type tool to update the system.
Connect a pipe assigned to the correct system.
Change the System Type in the Properties palette.

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23. Refer to exhibit.

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

Drafting views
Scope boxes
Dependent views
Plan regions

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24. 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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25. 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?

Fan
Heating Coil
Heating Hot Water Loop
Cooling Coil

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26. 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?

Existing
Demolished
Temporary
New

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

Add a toposurface to the model to set the ground plane
Set the ground level at an elevation of 0

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1. 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?

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

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

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

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

6. 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?

7. 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?

8. 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?

9. 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?

10. 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?

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

12. 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?

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

15. 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?

16. 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?

17. What is a note block used for?

18. 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?

19. 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?

20. 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?

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?

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

23. Refer to exhibit.

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

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

25. 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?

26. 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?

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