1.

A massive funerary structure of stone or brick with a square base and four sloping triangular
sides meeting at the apex; used mainly in ancient Egypt.
a. Mastaba - Rectagular flat-topped funerary mound, with battered side, covering a burial
chamber below ground.
2 Doors:
•For ritual
•For spirit (false door)
b. Rock HewnTombs- Built along hillside for Nobility not Royalty
c. Ziggurats- Artificial Mountains (rectangular stages with temple at summit)
d. Royal Pyramids

2. Principal room of Anatolian House

a. Villa- country house
b. Domus- private house
c. Portico- porch leading to entrance of the building.
d. Megaron
3. A great awning drawn over roman theatres and amphitheatres to protect spectators against the
sun
a. Mast-
b. Velarium-"curtain" was a type of awning used in Roman times.
c. Laconilum
d. Impluvium- uncovered space in the atrium.
4. A long arcaded entrance porch to a Christian Basilican Church
a. Arcade-a series of arches carried by columns or piers, a passageway between arches and a
solid wall, or a covered walkway that provides access to adjacent shops.
b. Narthex
c. Bemae
d. Nave-the great central space in a church.
5. Truncated wedge blocks forming an arc
a. Squinch- an arch of concentrically wider and gradually projecting arches, placed
diagonally at the internal angles of towers to fit a polygonal/ round superstructure on a
square plan.
b. Voussoirs
c. Colonetta- a small, thin column, especially one used to support an arcade.
d. Arcade
6. A rose or wheel window of the Romanesque Church was often placed over the
a. East door
b. West door
c. North door
d. South door
7. A period in Gothic Architecture in France characterized by circular windows with wheel tracery
 a. Lancettes
Lancet- a high and narrow window with an acutely pointed head
b. Rayonnant
c. Flamboyant-bars of stonework form long wavy divisions.
d. Transitional- later styles used on the general forms of the early.
8. Projecting ornament at the intersection of the ribs of ceilings, whether vaulted or flat
a. Groin- sharp edge formed by the intersection of vaulting surfaces.
b. Boss- ornamental knob or projection covering the intersection of ribs in vault or ceiling.
- often carved with foliage
c. Plough
d. Conoid-a special kind of warped ruled surface which, as a curved shell roof, can be used
as an alternative to a barrel vault.

9. A method of forming stone work with roughened surfaces and recessed joints, principally
employed in Renaissance building
a. Rustication
b. Cyclopean-
c. Astylar
d. Cantoria
10. Designer of the Crystal Palace, London
a. SirJoseph Paxton
b. Sir Charles Fox- Engineer- Hamish Hay Bridge
c. Sir John Cubitt
d. Sir Richard Turner
11. Architect of the White House, D.C.
a. James Hoban
b. H.H. Richardson- Albany City Hall
c. Frank Loyd Wright
d. R.M. Hunt- Marble House
12. Second Filipino registered architect after the well-known Tomas Mapua
a. Carlos Baretto- 1st Filipino Architect with an academic title from an American Institute
of Learning.
b. Juan Altiveros
c. Antonio Toledo
d. Juan Villegas
TOP 10 REGISTERED ARCHITECH

