NBC Answer Key

NATIONAL BUILDING CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES
1. The purpose of the NBC is to provide for all buildings and structures, a framework of
standards and requirements which is the
a. maximum
b. minimum
c. regular
d. definite
2. Under the NBC abutment on lot lines are allowed only in
a. R-1 zones
b. R-2 & R-3 zones
c. Fire zones
d. prohibited zones
3. Under the NBC, every corridor and exterior exit balcony servings as a required exit for
an occupant load of more than ten width shall not be less than
a. 1.10 mts
b. 1.20 mts
c. 1.40 mts
d. 1.50 mts
4. Under the NBC, the vertical distance between landings shall not be more than
a. 2.5 mts
b. 3.00 mts
c. 3.30 mts
d. 3.60 mts
5. Under the NBC, open spaces for corners and through lots is
a. 10%
b. 20%
c. 40%
d. 50%
6. Under the NBC, open spaces inside lots is
a. 20%
b. 30%
c. 40%
d. 50%
7. Under the NBC, space required for interior lots is
a. 20%
b. 30%
c. 40%
d. 50%
8. Under the NBC, the minimum dimension for court or near yard from the property line
to the face of the building is
a. 1.50 mts
b. 2.00 mts
c. 2.50 mts
d. 3.00 mts
9. Under the NBC, a building in R-1 zone shall comply with the open space requirement
in the form of
a. 3.00 mts
b. 4.00 mts
c. 5.00 mts
d. 6.00 mts
10. Under the NBC, clearance between established grade of the street and/ or sidewalk
and the lowest under surface of any part of the balcony shall not less than
a. 2.10 mts
b. 2.40 mts
c. 3.00 mts
d. 3.60 mts
11. Under the NBC, the interior lots shall have an access road with a minimum width of
a. 1.50mts
b. 2.40 mts
c. 3.00 mts
d. 3.60 mts
12. Under the NBC, gasoline filling and service stations shall classified under what
occupancy classification?
a. accessory
b. assembly
c. industrial
d. business & mercantile
13. Under the NBC, display windows or wall signs within how many meters above the
sidewalk
a. 2.40 mts
b. 2.70 mts
c. 3.00 mts
d. 3.30 mts
14. Under the NBC, areas where adequate parking lots/ multi-floor parking garages are
available within 200 mts. of the proposed building / structures only what percent of
the parking requirements maybe provided within the premises?
a. 10 %
b. 15%
c. 20%
d. 25%
15. Under the NBC, general units of measurement on consonance with the current
worldwide practice follow the
a. Uniform Construction Index
b. International Standard
c. System International
d. English System
16. Under the NBC, the minimum requirements for a parking space is
a. 600 mm
b. 750 mm
c. 900 mm
d. 1000 mm
17. Under the NBC, for Group A Dwellings, stairs shall have a clear width of at least
a. 2.30x4.70
b. 2.50x5.00
c. 2.80x5.50
d. 3.00x6.00
18. Under the NBC, mezzanine floors shall have a clear ceiling height not less than how
many?
a. 1.80 mts
b. 2.00 mts
c. 2.10 mts
d. 2.40 mts
19. Under the NBC, hospitals shall have one parking slot for every how many beds?
a. 15
b. 20
c. 25
d. 30
20. Under the NBC, all inner courts shall be connected to a street or yard either by a pass
with a minimum width of
a. 1.20 mts
b. 1.50 mts
c. 1.80 mts
d. 2.00 mts
21. Under the NBC, a dwelling shall occupy not more than how many percent of an
inside non-corner single frontage lot?
a. 60%
b. 70%
c. 80%
d. 90%
22. Under the NBC, prisons shall be classified under what occupancy classification
a. institutional
b. residential
c. education and recreation
d. business and mercantile
23. Under the NBC, cold storage shall be classified under what occupancy classification?
a. business & mercantile
b.industrial c. accessory d.storage& mercantile
24 Under the NBC, factories using not highly combustible materials shall be classified
under occupancy classification?
b. industrial c. accessory d.storage & hazardous
25. Under the NBC, window openings shall equal to at least of what percent of the floor
area of room?
a. 10%
b. 12%
c. 15%
d. 20%
26. Under the NBC, parking areas for the physically handicapped shall be within how
many meters in length?
a. 4.00 mts.
b. 6.00 mts.
c. 8.00 mts.
d. 10 mts.
27. Under the NBC, of only two exits are required, they shall be placed a distance apart
of not less than what fraction of?
a.
b. 1/3
c.
d. 1/5
28. Under the NBC, habitable rooms with natural ventilation shall have a minimum air
space per person of
a. 10 cu. mts.
b. 12 cu. mts.
c. 14 cu. mts.
d. 16 cu. mts.
29. Under the NBC, the unit area per occupant of offices is
a. 9.3 sm.
b. 11.5 sm.
c. 13.8 sm.
d. 15.2 sm.
30. Under the NBC, a mezzanine floor use other than for storage purposes shall have at
least two stairways to an adjacent floor is the area greater than?
a. 120 sm.
b. 150 sm.
c. 185 sm.
d. 200 sm.
31. Under the NBC, residential hotels and apartels shall be provided with one parking slot
for every how many units?
a. 3 units
b. 4 units
c. 5 units
d. 6 units
32. Under the NBC, for Group A Dwellings, stairs shall have
a. 600 mm
b. 750 mm
c. 900 mm
d. 120 mm
33. Under the NBC, rooms for human habitation shall have a minimum size of
a.4 sm.
b. 6 sm.
c. 8 sm.
d. 10 sm.
34. Under the NBC, reformatories shall be classified under what occupancy classification
b. industrial
c. institutional
d. educational & recreation
35. Under the NBC, repair garages shall be classified under what occupancy
classification?
b. storage & hazardous
c. industrial
d. accessory
36. Under the NBC, convents shall be classified under what occupancy classification?
a. institutional
b. education & recreation
c. residential, hotels and apartments
37. Under the NBC, power plants shall be classified under what occupancy classification?
b. industrial
c. accessory
d. storage & hazardous
38. Under the NBC, printing plants shall be classified under what occupancy
classification?
b. industrial
c. accessory
39. Under the NBC, sidewalks of 2.00 mts or more in width shall include on its outer side
a planting strip of not less than how many millimeters in width?
a. 400 mm.
b. 500 mm.
c. 600 mm.
d. 750 mm.
40. Under the NBC, multiple living units of up to six units built on the same lot shall
have an access road directly connecting said building to a public street a width of
a. 3.00 mts.
b. 4.00 mts
c. 4.5 mts
d. 5.00 mts
41. Under the NBC, offices shall provide how many cubic meters of air space per person?
a. 10 cu. mts.
b. 12 cu. mts.
c. 15 cu. mts.
d. 18 cu. mts
42. Under the NBC, front yards for commercial buildings abutting a road right-of-width
of 25-29 m shall be
a. 4 mts.
b. 5 mts.
c. 6 mts.
d. 8 mts.
43. Under the NBC, a building permit shall expire if work authorized is abandoned or
suspended at any time after commencement or a period of
a. 90 days
b. 120 days
c. 150 days
d. 180 days
44. Under the NBC exemption from payments of buildings permit fees shall be granted to
a. Monuments
b. Mausoleums
c. Churches
d.Public bldgs.
45. Under the NBC, the unit area per occupants of theaters is
a. 60 sm.
b. 65 sm.
c. 70 sm.
d. 75 sm.
46. Under the NBC, the unit area per occupant of dining establishments is
a. 1 sm.
b. 1.20 sm.
c. 1.40 sm.
d. 1.50 sm.
47. Under the NBC, the unit area per occupant of hotels is
a. 15.5 sm.
b. 16.8 sm.
c. 18.6 sm.
d. 20 sm.
48. Under the NBC, the fire station shall be classified under what occupancy
classification?
a. Institutional
b. business & mercantile
c. industrial
49. Under the NBC, monasteries shall be classified under what occupancy classification?
a. residential, hotels & apartments
b. education & recreation
c. institutional
50. Under the NBC, air craft repair hangers shall be classified under what occupancy
classification?
a. accessory
b. business & mercantile
c. industrial
51. Under the NBC, in mixed occupancies the parking requirements shall be the sum of
100% of the dominant use and what percent of the dominant uses?
a.50%
b. 60%
c. 70%
d. 80%
52. Under the NBC, habitable rooms provided with artificial ventilation for buildings of
more than one-storey shall have a minimum ceiling height of the first storey at
a. 2.10 mts.
b. 2.40 mts.
c. 2.55 mts.
d. 2.70 mts.
53. Under the NBC, multiple living units of 16 to 25 units built on the same lot shall have
an access road directly connecting said buildings to a public street a width of
a. 3.00 mts.
b. 4.00 mts.
c. 4.50 mts.
d. 5.00 mts.
54. Under the NBC, the entry ramp of the driveway connecting the roadway surface to
the sidewalk shall have a slope ranging from
a. to 1/3
b. 1/3 to
c. to 1/5
d. 3/8 to
55. Under the NBC, every room intended for any use and not provided with artificial
ventilation system shall be provided with a window with a total free area of opening
equal to at least how many percent of the floor area of the room?
a. 10%
b. 12%
c. 15%
d.20%
56. Under the NBC, for Group A Dwellings, stairs shall have a minimum run of
a. 150 mm.
b. 180 mm.
c. 200 mm.
d. 240 mm.
57. Under the NBC, the unit area per occupant of laboratories is
a. 1.8 sm.
b. 3.6 sm.
c. 4.6 sm.
d.7.4 sm.
58. Under the NBC, the unit area per occupant of apartment is
a. 5.8 sm.
b. 28 sm.
c. 36 sm.
d. 46.5 sm.
59. Under the NBC, the Unit area per occupant of apartment is
a. 5.8 sm.
b. 7.4 sm.
c. 8.4 sm.
d. 9.3 sm.
60. Under the NBC, the term that shall mean the total number of persons that may occupy
a building or a portion thereof at any one time is
a. usage
b. capacity
c. occupant load
d. occupancy
JPT REVIEW CENTER

