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1. The beginner of the great hypostyle hall at
karnak and the founder of the 19th dynasty.

A. Rameses I
B. Rameses II
C. Rameses III
D. Rameses IV  
2. Plan shape of a Japanese pagoda.

A. Square
B. Rectangle
C. Round
D. Triangular  
3. In ancient Greece and Rome, a storeroom of
any kind, but especially for storing wine.

A. Acroterion
B. Anthemion
C. Antefix
D. Apotheca
4. cubicula" or bedroom is from what
architecture.

A. Roman
B. Greek
C. Egyptian
D. Byzantine  
5. Greek architecture was essentially ________

A. Domical roof construction

B. Helm Roof
C. Columnar trabeated
D. Arch and vault  
6. From the 5th century to the present, the
character of Byzantine architecture is the practice
of using.

A. Domical roof construction

B. Helm Roof
C. Columnar trabeated
D. Arch and vault  
7. The dining hall in a monastery, a convent, or a
college

A. Refectory
B. Cortel
C. Apse
D. Dipteral  
8. Amphitheaters are used for ___.

A. Sports competition
B. Gladiatorial Contests
C. Marathon race
D. Public meetings  
9. An ancient Greek Portico, a long colonnaded
shelter used in public places.

A. Stoa
B. Pteroma
C. Antefix
D. Anthemion  
10. With the use of concrete made possible by
pozzolan, a native natural cement, the Romans
achieved huge interiors with the

A. Domical roof construction

B. Helm Roof
C. Columnar trabeated
D. Arch and vault
11. Usual number of stories for a Chinese pagoda.

A. 10
B. 11
C. 12
D. 13
12. Strictly, a pedestal at the corners or peak of a
roof to support an ornament, more usually, the
ornament itself.

A. Acroterion
B. Anthemion
C. Antefix
D. Apotheca  
13. The space between the colonnade and the
naos wall in Greek temple

A. Stoa
B. Pteroma
C. Antefix
D. Anthemion  
14. Also called a 'Honeysuckle' ornament.

A. Acroterion
B. Anthemion
C. Antefix
D. Apotheca  
15. Triangular piece of wall above the entablature.

A. Pediment
B. Pendentive
C. Architrave
D. Frieze  
16. Romanesque architecture in Italy is
distinguished from that of the rest of Europe by
the use of what material for facing walls.

A. Bricks
B. Cement
C. Lime
D. Marble
17. An upright ornament at the eaves of a tile
roof, concealing the foot of a row of convex tiles
that cover the joints of the flat tiles.

A. Acroterion
B. Anthemion
C. Antefix
D. Apotheca
18. Forming the imposing entrance to the
acropolis and erected by the architect Mnesicles
is the

A. Parthenon
B. Propylaea
C. Pteroma
D. Stoa  
19. most famous and perfect preservation of all
ancient buildings in Rome.

A. Pantheon
B. Parthenon
C. Acropolis
D. Apotheca  
20. Which of the order was added by the Romans
to the orders used by the Greeks.

A. Corinthian
B. Doric
C. Composite
D. Ionic
21. Parts of an entablature, in order of top to
bottom.
i. Cornice      ii. Frieze      iii.Architrave

A. i, ii, iii
B. ii, i, iii
C. iii, i, ii
D. i, iii, ii  
22. The fortified high area or citadel of an ancient
Greek City.

A. Pantheon
B. Parthenon
C. Apotheca
D. Acropolis
23. The ornamental pattern work in stone, filling
the upper part of a Gothic window

A. Cavetto
B. Crenel
C. Tracery
D. Embrasures  
24. The architecture of the curved line is known
as ___.

A. Romanesque
B. Renaissance
C. Baroque
D. Medieval  
25. The open court in an Italian palazzo.

A. Tumuli
B. Dipteral
C. Prytaneion
D. Cortel  
26. How many stained glass are there in the
Chartres Cathedral?

A. 167
B. 176
C. 186
D. 168  
27. Plan shape of a Chinese pagoda.

A. Octagonal
B. Hexagonal
C. Rectangular
D. Square  
28. The mineral of greatest importance to Greek
architecture of which Greece and her domains
had ample supply of was.

A. Cement
B. Marble
C. Lime
D. Silica  
29. The characteristic of Greek ornament.

A. Acroterion
B. Anthemion
C. Antefix
D. Apotheca  
30. The building in the acropolis generally
considered as being the most nearly perfect
building ever erected is the.

