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1. The Art and Science of Designing and Constructing and the Metric system. It is based on the height of an
a building English man with his arm raised.
a. Agriculture a. Le Modular
b. Archeology b. Modulor
c. Architecture c. Modular

d. Astronomy d. Modular System

2. A center of a field. 7. These architects believes that their buildings had to

belong to a higher order, returned to the Greek
a. Point mathematical system of proportions.
b. Line a. Roman Architects
c. Plane b. Renaissance Architects
d. Volume c. Filipino Architects
3. In tropical climates, facing these sides are regarded d. 20th century Architects
as the “hot sides”
8. He was an early proponent of mental mapping and
a. North and South notable with is book, The Image of the City.
b. East and West a. Kevin Lynch
c. West and South b. Frederick Law Olmstead
d. North and East c. Ebenezer Howard
4. A movement of being independent to the tradition of d. Daniel Burnham
antiquity after the Gothic style.
9. A slight convexity given to a column or tower, as
a. Art Nouveau to correct an optical illusion.
b. Art Deco a. Enthasis
c. Beaux-Art b. Entasis
d. Neoclassicism c. all of the above
5. If CCP Complex is an architectural territory of the 3rd d. none of the above
National Artist for Architecture, then Escolta is
__________ territory? 10. What is the regular size of a twin size mattress?

a. Juan Arellano a. 38” x 75”

b. Juan Nakpil b. 53” x 75”

c. Antonio Toledo c. 60” x 80”

d. Andres T. Luna de San Pedro d. 76” x 80”

6. It is an anthropometric scale of proportions devised 11. Which of the following hues is in harmony with each
by Le Corbusier. It was developed as a visual bridge other?
between two incompatible scales, the Imperial system a. Red, Red-orange and yellow

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b. Blue, Blue-violet and red-violet 17. What Element of a city does a river represent?
c. Green, Orange and Red a. Edge
d. Red-violet, Violet, Red b. Path
12. Which of the following is a representation of two c. Node
point?
d. Landmark
a. Obelisk
18. A wide area of parks of undeveloped land
b. Menhir surrounding a community.
c. Minaret a. Landscape
d. Torii b. Meadow
13. “One of the great beauties of architecture is that c. Grass and Plants
each time, it is like life starting all over again.”
d. Greenbelt
a. Norman Foster
19. What is the comfortable height of a kitchen counter
b. Renzo Piano for Filipinos?
c. Jean Nouvel a. 0.80m
d. Santiago Calatrava b. 0.85m
14. It is the point of contact between mass and space c. 0.90m
a. Volume d. 0.95m
b. Linear Form 20. What style mostly influences Philippine
government structures?
c. Architectural Form
a. Baroque
d. Form
b. Romanesque
15. What is the original Architectural style of Manila
Cathedral in Intamuros? c. Beaux-Art
a. Baroque d. Neoclassicism
b. Rococo 21. What style mostly influences Philippine churches?
c. Romanesque a. Baroque
d. Gothic b. Romanesque
16. Most of Leandro Locsin’s Architectural styles are? c. Beaux-Art
a. Deconstructivism d. Neoclassicism
b. Brutalism 22. The principle of Functionalism is based on this
Architect’s dictum.
c. Modern
a. Frank Lloyd Wright
d. Post-Modern
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c. Luis Sulllivan 28. Air enters through openings located in the

windward side means?
d. Luis Khan
a. Air enters through openings located in the
23. What would be the effect of rapid increase of positive pressure zone.
population in an urban area?
b. Air enters through openings located in the negative
a. Loss of business opportunity pressure zone.
b. Increase of mortality rates c. Air enters through openings located in the neutral
c. Increase of informal settlers pressure zone.

