Architect Licensure Exam Part 2 Review

Architect Licensure Examination
Saturday, August 21, 2021

PART 2 (UTILITIES SYSTEMS/ STRUC.CONCEP./ BLDG.MATERIALS)
Instructions: Select the correct answer for each of the following questions. Mark only one answer for
each item by shading the box corresponding to the letter of your choice on the answer sheet
provided. STRICTLY NO ERASURES ALLOWED.
1. A pail of paint has how many gallons?
a. 4
b. 3
c. 12
d. 8
2. Which will you apply last before painting concrete?
a. Putty
b. Plaster
c. Paint
d. Neutralizer
3. How many 1 pint cans are needed to match 4 gallons of paint?
a. 16
b. 4
c. 8
d. 32
4. Type of paint used for metals
a. B7501 Permacoat
b. B600 QDE
c. B7410 Healthy Home
d. Flat #1701 Acrytex
5. More appropriate waterproofing terminology for roofdecks
a. Seepage
b. Leakage
c. Leekage
d. Effluent
6. What area does not require waterproofing?
a. Ground floor toilet
b. Balcony over Lanai
c. Roof deck
d. 2nd Floor toilet
7. It has a minimum of 5 years warranty
a. T&B Waterproofing
b. Floor Laminate
c. Roof
d. Roof deck Waterproofing
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8. Type of waterproofing used for roofdecks
a. Cementitious
b. Membrane
c. Integral
d. Sahara
9. Where should the waterproofing be installed?
a. Above FFL
b. Under slab
c. Above topping
d. In between slab and topping
10. It is known as the complete path of an electric current, including the source of electric energy.
a. Ampere
b. Circuit
c. Voltage
d. Resistance
11. An amount of power, especially the power required to operate an electric device or appliance,
expressed in watts.
a. Wattage
b. Watt
c. Kilowatt
d. Circuit
12. A heavy conductor, usually in the form of solid copper bar, used for collecting, carrying, and
distributing large electric currents.
a. Main Conductor
b. Bus
c. Ground
d. Conductor
13. An enclosed raceway for housing conductors or cables.
a. Bus duct
b. Duct
c. Conduit
d. Cable Tray
14. An enclosure for housing and protecting electric wires or cables that are joined together in connecting
or branching electric conduits.
a. Junction Box
b. Knockout
c. Conduit
d. Bushing
15. Glass made to resist impact.
a. Laminated Glass
b. Wired Glass
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c. Pattern Glass
d. Double Glazing
16. This method of Glass Production has fewer defects such as distortion.
a. Float Glass
b. Plate Glass
c. Rolled Glass
d. Cylinder Glass
17. Glass which is two times stronger than Annealed Glass.
a. Tempered Glass
b. Reinforced Glass
c. Heat Strength Glass
d. Double Glazing
18. The horizontal frame above the transom which encloses it and is parallel to the top rail.
a. Transom
b. Transom head
c. Space Frame
d. Collar plate
19. Solid, finely ground portion which gives to paint the power to obscure, hide or color the surface.
a. Pigment
b. Vehicle
c. Solvent
d. Tint
20. It is used as a filler for cracks and uneven surfaces of gypsum.
a. Urethane
b. Grout
c. Putty
d. Epoxy
21. All are used for paint pigments, except;
a. Polyester
b. Phenolic
c. Alkyd
d. Acrylic
22. What paint should be applied if the architect specified that the grain of the wood be exposed for a
more natural look?
a. Stain
b. Enamel