1. The amount to be paid for every delay in the contract time
a. penalty
b. Liquidated Damages
c. fine
d. Surcharge
2. The ____ ethically can order a change during construction anytime
a. Architect
b. Consultant
c. Contractor
d. Owner
3. ____ is a right enforceable against specific property to secure payment of an obligation
a. Ownership
b. Liens
c. Decree
d. None of the above
4. An architect is a person who is ____ & technically qualified to practice architecture
a. Morally
b. Legally
c. Academically
d. Emotionally
5. The ____ are printed documents stipulating the procedural & administrative aspects of
the contract
a. The Specifications
b. The General Conditions
c. The Memorandum of Agreement
d. The Contract
6. The ____ contains additional information on Contract Documents:
a. Instructions to Bidders
b. Special Provisions
c. Bid Bulletin
d. Supplementary Specifications
7. The ____ is a list of instructions stipulating the manner on which bids are to be
prepared
a. Instructions to Bidders
b. Special Provisions
c. Bid Bulletin
d. Supplementary Speculations
8. There are two ways of undertaking a Design-Build service, one of which is:
a. By Contract
b. By Guaranteed Maximum Cost
c. By Supervision
d. By Guaranteed Estimated Cost
9. Normally, an architect is paid on Percentage of Construction cost method, another
method of compensation is:
a. Salary
b. Wages
c. None of the Above
10. Building Administrators are compensated on a monthly salary basis or:
a. Percentage of Construction Cost
b. Lump Sum
c. Percentage of Gross monthly Rentals
d. Percentage of Net Income
11. For non-creative architectural services, compensation is by:
a. Lump Sum
b. Fixed Fee
c. Multiple of Direct Personnel Expense
d. Cost Plus expenses
12. Architects, employed by the government, are not allowed to engage in the ____
practice architecture
a. Regular
b. Traditional
c. Private
d. Mandated
13. PD ____ institutionalized the profession of Environmental Planning
a. PD 3008
b. PD 1380
c. PD 1308
d. PD 1300
14. ____ Mandates government support only to PRC accredited bonafide professional
organization.
a. UAP
b. PIA
c. Board of Architecture
d. Commissioner
15. The ____ shall have the power, upon notice of hearing, to suspend & revoke any
certificate of registrations
a. UAP National Presidents
b. PRC
c. Phil. President
d. Judge
16. The _____ pays for the structural, utilities & other tests as may be required for the
project.
a. Architect
b. Consultant
c. Contractor
d. Owner
17. An act of God such as earthquakes, typhoons, etc. which human prudence cannot
foresee or prevent
a. Miracle
b. Force Majeure
c. Natural Phenomenon
d. All of the above
18. If not clearly specified, a material could be installed:
a. at the contractors discretion
b. with the owners consent
c. only after the approval by the architect
d. if the cost is comparatively lower
19. The duties & responsibilities of the architect with the regards to his motives, conduct
& sense of moral values are formulated under the:
a. UAP Doc. 200
b. Architects National Code
c. Code of Ethics
d. All of the above
20. Re-examination (for the Board exam) can be allowed ____ times & shall not be
allowed to take another exam after one year has elapsed after the last exam:
a. two
b. one
c. three
d. four
21. As Project Manager, the architect is compensated on a percentage basis of:
a. 1-1/2% to 3% of Project cost
b. 2%-5% of Project cost
c. 5%-10% of Project cost
d. None of the above
22. The entity who can order changes at any time during construction is the:
a. Contractor
b. Architect
c. Owner
d. Engineer
23. The period of making good of known defects shall not be more than:
a. 30 days
b. 40 days
c. 60 days
d. 90 days
24. ____ includes labor, materials, & other equipment necessary to construction
a. Contract
b. Estimate
c. Work
d. Proposal
25. ____ shall mean furnish and install
a. Purchase
b. Provide
c. Work
d. Secure
26. The contract time is computed based from the receipt date of the ____
a. Contract
b. Agreement
c. Notice to Proceed d. Proposal
27. 98% of construction completion is ____ completion
a. Full Completion
b. Near Completion
c. Substantial Completion
d. Partial Completion
28. PD 223 specifies the function of the Board of Architecture to Supervise & ____.
a. Regulate
b. Monitor
c. Secure
d. Legalize
29. The retention is released how many months after the date of final payment:
a. 3 months
b. 4 months
c. 12 months
d. 24 months
30. A stipulation of the use of specific products or processes without provision for
substitution is:
a. Bill of Materials
b. Close Specifications
c. Manufacturers Specification
d. None of the Above
31. Substantial completion shall mean the value of work completed not less than:
a. 100%
b. 92%
c. 95%
d. 90%
32. The architect shall not render free professional services except for Small Civic &
____ projects
a. Government
b. Charitable
c. Institutional
d. Public
33. The ____ shall issue certificates of payment after inspection & acceptance of the
project
a. Architect
b. Consultant
c. Contractor
d. Owner
34. The ____ is the person, firm or corporation who provides the guarantee for the
contractors bonds.
a. Architect
b. Consultant
c. Contractor
d. Surety
35. The contractor is responsible for the ____ of building permit fees.
a. Approval
b. Rejection
c. Payment
d. Acquisition
HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE
1. A megalithic structure consisting of several large stones set on end with a large
covering slab
a. Menhir
d. Obelisk
b. Tumull
e. None of the above
c. Dolmen
d. All of the above
2. Monumental gateway to an Egyptian temple consisting with slanting walls flanking the
entrance portal
a. Egyptian Gorge
d. Arc
b. Battar
c. Pylon
d. All of the above
3. A massive funerary structure of stone or brick with a square base and four sloping
triangular sides meeting at the apex; used mainly in ancient Egypt.
a. Mastaba
d. Rock_Hewn Tombs
b. Ziggurat
c. Royal Pyramids
f. All of the above
4. Principal room of Anatolian House
a. Villa
d. Domus
b. Portico
c. Megaron
f. All of the above
5. It consists of the upright column or support including the capital, base, if any, and the
horizontal entablature or part supported.
a. Stylobate
d. Column
b. Pylon
c. Order
f. All of the above
6. The steps forming the base of a columned Greek temple