A. Parthenon
B. Anthemion
C. Acroterion
D. Prytaneion
31. A compound bracket or capital in Japanese
architecture.

A. Cha-sit-su
B. Masu-gumi
C. Tokonoma
D. Torei  
32. Who erected the earliest known obelisk at
Heliopolis.

A. Amenemhat I
B. Imhotep
C. Senusret I
D. Zoser  
33. The world's first large-scale monument in
stone.

A. Pyramid of Zoser
B. Pyramid of Khufu
C. Pyramid of Cheops
D. Pyramid of Chefren  
34. Architect of TWA airport

A. Alvar Aalto
B. Frank Lloyd Wright
C. Mies van de Rohe
D. Eero Saarinen  
35. A small tower usually corbelled at the corner
of the castle.

A. Bartizan
B. Pinnacle
C. Minaret
D. Embrasures  
36. A decorative niche often topped with a
canopy and housing a statue.

A. Tabernacle
B. Baldachino
C. Lacunaria
D. Entablature  
37. Female statues with baskets serving as
columns

A. Astylar
B. Bartizan
C. Crenel
D. Canephora  
38. The architect of Chrysler building in N.Y.

 
A. Erich Mendelsohn
B. Welton Becket
C. Richard Josef Neutra
D. Van Alen
39. A recess in a wall to contain a statue or other
small items.

A. Ambulatory
B. Niche
C. Exedra
D. Narthex  
40. The highest sloped pyramid in Gizeh

A. Pyramid of Zoser
B. Pyramid of Khufu
C. Pyramid of Cheops
D. Pyramid of Chefren  
41. Architect of Iglesia ni Cristo.

A. Caesar Homer Concio

B. Felipe Mendoza
C. Juan Nakpil
D. Carlos Santos Viola
42. A concave molding approximately quarter
round.

A. Cavetto
B. Astylar
C. Crenel
D. Cortel  
43. A Filipino architect whose philosophy is 'the
structure must be well oriented'.

A. Caesar Homer Concio

B. Felipe Mendoza
C. Juan Nakpil
D. Carlos Santos Viola  
44. An ornamental canopy of stone or marble
permanently place over the altar in a church.

A. Tabernacle
B. Baldachino
C. Lacunaria
D. Entablature  
45. What architectural term is termed to be free
from any historical style?

A. Renaissance
B. Eclecticism
C. Art Nouveau
D. Baroque  
46. "A house is like a flower pot"

A. Jugendstijl
B. Eero Saarinen
C. Richard Josef Neutra
D. Alvar Aalto
47. Architect of Robinson's Galleria

A. Jose Siao Ling

B. William Cosculluela
C. Gabriel Formoso
D. Jun Palafox  
48. "Modern architecture need not be western".

A. I.M. Pei
B. Kenzo Tange
C. Tadao Ando
D. Tomas Mapua  
49. Finest example of French-Gothic architecture

A. Chartres Cathedral
B. Soissons Cathedral
C. Lyon Cathedral
D. Reims Cathedral  
50. Art Nouveau is known as the international
style, in Germany it is known as ___.

A. Jugendstijl
B. Eero Saarinen
C. Richard Josef Neutra
D. Alvar Aalto  
51. Not included in the scope of services for
Interior Design of a music studio commissioned to
an Architect Founder of the Bauhaus School of
Art.

A. Alvar Aalto
B. Eero Saarinen
C. Walter Gropius
D. Le Corbusier  
52. Plan shape of a Chinese pagoda.

A. Octagonal
B. Hexagonal
C. Rectangular
D. Square  
53. A decorative bracket usually taking the form
of a cyma reversa strap.

A. Bema
B. Console
C. Cavetto
D. Tracery  
54. A large apsidal extension of the interior
volume of a church

A. Ambulatory
B. Niche
C. Exedra
D. Narthex  
55. In the middle kingdom, in Egyptian
architecture, who consolidated the administrative
system, made a survey of the country, set
boundaries to the provinces, and other helpful
works.
A. Amenemhat I
B. Imhotep
C. Senusret I
D. Zoser  
56. A special feature of Japanese houses, used to
display a flower arrangement or art.

A. Cha-sit-su
B. Tokonama
C. Masu-gumi
D. Torei  
57. The most famous structure of Byzantine
architecture and notable of its large dome.

A. Basilica of Saint’Apollinare Nuovo

B. Church of San Vitale
C. Hagia Irene
D. Hagia Sophia
58. Another term for crenel or intervals between
merlon of a battlement

A. Cavetto
B. Embrasures
C. Bartizan
D. Astylar
59. Not among the three pyramids in Gizeh

A. Cheops
B. Chefren
C. Khufu
D. Mykerinos  
60. King Zoser's architect who was deified in the
26th dynasty

A. Imhotep
B. Amenemhat
C. Libon
D. Senusret
61. 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.

A. Antipolo Church
B. Angono Church
C. Jala-jala Church
D. Morong Church  
62. In Greek temples, the equivalent of the crypt
is the ___.

