HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE

QUESTION 1
Which of the following best pertains to the movement of people from urban areas to peripheral
towns?
b.Hippodamian migration

QUESTION 2
Minimum size of room for human habitation
a.6.00 sq. meters with a least dimension of 2.00 meters

QUESTION 3
The spatial dimension of a circulation space depends on the social setting, activities, and capacity of
the space, the building type, and the existing laws and regulations. For example, The primary
function a hallway is for accessing multiple spaces within an enclosed designated walking space. 
a.Ergonomics

QUESTION 4
He was the Architect of mall asia also abbreviated as SM MoA or simply MoA.
b.Robert Ong

QUESTION 5
The characteristic of an existing structure that will directly affect the thermal environment of adjacent
new construction is its
d. footprint

QUESTION 6
A structure of parallel colonnades supporting an open roof of beams and crossing rafters or
trelliswork, over which climbing plants are trained to grow.
Pergola

QUESTION 7
the introduction of undesirable artificial light into the outdoors 
b. light pollution

QUESTION 8
Who said that “The magnificent display of volume put together in the light”
Le Corbusier
QUESTION 9
What is the urban capital of the Roman empire during the time that Christ was born?
b. Acropolis

QUESTION 10
Which of the following *Roman spaces is considered the political forum of Capit Mundi?
a. Stoa Pynx

QUESTION 11
Accessible parking width
b. 2.75m

QUESTION 12
The simplest form of diagram which illustrates the spacial relationships of the proposed building is a
Proximity Matrix, WHEREBY A SERIES OF ICONS HAVE PRESET MEANINGS, therefore allowing
for the easy comprehension of the required spacial relationships.
c. Proximity Matrix

QUESTION 13
refers to the right to occupy certain empty space above their land
c. air rights

QUESTION 14
What is the ideal roof type for residential buildings in the tropical region?
a. gable roof
QUESTION 15
A part of the house that most friends and guests see. This is the area that usually becomes the
showplace. This area is roughly 1/3 of the house and serves a variety of functions. It is the location
for family get-togethers, dining, recreation, entertaining, and just relaxing.
c.Living Room

QUESTION 16
Tomb of Atreus, a noted example of the tholos type of tomb is also known as:
C. Tomb of Agamemnon

QUESTION 17
IT IS THE PROTOTYPE OF THE ROMAN  THERMAE
A. Skene
QUESTION 18
How did Baroque style arrive in the Philippines?
A. It was brought by the Spanish.

QUESTION 19
ORIENTATION OF EARLY CHRISTIAN CHURCHES IS TOWARDS THE ;
A. Plaza/Park

QUESTION 20
State or equality of being identical, homogenous, or regular.
Homogeneity

QUESTION 21
ARCHITECT OF THE LEGISLATIVE BUILDING (NOW THE NATIONAL MUSEUM)
A. JUAN ARELLANO

QUESTION 22
energy that is provided by renewable sources, such as the sun or the wind
C. renewable energy

QUESTION 23
A type of roman wall facing with rectangular block with or without mortar joints.

QUESTION 24
Zoning ordinances promote social vitality within a city when they include
A. mixed use and overlay zoning

QUESTION 25
Which of the following is a city design done by Le Corbusier?
Radius Villa

QUESTION 26
LE CORBUSIER PLANNED A HIGH DENSITY BUILDING THAT WAS A “SUPER BUILDING” THAT
CONTAINED 337 DWELLINGS IN ONLY ACRES OF LAND. WHAT IS THE STRUCTURE THAT
SUPPOSED TO BE LOCATED IN MARSEILLES?
B. Unite d’ Habitation

QUESTION 27
a building that has a substantially reduced impact on the natural environment and that provides
indoor conditions conducive to good human health

C. green building

QUESTION 28
A system of architectural education, originated in the late 19th century France, based on placing
students for training in the studios of faculty members who were successful practicing architects.
Apprenticeship

QUESTION 29
Minimum size of bath and toilet

1.20 sq. meters with a least dimension of 900 millimeters

QUESTION 30
Which of the following structures could commonly be found in a Mesopotamian city?

