JUNE 2023 A.L.E.
AREA 1 Mock Board
Exam
Total points58/100
Practice Test for the AREA 1 of the Architect's Licensure Examination
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An architectural plan is*
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Two-dimensional
Three-dimensional
Volume
Drawing
Correct answer
Two-dimensional
Improving the physical set-up and consequently affecting the market for previously run-
down areas*
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Block boosting
Centralization
Gentrification
Urban Renewal
Correct answer
Gentrification
Allowing builders and developers more space if they provide certain desirable features
and amenities such as plans, arcades and other open spaces*
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Cluster zoning
Incentive zoning
Tax exemption zoning
Free tax zoning
Correct answer
Incentive zoning
Author of the book The Death and Life of Great American Cities (1962)*
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Kahn, Louis
Geddes, Sir Patrick
Jacobs, Jane
Gruen, Victor
Correct answer
Jacobs, Jane
It refers to a sustaining and progressive learning process that maintains, enhances, or
increases the knowledge and continuing ability of architects*
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Continuing Professional Development
Continuing Architectural Development
Continuing Building Development
Continuing Service Development
A line that represents the horizon of the seascape; it is calm and peaceful, it is
repose.*
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Diagonal line
Horizontal line
Vertical line
Curve line
The architect did not faithfully inspected each phase of the work completed in the
construction phase. (Code of Ethical Conduct)?*
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Contractor
Public
Manufacturer
Client
A type of space layout where it is easy to avoid interactions*
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Socio-snob space
Socio-fugal space
Socio-introvert space
Socio-isolation space
Correct answer
Socio-fugal space
In some cases a Client may request an Architect to do work which will require his
personal time (Method of compensation)*
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Per Diem, Honorarium Plus Reimbursable Expenses
Mixed Methods of Compensation
Lump Sum or Fixed Fee
Professional Fee Plus Expenses
Correct answer
Per Diem, Honorarium Plus Reimbursable Expenses
It refers to the author or authors of a set of architectural plans or specifications who are
in charge of their preparation, whether made by them personally or under their
immediate supervision*
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Ownership
Executor
Authorship
Owner of drawings
In Renaissance period, he is the designer of the St. Peter's Square in Vatican City*
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Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Filippo Brunelleschi
Michael Angelo
Domenico Fontana
In RA 9266 Article 4, It shall be unlawful for any architect to sign his/her name, affix
his/her seal, or use any other method of signature or architectural plans, specifications
or other contract documents made under another architect's supervision*
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Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
Prohibition in the Practice of Architecture and Penal Clause
Prohibition in the Practice of Architecture
Signing of Architectural Plans, Specifications and Other Contract Documents
All volumes can be analyzed and understood to consist of_______.*
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points, planes, lines
mass
cubes, spheres, cylinders
space
Correct answer
points, planes, lines
In Byzantine architecture, It is a triangular curved overhanging surface to support a
circular dome over a square or polygonal compartment*
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Dome base
Ambo
Pendentive
Cushion
Churrigueresque architecture is the Spanish term for ___________.*
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Mannerism
Roccoco
Baroque
Renaissance
Correct answer
Baroque
These are the Owner's responsibilities except*
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Provide full information as to his requirements for the Project.
Arrange and pay for such legal, auditing, insurance, counseling and other services as may be
required for the project.
Impose methods, systems or designs that will substantially affect the construction schedule and
impair the design concept of the Architect.
When necessary, designate a representative authorized to act on his behalf.
