REVIEW #1:

Day 1 Subjects

arkitektura
1. When was the birth of the first professional
association of architects, civil engineers and
surveyors in the Philippines?

a) September 14, 1902

b) June 17, 1950
c) June 16, 1050
d) December 21, 1945
2. Who was the first president of the first
professional association of architects, civil
engineers and surveyors in the Philippines?

a) Tomas Mapua
b) Juan Nakpil
c) Guillermo Tolentino
d) Guillermo Gardiner
3. What was the name of the first professional
association of architects, civil engineers and
surveyors in the Philippines?
a) Academia de Ingeniera, Arquitectura y
Agrimensura de Filipinas
b) Philippine Institute for Architects
c) Academia de Arquitectura y Agrimensura de
Filipinas
d) League of Philippine Architects
4. An off premise sign.

a) bill board
b) business sign
c) display stand
d) advertising sign
5. The profession for engineers and architects was
first recognized in 1921 by the National
Assembly. This is called the _____.

a) Act No. 2986

b) Republic Act 545
c) Act of 1933
d) Act of 1921
6. The first batch of Filipino architects were
registered under the name of _____.

a) architects
b) engineers
c) Foreman
d) maestro de obras
7. The Philippine Institute for Architects came
from _____.

a) AAAF
b) League of Philippine Architects
c) Association of Philippine Government
Architects
d) Philippine Architects Society
8. PIA was founded in _____.

a) 1902
b) 1775
c) 1898
d) 1933
9. What was the name of the first official
newsletter of PIA?

a) Architects' Journal
b) Bricks
c) The Grid
d) Krokis
10. The Architects National Code was officially
adopted by the Board of Examiners for Architects
in _____.

a) October 30, 1965

b) January 23, 1957
c) June 17, 1950
d) June 16, 1950
11. When was the United Architects of the
Philippines founded?

a) 1972
b) 1973
c) 1975
d) 1962
12. It was organized to foster growth and renewal
of urban and rural communities in an integrative
manner that promotes optimum land-use, adequate
shelter and environment protection.

a) National Home Mortgage and Finance

Corporation
b) Home Development and Mutual Fund
c) National Housing Authority
d) Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board
13. Which office administers the provident
savings fund for housing ?

a) Home Financing Corporation

b) Home Development Mutual Fund
c) Pag-ibig Fund
d) National Home Mortgage and Finance
Corporation
14. The agency tasked for the building of housing
units and residential condominiums

a) National Housing Authority

b) Chamber of Realtors and Builders
Association
c) Home Insurance Guarantee Corporation
d) Philippine Constructors Association
15. The office that coordinates and supervises the
Philippine government housing agencies.

a) HUDCC
b) SSS
c) Pag-Ibig
d) Unified Home Lending Program
16. The type of architectural service that spans
from pre-design to post construction

a) comprehensive planning
b) physical planning
c) specialized allied services
d) comprehensive architectural services
17. Two types of design building service

a) regular design and by administration

b) by-administration and guaranteed maximum
cost
c) regular design and construction services
d) pre-design and regular design
18. The money that is entrusted by the owner to
the architect so that the construction can operate.
This money is subject to liquidation by the
architect to the owner

a) revolving capital
b) budget
c) estimated project construction cost
d) liquidated damages
19. The type of design-build engagement where
the architect shares certain liabilities on the cost of
the project and at the same time have the
opportunity to benefit should the final cost of the
project does not exceed the budget.
a) by administration
b) performance bond
c) guarantee bond
d) guaranteed maximum cost
20. A type of architect's compensation that applies
to none creative designing work such as attendance
to meetings and ocular inspection of sites.

a) percentage
b) fixed fee
c) multiple of direct personnel expense
d) per diem and reimbursable expense
21. A wide area of parks of undeveloped land
surrounding a community.

a. Park
b. Open Space
c. Greenbelt
d. Plaza
22. The process in which a piece of land, referred
to as the parent tract, is subdivided into two or
more parcels.

a. Platting
b. Subdivision
c. Parcelating
d. Land development
23. Angles measured clockwise from any
meridian, usually north; however, the National
Geodetic Survey uses south.

a. Altitude
b. Azimuths
c. Latitude
d. Meridian angle
24. Usually the last stage of the final site
development process prior to issuance of building
permit.

a. Site Development Plan

b. Landscaping
c. Final Design Brief
d. Final Plat
25. A 20th century problem emanating from rapid
urbanization of areas surrounding a city which
eats up the remaining adjacent rural open spaces.

a. Urban Development
b. Urban Sprawl
c. urban gentrification
d. Urban Blight
26. A type of planning which emphasizes that the
proper role of the planner is not to serve the
general public interest but rather to serve the
interests of the least fortunate or least well
represented groups in society.

a. Advocacy Planning
b. Social Planning
c. Strategic Planning
d. Sectoral Planning
27. In the Philippines, this type of land use
planning emphasizes the proper management of
land resources to ensure that the present
generation can benefit from its continued use
without compromising future generations.

a. Coastal Resource Planning

b. Land Use Planning
c. Sustainable Land Use Planning
d. Strategic Planning
28. This code mandates that all Local Government
Units shall prepare their comprehensive land use
plans and enact them through zoning ordinances.

a. HLURB Code
b. Local Government Code
c. Civil Code
d. Land Use Code
29. Phrase used to characterize development that
meets the needs of the present generation without
compromising the needs of the future generations.

a. Planned Development
b. Sustainable Development
c. Development-Oriented
d. Sectoral Development
30. First Planner and developed the Gridiron.

a. Marcus Vitruvius Pollo

b. Hippodamus of Miletus
c. Mesopotamians
d. Daniel Burnham
31. A locale with a sizeable agglomeration of
people having characteristics of an urban being.

a. City
b. Composite City
c. Chartered City
d. Independent City
32. The main reason why the nomadic existence
of early man metamorphosed to village settlement
and later to the birth of cities.