The Tower of Babylon, An agora, and a mastaba

QUESTION 31
Refers to the size or proportion of a building element or space relative to dimensions of the human
body 
C. human scale

QUESTION 32
Which of the following settlements  belong to the Indus Valley Civilization?
-

Harappa and
Mohenjo Daro
only

QUESTION 33
materials diverted from the waste stream during manufacturing
- recovered recycled materials
QUESTION 34
A room or part of a room used for cooking and food preparation in a dwelling or in a commercial
establishment.
- Kitchen

QUESTION 35
Which law will a person be implicated in who misrepresent him/herself as an Architect and practices
Architecture illegally?
-
Architecture Act of 2004 (RA 9266)

QUESTION 36
In cold climates, vapor barriers are desirable below attic insulation because they
-
minimize moisture migration

QUESTION 37
Which of the following defines the sudden loss of shearing resistance in a cohesionless soil?
-
Liquefaction

QUESTION 38
a space that is neither heated nor cooled
-
unconditioned space

QUESTION 39
Accessible parking width
- 2.75m

QUESTION 40
It refers to all the ways people use their inventions and discoveries to satisfy their needs and
desires.
-Technology
QUESTION 41
When lines, planes, and surface treatments are repeated in a regular sequence.
-Rythm
QUESTION 42
“the city of the future, conceived as a city which can expand and always be ready to create a new
centre and new neighbourhoods.”
- Ekistics

QUESTION 43
the area of a site that is disturbed during construction
- construction boundary

QUESTION 44
Which of the following Greek spaces is considered the political forum of Athens?
- Agora

QUESTION 45
The Greek council house which is covered meeting place for the democratically-elected council is
called:
-
)Bouleuterion

QUESTION 46
What is the maximum width of an exit door leaf?
- 800mm

QUESTION 47
It is the Eclectic Style of domestic architecture of the 1870’s and 1880’s in England & the USA &
actually based on country house & cottage Elizabethan architecture w/c was characterized by a
blending of Tudor Gothic,English Ren. & Colonial elements in the US. 
- Jacobean Architecture

QUESTION 48
Architect of Iglesia ni Cristo.
- Carlos Santos Viola

QUESTION 49
In proxemics, a type of space that triggers behaviors that tends to separate people.
- Proxemics

QUESTION 50
Easements are generally placed on private property to accommodate which of the following?
- Setbacks

QUESTION 51
Building failure can often be traced to unstable subsoil conditions. Which of the following subsurface
conditions is likely to cause differential settlement of building foundations?
-
Small boulders dispersed in gravel

QUESTION 52
The entrance passage in the domus is
-
Atrium

QUESTION 53
It refers to the art or craft of responding to our educational needs.
-
Education technology

QUESTION 54
ENCLOSURE FORMED BY HUGE STONES PLANTED ON THE GROUND IN CIRCULAR FORM.
-
Dolmen

QUESTION 55
Built by the Franciscan priest Fr. Blas dela Madre, this church in Rizal whose design depicts the
heavy influence of Spanish Baroque, was declared a national treasure.
-
Panay Cathedral

in Capiz

QUESTION 56
The architect of the Pantheon.
- Emperor Hadrian
QUESTION 57
the buoyancy-driven flow of air up through a building in winter
- stack effect

QUESTION 58
a site that has been contaminated
-
black field

QUESTION 59
Human qualities are associated with non-human entities/events.
- Anthromorphism

QUESTION 60
involves the descriptive study of all kinds of human settlements and the formulation of general
conclusions aimed at achieving harmony between the inhabitants of a settlement and their physical
and sociocultural environments
- Doxiadis

QUESTION 61
The term “right-of-way” is used to describe
- a right belonging to a party to pass over land of another

QUESTION 62
What is the ideal roof color of buildings in the tropical region?
-brown

QUESTION 63
any of various computer simulations that predict a buildings' energy use
- energy simulation

QUESTION 64
AN ENGLISH ARCHITECT WHO PREPARED PLAN FOR LONDON I.E., ST. PETER ‘S AND ST.
PAUL CATHEDRAL; PROPOSED A NETWORK OF AVENUES CONNECTING THE MAIN
FEATURES OF LONDON.
-
Leon Battista Alberti

QUESTION 65
The most important factor for locating a new retail center is
-
its proximity to employment zone areas

QUESTION 66
the exchange of air between the outdoors and the interior of a building
-
infiltration

QUESTION 67
What do you call a state of mind or concept that leans toward urban characteristics?
-
Urbanism

QUESTION 68
A storage room with enough space for someone to stand in it while accessing stored items. Larger
ones used for clothes shade into dressing room.
-
Walk-In Closet

QUESTION 69
Which of the following regions produce the most oil and gas stocks?
-
Southeast
Asia

QUESTION 70
State of having diverse forms, types, or characteristics.