In an Urban Land Use Map, what is the color code for residential structures?*
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Yellow
Green
Violet
Blue
Christian’s objection to cremation led to the building of monumental _____ which were
an expression of the faith in immortality.*
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Sarcophagus
Chamber
Tombs
Pyramid
In Roman public buildings, It is a hall of justice & commercial exchange. Their central
position indicates the importance of law & business in Old Rome*
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Basilica
Cloaca Maxima
Spina
Circus
Correct answer
Basilica
In Romanesque architecture, they were used when the crossing of the nave and
transept was crowned by an octagonal tower.*
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Pendentive
Triangle
Squinch Arches
Stalactite
In medieval church plan, this part goes across the main body of the cathedral, with north
and south arms, sometimes with side doors.*
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Cuspings
Narthex
Ambulatory
Transept
It means the act of conceiving, choosing and developing the type, disposition,
arrangement and proportioning of the structural elements of an architectural work giving
due consideration to safety, cost-effectiveness, functionality and aesthetics*
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Structural Conceptualization
Structural Analysis
Structural Studies
Structural Design
In this phase, the architect prepares the Bid Documents such as forms for contract
letting, documents for construction, forms for invitation and instruction to bidders, forms
for bidders‟ proposals, general / specific conditions of contract, etc.*
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Design Development Phase
Project Definition Phase
Bidding Phase
Construction Phase
In Greek Houses, it was a room reserved for males to entertain male guests*
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Andron
Sendron
Odeion
Stoa
Term for “French middle phase Gothic”*
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Sayonant
Rayonant
Flamboyant
Hayonant
Correct answer
Rayonant
It is a central open space used as a meeting place, market or political demonstrations. A
Agora counterpart in Greek*
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Basilica
Coloseum
Forum
Pantheon
In Greek buildings, A meeting place for the democratically-elected councils. They were
either rectangular or semi-circular in plan*
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Bouleuterion
Acroterion
Domus
Opisthodomos
The proportions between the built area of the building and the lot area*
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Floor to floor ratio
Floor area ratio
Floor to site ratio
Building footprint ratio
Warehouses are under what project classification?*
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Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Correct answer
Group 1
The architect who is directly and professionally responsible for the total design of the
project for the client and who shall assume the civil liability for the plans, specifications
and contract documents he/she has signed and sealed.*
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Architect-of-record
Architecture-in-charge of construction
Consulting Architect
Author Architect
The architect got the market discount from the tile supplier without telling the client.
(Code of Ethical Conduct)?*
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Public
Client
Manufacturer
Contractor
These are the grounds for suspension of RLAs except*
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The architect has falsely impersonated a practitioner, or former practitioner of alike or different
name or has practiced under an assumed, fictitious or corporate name other than that of the
registered
The architect has aided or abetted in the practice of architecture any person not duly authorized
to practice architecture in the Philippines
The architect has violated any provision of this Act, its implementing rules and regulations, the
Code of Ethical Conduct and Standards of Professional Practice
The architect prepared architectural plans, specifications, bill of materials, cost estimates,
general conditions and bidding documents.
Correct answer
The architect prepared architectural plans, specifications, bill of materials, cost estimates,
general conditions and bidding documents.
Daniel Burnham spearheaded the movement with his design of Chicago and his famous
axiom of "make no little plans, they have no magic to stir men's blood…"*
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Town Beautiful Movement
City Beautiful Movement
Neoclassical Movement
Industrial Revolution
It is an architect who is directly and professionally responsible and liable for the
construction supervision of the project*
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Architect-of-record
Architecture-in-charge of construction
Consulting Architect
Construction Manager
In Egyptian architecture, It is a rope enclosing a royal name thereby serving as the
protector of that name*
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Ankh
Cartouche
Sundisk
stele
Correct answer
Cartouche
Cyril M. Harris quoted that: Structures built in accordance with such principles like*
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Strength
Beauty
Character
Materials
Correct answer
Character
The architect deceived the public as to his professional competence. (Code of Ethical
Conduct)*
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Public
Contractor
Client
Manufacturer
Correct answer
Public
In RA 9266 Article 4, Persons not registered as an architect shall not claim nor
represent either services or work as equivalent to those of a duly qualified registered
architect, or that they are qualified for any branch or functions of function of architectural
practice, even though no form of the title "Architect" is used.*
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Non-Registered Person Shall Not Claim Equivalent Service
Ownership of Plans, Specifications and other Contract Documents
Collection of Professional Fees
Prohibition in the Practice of Architecture
The architect who is professionally and academically qualified and with exceptional or
recognized expertise or specialization in any branch of architecture.*
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Architect-of-record
Architecture-in-charge of construction
Consulting Architect
Special Architect
In classical column orders, it was developed combining the volutes of the ionic and the
acanthus of the Corinthian*
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Doric
Composite
Tuscan
Ionic
Correct answer
Composite
It is noted as Manila’s shopping enclave of the rich and the wealthy beginning from the
Spanish period towards the 1960s*
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Calle Rosario
Calle Escolta
Calle Ayala
Calle Burgos
Correct answer
Calle Escolta
In bahay kubo, this space was purposely built without a roof above.*
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Bulwagan
Silid
Silong
Batalan
The decorative element found in the ends of the extended beam of the Maranao
house.*
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Tampipi
Balcon
Panolong
Chofas
Correct answer
Panolong
The church which is half-Gothic and half-Renaissance and known at present as S.