d. All of the above d. None of the above

24. What is the best way to lessen noise cause by 29. A small window located right under the barandilla.
traffic? That allows air to come into the house through
elaborate grillwork or wooded balustrades.
a. Tall trees
a. Bangguerahan
b. Ground Grass Covers
b. Ventanillas
c. 3-ft wall fence
c. Volada
d. Bushes
d. Concha
25. Also called the blood stream of a city.
30. What is the maximum distance of hedges and
a. Infrastructure shrubs away from a building to still be effective?
b. Transportation a. not more than 2 meters
c. Urban Planning b. not more than 3 meters
d. Human Settlement c. not more than 4 meters
26. An efficient & rapid transport system for d. not more than 5 meters
automobiles to circulate across urban to urban areas
31. The Architect-author of the much-acclaimed book,
a. Highway “Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture.”
b. Streets a. Richard Neutra
c. Freeway b. Norman Foster
d. Main roads c. Robert Venturi
27. Where should be the location of tree foliage in order d. Philip Johnson
to promote air motion into openings?
32. Which of the following megacities has the most
a. above the openings efficient public transportation, which accounts for
almost 80% of all journey. While the other megacities
b. below the openings
are struggling with heavy traffic.
c. before the openings
a. Seoul
d. after the openings
b. Manila
c. Tokyo

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d. Beijing 38. A School of design established in Germany called

"Bauhaus" was founded by?
33. The First Skyscraper in the Philippines which is
only 4 storey high. a. Peter Brehens
a. Ambassador Hotel b. Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe
b. GSIS Building c. Le Corbusier
c. Manila Hotel d. Walter Gropius
d. Dusit Hotel 39.
34. Referring to the last question, who was the
architect of the said skyscraper?
a. Leandro Locsin
b. Froilan Hong
c. Fernando Ocampo
d. Gabriel Formoso
35. First Hotel in Asia and First to use elevator.
a. Hotel de Oriente
b. Manila Hotel
St. Pierre Church, Firminy was designed by Le
c. Dusit Hotel Corbusier is an example of this type of transformation
d. Dusit Hotel a. Dimensional transformation
36. Referring to the last question, who was the b. Subtractive transformation
architect of its renovation? c. Additive transformation
a. Francisco Maniosa d. None
40.
b. Leandro Locsin
c. William Parsons
d. Yolanda Reyes
37. He was a recipient of National Artist award in
Architecture for his belief that there is such a thing as
Philippine Architecture, adopting architecture relative
of Philippine tradition and culture.
a. Juan Nakpil
b. Juan Arellano
c. Juan Manosa What type of additive transformation occurred in
Habbitat 67, Montereal?
d. Juan Locsin a. Grid Form
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c. Cluster Form Fom the illustration, which defines "space within a

d. Centralized Form space"?
41. a. A
b. B
c. C
d. D
45. From the illustration, which defines "space linked
by a common space"?
a. A
b. B
c. C
d. D
46.
What type of form transformation in the figure shown
above?
a. Dimensional transformation
b. Subtractive transformation
c. Additive transformation
d. None
42. Referring to the last question, the building is
called?
a. Tokyo tower
b. Nakagin tower
City of Arts and Sciences design by Santiago Calatrava
c. Cube tower
and Felix Candela. An entertainment-based cultural
d. Kurukawa Tower and architectural complex in the city of Valencia, Spain.
43. Which of the following is an example of Art deco? It is the most important modern tourist destination in
a. Ideal Theater by Pablo Antonio the city of Valencia. What space organization or
articulation did Santiago Calatrava and Felix Candela
b. Manila City Hall by Antonio Toledo emphasized?
c. Manila Post Office by Juan Arellano
a. Repetition
d. SM megamall by Jose Sindiong
b. Balance
c. Rhythm
d. Scale
47. The balanced distribution and arrangement of
equivalent forms and spaces on opposite sides of a
dividing line or plane or about a center axis?
a. Axis
b. Symmetry
c. Hierarchy
44.
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48. A 20th century problem emanating from rapid a. Harmony