A. Naos
B. Narthex
C. Apse
D. Nave  
63. Designer of the Taj Mahal

A. Shah Jalan
B. Shah Jahan
C. Shah Reza
D. Shah Naser  
64. A raised stage reserved for the clergy in early
Christian churches

A. Ambo
B. Bema
C. Cella
D. Cancelli  
65. Corresponds to the Greek naos.

A. Ambo
B. Bema
C. Cella
D. Cancelli
66. Expressionist Architect

A. Eero Saarinen
B. Alvar Aalto
C. Hennevique
D. Erich Mendelsohn  
67. In early Christian churches, the bishop took
the central place at the end of the church called
_______.

A. Naos
B. Narthex
C. Apse
D. Nave  
68. Orientation of the Roman temple is towards
the ______.

A. Forum
B. Parthenon
C. Agora
D. Colloseum  
69. Architect of G.S.I.S. Building, Roxas Boulevard.

A. Froilan Hong
B. Gabriel Formoso
C. George Ramos
D. Felipe Palafox  
70. "Architecture is Organic".

A. Mies van de Rohe

B. Walter Gropius
C. Le Corbusier
D. Frank Lloyd Wright
71. Founders of the "Art Nouveau".

A.Alvar Aalto
B. Frank Lloyd Wright
C. Inigo Jones
D. John Ruskin and William Morris
72. First elected U.A.P. president.

A. Jose Herrera
B. Juan Nakpil
C. Cesar Concio
D. Felipe Mendoza  
73. Invented reinforced concrete in France.

A. Erich Mendelsohn
B. Le Corbusier
C. Mies van de Rohe
D. Hennevique
74. The architect of the Quiapo Church before its
restoration.

A. Tomas Mapua
B. Juan Nakpil
C. Jose Herrera
D. Cesar Concio  
75. Architect of Central Bank of the Philippines,
Manila.

A. Gabriel Formoso
B. George Ramos
C. Froilan Hong
D. Leandro Locsin  
76. Orientation of the Greek temple is towards
the ___.

A. East
B. West
C. North
D. South  
77. The first plan shape of the St. Peter's Basilica
by Bramante.

A. Latin Cross
B. Greek Cross
C. English Cross
D. French Cross  
78. Architect of the Batasang Pambansa.

A. Felipe Mendoza
B. Gabriel Formoso
C. Leandro Locsin
D. George Ramos  
79. The final plan shape of the St. Peter's Basilica
by Carlo Maderna.

A. Latin Cross
B. Greek Cross
C. English Cross
D. French Cross  
80. Sculptor for the Bonifacio Monument.

A. Antonio Guillermo
B. Guillermo Tolentino
C. Antonio Tolentino
D. Ang Kiukok  
81. Designer of the Bonifacio Monument.

A. Cesar Concio
B. Felipe Mendoza
C. Tomas Mapua
D. Juan Nakpil
82. Architect of the Rizal Memorial Stadium.

A. Tomas Mapua
B. Juan Nakpil
C. Jose Herrera
D.Cesar Concio
83. From the Greek temples, a temple that have
porticoes of columns at the front and rear.

A. Astylar
B. Amphi-Prostyle
C. Dipteral
D. Tympanum  
84. On either side of the choir, pulpits for the
reading of the epistle and the gospel are
called.

A. Ambo
B. Bema
C. Cella
D. Cancelli  
 
85. Architect of the Philippine Heart Center.

A. Felipe Mendoza
B. Gabriel Formoso
C. Leandro Locsin
D. George Ramos
86. In some churches, there is a part which is
raised as part of the sanctuary which later
developed into the transept, this is the ______.

A. Ambo
B. Bema
C. Cella
D. Cancelli  
87. First president and founder of PAS.

A. Jose Herrera
B. Juan Nakpil
C. Cesar Concio
D. Felipe Mendoza
88. Architect of SM Megamall.

A. Jose Siao Ling

B. Antonio Sin Diong
C. Gilbert Yu
D. Jonathan Gan  
89. This church, 1st built by the Augustinian Fr.
Miguel Murguia, has an unusually large bell which
was made from approximately 70 sacks of coins
donated by the towns people.

