1) Is the principal chamber of the Greek temple containing the statue of the god or goddess C. Naos 2) Reason(s) why man seek shelter D. All of the Above 3) Type of prehistoric structure aligned with the midwinter solstice sunset and associated with the dead. B. Salisbury’s Stonehenge 4) Considered as the life of Egypt where important religious structures like tomb pyramids and temples were built strategically along it. C. Nile River 5) First recorded Architect of the world, builder of the pyramid of Zoser. A. Imhotep 6) A Persian architecture and was built by Darius D. Hall of hundred Columns 7) The water-leaf & tongue ornament is found in? A. Cyma Reversa 8) The proportion of the Ionic Column is? D. 9D 9) Famous gateway to the new Babylon, decorated with blue glazed bricks. A. Ishtar 10) Iraqi structures covered with split reed mats and built on a reed platform to prevent settlement. B. Mud Hif 11) Romanesque means? C. Roman-like art 12) One prominent feature of Romanesque churches is an element that may be square B. Tower 13) The receding planes of the door jambs of Romanesque churches are often filled with? D. Columns or orders 14) Walls of the Romanesque churches are relieved by shallow buttresses or pilaster strips, and connected at the top by? A. Corbel Arches 15) The outstanding example of a German Romanesque church that has an eastern and western apse is? C. Worm Cathedral 16) The term gothic was coined by? A. Vasari 17) The ornamental patternwork in stone filling the upper part of a Gothic window? C. Tracery 18) In the Gothic Wall Section the blind-story is also called? A. Triforium 19) Forerunner of the Gothic in France was? B. Villard de Hannecourt
20) Pattern produced by the lieme ribs in a Gothic Vault A. Stellar Vault 21) Established a religion in the 6th century BCE centered on the idea of non-injury to all living things A. Mahavira 22) The Dalada Maligawa houses relics form… C. Siddhartha Gautama 23) The First capital of Sinhala D. Anuradhapura 24) Temples with interior processional routes were first built in this city C. Kandy 25) Built by King Kassapa I on and around a large rock A. Sigiraya 26) The ancient Chinese practice of placement and arrangement of space to achieve harmony with the environment B. Feng shui 27) The red fort in agra, India A. Mughal 28) Believed that universal love is the solution to social disorder D. Lao Tze 29) Stressed the importance of family and ancestral worship B. Kung Fu Tzu 30) The Taj Mahal in memory of his wife A. Shah Jehan 31) Japanes tea houses A. Chas-hitsu 32) Angkor Wat, Angkor, Cambodia D. All of the above 33) Angkor Thom, Angkor, Cambodia D. Both A and B. 34) Borobudur, Indonesia B. The plan was based in a mandala design 35) A Hindu and Buddhist mythical creature, which is half-bird, half-man, and serves as guardians of the temples, Thailand and Indonesia use it as their national symbol? A. Garuda 36) Secondary windows beneath the main windows; C. Ventanillas 37) Wooden balusters A. Barandillas 38) Wooden Jalousies: D. Persianas 39) Tracery found on the upper part of the interior partitions to aid in ventilation: B. Calado
40) An are used mainly for storage, typically for carriages and/or religious parade floats: C. Zagum or Zaguan 41) Developed a comprehensive guide in 1573 comprising 48 ordinances in aid to colonists in locating, building, and populating settlements. C. King Philip II 42) Intramuros is known as D. All of the above 43) Pre-colonial architecture in the Philippines is also known as D. All of the above 44) Known for their literary traditions of the “hudhud” and the “alim”. A. Ifugao 45) This house is found in Batanes, known to have a roof system built up of 6 layers of oogon, walls made of very thick stone and lime masonry walls. C. Ivatan house 46) The best example of the Roman Architecture. C. Colosseum 47) The Byzantine church in Russia with eight bulblike domes, each different and all painted in the most brilliant colours. A. St. Basil 48) An ________(Inuktitut iglu, “house”), translated sometimes as snowhouse, is a shelter constructed from blocks of snow, generally in the form of a dome. C. Igloo 49) The freat cities of Cuzco and Machu Picchu and the imposing fortresses of Sacsahuaman and Ollantaytambo are typical examples of the ________ skill. C. Inca 50) These proponents of _________ sought to reestablish the files between beautiful work and the worker, returning to an honesty in design not to be found on mass-produced items in Britain and Americas. D. Arts and crafts movement 51) A type of design which deals with the development of a plan arrangement to serve in a purely mechanical way the function of the building is. D. functional design 52) A mechanical device for vertical access. D. elevator 53) A form cannot be articulated by: B. Developing the interior walls as simple vertical component. 54) Modular forms whose relationships are regulated by three-dimensional grids: C. grid forms 55) A line that symbolizes excitement and jagged animation is: B. zigzag