c. Latex
d. Elastomeric
23. Which of the following is easiest to clean?
a. Awning
b. Sliding
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c. Jalousie
d. Casement
24. Are glass blocks permitted to be used on firewalls?
a. Yes
b. No
c. Depends on pattern
d. Depends on opacity
25. What is the maximum slump for beams and reinforced walls?
a. 75mm
b. 50mm
c. 25mm
d. 100mm
26. It is the most important component in determining the strength of concrete.
a. Water
b. Cement
c. Sand
d. Gravel
27. The truss was patented in 1840 and it includes vertical members and diagonals that slope towards the
center
a. Fink Truss
b. Pratt Truss
c. Howe Truss
d. K Truss
28. It is the horizontal structural member that supports roof, deck and is primarily subjected to bending
under vertical loads such as snow, wind or dead loads?
a. Sagrods
b. Roof Beam
c. Rafters
d. Purlins
29. It is the unit strength of element.
a. Strain
b. Stress
c. Deflection
d. Torsion
30. It is the unit deformation of a material subjected to an applied load
a. Strain
b. Stress
c. Deflection
d. Torsion
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31. Advantage of steel over concrete
a. Brittleness
b. Elasticity
c. Resistance to corrosion
d. Torsion
32. Load that is movable or transferable
a. Dead Load
b. Wind Load
c. Live load
d. Seismic Load
33. Weight of the beam is an example of
a. Dead Load
b. Wind Load
c. Live Load
d. Seismic Load
34. This type of load can be computed accurately
a. Dead Load
b. Wind Load
c. Live Load
d. Seismic Load
35. Ties are used for what type of structural elements?
a. Slabs
b. Columns
c. Footings
d. Beams
36. Stirrups are used for what type of structural elements?
a. Slabs
b. Columns
c. Footings
d. Beams
37. A structural member whose function is to transfer the loads from a building safety into the ground
a. Slabs
b. Columns
c. Footings
d. Beams
38. Thickness of slab should not be less than
a. 100mm
b. 50mm
c. 75mm
d. 150mm
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39. For slabs, main bars are parallel to the ____ side
a. Shorter
b. Longer
c. Opposite
d. Perpendicular
40. The capacity of the material to absorb energy without danger of being permanently deformed
a. Temporary Effect
b. Modulus of Resilience
c. Modulus of Resistance
d. Strain Rate Effect
41. The minimum diameter of temperature bars in slab is ___
a. 25mm
b. 10mm
c. 13mm
d. 12mm
42. What is poured after drilling a hole for bored piles?
a. Concrete
b. Mortar
c. Epoxy polymer
d. Steel
43. It allows the independent movement between adjoining structural members in order to prevent
cracks. It allows for thermal expansion and contraction.
a. Contraction joint
b. Expansion joint
c. Construction joint
d. Cold joint
44. An undesirable discontinuity in concrete that occurs when a layer of concrete hardens before the rest
of the concrete is poured in what is meant to be a single, solid mass.
a. Contraction joint
b. Expansion joint
c. Construction joint
d. Cold joint
45. Construction joints in floors shall be located within ___ of spans of slabs, beams and girders.
a. Edge
b. Middle
c. Middle third
d. Joints are not allowed
46. Also called as extensometer instrument to measure a minute deformation

