THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE REVIEWER – ACC 8.

Length, width and depth, form and space,

surface, orientation and position are the
1. What are the properties of a plane?
properties of this primary element of design?
a. Length, width, depth, form, shape, surface
a. Structure
& orientation
b. Volume
b. Length, width, shape, surface, orientation
c. Plane
& position
d. Model
c. Length, position & direction
9. A critical element in the formation of any visual
d. Length, shape, position & orientation
construction
2. The primary element in the vocabulary form
a. Point
a. Line
b. Line
b. Volume
c. Volume
c. Point
d. Plane
d. Plane
10. Because of its vertical orientation, it is active in
3. The primary identifying element of a plane
our normal field of vision and vital to the
a. Surface
shaping and enclosure of architectural space.
b. Depth
a. Overhead plane
c. Surface
b. Base plane
d. Shape
c. Wall plane
4. Serves to define the limits of a volume
d. Planar Element
a. Line
11. This is defined as a general formula to explain a
b. Shape
phenomenon.
c. Plane
a. Theory
d. Form
b. Research
5. The scientific discipline concerned with the
c. Concept
understanding of interactions among humans
d. Formula
and other elements of a system, and the
12. The line or point where two things are joined or
profession that applies theory, principles, data
hinged.
and methods to design in order to optimize
a. Corner
human well-being and overall system
b. Junction
performance
c. Angle
a. Anthropometry
d. Boss
b. Ergonomy
13. Outline of the human face, distinctive outline
c. Anthropometrics
a. Dominance
d. Ergonomics
b. Side View
6. It is determined by the contour of the line
c. Profile
forming the edges of a plance
d. Brutalism
a. Form
14. Architecture Characterized by free, abstract and
b. Shape
monumental form
c. Surface
a. Minimalism
d. Orientation
b. Functionalism
7. It gives shape to the planes
c. Expressionism
a. Point
d. Brutalism
b. Depth
c. Surface
d. Line
15. A type of architectural character which comes 22. The openings or details are arranged in such a
from the influence of ideas and impressions manner that some important than other than
related to or growing out of past experiences? the eye grasp the significance of this
a. Character of Style relationship and pauses longer in contemplating
b. Character of Texture larger elements, what type of rhythm is this?
c. Functional Character a. Texture Rhythm
d. Associated Character b. Unaccented Rhythm
16. A type of architectural character which results c. Accented Rhythm
from the purpose of the building or the reason d. Color Rhythm
for its erection? 23. Equally spaced windows are introduced on the
a. Character of Style broken wall, than regular repetition is present,
b. Character of Texture what type of rhythm is this?
c. Functional Character a. Texture Rhythm
d. Associated Character b. Unaccented Rhythm
17. Building have points of similarity like walls, c. Accented Rhythm
doors and roofs but have different purposes d. Color Rhythm
and appearances, what principles of design is
this?
a. Scale
b. Proportion
c. Character
d. Rhythm 24. Architecture in an art which is seen, it is a
18. Set of postures or values about design that a composition of elements so arranged as to
designer relies upon for making a solutions to serve a utilitarian purpose and in addition, to
design problem have an emotional appeal, what principles of
a. Design process design is this?
b. Design objectives a. Contrast
c. Design philosophy b. Rhythm
d. Design concept c. Balance
19. This allows the organization of the task on d. Scale
space according to their relationship to one 25. This type of balance is characterized by an
another. arrangement where all the parts radiate from a
a. Methodology center like the spokes in a wheel, what type of
b. Bubble Diagram balance is this?
