Questions and Answers

Questions and Answers
 1.
Identify the arch in the illustration?
o A. Equilateral Arch
o B. Lancet Arch
o C. Drop Arch
o D. Tudor Arch
 2.
The Nile is the longest river in the world, stretching north for approximately 4,000 miles
from East Africa to the Mediterranean. What material was used for the construction of
the pyramids?
o A. Compacted sand
o B. Clay
o C. Stones
o D. Mud bricks
 3. Replicating materials such as marble and wood with paint, but has subsequently come to
encompass many other decorative finishes for walls and furniture?
o A. Fresco painting
o B. Faux painting
o C. Art deco
o D. Bas relief
 4.
The very ornate architectural style developed in the later renaissance period?
o A. Baroque
o B. Neoclassicism
o C. Flamboyant
o D. Rayonnant
 5.
Egyptian architecture is characterized by?
o A.
Massiveness and ornamentation
o B.
Monumental & trabeated
o C.
Highly decorative
o D.
Very ornate
 6.
The Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore is world-renowned and has the largest brick dome
ever constructed, it is also known as?
o A.
Sienna cathedral
o B.
Florence cathedral
o C.
Basilica of the holy blood
o D.
Basilica of the holy cross
 7.
The art of sculpture had a diminished role in the churches because of the biblical
prohibition of graven images. How did the artists represent the saints?
o A.
Wall carving wall carving letters
o B.
Wall paintings
o C.
Cut out of figures made of cloth
o D.
Glass mosaic
 8.
Where is the term "Bahay Kubo" came from?
o A.
Term given by the spaniards
o B.
Terminolgy by ancient filipino
o C.
From "Balai" for house and Kubo for "cube"
o D.
From " balai" for houses and "kubo" for small"
 9.
Standard size of ifugao house?
o A.
2.5x2.5
o B.
3x3
o C.
4x4
o D.
5x5
 10.
The largest religious structure; beehive-shaped towers?
o A.
Angkor wat
o B.
Borobudur
o C.
Stupa
o D.
Angkor vat
 11.
Standing stones usually capped with horizontal slab?
o A.
Stonehenge
o B.
Chromelech
o C.
Dolmen
o D.
Mehir
 12.
What do you call the recess found in the dome to make the structure lighter?
o A.
Oculus
o B.
Coffers
o C.
Pendentive
o D.
Podium
 13.
What is a common striking feature of a church?
o A.
Bell tower
o B.
Facade
o C.
Butress
o D.
Ornated pediments
 14.
For muslim architecture and characteristics, it is called gathering place?
Discuss
o A.
Mimbar
o B.
Mihrab
o C.
Minaret
o D.
Kaba
 15.
An ancient roman construction technique, using irregular shaped and random placed
uncut stones?
o A.
Opus caementium
o B.
Opus reticulatum
o C.
Opus quadratum
o D.
Opus incertum
 16.
Blocks resting on the vertex or lower extremes of the pediment?
o A.
"antrixae"
o B.
Raking cornice
o C.
Moulding
o D.
Acroterian
 17.
A continuous base of structure on which a colonnade is placed?
o A.
Stereobate
o B.
Stylobate
o C.
Crepidoma
o D.
Base
 18.
A grotesquely carved figure of a human or animal, serves as a spout and projects from
the gutter to throw rainwater clear off a building?
o A.
Scupper drain
o B.
Carved parapet
o C.
Gargoyle
o D.
Down spout
 19.
A greek temple has 6 columns in front and at the back, at it's sides, it has eleven
columns, that includes the outermost columns at the front and back. What do you call
this kind of temple?
o A.
Peripteral
o B.
Pseudodipteral
o C.
Decastyle
o D.
Tetrastyle
 20.
Column distance is 4D?
o A.
Pycnostyle
o B.
Systyle
o C.
Aerostyle
o D.
Eustyle
 21.
Systyle intercolumnation?
Discuss
o A.
1.5 x cd
o B.
2.5 x cd
o C.
2 x cd
o D.
3-4 x cd
 22.
If a greek temple has a total of 14 columns with a breakdown of 4 in front, 4 at the back
and the rest at both sides, what type of temple is this?
o A.
Peripteral
o B.
Prostyle
o C.
Amphiprostyle
o D.
Dipteral
 23.
A temple has 8 columns in front and rear with 15 columns on both sides, including the 2
columns at the front?
o A.
Octastyle
o B.
Octostyle
o C.
Prostyle
o D.
Dipteral
 24.
In the given figure, what part of the capital is letter A?
o A.
Cornice
o B.
Dentils
o C.
Frieze
o D.
Architrave architrave
 25.
In the given figure, what part of the capital is letter B?
o A.
Cornice
o B.
Dentils
o C.
