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INSTRUCTIONS: SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER FOR EACH OF THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS. MAKE ONLY
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MULTIPLE CHOICES:
1. What is a decorative appendage on the corners of the base of a round column resting on a square or
polygonal pilnth, in the form of a grotesque, a tongue or leafwork?
2. It is a short channel or tube used to spill storm water from gullies, balconies; exterior galleries so that
the water will fall clear of the building.
3. It is to connect, unite, or join two similar members, wires, columns or pieces: usually in a straight line
by fastening the lapped ends by means of mechanical end connectors or by welding.
4. A vertical window which projects from a sloping roof, placed in a small gable.
5. A window ventilating sash, fixed at the sides of the opening into which it is fitted, which swings open
on hinges along its entire length.
6. A type of projecting window or bay window for the display of goods in shops.
8. A free- standing support for an arch, usually composite in section and thicker than a column, but
performing the same function.
11. A low- ceilinged story located between two main stories usually constructed directly above the
ground floor.
12. A niche in the mosque of any religious Muslim building, indicating the direction of prayer toward
Mecca.
13. In stonework, the processing of quarry blocks, through sawing, planning, turning, and cutting
techniques, to produce finished stone.
15. A Bronze Age civilization (1800-1300 B.C), whose gate buildings with porches provided access to
unfortified compounds.
16. The church and monastery architecture of the Spanish religious orders in Mexico and California in the
18th century.
18. The line formed by the meeting of moldings or other surfaces which intersect each other at an angle.
19. A broad deep trench, filled with water, surrounding ramparts of a town or fortress.
20. A term meaning “just now.” It used concrete, steel and glass.
22. Inlaid pieces of material, such as wood or ivory, fitted together and glued to a common background.
23. The representation of a face, a human or partly human head, more or less caricatured, and used as
an architectural element.
24. A corbel, the shadow of which bears a close resemblance to that of a human face.
25. Includes all stone products, all brick products and all concrete block units, including decorative and
customized blocks.
27. A window opening made up of overlapping boards, blades or slats, either fixed or adjustable,
designed to allow ventilation in varying degrees without letting in the rain.
30. The middle part of an arch, between the springing point and the crown.
32. The uppermost horizontal cross member between jambs, which forms the top of a door or window
frame, may provide structural support for construction above.
33. Any spiral form, particularly a small volute or twist under the abacus of the Corinthian capital.
34. Architecture (480-323 B.c.) of the classical Greek period up to the death of Alexander the great.
REF: IBID, p. 96
37. A decorative pedestal, taking the place of a column, tapered downward and rectangular in cross
section, forming the lower part of a herm, on which a human bust is mounted.
REF: IBID, p. 96
38. A long covered area acting as a corridor inside or on the exterior of a building or between buildings.
REF: IBID, p. 96
39. A piece of ground, open or enclosed, appropriated to plants, trees, shrubs, or other landscape
features.
REF: IBID, p. 96
40 A spout carrying water from the roofs above, frequently carved with grotesque figures of animals
with open mouths, from which water discharged away from the building’s walls.
REF: IBID, p. 96
41. Decoration produced by cutting away the background of a pattern in stone or wood, leaving the rest
as a grating.
REF: IBID, p. 94
42. A rectangular motif used in early Greek border ornament or pattern, rarely as an isolated ornamental
device, an angular counterpart of the spiral or wave.
REF: IBID, p. 94
43. An elevated horizontal continuous band or panel that is usually located below the cornice, and often
decorated with sculpture in low relief.
REF: IBID, p. 94
REF: IBID, p. 94
45. A part or feature of a façade, often treated as a separated element and ornamented highly.
REF: IBID, p. 94
REF: IBID, p. 94
47. Rusticated, with formalized stalactites or icicles’, given an even, granular surface to avoid shine,
closely reticulated or matted to avoid transparency.
REF: IBID, p. 94
48. A court forming an entrance plaza for a single building, or a group of several buildings.
REF: IBID, p. 91
49. A term representing a new classicism in American architecture (1950- 1965), manifested in buildings
by Mies Van Der Rohe, Phillip Johnson, Paul Rudolph and Minuro Yamasaki.
REF: IBID, p. 91
50. A garden whose plantings, walks, pools and fountains follow a definite, recognizable plan frequently
symmetrical, emphasizing geometrical forms.
REF: IBID, p. 91
51. A transitional style between the Gothic and Renaissance in England (1558-1603) named after a
queen, consisting mostly of designs for country houses, characterized by large windows and by strap iron
ornamentation.
REF: IBID, p. 80
52. A cylindrical or polygonal wall below a dome, often pierced with windows.
REF: IBID, p. 77
53. Recessed or lowered in two steps, as when a panel is sunk below the surface of a larger panel.
REF: IBID, p. 77
54. A dormer whose eave line is parallel to the eave of the main roof, as opposed to one whose eave is
gabled.
REF: IBID, p. 77
REF: IBID, p. 76
56. A structure projecting from a sloping roof usually housing a vertical window that is placed in a small
gable, or containing a ventilating louver.
REF: IBID, p. 76
57. The first and simplest of the orders, developed by the Dorian Greeks, consisting of relatively short
shafts with flutes meeting with a sharp arris, simple undecorated capital, square abacus and having no
base.
