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Arch 161 Midterms Study

Total questions: 69

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

It is the art and science of designing and constructing buildings.

a)

Engineering

b)

Carpenter

c)

Construction

d)

Architecture

2.

It's the conscious use of skill, craft, and creative imagination in the production of what is beautiful, appealing.

a)

Architecture

b)

Art

c)

Aesthetics

d)

Beauty

3.

The branch of Philosophy that deals with the nature of art, beauty, and taste, with a view to establishing the meaning and validity of critical judgements.

a)

Art

b)

Delight

c)

Aesthetics

d)

Beauty

4.

The aggregate of qualities in a person or thing that gives intense pleasure to the senses or deep satisfaction of the mind or spirt.

a)

Beauty

b)

Aesthetics

c)

Art

d)

Taste

5.

A high degree of pleasure or enjoyment.

a)

Aesthetics

b)

Delight

c)

Taste

d)

Art

6.

It's the critical judgement, discernment, or appreciation of what is fitting, harmonious

or beautiful prevailing in a culture or personal.

a)

Taste

b)

Art

c)

Delight

d)

Aesthetics

7.

The aspect of architecture and interior design that deals with the planning, layout. design, and furnishing

of spaces within a proposed or existing building.

a)

Engineering

b)

Technology

c)

Interior Design

d)

Space Planning

8.

The art, business, or profession of planning the design and supervising the

execution of architectural interiors.

a)

Urban Design

b)

Environmental Design

c)

Interior Design

d)

Exterior Design

9.

The aspect of architecture and city planning that deals with the design

of urban structures and spaces.

a)

Urban Design

b)

Interior Design

c)

Environmental Design

d)

Technology Design

10.

The ordering of the physical environment by means of architecture, engineering, construction,

landscape architecture, urban design, and city planning.

a)

Urban Design

b)

Environmental Design

c)

City Design

d)

Interior Design

11.

A branch of knowledge dealing with a body of facts or truths obtained by direct observation, experimental

investigation, and methodical study, systematically arranged and showing the operation of general laws.


a)

Mathematics

b)

Chemistry

c)

Science

d)

Engineering

12.

Applied science: the branch of knowledge that deals with the creation and use of technical methods and materials,

and their Interrelation with life, society, and the environment.

a)

Science

b)

Architecture

c)

Engineering

d)

Technology

13.

The art and science of applying scientific principles to practical ends in the design and

construction of structures, equipment and systems.

a)

Engineering

b)

Architecture

c)

Behavioral S]tesss mommmy

14.

Any of the sciences, as sociology and anthropology, that seek to discover general truths

from the observation of human behavior in society.

a)

Engineering

b)

Behavioral Science

c)

Chemistry

15.

It's the Greek word for architecture.

a)

Arkitekkon

b)

Arkitekton

c)

Arkhetekton

d)

Arkhitekton

16.

A purposeful activity aimed at devising a plan for changing an existing situation into a future preferred state.

a)

Schematics

b)

Programming

c)

Design Process

d)

Design Development

17.

Which does this fall under?

Determining client needs, preferences, operations and aspirations

a)

Programming

b)

Schematics

c)

Contract Documents

d)

Construction

18.

Which does this fall under?

Determine project constraints, parameters

a)

Construction Administration

b)

Programming

c)

Schematics

d)

Design Development

19.

Which does this fall under?

Problem definition

a)

Construction Administration

b)

Design Development

c)

Schematics

d)

Programming

20.

Which does this fall under?

Concept getting towards solution

a)

Schematics

b)

Design Development

c)

Contract Documents

d)

Programming

21.

Which does this fall under?

Collaboration of different disciplines as demanded by the design

a)

Design Development

b)

Schematics

c)

Contract Documents

d)

Construction Administration

22.

Which does this fall under?

Formulating schemes with client involvement

a)

Construction Administration

b)

Contract Documents

c)

Programming

d)

Schematics

23.

Which does this fall under?

Production of working drawings, estimates and specifications

a)

Programming

b)

Design Development

c)

Contract Documents

d)

Schematics

24.

Which does this fall under?