56) This is an element of architecture that allows movement of light and air A. circulatory 57) “Utilitas, firmitas, venustas.” B. Vitruvius 58) Pioneer of Philippine Architecture A. Juan Nakpil 59) The Crystal Palace in London was designed by” C. Joseph Paxton 60) Architecture that sympathizes with its environment. A. ecoism 61) Skin and Bone construction D. None of the above 62) It is usually applied to any building that incorporates a mixture of historical styles. B. Eclecticism 63) Euclidian Space B. three dimensional geometry 64) Under signs and symbols in architecture, it refers to an object or phenomenon which has meaning that evokes emotional reaction. No answer 65) Concepts are necessary because it is important to __________ what that environment will look like and mean at the outset of the job. A. Articulate II. True or False. 66) The large structures during the pre-historic era were mainly built because of a strong religious belief and relationship in God. B. False 67) Sides of the Egyptian structures were oriented toward the cardinal points. A. True 68) Prehistoric stone structures such as the Stonehenge were used as venues for important events such as the solstice and equinox dates. A. True 69) Pyramids are often flanked at the main entrance with a pair of obelisks. A. True 70) The three great pyramids of Egypt are Menkaure, Khufu, and Khafre, of which Khafre is the tallest. B. False 71) The term Gothic was initially a stylistic insult that meant barbaric or uncivilized. A. True 72) Characteristic Gothic features include the rounded arch, the groin and the buttress. B. False
73) Abbot Suger wanted to create a vision of heaven in the Abbey Church of St. Denis. A. True 74) Stained glass added a dimension of color to the light within the building, as well as provided a medium for figurative and narrative art. A. True 75) While structurally the pointed arch gave a greater flexibility to architectural form, it also gave Gothic architecture a very different visual character to Romanesque, the verticality suggesting an aspiration to Heaven. B. False? 76) Northern Hindu temples feature square of cruciform plans. A. True 77) Buddhism’s ultimate goal is the attainment of nirvana. A. True 78) Buddhist architecture adheres to highly symbolic design programs based on the cosmos and the teachings of Buddha. A. True 79) Four mandalas surround the Stupa at Sanchi. B. False 80) Although Jains lead very austere lives, their temples are some of the richest in the world in terms of grandeur and material wealth. A. True 81) A traditional Thai house is usually built as a cluster of physically separate rooms arranged around a large central terrace. A. True 82) A Thai bot or ubosoth is surrounded by eight ceremonial gateways. B. False 83) Only monks are allowed to enter the vilham in a Thai temple. B. False 84) Traditional Chinese architecture is represented by symmetry and balance. A. True 85) The rural metropolis of Angkor grew sporadically without any formal planning. No answer 86) Bayon Temple features numerous towers each with giant faces on all four sides A. True 87) The earliest evidence of habitation in the archipelago can be found in the Tabon Caves in Sulu. B. False 88) Lean-to dwellings were ised by Negritos. A. True 89) In pre-colonial times, the barangay was a political society just as it is today. A. True
90) The Laguna Copperplate inscription is proof that there had already been diverse peoples living in and around the area of Manila long before the arrival of the Spaniards. A. True 91) Gabled, hipped, or pyramidal are all roof configurations of a traditional bahay kubo. A. True 92) A moulding that translates has an outward or downward direction in its contours. A. True 93) A pictorial ornament tells a story. A. True 94) A naturalistic ornament consists of the simplification of the design and its reduction to a basic structural pattern. B. False 95) The four vertical surfaces of a wall are components of an architectural volume. A. True 96) Provisions of natural and artificial lighting are conditioning processes for comfort. No answer 97) In developing a set of basic principles for the production of a living architecture, the designer should think of space within a space, and not of solids in space. A. True 98) The Congres Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne was set up by Le Corbusier & Siegried Gledion. A. True 99) Frank Lloyd Wright pioneered Organicism (Organic Architecture) style. A. True 100) Low-cost housing was referred to as utilitarian architecture. No answer