1) Tomas Mapua
2) Carlos Baretto
3) Antonio Toledo
4) Cheri Mendelbaum
5) Arthur Chumbert
6) Juan Villegas
7) Sidney Rowlands
8) Juan Altiveros
9) Tomas Arguelles
10) Isidro del Valle
13. Whis is NOT among the project of Ar. Jose Siao Ling?
a. SM Baguio
b. SM Megamall
c. SM Novaliches
d. SM Telabastagan
14. What is the focal point of Taj Mahal?
a. Dome
b. Minaret
c. Entrance
d. Door
15. This is huge and impressive Castle built in the 13th century, it is the Largest Castle in the world
and was designated bu UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 1997.
a. Prague Castle - Largest Castle in the World (9th Century)
b. Malbork Castle
c. Windsor Castle- Largest and Oldest occupied Castle in the World (11th Century)
 d. Citadel of Aleppo- Large medieval Fortified Palace World Heritage Site in 1986
16. Who was the Architect of Liberty Place?
a. Kevin Roche-Oakland Museum of California
b. Kohn Pedersen Fox- World Bank Headquarters, Washington D.C.
c. Helmut Jahn
d. Louis Kahn-Kimbell Art Museum Fort Worth, Texas
17. The 58 storey skyscraper in the complex is called?
a. One Liberty Place- 61Sty (288m)
b. Two Liberty Place
c. Shops at Liberty Place-2Sty. Shopping mall
d. Westin Philadelphia Hotel- 14 sty.
18. He reverted the plan of the St. Peters Basilica back to the Greek Cross.
a. Fra Giocondo
b. Baldassare Perruzi
c. Giuliano de Sangallo
d. Antonio da Sangallo
19. Who was the Director of Planning for Headquarters of the United Nations?
a. Le Corbusier
b. Renzo Piano
c. Oscar Niemeyer
d. Wallace K. Harrison
20. Who was the greates rival of Filippo Brunelleschi in a competion for the design of a pair of
bronze doors for the Baptistery?
a. Francisco Bramante
b. Arnolfo di Cambio
c. Lorenzo Ghilberti
d. Michelangeli Buonarroti
21. Where in the Venice did the crusaders bring the pillaged treasures of Hagia Sophia?
a. St. Mark's Basilica (Cathedral)
b. San Giacomo di Rialto
c. San Simeone e Giuda
d. Chiesa degil Scalzi
22. What kind of Temple is the Abu Simbel?
a. Cult
b. Mortuary
c. Worship
d. Shrine
23. In Islamic Architecture, it is a tribune raised upon columns form which the Koran is recited and
prayers are intoned by the Imam.
a. Salat- act of worship
b. Dikka
c. Musallas- open space outside Mosque, mainly used for praying
d. Kibleh- direction of Mecca toward which Muslims are required to face when they
perform their prayer.
24. From what style did Muslim Architects patterned theor structures?
a. Renaissance Architecture
b. Early Christian Architecture
c. Gothic Architecture
d. Saracenic Architecture
25. Who was the Architect of Farnsworth House?
a. Le Corbusier
b. Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe
c. Frank Lloyd Wright
d. Louis Sullivan
26. Bernini is known for what style?
a. Romanesque
b. Renaissance
c. Gothic
d. Classical Revival
27. Who was the Architect of the Manila City Hall?
a. Juan Arellano
b. Juan Nakpil
c. Antonio Toledo
d. Ralph Harrington Doane
28. What is the first project of Leandro Locsin?
a. Philippine Center for International Trade and Exhibitions
b. Folk Arts Theater
c. Cultural Center of the Philippines
d. Parish of the Holy Sacrifice
29. What style was used in the columns in the Barasoain Church?
a. Baroque
b. Romanesque
c. Gothic
d. Renaissanse
30. What is the raw/ natural material that traditional Filipino Aechitecture used as motifs in the
design of their homes?
a. Egg shells
b. Capiz shells
c. Mud Bricks
d. Hand-cut stones
31. What is used to balance the boat?
a. Katig
b. Vinta-traditional boat
c. Papag- built in bed
d. Roof beams where fishnets are attached
32. Which does not belong?
a. Art Nouveau
b. Le Moderne
 c. Rayonnant
d. Jugendstjil
33. What is the Architectural Character of the Metropolitan Theater?
a. Art Deco
b. Post Modernism
c. Art Nouveau
d. Eclectism
34. Which is NOT a work of Leandro Locsin
a. CCP
b. PICC
c. Coconut Palace
d. Folk Arts Theater
35. It is considered as the Intramuros of the North?
a. Vigan
b. La Union
c. San Fernando
d. Isabela
36. Who was the Architect of Petronas Twin Tower?
a. Clorindo Testa
b. Cesar Pelli
c. Mario Roberto Alvarez
d. Thornton Tomasetti
37. Who was the Architect of Texas Commerce Tower?
a. I.M Pei
b. Louis Kahn
c. Santiago Calatrava
d. Joan Miro
38. This building was the tallest tower in the world when it was built in 1913. Towering to a height
of 241.2m (793.5ft), it was dubbed "Cathedral of Commerce" due to many medieval-style
ornaments that embellish the building.
a. Seagram Building
- stands 515 feet (157 m) tall with 38 stories, and was completed in 1958. It stands as
one of the most notable examples of the functionalist aesthetic and a prominent
instance of corporate modern architecture.
b. Woolworth Building
c. Bank of Manhattan
d. Chrysler Building
39. The upper portion of Pinnacle, bench-end, or other Architectural feature is the?
a. Crocket
b. Pediment
c. Finial
d. Turret
40. Keystones which were used to cover the mitres produced by the meeting of moulded ribs is also
called
 a. Conodial
b. Boss
c. Triglyph-vertical channeled tablets of the Doric Frieze in Classical Architecture.
d. Chevron- v-shaped pattern
41. It is very usual in English Gothic cathedrals to include a chapel in honor to the Virgin Mary
called?
a. Lady Chapel
b. Perpetual Chapel
c. Chantry Chapel
d. Benediction Chapel
42. It is the gateway to a stupa
a. Torii- Japanese gateway
b. Torana
c. Kibleh
d. Shoji- sliding outer partition doors and windows made of a lattice wooden frame and
covered with a tough, translucent white paper.
43. The Chinese Pagoda
a. Yuan- dynasty
b. Obi
c. Pai-lou- Chinese gateway
d. Ta'is
44. The Thai Stupa

a. Phra prang
b. Nakoru pathom
c. Ayudhaya
d. Wat
45. The ifugao house (southern strain)
a. Fayu
b. Bale
c. Chalanan-part of Fayu through the doorway one enters ground floor
d. Batalag
46. The screened oeverhanging balcony which is used by the priests and nuns performing religious
ceremonies unexposed to the public
a. Tibuna
b. Zaguan
c. Balcon
d. Entresuelo
47. The Oldest church built in Bohol by Fr. Juan de Torres and Fr. Gabriel Sanchez
a. Loboc
b. Dimiso
c. Albuquerque
d. Baclayon
48. The Maranao Royal House, an ancestral house for the Datuand his family is?
a. Kodal
b. Torogan
c. Walay
d. Batimbingan
49. The lower table found in the bulwagan
a. Aljibe- cistern
b. Walay
c. Bilik
d. Dulang
50. The space found immediately above the main entrance of Filipino Church is the
a. Tribuna
b. Choir Loft
c. Chancel- space/ portion of a Church contains the choir
d. Gallery