HISTORY / THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE

1. The Architect of the Quiapo Church before its restoration.

a. Juan Nakpil
b. Tomas Mapua
c. Jose Herrera
d. Cesar Concio

2. A type of Roman Wall facing which is made of small stone laid in a loose pattern
roughly resembling polygonal work

a. Opus Mixtum
b. Opus Incertum
c. Opus Tesselatum
d. Opus Reticulatum

3. What type of architectural character is derived through the use of the building?

a. Materials
b. Personality
c. Function
d. Association

4. In the middle kingdom, ion Egyptian architecture, who consolidated the

administrative system, made a survey of the country, set boundaries to the
provinces, and other helpful works.

a. Zoser
b. Imhotep
c. Senusret I
d. Amenemhat I

5. The private house of the Romans.

a. Domus
b. Thalamus
c. Villa
d. Atrium House
6. Which of the following is true about Egyptian pyramids and Babylonian ziggurats?

a. Pyramids are sun-dried brick faced with kiln-burnt bricks, while ziggurats
use masonry, huge blocks of stone
b. Pyramids are used as temple observatories, while ziggurats are royal tombs
c. Pyramids have square plans, while plans of ziggurats are rectangular
d. Association

7. Triangular piece of wall above the entablature .

a. Pendentive
b. Frieze
c. Pediment
d. Architrave

8. Brahman architecture as shown is square plan with spire-shaped roof on “sikhara”,

repetitious “sikharis” and thousand figures on the temple is a characteristic feature
of what style ofarchitecture?

a. Indian
b. Chinese
c. Japanese
d. Filipino

9. Who began the building of the Great Hypostyle Hall at Karnak?

a. Senusret I
b. Thothmes I
c. Amenemhat I
d. Ptolemy III

10. Buddhist architecture shown in rock-cut temples with lavishly carved interiors is a
characteristic feature of what style of architecture?

a. Indian
b. Japanese
c. Chinese
d. Filipino
11. The senate house of the Greeks.

a. Insulae
b. Domus
c. Alberto Da Vinci
d. Prytaneion

12. The dry or swerating rom in the Thermae.

a. Calidarium
b. Sudatorium
c. Unctuaria
d. Tepidarium

13. The mineral of greatest importance to Greek architecture of which Greece and her
domains had ample supply of was.

a. Cement
b. Silica
c. Lime
d. Marble

14. In the given figure, identify the frieze.

a. No. 4
b. No. 1
c. No. 2
d. No. 3

15. Architect of the Temple of Zeus, Agrigentum.

a. Mnesicles
b. Libon
c. Theron
d. Cossutius

16. Architect of Central Bank of the Philippines, Manila.

a. George Ramos
b. Leandro Locsin
 c. Gabriel Formoso
d. Froilan Hong

17. The memorial column built in the form of tall Doric order and made entirely of
marble is;

a. Trajan’s Column
b. Column of Antoninus Pius
c. Column of Dioelectian
d. Column of Marcus Aurelius

18. “A House is a House”

a. Louis Kahn
b. Ludwig Mies Van de Rohe
c. Robert Maillart
d. Le Corbusier

19. The first of all iron church in Asia.

a. San Sebastian Church

b. Betis Church
c. Taal Church
d. San Agustin Church

20. Built the Taj Mahal

a. Shah Reza
b. Shah Jalan
c. Shah Naser
d. Shah Jahan

21. Invented reinforced concrete in France.

a. Le Corbusier
b. Mies Van De Rohe
c. Hennevique
d. Erich Mendelson
22. Built by the Franciscan priest Fr.Blas dela Madre, this church in Rizal whose design
depicts the heavy influence of Spanish baroque, was declared a national treasure.

a. Morong Church
b. Jala-Jala Cathedral
c. Antipolo Church
d. Angono Church

23. What is the difference between Chinese and Japanese pagodas?

a. Japanese pagodas plan are polygonal; Chinese are square

b. Chinese pagodas plans are mostly five-storeyed; Japanese are three to fifteen
c. Japanese pagodas are mostly four-storeyed; Chinese are three to seven
d. Chinese pagodas are polygonal; Japanese are square in plan