urbanization of areas surrounding a city
b. Unity
a. Squatting
b. Urban sprawl c. Balance
c. Pollution d. Rhythm
d. traffic 54. It is one of the most influential books in architecture
49. What civilization who had the following: - no need history. It contains the author’s design celebrating the
for defensive walls due to its geographical location. - purity and simplicity of classical architecture.
no zoning, no defined blocks for housing. -
dependence on Nile river - fascinated with after life. a. 10 books of Architecture
a. Roman Civilization b. 8 books of Architecture
b. Egyptian Civilization c. 4 books of Architecture
c. Greek Civilization d. 2 books of Architecture
d. Aegean Civilization 55. Which of the following is a bahay kubo adaptation
of passive cooling?
50. A geographic area which residents conveniently
share the common services and facilities needed in the a. Use of Fans
vicinity of their dwellings.
b. The living platform is elevated on stilts
a. Neighborhood
c. Banguerahan is always oriented at the south
b. Organization
d. all the above
c. Street
56. The state or position of being placed close together
d. Land or side by side to permit comparison or contrast
51. Primary development of any community. a. Hierarchy
a. Urban pattern b. Juxtaposition
b. Master Plan c. Complexity
c. Building Codes d. Opposition
d. Site development 57. A phenomenon of light and visual perception that
may be described in terms of an individual’s perception
52. “Laws of the indies” town is also known in Spanish of hue, saturation and tonal value.
as?
a. Shape
a. Pueblo
b. Color
b. Mission
c. Texture
c. Poblacion
d. Tones
d. Presido
58. The size or proportion of a building or space, or an
53. A variable of urban decoration where the article of furniture, relative to the structural or functional
environment is to have an understandable simple dimensions of the human body
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a. Scale 63 Which of the following is a Pritzker Architecture

Prize Laureate?
b. Module
a. Luis Barragan
c. Human Scale
b. Kisho Kurukawa
d. Modulor
c. Tony Kettle
59. Written by the Roman architect and dedicated to
his patron, the Emperor Ceasar Augustus as a guide d. Bjarke Ingles
for building projects.
64. Mies van der Rohe first envisioned the all-glass
a. De Re Aedificatoria Libri Decem skyscraper in 1920. A 38 storey of black steel and
glass. A structure that could not be built that time.
b. Tutte L’ Opere D’ Architettura Et Prospetiva
a. Lakeshore drive apartment
c. De Architectura
b. Mile high tower
d. Le Architectura
c. S.R Crown Hall
60. Which of the following is not a Pritzker Architecture
Prize Laureate? d. Seagram building
a. Alejandro Aravena 65. This known architect is also a part of this said
building. He designed the interior of The Four Seasons
b. Joseph Stirling and Brasserie restaurants.
c. Shigeru Ban a. Luis Khan
d. Louis Khan b. Le Corbusier
61. The Articulation of the importance or significance c. Walter Gropius
of a form or space by its size, or placement relative to
the other forms and spaces of the organization. d. Philip Johnson
a. Sequence 66. A Collection of forms grouped together by proximity
or the sharing of a common visual trait.
b. Hierarchy
a. Centralized
c. Datum
b. Clustered
d. Transformation
c. Radial
62. A philosophy of architecture that emerge in early
20th century, asserting that a building should have a d. Grid
structure and plan that fulfills its functional
requirements, harmonize with its natural 67. Which spatial organization that has a central space
environmental, and form an intellectually lucid, from which linear organizations of space extend in a
integrated whole. radial manner.

a. Beaux-Arts a. Centralized

b. Sustainable Architecture b. Clustered

c. Art Nouveau c. Radial

d. Organic Architecture d. Grid

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68. He pioneered the profession landscape d. Government Policies

architecture in the Philippines that’s why he was
73. This is a delimited space that a person or a group
known for being the Father of Philippine Landscape
of persons uses and defends as an exclusive preserve.
Architecture.
a. Territory
a. Idelfonso P. Santos
b. Ownership
d. Felino Palafox
c. Human Settlement
c. Jose Ma Zaragoza
d. Defensible Space
d. Francisco Manosa
74. Which of the following lot type is not ideal or
69. A 40 hectare land housing program by the least desirable for a public school?
government with the objective of diverting part of
Manila’s population to new satellite communities. a. Inside lot

a. Bliss b. Corner through lot

b. Philam Life homes b. corner lot

c. Philippine Homesite and Housing Corporation
d. Philippine Socialized housing program
70. Stack effect or Chimney effect means?
a. Hot air or gas tends to rise
b. Air flows tends to stay
c. Cold air or gas tends to rise
d. Air flows through a path of least resistance
d. through lot
75 Which of the following site location is the most
desirable for a boutique hotel?
a. within 2km radius from a hospital
b. accessible from the airport
c. within the CBD
d. beside a casino establishment

