Deck 5: Graphic Materials and Techniques

Question 1

Most landscape renderings rely on the broad nib color marker as the workhorse with finer-pointed markers used as supplements.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Foam board can be cut neatly with scissors.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Markers soak in and dry instantly, defying erasure.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Symbols must enhance the client's understanding of the design but should not be so complex as to be distracting from full appreciation of the design.

Question 5

Some drawing techniques are more easily accomplished by hand drawing than by computer.

Question 6

The plan view is like viewing the land from an airplane.

Question 7

Labeling lines in the design can never be overused to ensure clarity because they cannot be mistaken for object lines.

Question 8

The inclusion of the names of the clients and designer is of little importance.

Question 9

The graphic style used should be varied throughout the piece of work.

Question 10

Color pencils can be blended by overlaying different colors.

Question 11

Graphic art media fall into which category(ies)?

A) draw and delineate
B) render and interpret
C) both "draw and delineate" and "render and interpret"
D) none of these answers is correct

Question 12

An elevation view is like a plan view in what way?

A) computer dependent
B) unscaled
C) scaled
D) none of these answers is correct

Question 13

Which of these plants is a broadleaf evergreen?

A) pines
B) dogwoods
C) hollies
D) oaks

Question 14

The symbol used to represent deciduous plants tend to be ______.

A) spiny leaf
B) large leaf
C) linear
D) generic or general

Question 15

How do trees and shrubs grow out from their centers?

A) diagonally
B) radially
C) hexagonally
D) vertically

Question 16

Ground covers are generally regarded as being no more than what height?

A) 23 inches
B) 18 inches
C) 7 inches
D) 12 inches

Question 17

Color pencils are sold in sets that can include up to what number of different colors?

A) 120
B) 150
C) 180
D) 200

Question 18

Which of the following is NOT significant to a successful layout presentation?

A) proper length to width ratio
B) paralleling component sides with sheet sides
C) clustering of minor components in a common place
D) balancing the white space

Question 19

Which of these views does a landscape designer rarely create?

A) elevation view
B) section view
C) plan view
D) perspective view

Question 20

When color brilliance is an important part of a presentation drawing, which is the best medium to use?

A) graphite pencils
B) colored pencils
C) color markers
D) felt pens

Question 21

The most common drawing by landscape designers is the ____________________.

Question 22

To suggest how plants grow radially out from their center, the symbols are commonly drawn using a ____________________.

Question 23

Design materials that are not living plant materials are referred to as ____________________.

Question 24

The two most common methods of reproducing landscape drawings are the diazo process and the ____________________ process.

Question 25

The diazo process uses the chemical ____________________ to develop the prints.

Question 26

Color pencil and design markers should not be applied over ____________________.

Question 27

On drawings that have very small symbols, labeling may need to be applied as ____________________.

Question 28

When lines that pass beneath other lines are deliberately drawn lighter or thinner, it is termed ____________________.

Question 29

A plant list alphabetizes the ____________________ names.

Question 30

To enable the plan view to be measured and eventually installed necessitates that the drawing have a ____________________.