Frieze
o D.
Architrave
 26.
In the given figure, what part of the capital is letter C?
o A.
Cornice
o B.
Dentils
o C.
Frieze
o D.
Architrave
 27.
Identify the parts of a vault in the figure shown in letter "a"?
o A.
Groin
o B.
Lierne
o C.
Boss
o D.
Ridge
 28.
An ornamental knoblike projection, as a carved keystone at the intersection of ogives?
o A.
Groin
o B.
Boss
o C.
Keystone
o D.
Rib
 29.
How did romans create a structures with great spans?
o A.
Use of arch
o B.
Use of stones pile together
o C.
Stone corbel systems
o D.
Large column and stone beams
 30.
Which of the following is not a door?
o A.
Trap
o B.
Clerestory
o C.
Plank and batten
o D.
Bifold
 31.
Gutter in modern times is like a?
o A.
Frieze
o B.
Pediment
o C.
Girt
o D.
Cornice
 32.
Where did gothic architecture originate?
o A.
Northern france
o B.
Germany
o C.
Italy
o D.
Spain
 33.
The third phase of gothic architecture?
o A.
Rayonnant
o B.
Flamboyant
o C.
Lancet
o D.
Consonant
 34.
In gothic church, what is the purpose of the flying buttress?
o A.
Support the roofing structure
o B.
Aesthetic purposes
o C.
Support the high wall's decorative elements
o D.
None
 35.
What capital order was used in the parthenon?
o A.
Doric
o B.
Ionic
o C.
Tuscan
o D.
Corinthian
 36.
One of Frank Lloyd Wright's organic architecture?
o A.
Falling water
o B.
Robbie house
o C.
Dulles airport
o D.
Petronas tower
 37.
In the falling water, what is the function of the overhanging slab?
o A.
Terrace
o B.
Living
o C.
Open dining area
o D.
Bedroom
 38.
What is the purpose of FLW overhanging slabs?
o A.
Obviously for aesthetics, that's the reason why its very famous till now
o B.
Open plan
o C.
Wide openings
o D.
None of the answer is right
 39.
The father of Prestress Concrete?
o A.
Jorn Utzon
o B.
Eugene Freyssinet
o C.
Santiaga Calatrava
o D.
Tadao Ando
 40.
Who design the interlocking thin shell, shark like concept, that can be seen on the shore
of austrilia?
Discuss
o A.
Santiago Calatrava
o B.
Jorge Utzon
o C.
Norman Foster
o D.
Michael Graves
 41.
"I believe that people make natural association with forms, color and the composition of
elements while decoration and detailing help communicate with a building's purpose"
o A.
Michael graves
o B.
Philip johnson
o C.
Walter gropius
o D.
Buckminster fuller
 42.
From the given figure, identify the architectural style used?
o A.
Art deco
o B.
Renaissance
o C.
International style
o D.
Modernism
 43.
o A.
Art deco
o B.
Renaissance
o C.
International style
o D.
Art nouveau
 44.
o A.
Art deco
o B.
Art nouveau
o C.
Rococo
o D.
Baroque
 45.
In egyptian architecture, tomb of pharaohs was the?
o A.
Ziggurat
o B.
Mastaba
o C.
Pyramid
o D.
Sphinx
 46.
The great pyramid at gizeh was built in the 4th dynasty by?
o A.
Rameses I
o B.
Rameses II
o C.
Cheops
o D.
Chepren
 47.
Who is the beginner of great hypostyle hall at Karnak and founder of 19th dynasty?
Discuss
o A.
Rameses I
o B.
Rameses II
o C.
Seti I
o D.
Darius
 48.
Mineral of greatest importance to greek architecture of w/c Greece and her domains had
ample of supplies?
o A.
Pozzolana
o B.
Marble
o C.
Clay
o D.
Granite
 49.
Greek architecture was essentially?
o A.
Arch and vaulted
o B.
Buttressed and domed
o C.
Columnar and trabeated
o D.
Massive columns
 50.
Imposing entrance to acropolis and erected by architect mnesicles?
o A.
Propylaea
o B.
Erechtheion
o C.
Poseidon
o D.
Hypostyle
 51.
Building in acropolis generally considered as being the most nearly perfect building ever
erected is?
o A.
Erechtheion
o B.
Parthenon
o C.
Pantheon
o D.
Porch of the maidens
 52.
With the use of concrete made possible by pozzolona, a native natural cement, romans to
achieve huge interiors used?
o A.
Post and beam
o B.
Arch & vault
o C.
Pendentive
o D.
Stylobate
 53.
Which of the order was added by romans to the orders used by the greeks?
Discuss
o A.
Ionic
o B.
Composite
o C.
Corinthian
o D.
Tuscan
 54.
During macedonian dynasty, what type of plan is very famous?
o A.
Greek cross
o B.
Roman cross
o C.
Circular circular
o D.
Latin cross
 55.
From 5th century to the present, character of Byzantine architecture is?