REF: IBID, p. 76
58. It is a knob, bar, or ring of metal attached to the outside of an exterior door to enable a person to
announce his or her presence, usually held by a hinge so that it can be lifted t strike a metal plare.
REF: IBID, p. 74
REF: IBID, p. 74
60. The center vertical member of a double door opening set between two single active leaves, usually
the strike side of each leaf.
REF: IBID, p. 74
61. The uppermost member of a door frame, a horizontal projection above a door.
REF: IBID, p. 74
62. A crossbar separating a door from a light of window located above it.
REF: IBID, p. 74
63. A horizontal cross member connecting the hinge stile to the lock stile, both at the top and bottom of
the door and at intermediate location, maybe exposed as in panel doors, or concealed, as in flush doors.
REF: IBID, p. 74
64. One of the upright structural members of the frame at the outer edge of a door.
REF: IBID, p. 74
65. A strip fastened to the floor beneath a door, usually required to cover the joint where two types of
floor material meet.
REF: IBID, p. 74
66. A series or closely spaced ornamental rectangular blocks resembling teeth, used as moldings most
often in continuous bands just below the cornice.
REF: IBID, p. 68
REF: IBID, p. 66
68. Any uppermost or terminal features in architecture, the top of an arch including the key stone; the
corona of a cornice, often including the elements above it.
REF: IBID, p. 65
69. A lateral projection of the architrave moldings of classical doors and windows at the extremities of
the lintel or head.
REF: IBID, p. 65
70. An ornament on a roof, a roof screen or wall which is frequently perforated, and consists of rhythmic
and identical patterns that are highly decorated.
REF: IBID, p. 64
71. Overhanging eaves where the rafters are exposed at the eaves and can be seen from below.
REF: IBID, p. 63
72. The level cornice of the pediment under the two inclined cornices.
REF: IBID, p. 63
73. A cornice supported by a series of modillions, often found in Composite and Corinthian orders.
REF: IBID, p. 63
74. A hollow cornice, built up of boards and moldings resulting in a soffit under the eaves.
REF: IBID, p. 63
75. The most ornamental of the three orders developed by the Greeks, characterized by a high base,
pedestal slender fluted shaft fillets, ornate capitals using stylized acanthus leaves, and an elaborate
cornice.
REF: IBID, p. 62
76. The stepped edge of an incline that terminates a masonry gable end wall, masking the surface of a
pitched roof beyond, found in northern European masonry construction.
REF: IBID, p. 62
77. A vertical decorated bracket in the form of a scroll, usually higher than its projection from the wall to
support a cornice, window or a piece of sculpture.
REF: IBID, p. 59
78. Having a common center.
REF: IBID, p. 57
79. A column entwined by a band which presents a twisted or spiral appearance; a twisted column.
REF: IBID, p. 56
REF: IBID, p. 56
REF: IBID, p. 56
82. A decorative sculpture or painting representing chubby, usually naked infants; also known as amorini
or putti.
REF: IBID, p. 49
83. The upper member of a column, pillar, pier or pilaster, crowning the shaft and usually decorated.
REF: IBID, p. 42
84. It can carry an architrave, arcade or imposed block. The classical orders each have representative
capitals.
REF: IBID, p. 42
85. An ornament representing a young maiden bearing a basket of ceremonial offering on her head,
used either as a column support or as a free standing garden ornament.
REF: IBID, p. 41
86. An exterior mass of masonry projecting wall to absorb the lateral thrusts from roof vaults; either
unbroken in their height or broken into stages, with a successive reduction in their projection and width.
REF: IBID, p. 39
87. One of two buttresses that appear at right angles to each other, forming a corner support for a
structure.
REF: IBID, p. 39
88. A characteristic feature of gothic construction in which the lateral thrusts of a roof or vault are
carried by a segmental masonry arch, usually sloping to a solid pier or support sufficient to receive the
thrust.
REF: IBID, p. 39
89. A projection from a vertical surface providing structural or visual support under cornices, balconies,
windows, or any other over hanging member.
REF: IBID, p. 35
90. The ornamental molding running around the exterior curve of an arch, around the openings of
windows, doors, or other openings.
REF: IBID, p. 20
91. A common Greek ornament based on the honeysuckle or palmette, used in a radiating cluster either
singly on stele or antefix, or as a running ornament on friezes.
REF: IBID, p. 11
92. A decorated upright slab used in classical architecture and derivatives to close or conceal the open
end of a row of tiles covering the joints of roof tiles.
REF: IBID, p. 10
93. Sculptured representations of the heads and skulls of goats and rams, once used as decoration on
altars and friezes.
94. An elevated pedestal bearing a statue that is raised above the substructure.
95. It allows children to look into the street without falling over.
96. A porch overhanging the ground floor but covered with a wall and windows prevented the heat of
the sun from entering the interior rooms.
97. It was for washing, bleaching and drying clothes; it was a hanging garden, a recreation area and a
place to catch the breze.
98. Found in the dining room rather than the kitchen; it is an extended window shelf, designed to let sun,
wind and force and gravity dry a mountain of dishes.
99. A little window below the sill allowed additional breeze into the bahay na bato.
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