a. Stress trajectories
b. Yield strength
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c. Strain Gauge
d. Rupture strength
47. Large beams supporting a smaller beam is called:
a. Girt
b. Girder
c. Lintel
d. Tie beam
48. Slab whose main reinforcement is provided in both direction
a. Two direction Slab
b. Both way
c. Two Way Slab
d. Dual-direction slab
49. Strength in which material breaks or cracks
a. Stress trajectories
b. Strain Gauge
c. Rupture strength
d. Yield strength
50. An internally threaded fitting for enclosing the end of a pipe
a. Male
b. Cap
c. Female
d. Plug
51. An externally threaded fitting for closing the end of a pipe
a. Male
b. Female
c. Cap
d. Plug
52. For a multi-level water supply distribution system, downfeed distributing pipe is usually
a. Smoother than the upfeed pipe
b. Bigger than the upfeed pipe
c. Smaller than the upfeed pipe
d. None of the above
53. What type of pipe is used for a lavatory?
a. Soil pipe
b. Soil stack
c. Waste stack
d. Waste pipe
54. For a sanitary fixture branch?

a. Soil pipe
b. Soil stack
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c. Waste stack
d. Waste pipe
55. What regulating valve will you install at the WC fixture supply?
a. Check valve
b. Angle valve
c. Float valve
d. Ball valve
56. What will be the size of the fixture drain of the lavatory?
a. 1 ½”
b. 1”
c. 2”
d. ¾”
57. What will be the size of the fixture trap of the FD?
a. 1”
b. ¾”
c. 3”
d. 2”
58. What fittings are placed to connect from the fixture branch to the individual vent?
a. 45deg elbow
b. 1/8 bend
c. Single tee
d. Sanitary tee
59. What pipe diameter is to be used for the sanitary fixture branch?
a. 6”
b. 4”
c. 3”
d. 2”
60. To avoid water hammering in water supply pipes of every fixtures, what would be the recommended
solution?
a. Install air chamber
b. Provide PRV
c. Use blow-off
d. Use steel pipes
61. A vertical or horizontal construction having the required fire-resistance rating to prevent the spread of
fire from one occupancy to another in a mixed-occupancy building.
a. Fire wall
b. Fire separation
c. Occupancy separation
d. Distance separation
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62. Classification of a fire assembly having a 3-hour fire-resistance rating for protecting openings in 3-
hour to 4-hour fire walls and occupancy separations.
a. Class B
b. Class C
c. Class A
d. Class D
63. The maximum area that must be covered by one (1) sprinkler head
a. 12.00sqm
b. 8.00sqm
c. 6.00sqm
d. 4.00sqm
64. The maximum distance between sprinkler heads
a. 3.00m
b. 4.00m
c. 6.00m
d. 12.00m
65. Typically, the truss which supports the moving stairway is composed of how many sections?
a. ONE
b. TWO
c. THREE
d. FOUR
66. What do you call the piston or spring device in an elevator pit which absorbs the impact of a
descending elevator car?
a. Buffer
b. Shock absorber
c. Plunger
d. Bumper
67. What type of escalator pattern is appropriate for a mall?
a. Parallel arrangement
b. Combination
c. Criss-cross pattern
d. None of the above
68. What is best for an airport?
a. Conveyor and moving walk
b. Conveyor and escalator
c. Moving walk and moving ramp
d. Moving walk and escalator
69. A small elevator for conveying food, dishes, or other materials between floors
a. Freight Elevator
b. Service Elevator
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c. Dumbwaiter
d. All of the above
70. A row of elevators in a high-rise building, controlled by a common operating system and responding
to a single call button
a. Bank
b. Bulkhead
c. Penthouse
d. Row
71. Which among the following is not a cold-working steel process?
a. Annealing
b. Forging
c. Tempering
d. Extrusion
72. Which of the following is least appropriate for joining steel members?
a. Rivets
b. Screws
c. Bolts
d. Welds
73. What is the heaviest of the following?
a. Chromium
b. Steel