Maria del Fiore is*
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Pantheon
Florence Cathedral
Pisa Cathedral
Milan Cathedral
Found in the ground floor of the bahay na bato, it is where the carriages and saint’s
floats or andas are usually kept.*
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Patio
Entresuelo
Zaguan
Pantalan
Cold Storage Facilities are under what project classification?*
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Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Correct answer
Group 3
A person professionally and academically qualified, registered and licensed with a
Certificate of Registration and Professional Identification Card issued by the
Professional Regulatory Board of Architecture and the Professional Regulation
Commission*
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Architect
Building Official
Building Scientist
Engineer
Renaissance in Italy is best considered geographically under the 3 great distinctive
cities of Florence, Rome and _________.*
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Turin
Naples
Palermo
Venice
All are Pre-Design Services except*
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Pre-Feasibility Studies
Site Utilization and Land Use Studies
Architectural Interiors
Architectural Programming
In Romanesque architectural details, it is located above the door filled with sculptures.*
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Ambulatory
Tympanum
Narthex
Nave
It is a strategy used when redevelopment is no longer an option while still avoiding
further physical expansion*
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Outfill
Expansion unit
Infill
Reclamation
Correct answer
Infill
Architectural characteristics of Spanish Gothic*
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Horseshoe arch and plateresque decorative style
Presence of a Cimborio
Rich decoration in intricate geometrical pattern
All of the above
Correct answer
All of the above
In RA 9266, registered and licensed architects shall compose at least seventy-five
percent (75%) of the owners, shareholders, members incorporators, directors, executive
officers*
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Sole Proprietorship
Corporation
Partnership
Organization
This method of compensation may be applied to government projects since they entail
more paper work and time-consuming efforts.*
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Professional Fee Plus Expenses
Multiple of Direct Personnel Expenses
Lump Sum or Fixed Fee
Mixed Methods of Compensation
Correct answer
Lump Sum or Fixed Fee
In Greek sculptures, it is a caryatid with a basket on her head; used either as a support
or as a freestanding garden ornament*
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Atlantes
Canephora
Corinthian
Sphinx
In this phase, the architect gathers relevant information and data leading to the
definition of the requirements of the project, including the scope of the Architect's
services.*
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Design Development Phase
Schematic Design Phase
Project Definition Phase
Construction Phase
Correct answer
Project Definition Phase
A type of space layout where it is easy to maintain face to face contact*
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Socio-petal space
Socio-circle space
Socio-radial space
Socio-curve space
Correct answer
Socio-petal space
It is the “Hot Bath” in the Roman Thermae*
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Epidarium
Caldarium
Hypogeum
Frigidarium
These are the services under Building and Facilities Administration except:*
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Supervise landscape contractors and gardeners for the proper watering, pruning, trimming and
maintenance of the landscape (both hardscapes and softscapes);
Assist the proper third parties in seeing to it that all equipment (air-conditioning, sprinkler
system, generators, transformers, tele communications equipment, etc.) are properly
maintained and in good working condition
See to it that the building and all the parts thereof (structure, plumbing, electrical, partitions,
finishes, etc.) are all in good condition.
