BL/PP & HOA, TOA, PL 9.

What is the maximum distance of gratings of

YMF walkways and sidewalks?
1. What is the allocation for Parks and Playground in a A. 7mm B. 9.5mm
BP220 project if the number of lots per hectare is 151-
160? C. 13mm D. 17mm
A. 3.5% B. 4%
10. Height of handrail for protection at great heights?
C. 5% D. 6% A. .95m B 1.00m

2. What is the allocation for Parks and Playground in a C. 1.05m D. 1.10m

BP220 project if the number of lots per hectare is above
225? 11. What is the clearance of the handrail if installed on a
A. 6% B. 7% ledge?
A. 40mm B. 45mm
C. 8% D. 9%
C. 50mm D. 55mm
3. The allocated area for Parks and Playground in a
BP220 project should not be less than____? 12. What is the preferred width of a central refuge?
A. 80 sqm B. 100 sqm A. 1.5m B. 1.8m

C. 110 sqm D. 150 sqm. C. 2.0m D. 2.1m

4. What is the minimum diameter of a drainage pipe for 13. A test to determine the ability of interior wall &
the drainage system of BP220 projects? ceiling finishes to propagate fire & smoke.
A. 300mm RCP B. 320mm RCP A. Smoke Emission Test B. Emanation Test

C. 350mm RCP D. 375mm RCP C. Burrow Test D. Tunnel Test

5. All roads in PD957 projects must be paved with 14. What is the full title of RA9266?
concrete or asphalt. What is the thickness if concrete is A. The Architecture Act of 2004
to be used?
A. 50mm B. 100mm B. An Act Providing For A More Responsive &
Comprehensive Regulation for the Registration,
C. 150mm D. 200mm Licensing & Practice of Architecture

6. All roads in PD957 projects must be paved with C. An Act to Regulate the Practice of Architecture in the
concrete or asphalt. What is the thickness if asphalt is to Philippines
be used?
A. 50mm B. 100mm D. Standards of Professional Practice

C. 150mm D. 200mm 15. Foreign nationals need a temporary or special

permit to practice Architecture in the Philippines.
7. Minimum floor area for Open Market Housing? Where can this special permit be obtained?
A. 32 sqm. B. 38 sqm. A. From PRBOA B. From DOLE

C. 42 sqm. D. 48 sqm C. From Bureau of D. From DFA

Immigration
8. PD957 states that for residential & condominium
projects: No development shall be allowed within the 16. Who nominates persons for each position in the
_____ mandatory easement on both sides of the PRBOA?
Marikina Valley Fault & such other fault traces A. The IAPOA B. Outgoing member of PRBOA
identified by PHIVOLCS.
A. 5meter B. 10meter C. President of the PH D. Any registered Architect

C. 15meter D. 20meter
17. Which of the following shall take precedence over A. Apotheca B. Pteroma
the other?
A. An Architect’s duty to his client C. Stoa D. Propylaea
B. An Architect’s duty to the public
C. Both A&B 24. Who erected the earliest known Obelisk at
D. None of the above Heliopolis?
A. Imhotep B. Amenemhat
18. What is the fire rating for a hotel room door?
A. 20min B. 30 mins C. Senusret I D. Zoser

C. 40mins D. 45mins 25. How many stained glasses are there in Chartres
Cathedral? (The first example of French Gothic Arch.)
19. What is the minimum lot area for rowhouse A. 168 B. 176
socialized housing units as per BP220?
A. 28sqm B. 32sqm C. 186 D. 167

C. 30sqm D. 36sqm 26. What is a Niche in a Mosque of any Muslim religious

building indicating direction of prayer toward Mecca?
20. What is the occupant load factor for a conference A. Kibla B. Sahn
room?
A. 1.40 sqm/person B. 1.50 sqm/person C. Madrassad D. Mihrab

C. 1.60 sqm/person D. 1.70 sqm/person 27. What was the most important factor in designing
settlement patterns during the Spanish Period in the
18. What is the intercolumnantion of a 2 column Philippines?
diameter? A. Religion B. Politics
A. Diastyle B. Pycnostle
C. Economy D. Transportation
C. Eustyle D. Systyle
28. What is the period in History wherein towns grew
19. What is “that which deceives the eye”? around either a monastery or castle assuming a
A. Trompe l’eoil B. Entasis radiocentric pattern?
A. Renaissance Period B. Roman Period
C. Superimposition D. Illusion
C. Medieval Period D. Greek Period
20. What is the drawing of buildings & layouts in
simplifies, undetailed form? 29. Who was called “Masters’ master” where his
A. Sketches B. Parti-scheme students are Architects like Gropius, Breuer & Van de
Rohe?
C. Block-plan D. Poche A. Peter Behrens B. Frank Lloyd Wright

21. Which design principle provides directional C. Le Corbusier D. Louis Sullivan

movement of the eye?
A. Proportion B. Hierarchy 30. Who is the Filipino Architect whose philosophy is
“the structure must be well oriented”?
C. Balance D. Rhythm A. Caesar Homer Concio B. Juan Nakpil

22. An elevator shaft is an example of what element of C. Felipe Mendoza D. Francisco Manosa
design?
A. Volume B. Plane 31. According to Tonnies, What type of community life
is one which is impersonal, superficial & business-like
C. Point D. Line relationships prevail?
A. Rural B. Damay
23. What is the space between the colonnade & the
Naos wall in a greek temple? C. Gelleschaft D. Gemeinschaft