a. Development of Motor
b. Population Explosion
c. Agricultural Surplus
d. Housing Provision
33. The rough equivalent of the present tenement
cities that existed in ancient Rome,
which resulted from the population growth of the
city and the congestion that existed in streets.
a. Tenema
b. Insula
c. Agoras
d. Domus
34. In urban geography, a concept where urban
settlement is confined to the area within the legal
limits of the city and the congestion and virtually
all of this area is occupied by urban residents.
a. City Core
b. Urban Center
c. City Limits
d. Truebounded City
35. A Land Development Decision is also what
kind of decision.

a. Land Use
b. Traffic
c. Population
d. Density
36. The orderly arrangement of urban streets and
public spaces.

a. City Planning
b. Open Space Planning
c. Street Planning
d. Spatial Planning
37. A tool used to control the manner in which
raw land is subdivided and placed on the market
for residential development.

a. Zoning Regulations
b. Deed Restrictions
c. Subdivision Regulations
d. Housing Regulations
38. A profession which falls between planning and
architecture. It deals with the large-scale
organization and design of the city, with the
massing and organization and the space between
them, but not with the design of the individual
buildings.
a. City Planning
b. Urban Design
c. Urban Theorists
d. City Administration
39. Planning for roads, bridges, schools, parking
structures, pubic buildings, water supply, land
waste disposal facilities.

a. Capital Facilities Planning

b. Utilities Planning
c. Physical Planning
d. Transport Planning
40. The container of man, which consists of both
the natural and man-made or artificial element.

a. Networks
b. Links
c. Physical Settlement
d. Structures
41. A spatial organization concept a general view
of the pattern of land use in a city developed by
Ernest W. Burgess. The city is conceived as a
series of five concentric zones with the cores as
the central business district and fanning out from
which are the residential and commuter zones.

a. Multiple Nuclei Concept

b. Sector Concept
c. Concentric Zone Concept
d. Locational Theory
42. The remaining space in a lot after deducting
the required minimum open spaces.

a. Setback
b. Buildable Area
c. Yard
d. Building Mass
43. A habitable room for 1 family only with
facilities for living, sleeping, cooking, and eating.

a. Single Detached Unit

b. Dwelling Unit
c. Living Unit
d. Home Unit
44. This is a type of a retaining wall made of
rectangular baskets made of galvanized steel wire
or PVC-coated wire hexagonal mesh which are
filled with stones to form a wall.

a. Riprap
b. Gabion Wall
c. Rock Wall
d. Mesh Wall
45. A very steep slope of rock or clay.

a. Ridge
b. Ravine
c. Edge
d. Cliff
46. A piece of grassy land, especially one used for
growing hay or as pasture for grazing animals;
low grassy land near a river or stream.

a. Farmland
b. Terrain
c. A&D Land
d. Meadow
47. A long, narrow chain of hills or mountains.

a. Ridge
b. Ravine
c. Edge
d. Cliff
48. A long, deep, narrow valley eroded by running
water.

a. Ridge
b. Ravine
c. Edge
d. Cliff
49. On land, an encumbrance limiting its use;
usually imposed for community or mutual
protection.

a. Parcel
b. Restriction
c. Zoning
d. Density
50. Of land, a contiguous land area which is
considered as a unit, which is subject to a single
ownership, and which is legally recorded as a
single piece.

a. Platting
b. Land Partition
c. Parcel
d. TCT
51. A wall that serves 2 dwelling units, known
also as party wall.

a. Common Wall
b. Fire Wall
c. Fire Block
d. Abuttment
52. Niemeyer believed that relating large areas to
each other is freedom as in the planned city of___.

a. Chandigarh
b. Stalingrad
c. Chicago
d. Brasilia
53. . In architectural terms, it is the relationship of
the number of residential structures and people to
a given amount of space.

a. Zoning
b. Density
c. Floor Area Ratio
d. Floor to Lot Area Ratio
54. The government arm responsible for the
development and implementation of low cost
housing in the Philippines.

a. National Housing Authority

b. HLURB
c. National Shelter Program
d. Housing Agencies
55. A written agreement between parties, but it
allows a specific period during which the buyer
can investigate the property and make a decision.

a. “Initial Contract”
b. “Draft Contract”
c. "Option to Buy"
d. “Subscription Agreement”
56. Sometimes called "subscription money", this
is a deposit given to the seller to show that the
potential buyer has serious intentions.

a. Earnest Money
b. Draft Money
c. Initial Installment
c. Equity
57. A provision made in advance for the gradual
liquidation of a future obligation by periodic
charges against the capital account.

a. Interest
b. Surcharges
c. Amortization
d. Equity
58. Written document to transfer the property to
one person to another.

a. Transfer Certificate Title

b. Deed
c. Clearance
d. Equity
59. They develop or improve the land as well as
construct houses.

a. Appraisers
b. Developers
c. Real Estate Brokers
d. Financing Agencies
60. Determines the value of the house and also is
familiar with trends in the local market and in the
industry.

a. Appraisers
b. Developers
c. Real Estate Brokers
d. Financing Agencies
61. Helps people find a place to live, specializing
and matching wants of buyers with the local
supply.

a. Appraisers
b. Developers
c. Real Estate Brokers
d. Financing Agencies
62. Are usually large concrete slabs or otherwise
panelized units fabricated in a shop and assembled
at the site.

a. Total System
b. Building Component
c. Prefab Unit
d. Subsystems
63. Codes that deal with the use, occupancy, and
maintenance of existing buildings.

a. Land Use Plans

b. Zoning Regulations
c. Housing Codes
d. Development Codes
64. Designed to regulate land use, to ban industry
and commerce from residential areas and to
separate different types of living units.

a. Zoning
b. Planning
c. Restriction
d. Easements
65. building is the complete integration of all ___.

a. Total System
b. Building Component
c. Prefab Unit
d. Subsystems
66. The improvement of slum, deteriorated, and
underutilized areas of a city.

a. Urban Gentrification
b. Urban Sprawl
c. Urban Morphology
d. Urban Renewal
67. An area which is within the city limits, or
closely linked to it by common use of public
utilities and services.