o A.
Timber trusses
o B.
Ribbed arches
o C.
Domical roof construction
o D.
Valut
 56.
Finest and remaining example Of Byzantine archiecture?
o A.
S. Irene, Constantinople
o B.
S. Sophia, Constantinople
o C.
S. mark. Venice
o D.
S. fiore
 57.
Arch’l character of Romanesque style?
o A.
Grotesque & bizarre
o B.
Sober & dignified
o C.
Flamboyant & decorative
o D.
None
 58.
Romanesque architecture in italy is distinguished from that of the rest of Europe by the
use of ___for facing walls?
o A.
Bricks
o B.
Marble
o C.
Mosaic
o D.
Granite
 59.
Most important distinctive character of mature Spanish Romanesque architecture?
o A.
Horseshoe arch
o B.
Lancet arch
o C.
Parabolic arch
o D.
Tudor
 60.
Through gothic centuries, English lancet arch style is closest to the?
o A.
Spanish style
o B.
French style
o C.
Italian style
o D.
None
 61.
Splendid example of early gothic?
o A.
St paul’s cathedral
o B.
Westminster abbey
o C.
Cathedral of notre dame
o D.
None
 62.
Renaissance of 15th century in italy had its birth in?
o A.
Venice
o B.
Florence
o C.
Rome
o D.
Spain
 63.
In egyptian arch., tomb of nobility was the?
o A.
ziggurat
o B.
mastaba
o C.
Pyramid
o D.
Stepped pyramid
 64.
Monumental arch of Egypt is essentially a ____ style?
o A.
buttress & dome
o B.
Arch & vault
o C.
Columnar & trabeated
o D.
Columnar
 65.
King zoser’s archt. who was revered and deified in the 26th dynasty?
o A.
Imhotep
o B.
Senad
o C.
Seneferm
 66.
In Mesopotamian arch., religion called for temples made of sun dried bricks is?
o A.
Megarons
o B.
Thakamus
o C.
Ziggurats
o D.
None
 67.
Who undertook most remarkable bldg campaign in history to make Athens the cultural
& artistic leader of Greece?
o A.
Perseus
o B.
Ysicartes
o C.
Pericles
o D.
None
 68.
Archt. Of temple of apollo epicurius?
o A.
Ictinus x
o B.
Callicrates
o C.
Callimachus
o D.
Itchy nose
 69.
Temple whose most remarkable feature is use of all 3 greek orders, Doric outside, ionic
& Corinthian within is
o A.
Artemus
o B.
Parthenon
o C.
Apollo epicurius
o D.
None
 70.
Atrium type of house, characteristic of roman times is believed to have originated w/
the?
o A.
Etruscans
o B.
Aegeans
o C.
Corsicans
o D.
None
 71.
Temple w/ circular plan supporting a dome of about 140 ft in diam. & described by
Thomas Jefferson as model of spherical arch is?
o A.
St. peter basilica
o B.
S. Sophia
o C.
Pantheon
o D.
Parthenon
 72.
Colosseum, rome was commenced by vespacian and completed by?
o A.
Domitian
o B.
Titus
o C.
Trajan
o D.
None
 73.
Character of early christian arch is determined by the novel development of?
o A.
Stone vaults
o B.
Timber trusses
o C.
Arched vaults
o D.
Lintel and beam
 74.
Emperor of Byzantine empire who codified roman laws and responsible for rebuilding of
s. Sophia was
o A.
Diocletian
o B.
Theodosius
o C.
Justinian
o D.
None
 75.
One of world’s supreme masterpieces of Romanesque arch w/c was the 1st bldg in
Europe to have ribbed vaults?
o A.
Winchester cathedral
o B.
Norwich cathedral
o C.
Durham cathedral
o D.
Burnham cathedral
 76.
Greatest patron of Romanesque architecture?
o A.
Christian church
o B.
Private business
o C.
Civil govt
o D.
None
 77.
Oldest French gothic cathedrals which was begun by bishop maurice de sully, plan of
w/c is on a bent axial line?
o A.
Notre dame
o B.
Charters cathedral
o C.
Reims cathedral
o D.
None
 78.
Through gothic centuries the English style that is closest to French style is
o A.
Flamboyant
o B.
Decorated
o C.
Lancet
 79.
Largest medieval cathedral in Europe, w/ exception of s. peter's rome. The largest church
in the world?
o A.
Westminster abbey
o B.
Seville cathedral
o C.
Sagrada familia
o D.
Notre dame
 80.
Area reserved for entertaining guests in bahay kubo?
o A.
Dulang
o B.
Caida
o C.
Sala
o D.
Bulwagan
 81.
Decorative clerestory found above the windows of a bahay na bato?
Discuss
o A.
colada
o B.
Ventanilla
o C.
Gilir
o D.
Rakuh
 82.
Traditional maranaw house for the ordinary members of the community?
o A.
Walay
o B.
Lamin
o C.
Torogan
o D.
Dama
 83.
The ifugao house (southern strain) is known as?
o A.
Fayu
o B.
Bale
o C.