24. A type of Roman wall facing with alternating courses of brickworks

a. Opus Mixtum
b. Opus Reticulatum
c. Opus Incertum
d. Opus Quadratum

25. A special feature of Japanese houses, used to display a flower arrangement or art.

a. Masu-gumi
b. Torei
c. Tokonama
d. Cha-sit-su

26. The first all-iron church in Asia is.

a. San Agustin Church

b. San Sebastian Church
c. Taal Church
d. Betis Church

27. Architect SM Megamall

a. Antonio Sin Diong

b. Gilbert Yu
 c. Jonathan Gan
d. Jose Siao Ling

28. Who erected the earliest known obelisk at Heliopolis.

a. Amenemhat I
b. Zoser
c. Imhotep
d. Senusret I

29. The dry or sweating room in the Thermae.

a. Calidarium
b. Sudatorium
c. Unctuaria
d. Tepidarium

30. On either side of the choir, pulpits for the reading of the epistle and the gospel are
called

a. Cella
b. Cancelli
c. Ambo
d. Bema

31. Stupa or temples cut in rock information is a contribution of what style of

architecture?

a. Stupa
b. Filipino
c. Chinese
d. Indian

32. Which construction system permit great spans of infinite variety of shapes of
concrete, or steel combined with glass or plastic?

a. Thin shell construction

b. Frame construction
c. Suspension system
d. Space frame
33. “The man of learning……. can fearlessly look down upon the troublesome accidents
of fortune. But he who thinks himself entrenched in defense not of learning but of
luck, moves one slippery path, struggling though life unsteadily and insecurely.”

a. The Poetry of Architecture by John Ruskin

b. Space, Time and Architecture by Sigfried Gideon
c. Ten books of Architecture by Marcus Vitruvius
d. A New Architecture by Frank Lloyd Wright

34. Who is the Architect of Robinson’s Galleria building?

a. Manual Go
b. Ruperto Gaite
c. Philip Recto
d. William Coscolluela

35. Architect of G.S.I.S. building, Roxas Boulevard

a. Felipe Palafox
b. Gabriel Formoso
c. George Ramos
d. Froilan Hong

36. How many stained glass are there in the Chartres Cathedral?

a. 167
b. 168
c. 186
d. 176

37. The space between the colonnade and the naos wall in Greek temple.

a. Anthemion
b. Antefix
c. Pteroma
d. Stoa
38. With the use of concrete made possible by pozzolan, a native natural cement, the
Romans achieved huge interior with the.

a. Columnar trabeated
b. Helm Roof
c. Arch and Vault
d. Domical Roof Construction

39. The most beautiful and best preserved of the Greek theaters

a. Pinacotheca
b. Podium
c. Epidauros
d. Odeoin

40. In Greek temples, the equivalent of the crypt is the _______ .

a. Narthex
b. Nave
c. Naos
d. Apse

41. Which of the following indicates trabeated style?

a. Mortar Joints
b. Pointed Arch
c. Post and Lintel
d. Bended Joints

42. Which of the order was added by the Romans to the orders used by the Greeks.

a. Composite
b. Doric
c. Ionic
d. Corinthian

43. The open court in an Italian palazzo

a. Cortel
b. Tumuli
c. Dipteral
 d. Prytaneion

44. The oldest circus in Rome.

a. Circus of Maxentius
b. Circus Maximus
c. Circus Varianus
d. Circus Flaminius

45. What is the purpose of the disks found on the tree trunks where the Ifugao house
stands?

a. Structural Purpose
b. Protection against rats
c. Weeding-out evil spirits
d. Decoration/Ornamentation

46. Each new situation requires a new architecture

a. Jean Nouvel
b. Oscar Niemeyer
c. Michael Graves
d. John Ruskin

47. The beginner of the Great Hypostyle Hall at Karnak and the founder of the 19th
dynasty.

a. Rameses III
b. Rameses IV
c. Rameses I
d. Rameses II

48. What do you call the enclosed space at the top of a ziggurat in Mesopotamia?

a. Observatory
b. God’s house
c. Priest House
d. Altar
49. Architect of the Temples of Zeus, Olympia.

a. Mnesicles
b. Libon
c. Theron
d. Cossutius

50. Plan shape of a Chinese Pagoda

a. Rectangular
b. Square
c. Octagonal
d. Hexagonal

51. Which of the following indicates the name of a color?

a. Value
b. Chroma
c. Intensity
d. Hue

52. Tomb of Atreus, a noted example of the tholos type of tomb is also known as:

a. Tomb of Clytemnestra
b. Tomb of Agamemnon
c. Thersilion, Megapolis
d. Mausoleum, Helicarnassos