a. Stylobate
d. Pediment
b. Podium
c. Crepidoma
f. All of the above
7. The principal chamber in a Greek temple containing the statue of deity.
a. Pronaos
d. Megaron
b. Antelixae
c. Naos
f. All of the above
8. Dry sweating room with apodyteila or dressing room and unctuaria or for oils.
a. Tepidarium
d. Thermae
b. Frigidarium
c. Aediles
f. All of the above
9. A great awning drawn over roman theatres and amphitheatres to protect spectators
against the sun
a. Mast
d. Velarium
b. Laconilum
c. Impluvium
f. All of the above
10. Roman apartment block that rose four or more storey high
a. Villa
d. Insula
b. Domus
c. Megaron
f. All of the above
11. A canopy supported by columns generally placed over an altar or tomb.
a. Baldachino
d. All of the above
b. Cimborio
c. Lantern
f. Apse
12. A long arcaded entrance porch to a Christian Basilican Church.
a. Arcade
d. Narthex
b. Bema
c. Nave
f. All of the above
13. The culmination of early Christian Architecture. This style developed after A.D. 330
when Constantine established the Imperial capital.
a. Roman Architecture
d. Byzantine Architecture
b. Romanesque Architectura
c.Gothic Architectura
f.All of the above
14. That part of a Greek house or Byzantine Church reserved for women
a. Plaza
d. Gymnaceum
b. Harem
c. Quadriaga
f. All of the above
15. Axis oriented toward Mecca.
a. Iwan
d. Kibla
b. Harem
c. Chattri
f. All of the above
16. Truncated wedge-blocks forming an arc.
a. Squinch
d. Voussoirs
b. Colonetta
e. None if the above
c. Arcade
f. All of the above
17. A monument erected in memory of one not interned in or under it
a. Chattris
d. Cenotaph
b. Sarcophagus
c. Sahn
f. All of the above
18. The general character of the Romanesque Architecture is
a. Flamboyant & Geometrical
d. Sober & Dignified
b. Monumental
c. Massive
f. All of the above
19. A rose or wheel window of the Romanesque Church was of ten placed over the
a. East door
d. West door
b. North door
c. South door
f. All of the above
20. A period in Gothic Architecture in France characterized by circular windows with
wheel tracery
a. Lancettes
d. Rayonnant
b. Flamboyant
c. Transitional
f. All of the above
21. Projecting ornament at the intersection of the ribs of ceilings, whether vaulted or flat.
a. Groin
d. Boss
b. Plough
c. Conoid
f. All of the above
22. A slight convex curvature built into truss or beam to compensate for any anticipated
deflection so that it will have no sag when under load.
a. Baulk-tie
d. Camber
b. Squinch
c. bracing
f. All of the above
23. Covered passages pound an open space or garth, connecting the church to the chapter\
house or refectory
a. Presbytery
d. Cloister
b. Atrium
c. Apse
f. All of the above
24. The Renaissance Architecture in its 2nd phase emerged the Purist or Palladian
Architecture by Palladio and the Proto-baroque by.
a. Brunelicachi
d. Michael Angelo
b. Ammanati
c. Bramanta
f. All of the above
25. The phase in Western European Renaissance Architecture when renewed inspiration
was sought from Ancient Greek and Roman Architecture.
a. Mannerist
d. Antiquarian
b. Rococo
c. Baroque
f. All of the above
26. A method of forming stonework with roughened surfaces and recessed joints,
principally employed in Renaissance building.
a. Rustication
d. Cyclopean
b. Astylar
c. Cantoria
f. All of the above
27. Designer of the Crystal Palace, London
a. Sir Joseph Paxton
d. Sir Charles Fox
b. Sir John Cubitt
c. Sir Richard Turner
f. All of the above
28. Architect of the Sagrada Familia, Barcelona
a. Antonio Gaudi
d. Von Ferstel
b. Paul Abadia
c. Victor Horta
f. All of the above
29. Architect of the White House, D.C.
a. James Hoban
d. H.H. Richardson
b. Frank Loyd Wright
c. R.M. Hunt
f. All of the above
30. Second Filipino registered architect after the well-known Tomas Mapua
a. Carlos Baretto
d. Juan Altiveros
b. Antonio Toledo
c. Juan Villegas
f. All of the above
II. UTILITIES
1. A pit for the reception or detention for sewage
a. Cesspool
d. Privy
b. Catch Basin
c. Septic Vault
f. All of the above
2. A sewer or other pipe or condult used for conveying groundwater, surface water, storm
water, waste water or sewage
a. Drain
d. Fixture Drain
b. Downspout
c. Fixture
f. All of the above
3. The lowest portion of the inside of any pipe or condult that is not vertical
a. Invert
d. Pitch
b. Lateral
c. Grade
f. All of the above
4. An outhouse or structure used for the deposition of excrement
a. Privy
d. Spigot
b. Public sewer
c. Septic tank
f. All of the above
5. The solid organic materials being more dense than water, tend to settle to the bottom of
the tank
a. Sludge
d. Spigot
b. Slum
c. Sewer
f. All of the above
6. A pipe or opening used for ensuring the circulation of air in a plumbing system and for
reducing the pressure exerted on trap seal
a. Vent
d. Service Pipe
b. Soil Pipe
c. Soil Stack
f. All of the above
7. A pipe or condult for carrying sewage and liquid waste

a. Sewer
d. Waste pipe
b. Service Pipe
c. Subsoil Drain
f. All of the above
8. All horizontal piping shall be run in practical alignment and at a uniform grade of not
less than ____ percent
a. 2%
d. 3%
b. 1.5%
c. 1%
f. All of the above
9. All Changes in direction shall be made by the appropriate use of 45 deg.
a. Wyes
d. Bends
b. Half Wyes
c. Sixth Bends
f. All of the above
10. In plumbing the vent pipe which is connected to the crown
a. Crown vent
d. Soll stack
b. Crown weir
c. Vent stack
f. All of the above
III. ELECTRICAL
1. An instrument for measuring the rate of flow of electricity, usually expressed in
amperes
a. Ammeter
d. Kilowatt-hour meter
b. Amperage
c. Voltmeter
f. All of the above
2. The current carrying capacity of a wire or cable, expressed in amperes
a. Amperage
d. Voltage
b. Ohm
c. Wattage
f. All of the above
3. On a theatre stage, a master switch that distinguishes all stage lights simultaneously.
a. Blackout Switch
d. Theatre Safety Switch
b. Safety Switch
c. Circuit Breaker
f. All of the above
4. The portion of an electric wiring that extends beyond the final over current device
protecting the circuit
a. Branch Circuit
d. Service Drop
b. Feeder Line
c. Bus Bar
f. All of the above
5. An underground structure used in pulling or splicing electric cables which are laid
underground.
a. Cable Vault
d. Electric room
b. Manhole
c. Cableway
f. All of the above
6. The luminous intensity of a light source, expressed in candelas.
a. Candlepower
d. Luminance
b. Candelabrum
c. Candela
f. All of the above
7. Flow of electricity in a circuit; the unit of measurement is the ampere.
a. Current
d. Amperage
b. Volt
c. Ampacity
f. All of the above
8. In an electric circuit, a current that flows in one direction only
a. Direct Current
d. Parallel Connection
b. Alternating Current
c. Free Flow
f. All of the above
9. In electric wiring a metal plate, water pipe, or other type of conductor buried in the
earth in manner ensuring a good conductive path to the ground.