Chalanan
o D.
Batalag
 84.
Egyptian architecture was principally designed for?
Discuss
o A.
External adoration
o B.
Light and color
o C.
Internal effect
o D.
Life after death
 85.
The shaft of the greek order terminates in which part?
o A.
Trachelion
o B.
Hypotrachelion
o C.
Abacus
o D.
Echinus
 86.
What do you call a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural support taking the
place of a column or a pillar supporting an entablature on her head as in the figure shown
above?
o A.
Gargoyle
o B.
Caryatid
o C.
Atlantes
o D.
Statue
 87.
What do you call a type of support in the porch of maidens?
o A.
Caryatid
o B.
Atlantes
o C.
Gargoyle
o D.
Statue
 88.
A Roman rectangular temples stood on a?
o A.
Crepidoma
o B.
Stylobate
o C.
Podium
o D.
Pedestal
 89.
The plan for the colosseum in rome is shaped in the form what form?
o A.
Ellipse
o B.
Circle
o C.
Trapezoid
o D.
Half-circle
 90.
Church plan of early christian churches?
Discuss
o A.
Basilica
o B.
Latin cross
o C.
Greek cross
o D.
Calvary cross
 91.
Moorish influence of muslim features such as horseshoe arch pierced stone tracery and
excessive ornament in spanish gothic was due to?
o A.
Climate
o B.
Geography
o C.
Bldg materials
o D.
religion
 92.
An ornate arch’l style w/c developed during the latter part of the renaissance period?
o A.
Baroque
o B.
Art nouveau
o C.
Romanesque
o D.
Gothic
 93.
Development of dome to cover polygonal & square plans for churches, tombs and
baptisteries is the character of?
Discuss
o A.
Gothic
o B.
Early Christian
o C.
Byzantine
o D.
Romanesque
 94.
Architect / city planner who authored the “ekistics” - the science of human settlements?
o A.
Gropius
o B.
Doxiadis
o C.
Niemeyer
o D.
Vitruvius
 95.
Architect who advocated the “organic arch.” and envisioned the “broadacre city” for the
future?
o A.
Eero saarinen
o B.
Wallace Harrison
o C.
Daniel Burnham
o D.
FLW
 96.
Architect who designed and advocated the geodesic dome for cities of tomorrow was?
o A.
Mies van der rohe
o B.
Le corbusier
o C.
Buckminster fuller
o D.
Louis kahn
 97.
Who invented a system of well-high universal application based on hyperboloids and
paraboloids in bldgs?
o A.
Frank ghery
o B.
Santiago calatrava
o C.
Zaha hadid
o D.
Antoni gaudi
 98.
A style influenced by geometric figures?
o A.
Renaissance
o B.
Gothic
o C.
Romanesque
o D.
Art deco
 99.
One of Antoni Gaudi's project?
Discuss
o A.
Casa mila
o B.
Casa batllo
o C.
Casa milano
o D.
Sagrada familia spires
 100.
Who gave the statue of liberty to the US?
Discuss
o A.
Spain
o B.
France
o C.
Great britain
o D.
Portugal
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The first plan shape of the St. Peter's Basilica by Bramante.
In ancient Greece and Rome, a storeroom of any kind,...
The room for oils and unguents in the thermae.
The open court in an Italian palazzo.
Master sculptor of the Parthenon.
Which of the following indicates the name of a color?
The architecture of the curved line is known as ___.
Mies van der Rohe first envisioned the all-glass skyscraper in the...
In some churches, there is a part which is raised as part of the...
Mediaeval architecture, which is characterized by the pointed style,...
Roman architect of the Greek Temples of Zeus, Olympius.
The private house of the Romans.
Architect of the World Trade Center.
Which of the following principles:...
He created the Dymaxion House, "the first machine for...
The finest of Greek Tombs, also known as the 'tomb of...
The dry or sweating room in the Thermae.
He erected the entrance Piazza at St. Peter's Basilica.
How many stained glass are there in the Chartres Cathedral?
A term given to the mixture of Christian, Spanish, and Muslim...
A type of Roman wall facing with alternating courses of brickworks.
The fortified high area or citadel of an ancient Greek City.
A small private bath found in Roman houses or palaces.
With the use of concrete made possible by pozzolan, a native natural...
A kindred type to the theater.
Which of the order was added by the Romans to the orders used by the...
What type of architectural character is derived through the use of the...