71. Pronounced by King Philip which Influenced the 76. The spirit of the place is referred to as __________.
Spanish Town Planning. All new towns must have a a. Genius loci
central plaza surrounded by important buildings
with portales or arcades, and from which the principal b. Local Soul
streets, laid out in a grid pattern, shall begin.
c. Landscape Elements
a. The Law of the Indians
d. Urban Landscape
b. The Laws of the Spaniards
77. City shape that develops its from transformation
c. The Laws of the Indies spines or natural valleys.
d. The Laws of the Plaza a. sheet
72. Which is not a factor that influence a settlement b. radiocentric
pattern?
c. branch
a. Human Development
d. linear
b. Transportation System
78. What is the most practical street layout?
c. Physical Environment

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a. Curvilinear 83. A Latticework panels that framed the translucent

capiz shells used to completely shut windows at night
b. Grid or during a storm.
c. Meandering a. Concha
d. Circumferential b. Coquina
79. A Greek city is composed of the following except c. Calado
for:
d. Volada
a. Town
84. It indicates data on circulation system within the
b. Acropolis
area. These includes bridges, roads, airports and
c. Temple navigable railways, ports, harbors, water bodies.
d. Agora a. General land use map
80. It is one of Michael Angelo’s finest works seen b. Sewage disposal map
at a distance as a whole composition. It is notable
c.Topographic map
by its Equestrian statue of Marcus Aurellus as a
centerpiece. d. Transportation map
a. Athens 85. What colors will harmonize and contrast (Split
Complimentary) Yellow?
b. Rome
a. Red-violet and Blue-violet
c. Adelphi Terrace
b. Red-orange and Yellow-orange
d. Campidoglio
c. Yellow-green and Blue-green
81. A building design approach that focuses on heat
gain control and heat dissipation in a building in order d. Blue-green and Blue-violet
to improve the indoor Thermal comfort with low or no
energy consumption. 86. This color will aid Red to stand-out or will dilute its
intensity.
a. Green design
a. Blue
b. Tropical Design
b. Green
c. Passive cooling
c. Yellow
d. Active cooling
d. orange
82. A tool use to identify the passive cooling strategy
appropriate for the building site. 87. It was the first to give the explanation of distribution
of social groups within urban areas.
a. Sun path diagram
a. Concentric Zone Theory
b. Bioclimatic Chart
b. Sector Theory
c. Climatic Chart
c. Multiple Nuclei Theory
d. Solar Chart
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88. It considers the dependency of people in 93. Architects of Centre Pompidou

automobiles as residents are not concentrated in a
single CBD rather with manufacturing also and other a. Richard Meier and Norman Foster
industries. b. Zaha Hadid and Renzo Piano
a. Concentric Zone Theory c. Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano
b. Sector Theory d. I.M Pei and Bjarke Ingles
c. Multiple Nuclei Theory 94. He was one of the founders of Art Nouveau in
d. Inverse Concentric zone Theory 1890s.

89. First Garden City is located at a. Felix Candela

a. Manhattan, New York b. Victor Horta

b. Hamburg, Germany c. Adolf Loos

c. Bonifacio Global City, Taguig d. Antoni Gaudi

d. Letchworth, United Kingdom 95. Historically inspired by some of the First man-made
shelter, the term usually used to refer to the
90. A merging of two or more metropolis with a construction of roofs using a membrane held in
population of 10 million or more, a 20th century place on steel cables. Frei Otto first demonstrated this
phenomenon. in German Pavilion, Expo ’67. Their main
characteristics are the way in which they work under
a. Highly Urbanized City stress tensile, their ease of pre-fabrication, their ability
to cover large spans, and their malleability.
b. Threshold of Population
a. Thin-shell construction
c. Town
b. Tensile structure
d. Megacity
c. Pre-stressed concrete
91. The process by which large numbers of people
become permanently concentrated in relatively small d. Post-tensioning
areas, forming cities.
96. It is the “First Prairie House” designed by FLW.
a. Urbanization
a. Robbie House
b. Megacity
b. Kaufmann house
c. Urban sprawl
c. Winslow house
d. CBD
d. Wright House
92. This movement believed that such beautification
could promote a harmonious social order that would 97. They worked under Peter Behrens except for,
increase the quality of life. a. Frank Lloyd Wright
a. City Beautiful Movement b. Le Corbusier
b. Garden City c. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
c. Image of the City d. Walter Gropius
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98. His dictum was, “Architecture is a concern for 103. The first phase of the circulation system during
design as a Gesamtkunstwerk – a total work of art.” which we are prepared to see, experience and use the
building.
a. Alvar Aalto
a. Entrance
b. Bruno Paul
b. Spatial Organization
c. Albert Speer
c. Approach
d. Otto Wagner
d. Building form
99. His dictum was, “Architects must have a razor-
sharp sense of individuality” and he coined the term 104. A widely used spatial organization.
“Biorealism”, a belief in the inherent and inseparable
relationship between nature and man. a. Centralized

