Republic of the Philippines

Professional Regulation Commission (PRC)

Professional Regulatory Board of ARCHITECTURE (PRBoA)
Licensure Examination for Architects (LEA)

SUBJECT : PROFESSIONAL PRACTIVE, HISTORY AND THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE

(Non-Drafting Examination Format)
DATE/ TIME: 30 October 2020 (Friday), 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
VENUE : City of Manila, Philippines (PH)

Instructions: Multiple Choice. Choose the correct answer by encircling the

letter corresponding your answer on a separate answer sheet provided together
with this questionnaire. Observe certainty of answers by avoiding erasures.
Note: This examination is administered in order to determine the extent of
knowledge acquired by the student-reviewee in the review course.

1)  A special feature of Japanese houses, used to display a flower arrangement

or art.  
A. Cha-sit-su   B. Tokonama   C. Masu-gumi   D. Torei
2)  Art Noveau is known as the international style, in Germany it is known as
___.  
A. Jugendstijl   B. Eero Saarinen   C. Richard Josef Neutra   D. Alvar Aalto
3)  A Filipino architect whose philosophy is 'the structure must be well
oriented'.  
A. Caesar Homer Concio   B. Felipe Mendoza   C. Juan Nakpil   D. Carlos Santos
Viola
4)  Not among the three pyramids in Gizeh  
A. Cheops   B. Chefren   C. Khufu   D. Mykerinos
5)  A compound bracket or capital in Japanese architecture.  
A. Cha-sit-su   B. Masu-gumi   C. Tokonoma   D. Torei
6)  Another term for crenel or intervals between merlon of a battlement  
A. Cavetto   B. Embrasures   C. Bartizan   D. Astylar
7)  Founder of the Bauhaus School of Art.  
A. Alvar Aalto   B. Eero Saarinen   C. Walter Gropius   D. Le Corbusier
8)  Plan shape of a Chinese pagoda.  
A. Octagonal   B. Hexagonal   C. Rectangular   D. Square
9)  What architectural term is termed to be free from any historical style?
  A. Renaissance   B. Eclecticism   C. Art Noveau   D. Baroque
10)  Architect of Iglesia ni Cristo.  
A. Caesar Homer Concio   B. Felipe Mendoza   C. Juan Nakpil   D. Carlos Santos
Viola
11)  The highest sloped pyramid in Gizeh  
A. Pyramid of Zoser   B. Pyramid of Khufu   C. Pyramid of Cheops   D. Pyramid
of Chefren
12)  The world's first large-scale monument in stone.  
A. Pyramid of Zoser   B. Pyramid of Khufu   C. Pyramid of Cheops   D. Pyramid
of Chefren
13)  The most famous structure of Byzantine architecture and notable of its
large dome.  
A. Basilica of Saint’Apollinare Nuovo   B. Church of San Vitale   C. Hagia
Irene   D. Hagia Sophia
14)  Architect of TWA airport
  A. Alvar Aalto   B. Frank Lloyd Wright   C. Mies van de Rohe   D. Eero
Saarinen
15)  Female statues with baskets serving as columns  
A. Astylar   B. Bartizan   C. Crenel   D. Canephora
16)  The architect of Chrysler building in N.Y.  
A. Erich Mendelsohn   B. Welton Becket   C. Richard Josef Neutra   D. Van
Alen
17)  A recess in a wall to contain a statue or other small items.  
A. Ambulatory   B. Niche   C. Exedra   D. Narthex
18)  A small tower usually corbelled at the corner of the castle.
 A. Bartizan   B. Pinnacle   C. Minaret   D. Embrasures
19)  A decorative bracket usually taking the form of a cyma reversa strap.  
A. Bema   B. Console   C. Cavetto   D. Tracery
20)  A concave molding approximately quarter round.  
A. Cavetto   B. Astylar   C. Crenel   D. CortelQ.21)  "Modern architecture
need not be western".  
A. I.M. Pei   B. Kenzo Tange   C. Tadao Ando   D. Tomas Mapua
22)  An ornamental canopy of stone or marble permanently place over the altar
in a church.  
A. Tabernacle   B. Baldachino   C. Lacunaria   D. Entablature
23)  A decorative niche often topped with a canopy and housing a statue.
A. Tabernacle   B. Baldachino   C. Lacunaria   D. Entablature
24)  A large apsidal extension of the interior volume of a church.  
A. Ambulatory   B. Niche   C. Exedra   D. Narthex
25)  Who erected the earliest known obelisk at Heliopolis.  
A. Amenemhat I   B. Imhotep   C. Senusret I   D. Zoser
26)  "A house is like a flower pot"  
A. Jugendstijl   B. Eero Saarinen   C. Richard Josef Neutra   D. Alvar Aalto
27)  In the middle kingdom, in Egyptian architecture, who consolidate the
administrative system, made a survey of the country, set boundaries to the
provinces, and other helpful works.  
A. Amenemhat I   B. Imhotep   C. Senusret I   D. Zoser
28)  Architect of Robinson's Galleria  
A. Jose Siao Ling   B. William Cosculluela   C. Gabriel Formoso   D. Jun
Palafox
29)  Finest example of French-Gothic architecture  
A. Chartres Cathedral   B. Soissons Cathedral   C. Lyon Cathedral   D. Reims
Cathedral
30)  King Zoser's architect who was deified in the 26th dynasty.  
A. Imhotep   B. Amenemhat   C. Libon   D. Senusret
31)  An ancient Greek Portico, a long colonnaded shelter used in public
places.
  A. Stoa   B. Pteroma   C. Antefix   D. Anthemion
32)  Also called a 'Honeysuckle' ornament.
  A. Acroterion   B. Anthemion   C. Antefix   D. Apotheca
33)  Triangular piece of wall above the entablature.
  A. Pediment   B. Pendentive   C. Architrave   D. Frieze
34)  With the use of concrete made possible by pozzolan, a native natural
cement, the Romans achieved huge interiors with the.
  A. Domical roof construction   B. Helm Roof   C. Columnar trabeated   D.
Arch and vault
35)  The open court in an Italian palazzo.  