A. Panay Cathedral in Capiz

B. Las Pinas Cathedral
C. Quiapo Church
D. Laoag Cathedral  
90. Architect of the National Library, Philippines.

A. Jose Herrera
B. Juan Nakpil
C. Cesar Concio
D. Felipe Mendoza
91. The room for oils and unguents in the
thermae.

A. Apodyteria
B. Calidarium
C. Sudatorium
D. Unctuaria
92. The senate house of the Greeks

A. Insulae
B. Bouleuterion
C. Domus
D. Prytaneion
93. A small private bath found in Roman houses
or palaces.

A. Balneum
B. Domus
C. Insulae
D. Thalamus  
94. The Hot room of the Thermae

A. Tepidarium
B. Calidarium
C. Sudatorium
D. Unctuaria  
95. The oldest and most important forum in
Rome.

A. Forum Romanum
B. Imperial Forum
C. Forum Cuppedinis
D. Forum Vinarium  
96. A roman house with a central patio

A. Villa
B. Domus
C. Atrium House
D. Thalamus  
97. The private house of the Romans.

A. Villa
B. Domus
C. Atrium House
D. Thalamus  
98. Greek architecture was essentially.

A. Domical roof construction

B. Helm Roof
C. Columnar trabeated
D. Arch and vault  
99. First school which offered architecture in the
Philippines.

A. Mapua
B. UST
C. Liceo de Manila
D. National University  
100. The dressing room of the Thermae.

A. Apodyteria
B. Calidarium
C. Sudatorium
D. Unctuaria  
101. One of the few churches of its type to have
survived having a square nave and without cross-
arms, roofed by a dome which spans to the outer
walls of the building.

A. Nea Moni
B. Church of Saint Simon
C. Church of the Most Holy Trinity, Portugal
D. Liverpool Cathedral , U.K.  
102. An upright ornament at the eaves of a tile
roof, concealing the foot of a row of convex tiles
that cover the joints of the flat tiles.

A. Acroterion
B. Anthemion
C. Antefix
D. Apotheca  
103. The warm room in the Thermae.

A. Tepidarium
B. Calidarium
C. Sudatorium
D. Unctuaria  
104. The space between the colonnade and the
naos wall in Greek temple

A. Stoa
B. Pteroma
C. Antefix
D. Anthemion  
105. The finest of Greek Tombs, also known as the
'tomb of Agamemnon'.

A. Phylaki
B. Treasury of Atreus
C. Nea Roumata
D. Tholos Tomb  
106. The council house in Greece

A. Insulae
B. Bouleuterion
C. Domus
D. Prytaneion  
107. Orientation of the Medieval Church.

A. East
B. West
C. North
D. South  
108. The space for the clergy and choir is
separated by a low screen wall from the body of
the church called _______.

A. Ambo
B. Bema
C. Cella
D. Cancelli
109. The dry or sweating room in the Thermae.

A. Tepidarium
B. Calidarium
C. Sudatorium
D. Unctuaria  
110. The colosseum in Rome also known as the
"flavian amphitheater" was commenced by whom
and completed by whom?

A. Vespasian / Domitian
B. Julius Caesar
C. Nero
D. Theodosius II  
111. Smallest cathedral in the world. (Byzantine
period)

A. Little Metropole Cathedral, Athens

B. Sao Paulo Cathedral, Brazil
C. Cathedral of San Giovanni, Rome
D. Aachen Cathedral, Germany  
112. Who commenced the 'hall of hundred
columns'?

A. Darius
B. Hystaspes
C. Amytis
D. Xerxes  
113. The best example of a German Romanesque
church with apses at both east and west

A. Worms Cathedral
B. Tournai Cathedral
C. Trier Cathedral
D. Bamberg Cathedral  
114. Architect of the Chicago Tribune Tower.

A. Eliel Saarinen
B. Mies van de Rohe
C. Frank Lloyd Wright
D. Erich Mendelsohn  
115. Semi-palatial house surrounded by an open
site.

A. Villa
B. Domus
C. Atrium House
D. Thalamus  
116. Type of plan of the Byzantine churches.

A. Circular
B. Cross-type
C. Rectangular
D. Centralized
117. Roman apartment blocks

A. Villa
B. Domus
C. Insulae
D. Thalamus  
118. Orientation of the Etruscan temple is
towards the ___.

A. East
B. West
C. North
D. South  
119. The sleeping room of the 'megaron'.

A. Balneum
B. Domus
C. Insulae
D. Thalamus
120. The oldest circus in Rome.

A. Circus Varianus
B. Circus Maximus
C. Circus of Maxentius
D. Circus Flaminius
121. A type of Roman wall facing with a net-like
effect.