Involve himself directly with the work of the Contractor such that it may be construed that he is
assuming the Contractor's liability
A district in Manila which is also known as the University Town.*
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Sampaloc
San Miguel
Quiapo
Binondo
Correct answer
Sampaloc
In this phase, the architect assists the owner in filing the required documents to secure
approval of government authorities having jurisdiction over the design of the Project.*
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Bidding Phase
Contract Document Phase
Schematic Phase
Design Development Phase
A space defined by wall, floor and ceiling.*
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Vicinity Map
Building Footprint
Floor Plan
None of the above
In this phase, the architect prepares the initial line drawings representing design studies
leading to a recommended solution, including a general description of the project for
approval by the Owner.*
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Design Development Phase
Schematic Design Phase
Bidding Phase
Construction Phase
In Elizabethan mansion, it is designed as a connecting corridor, a covered promenade
or a picture gallery.*
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Long Gallery
Great Hall
Drawing Room
Chamber
Correct answer
Long Gallery
It is the ordering of the physical environment by means of architecture, engineering
construction, landscape architecture, urban design and city planning.*
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City Planning
Environmental Planning
Physical Planning
Ecosystem Planning
Correct answer
Environmental Planning
It refers to the changes in composition or structure, to the outward form or appearance
and in character or condition.*
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Clustered Organization
Transformation
Orientation
Subtraction
Which is not the powers and functions of the Board*
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Supervise the registration, licensure and practice of architects
Adopt an official seal of the Board
Manipulation or rigging of the architecture licensure examination results
Approve, issue, limit or cancel temporary or special permit to practice architecture
In Egyptian architecture, It is an example of a Corridor Tomb. It was the royal necropolis
of Ancient Egypt where the kings & powerful nobles were buried. The valley was listed
in the UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987*
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Valley of the Pharoah
Rock-cut Tombs
Valley of the Kings
Valley of the Gods
Correct answer
Valley of the Kings
It focuses on the meaning of elements of the environment and not on the patterns*
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Form Theory
Multi-sensory Theory
Semantic Theory
Sensorial Theory
Correct answer
Semantic Theory
A conception of architecture as a work of art*
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Expressionism
Metabolism
Purism
Cubism
The first major innovation in Gothic cathedrals is the ____________.*
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Flying Buttress
Pointed Arch
Stained Glass Windows
Drum Columns
Correct answer
Pointed Arch
It means a duly notarized written contract or equivalent public instrument stipulating the
scope of services and guaranteeing compensation of such services to be rendered by
an architect*
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Service Contract
Service Agreement
Service Bond
Service Certificate
In Pre-Design Services, This entails the formulation of site criteria, assistance to the
Client in site evaluation as well as analysis to determine the most appropriate site/s for
a proposed project or building program.*
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Site Selection and Analysis
Site Utilization and Land-Use Studies
Architectural Programming
Site SWOT Analysis
This line is graceful, feminine and represents that architecture which caters to the
emotional rather than the physical.*
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Curve line
Zigzag line
Vertical line
Diagonal line
In this phase, the architect makes outline specifications to fix and illustrate the size and
character of the entire project as to type of materials, type of structural, electrical,
mechanical, sanitary, electronic and communications systems.*
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Design Development Phase
Contract Document Phase
Project Definition Phase
Construction Phase
One of the oldest French Gothic cathedral and considered as the prototype/model of
later churches*
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Rheims Cathedral
Basilica of Saint Denis
Notre Dame Cathedral
San Suplice
Correct answer
Notre Dame Cathedral
In Egyptian architecture, why are the middle columns of the Hypostyle Hall higher than
the others.*
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Its the focal point of the structure
To allow natural light and wind to penetrate the hall
The Egyptians have bigger budget for the middle columns
Because of Amon Ra will be pleased
The conversion of buildings into different uses without significantly altering the
structure*
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Adaptive Reuse
Preservation
Gentrification
Urban Renewal
Correct answer
Adaptive Reuse
The Aegean beehive shaped type of tomb is called the _______.*
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Tholos
Menhir
Loculi
Dolmen
Architecture as sculptures*
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Expressionism
Cubism
Metabolism
Decontructivism
Correct answer
Cubism
In Mesopotamian architecture, Ziggurats are also called ________________.*
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House of Gods