a. Urban Area
b. Suburbs
c. Transition Zone
d. Working Zone
68. Two major hindrances to the prefabrication
industry.

a. Code of Vernacularity and Grandeur

b. Code of Multiplicities and Tradition
c. Code of Housing and Commerce
d. Code of Production and Development
69. Not included in the three general types of
structures.

a. Primitive
b. Vernacular
c. Grand
d. Standard
70. A piece of land with an economic use for
farming.

a. Productive Use
b. Economic Land
c. Farmland
d. Alienable and Disposable Land
71. Minimum road width in a neighborhood
development to ease traffic flow.

a. 5.00 mts.
b. 6.00 mts.
c. 7.00 mts.
d. 8.00 mts.
72. Which building component receives priority
over the location to have the morning sun.

a. Living Room
b. Dining Room
c. Kitchen
d. Bedrooms
73. A lattice structure that serves as a summer
house.

a. Cottage
b. Gazebo
c. Treehouse
d. Greenhouse
74. The art of arranging buildings and other
structures in harmony with the landscape

a. Landscape Architecture
b. Site Planning
c. Urban Design
d. Landscape Design
75. The study of the dynamic relationship between
a community of organisms and its habitat

a. Environmental Organization
b. Morphology
c. Ecology
d. Biology
76. Preparations of an accurate base map for
urban planning starts with ___.

a. Accurate Aerial Mosaic

b. Grid Plotting
c. Specific Land Survey
d. Individual Lot Description
77. Appraisal of adequacy of a city's water and
sewer systems needs of future land uses are
embodied in the ___.

a. Investment Plan
b. Action Plan
c. National Plan
d. Comprehensive Plan
78. Also called the blood-stream of a city.

a. Road Layout
b. Transportation System
c. Utilities System
d. Communications System
79. A form of absence of all the principles and
organized development of a community.

a. Urban Sprawl
b. Urban Gentrification
c. Urban Blight
d. Euclidian Zoning
80. The city of Washington conforms to the plan
type of ___.

a. Grid
b. Satellite
c. Star
d. Galaxy
81. A monument, fixed object, or marker used to
designate the location of a land boundary on the
ground.

a. Node
b. Landmark
c. Focal Point
d. Edge
82. A narrow passageway bordered by trees,
fences, or other lateral barrier.

a. Pathway
b. Lane
c. Sidewalk
d. Corridor
83. The projection of a future pattern of use within
an area, as determined by development goals.

a. Land Use Plan

b. Zoning Map
c. Development Plan
d. Comprehensive Plan
84. A survey of landed property establishing or
reestablishing lengths and directions of boundary
line.

a. Property Line
b. Land Use Analysis
c. Land Survey
d. Best Use Analysis
85. The study of an existing pattern of use, within
an area, to determine the nature and magnitude of
deficiencies which might exist and to assess the
potential of the pattern relative to development
goals

a. Property Survey
b. Land Use Analysis
c. Land Survey
d. Best Use Analysis
86. A study and recording of the way in which
land is being used in an area.

a. Property Survey
b. Land Use Analysis
c. Land Use Survey
d. Best Use Analysis
87. In surveying, the North-South component of a
traverse course.

a. Longitude
b. Latitude
c. Altitude
d. Azimuth
88. An open space of ground of some size,
covered with grass and kept smoothly mown.

a. Meadow
b. Garden
c. Yard
d. Lawn
89. A contract transferring the right of possession
of buildings, property, etc., for a fixed period of
time, usually for periodical compensation called
'rent'.

a. Leasehold
b. Lease
c. Amortization
d. Equity
90. A tenure by lease; real estate held under a
lease.

a. Leasehold
b. Lease
c. Amortization
d. Equity
91. A small private bath found in Roman houses
or palaces.

a. Balneum
b. Domus
c. Insulae
d. Thalamus
92. A roman house with a central patio.

a. Villa
b. Domus
c. Atrium House
d. Thalamus
93. Semi-palatial house surrounded by an open
site.

a. Villa
b. Domus
c. Atrium House
d. Thalamus
94. Roman apartment blocks.

a. Villa
b. Domus
c. Insulae
d. Thalamus
95. The sleeping room of the 'megaron'.

a. Balneum
b. Domus
c. Insulae
d. Thalamus
96. The private house of the Romans.

a. Villa
b. Domus
c. Atrium House
d. Thalamus
97. Who commenced the 'hall of hundred
columns'?

a. Darius
b. Hystaspes
c. Amytis
d. Xerxes
98. The finest of Greek Tombs, also known as the
'tomb of Agamemnon'.

a. Phylaki
b. Treasury of Atreus
c. Nea Roumata
d. Tholos Tomb
99. The colosseum in Rome also known as the
"flavian amphitheater" was commenced by whom
and completed by whom?

a. Vespasian / Domitian
b. Julius Caesar
c. Nero
d. Theodosius II
100. The room for oils and unguents in the
thermae.

a. Apodyteria
b. Calidarium
c. Sudatorium
d. Unctuaria
101. The dressing room of the Thermae.

a. Apodyteria
b. Calidarium
c. Sudatorium
d. Unctuaria
102. The dry or sweating room in the Thermae.

a. Tepidarium
b. Calidarium
c. Sudatorium
d. Unctuaria
103. The Hot room of the Thermae.

a. Tepidarium
b. Calidarium
c. Sudatorium
d. Unctuaria
104. The warm room in the Thermae.

a. Tepidarium
b. Calidarium
c. Sudatorium
d. Unctuaria
105. The oldest and most important forum in
Rome.

a. Forum Romanum
b. Imperial Forum
c. Forum Cuppedinis
d. Forum Vinarium
106. The oldest circus in Rome.

a. Circus Varianus
b. Circus Maximus
c. Circus of Maxentius
d. Circus Flaminius
107. The senate house of the Greeks.

a. Insulae
b. Bouleuterion
c. Domus
d. Prytaneion
108. The best example of a German Romanesque
church with apses at both east and west ends.