53. What type of architectural character is derived through the use of the building?

a. All listed items.

b. Place for social/political decisions by elders
c. Sleeping quarters for young bachelors
d. Place for religious ceremonies

54. St.Peter’s Basilica original plan in the form of a Greek across was designed by

a. Bernini
b. Michaelozo
c. Michaelangelo
 d. Bramante

55. The world’s first large-scale monument in stone.

a. Pyramid of Khufu
b. Pyramid of Chefren
c. Pyramid of Cholula
d. Pyramid of Zoser

56. The ornamental pattern work in stone, filling the upper part of a Gothic window

a. Tracery
b. Cavetto
c. Embrasures
d. Crenel

57. To create architecture is to put in order. Put what in order? Function and objects.

a. Le Corbusier
b. Tadao Ando
c. Frank Gehry
d. Oscar Niemeyer

58. What do you call the long colonnaded building used around public places and as
shelters at religious shrines in Greek architecture?

a. Peristyle
b. Agora
c. Stoa
d. Propylae

59. A term given to the mixture of Christian, Spanish, and Muslim 12th-16thcentury
architecture .

a. Byzantine
b. Saracenic
c. Romanesque
d. Mudejar
60. Architect of the Bi-Nuclear House, the H-Plan

a. Buckminster Fuller
b. Marcel Lajos Breuer
c. Louis Sullivan
d. Le Corbusier

61. The best example of a German Romanesque church with apses at both east and west

a. Worms Cathedral
b. Tournai Cathedral
c. Bamberg Catherdral
d. Trier Cathedral

62. Expressionist Architect

a. Erich Mendelson
b. Eero Saarinen
c. Alvar Aalto
d. Hennevique

63. “Form follows function-that has been misunderstood. Form and function should be
one, joined in a spiritual union”

a. Walter Gropius
b. Antonio Gaudi
c. Louis Kahn
d. Frank Lloyd Wright

64. Art Noveau is known as the international style, in Germany it is known as _________

a. Eero Saarinen
b. Richard Josef Neutra
c. Jugendstil
d. Alvar Aalto

65. The room for oils and unguents in the thermae

a. Calidarium
 b. Apodyteria
c. Unctuaria
d. Sudatorium

66. A Gothic Cathedral designed by Master Gerhard who, though no doubt German, was
thoroughly conversant with contemporary French Gothic. The cathedral was
consecrated in 1322, by which time designs for the west front had already been
prepared.

a. Laon Cathedral
b. Cologne Cathedral
c. Minden Cathedral
d. Ulm Cathedral

67. The highest sloped pyramid in Gizeh

a. Pyramid of Zoser
b. Pyramid of Khufu
c. Pyramid of Chefren
d. Pyramid pf Cholula

68. In Ancient Greece and Rome, a storeroom of any kind, but especially for storing wine

a. Apotheca
b. Antefix
c. Acroterion
d. Anthemion

69. In ancient Greece and Rome, storeroom of any kind, but especially for storing wine

a. Anthemion
b. Acroterion
c. Apotheca
d. Antefix

70. The Greek council house which is covered meeting place for the democratically-
elected council is called:

a. Bouleuterion
b. Thersihon
 c. Prytaneion
d. Diathyros

71. The Grandest Temple of all Egyptian temples, it was not built by upon one complete
plan but owes its size, disposition and magnificence to the work of many Kings. Built
from the 12th Dynasty to the Ptolemaic, period

a. Great Temple of Ammon, Karnak

b. The Great temple of Abu-Simbel
c. Temple of Queen HATSHEPSUT
d. Temple of Ramsesseum, Thebes

72. A ______________ is a ___________________ which extends vertically from lowest portion of

the wall which adjoins two living units up to a minimum height of 0.30 meters above the
highest portion of the roof and extends horizontally 0.30 meters beyond the outermost
edge of the abutting living units?

a. Partywall; block
b. Firewall; lotline wall
c. Firewall; fireblock
d. Blotline wall; block

73. The Father of modern picture books of Architecture

a. Andrea Palladio
b. Leon Battista Alberti
c. Philibert De L’orme
d. Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola

74. The memorial column built in the form of tall Doric order and made entirely of
marble is

a. Column of Antoninus Pius

b. Trajan’s Column
c. Column of Marcus Aurelius
d. Column of Diolectian
75. It is the eclectic style of domestic architecture of the 1870’s and the 1880’s in
England and the USA and actually based on country house and cottage Elizabeth
architecture which was characterized by a blending of Tudor Gothic, English
Renaissance and colonial elements in the USA:

a. Mannerist Phase
b. Queen Anne Style
c. Jacobean Architecture
d. Stuart Architecture

76. It is the first Development Garden City where it is a combination of landscaping,

informal street layouts, and main axis focusing on town center?

a. Savannah
b. Welwyn
c. Letchworth
d. Hampstead Garden Suburbs

77. A British pioneered in regional Planning for the Doncaster area (1920-1922) and
East Kent; Involved in greater London Plan; Use of open space as structuring
element.

a. Clarence Perry
b. Leslie Patrick Abercrombie
c. Henry Wright
d. Andres Duany

78. He is remembered for his “Ideal Cities” – star shaped plans with street radiating
from central point, usually proposed for a church, palace or castle.

a. Leonardo Da Vinci
b. Leon Battista Alberti
c. Pierre Charles L’Enfant
d. Sir Christopher Wren

79. Whose theory is the explanation of residential land uses in terms of wedge-shaped
sectors radial to the city center along established lines of transportation

a. Homer Hoyt
b. Kevin Lynch
 c. Ernest Burgess
d. None of these

80. Published the book called “Fields, Factories and Workshops; or Industry Combined
with Agriculture with manual work”.

a. Antonio Sant’elia
b. Don Soria y Mata
c. Eugene Henard
d. Peter Kropotkin

81. An English Architect who prepared plan for London i.e., St. Peter’s and St.Paul
Cathedral; Proposed a Network of Avenues connecting the main features of London.

a. Leonardo Da Vinci
b. Leon Battista Alberti
c. Pierre Charles L’Enfant
d. Sir Christopher Wren

82. The sacred enclosure fond in the highest part of a Greek city is called:

a. Peribolas
b. Pteroma
c. Temenos
d. Corps de Logis

83. The architect who claimed that: “The ultimate goal of the new architecture was the
composite but inseparable work o an art, in which the old diving line between
monumental and decorative elements will have disappeared forever.” use of the
building?

a. Frank Lloyd Wright

b. Le Corbusier
c. Walter Gropius
d. Mies Van De Rohe

84. It is a traditional house that was called binangiyan. It was a single room dwelling
elevated at 1.50 meters from the ground; the floor were made of hard wood like
narra which rested on 3 floor which in turn were supported by transverse girders
 a. Kankanay
b. Badjao
c. Bontoc
d. Kalinga

85. Often enclosed and secluded the street, whose high density and variety of planning
conveys a garden image. It sometimes includes flower planters and a water feature
and usually supplies a variety of seating possibilities.

a. City Plaza
b. Garden Oasis
c. City Square
d. Street Plaza

86. _________ on natural rocks in a Greek theatre is called:

a. Cavaea
b. Exedrae
c. Logeion
d. Skene

87. Enclosure fromed by huge stones planted on the ground in circular form

a. Menhir
b. Cromlech
c. Dolmen
d. Tumulus

88. A revival style based on the buildings and publications of the 6thcentury architect
marked by ancient Roman Architectural forms?

a. National Romanticism
b. Mannerism
c. Palladianism
d. Purism

89. “A house is like a flower pot”

a. Richard Josef Neutra

b. Jugendstijl
 c. Alvar Aalto
d. Eeero Saarinen

90. A French term for pillars or stilts that carry a building, thereby raising it to first floor
level and leaving the ground floor open

a. Pilotis
b. Atrium
c. Colonnaded
d. Balcony

91. Which of the following represent the primary colors?

a. Red, Yellow, Green

b. Green, Orange, Violet
c. Blue, Yellow, Violet
d. Red, Yellow, Blue

92. Which of the following represent the secondary colors?

a. Green, Yellow, Violet

b. Green, Orange, Violet
c. Red, Yellow, Blue
d. Yellow, Green, Blue

93. In perception of space, which of the following describes visual sense?

a. Affects room size/ceiling heights to avoid discomfort

b. Identifies materials limiting unpleasant odors
c. Identifies materials at a distance
d. Affects materials to regulate transfer of sound