A. Tumuli   B. Dipteral   C. Prytaneion   D. Cortel

36)  Plan shape of a Japanese pagoda.  
A. Square   B. Rectangle   C. Round   D. Triangular
37)  . From the 5th century to the present, the character of Byzantine
architecture is the practice of using.
  A. Domical roof construction   B. Helm Roof   C. Columnar trabeated   D.
Arch and vault
38)  The mineral of greatest importance to Greek architecture of which Greece
and her domains had ample supply of was.  
A. Cement   B. Marble   C. Lime   D. Silica
39)  Parts of an entablature, in order of top to bottom.
i. Cornice ii. Frieze iii.Architrave
  A. i, ii, iii   B. ii, i, iii   C. iii, i, ii   D. i, iii, ii
40)  Plan shape of a Chinese pagoda.  
A. Octagonal   B. Hexagonal   C. Rectangular   D. Square
41.)Father of modern picture books of architecture.
a. Mathurin Joss b.Andrea Palladio c. Claude Perraultd. Julien Guadet
42.)The basic scheme or concept of an architectural design, usually
represented by a diagram.
a. content b. Parte c. Composition d. Sketch
43.)The study of the symbolic and communicative role of the spatial separation
individuals maintain in various social and interpersonal situations.
a. Kinesthesia b. Proxemics c. Sematics d. Ekisthics
44.)To scribe human form or characteristics to non human things or beings.
a. ergonomize b. Morphosize c. Anthromorphosize d. Personalize
45.)The comparative, proper, or harmonious relation of one part to another.
a. proportion b. Scale c. Ratio d. Rhythm
46.)The unending sequence of numbers where the first two terms are 1 and 1,
and each succeeding terms is the sum of the two immediately preceding.
a. harmonic sequence b. Harmonic progression c. Fibonacci sequence
d.Eurythmy
46.)The state of being placed close together or side by side, so as to permit
comparison and contrast
a. opposition b. Emphasis c. Articulation d. Juxtaposition
47.)A sketch showing the general features of a design or plan.
a. draft b. Design drawing c. Esquisse d. Epure
48.)A distorted image that appears in natural form only when viewed at a
special angle or reflected from a curved mirror.
a. perspective b. Anamorphosis c. Convergence d. Chambective
49.)An oval or oblong, slightly convex surface, usually surrounded with
ornamental scrollwork, for receiving a painted or low relief decoration.
a. cartouche b. Ballflower c. Pastiche d. Aurole
50.)Proponent of The Industrial City.
a. Le Corbusier b. Frank Lloyd Wright c. Claude Perrault d.. Tony
Garnier
51.)The planner who coined the term “cornubation”.
a. Clarence Perry b. Edward Ullman c. Patrick Gaddes d. Francois
Blondel
52.)Based on the notion that the “Form of an object should last.”
a. monumentalism b. Structuralism c. Historicism
d.selectivism
53.)ARCHIGRAM
a. Ron Herron b. James Stirling c. Peter Kropotkin d. Peter
Eisennman
54.)Coined the term International style.
a. Louis Sullivan b. Alvar Aalto c. Phillip Johnson d. Kenzo Tange
55.)The artist is the exalted craftsman
a. Walter Gropius b. Robert Venturi c. Phillip Webb d. Robert Maillart
56.)The only cardinal sin in building is boredom
a. Buckminster Fuller b. Oscar Neimeyer c. Jorn Utzon d. Phillip Johnson
57.)I believe that people make natural associations with form, color, and the
composition of elements while decoration and detailing help communicate a
building’s purpose.
a. Frank Gehry b. Michael Graves c. Tadao Ando d.Richard Meier
58.)I am looking for ways of conceptualizing space that will place the subject
in a displaced relationship because they will have no iconographic reference