c. Imagineering a. Radial Balance
d. Critical Thinking b. Asymmetrical Balance
20. The repetition of a similar type of line in a piece c. Symmetrical Balance
of sculpture? d. Formal Balance
a. Rhythmic use of Color 26. A basic principle of composition where all the
b. Rhythmic use of Line unrelated parts are brought into proper
c. Rhythmic use of Motion relationship or harmony
d. Rhythmic use of Direction a. Unity and Balance
21. Elements that are both present in architecture b. Proportion
and engineering structures c. Rhythm
a. Durability and Efficiency d. Balance
b. Functionality and Structural Stability 27. The easiest and simple type of balance in which
c. Creativity and Stability the elements are arranged in precisely the same
d. Structural Stability and Effectiveness manner
a. Radial Balance
 b. Asymmetrical Balance c. Quadrilaterals
c. Symmetrical Balance d. Regular polygons
d. Formal Balance 36. A type of contrast that deals with the objects
28. A form can be transformed by altering one or which may have the same shape and direction
more of its different dimensions and still retain but may vary in bulk.
its identity as a member of a family of forms. a. Contrast of Line
a. Additive transformation b. Contrast of Size
b. Subtractive transformation c. Contrast of Tone
c. Dimensional transformation d. Contrast of Direction
d. Multiple transformation 37. A collection of forms grouped together by
29. The state of being with another person but free proximity or the sharing od a common visual
from the outside world trait
a. Intimacy a. Central form – secondary form clustered
b. Comfort b. Linear form – arranged sequentially
c. Anonymity c. Radial form – extending outward from
d. Privacy central form
30. The size of building, elements relative to other d. Clustered form
forms in its context, i.e. three layers of windows 38. A type of contrast which varies from the
indicate three stories; a small window indicates contrast of color texture used in a building
a small room inside, is what type of scale? a. Contrast of Shape
a. Scale b. Contrast of Mass
b. Generic Scale c. Contrast of Tone
c. Human Scale d. Contrast of Color
d. Drawing Scale 39. An interesting contrast between the horizontal
31. A fixed proportion used in determining direction of composition and the dominant
measurements and dimension. vertical accent of the tower, which is called the
a. Contrast major contrasting element. What type of
b. Proportion contrast is this?
c. Rhythm a. Contrast of Shape
d. Scale b. Contrast of Mass
32. The size and proportions of structural elements c. Contrast of Treatment
such as beams, columns are directly related to d. Contrast of Direction
structural tasks, therefore visual indicators of 40.
the size and scale of spaces they help enclose, is 41. If same materials are used in different pattern,
what type of proportion? what type of contrast is this?
a. Proportion in size a. Contrast of Shape
b. Natural Material Proportion b. Contrast of Mass
c. Manufactured Proportions c. Contrast of Treatment
d. Structural Proportion d. Contrast of Direction
33. Many architectural elements are sized and 42. The church and the parish house must be
proportioned not only according to their similar in general feeling, but the use of various
structural properties and function, but also by architectural details must express the different
the process through which they are made, what function of each particular structure. What type
type of proportion is this? of contrast is this?
34. a. Contrast of Shape
35. Primary forms which are distinct, regular, and b. Contrast of From
easily recognizable. c. Contrast of Size
a. Platonic solids d. Contrast of Character
b. Primary Shapes
43. In order for a shape to be interesting there 50. The contour and structure of an object as
must be a variety of contrast, what type of distinguished from its substance or from the
contrast is this? matter composing it.
a. Contrast of Shape a. Area
b. Contrast of Form b. Façade
c. Contrast of Size c. Form
d. Contrast of Scale d. Perspective
44. Our physical impressions are made possible 51.
through this; we can hear because of silence 52. The actual dimension in terms of length, width
and sounds. and depth
a. Contrast a. Shape
b. Contrast of Form b. Height
c. Contrast of Character c. Length
d. Contrast of Movement d. Size
45. A phenomenon wherein drawings consisting of 53. The famous maxim of Robert Venturi is a
black lines, any line which surrounds an area, rebuke to the architecture of minimalism, and a
and which is recognized as representing an return to a more interesting mannerist
object and is quickly picked out by the observer approach to design.
a. Figure ground a. “Less is great.”
b. Visual acuity b. “Less is boring.”
c. Perception c. “Less is a bore.”
d. Kinesthetic d. “Less is more”
46. Proximity is the study of? 54. A Swiss Architect and one of the most
a. Distance influential architects and theorists of the 20 th
b. Space century. His famous works include Villa Savoye,
c. Dimension Poissy, the Unite d’ Habtation, Marseille, and
d. All of the above the Pilgrimage Church.