94. Architect of the Chicago Tribune Tower?

a. Mies Van de Rohe

b. Frank Lloyd Wright
c. John Howell and Raymond Hood
d. Eliel Saarinen
95. Plan shape of a Japanese Pagoda?

a. Triangular
b. Square
c. Rectangle
d. Round

96. What is referred to as written record of man’s effort to build beautifully?

a. Style of architecture
b. Pre-historic architecture
c. History of architecture
d. Elements of architecture

97. Architect of the famous Propylaea, Acropolis?

a. Anthemius
b. Mnesicles
c. Cossutius
d. Isidorus

98. The Hot room of the Thermae?

a. Sudatorium
b. Unctuaria
c. Tepidarium
d. Calidarium

99. “Architecture is the reaching out for the truth”

a. Antonio Gaudi
b. Louis Kahn
c. Le Corbusier
d. Walter Gropius

100. Orientation of the Etruscan temple towards the ________?

a. West
b. North
 c. East
d. South

101. A term given to the mixture of Christian, Spanish, and Muslim 12th-16th
century architecture?

a. Romanesque
b. Byzantine
c. Mudejar
d. Saracenic

102. What art principle shows the relationships between the various parts of an
objects/structure/groups of objects and structures?

a. Size
b. Scale
c. Volume
d. Proportion

103. “God is in the details”

a. Adolf Loos
b. Robert Venturi
c. Mies Van der Rohe
d. Antonio Gaudi

104. With regards to relationship of structure to architecture, which of the

following describes formal or sculptured structure?

a. Materials used below maximum load-bearing capacity

b. Use least amount of material
c. Exaggerated elements
d. Focuses on novelty of form

105. A small private bath found in Roman houses or palaces?

a. Thalamus
b. Domus
c. Balneum
 d. Insulae

106. The oldest circus in Rome?

a. Circus of Maxentius
b. Circus Maximus
c. Circus Flaminius
d. The oldest circus in Rome

107. A kindred type to the theater

a. Epidauros
b. Odeion
c. Pinacotheca
d. Podium

108. The final plan shape of the St.Peter’s Basilica by Carlo Maderna

a. French Cross
b. Greek Cross
c. Latin Cross
d. English Cross

109. “Architecture is the will of an epoch translated into space”

a. Robert Venturi
b. Daniel Burnham
c. Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe
d. Robert Maillart

110. What invention brought about modern high-rise building?

a. Elevator
b. Curtain Wall System
c. Steel Beam
d. Thin Shell Construction

111. Architect of the Temple of Zeus, Agrigentum?

a. Theron
 b. Mnesicles
c. Libon
d. Cossutius

112. The characteristic English Gothic Cathedral is?

a. Wells
b. Salisbury
c. Bristol
d. Salisbury

113. A term for tertiary rib spanning between 2 other ribs to the central boss, also
known as Stellar Vault

a. Lierne
b. Tierceron
c. Quadripartite
d. Sexpartite

114. Romanesque revival in the USA was introduced by _________?

a. Louis Khan
b. Henry H. Richardson
c. Frank Llyod Wright
d. Richard Upjohn

115. The Architect of the AEG Turbine Factory, Berlin?

a. Max Berg
b. Walter Gropius
c. Peter Behrens
d. Gunther Bernisch

116. A projecting block or spur of stone carved with foliage to decorate the raking
lines formed by angles of spires and canopies is the _______.

a. Statue
b. Rocket
c. Crocket
d. Association
117. In converting 2D objects to 3D objects, what object will be created if you
rotate an inclined line at either end points the architect who stated this philosophy?

a. Materials
b. Sphere
c. Cone
d. Circle

118. The architect of the Philippine General Hospital.

a. AIDEA
b. Gabriel Formoso
c. Parsons
d. William V Coscuella

119. Splendid example of early gothic is __________?

a. Stellar Sphere
b. Romansque Vault
c. Westminster Abbey
d. Agora

120. A line extended in a direction other than its intrinsic direction?

a. Line
b. Volume
c. Plane
d. Point

121. “Architecture must be dignified and elegant. It must be humanly scaled to

man so that it belongs to him, so that he has pride in it, so that he loves it, so that he
wishes to touch it". Who was the architect who stated this philosophy?

