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Theory of Architecture

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 23mins

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1.

His treatise The Four Books of Architecture made him one of the most influential figures in Western architecture.

a)

Sebastiano Serilio

b)

Leon Battista Alberti

c)

Andrea Palladio

d)

Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

2.

It contains Palladio's own designs celebrating the purity and simplicity of classical architecture.

a)

The Four Books of Architecture

b)

Canon of the Five Orders of Architecture

c)

Two Rules of Practical Perspective

d)

Complete Works on Architecture and Perspective

3.

He introduced of ancient Roman architecture in France and pioneered the use of high-quality illustrations to supplement the text.

a)

Andrea Palladio

b)

Sebastiano Serilio

c)

Leon Battista Alberti

d)

Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

4.

His two published books helped formulate the canon of classical architectural style.

a)

Andrea Palladio

b)

Leon Battista Alberti

c)

Giacomo Barocci Da Vignola

d)

Sebastiano Serilio

5.

First architectural handbook that emphasized the practical rather than the theoretical aspects of architecture.

a)

Canon of the Five Orders of Architecture

b)

Ten Books of Architecture

c)

Complete Works on Architecture and Perspective

d)

The Four Books of Architecture

6.

He was the prototype of the Renaissance "Universal Man"

a)

Giacomo Barocci Da Vignola

b)

Sebastiano Serilio

c)

Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

d)

Leon Battista Alberti

7.

What book written by Alberti stated that a great structure must be stable/useful, aesthetically pleasing, and decorated well, and each element must work with the others to create a consistent and unified whole?

a)

De Pictura

b)

Two Rules of Practical Perspective

c)

Ten Books of Architecture

d)

De Re Aedificatoria

8.

Declares the importance of painting as a base for Architecture.

a)

De Re Aedificatoria

b)

De Pictura

c)

De Architectura

9.

Known for the Vitruvian Rule of Aesthetic

a)

Sebastiano Serilio

b)

Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

c)

Giacomo Barocci Da Vignola

d)

Leon Battista Alberti

10.

It differentiates the intellectual from the practical knowledge in architectural education, but it has come to signify the total basis for judging the merits of buildings or building projects.

a)

Complete Works on Architecture and Perspective

b)

Ten Books of Architecture

c)

Theories of Architecture

d)

Two Rules of Practical Perspective

11.

Father of Landscape Architecture.

a)

Daniel Burnham

b)

Ebenezer Howard

c)

Frederick Law Olmstead

d)

I.P. Santos

12.

Father of Philippine Landscape and Architecture.

a)

Juan Nakpil

b)

I.P. Santos

c)

Federico Illustre

d)

Cesar Concio

13.

It is the design of outdoor areas, landmarks, and structures to achieve environmental, social-behavioral, or aesthetic outcomes.

a)

Softscape

b)

Urban Planning

c)

Tropical Design

d)

Landscape Architecture

14.

Which is NOT among the considerations of site development?

a)

Slope

b)

Focalization

c)

Steps

d)

Excavation and Grading

15.

The effective use of components in a design to express a main idea through consistent style.

a)

Balance

b)

Transition

c)

Unity

d)

Proportion

16.

The leading of visual observation towards a feature by placement of this feature at the vanishing point between radial or approaching lines.

a)

Focalization

b)

Transition

c)

Rhythm

d)

Proportion

17.

It comprises the animate, horitcultural elements of landscape design.

a)

Hardscape

b)

Site Development

c)

Site Furnishing

d)

Softscape

18.

This term is used by practitioners of landscape architecture and garden design to describe the construction materials which are used to improve a landscape by design.

a)

Woodwork

b)

Hard Landscape

c)

Masonry

d)

Softscape

19.

Which is NOT an element of hardscape?

a)

Gazebo

b)

Conifers

c)

Bollards

d)

Sculptures

20.

It is a planned space set aside for display, cultivation, or enjoyment of plants and other forms of nature.

a)

Parks

b)

Garden

c)

Resort

d)

Greenhouse

21.

This model shows that the city grows in radial expansion from the center to form a series of concentric zones.

a)

Hoyt Model

b)

Multiple Nuclei Model

c)

Radial Model

d)

Concentric Zone Model

22.

It is the modification of the concentric zone model of city development that allows an outward progression of growth

a)

Hoyt Model

b)

Concentric Zone Model

c)

Multiple Nuclei Model

d)

Radial Model

23.