to traditional forms of organization.
a. Frank Gehry b. Zaha Hadid c. Peter Eisenmann d. Daniel
Libeskind
59.)I do not believe architecture should speak too much. It should remain
silent and let nature, in the guise of light and wind, speak.
a. Kisho Kurukawa b. Tadao Ando c. Toyo Ito d. Kenzo Tange
60.)Geometry is key to all architecture.
a. Le Corbusier b. Ieoh Ming Pei c. Ken Yeang d. Louis Kahn
61.)For the first time perhaps, the pressing problems of architecture, solved
in a modern spirit. Economy, sociology, aesthetics: a new solution using new
methods.
a. Le Corbusier b. Peter Behrens c. August Perret d. Louis Sullivan
62.)Economic, technical and cultural conditions have changed radically.
a. Peter Eisenmann b. Frank Lloyd Wright c. Eliel Saarinen d. Mies Van Der
Rohe
63.)Living architecture is that which faithfully expresses its time. We shall
seek it in all domains of construction.Auf
a. Kenzo Tange b. Paul Andreau c. August Perret d. Ken Yeang
64.)Form is not the aim of our work, only the result.
a. Mies Van Der Rohe b. Thom Mayne c. Le Corbusier d. Santiago Calatrava
65.)A glass fronted exterior masonry wall that absorbs solar heat for
radiation into the interior of a building.
a. berm b. Drum wall c. Trombe wall d. Brise-soliel
66.)A panel of miniature external louvers for shading a window from direct
sunlight and glare while allowing a high degree of visibility.
a. sun control b. Brise-soliel c. Shutter blind d. Solar screen
67.)A louvered awning the metal fins of which are angled to shade a window
from direct sunlight and glare while preserving the outside view and admitting
soft, diffused light.
a. sunshade b. Shutter panel c. Shutter blind d. Sun control
68.)The time in the year when the sun reaches its northernmost point on the
celestial sphere.
a. summer solstice b. Winter solstice c. Vernal equinox d. Autumnal
equinox
69.)The angular distance east or west on the earth’s surface, measured from
the prime meridian.
a. Longitude b. Latitude c. Prime Meridian d. Equator
70.)After the issuance of the certificate of completion by the architect, the
contractor is given how many to days to execute at his own expense all work
necessary for making good of known defects.

15 days b. 20 days c. 30 days d. 60 days

71.)It is an approved form of security furnished by the contractor to

guarantee to the quality of materials and workmanship performed.

Performance bond b. payment bond c. guarantee bond d. surety bond

72.)A full time construction inspector hired by the owner for assisting in
supervision of the project work.

a. Construction manager b. Watchman c. Project inspector d.Project

representative

73.)Percentage of the payment bond to the contract amount.

10% b. 15% c. 20% d. 30%

74.)Percentage of the performance bond to the contract amount.

10% b. 15% c. 20% d. 30%

75.)Percentage of the guarantee bond to the contract amount.

10% b. 15% c. 20% d. 30%

76.)Shop drawings are basically prepared by the contractor. It is subject for

approval by whom?

a. Owner b. Project Manager c. Architect d. Construction Manager

77.)The architect has the power to issue or withhold the request for payment
of the contractor. He may recommend withholding of payment if:

a.)The contractor fails to submit a complete breakdown of works within 15

days.

b.)The architect was not treated a lunch-out by the contractor.

c.)Failure of the contractor to furnish progress photographs in 6” by 8” to

the architect.

d.)Failure of contractor to make payments to sub-contractors or for materials

and labor.