47. One of the issues in the design process relating a. Charles Edouard Jeanneret
to the ease of access to place, materials and b. Charles Rennie Mckintosh
information c. Richard Meiner
a. Accessibility d. Ludwig Mies van de Rohe
b. Convenience 55. English architect and engineer, a leading
c. Comfort representative of High-Tech architecture. His
d. Flow Diagram projects include HK and Shanghai Bank, the
48. It is the process by which we organize and Care d; Art Gallery, Nimes, the Reichstag, Berlin
interpret the patterns of stimuli in our and the Great Court, London.
environment; the immediate intuitive a. Sir Norman Foster
recognition, as of an aesthetic quality. b. Robert Venturi
a. Visual acuity c. Richard Buckminister Fuller
b. Perception d. Theo van Doesburg
c. Kinesthetic 56. The architect of the AEG Turbine Factory, Berlin
d. Stereoscopic a. Max Berg
49. A center of interest to the most important b. Walter Gropius
aspect of a design scheme c. Peter Behrens
a. Focus d. Gunther Bernisch
b. Façade
c. Form
d. Perspective
57. A German design school founded in Welmar in 64. The line that is described as sturdy and
1906. It became the most important and masculine
influential design school of the 20th century. a. Straight
a. CIAM b. Curved
b. Bauhaus c. Amorphous
c. Chicago School of Design d. Irregular
d. Deutscher Werkbund 65. The _________ forms of a structure are
58. The easiest and simplest kind of balance is the organized according to their origin, composition
purely symmetrical type in which the elements and treatment
are arranged in precisely the same manner on a. Decorative
either side of a central axis or line. b. Structural
a. Occult balance c. Protective
b. Formal balance d. Circulatory
c. Symmetrical balance 66. Roofs, domes, vaults and Balustrades comprise
d. Asymmetrical balance the ______ ?
59. It is a term used to describe the work of those a.
architects who prefigured the international and b.
Functionalist period of the Modern Movement. c.
It is the outward manifestation of a design d.
through an individual articulation 67.
a. Organic 68. The Chicago architect who prepared the Manila
b. Eclectic Plan under the American Colonial Period.
c. a. Wilton Becket
d. b. Edgar Bourne
60. c. Pierce Anderson
61. The ________ of a form depends on its d. Daniel Burnham
geometry as well as its orientation relative to 69. The architect of the Philippine General Hospital
the ground plane and our line of sight. It is also a. William Parsons
signifies the degree of concentration and b. Juan Arellano
stability of a form. c. Ralph Doane
a. Orientation d. Tomas Mapua
b. Visual Inertia 70. An American architect who was branded as the
c. Position Father of Modern Architecture in the USA. His
d. Silhouette works clearly express the principle of
62. It has two dimensions and articulated with functionalism.
color, tone and texture a. Louis Sullivan
a. Platonic solids b. Frank Lloyd Wright
b. Volume c. Robert Venturi
c. Surface d. Philip Johnson
d. Mass 71. What do you call the tool in architecture which
63. Deals with object, which may have the same organizes space or spatial composition related
shape, color and direction but may vary in size to function?
