TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 2008

Review Questions: Theory Part 1

1. With regards to relationship of structure to architecture, which of the
following describes formal or sculptured structure?
a) Uses least amount of material
b) Focuses on novelty of form
c) Materials used below maximum load-bearing capacity
d) Exaggerated elements
2. Which of the following represent the primary colors?
a) Green, orange, violet
b) Red, yellow, green
c) Blue, yellow, violet
d) Red, yellow, blue
3. Which construction system permit great spans of infinite variety of shapes of
concrete, or steel combined with glass or plastic?
a) Space frame
b) Thin shell construction
c) Frame construction
d) Suspension system
4. Which of the following indicates the brightness of a color?
a) Chroma
b) Value
c) Hue
d) Intensity

5. What type of architectural character is derived through the use of the

building?
a) Personality
b) Function
c) Association

d) Materials
6. What manifestation in a structure that identifies it as a work of architecture
shows the adequate scheme or structural arrangement, effective choice of
materials, and effective construction system?
a) Structural stability
b) Aesthetic sense of beauty
c) Economic quality
d) Utility
7. Which of the following principles:
1. Frameworks structurally independent of walls
2. Free-standing faade
3. Roof garden
4. Open planning
5. Cube form elevated on stilts or columns
were adopted by Le Corbusier in his Villa Savoye
a) 2, 4, 5
b) 3, 4, 5
c) 1, 2, 3
d) All listed principles
8. What art principle shows the relationships between the various parts of an
object/structure/groups of objects and structures?
a) Size
b) Volume
c) Proportion
d) Scale
9. What do you call the tool in architecture which organizes space or spatial
composition related to function?
a) Space planning
b) Space articulation
c) Functional interrelationship diagram
d) Territoriality

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

a) Intensity
b) Chroma
c) Hue
d) Value
11. Throughout the history of human race, what is considered the mother of all
arts?
a) Fine arts
b) Music
c) Painting
d) Architecture
12. Blue-green, red-orange, and blue violet belongs to which group of hues or
colors?
a) Tertiary
b) Secondary
c) Quarterly
d) Primary
13. Which of the following represent the secondary colors?
a) Yellow, green, blue
b) Green, orange, violet
c) Red, yellow, blue
d) Green, yellow, violet
14. What type of architectural character is derived through the influence of
tradition or past experience?
a) Personality
b) Function
c) Association
d) Materials
15. What type of distance is that which is normal spacing separating members
of non-contact species like a protective bubble?
a) Social distance

b) Flight distance
c) Critical distance
d) Personal distance
16. In perception of space, which sense enables one to identify materials at a
distance
a) Kinesthetic
b) Auditory
c) Visual
d) Tactile
17. What do you call those hues, which lie opposite each other in a color
wheel?
a) Contrasting
b) Analogous
c) Non-complementary
d) Complementary
18. Which of the following indicates trabeated style?
a) Pointed arch
b) Post and lintel
c) Mortar joints
d) Bended joints
19. Which of the following describes frame construction as a structural system?
a) Use of upright post
b) Spanned by horizontal
c) All listed items
d) Result in cage-like arrangement of parts through repetition
20. What invention brought about modern high-rise building?
a) Elevator
b) Steel beam
c) Curtain wall system
d) Thin shell construction

21. In perception of space, which of the following describes the olfactory

sense?
a) Identifies materials limiting unpleasant odors
b) Affects material to regulate transfer of sound
c) Affects room size/ceiling heights to avoid discomfort
d) Identifies material at a distance
22. Who invented a system of well-high universal application based on
hyperboloids in buildings?
a) Adolf Loss
b) Peter Behrens
c) Philip Johnson
d) Antonio Gaudi
23. What theory of architecture denotes not only the complete harmony of the
parts of the building with the whole, but on integration of the building with its
site and surroundings?
a) Functional architecture
b) Organic architecture
c) Domestic architecture
d) vernacular architecture
24. In perception of space, which of the following describes visual sense?
a) Identifies materials limiting unpleasant odors
b) Affects materials to regulate transfer of sound
c) Affects room size/ceiling heights to avoid discomfort
d) Identifies materials at a distance
25. What type of architectural elements provide protection for users from
inclement of the seasons or enemies?
a) Decorative
b) Protective
c) Structural
d) Need-specific
26. What type of balance is that in which the elements are arranged in the

same manner on either side of a central axis or line and gives the feeling of
repose and order?
a) Equal
b) Contrasting
c) Symmetrical
d) Assymetrical
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