a. Fukihiro Aalto
b. Hiroshima
c. Minuro Yamasaki
d. I M Pei

122. What will be the result if two complementary colors are mixed in proper
amounts in the pigment pot?

a. Yellow
 b. Brown
c. Orange
d. Blue

123. A line established by two points in space, about which form and space can be
arranged in a symmetrical or balanced manner?

a. Axis
b. Volume
c. Point
d. Line

124. The third National Artist for Architecture awardee.

a. Alvar Aalto
b. Juan Nakpil
c. Leondro Locsin
d. George Ramos

125. In the bahay kubo, the private sleeping room is called ______.

a. Entresuelo
b. Balkonahe
c. Silid
d. Kubeta

126. Architect of “De la Salle University building” on Taft Avenue

a. George Ramos
b. Leandro Locsin
c. Tomas Mapua
d. Gabriel Formoso

127. A single line of column surrounding the naos wall is an arrangement called
________.

a. Tri-Peripteral
b. Di-Peripteral
c. Peripteral
d. Pheripteral
128. The exits in a Roman amphitheater such as the Colosseum were called:

a. Gladiator
b. Unctuaria
c. Vomitoria
d. Feng Shui

129. Author of the Master Plan for Ground Zero and the World Trade Center Site.

a. Daniel Burnham
b. Aalvar Aalto
c. Jorn Urtzon
d. Daniel Libeskind

130. It bears a certain relation to the same attribute to the life of an individual.

a. Intimate Space
b. Personal Space
c. Space
d. Personal Character

131. What do you call the doctrine that has two extremes: One is that a building
cannot be beautiful unless it answers its function in the best simple and direct way -
and that, if a building answers its function in the most simple and direct way, it will
automatically be beautiful.

a. Art Nouveau
b. Brutalism
c. Deconstruction
d. Functionalism

132. Can be regular or irregular, primary characteristic that identifies.

a. Line
b. Color
c. Volume
d. Perspective

133. How would you describe the Parthenon?

 a. 8 x 18 peripteral
b. 8 x 17 di-peripteral
c. 8 x 17 peripteral
d. 8 x 18 di-peripteral

134. Aerostyle should have an intercolumniation ht of?

a. 4D
b. 9D
c. 5D
d. 8D

135. Cathedral of Salisbury and Cathedral of Reims are what type of space
organization?

a. Contrast
b. Repetition
c. Balance
d. Symmetry

136. Architect of the ‘Centre Pompidou” in Paris.

a. Phillip Johnson
b. Renzo Piano
c. IM Pei
d. Jorn Urtzon

137. The Circular discs or post guards of Ifugao houses.

a. Entresulo
b. Poste
c. Entrada
d. Halipan

138. The Chinese pagoda is called _______.

a. ta’ id
b. pi
c. ta’is
 d. pa

139. Female statues with baskets serving as columns.

a. Flute
b. Canephora
c. Cornice
d. Fillet

140. A system of elements ranked, classified, and organized one above another,
according to importance or significance?

a. Balance
b. Alignment
c. Symmetry
d. Scale

141. The size of a building element or space relative to the dimensions and
proportion of human body.

a. Scale
b. Human Proportion
c. Proportion
d. Human Scale

142. Who was the architect of Burj Khalifa in Dubai?

a. Nervi, Pier Luigi

b. Kenzo Tange
c. IM Pei
d. Adrian Smith

143. Architect, sculptor and engineer who was the main initiator of stylistic
changes in Renaissance architecture. The engineering feat represented by the
cupola of Florence cathedral,staggered by his contemporaries.

a. Buckminister Fuller
b. Flilippo Bruneslleschi
c. Antonio Gaudi
d. Bramante
144. Architect of Rizal Park, or Luneta Park.

a. George Ramos
b. Daniel Burnham
c. Ildefonso Santos
d. Tomas Mapua

145. With respect to an observer.

a. Perspective
b. Visual Inertia
c. Scale
d. Proportion

146. A kind of character that came from the influence of ideas and impressions
related to or growing out of past experience

a. Associated Proportion
b. Symmetrical
c. Composition
d. Associated Character

147. The first Filipino architect.

a. Leondro Locsin
b. Felix Roxas
c. Felix Gaudi
d. Juan Nakpil

148. Architects of the Beijing National Stadium?

a. Jacques Meuron and Pierre de Herzog

b. Le Corbusier and Frank Llyod Wright
c. Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron
d. Buckmister Associates