In modern Muslim mosques, which of the following features are required...
"Form follows function".
The architect of the Quiapo Church before its restoration.
Buddhist architecture shown in rock-cut temples with lavishly carved...
The characteristic of Greek ornament.
The building in the acropolis generally considered as being the most...
The most beautiful and best preserved of the Greek theaters.
It is a traditional house that was called binangiyan. It was a single...
What is the difference between Chinese and Japanese pagodas?
The oldest and most important forum in Rome.
Who began the building of the Great Hypostyle Hall at Karnak?
The building that serve as a senate house for the chief dignitaries of...
Romanesque architecture in Italy is distinguished from that...
First school which offered architecture in the Philippines.
Also called a 'Honeysuckle' ornament.
"Architecture is Organic".
Architect of Central Bank of the Philippines, Manila.
A type of roman wall facing with rectangular block with or without...
Architect of the Philippine Heart Center.
Architect of SM Megamall.
Expressionist Architect.
Architect of the Erechtheion.
Architect of the Great Serapeum at Alexandria.
Orientation of the Medieval Church.
A style in the architecture Italy I the second half of the 16th...
Forming the imposing entrance to the acropolis and erected by the...
Orientation of the Greek temple is towards the ___.
Greek architecture was essentially.
The father of modern picture books of Architecture.
A type of Roman wall facing with a net-like effect.
Mexican Architect/Engineer who introduced thin shell construction.
What do you call the tool in architecture which organizes space or...
Designer of the Bonifacio Monument.
The “Arabesque” surface ornamentation originated from what...
Architects of the Hagia Sophia. (St. Sophia,Constantinople)
What art principle shows the relationships between the various parts...
Corresponds to the Greek naos.
An upright ornament at the eaves of a tile roof, concealing the foot...
The senate house of the Greeks.
Architect of Manila Hilton Hotel.
The dressing room of the Thermae.
Tomb of Atreus, a noted example of the tholos type of tomb is also...
The best example of a German Romanesque church with apses at both east...
Smallest cathedral in the world. (Byzantine period)
Architect of the National Library, Philippines.
Orientation of the Etruscan temple is towards the ___.
What is the principal type of building in Muslim Architecture?
The colosseum in Rome also known as the "flavian...
The architect of the Pantheon.
Invented reinforced concrete in France.
Built by the Franciscan priest Fr. Blas dela Madre, this church in...
Architect of the Temples of Zeus, Olympia.
Who commenced the 'hall of hundred columns'?
"cubicula" or bedroom is from what architecture.
Which of the following represent the primary colors?
Amphitheaters are used for ___.
Architect of the Batasang Pambansa.
From the Greek temples, a temple that have porticoes of columns at the...
This church, 1st built by the Augustinian Fr. Miguel Murguia, has an...
The Grandest Temple of all Egyptian temples, it was not built by upon...
Type of plan of the Byzantine churches.
It is the eclectic style of domestic architecture of the 1870’s...
What is referred to as written record of man’s effort to build...
Triangular piece of wall above the entablature.
Designer of the Taj Mahal.
The beginner of the great hypostyle hall at karnak and the founder of...
Which of the following indicates the brightness of a color?
In early Christian churches, the bishop took the central place at the...
Which historic style of architecture first introduced the clerestory?
Sculptor for the Bonifacio Monument.
"A house is a machine to live in".
Architect of the Chicago Tribune Tower.
An upright ornament at the eaves of a tile roof, concealing the foot...
The first plan shape of the St. Peter's Basilica by Bramante.
English Cross
French Cross
Latin Cross
Greek Cross
In ancient Greece and Rome, a storeroom of any kind, but especially