a. Worms Cathedral
b. Tournai Cathedral
c. Trier Cathedral
d. Bamberg Cathedral
109. First school which offered architecture in the
Philippines.

a. Mapua
b. UST
c. Liceo de Manila
d. National University
110. Type of plan of the Byzantine churches.

a. Circular
b. Cross-type
c. Rectangular
d. Centralized
111. One of the few churches of its type to have
survived having a square nave and without cross-
arms, roofed by a dome which spans to the outer
walls of the building.

a. Nea Moni
b. Church of Saint Simon
c. Church of the Most Holy Trinity, Portugal
d. Liverpool Cathedral , U.K.
112. Smallest cathedral in the world. (Byzantine
period)

a. Little Metropole Cathedral, Athens

b. Sao Paulo Cathedral, Brazil
c. Cathedral of San Giovanni, Rome
d. Aachen Cathedral, Germany
113. The space for the clergy and choir is
separated by a low screen wall from the body of
the church called ___.

a. Ambo
b. Bema
c. Cella
d. Cancelli
114. Orientation of the Medieval Church.

a. East
b. West
c. North
d. South
115. Orientation of the Etruscan temple is towards
the ___.

a. East
b. West
c. North
d. South
116. Orientation of the Greek temple is towards
the ___.

a. East
b. West
c. North
d. South
117. Orientation of the Roman temple is towards
the ___.

a. Forum
b. Parthenon
c. Agora
d. Colloseum
118. In early Christian churches, the bishop took
the central place at the end of the church called
___.

a. Naos
b. Narthex
c. Apse
d. Nave
119. In some churches, there is a part which is
raised as part of the sanctuary which later
developed into the transept, this is the ___.

a. Ambo
b. Bema
c. Cella
d. Cancelli
120. On either side of the choir, pulpits for the
reading of the epistle and the gospel are
called ________.

a. Ambo
b. Bema
c. Cella
d. Cancelli
121. The final plan shape of the St. Peter's
Basilica by Carlo Maderna.

a. Latin Cross
b. Greek Cross
c. English Cross
d. French Cross
122. The first plan shape of the St. Peter's Basilica
by Bramante.

a. Latin Cross
b. Greek Cross
c. English Cross
d. French Cross
123. Corresponds to the Greek naos.

a. Ambo
b. Bema
c. Cella
d. Cancelli
124. From the Greek temples, a temple that have
porticoes of columns at the front and rear.

a. Astylar
b. Amphi-Prostyle
c. Dipteral
d. Tympanum
125. In Greek temples, the equivalent of the crypt
is the ___.

a. Naos
b. Narthex
c. Apse
d. Nave
126. A raised stage reserved for the clergy in early
Christian churches.

a. Ambo
b. Bema
c. Cella
d. Cancelli
127. This church, 1st built by the Augustinian Fr.
Miguel Murguia, has an unusually large bell
which was made from approximately 70 sacks of
coins donated by the towns people.

a. Panay Cathedral in Capiz

b. Las Pinas Cathedral
c. Quiapo Church
d. Laoag Cathedral
128. 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. Antipolo Church
b. Angono Church
c. Jala-jala Church
d. Morong Church
129. G.S.I.S. Building, Roxas Boulevard.

a. Froilan Hong
b. Gabriel Formoso
c. George Ramos
d. Felipe Palafox
130. Central Bank of the Philippines, Manila.

a. Gabriel Formoso
b. George Ramos
c. Juan Nakpil
d. Leandro Locsin
131. Architect of SM Megamall.

a. Jose Siao Ling

b. Antonio Sin Diong
c. Gilbert Yu
d. Jonathan Gan
132. The architect of the Quiapo Church before its
restoration.

a. Tomas Mapua
b. Juan Nakpil
c. Jose Herrera
d. Cesar Concio
133. Architect of the Rizal Memorial Stadium.

a. Tomas Mapua
b. Juan Nakpil
c. Jose Herrera
d. Cesar Concio
134. Architect of the Philippine Heart Center

a. Felipe Mendoza
b. Gabriel Formoso
c. Leandro Locsin
d. George Ramos
135. Architect of the Batasang Pambansa.

a. Felipe Mendoza
b. Gabriel Formoso
c. Leandro Locsin
d. George Ramos
136. Founders of the "Art Nouveau".

a. Alvar Aalto
b. Frank Lloyd Wright
c. Inigo Jones
d. John Ruskin and William Morris
137. Expressionist Architect.

a. Eero Saarinen
b. Alvar Aalto
c. Hennevique
d. Erich Mendelsohn
138. Designer of the Taj Mahal.

a. Shah Jalan
b. Shah Jahan
c. Shah Reza
d. Shah Naser
139. Sculptor for the Bonifacio Monument

a. Antonio Guillermo
b. Guillermo Tolentino
c. Antonio Tolentino
d. Ang Kiukok
140. Designer of the Bonifacio Monument.

a. Cesar Concio
b. Felipe Mendoza
c. Tomas Mapua
d. Juan Nakpil
141. Architect of the National Library,
Philippines.

a. Jose Herrera
b. Juan Nakpil
c. Cesar Concio
d. Felipe Mendoza
142. First president and founder of PAS.

a. Jose Herrera
b. Juan Nakpil
c. Cesar Concio
d. Felipe Mendoza
143. First elected U.A.P. president.

a. Jose Herrera
b. Juan Nakpil
c. Cesar Concio
d. Felipe Mendoza
144. Invented reinforced concrete in France.

a. Erich Mendelsohn
b. Le Corbusier
c. Mies van de Rohe
d. Hennevique
145. "Architecture is Organic".

a. Mies van de Rohe

b. Walter Gropius
c. Le Corbusier
d. Frank Lloyd Wright
146. Architect of the Chicago Tribune Tower

a. Eliel Saarinen
b. Mies van de Rohe
c. Frank Lloyd Wright
d. Erich Mendelsohn
147. "A house is a machine to live in".

a. Frank Loyd Wright

b. Le Corbusier
c. Mies van de Rohe
d. Walter Gropius
148. Architect of Manila Hilton Hotel.