Making the scheme definitive and realistic

a)

Programming

b)

Schematics

c)

Design Development

d)

Contract Documents

25.

Which does this fall under?

Decision making on specific concerns

a)

Design Development

b)

Contract Documents

c)

Construction Administration

d)

Programming

26.

Which does this fall under?

Preparation of bid documents and selection of contractors

a)

Schematics

b)

Contract Documents

c)

Construction Administration

d)

Design Development

27.

Which does this fall under?

Application of various government permits

a)

Construction Administration

b)

Design Development

c)

Programming

d)

Contract Documents

28.

Which does this fall under?

Design implementation

a)

Contract Documents

b)

Programming

c)

Design Development

d)

Construction Administration

29.

Which does this fall under?

the architects' role vary depending on the demand of the project and client

a)

Construction Administration

b)

Schematics

c)

Contract Documents

d)

Programming

30.

Which does this fall under?

Management and administration of construction

a)

Programming

b)

Contract Documents

c)

Schematics

d)

Construction Administration

31.

It is a form that is proportionally similar in all dimensions (base or plinth).

a)

Shape

b)

Form

c)

Plane

d)

Mass

32.

It is a form that is proportionally similar in two dimensions and significantly smaller in the third (wall).

a)

Plane

b)

Shape

c)

Form

d)

Void

33.

A system for the way generic forms are assembled in order to define the space.

a)

Architecture

b)

Tectonics

c)

Arcadia

d)

Tertiary Architecture

34.

the Greek word "tektonikos" meaning what?

a)

sketching a layout

b)

power in the pen

c)

making a sketch

d)

pertaining to construction.

35.

It refers to the physical character of architecture. It defines the limits of space and determines ways it might be inhabited.

a)

Void

b)

Visual Weight

c)

Form

d)

Shape

36.

It is a form that is proportionally similar in two dimensions and significantly longer in the third (beam).

a)

Mass

b)

Frame

c)

Plane

d)

Hearth

e)

Your Mom

37.

It is any formal element that acts as a focal point.

a)

Hearth

b)

Mass

c)

Plane

d)

Frame

38.

The characteristic outline or surface configuration of a particular form. It's the principal

aspect by which we identify and categorize forms.

a)

Shape

b)

Form

c)

Plane

d)

Your Mom

39.

It is the physical dimensions of length, width, and depth of a form.

a)

Size

b)

Form

c)

Scale

d)

Dimensions

40.

It is a phenomenon of light and visual perception that may be described in terms

of an Individual's perception of hue, saturation, and tonal value.

a)

Tint

b)

Hue

c)

Color

d)

Texture

41.

It is the visual and especially tactile quality given to a surface by the

size, shape, arrangement, and proportions of the parts.

a)

Saturation

b)

Contrast

c)

Color

d)

Texture

42.

It is the location of a form relative to Its environment or the visual field within which it is seen.

a)

Position

b)

Visual Inertia

c)

Visual Weight

d)

Orientation

43.

It is the direction of a form relative to the ground plane, the compass points,

other forms, or to the person viewing the form.

a)

Plane

b)

Orientation

c)

Shape

d)

Position

44.

It is the degree of concentration and stability of a form.

a)

Visual Inertia

b)

Visual Stability

c)

Visual Weight

d)

Your Mom

45.

It refers to any figure having only two dimensions, such as a flat plane. It can also allude to a curved two-dimensional locus of points defining the boundary of a three-dimensional solid.

a)

Texture

b)

Surface

c)

Plane

d)

Form

46.

A form can be transformed by subtracting a portion of its volume.

a)

Addictive Transformation

b)

Dimensional Transformation

c)

Transformation

d)

Subtractive Transformation

47.

A form can be transformed by the addition of elements to its volume.

a)

Your Mom is transforming

b)

Addictive Transformation

c)

Subtractive Transformation

d)

Dimensional Transformation

48.

This type of relationship relles on the close proximity of the forms or their sharing of

a common visual trait, such as shape, color, or material.

a)

Spatial Tension

b)

Edge to Edge Contact

c)

Face to Face Contact

d)

Interlocking Volumes

49.