a. Earth Electrode
d. Electric Terminal
b. Lightning Arrester
c. Grounding Wire
f. All of the above
10. A unit of illumination equal to 1 lumen per square foot.
a. Footcandle
d. Footcandle meter
b. Footlambert
c. Lumen
f. All of the above
IV. ACOUSTICS & LIGHTING
1. Is a physical wave, a mechanical vibration, a series of pressure variations, in an elastic
medium
a. Wave Motion
d. Cycle
b. Signal
c. Sound
f. All of the above
2. A healthy pair of human ear has a detection range of.
a. 25 to 15000 HZ
d. 20 to 30000 HZ
b. 15 to 20000 HZ
c. 20 to 20000 HZ
f. All of the above
3. Sound travels in air, at sea level, in ____ m/sec.
a. 443 m/ sec.
d. 434 m/ sec.
b. 343 m/ sec.
c. 344 m/ sec.
f. All of the above
4. The number of times the cycle of compression and rarefaction of air makes in a given
unit of time.
a. Cycle per second
d. Hertz
b. Pitch
c. Frequency
f. All of the above
5. The number of decibels a sound has to be raised above its threshold when perceived
alone, to be perceived in the presence of another sound.
a. Reverberation
d. Decibel
b. Sound Pressure level
c. Masking
f. All of the above
6. Is the persistence of sound after the cause of sound has stopped-a result of repeated
reflections.
a. Echo
d. Flutter
b, Unwanted Sound
c. Reverberation
f. All of the above
7. Is caused when reflected sound at sufficient intensity reaches a listener approximately
70 m/ sec. after hear the direct sound.
a. Reverberation
d. Focusing
b. Flutter
c. Echo
f. All of the above
8. Is perceived as a buzzing or clicking sound, and it is comprised of repeated echoes
traversing back and forth between two non-absorbing parallel surfaces.
a. Reverberation
d. Standing waves
b. Creep
c. Flutter
f. All of the above
9 .A device used for sound absorption
a. Fibrous Materials
d. All of the above
b. Panel Resonations
c. Volume Resonators
f. Plywood
10. This describe the reflection of sound along a curved surface near the surface
a. Creep
d. Diffusion
b. Resonance
c. Flutter
f. All of the above
V. MECHANICAL & ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT

1. A stream of high-velocity temperature-controlled air which is directed downward,
across an opening
a. Air Diffuser
d. Air Chamber
b. Air Curtain
c. Air Handling Unit
f. All of the above
2. A package assembly of air conditioning components which provides for the treatment
of air it is distributed to an air conditioned space.
a. Cooling Tower
d. Chillers
b. Air handling unit
c. Air duct
f. All of the above
3. The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 pound pf water by 1 deg.
Fahrenheit
a. Atmospheric Pressure
d. Air handling unit
b. British Thermal Unit
e, None of the above
c. Dehumidification
f. All of the above
4. A device designed to stop an elevator car or counterweight from descending beyond its
normal limit of travel
a. Stopper
d. Bunker
b. Bumper
c. Plunger
f. All of the above
5. The portion of the hoist way extending from the threshold level of the lowest landing
door to the floor at the bottom of the hoist way.
a. Elevator Landing
d. Buffer Zone
b. Elevator pit
c. Machine room
f. All of the above
6. When the elevator car rest on its fully compressed buffer, there shall be a vertical
clearance of not less than between the pit floor and the lowest structural or mechanical
part.
a. 710 mm
d. 680 mm
b. 610 mm
c. 880 mm
f. All of the above
7. There shall be installed in the pit of each elevator where the pit extend more than ____
below the sill of the pit access door
a. 814 mm
d. 560 mm
b. 914 mm
c. 660 mm
f. All of the above
8. Dumbwaiters total inside height shall not exceed ____
a. 1250 mm
d. 1500 mm
b, 1220 mm
c. 1550 mm
f. All of the above
9. Is the achievement of a temperature below that of the immediate surroundings.
a. Cooling
d. Ventilation
b. Refrigeration
c. Air-conditioning
f. All of the above
10. A vessel or arrangement of pipe tubing in which vaporized refrigerant is liquefied by
the removal of heat
a. Condenser
d. Duct
b. Compressor
c. Brine
f. All of the above
VI. BUILDING TECHNOLOGY
1. An admixture which is used to speed up the initial set of concrete