c. Lead
d. Titanium
74. What is the letter designation for I-beams?
a. S – I-beam
b. C - channel
c. L – angular bar
d. W – wide flange
75. A measure of thickness of sheet material
a. Gauge
b. Grade
c. Sheet
d. Plate
76. A truss that spans with two-way action
a. Staggered truss system
b. Vierendeel truss
c. Space frame
d. Howe truss
77. The exposed vertical face of an eave
a. Gutter
b. Fascia
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c. Header
d. Stringer
78. A short wall under the slope of a roof
a. Birds mouth
b. Parapet
c. Knee wall
d. Collar
79. Which kind of roof is most appropriate for using shingles
a. Flat
b. Steep
c. Gable
d. Shed
80. When a condition implies “not quite dry”
a. Moist
b. Humid
c. Damp
d. All of the above
81. Which of the following figures is the dado joint?
a. Figure A
b. Figure B
c. Figure C
d. Figure D
82. Which of the following figures is the dovetail joint?
a. Figure D
b. Figure C
c. Figure B
d. Figure E
83. Which of the following figures is the finger joint?
a. Figure C
b. Figure E
c. Figure A
d. Figure D
84. Which of the following figures is the miter joint?
a. Figure C
b. Figure A
c. Figure E
d. Figure D
85. Which of the following is the most rigid type of wood joint?
a. Figure A
b. Figure C
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c. Figure D
d. Figure B
86. Identify figure A
a. Bullnose block
b. Scored block
c. Slump block
d. Header
87. Identify figure B
a. Corner block
b. Sill block
c. Bond beam block
d. Scored block
88. Identify figure E
a. Scored block
b. Sill block
c. Bullnose block
d. Lintel block
89. Identify figure F
a. Adobe block
b. Sill block
c. Bullnose block
d. Scored block
90. Identify figure D
a. Slump block
b. Bullnose block
c. Header block
d. Adobe block
91. A centralized Hot Water System which could be integrated in a rainwater collection and distribution
system
a. Tank type water heater
b. Single-point water heater
c. Multi-point water heater
d. Local type water heater
92. A valve that is commonly used as fixture shutoff valve
a. Gate valve
b. Check valve
c. Angle valve
d. Float valve
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93. A valve, in the rainwater distribution system, intended to shut-off flow of water especially during
maintenance
a. Check valve
b. Angle valve
c. Gate valve
d. Float valve
94. A valve used to shutoff the flow of water coming from a distribution pipe into a reservoir/cistern
a. Float valve
b. Check valve
c. Angle valve
d. Gate valve
95. A type of pipe not recommended for collection and distribution piping in a rainwater harvesting
system
a. Copper tubing
b. cPVC piping
c. Lead piping
d. Steel piping
96. A liquid waste water containing toilet or urinal waste and can be recycled also but not for drinking
unlike rainwater
a. Dark Graywater
b. Blackwater
c. Graywater
d. Non-potable water
97. What pipe dia is to be used for the watercloset fixture supply?
a. 3/8”
b. ½”
c. ¼”
d. 1/8”
98. What pipe dia is to be used for the sanitary fixture branch?
a. 2”
b. 3”
c. 4”
d. 6”
99. What pipe dia is to be used for WC?
a. 2”
b. 3”
c. 4”
d. 6”
100.What type of pipe is used for a lavatory?
a. Soil pipe
b. Soil stack
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c. Waste stack
d. Waste pipe
101. Identify this part of the elevator (refer to Figure C.1)
a. Control room
b. Control panel
c. Governor
d. Control motor
102.Identify this part of the elevator (refer to Figure C.1)
a. Control system
b. Motor
c. Governor
d. Control Motor
a. Machine room
b. Control room
c. Elevator machine room
d. Elevator control room
a. Hoist way
b. Hoist cables
c. Elevator Cables
d. Elevator Ropes
a. Elevator safety gear
b. Elevator car safety
c. Elevator care device
d. Safety device
a. Door sill
b. Sill
c. Toe guard
d. Car sill
a. Hoist cables
b. Travelling cables
c. Elevator ropes
d. Cables