78.)Which is not a requirement prior final payment is made to the contractor?

Certificate of Occupancy b. 3 copies of keying schedule c. 3 copies

of equipment complete catalogue data d. 3 copies of directory of panel
boards and list of circuits

79.)Which does not fall to UAP document 201?

a. Project financing b. Promotional services c. Site management studies

d. Architectural Programming
80.)Architect D was commissioned to design a laundry and cleaning facility
with a project construction cost of Php 15M, how much would he charge?

a. 6% of CC b. 7% of CC c. 8% of CC d. 12% of CC

81.)Who is responsible to the payment of taxes imposed on the architect as a

consequence of the services performed for the project?

a. Architect b. Contractor c. Owner d. Dog

82.)The cost of the completed structure to the owner including MPE and other
systems attached to the building and all items indicated in the drawings
designed by or specified the architect and his consultant.

a. Projected Construction Cost b. Estimated Construction Cost c.

Project Construction Cost d. None

83.)Architect D was commissioned to do an urban renewal project. What should

he do first?

a. Examine existing laws, ordinances and political constraints.

b. Identify existing land use, resources, social behaviour and interaction

c. Undertake environmental analysis.

d. Direct all department heads.

84.)Architect D was commissioned to undertake physical planning of an

industrial estate. What should he do first?

a. Prepare concept development plans

b. Examine laws, ordinances, rules and regulations affecting the project.

c. Confer with the client on project requirements and secures sufficient data
base.

d. Drink beer.

85.)Travelling expenses shall be chargeable to the owner if the operation is

beyond ___ from his established office.

a. 50 kilometers b. 70 kilometers c. 80 kilometers d. 100 kilometers.

86.)Architect D was commissioned to design a cold storage facility with a

project construction cost of Php 40M, how much would he charge?

a. 6% of CC b. 7% of CC c. 8% of CC d. 12% of CC

87.)Architect D was commissioned to design an exposition building albeit

similar to Sir Joseph Paxton’s Crystal Palace, how much would he charge?

a. 6% of CC b. 7% of CC c. 8% of CC d. 12% of CC

88.)Architect D was commissioned to design a public market near JPT. The

project construction cost is Php 35M, how much would he charge?

a. 6% of CC b. 7% of CC c. 8% of CC d. 12% of CC

89.)Which is not a part of an Architect’s regular services?

a. Schematic Design b.Pre-Design Development c.Construction Documents

d. Construction Phase

90.)In BP 344, what is the preferred depth of a central refuge?

a. 1.50 m b. 1.75 m c. 2.00 m d. 2.20 m

91.)In BP 344, should a person abuses the privileges granted therein, he/she
shall be punished with:

a. Not less than 6 mos with a fine of Php 5,000-50,000.

b. Not less than 8 mos with a fine of Php 25,000-80,000.

c. 6 mos – 2 years with a fine of Php 50,000-100,000

d. 2 years – 6 years with a fine of Php 100,000-200,000

92.)In BP 344, what is the preferred height of door knobs and other hardwares
from the finished floor?

a.0.82 m b. 0.90 m c. 1.00 m d.1.06 m

93.)Maximum stacking height of materials in PD 1096.

a. 1.50 m b.1.60 m c. 1.70 m d. 1.80 m

94.)Minimum clear distance of an aerial service line from the crown of the
road.

a. 5.50 m b. 6.00 m c. 6.50 m d. 4.50 m

95.)What is the occupant load for drinking establishment?

a. 1.40 sqm b. 4.60 sqm. c. 7.40 sqm. d. 8.40 sqm.

96.)In PD 957, what is the minimum thickness of road section if concrete is

used?

a. 50mm b. 100mm c. 150mm d. 200mm

97.)In BP 220, what is the minimum area of shelter component for socialized
housing?

a. 20 sqm b. 18 sqm c. 36 sqm d. 22 sqm

98.)In PD 1096, ladders shall have rungs spaced at every:

a. 200mm b. 250 mm c. 300mm d. 350 mm

99.)Code of Ethical Conduct.

a. UAP Doc 200 b. UAP Doc. 208 c. UAP Doc. 209 D. UAP Doc. 210

100. PD ____ institutionalized the profession of Environmental Planning

a. PD 3008 b. PD 1380

c. PD 1308 d. PD 1300