for storing wine.
Apotheca
Anthemion
Antefix
Acroterion
The room for oils and unguents in the thermae.
Apodyteria
Unctuaria
Sudatorium
Calidarium
The open court in an Italian palazzo.
Dipteral
Tumuli
Cortel
Prytaneion
 Master sculptor of the Parthenon.


 Phidias

 Callimachus

 Ptolemy III

 Bernini
 Which of the following indicates the name of a color?

 Value

 Chroma

 Hue

 Intensity
The architecture of the curved line is known as ___.
Baroque
Medieval
Renaissance
Romanesque
Question 8 / 100
8%
Mies van der Rohe first envisioned the all-glass
skyscraper in the 1920s.A true genius, he designed a structure that
could not be built at that time, but some thirty years later the
technology was at hand. The long-held dream of the crystalline tower
was finally realized in these famous building, 38 stories of black steel
and glass.
S.R. Crown Hall
Lakeshore Drive Apartment
Seagram Building
Lever House
In some churches, there is a part which is raised as part of the

sanctuary which later developed into the transept, this is the ___.
Cancelli
Ambo
Bema
Cella
Mediaeval architecture, which is characterized by the pointed style,

was prevalent in Western Europe from the 13th to the 15th century.
What do you call this style?
Doric
Romanesque
Gothic
Arabesque
Roman architect of the Greek Temples of Zeus, Olympius.
Theron
Libon
Cossutius
Mnesicles
The private house of the Romans.
Atrium House
Villa
Thalamus
Domus
Architect of the World Trade Center.
Kenzo Tange
Minoru Yamasaki
Arata Isozake
Tadao Ando
Which of the following principles: 1. Frameworks structurally
independent of walls 2. Free-standing façade 3. Roof garden
4. Open planning 5. Cube form elevated on stilts or columns
were adopted by Le Corbusier in his Villa Savoye
2, 4, 5
1, 2, 3, 4, 5
3, 4, 5
1, 2, 3
He created the Dymaxion House, "the first machine for living".
Le Corbusier
Marcel Lajos Breuer
Buckminster Fuller
Louis Sullivan
The finest of Greek Tombs, also known as the 'tomb of Agamemnon'.
Nea Roumata
Treasury of Atreus
Phylaki
Tholos Tomb
he dry or sweating room in the Thermae.
Tepidarium
Unctuaria
Sudatorium
Calidarium
He erected the entrance Piazza at St. Peter's Basilica.
Agrippa
Hadrian
Vitruvius
Bernini
How many stained glass are there in the Chartres Cathedral?
168
167
186
176
A term given to the mixture of Christian, Spanish, and Muslim 12th-
16th century architecture.
Byzantine
Saracenic
Mudejar
Romanesque
A type of Roman wall facing with alternating courses of brickworks.
Opus Recticulatum
Opus Mixtum
Opus Incertum
Opus Quadratum
The fortified high area or citadel of an ancient Greek City.
Parthenon
Acropolis
Pantheon
Apotheca
A small private bath found in Roman houses or palaces.
Domus
Thalamus
Balneum
Insulae
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24 %
With the use of concrete made possible by pozzolan, a native natural

cement, the Romans achieved huge interiors with the...
Arch and vault

Columnar trabeated
Helm Roof
A kindred type to the theater.
Podium
Pinacotheca
Epidauros
Odeion
Which of the order was added by the Romans to the orders used by the
Greeks.
Doric
Ionic
Composite
Corinthian
What type of architectural character is derived through the use of the
building?
Association
Personality
Function
Materials
In modern Muslim mosques, which of the following features are
required to be applied?
Minarets and domes
All listed items here
Niche
Pulpit
"Form follows function".
Le Corbusier
Buckminster Fuller
Marcel Lajos Breuer
Louis Sullivan
The architect of the Quiapo Church before its restoration.
Cesar Concio
Juan Nakpil
Tomas Mapua
Jose Herrera
Buddhist architecture shown in rock-cut temples with lavishly carved
interiors is a characteristic feature of what style of architecture?
Japanese
Chinese
Indian
Filipino
The characteristic of Greek ornament.
Acroterion
Apotheca
Antefix
Anthemion
The building in the acropolis generally considered as being the most
nearly perfect building ever erected is the....
Acroterion
Anthemion
Prytaneion
Parthenon
The most beautiful and best preserved of the Greek theaters.
Pinacotheca
Odeoin
Epidauros
Podium
It is a traditional house that was called binangiyan. It was a single
room dwelling elevated at 1.50 meters from the ground; the floor were
made of hard wood like narra which rested on 3 floor joist which in
turn were supported by transverse girders.
Kalinga
Badjao
Kankanay
Bontoc
What is the difference between Chinese and Japanese pagodas?
Chinese pagodas are polygonal; Japanese are square in plan
Chinese pagodas are mostly five-storeyed; Japanese are three to fifteen
Japanese pagodas plans are polygonal; Chinese are square
Japanese pagodas are mostly four-storeyed; Chinese are three to seven

The oldest and most important forum in Rome.
Forum Cuppedinis
Imperial Forum
Forum Romanum
Forum Vinarium
Who began the building of the Great Hypostyle Hall at Karnak?
Amenemhat I
Senusret I
Ptolemy III
Thothmes I
The building that serve as a senate house for the chief dignitaries of
the city and as a palace where distinguished visitors and citizens might
be entertained.
Thersihon
Bouleuterion
Diathyros
Prytaneion
Romanesque architecture in Italy is distinguished from that of the rest
of Europe by the use of what material for facing walls.
Cement
Bricks
Lime
Marble
First school which offered architecture in the Philippines.
National University
UST
Liceo de Manila
Mapua
Also called a 'Honeysuckle' ornament.
Acroterion
Apotheca
Antefix
Anthemion
"Architecture is Organic".
Walter Gropius
Mies van de Rohe
Le Corbusier
Frank Lloyd Wright