a. Albert Speer b. Linear

b. Alvar Aalto c. Radial

c. Frank Furness d. Grid

d. Richard Neutra 105. Building served as façade to form an enclosure

urban space.
100. He holds the distinction of being the first
a. Fortress
registered architect of the Philippines.
b. Acropolis
a. Tomas Mapua
c. Agora
b. Sto. Tomas
d. Intramuros
c. Carlos Barretto
106. In the ancient times, when a town reaches its
d. Felipe Arroyo
maximum size, a “new town” is built and it is called.
101. He was the architect of the building in the 100
a. Paleopolis
peso bill.
b. Neopolois
a. Fernando Ocampo
c. Acropolis
b. Gabriel Formoso
d. Polis
c. William Coscolluela
107. Polis means?
a. Antonio Sindiong
a. City
102. Which of the following is the work of Ar. Jose
Maria Zaragosa? b. Town
a. Meralco Building c. People
b. San Agustin Church d. Park
c. Quiapo Church 108. He is considered as the first architect in the history
of urbanistic to make use of the advantages of the
d. San Miguel Building
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b. Indigo Jones d. Broadacre

c. Leon Batista Alberti 114. It affects where people can go, and where they
cannot
d. Biagio Rossetti
a. Legibility
109. The father of American City Planning. Plans for
Chicago, San Francisco, etc. b. Variety
a. Clarence A. Perry c. Permeability
b. G.R. Taylor d. Robustness
c. Frederic Olmstead 115. In designing a corridor, what should be the ideal
width for a three person walking at the same time?
d. Daniel Burnham
a. 1200mm
110. The architect who fused ideas of modern
architecture and city form “Une Ville Contemporaine” b. 1500mm
a. Richard Neutra c. 1650mm
b. Le Corbusier d. 1800mm
c. Charles Adam 116. What is the comfortable reach for vertical
storage or overhead cabinets?
d. Buckminster Fuller
a. 1.10m-1.30m
111. He made the master plan of Brasilia, the Capital
of brazil b. 1.40m-1.50m
a. Richard Neutra c. 1.50m–1.70m
b. Frank Lloyd Wright d. 1.60m-1.80m
c. Lucio Costa
117. A frame of latticework used as a screen or as a
d. Oscar Niemeyer support for climbing plants.
112. A combined horizontal and vertical shade is called a. Trellis
a. Louvers b. Pergola
b. Egg-create sunshade c. Arbor
c. Egg and dart sunshade d. Gazebo
d. Dynamic Shutters 118. A map that shows the spatial allocation of built-up
113. A human settlement is made up of five elements, areas categorized as residential, commercial,
which are interactive and independent with each other. institutional, parks and open spaces, industrial and
These are man, nature, shells, networks and society. others.

a. Ekistics a. general land use map

b. Proxemics b. urban land use map

c. Chandigarh c. base map

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d. topographic map d. Test for soil density