a. Accelerators
d. Hardeners
b. Retarders
c. Dispersal agents
f. All of the above
2. Class of rock changed from their original structure by the action of extreme pressure,
heat, or combination of these forces.
a. Metamorphic
d. Crushed rock
b. Igneous
c. Sedimentary
f. All of the above
3. A soft mineral consisting of a hydrated calcium sulfate from which gypsum plaster is
made; colorless when pure used as a retarder in Portland cement
a. Gypsum
d. Ashlar
b. Cement
c. Lime
f. All of the above
4. Is a traditional building material, easily worked, has durability and beauty has great
ability to absorb shocks from sudden load. It is rust and corrosion proof.
a. Wood
d. Glass
b. Plastic
c. Rubber
f. All of the above
5. A method of drying limber where it is strip-piled at a slope on a solid foundation. This
allows air to circulate around every place while the sloping allows water to run off
quickly.
a. Air-drying
d. Pressure drying
b. Kiln Drying
c. Piled Drying
f. All of the above
6. Term used to describe a wooden member built up of several layers of wood whose
grain directions are all substantially parallel
a. Glue Laminated Timber
d. Laminated Timber
b. Treated Lumber
c. Glued Lumber
f. None of the above
7. It is made by bonding together thin layers of wood in a way that the grain of each layer
is at right angles to the grain of each adjacent layer.
a. Plywood
d. Corkboard
b. Building boards
c. .Hardboard
f. All of the above
8. The wastage of wood when limber is sawed or planed to size
a. Abatement
d. Wood grain
b. Intertie
c. Byre
f. All of the above
9. In masonry, a joint or interstice between stones, to be filled with mortar or cement.
a. Abreuvoir
d. Datum
b. Joint Filler
c. Expansion joint
f. All of the above
10. A joint formed when a concrete surface hardens before the next batch of concrete is
placed against it.
a. Cold joint
d. Joint filler
b. Expansion joint
c. Construction joint
f. All of the above
11. A three-pieced rigid structural frame in the shape of the upright capital letter `A
a. A-Frame
d. Roof
b. Truss
c. Gable Roof
f. All of the above
12. To provide a hard, non-corrosive, electrolytic, oxide film on the surface of a metal,
particularly aluminum, by electrolytic action.
a. Anodize
d. Annealing
b. Galvanize
c. Glazing
f. All of the above
13. Squared building stone
a. Ashlar
d. Flagstone
b. Rubble
c. Granite Block
f. All of the above
14. Usually the lowest storey of a building, either partly or entirely below grade.
a. Basement
d. Substructure
b. Basement wall
c. Cellar
f. All of the above
15. A slight convex curvature built into a truss or beam to compensate for any anticipated
deflection so that it will have no sag when under load
a. Camber
d. Impact load
b. Brine
c. Chalet
f. All of the above
16. A mixture of water and any finely divided insoluble material such as clay or Portland
cement and water
a. Slurry
d. Concrete
b. Mortar
c. Cement Paste
f. All of the above
17. A brace or any piece of a frame which resists thrusts in the direction of its own length
a. Strut
d. Lap joint
b. Batten
c. Brace, Diagonal
f. All of the above
18. A process for preserving wood by impregnating the cell with creosote under pressure
a. Bethell process
d. Aeration
b. Boliden salt process
c. Kiln drying
f. All of the above
19. A kind of concrete, a mixture of sand, lime and gravel
a. Beton
d. Gesso
b. Mortar
c. Besant
f. All of the above
20. That part of the building, the ceiling of which is entirely below or less than 4 feet
above grade
a. Cellar
d. Mezzanine
b. Basement
c. Substructure
f. All of the above
VII. THEORY OF DESIGN
1. These constituted the barriers to migration since the earliest periods of civilization
(mountains; deserts; seas)
a. Climatic
d. Geography
b. Topography
c. Geology
f. All of the above
2. Visible architecture is composed of:
a. Line & Shadow
d. Volume & Depth
b. Form & Surface
c. Color & Texture
f. All of the above
3. A plane extended in a direction other than its intrinsic direction. Conceptually it has
three dimensions: length, width and depth.
a. Surface
d. Form
b. Volume
c. Shape
f. All of the above
4. Primary shapes that can be extended or rotated to generate volume whose forms are
distinct, regular and easily recognizable
a. Irregular forms
d. Additive transformation
b. Platonic solids
c. Subtractive forms
f. All of the above
5. One of four basic possibilities for two forms to group together. This requires that the
two forms be relatively close to each other or share a common visual trait.
a. Edge to edge contract
d. Face to face contact
b. Spatial tension
c. Interlocking volume
f. All of the above
6. Are modular forms whose relationships are regulated by three dimensional grids.
a. Clustered forms
d. Centralized forms
b. Radial forms
c. linear forms
f. All of the above
7. Defined geometrically as a line that is divided such that the lesser portion is to the
greater as the greater is to be the whole.
a. Golden section
d. Anthropometrics
b. Proportion
c. Ken
f. All of the above
8. One type of cues used in depth perception where in one object appears to cut off the
view of another
a. Superposition
d. Proximity
b. Juxtaposition
c. Visual depth
f. All of the above
9. 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
a. Form
d. Texture
b. Function
c. Color
f. All of the above
10. Is the attribute that most clearly distinguishes a form from its environment.
a. Color
d. Shape
b. Texture
c. Form
f. All of the above
REVIEWER (I)
1. A mosque principal place of worship, or use of the bldg. for Friday prayers
a. Jami
d. Masjid
b. Madrese
e. NOTA
c. Mesjid
f. AOTA
2. In Persia, an open-fronted vault facing on to a court
a. Mimber
d. Chattri
b. Iwan
e. NOTA
c. Bab
f. AOTA
3. Man who leads the congregation at a prayer
a. Bab
d. Muenzzin
b. Caliph
e. NOTA
c. Calipin
f. AOTA
4 .Architectural style characterized by Friezes and Crestings
a. Aegean
d. Moslem
b. Greek
e. NOTA
c. Islamic
f. AOTA
5. Another term for stalactite
a. Muquarnas
d. Mughal
b. Arabesque
e. NOTA
c. Striated
f. AOTA
6. Sacred enclosure found at walls of Damascus great mosque
a. Kibla
d. Mosque
b. Temenos
e. NOTA
c. Hasan
f. AOTA
7. Erected to the memory of his favorite wife Mumtaz Mahal, it was the culminating
work in the life of the emperor.
a. Shah-Jehan
d. Shao Kahn
b. Gur-I-Mir
e. NOTA
c. Minare Medrese
f. AOTA
8. In Romanesque archre a period where an order founded by St. Bruno in 1806 is
notably severe and adorned
a. Cluniac
d. Cistercian
b. Benedictine
e. NOTA
c. Carthucian
f. AOTA
9. Organized in 1113, but developed no characteristic archre of its own
a. Knight hospitallers
d. Secular
b. Mendicant orders
e. NOTA
c. Knight templers
f. AOTA
10. General characteristic of the Romanesque empire was
a. scale & serenity
d. sober & dignified
b. friezes & cresting
e. NOTA
c. columnar & trebented
f. AOTA
11. Vaulting compartment into six parts known as
a. terpatite
d. sixtite
b. tripartite
e. NOT
A
c. quadripartite
f. AOTA
12. A rectangular feature in the shape of a pillar, but projecting only about one sixth of its
breath from wall
a. pilaster strips
d. stilting
b. maggiore
e. NOTA
c. arcades
f. AOTA
13. It resembles other early basilican churches in plan, with long row of columns
connected by arches double aisles & a nave which has the usual timber roof.
a. tower
d. cathedral
b. baptistery
e. NOTA
c. campanile
f. AOTA
14. The structured is crowned by an outer hemispherical roof through which penetrates a
truncated cone capped by a small some, covering the central space
a. baptistery
d. tower
b. cathedral
e. NOTA
c. campanile
f. AOTA
15. Is a circular tower 16 m ( 52 ft. ) in diameter rising in 8 stories of encircling arcades.
a. cathedral
d. campanile
b. baptistery
e. NOTA
c. tower
f. AOTA
16. Roughly carved of men and beasts used as support columns of projecting porches and
of bishops throne.
a. grotesques
d. gargoyles
b. pavia
e. NOTA
c. ambrogio
f. AOTA
17. A secluded place
a. nave
d. angculum
b. cloisters
e. NOTA
c. altars
f. AOTA
18. Secular architecture
a. castles
d. bridges
b. town
e. NOTA
c. fortified town
f. AOTA
19. The first Frankish king who became roman emperor, was crowned in 800 at Rome by
the pope, and ruled over the franks, which included central Germany and northern
France
a. Alexander
d. Lombard
b. Shakespeare
e. NOTA
c. Charlemagne
f. AOTA
20. Type of roof in which 4 faces rest diagonally between the gables and converge at the
top
a. helm roof
d. A roof
b. mansard roof
e. NOTA
c. articulated roof
f. AOTA
21. The most important of the distinctive characteristics of mature Spanish Romanesque
architecture
a. church bldgs
d. horseshoe arch.
b. Christianity
e. NOTA
c. diaconicon
f. AOTA
22. The vestry or early Christian church
a. diaconicon
d. piers
b. alcobaca
e. NOTA
c. prothesis
f. AOTA
23. That part of a church where the credence table stands
a. alcobaca
d. compostela
b. prothesis
e. NOTA
c. diaconicon
f. AOTA
24. Finest achievement of the Spanish high Romanesque is the great church which
marked the goal of the pilgrimage to
a. Santiago de Compostela
d. King Arthurs castle
b. St. Tirso Sahagun
e. NOTA
c. leaning tower
f. AOTA
25. Is well endowed with medieval military achre and grand castles are particularly
numerous in castle.
a. Jerusalem
d. Portugal
b. Rome
e. NOTA
c. Spain
f. AOTA
26. Finest or Romanesque castles in Spain is at ____
a. Adorra, Catalonia
d. Albay, Legaspi
b. Loarre, Argon
e. NOTA
c. Alocabaca, Portugal
f. AOTA
27. A small apsidal chapel one projecting from an apse
a. gallego
d.pilgrims
b. apsidoles
e. NOTA
c. ancones
f. AOTA
28. Sited and designed to secure the routes from coastal ports to Jerusalem
a. pilgrim forts
d. fortress
b. city walls
e. NOTA
c. coastal fortification
f. AOTA
29. Ancient roman term for legionary fort
a. loarre
d. intramuros
b. avila
e. NOTA
c. castrum
f. AOTA
30. A civil settlement under the protection of a castle.
a. donjon
d. keep
b. batside town
e. NOTA
c. fortification
f. AOTA
31. A curtain wall corbelled out to carry a wall-walk.
a. allure
d. talus
b. fosse-foss
e. NOTA
c. glacis
f. AOTA
32. A moat or a ditch.