a. Erich Mendelsohn
b. Daniel Burnham
c. Inigo Jones
d. Welton Becket
149. Master sculptor of the Parthenon.

a. Phidias
b. Ptolemy III
c. Callimachus
d. Bernini
150. Architect of the Erechtheion.

a. Libon
b. Mnesicles
c. Theron
d. Cossutius
151. Roman architect of the Greek Temples of
Zeus, Olympius

a. Libon
b. Mnesicles
c. Theron
d. Cossutius
152. Architect of the Temples of Zeus, Olympia.

a. Libon
b. Mnesicles
c. Theron
d. Cossutius
153. Architect of the Temple of Zeus, Agrigentum

a. Libon
b. Mnesicles
c. Theron
d. Cossutius
154. Conceptualized the Corinthian capital.

a. Phidias
b. Ptolemy III
c. Callimachus
d. Bernini
155. The dominating personality who became an
ardent disciple of the Italian renaissance style.

a. Christopher Wren
b. Iñigo Jones
c. John Vanbrugh
d. William Chambers
156. Architect of the Great Serapeum at
Alexandria.

a. Ptolemy III
b. Thothmes I
c. Senusret I
d. Amenemhat I
157. Who began the building of the Great
Hypostyle Hall at Karnak?

a. Ptolemy III
b. Thothmes I
c. Senusret I
d. Amenemhat I
158. Architect of the Lung Center of the
Philippines.

a. George Ramos
b. William Cosculluela
c. Froilan Hong
d. Gabriel Formoso
159. Architects of the Hagia Sophia. (St. Sophia,
Constantinople)

a. Callicrates and Ictinus

b. Anthemius and Isidorus
c. Theron and Libon
d. Cossutius and Mnesicles
160. He erected the entrance Piazza at St. Peter's
Basilica.

a. Hadrian
b. Bernini
c. Vitruvius
d. Agrippa
161. Architect of the World Trade Center.

a. Kenzo Tange
b. Arata Isozake
c. Minoru Yamasaki
d. Tadao Ando
162. The architect of the Pantheon.

a. Hadrian
b. Bernini
c. Vitruvius
d. Agrippa
163. Mexican Architect/Engineer who introduced
thin shell construction.

a. Carlos Rodriguez
b. Felix Outerino Candela
c. Luis Soria y Mata
d. Francisco Sanchez
164. Architect of the Bi-Nuclear House, the H-
Plan.

a. Buckminster Fuller
b. Louis Sullivan
c. Marcel Lajos Breuer
d. Le Corbusier
165. He created the Dymaxion House, "the first
machine for living".

a. Buckminster Fuller
b. Louis Sullivan
c. Marcel Lajos Breuer
d. Le Corbusier
166. "Form follows function".

a. Buckminster Fuller
b. Louis Sullivan
c. Marcel Lajos Breuer
d. Le Corbusier
167. Marble mosaic pattern used on ceilings of
vaults and domes.

a. Opus Tesselatum
b. Opus Mixtum
c. Opus Recticulatum
d. Opus Quadratum
168. A type of roman wall facing with rectangular
block with or without mortar joints.

a. Opus Tesselatum
b. Opus Mixtum
c. Opus Recticulatum
d. Opus Quadratum
169. A type of Roman wall facing with a net-like
effect.

a. Opus Incertum
b. Opus Mixtum
c. Opus Recticulatum
d. Opus Quadratum
170. A type of Roman wall facing which is made
of small stone laid in a loose pattern roughly
resembling polygonal work.

a. Opus Incertum
b. Opus Mixtum
c. Opus Recticulatum
d. Opus Tesselatum
171. A type of Roman wall facing with alternating
courses of brickworks.

a. Opus Incertum
b. Opus Mixtum
c. Opus Recticulatum
d. Opus Quadratum
172. most beautiful and best preserved of the
Greek theaters.

a. Epidauros
b. Odeoin
c. Pinacotheca
d. Podium
173. A kindred type to the theater.

a. Epidauros
b. Odeion
c. Pnacotheca
d. Podium
 
174. A Greek building that contains painted
pictures

a. Epidauros
b. Odeion
c. Pinacotheca
d. Podium
175. Architect of the famous Propylaea, Acropolis

a. Mnesicles
b. Cossutius
c. Anthemius
d. Isidorus
176. A term given to the mixture of Christian,
Spanish, and Muslim 12th-16th century
architecture

a. Byzantine
b. Romanesque
c. Saracenic
d. Mudejar
177. A recess in a wall to contain a statue or other
small items

a. Ambulatory
b. Niche
c. Exedra
d. Narthex
 
178. A large apsidal extension of the interior
volume of a church.

a. Ambulatory
b. Niche
c. Exedra
d. Narthex
179. A decorative niche often topped with a
canopy and housing a statue.

a. Tabernacle
b. Baldachino
c. Lacunaria
d. Entablature
180. An ornamental canopy of stone or marble
permanently place over the altar in a church

a. Tabernacle
b. Baldachino
c. Lacunaria
d. Entablature
181. The most famous structure of Byzantine
architecture and notable of its large dome.

a. Basilica of Saint’Apollinare Nuovo

b. Church of San Vitale
c. Hagia Irene
d. Hagia Sophia
182. A special feature of Japanese houses, used to
display a flower arrangement or art.

a. Cha-sit-su
b. Tokonama
c. Masu-gumi
d. Torei
183. Plan shape of a Chinese pagoda.

a. Octagonal
b. Hexagonal
c. Rectangular
d. Square
184. Finest example of French-Gothic architecture

a. Chartres Cathedral
b. Soissons Cathedral
c. Lyon Cathedral
d. Reims Cathedral
185. A decorative bracket usually taking the form
of a cyma reversa strap.

a. Bema
b. Console
c. Cavetto
d. Tracery
186. Not among the three pyramids in Gizeh

a. Cheops
b. Chefren
c. Khufu
d. Mykerinos
187. "Modern architecture need not be western".