Architect of Central Bank of the Philippines, Manila.
Froilan Hong
Leandro Locsin
George Ramos
Gabriel Formoso
A type of roman wall facing with rectangular block with or without
mortar joints.
Opus Recticulatum
Opus Mixtum
Opus Tesselatum
Opus Quadratum
Architect of the Philippine Heart Center.
Gabriel Formoso
Leandro Locsin
George Ramos
Felipe Mendoza
Architect of SM Megamall.
Jose Siao Ling
Jonathan Gan
Gilbert Yu
Antonio Sin Diong

Expressionist Architect.
Hennevique
Eero Saarinen
Erich Mendelsohn
Alvar Aalto
Architect of the Erechtheion.
Cossutius
Mnesicles
Theron
Libon
Architect of the Great Serapeum at Alexandria.
Senusret I
Ptolemy III
Thothmes I
Amenemhat I
Orientation of the Medieval Church.
South
West
North
East
A style in the architecture Italy I the second half of the 16th century
and to a lesser extent elsewhere in Europe. It uses classical elements in
an unconventional manner.
Palladianism
Mannerism
Illusionism
Abstract
Forming the imposing entrance to the acropolis and erected by the
architect Mnesicles is the...
Parthenon
Stoa
Pteroma
Propylaea
Orientation of the Greek temple is towards the ___.

East
South
West
North
Greek architecture was essentially.
Columnar trabeated
Arch and vault
Helm Roof
The father of modern picture books of Architecture.
Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola
Leon Battista Alberti
Philibert De L’orme
Andrea Palladio
A type of Roman wall facing with a net-like effect.
Opus Mixtum
Opus Incertum
Opus Quadratum
Opus Recticulatum
Mexican Architect/Engineer who introduced thin shell construction.
Luis Soria y Mata
Carlos Rodriguez
Felix Outerino Candela
Francisco Sanchez
What do you call the tool in architecture which organizes space or
spatial composition related to function?
Space planning
Space articulation
Territoriality
Functional interrelationship diagram

Designer of the Bonifacio Monument.
Cesar Concio
Juan Nakpil
Tomas Mapua
Felipe Mendoza
The "Arabesque" surface ornamentation originated from what style of
architecture
Japanese
Thai
Chinese
Muslim
Architects of the Hagia Sophia. (St. Sophia,Constantinople)
Anthemius and Isidorus
Callicrates and Ictinus
Theron and Libon
Cossutius and Mnesicles

What art principle shows the relationships between the various parts
of an object/structure/groups of objects and structures?
Proportion
Size
Volume
Scale
Corresponds to the Greek naos.
Cella
Bema
Ambo
Cancelli
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.
Acroterion
Antefix
Apotheca
Anthemion
The senate house of the Greeks.
Domus
Prytaneion
Bouleuterion
Insulae
Architect of Manila Hilton Hotel.
Welton Becket
Erich Mendelsohn
Inigo Jones
Daniel Burnham
The dressing room of the Thermae.
Unctuaria
Apodyteria
Sudatorium
Calidarium
Tomb of Atreus, a noted example of the tholos type of tomb is also
known as:
Mausoleum, Helicarnassos
Tomb of Clytemnestra
Tomb of Agamemnon
Thersilion, Megapolis
The best example of a German Romanesque church with apses at both
east and west
Worms Cathedral
Tournai Cathedral
Bamberg Cathedral
Trier Cathedral
Smallest cathedral in the world. (Byzantine period)
Sao Paulo Cathedral, Brazil
Cathedral of San Giovanni, Rome
Aachen Cathedral, Germany
Little Metropole Cathedral, Athens

Architect of the National Library, Philippines.
Felipe Mendoza
Jose Herrera
Juan Nakpil
Cesar Concio
Orientation of the Etruscan temple is towards the ___.
West
North
South
East
What is the principal type of building in Muslim Architecture?
Church
Mosque
Mausoleum
Temple
The architect of the Pantheon.