a. talus
d. fosse-foss
b. keep
e. NOTA
c. glacis
f. AOTA
33. A slope embankment in front of a fortification so raised as to bring an advancing
enemy into the most direct line of fire
a. sidon
d. talus
b. castrum
e. NOTA
c. margat
f. AOTA
34. Customarily provisioned for a thousand men to withstand a siege for as long as 5 yrs.
a. margat
d. talus
b. sidon
e. NOTA
c. saone
f. AOTA
35. At the north end of the gebel alalli, was built on a site previously fortified by the
Greeks in Byzantine fashion, w/ a thin outer curtain wall punctuated with shallow
rectangular towers, & a keep commanding the most vulnerable part of the curtain.
a. krak
d. sidon
b. saone
e. NOTA
c. gebel
f. AOTA
36. A projecting wall or parapet allowing floor openings, through w/c molten lead, pitch,
stones were dropped only on an enemy below.
a. battlement
d. merlons
b. crenels
e. NOTA
c. machicolations
f. AOTA
37. A parapet having a series of indentions or embrasures, between which are raised
portions known as merlons
a. battlement
d. machicolation
b. crenels
e. NOTA
c. parapet
f. AOTA
38. The upstanding part of an embattled parapet, between two crenels/ embrasure
openings.
a. bailey
d. loggia
b. merlons
e. NOTA
c. moat
f. AOTA
39. Period where domestic bldgs. Was largely dependent upon the use of timber, but little
evidence remains of method of constructions.
a. Romanesque
d. roman
b.barbaric
e. NOTA
c. baroque
f. AOTA
40. Headed openings
a. triangular
d. angular
b. circular
e. NOTA
c. square
f. AOTA
41. APSES (absiddes) was introduced in 1065 at Canterbury by archbishop
a. Cardinal Sin
d. Lancelot
b. Tuck
e. NOTA
c. Lanfranc
f. AOTA
42. A representative example of mature largely Romanesque monastic archre at
Yorkshire is
a. Peterborough cathedral
d. Windsor castle
b. Waltham Abbey
e. NOTA
c. Abbot Hubby
f. AOTA
43. A steep mound of earth surrounded by a ditch and surmounted by a timber stockade
and tower; the main feature of a Norman castle
a. motte
d. baulks
b. palisade
e. NOTA
c.rampart
f. AOTA
44. Earthen or masonry defense wall of a fortified site
a. palisade
d. Anglo-Saxon
b. rampart
e. NOTA
c. baulks
f. AOTA
45. A squared timber used in bldg. construction or a low ridge of earth that marks a
boundary line
a. baulks
d. bailey
b. fosse-foss
e. NOTA
c. palisades
f. AOTA
46. A vaulted basement of a church or secret passage often wholly or partly below ground
level
a. lafting
d. undercroft
b. sub basement
e. NOTA
c. cellar
f. AOTA
47. A room or apartment on an upper floor, as in early English dwelling house
a. charrey
d. cellar
b. Scandinavian
e. NOTA
c. solar
f. AOTA
48. A Scandinavian wooden church with vertical planks forming the walls
a. Steve church
d. Husaby church
b. Borgund church
e. NOTA
c. Osterlar church
f. AOTA
49. Architecture was marked by copy roofs which frequently had more storey than the
walls, and were provided with dormer windows to make through current of air for
their use as a drying ground for the large monthly wash
a. ocular
d. Scandinavia
b. domestic
e. NOTA
c. secular
f. AOTA
50. A projection block or spur of stone carried with foliage to decorate the raking lines
formed by angles of spires and canopies.
a. crocket
d. gargoyle
b. pinnacles
e. NOTA
c. triforium
f. AOTA
51. An arch starting from a detached pier and abutting against a wall to take the thrust of
the vaulting.
a. pinnacles
d. finial
b. buttress
e. NOTA
c. crocket
f. AOTA
52. A blind storey is the space beneath the sloping roof over the aisles vault and enclosed
on the nave side by a series of arches
a. reims
d. pinnacles
b. triforium
e. NOTA
c. clear storey
f. AOTA
53. Designed principally for the pleasing geometrical figures formed by inter locking bars
of a stone.
a. chevet
d. bar tracery
b. tracery
e. NOTA
c. place tracery
f. AOTA
54. Which appears to have been cut out of a plate stone/ plate of stone with special
reference to the shape of the lights
a. place tracery
d. bar tracery
b. chevet
e. NOTA
c. tracery
f. AOTA
55. A circular or polygonal apse when surrounded by an ambulatory of which are
chapels.
a. aisle
d. chapels
b. transept
e. NOTA
c. chevet
f. AOTA
56. Sometimes called Lancelettes , a period distinguished by pointed arches and
geometric traceried windows
a. optaire
d. tertiare
b. hectaire
e. NOTA
c. secondaire
f. AOTA
57. Flamboyant from the flame like window tracery or free flowing tracery.
a. secondaire
d. octaire
b. tertiare
e. NOTA
c. primaire
f. AOTA
58. A slender wooden aspire rising from a roof.
a. fleche
d. ridge board
b. lantern
e. NOTA
c. corbel
f. AOTA
59. A cupboard or recess in a church and contain sacred vessel.
a. boss
d. font
b. ambo
e. NOTA
c. ambry
f. AOTA
60. An architectural style which in its period is the English equivalent of the high gothic
of northern France first pointed.
a. lancet
d. tudor
b. geometrical
e. NOTA
c. rectilinear
f. AOTA
61. His nomenclature uses the term rectilinear, based on his observations of the
tendencies for large windows to be divided by honorable members or transoms
a. Vitruvius
d. Charles Darwin
b. Edmund Sharpe
e. NOTA
c. Purbeck Tudor
f. AOTA
62. Leafed ornament.
a. mouldings
d. cornice
b. dogtooth
e. NOTA
c. dentils
f. AOTA
63. Vertical tracery members dividing windows into different numbers of lights.
a. mullions
d. tiersons
b. modillions
e. NOTA
c. tracery
f. AOTA
64. Lump or knob
a. boss
d. lierne
b. knot
e. NOTA
c. cartouche
f. AOTA
65. Wall ribs.
a. abbey
d. formerets
b. plough-share twist
e. NOTA
c. lierne
f. AOTA
66. A short intermediate rib which does not rise from the impost and is not a ridge rib.
a. lierne ribs
d. stellar vault
b. formerets
e. NOTA
c. conoid
f. AOTA
67. Usually reflected the design of the main roofs.
a. aisle roof
d. valley roof
b. mansard roof
e. NOTA
c. gable roof
f. AOTA
68. The actual sanctuary of a church beyond the choir and occupied only by the
officiating clergy.
a. presbytery
d. refectory
b. chevron
e. NOTA
c. embattled
f. AOTA
69. Single and most important building in Britain.
a. Wells cathedral
d. West minister abbey
b. Manchester cathedral
e. NOTA
c. York minister
f. AOTA
70. A small private chapel furnished with an altar and a crucifix in a manor house.
a. buttery
d. brew house
b. wardrobe
e. NOTA
c. scullery
f. AOTA
71. A room, generally annexed in a manor house.
a. buttery
d. pantry
b. wardrobe
e. NOTA
c. scullery
f. AOTA
72. A room, where food is stored in a manor house.
a. larder
d. scullery
b. oven
e. NOTA
c. pantry
f. AOTA
73. Special for choir usually occupied or more bays of the nave.
a. coro
d. steeple
b. retable
e. NOTA
c. retados
f. AOTA
74. The screen/ ornamental work rising behind the altar.
a. cimborio
d. steeple
b. retable
e. NOTA
c. reredos
f. AOTA
75. Term applied to a tower crowned by a spire.
a. cap
d. pinnial
b. finial
e. NOTA
c. spire
f. AOTA
76. A ledge or shelf behind an altar for holding vases or candles.
a. cancelli