a. I.M. Pei
b. Kenzo Tange
c. Tadao Ando
d. Tomas Mapua
188. Architect of TWA airport

a. Alvar Aalto
b. Frank Lloyd Wright
c. Mies van de Rohe
d. Eero Saarinen
189. Art Nouveau is known as the international
style, in Germany it is known as ___.

a. Jugendstijl
b. Eero Saarinen
c. Sezessionism
d. Alvar Aalto
190. "A house is like a flower pot"

a. Jugendstijl
b. Eero Saarinen
c. Richard Josef Neutra
d. Alvar Aalto
191. King Zoser's architect who was deified in the
26th dynasty

a. Imhotep
b. Amenemhat
c. Libon
d. Senusret
192. Architect of Robinson's Galleria

a. Jose Siao Ling

b. William Cosculluela
c. Gabriel Formoso
d. Jun Palafox
193. A Filipino architect whose philosophy is 'the
structure must be well oriented‘.

a. Caesar Homer Concio

b. Felipe Mendoza
c. Juan Nakpil
d. Carlos Santos Viola
194. Architect of Iglesia ni Cristo

a. Caesar Homer Concio

b. Felipe Mendoza
c. Juan Nakpil
d. Carlos Santos Viola
195. A concave molding approximately quarter
round.

a. Cavetto
b. Astylar
c. Crenel
d. Cortel
196. A compound bracket or capital in Japanese
architecture.

a. Cha-sit-su
b. Masu-gumi
c. Tokonoma
d. Torei
197. A small tower usually corbelled at the corner
of the castle

a. Bartizan
b. Pinnacle
c. Minaret
d. Embrasures
198. Female statues with baskets serving as
columns.

a. Astylar
b. Bartizan
c. Crenel
d. Canephora
199. The highest sloped pyramid in Gizeh

a. Pyramid of Zoser
b. Pyramid of Khufu
c. Pyramid of Cheops
d. Pyramid of Chefren
200. The world's first large-scale monument in
stone.

a. Pyramid of Zoser
b. Pyramid of Khufu
c. Pyramid of Cheops
d. Pyramid of Chefren
201. Who erected the earliest known obelisk at
Heliopolis

a. Amenemhat I
b. Imhotep
c. Senusret I
d. Zoser
202. In the middle kingdom, in Egyptian
architecture, who consolidate the administrative
system, made a survey of the country, set
boundaries to the provinces, and other helpful
works.
a. Amenemhat I
b. Imhotep
c. Senusret I
d. Zoser
203. Another term for crenel or intervals between
merlon of a battlement

a. Cavetto
b. Embrasures
c. Bartizan
d. Astylar
204. The architect of Chrysler building in N.Y.

a. Erich Mendelsohn
b. Welton Becket
c. Richard Josef Neutra
d. Van Alen
205. What architectural term is termed to be free
from any historical style?

a. Renaissance
b. Eclecticism
c. Art Nouveau
d. Baroque
206. Founder of the Bauhaus School of Art

a. Alvar Aalto
b. Eero Saarinen
d. Walter Gropius
e. Le Corbusier
207. Architect of the Einstein Tower.

a. Alvar Aalto
b. Erich Mendelsohn
c. Welton Becket
d. Jugendstijl
208. Senate house for chief dignitaries in Greek
architecture

a. Prytaneion
b. Dipteral
c. Crepidoma
d. Triforium
209. Temples in Greece that have a double line of
columns surrounding the naos

a. Prytaneion
b. Dipteral
c. Crepidoma
d. Triforium
210. A semi-circular or semi-polygonal space,
usually in church, terminating in axis and intended
to house an altar.

a. Refectory
b. Cortel
c. Apse
d. Dipteral
211. Earthen burial mounds containing upright
and lintel stones forming chambers for
consecutive burials for several to a hundred
persons.

a. Ziggurat
b. Tumuli
c. Cenotaphs
d. Sarcophagus
212. The style of the order with massive and
tapering columns resting on a base of 3 steps.

a. Doric
b. Ionic
c. Corinthian
d. Composite
213. Ifugao house (southern strain).

a. Bale
b. Zaguan
c. Dapogan
d. Bilik
214. Domical mound containing a relic

a. Stoa
b. Stupa
c. Basilica
d. Triforium
215. A Muslim temple, a mosque for public
worship, also known as place for prostration

a. Ziggurat
b. Masjid
c. Aljibe
d. Mudejar
216. Japanese tea house.

a. Masu-gumi
b. Cha-sit-su
c. Tokonoma
d. Torei
217. In the kitchen of the bahay kubo, the table on
top of which is the river stone, shoe-shaped stove
or kalan is known as ___.

a. Zaguan
b. Lamin
c. Bilik
d. Dapogan
218. The emergency hideout found directly behind
the headboard of the Sultan's bed.

a. Zaguan
b. Lamin
c. Bilik
d. Dapogan
219. Found in the ground floor of the bahay na
bato, it is where the carriages and floats are kept

a. Zaguan
b. Lamin
c. Bilik
d. Dapogan
220. The tower atop the torogan where the
princess and her ladies in waiting hide during
occasions

a. Zaguan
b. Lamin
c. Bilik
d. Dapogan
221. Architects of the Parthenon

a. Callicrates and Ictinus

b. Anthemius and Isidorus
c. Theron and Libon
d. Cossutius and Mnesicles
222. A foot race course in the cities.

a. Palaestra
b. Stadium
c. Colosseum
d. Amphitheater
223. What sporting event takes place in the
Palaestra?

a. Foot race
b. Athletics
c. Ball games
d. Wrestling
224. Roman building for which gladiatorial battles
took place

a. Colosseum
b. Circus
c. Stadium
d. Palaestra
225. Roman building which is a prototype of the
hippodrome of the Greek.

a. Colosseum
b. Circus
c. Palaestra
d. Stadium
226. Diastyle intercolumniation has how many
diameters

a. 2 Diameters
b. 3 Diameters
c. 5 Diameters
d. 6 Diameters
227. Pycnostyle intercolumniation has how many
diameters?