149. Clustered houses built on water?

 a. T’boli
b. Maranao
c. Tausug and Samal
d. Kankanai

150. One of the most sublime painters and sculpture and one of the most
influential architect and draft man.

a. Michael Angelo
b. Palazzo Ducale
c. Richard Kipling
d. Bramante

151. He has actively promoted the use of native architectural forms and
indigenous nationals such as bamboo and thatch, in the creation of a distinctively
Filipino architecture.

a. Philip Recto
b. Antonio Toledo
c. Juan Nakpil
d. Francisco Manosa

152. It gives a feeling of grandeur, dignity and monumentality.

a. Centralized
b. Radial
c. Scale
d. Balance

153. The tall slender tower of a mosque with stairs leading up to one or more
balconies from which followers are called to a prayer.

a. Cone of Vision
b. Batter
c. Minaret
d. Spur

154. In converting 2D objects to 3D objects, what object will be created if you

rotate a half arc at either end points?
 a. Rectangle
b. Dome
c. Sphere
d. Circle

155. The first pritzker awardee architect

a. Kevin Roche
b. James Sterling
c. Philip Johnson
d. Louis Barragan

156. Pritzker awardee architect year 2004

a. Glenn Murcutt
b. Jorn Urtzon
c. Zaha Hadid
d. Thom Mayne

157. What do you call the study that deals with human measurement

a. Balance
b. Anthropometrics
c. Ergonomics
d. Biometrics

158. When was the first Land Use Xoning in New York iniatiated particularly the
Incentive zoning?

a. 1916
b. 1915
c. 1900
d. 1912

159. These are points, the strategic spots in a city into which an observer can
enter and which are the intensive foci and from which he is travelling?

a. Latitude
b. Nodes
 c. Focal Point
d. Landmarks

160. A narrow passageway bordered by trees, fences, or other lateral barrier

a. Landmark
b. Lane
c. Urban Blight
d. Roadway

161. It is created when gray is added to a hue

a. Shade
b. Tones
c. Value
d. Chroma

162. Could also be called “lightness”. Refers to how light or dark a color is. Lighter
colors have higher values.

a. Shade
b. Tones
c. Value
d. Chroma

163. Refers to the purity of a color. Can be thought of as the brightness of a color
in comparison to white.

a. Shade
b. Tones
c. Value
d. Chroma

164. Created when black is added to a hue, making it darker

a. Shade
b. Tones
c. Value
d. Chroma
165. Color which represents happiness, hope and deceit.

a. Yellow
b. Orange
c. Red
d. Green

166. Color which represents passion, anger, love, anger

a. Yellow
b. Orange
c. Red
d. Green

167. Color which represents new beginnings, abundance, nature

a. Yellow
b. Orange
c. Red
d. Green

168. Color which represents calm, responsible, sadness

a. Yellow
b. Orange
c. Blue
d. Green

169. Color which represents conservative, piety, dull

a. Beige
b. White
c. Cream
d. Black

170. Color which represents mystery, elegance, evil

a. Beige
b. White
 c. Cream
d. Black

171. Color which represents calm, elegant, purity

a. Beige
b. White
c. Cream
d. Black

172. Uses colors that are adjacent to each other on the color wheel. One color is
used as a dominant color while others are used to enrich the scheme

a. Split Complementary Scheme

b. Analogous Color Scheme
c. Complementary Color Scheme
d. Triadic Color Scheme

173. Uses three colors equally spaced around the color wheel. This scheme is
popular among artists because it offers strong visual contrast while retaining
harmony and color richness.

a. Split Complementary Scheme

b. Analogous Color Scheme
c. Complementary Color Scheme
d. Triadic Color Scheme

174. A variation of the standard complementary scheme. It uses a color and the
two colors adjacent to its complementary

a. Split Complementary Scheme

b. Analogous Color Scheme
c. Complementary Color Scheme
d. Triadic Color Scheme

175. Consists of two colors that are opposite to each other on the color wheel

a. Split Complementary Scheme

b. Analogous Color Scheme
c. Complementary Color Scheme
 d. Triadic Color Scheme

176. It is a type of spatial organization which relies on physical proximity to relate

its spaces to one another of the.

a. Grid
b. Radial
c. Clustered
d. Centralized

177. It is a type of spatial organization which consists of forms and spaces whose
position in space and relationship with one another are regulated by three –
dimensional grid pattern or field.