119. Parking lots should be in an area where slope is 124. It refers to the population per unit land area.
below ____ otherwise grading is to be done.
a. Density
a. 3%
b. Population
b. 5%
c. Demographics
c. 7%
d. Urban population
d. 10%
125. Major event which led to the establishment of
120. Acknowledged as the oldest city in the history of planning as a profession
settlements.
a. World war II
a. Babylon
b. Industrial Revolution
b. Eridu
c. Colonization
c. Constantinople
d. Population growth
d. Mohenjo-Daro
126. Which is required in building at a terraced site
121. Zoning ordinances are used by municipalities as location:
a means of controlling all of the following except.
a. use of retaining walls
a. Project cost
b. Be elevated on raised pad
b. Density of development
c. provide an earth berm
c. Flood impact
d. Use explosion
d. Land use
127. Open land Wildlife needs to be avoided in
122. Major and minor routes of circulation which people selecting a site for this project.
use to move about.
a. Skyscrapers
a. Pathways
b. Airports
b. Edges
c. Malls
c. Districts
d. Hospitals
d. Landmarks
128. The “Cradle of Civilization”
123. In a residential development composed of large
lots, on-site sewage disposal for each lot is permitted a. Persia
subject to the sustainability of the soil. Which of the b. Fertile crescent
following soil investigations should the architect
request? c. Egypt
A, Percolation test d. Mycenaean civilization
b. Evaporation test 129. The first noted urban planner who introduced the
grid system and the agora.
c. Test for soil alkalinity
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b. Hippodamus a. La Rotonda
c. Miletus b. Sagrada Familia
d. Spartacus c. Villa Sovoye
130. These are characteristics of Urban Sprawl except d. Falling Water
for:
135. The president of the United States who is also an
a. Single-use development architect with a style of Neo-Classicism. Notable with
his work Monticello in Virgina
b. Job sprawl
a. George Washington
c. Mixed-use development
b. George W. Bush
d. Low-density development
c. Thomas Jefferson
131. What type of urban road which are meant for
through traffic usually on a continuous route. It also d. Theodore Roosevelt
expected to carry large volumes of traffic.
136. Architect of Jones Bridge in Manila
a. Arterial roads
a. Juan Arellano
b. Expressways
b. Juan Nakpil
c. Service roads
c. Pablo Antonio
d. Collector roads
d. Daniel Burnham
132. He developed the neighborhood principle based
on the natural catchment area of community facilities 137. Which of the following is not a work of Antoni
such as primary schools and local shops. Gaudi?

a. Clarence Perry a. Sagrada Familia

b. Frederick Olmstead b. Parc Guell

c. Clarence stein d. Casa Milla

d. Arturo Soria Y Mata d. Casa Balto

133. The architect known for his use of concrete, 138. The architect of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
floating volume and simplistic design in various a. Ieoh Ming Pei
projects. He was proclaimed a National Artist of the
Philippines for Architecture in 1990. b. Norman Foster
a. Juan Nakpil c. Bjarke Ingles
b. Frederico Illustre d. Daniel Libeskind
c. Francisco Manosa 139. The architect of Millennium bridge in London
d. Leandro Locsin a. I.M Pei
134. It was one of the Father of modern picture books b. Norman Foster
of architecture best known legacies to the architectural
c. Bjarke Ingles
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d. Daniel Libeskind d. Robert Venturi

140. The architect of contemporary arts center which 145. “More is More.”
made this architect a Pritzker Architecture in laureate
in 2004. a. Daniel Burnham

a. Thom Mayne b. Mies Van der Rohe

b. Glenn Murcutt c. Buckminster Fuller

c. Richard Rogers d. Robert Venturi

d. Zaha Hadid 146. Cube within a cube

141. He is considered as one of the most influential a. Le Corbusier

Filipino architect of the 20th century for pioneering the b. Mies Van der Rohe
art of Philippine neo-vernacular architecture. He was
recognized as National Artist of the Philippines for c. Walter Gropius d. Robert Venturi
Architecture in 2018.
147. “Art and Architecture, the new unity.”
a. Juan Nakpil
a. Le Corbusier
b. Frederico Illustre
b. Mies Van der Rohe
c. Francisco Manosa
c. Walter Gropius
d. Leandro Locsin
d. Robert Venturi
142. What is the Architectural style of The dancing
148. “The city must be subject to growth, decay and
house by Frank Ghery?
renewal.”
a. Deconstructivism
a. Tadao Ando
b. Constructivism
b. Mies Van der Rohe
c. Post modernism
c. I.M Pei
d. Modernism
d. Kenzo Tange
143. What is the Architectural style of Folk Arts
149. “I believe that the way people live can be directed
Theatre?
a little by Architecture.”
a. Deconstructivism
a. Tadao Ando
b. Brutalism
b. Rem Khoolas
c. Neovernacular
c. I.M Pei
d. Functionalism
d. Kenzo Tange
144. “Make no little plans; They have no magic to stir
150. “Escape from the architecture ghetto is one of the
men’s blood”
major drivers and has been from the very beginning.”
a. Daniel Burnham
a. Tadao Ando
b. Louis Khan
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c. I.M Pei a. Winter monsoon