QUESTION 71
Is the primary identifying characteristic of a volume. It is determined by the shapes and
interrelationships of the planes that describe the boundaries of volume
-FORM
QUESTION 72
Minimum air space for habitable rooms.
- 14.00 cu. meters of air space per person

QUESTION 73
Topography is the most critical criterion when routing which of the following utility lines?
- Storm sewer

QUESTION 74
"Form follows function".
-Sullivan

QUESTION 75
wastewater from sinks, shower, and washing machines that can be collected and treated for re-use
such as flushing of toilets or watering of landscape.
-
gray water

QUESTION 76
A property of perception in which there is a tendency to group elements which are close together, to
the exclusion of those which are further away.

QUESTION 77
The practice of balancing cut and fill is used in
- site grading

QUESTION 78
a previously developed area, uncontaminated but with a visible residue of development.
-
green field

QUESTION 79
Greek city states saw a series of evolutions with regards to its city-centers. In the latter parts of
history, greek city states revolved around public spaces that signified the value and importance of
democracy, especially in Athens. To which public space did the city state of Athens revolve around
in its later heyday.  Choose the best answer.
- Agora
QUESTION 80
Preferred walk-way gradient
- 2%

QUESTION 81
Which of the following structures could commonly be found in a Mesopotamian city?
-
The Tower of Babylon, An agora, and a mastaba
Pynx

QUESTION 82
refer to the "right to control, occupy, or use the vertical space (air space) above a property, subject to
necessary and reasonable use by neighbor(s) and others (such as aircraft)"
- air rights

QUESTION 83
Which civilization had city states that were strictly grid-like, with particular orientations for openings,
walls, and throne rooms, as if to dictate the flow of energy within the city? Truly, city plans for this
civilization reflected social rigidity where roles of its society were very clearly defined and
demarcated.
- Egyptian

QUESTION 84
daylighting provided by windows on the side of a building
- day lighting

QUESTION 85
Which of the following geospatial layers contains fossil fuel stocks?
- Environmental

QUESTION 86
A unified configuration, pattern, or field of specific properties that cannot be derived from the
summation of the component parts.

QUESTION 87
In some churches, there is a part which is raised as part of the sanctuary which later developed into
the transept, this is the ___
-altar

QUESTION 88
Which type of planning is architectural in scope and focuses only on site development?
- Site Planning
QUESTION 89
He was Said to be the First filipino licensed architect.
- Tomas mapua

QUESTION 90
It is Used for relaxing, playing, entertaining Usually near the house but not connected 
- Patio

QUESTION 91
A roof overhang on which of the following façades of a building built in the northern hemisphere will
provide seasonal adjustment for solar radiation?
-WEST

QUESTION 92
In the Cagayan de Oro City, which façade will likely to have 8 months exposure of high solar
radiation?
-south

QUESTION 93
There are several important reasons why a front setback is required but which item is not among the
reasons?
- To provide space for the government to expropriate land when there will be a road widening.

QUESTION 94
Restrictive covenants are typically developed on behalf of
= design professionals

QUESTION 95
Minimum dimension of accessible elevators
-
1.80 x 2.00m
QUESTION 96
Which renewable energy technology that converts sunlight into electricity? 
-
Solar Panel

QUESTION 97
Minimum headroom clearance
-2.1 m

QUESTION 98
The original scheme for a design presented in the form of a sketch outlining its specific character, to
be developed in detail in later studies.

QUESTION 99
In a residential development composed of large building lots, on-site sewage disposal for each lot is
permitted subject to the suitability of the soil. Which of the following soil investigations should the
architect request?
- Test for soil alkalinity
Pynx

QUESTION 100
ARCHITECT OF THE FOLK ARTS THEATER
- LEANDRO LOCSIN