Agrippa
Vitruvius
Bernini
Hadrian
Invented reinforced concrete in France.
Erich Mendelsohn
Le Corbusier
Hennevique
Mies van de Rohe

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.
Angono Church
Morong Church
Jala-jala
Antipolo Church
Architect of the Temples of Zeus, Olympia.
Theron
Cossutius
Mnesicles
Libon
Who commenced the 'hall of hundred columns'?
Hystaspes
Amytis
Xerxes
Darius
"cubicula" or bedroom is from what architecture.
Roman
Greek
Byzantine
Egyptian
Which of the following represent the primary colors?
Blue, yellow, violet
Red, yellow, green
Green, orange, violet
Red, yellow, blue

Amphitheaters are used for ___.
Gladiatorial Contests
Public meetings
Sports competition
Marathon race
Architect of the Batasang Pambansa.
Felipe Mendoza
Gabriel Formoso
Leandro Locsin
George Ramos
From the Greek temples, a temple that have porticoes of columns at
the front and rear.
Astylar
Tympanum
Amphi-Prostyle
Dipteral
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.
Quiapo Church
Las Pinas Cathedral
Laoag Cathedral
Panay Cathedral in Capiz

The Grandest Temple of all Egyptian temples, it was not built by upon
one complete plan but owes its size, disposition and magnificence to
the work of many Kings. Built from the 12th Dynasty to the Ptolemaic
period.
Temple of Ramsesseum, Thebes
The Great temple of Abu-Simbel
Great Temple of Ammon, Karnak
Temple of Queen HATSHEPSUT

Type of plan of the Byzantine churches.
Centralized
Cross-type
Circular
Rectangular
It is the eclectic style of domestic architecture of the 1870's and the 1880's in England and the
USA and actually based on country house and cottage Elizabeth architecture which was
characterized by a blending of Tudor Gothic, English Renaissance and colonial elements in the
USA:
Stuart Architecture
Queen Anne style

Jacobean Architecture
Mannerist Phase
What is referred to as written record of man's effort to build
beautifully?
Style of architecture
Elements of architecture
Pre-historic architecture
History of architecture
Triangular piece of wall above the entablature.
Frieze
Pediment
Architrave
Pendentive
esigner of the Taj Mahal.
Shah Naser
Shah Jalan
Shah Reza
Shah Jahan
The beginner of the great hypostyle hall at karnak and the founder of
the 19th dynasty.
Rameses I
Rameses IV
Rameses III
Rameses II
Which of the following indicates the brightness of a color?
Chroma
Intensity
Hue
Value
In early Christian churches, the bishop took the central place at the
end of the church called ___.
Naos
Narthex
Nave
Apse
Which historic style of architecture first introduced the clerestory?
Egyptian
West Asiatic
Greek
Roman
Sculptor for the Bonifacio Monument.
Guillermo Tolentino
Ang Kiukok
Antonio Tolentino
Antonio Guillermo
"A house is a machine to live in".
Le Corbusier
Frank Loyd Wright
Mies van de Rohe
Walter Gropius
Architect of the Chicago Tribune Tower.

John Howell and Raymond Hood
Frank Lloyd Wright
Mies van de Rohe
Eliel Saarinen
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.
Apotheca
Acroterion
Anthemion
Antefix

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Identify the arch in the illustration?

Massiveness and ornamentation

Monumental & trabeated

Basilica of the holy blood

Basilica of the holy cross

Cut out of figures made of cloth

Term given by the spaniards

Terminolgy by ancient filipino

From "Balai" for house and Kubo for "cube"

From " balai" for houses and "kubo" for small"

In the given figure, what part of the capital is letter A?

Use of stones pile together

Stone corbel systems

Large column and stone beams

Plank and batten

Support the roofing structure

Support the high wall's decorative elements

Open dining area

None of the answer is right

Arch and vaulted

Buttressed and domed

Columnar and trabeated

Porch of the maidens

Post and beam

Arch & vault

Domical roof construction

Grotesque & bizarre

Sober & dignified

Flamboyant & decorative

Cathedral of notre dame

buttress & dome

Arch & vault

Columnar & trabeated

St. peter basilica

Lintel and beam

Light and color

Life after death

Sagrada familia spires

The first plan shape of the St. Peter's Basilica by Bramante.

In ancient Greece and Rome, a storeroom of any kind, but especially

The room for oils and unguents in the thermae.

The open court in an Italian palazzo.

 Master sculptor of the Parthenon.

S.R. Crown Hall

Lakeshore Drive Apartment

In some churches, there is a part which is raised as part of the

Mediaeval architecture, which is characterized by the pointed style,

Marcel Lajos Breuer

With the use of concrete made possible by pozzolan, a native natural

Arch and vault

Domical roof construction

All listed items here

Marcel Lajos Breuer

Chinese pagodas are polygonal; Japanese are square in plan

Chinese pagodas are mostly five-storeyed; Japanese are three to fifteen

Japanese pagodas plans are polygonal; Chinese are square

Japanese pagodas are mostly four-storeyed; Chinese are three to seven

Mies van de Rohe

Frank Lloyd Wright

Jose Siao Ling

Antonio Sin Diong

Architect of the Erechtheion.