He's an economist who examined the spatial variations in household rent in 1942 American cities.

a)

E.W. Burgess

b)

Homer Hoyt

c)

Chauncy Harris

d)

Eduard Ullman

24.

Cities tend to grow around not one but several districts.

a)

Concentric Zone Model

b)

Sector Model

c)

Radial Model

d)

Multiple Nuclei Model

25.

The Multiple Nuclei Model was developed in __________.

a)

1955

b)

1845

c)

1945

d)

1950

26.

He pioneered the American park system and was a social reformer who was concerned with the moral disintegration in large formless cities.

a)

Ebenezer Howard

b)

Frederick Law Olmstead

c)

Daniel Burnham

d)

Clarence Stain

27.

Ebenezer Howard, through this movement, showed how workable and livable cities could be formed within a capitalist framework.

a)

The Conservationist and The Park Movement

b)

The Garden City Movement

c)

City Beautiful Movement

d)

New Community Movement

28.

Three magnets in his paradigm depicted both the city and the countryside had both advantages and disadvantages.

a)

Daniel Burnham

b)

Ebenezer Howard

c)

Frederick Law Olmstead

d)

E.W. Burgess

29.

This movement gave way to the city functional concepts including zoning.

a)

New Community Movement

b)

City Beautiful Movement

c)

Garden City Movement

d)

Park Movement

30.

This concept alloted walkways for pedestrians to reach social places without crossing the roads.

a)

Super Block Concept

b)

Neighborhood Unit

c)

Radburn's Concept

d)

New Community Movement

31.

This is the space for buildings within the street patterns of a city, and form the basic unit of a city's urban fabric.

a)

Neighborhood Unit

b)

City Blocks

c)

Residential Streets

d)

Cul-de-sacs

32.

This was suggested as cul-de-sacs to eliminate through traffic and park space flows into the neighborhood.

a)

Residential Streets

b)

City Blocks

c)

Neighborhood Units

d)

Main roads

33.

These are medium to large sections of the city, conceived of as having two-dimensional extent, which the observer mentally enters ''inside of'' and which are recognizable as having some common, identifying character.

a)

Nodes

b)

Landmarks

c)

Edges

d)

District

34.

These are points and strategic spots in

a city into which an observer can enter,

and which are the intensive foci to and

from which he is traveling.

a)

Nodes

b)

Districts

c)

Landmark

d)

Edges

35.

These are typically seen from many

angles and distances, over the tops of

smaller elements, and used as radial

references.

a)

Nodes

b)

Districts

c)

Landmark

d)

Edges

36.

According to the Responsive Movement, which does NOT affect the choices of people when it comes to looking at a design of a place?

a)

Permeability

b)

Robustness

c)

Popularity

d)

Visual Appropriateness

37.

The physical patterns, layouts, and structures that make up an urban center.

a)

Organic Urban Form

b)

Urban Form

c)

Planned Urban Form

d)

Landform

38.

This greatly influences the location of cities since they are dependent on geography

a)

Transportation

b)

Worship and Government

c)

Education and Culture

d)

Housing

39.

The process by which large numbers of people become permanently concentrated in relatively small areas, forming cities.

a)

Urban Planning

b)

Urbanization

c)

Migration

d)

Housing

40.

Which among the mentioned cities is NOT part of the top 5 best cities in the world (2019) according to the Business Insider?

a)

Melbourne, Australia

b)

Auckland, New Zealand

c)

London, United Kingdom

d)

Los Angeles, US

41.

Refers to the unrestricted growth in many urban areas of housing, commercial development, and roads over large expanses of land, with little concern for urban planning.

a)

Leapfrog Development

b)

Urban Sprawl

c)

Migration

d)

Urbanization

42.

Which is NOT a consequence of migration?

a)

Urban Crimes

b)

Job Sprawl

c)

Over Population

d)

Inadequate Facilities and Supplies

43.

This is one of the major factors of urbanization.

a)

Availability of transportation

b)

Proper infrastructure and availability of utilities

c)

Growth of private sector

d)

Infrastructure facilities

44.

This road usually consists of a mixture

of signaled intersections, roundabouts, traffic circles, or stop signs, often in the form of a four-way stop.

a)

Local road

b)

Collector road

c)

Arterial road

d)

Expressway

45.

A controlled-access highway provides an unhindered flow of traffic, with no traffic signals, intersections or property access.

a)

Expressway

b)

Arterial Roads

c)

Collector Roads

d)

Local Roads