d. pulpit
b. altar
e. NOTA
c. retablo
f. AOTA
77. Famous silver gilt which is also the flower of Spanish gothic miniature art.
a. custodia
d. Barcelona
b. Seville
e. NOTA
c. Valladolid
f. AOTA
78. Originally the minaret of the mosque.
a. girelda
d. Valencia
b. Minerva
e. NOTA
c. kibla
f. AOTA
79. The largest medieval cathedral and is somewhat German in character in north Italy.
a. Sienna
d. Sagrada
b. Florence
e. NOTA
c. Milan
f. AOTA
80. Also known as Sta. Maria del fiore, designed by Arnold Di Cambio and is essentially
italian in character without the vertical of northern gothic in central Italy.
a. Milan
d. Milan
b. Palermo
e. NOTA
c. Sienna
f. AOTA
81. A space entirely or partly under a building in churches generally beneath the chancel
and used for burial in early times.
a. magiore
d. crypt
b. basement
e. AOTA
c. cellar
f. NOTA
82. A movement which begun in Italy in the 15th century created a break in the continuous
revolution of European times.
a. Romanesque
d. Islamic
b. Renaissance
e. NOTA
c. Byzantine
f. AOTA
83. In renaissance archre, which is logically staid and serene architectural style?
a. Rusticated
d. Baroque
b. Palladian
e. NOTA
c. Proto Baroque
f. AOTA
84. In renaissance archre, architectural style which is vivid, virile and intense represented
by Michael Angelo who were confident in their power to use the acquired vocabulary
freely.
a. Proto-baroque
d. secular
b. Baroque
e. NOTA
c. Palladian
f. AOTA
85. In Florence a blue grey stone of fine quality, existed in renaissance archre.
a. Venice
d. pietra forte
b. cortile
e. NOTA
c. pietra siena
f. AOTA
86. In Florence, a brown stone more suitable for outside work in renaissance archre.
a. speyer
d. Zwingli
b. Venice
e. NOTA
c. pietra
f. AOTA
87. The phase in western European renaissance archre 1750-1830, when renewed
inspiration was sought from ancient Greek and roman architecture
a. antiquarian
d. baroque
b. mannerists
e. NOTA
c. rococo
f. AOTA
88. A term coined to describe the characteristics of the output of Italian renaissance
architects of the period 1530-1600. Characterized by unconventional use of classical
elements.
a. salient
d. rococo
b. baroque
e. NOTA
c. mannerists
f. AOTA
89. A method of forming stonework with roughened surfaces and recessed joints,
principally employed in renaissance buildings.
a. rustication
d. relinquary
b. astylar
e. NOTA
c. cantylar
f. AOTA
90. A light portable receptacle for sacred relics.
a. pilaster
d. reliquary
b. stoup
e. NOTA
c. cantoria
f. AOTA
91. In the renaissance other term was general used to denote a singers gallery often
elaborately carved in a major church.
a. pulpit
d. tabernacle
b. reliquary
e. NOTA
c. stoup
f. AOTA
92. A summer or garden house of ornamental character.
a. belvedere
d. casino
b. palazzo
e. NOTA
c. pergola
f. AOTA
93. Famous architect in Florence renaissance archre.
a. Bartolome
d. Bernini
b. Brunelleschi
e. NOTA
c. Bramante
f. AOTA
94. The principal floor of an Italian palace, raised one floor above ground level and
containing the principal social apartments.
a. Piano Noble
d. fenestration
b. Palazzo
e. NOTA
c. Loggia
f. AOTA
95. Known architect in early renaissance.
a. Antonio de Sengallo
d. Michael Angelo
b. Luciana Laurana
e. NOTA
c. Donato Bramante
f. AOTA
96. A construction, such as tower at the crossing of a church rising above the neighboring
roofs and glazed at the sides.
a. Lantern
d. Pinial
b. Cimborio
e. NOTA
c. Peristyle
f. AOTA
97. Vertical members dividing windows into different numbers of lights.
a. Mansard
d. transom
b. Nymphaneum
e. NOTA
c. Mullion
f. AOTA
98. Horizontal divisions or crossbars of windows.
a. dormer
d. scroll
b. transom
e. NOTA
c. mansard
f. AOTA
99. A twisted band, garland or chaplet, representing flowers, fruits, leaves often used in
decoration.
a. mansard
d. scroll
b. wreath
e. NOTA
c. nymphs
f. AOTA
100. An ornament consisting of a spirally wound band, either as a running ornament or as
a terminal.
a. nymphs
d. scroll
b. shells
e. NOTA
c. paper mache
f. AOTA
101. A room decorated with plants, sculpture and fountains (often decorated with
nymphs) and intended for relaxation.
`
a. scrolls
d. shells
b. nymphaneum
e. NOTA
c. wreath
f. AOTA
102. Any group of minor nature goddesses represented as beautiful maidens living in
rivers, mountains and trees.
a. scrolls
d. shells
b. paper mache
e. NOTA
c. wreath
f. AOTA
103. The elaborate neoclassic style of the French first empire (1804-1815)
a. empire style
d. secular archre
b. rococo style
e. NOTA
c. baroque style
f. AOTA
104. France generally describe rococo as
a. rustication
d. donjon
b. rocaile
e. NOTA
c. empire
f. AOTA
105. A room used primarily for exhibition of art objects or a drawing room.
a. jube
d. ambulatory
b. vestibule
e. NOTA
c. hermes
f. AOTA
106. A bust on a square pedestal instead of a human body, used in classic times to mark
boundaries on highways, and used decoratively renaissance times.
a. salon
d. ambulatory
b. vestibule
e. NOTA
c. hermes
f. AOTA
107. A phase of the early period of Spanish archre of the later 15th and early 16th
architecture of the later 15th and 16th century, an intricate style named after its
likeness to silver work.
a. plateresque
d. manveline
b. churrigueresque
e. NOTA
c. antiquarian
f. AOTA
108. The last phase of gothic archre in Portugal.
a. plateresque
d. churrigueresque
b. manveline
e. NOTA
c. pombaline
f. AOTA
109. An expression of Spanish baroque archre and sculpture associated with the family of
artists and architects, but not in harmonious, decorative exuberance.
a. mannerists
d. antiquarian
b. secular
e. NOTA
c. churrigueresque
f. AOTA
110. One of the winged heavenly beings that support the throne of god or act as guardian
spirits, or chubby, rosy- faced child with wings.
a. archangels
d. cherubs
b. cherubin
e. NOTA
c. angels
f. AOTA
111. Central shaft of a circular staircase also applied to the post in which the handrail is
framed.
a. newel
d. flight
b. balusters
e. NOTA
c. balustrade
f. AOTA
111. A coat of arms.
a. heraldic
d. dais
b. tuldoz
e. NOTA
c. Elizabethan
f. AOTA
112. The French term for the type of casement window preferred for the last three
centuries in France.
a. Bodleian
d. croisee
b. stuart
e. NOTA
c. transept
f. AOTA
113. A type of relief ornament or cresting resembling studded leather straps, arranged in
geometrical and sometimes interlaced patterns; much used in the early renaissance
archre in England.
a. intercolumnation
d. strapwork
b. fenestration
e. NOTA
c. palladian motif
f. AOTA
114. Space between the columns.
a. super columnation
d. span
b. palladian motif
e. NOTA
c. intercolumnation
f. AOTA
115. An arched opening flanked by 2 smaller, square headed openings.
a. chancel
d. helm
b. strapwork
e. NOTA
c. fenestration
f. AOTA
116. An ornament in classic or renaissance archre consisting of an assembly of straight