a. Grid
b. Radial
c. Clustered
d. Centralized

178. It is a type of spatial organization which consists of a number of secondary

spaces grouped around a dominant, central space that is generally regular in form
and large enough to gather a number of secondary spaces about its perimeter.

a. Grid
b. Radial
c. Clustered
d. Centralized

179. It is a type of spatial organization which consists of a central space from

which a number of linear organizations extend in a radial manner

a. Grid
b. Radial
c. Clustered
d. Centralized

180. A line established by two points in space, about which forms and spaces can
be arranged in a regular or irregular manner
 a. Datum
b. Axis
c. Hierarchy
d. Rhythm

181. A line, plane or volume to which other elements in a composition relate

a. Datum
b. Axis
c. Hierarchy
d. Rhythm

182. Refers to any movement characterized by a patterned recurrence of elements

or motifs at regular or irregular intervals.

a. Datum
b. Axis
c. Hierarchy
d. Rhythm

183. Implies that in the most, if not all, architectural; composition, real difference
exist among forms and spaces that reflects their degree of importance as well as the
functional, formal and symbolic role they play in the organization.

a. Datum
b. Axis
c. Hierarchy
d. Rhythm

184. What type of additive form is shown below:

a. Interlocking Volume
b. Face to Face
c. Edge to Edge
d. Spatial Tension

185. What type of additive form is shown below:

a. Interlocking Volume
b. Face to Face
 c. Edge to Edge
d. Spatial Tension

186. What type of additive form is shown below:

a. Interlocking Volume
b. Face to Face
c. Edge to Edge
d. Spatial Tension

187. What type of additive form is shown below:

a. Interlocking Volume
b. Face to Face
c. Edge to Edge
d. Spatial Tension

188. A process of purposeful visual creation. Fills practical needs and not just a
realization of personal visions & dreams

a. Architecture
b. Design
c. Science
d. Experiment

189. A type of from transformation in which form can be transformed by altering

one or more of its dimensions and still retain its identity as a member of a family of
forms.

a. Divisional Transformation
b. Dimensional Transformation
c. Subtractive Transformation
d. Additive Transformation

190. A type of from transformation in which a form can be transformed by

subtracting a portion of its volume. Depending on the extent of the subtractive
process, the form can stillretain its initial identity or be transformed into a form of
another family

a. Divisional Transformation
 b. Dimensional Transformation
c. Subtractive Transformation
d. Additive Transformation

191. A type of from transformation in which a form can be transformed by the

addition of elements to its volume. The nature of the additive of the elements being
attached determine whether the identity of the initial form is altered or retained

a. Divisional Transformation
b. Dimensional Transformation
c. Subtractive Transformation
d. Additive Transformation

192. The human being is the most important entity in the universe. The world is
perceived according to the values and experiences of the human being
193.
a. Anthropomorphism
b. Anthropocentrism
c. Anthropometrics
d. Proxemics

194. Human qualities are associated with non-human entities/events. Qualities

such as form, values and emotions

a. Anthropomorphism
b. Anthropocentrism
c. Anthropometrics
d. Proxemics

195. An applied science concerned with the characteristics of people that need to
be considered in the design of devices and systems in order that people and things
will interact effectively and safely.

a. Anthropomorphism
b. Anthropocentrism
c. Anthropometrics
d. Ergonomics

196. The study of measurements of the human body.

 a. Anthropomorphism
b. Anthropocentrism
c. Anthropometrics
d. Proxemics

197. The study of the symbolic and communicative role of the spatial separation
individuals maintain in various social and interpersonal situations, and how the
nature and degree of this spatial arrangement relates to environmental and cultural
factors. It examines non-verbal communication differences via a culture’s most
fundamental elements which are space and distance

a. Anthropomorphism
b. Anthropocentrism
c. Anthropometrics
d. Proxemics

198. Occurs when an object is incomplete or a space is not completely enclosed. If

enough of thw shape is indicated, people perceive the whole by filling in the missing
information

a. Continuation
b. Anomaly
c. Closure
d. Proximity

199. Occurs when elements are placed close together. They tend to be perceived
as a group

a. Continuation
b. Anomaly
c. Closure
d. Proximity

200. An object can be emphasized if it is dissimilar to the others

a. Continuation
b. Anomaly
c. Closure
d. Proximity