and tone, this change is gradually increasing or a. Space articulation
decreasing b. Functional interrelationship diagram
a. Repetition c. Space planning
b. Alternation d. Territoriality
c. Gradation
d. Radiating
72. The father of modern picture books of 82. The architect of Manila Hilton Hotel.
Architecture. a. Inigo Jones
a. Philibert De L’orne b. Daniel Burnham
b. Leon Battista Alberti c. Erich Mendelsohn
c. Andrea Palladio d. Welton Becket
d. Giacomo Barozzi da Vignila 83. The architect of the Lung Center of the
73. Philippines in Quezon City
74. “Architecture is organic” is a famous dictum of a. George Ramos
a. Mies Van de Rohe b. William Cosculluela
b. Walter Gropius c. Froilan Hong
c. Le Corbusier d. Gabriel Formoso
d. Frank Lloyd Wright 84. Which of the following principles were adopted
75. Which construction system permits great spans by Le Corbusier in his Villa Savoye
of infinite variety of shapes of concrete or steel (i) Frameworks structurally independent of
combined with glass or plastic? walls
a. Frame construction (ii) Free-standing façade and cube form
b. Suspension system elevated on stilts or columns
c. Space frame (iii) Roof garden
d. Thin shell construction (iv) Open planning
76. Guidelines of rules to be followed in design, a. Ii and iv only
these theories offer high-level guidance to b. I, ii, iii and iv
designers c. Iii and iv only
a. Critical Theory d. I, ii and iii
b. Prescriptive Theory 85. The architect of the Batasang Pambansa
c. Descriptive Theory complex in Quezon City, Philippines
d. Theory of Relativity a. Felipe Mendoza
77. Mexican architect and engineer who introduced b. George Ramos
thin shell construction c. Gabriel Formoso
a. Carlos Rodriguez d. Leandro Locsin
b. Felix Outerino Candela 86. A means or place of entering an entry way.
c. Luis Soria y Mata a. Ingress
d. Francisco Sanchez b. Egress
78. First president of PAS c. Access
a. Felipe Mendoza d. Door
b. Juan Nakpil 87. All of the following are properties of a form
c. Jose Herrera except?
d. Cesar Concio a. Length
79. Designer of Taj Mahal b. Visual Inertia
a. Shah Reza c. Texture
b. Shah Naser d. Orientation
c. Shah Jalan 88. The first school who offered architecture in the
d. Shah Jahan Philippines
80. Architect of the Central Bank of the Philippines, a. National University
Manila. b. Liceo de Manila
a. Leandro Locsin c. UST
b. Gabriel Formoso d. Mapua
c. Froilan Hong
d.
81.
89. What art principle shows the relationships 96. What do you call those hues, which lie opposite
between the various parts of each other in the color wheel?
object/structure/groups oj objects and a. Contrasting
structure? b. Analogous
a. Proportion c. Non-complementary
b. Volume d. Complementary
c. Size 97. Blue-green, red-orange and blue-violet belongs
d. Scale to which group of hues and colors?
90. A noted Jewish German Architect known for his a. Tertiary
“expressionist architecture” in the 1920s, as b. Secondary
well as for developing a dynamic functionalism c. Quarterly
in his projects for department stores and d. Primary
cinemas. 98. “The city must be subject to growth, decay and
a. Walter Gropius renewal” is a dictum of?
b. Erich Mendelsohn a. Kenzo Tange
c. Marcel Breuer b. Le Corbusier
d. Paul Ludwig Simon c. Minoru Yamasaka
91. Which of the following represent the primary d. Frank Lloyd Wright
colors? 99. This refers to the quality of surface treatment,
a. Green, orange, violet whether the materials are rough and smooth.
b. Red, yellow, green a. Texture
c. Blue, yellow, violet b. Form
d. Red, yellow, blue c. Surface
92. With regards to relationship of structure to d. Tone
architecture, which of the following describes 100. To whom was the “ferro-cemento”
formal or sculptured structure? construction in the first half of the 20th century
a. Uses least amount of material in Italy attributed?
b. Focuses on novelty of form a. Pier Ligi Nervi
c. Materials used below maximum load- b. Jacopo Palladius
bearing capacity c. Peter Behrens
d. Exaggerated elements d. Louis Khan
93. Which of the following indicates the brightness
of a color?
a. Chroma
b. Value
c. Hue
d. Intensity
94. This results from the hues of spectrum
a. Color
b. Value
c.
d. Intensity
95. Which of the following represent the secondary
colors?
a. Yellow, green, blue
b. Green, orange, violet
c. Red, yellow, blue
d. Green, yellow, violet