A. Opus Incertum
B. Opus Mixtum
C. Opus Recticulatum
D. Opus Quadratum  
122. Conceptualized the Corinthian capital.

A. Phidias
B. Ptolemy III
C. Callimachus
D. Bernini  
123. He erected the entrance Piazza at St. Peter's
Basilica.

A. Hadrian
B. Bernini
C. Vitruvius
D. Agrippa  
124. The most beautiful and best preserved of the
Greek theaters.

A. Epidauros
B. Odeoin
C. Pinacotheca
D. Podium  
125. Who began the building of the Great
Hypostyle Hall at Karnak?

A. Ptolemy III
B. Thothmes I
C. Senusret I
D. Amenemhat I  
126. Roman architect of the Greek Temples of
Zeus, Olympius.

A. Libon
B. Mnesicles
C. Theron
D. Cossutius
127. He created the Dymaxion House, "the first
machine for living".

A. Buckminster Fuller
B. Louis Sullivan
C. Marcel Lajos Breuer
D. Le Corbusier  
128. Architects of the Hagia Sophia. (St. Sophia,
Constantinople)

A. Callicrates and Ictinus

B. Anthemius and Isidorus
C. Theron and Libon
D. Cossutius and Mnesicles  
129. Architect of the Erechtheion

A. Libon
B. Mnesicles
C. Theron
D. Cossutius  
130. A term given to the mixture of Christian,
Spanish, and Muslim 12th-16th century
architecture

A. Byzantine
B. Romanesque
C. Saracenic
D. Mudejar  
131. The dominating personality who became an
ardent disciple of the Italian renaissance style

A. Christopher Wren
B. Iñigo Jones
C. John Vanbrugh
D. William Chambers  
132. A kindred type to the theater.

A. Epidauros
B. Odeion
C. Pinacotheca
D. Podium  
133. Architect of the Great Serapeum at
Alexandria.

A. Ptolemy III
B. Thothmes I
C. Senusret I
D. Amenemhat I  
134. A house is a machine to live in".

A. Frank Lloyd Wright

B. Le Corbusier
C. Mies van der Rohe
D. Walter Gropius  
135. Architect of the Lung Center of the
Philippines.

A. George Ramos
B. William Cosculluela
C. Froilan Hong
D. Gabriel Formoso  
136. Architect of the Temple of Zeus, Agrigentum

A. Libon
B. Mnesicles
C. Theron
D. Cossutius
137. The architect of the Pantheon.

A. Hadrian
B. Bernini
C. Vitruvius
D. Agrippa  
138. "Form follows function".

A. Buckminster Fuller
B. Louis Sullivan
C. Marcel Lajos Breuer
D. Le Corbusier  
139. A type of Roman wall facing with alternating
courses of brickworks

A. Opus Incertum
B. Opus Mixtum
C. Opus Recticulatum
D. Opus Quadratum  
140. Marble mosaic pattern used on ceilings of
vaults and domes.

A. Opus Tesselatum
B. Opus Mixtum
C. Opus Recticulatum
D. Opus Quadratum  
141. Architect of the famous Propylaea, Acropolis

A. Mnesicles
B. Cossutius
C. Anthemius
D. Isidorus  
142. Architect of the World Trade Center.

A. Kenzo Tange
B. Arata Isozake
C. Minoru Yamasaki
D. Tadao Ando  
143. Architect of Manila Hilton Hotel

A. Erich Mendelsohn
B. Daniel Burnham
C. Inigo Jones
D. Welton Becket  
144. A type of roman wall facing with rectangular
block with or without mortar joints

A. Opus Tesselatum
B. Opus Mixtum
C. Opus Recticulatum
D. Opus Quadratum  
145. Architect of the Bi-Nuclear House, the H-Plan

A. Buckminster Fuller
B. Louis Sullivan
C. Marcel Lajos Breuer
D. Le Corbusier  
146. A Greek building that contains painted
pictures.

A. Epidauros
B. Odeion
C. Pinacotheca
D. Podium  
147. A type of Roman wall facing which is made of
small stone laid in a loose pattern roughly
resembling polygonal work

A. Opus Incertum
B. Opus Mixtum
C. Opus Recticulatum
D. Opus Tesselatum  
148. Architect of the Temples of Zeus, Olympia.

A. Libon
B. Mnesicles
C. Theron
D. Cossutius  
149. Master sculptor of the Parthenon.

A. Phidias
B. Ptolemy III
C. Callimachus
D. Bernini  
150. Mexican Architect/Engineer who introduced
thin shell construction.

A. Carlos Rodriguez
B. Felix Outerino Candela
C. Luis Soria y Mata
D. Francisco Sanchez