lines intersecting at right angles of various patterns. Also called key pattern
a.leyden
d. fretwork
b. mosaic work
e. NOTA
c. strapwork
f. AOTA
117. A stone gallery over the entrance to the choir of a cathedral or church.
a. finial
d. spire
b. pulpitum
e. NOTA
c. pulpit
f. AOTA
118. A term originally applied to the art of decorative painting in many colors, extended
to the coloring of sculpture to enhance naturalism, also described to the application
of variegated materials to achieve brilliant or striking effects.
a. polychromy
d. swansea
b. ecclesiastism
e. NOTA
c. aftermath
f. AOTA
119. The selection of elements from diverse styles for architectural decorative designs,
particularly during the 2nd half of the 19th century in Europe and USA.
a. expressionism
d. swansea
b. ecclesiasticism
e. NOTA
c. aftermath
f. AOTA
120. A long dormer on the slope of a roof, it has no sides, the roofing being carried in a
nave line.
a. valley
d. sash
b. eyebrow
e. NOTA
c. eyelash
f. AOTA
121. The central rounded of a pattern or ornament, an oculus, one at the summit of a
dome.
a. Genevieve
d. skylight
b. eye
e. NOTA
c. pendentive
f. AOTA
122. A vertical steel support cast iron was used until relatively cheap steel became
available.
a. caisson
d. stanchion
b. reja
e. NOTA
c. concrete
f. AOTA
123. The sanctuary of a classical temple, containing the cult statue of the God.
a. font
d. tabernacle
b. cella
e. NOTA
c. cenotaph
f. AOTA
124. Rock out temples where hewn out of amygdaloidal trap formations.
a. raths
d. temple
b. sculpture
e. NOTA
c. circa
f. AOTA
125. Also known as Siam (before 1993) and was named, meaning land of the free
a. China
d. Myanmar
b. Burma
e. NOTA
c. Thailand
f. AOTA
126. Poor mans teak from the valleys of India.
a. varnas
d. Aryan
b. shisam
e. NOTA
c. asoka
f. AOTA
127. A stupa in a form of a corn cob.
a. viharas
d. pillar
b. siam
e. NOTA
c. prang
f. AOTA
128. Style which is the beginning of independent Thai art.
a. chiang mai
d. Bangkok
b. lobpuri
e. NOTA
c. Khmer
f. AOTA
129. In Burma, the most important feature of the region and its continuously navigable
for almost 1400 km. upstream from the sea.
a. anawrahatta
d. pyu
b. mon-talaing
e. NOTA
c. irrawady
f. AOTA
130. Reflects Burmas cultural connections with China and India, built over older
foundations (16th-17th century) at Rangoon.
a. chandaragupta maurya
d. shwe dagon pagoda
b. mohenjo-daro
e. NOTA
c. ananda temple
f. AOTA
131. Burmas term for monasteries.
a. pitakat-taik
d. ananda
b. kyaung
e. NOTA
c. thein
f. AOTA
132. Burmas term for libraries.
a. pitakat-taik
d. ananda
b. kyaung
e. NOTA
c. thein
f. AOTA
133. Burmas term for ordination halls.
a. pitakat-taik
d. ananda
b. kyaung
e. NOTA
c. thein
f. AOTA
134. Compact variety of talc for table tops and ornaments.
a. alabaster
d. soapstone
b. sandstone
e. NOTA
c. ivory
f. AOTA
135. Term for emperors by India under Islamic influence.
a. samurai
d. jahangir
b. caliph
e. NOTA
c. jahan
f. AOTA
136. Indian archres architectural character.
a. public ovens
d. flour mills
b. cemeteries
e. NOTA
c. bathing establishment
f. AOTA
137. In features of a classic stupa, railings or carved balustrades.
a. vedika
d. aedicules
b. toranas
e. NOTA
c. parasol
f. AOTA
138. In a classic stupa, ornate gateways which break the railing on the 4 points of the
compass.
a. aedicules
d. ambulatories
b. shrine
e. NOTA
c. toranas
f. AOTA
139. Running round the mound linked by stairways to the flattened stupa top.
a. ambulatories
d. chaitya
b. viharas
e. NOTA
c. shrine
f. AOTA
140. A form of rock cut-sanctuary housing a stupa within a space for congregational
worship.
a. gopura
d. sikara
b. chaitya halls
e. NOTA
c. viharas
f. AOTA
141. Images of small buildings as elements of composition.
a. aedicules
d. gopura
b. sthapati
e. NOTA
c. toranas
f. AOTA
142. Dark cuboid cell, housing the principal image of the deity.
a. sthapati
d. sanctuary
b. shrine
e. NOTA
c. tombs
f. AOTA
143. The master architect headed all the various grades of craftsmen.
a. viranas
d. vimana
b. sthapati
e. NOTA
c. gopura
f. AOTA
144. A pyramidal or curvilinear tower like upper structure of a hidden temple.
a. sikhara
d. antarala
b. gopura
e. NOTA
c. vimana
f. AOTA
145. Chinese monumental gateway.
a. temenos
d. propylaea
b. pailou
e. NOTA
c. torii
f. AOTA
A. INDIAN ARCHRE
Railings _______________
Ornate gateways _______________
Altar _______________
Umbrella _______________
Complex built of brick______________
Images of small bldgs. ______________
Free standing laths _______________
Master architect _______________
Sanctuary _______________
Dark cuboid cell _______________
Monastery ______________
The dome _______________
Circular platform _______________
Stairways _______________
Cella _______________
Monumental gateway _______________
Great sanctuary _______________
Sanctuary vestibule _______________
Pillared hall _______________
B. JAPAN ARCHRE
Surrounding fence _______________
Entrance gateway _______________
Traditional method of handling down the
form of shrines _______________
Ridge billets _______________
Finials _______________
Ridge _______________
Middle gate _______________
Corridor _______________
Reliquary for sacred
objects_______________
Image hall _______________
Lecture hall _______________
Screens _______________
Translucent paper screens
_______________
Suspended latticed screens
_______________
Carving enshrined on a beam _________
Frogs crotch _______________
Sliding paper doors_______________
Wash basins _______________
Sacred straw rope _______________
C. CHINESE ARCHRE
Burial ground _______________
Chinese philosopher _______________
Width at the joint of duo ____________
Podium _______________
Hip roof ________________
Half hip roof _______________
Was an emblem of longetivity, durability
and unbending character ___________
Oldest surviving brick pagoda ________
Multi-storey pavilion type
pagoda ___________
Usually a monk or nuns tomb ________
Unit of spatial organization __________
Conical roof _______________
Gable roof________________
Close-set eaves _______________
Cluster of brackets to support roof
structure _______________
Book of wood _______________
Block placed on top of a column ______
Bow shaped element _______________
Smaller wooden blocks _____________
Inclination of columns at either to the
end or to the center _______________
Wind and water_______________

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NATIONAL BUILDING CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES

JPT REVIEW CENTER

6. The steps forming the base of a columned Greek temple

7. A pipe or condult for carrying sewage and liquid waste

earth in manner ensuring a good conductive path to the ground.

f. All of the above

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32. A moat or a ditch.

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