In this type of relationship, the forms share a common edge and can pivot about that edge.

a)

Edge to Edge Contact

b)

Interlocking Volume

c)

Spatial Tension

d)

Surface Articulation

50.

This type of relationship requires that the two forms have corresponding planar

surfaces which are parallel to each other.

a)

Spatial Tension

b)

Interlocking Volumes

c)

Face-to-Face Contact

d)

Edge to Edge Contact

51.

In this type of relationship, the forms interpenetrate each other's space.

a)

Spatial Tension

b)

Interlocking Volumes

c)

Face to Face Contact

d)

Edge To Edge Contact

52.

Our perception of the shape, size, scale, proportion, and visual weight of a plane is

influenced by its surface properties as well as its visual context.

a)

Texture

b)

Visual Inertia

c)

Visual Weight

d)

Surface Articulation

53.

Which categories of concern in concept getting does this fall under?

space organization, space relationship and arrangement; Client operations.

a)

Building envelope

b)

Functional Grouping and Zoning

c)

Architectural space

d)

Response to Context

54.

Which categories of concern in concept getting does this fall under?

Quality of space, interiors. Provision of comfort and enhancement of function and experience.

a)

Architectural space

b)

Circulation and Building form

c)

Response to Context

d)

Functional Grouping and Zoning

55.

Which categories of concern in concept getting does this fall under?
exterior façade, roof, fenestrations, materials and utilities involved.

a)

Functional Grouping and Zoning

b)

Architectural space

c)

Circulation and Building form

d)

Building envelope

56.

Which categories of concern in concept getting does this fall under?

Building character, accessibility, efficiency of layouts and utilities

a)

Building envelope

b)

Response to Context

c)

Functional Grouping and Zoning

d)

Circulation and Building form

57.

Which categories of concern in concept getting does this fall under?

site planning, pedestrian and vehicular circulation, landscape concerns, environmental and ecological considerations

a)

Functional Grouping and Zoning

b)

Response to Context

c)

Circulation and Building form

d)

Architectural space

58.

It's moving in or forming a straight line and is characterized by straight lines.

a)

Rectilinear

b)

Curvilinear

c)

Linear

d)

Radial

59.

The arranging of parts or elements into proper proportion or relation so as to form a unified whole.

a)

Perspective

b)

Position

c)

Orientation

d)

Composition

60.

volume is the largest element, the most interesting and dramatic in character.

a)

Dominant

b)

Subdominant

c)

Subordinate

d)

Lei is Dominant

61.

complements the dominant in character.

a)

Dominant

b)

Subdominant

c)

Subordinate

d)

Lei is Dominant

62.

makes the design still more interestingly by introducing a third visual element and axis.

a)

Dominant

b)

Subdominant

c)

Subordinate

d)

Lei is Dominant

63.

It refers to the proportion within a form: length to width to thickness.

a)

Comparative Proportions

b)

Inherent Proportion

c)

Overall Proportion

64.

They are the proportions of one form in relation to another, think of a tall, thin person

compared with a short, stocky one.

a)

Comparative Proportions

b)

Inherent Proportion

c)

Overall Proportion

65.

It refers to the character or overall configuration of a group of forms.

a)

Comparative Proportions

b)

Inherent Proportion

c)

Overall Proportion

66.

It refers to an imaginary line through the center of the longest dimension of the

form and indicates the strongest movement of form.

a)

Parallel lines

b)

Perpendicular lines

c)

Skew lines

d)

Axis

67.

It describes a situation in which the axis of a volume, plane, or line need the axis (axes) of other volumes.

a)

Interdependent Balance

b)

Dependent Balance

c)

Independent Balance

d)

Precarious Balance

68.

It refers to the condition in which a line or volume in a static composition is independently

related to the vertical and or the horizontal axis.

a)

Independent Balance

b)

Interdependent Balance

c)

Dependent Balance

d)

Precarious Balance

69.

It describes the situation in which one gets the feeling of balance but ever so slightly-

a)

Interlocking Balance

b)

Dependent Balance

c)

Precarious Balance

d)

Independent Balance