a. 1.5 Diameters
b. 2.5 Diameters
c. 3.5 Diameters
d. 4.5 Diameters
228. Intercolumniation of 2 diameters

a. Areostyle
b. Eustyle
c. Systyle
d. Diastyle
229. Intercolumniation of 4 diameters.

a. Areostyle
b. Eustyle
c. Systyle
d. Pycnostyle
230. Intercolumniation of 2.25 diameters.

a. Areostyle
b. Eustyle
c. Systyle
d. Pycnostyle
231. The lowest step in the crepidoma.

a. Pendentive
b. Stylobate
c. Stereobate
d. Pediment
232. The uppermost step in the crepidoma

a. Pendentive
b. Stylobate
c. Stereobate
d. Pediment
233. The principal or central part of a church,
extending from the narthex to the choir or chancel
and usually flanked by aisles.

a. Nave
b. Narthex
c. Naos
d. Apse
234. A long arcaded entrance porch in an early
Christian church

a. Nave
b. Narthex
c. Naos
d. Apse
235. A spherical triangle forming the transition
from the circular plan of a dome to the poly-gonal
plan of its supporting structure

a. Pediment
b. Pendentive
c. Architrave
d. Frieze
236. Triangular piece of wall above the
entablature

a. Pediment
b. Pendentive
c. Architrave
d. Frieze
237. Plan shape of a Japanese pagoda

a. Square
b. Rectangle
c. Round
d. Triangular
238. Usual number of stories for a Chinese
pagoda.

a. 10
b. 11
c. 12
d. 13
239. Plan shape of a Chinese pagoda

a. Octagonal
b. Hexagonal
c. Rectangular
d. Square
240. Parts of an entablature, in order of top to
bottom.
i. Cornice ii. Frieze iii.Architrave

a. i, ii, iii
b. ii, i, iii
c. iii, i, ii
d. i, iii, ii
241. How many stained glass are there in the
Chartres Cathedral?

a. 167
b. 176
c. 186
d. 168
242. "cubicula" or bedroom is from what
architecture.

a. Roman
b. Greek
c. Egyptian
d. Byzantine
243. The ornamental pattern work in stone, filling
the upper part of a Gothic window

a. Cavetto
b. Crenel
c. Tracery
d. Embrasures
244. . The open court in an Italian palazzo.

a. Tumuli
b. Dipteral
c. Prytaneion
d. Cortel
245. The architecture of the curved line is known
as ___.

a. Romanesque
b. Renaissance
c. Baroque
d. Medieval
246. The dining hall in a monastery, a convent, or
a college.

a. Refectory
b. Cortel
c. Apse
d.Dipteral
247. The characteristic of Greek ornament.

a. Acroterion
b. Anthemion
c. Antefix
d. Apotheca
248. In ancient Greece and Rome, a storeroom of
any kind, but especially for storing wine.

a. Acroterion
b. Anthemion
c. Antefix
d. Apotheca
249. Also called a 'Honeysuckle' ornament.

a. Acroterion
b. Anthemion
c. Antefix
d. Apotheca
250. Strictly, a pedestal at the corners or peak of a
roof to support an ornament, more usually, the
ornament itself.

a. Acroterion
b. Anthemion
c. Antefix
d. Apotheca
 
251. An upright ornament at the eaves of a tile
roof, concealing the foot of a row of convex tiles
that cover the joints of the flat tiles.

a. Acroterion
b. Anthemion
c. Antefix
d. Apotheca
252. The fortified high area or citadel of an
ancient Greek City.

a. Pantheon
b. Parthenon
c. Apotheca
d. Acropolis
253. An ancient Greek Portico, a long colonnaded
shelter used in public places

a. Stoa
b. Pteroma
c. Antefix
d. Anthemion
254. Amphitheaters are used for ___.

a. Sports competition
b. Gladiatorial Contests
c. Marathon race
d. Public meetings
255. The space between the colonnade and the
naos wall in Greek temple

a. Stoa
b. Pteroma
c. Antefix
d. Anthemion
256. The most famous and perfect preservation of
all ancient buildings in Rome.

a. Pantheon
b. Parthenon
c. Acropolis
d. Apotheca
257. Romanesque architecture in Italy is
distinguished from that of the rest of Europe by
the use of what material for facing walls.

a. Bricks
b. Cement
c. Lime
d. Marble
258. From the 5th century to the present, the
character of Byzantine architecture is the practice
of using _________.

a. Domical roof construction

b. Helm Roof
c. Columnar trabeated
d. Arch and vault
259. Which of the order was added by the Romans
to the orders used by the Greeks

a. Corinthian
b. Doric
c. Composite
d. Ionic
260. With the use of concrete made possible by
pozzolan, a native natural cement, the Romans
achieved huge interiors with the ________.

a. Domical roof construction

b. Helm Roof
c. Columnar trabeated
d. Arch and vault
261. The building in the acropolis generally
considered as being the most nearly perfect
building ever erected is the __________.

a. Parthenon
b. Anthemion
c. Acroterion
d. Prytaneion
262. Forming the imposing entrance to the
acropolis and erected by the architect Mnesicles is
the _________

a. Parthenon
b. Propylaea
c. Pteroma
d. Stoa
 
263. Greek architecture was essentially ______

a. Domical roof construction

b. Helm Roof
c. Columnar trabeated
d. Arch and vault
264. The mineral of greatest importance to Greek
architecture of which Greece and her domains had
ample supply of was ______

a. Cement
b. Marble
c. Lime
d. Silica
265. The beginner of the great hypostyle hall at
Karnak and the founder of the 19th dynasty

a. Rameses I
b. Rameses II
c. Rameses III
d. Rameses IV
266. 1991 Pritzker Prize Awardee and author of
“Complexity & Contradiction in Architecture”

a. Sverre Fehn
b. Robert Venturi
c. Jorn Utzon
d. Frank Gehry
267. 2004 Pritzker Prize Awardee and architect for
Guggenheim Museum in Taiwan