d. Kenzo Tange b. Northeast Monsoon
151. Is a variety in the use of gradation from black to c. Summer Monsoon
white.
d. Tropical Monsoon
a. Texture
157. Villa Sovoye is Le Corbusier’s finest example of
b. Color this Architectural principle
c. Hue a. Five points of Architecture
d. Tone b. Organic Architecture
152. What is the psychological effect of Purple? c. High-Tech and sustainable Architecture
a. sedative & soothing d. Five books of Architecture
b. rage or passion 158. Louis Khan is known for this sytle
c. stimulating cheering a. Monumental and Grandeur
d. cooling quality b. Classic-Modern
153. What is the psychological effect of Blue related in c. Deconstructivism
architecture?
d. International Style
a. Cooling quality
159. Robbie House is best known for this principle.
b. Peace & tranquil
a. Symmetrical Balance
c. stimulates hunger
b. Rhythm
d. demands attention
c. Asymmetrical Balance
154. When the designer applies stunning Yellow as an
accent wall in a room what does it pertains? d. Progression

a. Cooling quality 160. It is the relation between the parts of a

composition and a certain abstract unit of
b. helps one to concentrate measurement.
c. stimulates hunger a. Scale
d. demands attention b. Proportion
155. When the designer applies blue in a room what is c. Ken
the effect it gives?
d. Size
a. Cooling quality
161. It is a sense of equilibrium.
b. helps one to concentrate
a. Balance
c. stimulates hunger
b. Contrast
d. demands attention
c. Unity
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d. Character d. plaza
162. The remaining space in a lot after deducting the 167. An Arboricultural term literally, a cone-bearer. It
required minimum open spaces. reproduce by forming a cone rather than a flower as a
container for their seeds.
a. Open area
a. Broadleaf
b. Buildable area
b. conifer
c. Parks
c. Bonsai
d. Unpaved area
d. climber
163. It is the side of a building that faces the prevailing,
or trade, winds. It also depends on the wind force that
168. Shedding foliage at the end of the growing
is alongside the height of a structure or building.
season; used especially in reference to trees.
a. Leeward
a. Doxiadis
b. Windward
b. conifer
c. Both sides
c. deciduous
d. none of the above
d. climber
164. Designed to regulate land use, to ban industry &
commerce from residential areas & to separate 169. A line of demarcation that creates visual interest
different types of living units in a landscape by separating one segment from
another. Also known as border.
a. zoning
a. lining
b. grouping
b. trimming
c. clustering
c. edging
d. none of the above
d. floating
165. The study of the dynamic relationship between a
community of organism & its habitat. 170. The forcing of the viewer’s perspective to a central
or focal point. The use of symmetry or balance creates
a. geology a more intense viewers perspective, while
b. ecology asymmetrical designs soften or even avoid viewer’s
perspective.
c. biology
a. forming
d. botany
b. centralization
166. It is a park in cities and other incorporated
places to offer recreation and green space to residents c. landmark
of, and visitors to, the municipality. d. focalization
a. urban park 171. The inanimate elements of landscaping,
especially any masonry work. For instance, stone
b. playground
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b. Hardscape b. balcony
d. Streetscape c. riprap
d. Landscape d. berm
172. A 6m high tree near a 15m high building is 177. It is important to determine the existing availability
considered as a _________. of utilities on site in terms of adequacy and efficiency.
a. dwarf tree This includes the following except for:

b. Medium tree a. Drainage

c. Large tree b. Electric power supply

d. Tall tree c. water supply

173. It was designed by Andre Le Notre, an 800 d. transmission

hectares garden which is considered as one of the 178. it is an imaginary line that join points of equal
largest garden ever made in France. The garden is an elevation on the surface of the land above or below a
example of a French formal garden. reference surface such as the mean sea level.
a. Hanging garden a. Topography

b. Gardens of Versailles b. Map

c. Secret garden c. Contours

d. Gardens of France d. Slope

174. The animate, horticultural elements of 179. What type of street comes from a collector street
landscaping. to an individual property and provides access to an
abutting property?
a. Softscape
a. cul-de-sac
b. Hardscape
b. minor street
d. Streetscape
c. marginal access street
d. Landscape
d. arterial street
175. Shrubs or bushes grows up to a height of less than
_________. 180. What would you recommend to use as a traffic
separator below arcades?
a. 5 meters
a. bollards
b. 4 meters
b. fountain
c. 3 meters
c. planting strips
d. 2 meters
d. fence
176. Which of the following is not a Hardscape
181. What type of transformation of form do you
element?
observe in the door tracery of Reims Cathedral
a. gazeebo
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b. Subtractive transformation d. conversion of agricultural lot to subdivision

development
c. additive transformation
187. It is the point reference considered to be external
d. Multitude transformation top the observer physical elements that may vary
182. This is the path of a moving point. widely in scale

a. Point a. Path

b. Line b. Landmark

d. Plane c. Edges

c. Volume d. Nodes

183. Human perception is one of the factors in

designing of building, which of the followings are
mostly affected through human perception.
a. Demography and geography
b. Anthropology and sociology
b. Geography and anthropology
d. demography and Sociology
188.
184. Who is the founding father of the Philosophy of
Deconstructivism? As shown in the image, it may be identified as?

a. William Becket a. Point

b. Frank Ghery b. Line

c. Jacques Derrida c. Plane

d. None of the above d. Volume

185. It organizes a random pattern of elements through
its regularity, continuity, and constant presence.
a. Hierarchy
b. Axis
c. Transformation
d. Datum
186. Which is not and Urbanization Problem
a. Emerging of large malls in a city
b. Increasing number of poverty and slum creation
c. Increasing number of schools
189. Which of the following facilities is more
important to consider to aide a General hopsital.
a. School
b. Fire Station
c. Hospital
d. Catholic Church
190. It is to determine pleasing dimensional
relationships between the width of a building and its
height, the size of the portico and even the position of
the columns supporting the structure. The final result is
a building that feels entirely in proportion.
a. Silver Ratio
b. Golden Ratio
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d. Vitruvian Triad groups, infrastructure, housing types, industrial types,

191. Alvar Aalto’s Seinäjoki Public Library is an and so on.
example of this ordering principle a. Urban Pattern
a. Hierarchy
b. Community
b. Axis
c. Urban Morphology
c. Transformation
d. Urban development
d. Datum
197. A habitable room for 1 family with facilities for
192. Adrea Paladio’s Villa Capra is an example of this living, sleeping, cooking & eating.
type of Symmetry.
a. Low-end dwelling
a. Bilateral
b. High-end dwelling
b. Radial
c. residential
c. Mirror
d. Dwelling unit
d. Formal
198. What is the architectural style of Vigan City, Ilocos
193. The Falling Water was designed by? Sur
a. Frank Ghery a. Philippine Architecture
b. Frank Lloyd Wright b. Ilocano Architecture
c. Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe c. Phil-Hispanic Architecture
d. Zaha Hadid d. Vernacular Architecture
194. Inventor of Geodesic Dome which was based on 199. A planar element which can be manipulated well
the principle of Spaced Frame. to establish a podium for a building form.
a. Frei Otto a. Base plane
b. Kenzo Tange b. ground plane
c. Toyo Ito d. Floor plane
d. Buckminster Fuller d. Wall plane
195. The rough equivalent of the present tenement 200. “A harmonious design requires that nothing be
cities that existed in ancient Rome added or taken away.”
a. Insula a. Frank Lloyd Wright
b. Agora b. Louis Sullivan
c. Fortress c. Zhardei Naranjo
d. Forum d. Vitruvius
196 The internal organization or "anatomy" of a city,
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