a. Counterweight
b. Limit switch
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c. Guiderail
d. Buffer
a. Elevator Car door
b. Hoist door
c. Hoistway door
d. Car door
a. Counterweight
b. Stopper
c. Buffer
d. Limiting device
111.Which does not belong?
a. Davies
b. Boysen
c. Acrytex
d. Nippon
112.Manufacturer of paints
a. Emerald
b. Davies
c. Crown
d. Schalge
113.Which is the best primer for metal surfaces?
a. Red Lead
b. Epoxy primer
c. Red oxide
d. Red paint
114.Acrytex is a product of
a. Asian Coatings Philippines Inc.
b. Pacific Paints Philippines Inc.
c. Boysen Philippines Inc.
d. Davies Paints Philippines Inc.
115.Virtuoso is a product of
a. Asian Coatings Philippines Inc.
b. Pacific Paints Philippines Inc.
c. Boysen Philippines Inc.
d. Davies Paints Philippines Inc.
116.What type of paint is used for concrete?

a. Acrylic
b. Latex
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c. Enamel
d. Lacqure
117.What paint finish is not used for ceiling?
a. Roller finish
b. Textured finish
c. Ducco finish
d. Matte finish
118.Boysen is a manufacturer of
a. Brush
b. Paint
c. Roofing
d. Tiles
119.It is used to remove rust in rebars
a. Oil
b. Turco
c. Steel brush
d. Heat
120.A cabinet in a kitchen was fabricated using marine plywood. What paint should you use inside the
cabinet?
a. Epoxy Enamel
b. Polyurethane
c. High Gloss varnish
d. Aqua Expoxy
121. Kostilyahe refers to what construction term?
a. Brace
b. Floor joist
c. Ceiling joist
d. Floor sill
122. Sepo refers to what construction term?
a. Gravel
b. Foundation
c. Girt
d. Fillet
123. Kanto mesa refers to what construction term?
a. Nailers
b. Corner
c. Miter Joint
d. Corner table
124. Hulog refers to what construction term?
a. Plug
b. Plumb bob
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c. Pipe
d. Pipe line
125. Ampaw refers to what construction term?
a. Purlins
b. Honey comb
c. Stake
d. Wainscoting tiles
126. Pasamano refers to what construction term?
a. Window sill
b. Wall post
c. Sketch plan
d. Scaffolding
127. What is the vernacular term for Scratch Coat?
a. Lastillas
b. Andanyo
c. Rimatse
d. Rebokada
128.What is the vernacular term for Nut?
a. Tukod
b. Kostura
c. Truerka
d. Tubo
129. What is the vernacular term for Awning?
a. Biga
b. Ladrillo
c. Kanto mesa
d. Medya Agua
130. What is the vernacular term for Brown Coat?
a. Abang
b. Tapon
c. Kanal
d. Escondro
131. A plastic mixture of lime, cement, or a combination of both, with sand and water used as a bonding
agent in masonry.
a. Plasticizer
b. Groot
c. Neutralizer
d. Mortar
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132.Arrangement of masonry units to provide strength, stability, and aesthetics through a setting pattern
by tapping over one another or with metal ties.
a. Quoin
b. Wythe
c. Bed
d. Bond
133. Building material sourced primarily from trees.
a. Timber
b. Wood
c. Log
d. Lumber
134. What part of tree defines its age?
a. Heartwood
b. Tree bark
c. Annual Rings
d. Sapwood
135. Which of the following species of wood is ideal for construction?
a. Sapwood
b. Hardwood
c. Softwood
d. Heartwood
136. You found a piece of wood which is dark and heavier than the usual. It is :
a. Sapwood
b. Softwood
c. Hardwood
d. Heartwood
137.In order to regulate wood, you have to consider
a. Seasoning
b. Finishing
c. Dressing
d. Sawing
138.Cheapest and most productive method of sawing wood but the least stable and makes the sawn area
prone to cupping when damp.
a. Quarter Sawing
b. Plain Sawing
c. Rift Sawing
d. Rotary Sawing
139. Cracks across the annual rings

a. Check
b. Wane
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c. Shake
d. Warp
140. All are method of producing veneers except
a. Half round cutting
b. Bastard Sawing
c. Flat Slicing
d. Rotary Cutting
141.The application of zinc coating to steel as a means of preventing corrosion.
a. Galvanizing
b. Anodizing
c. Oxidation
d. Structural tee
142. Flat rolled metal less than ¼” in thickness
a. Plate
b. Sheet
c. Slag
d. Ingot
143.A truss that spans with two-way action.
a. Staggered truss system
b. Howe truss
c. Vierendeel truss
d. Space frame
144. What is the ltter designation for I-beams?
a. C
b. L
c. S
d. W
145. A shortened rafter that joins a hip or valley rafter
a. Cripple
b. Fly rafter
c. Jack rafter
d. Lookout
146.The sloping edge of a steep roof
a. Eave
b. Soffit
c. Rake
d. Shed
147. A trough formed by the intersection of two roof slopes

a. Hip
b. Ridge
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c. Gutter
d. Shed
148. The horizontal edge at the low side of a sloping roof
a. Soffit
b. Gutter
c. Eave
d. Rake
149. The rafter in a rake overhang
a. Cripple
b. Fly rafter
c. Lookout
d. Jack rafter
150. The roof member that supports the rake overhang
a. Soffit
b. Jack
c. Lookout
d. Spandrel
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FOR ITEMS 81-85
Figure B
Figure A
Figure D
Figure C
Figure E
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FOR ITEMS 86-90
Figure A
Figure B
Figure C
Figure D
Figure E
Figure F
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Figure C.1 FOR ITEMS 101-110
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the CANCELLATION of your TEST RESULTS for the subject.
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Saturday, August 21, 2021

46. Also called as extensometer instrument to measure a minute deformation

54. For a sanitary fixture branch?

108.Identify this part of the elevator (refer to Figure C.1)

116.What type of paint is used for concrete?

139. Cracks across the annual rings

147. A trough formed by the intersection of two roof slopes

FOR ITEMS 81-85

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