Holy Mountain
Sacred Tomb
Fire Altar
In SPP Document 203, the architect prepares the drawings and specifications for
acoustic design and treatment, sound control and reinforcement, sound absorption,
reflectance, insulation, etc.*
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Architectural Interiors
Acoustic Design Services
Forensic Architecture
Sound Designing
In an Urban Land Use Map, what is the color code for civic structures?*
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Yellow
Green
Violet
Blue
Correct answer
Blue
It is a three-dimensional geometric shape that tapers smoothly from a flat, usually
circular base to a point called the apex or vertex.*
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Cube
Cone
Sphere
Oblong
These laws of the Spanish Empire provided guidelines for site selection, layout and
dimensioning of streets and squares, the location of civic and religious buildings, open
space, cultivation and pasturing lands and even the main procedural phases of planning
and construction.*
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Laws of the Indies
Laws of the Colonies
Laws of the Empire
Laws of the Indios
Correct answer
Laws of the Indies
Officially defined as a mixed use community with an average distance of 670 meters
from a transit stop and commercial core area*
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Car Oriented Development
Transit Oriented Development
Planned Unit Development
Automobile Unit Development
In Egyptian architecture, It is a tall 4-sided narrow tapering column terminating in a
pyramidion, its most sacred part.*
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Obelisk
Pylon
Mastaba
Stele
In Renaissance masonry, it is a hard stone or brick used with similar ones, to reinforce
an external corner or edge of a wall or the like; often distinguished decoratively from
adjacent masonry.*
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Cortile
Rustification
Bollards
Quions
Correct answer
Quions
Developed under the premise that the other uses grow with the CBD in specific
directions, often following rail or highway arteries, high or low ground, or simply
clustering on the sane side of the city.*
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Sector Model
Concentric Zone Theory
Multiple Nuclei Model
Urban Realms
In SPP Doc 203, the architect prepares the drawings and specifications for lighting
design, illumination, fixture placement, efficiency, energy considerations, etc.*
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Forensic Architecture
Architectural Interiors
Architectural Lighting Layout and Design
Architectural Illumination and Design
Correct answer
Architectural Lighting Layout and Design
Monoliths or Menhir are the prototypes of the Egyptian __________.*
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Mastaba
Pyramid
Sphinx
Pylon
Correct answer
Pyramid
It is the new capital of Brazil and a completely new twentieth century city which was
designed by Lucio Costa with a lot of influence by Le Corbusier.*
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Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Brasilia
Ansan
The arrangement of parts or elements into proper proportion or relation so as to form a
unified whole.*
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Organzation
Composition
Structure
Pattern
Correct answer
Composition
The plane is the essential sheltering element that protects the interior of a building from
climatic elements.*
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Overhead plane
Ground plane
Cutting plane
Roof plane
In Pre-Design Services, It is an analysis of the space requirements of the project based
on organizational structure and functional set-up pinpoints linkages and interaction of
spaces. The formulation of the space program will serve as the basis for the
development of the architectural plan/design.*
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Space Management Studies
Space Planning
Space Matrix
Space Programming
Correct answer
Space Management Studies
Which is not a qualification of members of the Professional Regulatory Board?*
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A citizen and resident of the Philippines
An architect who is convicted of any crime involving moral turpitude
A holder of a degree in Bachelor of Science in Architecture conferred by a school, college or
university in the Philippines or abroad that is recognized and/or accredited by the Commission
on Higher Education (CHED)
An architect with a valid Certificate of Registration and Professional Identification Card and
active practitioner of architecture for at least ten (10) years on the date of his/her appointment
In Romanesque architecture, it is architectural detail that serves as the termination
between the wall and the roof*
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Blind arcading
Corbel Table
Dwarf Gallery
Spina
Correct answer
Corbel Table
It is the first all-steel building built in the Philippines.*
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Manila Hotel
Philippine General Hospital
San Sebastian Church
Philippine Normal School
What are the requirements before you can practice architecture in the Philippines?*
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Certificate of Registration
Professional Identification Card
Oath
All of the above
Correct answer
All of the above
When the Owner therefore fails to implement the plans and documents for construction
as prepared by the Architect, the Architect is entitled to receive as compensation the
sum corresponding to ___________ of the Architect's fee.*
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95%
90%
85%
98%
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