a. Glenn Murcutt
b. Rem Koolhaas
c. Sir Norman Foster
d. Zaha Hadid
268. A member of the Metabolist movement,
architect of Floating Village in Pennsylvania and
1993 Pritzker Prize awardee

a. Kenzo Tange
b. Ieoh Ming Pei
c. Fumihiko Maki
d. Tadao Ando
269. A member of the Metabolist movement,
architect of Floating Village in Pennsylvania and
1993 Pritzker Prize awardee

a. Kenzo Tange
b. Ieoh Ming Pei
c. Fumihiko Maki
d. Tadao Ando
270. What is the landscape architectural term for
that refers to the animate, horticultural elements of
landscaping

a. hardscape
b. softscape
c. xeriscape
d. plantscape
271. In architecture theory, this refers to the
degree of concentration and stability of a form. It
is dependent on the geometry of the form and its
orientation relative to the ground plane or line of
sight.
a. position
b. orientation
c. visual inertia
d. equilibrium
272. Which does not belong?

a. Corbel arch
b. Roman arch
c. Lancet arch
d. Stilted arch
273. A form of radiant energy

a. Color
b. Light
c. Subtractive color
d. Additive color
274. The intensity & purity of color as called in
the Munsell system

a. Color Wheel
b. Hue
c. Value
d. Chroma
275. The lightness and darkness of color

a. Color Wheel
b. Hue
c. Value
d. Chroma
276. The channels of movement, are the
predominant form giving element within a city

a. paths
b. edges
c. nodes
d. landmark
277. They are linear elements not used as paths,
may be barriers or seams

a. paths
b. edges
c. nodes
d. landmark
278. They are specific points in a city that have a
name or place of recognition value. They point
strategic spots by which an observer can enter.

a. paths
b. edges
c. nodes
d. landmark
279. Which among the design principles is least
visual?

a. balance
b. proportion
c. scale
d. meaning
280. What is perceived when pattern is reduced in
scale to a point where its modulation is not readily
recognizable?

a. unity
b. rhythm
c. texture
d. sameness
281. Repetition involving the exact duplication of
a module uniformly spaced

a. connection
b. pattern
c. variety
d. balance
282. It refers to the set of atmospheric conditions
prevailing at a given time and place

a. Tropical depression
b. Weather
c. Climate
d. Temperature
283. It is the integration in time of weather
conditions and characteristics of certain
geographical location

a. Tropical depression
b. Weather
c. Climate
d. Temperature
284. The tendency for air or gas in a shaft or other
vertical space to rise when heated, creating a draft
that draws in cooler air or gas from below

a. Corilis Force
b. Emissivity
c. El Nino
d. Stack Effect
285. The 3D integration of program elements &
spaces accommodates the multiple functions &
relationships of a house

a. Spatial system
b. Structural system
c. Enclosure system
d. Building system
286. It is a comparison showing differences, the
opposite of similarity

a. rhythm
b. character
c. proportion
d. contrast
287. Characterized by an arrangement where all
the part radiate from a center like the spikes in a
wheel

a. radial
b. formal
c. centralized
d. unsymmetrical
288. These systems are based on the dimension
and proportion of the human body

a. proportion
b. ergonomics
c. anthropometric
d. anthropomorphic proportion
289. Who said that “The magnificent display of
volume put together in the light”

a. Adolf Loos
b. Frank Gehry
c. Louis Kahn
d. Le Corbusier
290. Subtracting a portion of a forms volume to
create another.

a. subtracting transformation
b. additive transformation
c. dimensional transformation
291. A number of secondary forms clustered about
a dominant, centra-perceive form.

a. linear
b. clustered
c. centralized
d. grid form
292. Whose famous axiom is this, “Design as if
you were a child”

a. Alvar Aalto
b. Micheal Graves
c. Kenzo Tange
d. Antonio Gaudi
293. In masonry, a hardstone or bridge used with
similar ones, to reinforce in external corner or
edge of a wall of the like.

a. stucco
b. quoins
c. niche
d. plateria
294. Main contributor of Art Nouveau.

a. Victor Horta & Henri Van de Velde

b. Mies Van der rohe & Walter Gropius
c. Walter Gropius & William Alen
d. Oscar Niemeyer & Gordon Bunshaft
295. When lines, planes, and surface treatments
are repeated in a regular sequence.

a. balance
b. rhythm
c. contrast
d. proportion
296. A series of form arranged in sequence in a
row

a. linear form
b. clustered form
c. radial form
d. grid form
297. A series of form arranged in sequence in a
row

a. linear form
b. clustered form
c. radial form
d. grid form
298. Opaque or translucent element used to shield
light source from direct view at certain angles.

a. baffle
b. bulb
c. shadow
d. shade
299. Drawing of buildings and layouts in
simplified, undetailed form.

a. sketches
b. Poche
c. parti-scheme
d. block-plan
300. Either of the two times during the year when
the sun crosses the plane of the celestial equator &
when the length of day & night are everywhere
approximately equal.

a. Winter solstice
b. Summer solstice
c. Equinox
d. Coriolis Effect
301. The rotation of the earth deflects the air from
its direct paths, this penomenon is called?

a. Winter solstice
b. Summer solstice
c. Equinox
d. Coriolis Effect
302. The type of cooling system that is already
integrated in the building fabric. This cooling
system makes use of orientation to enjoy
maximum sun & wind.

a. Passive cooling system

b. Cross ventilation
c. Active cooling system
d. Chimney Effect
303. This kind of weather occurs during the winter
months, characterized by heavy stratocumulus
clouds in the lower levels, associated w/ showers
& occasional heavy drizzles.

a. Typhoon
b. Monsoon
c. Habagat
d. Amihan
304. This kind of weather recurs yearly during the
summer months, characterized by general
cloudiness w/ drizzle or rain.

a. Typhoon
b. Monsoon
c. Habagat
d. Amihan
305. Where is Metro Manila located?

a. 15.4⁰ N Latitude
b. 14.5 ⁰ S Latitude
c. 15.4⁰ S Latitude
d. 14.5 ⁰ N Latitude