Questions and Answers

1. The Contractor shall submit the following before Final

Payment is to be released except for:

A 3 copies of directory of Panel boards with list of circuits,
. instructions and Manuals for Operating and Maintenance of
Fixture and Equipment and Keying Schedule
B Guarantee Bond equivalent to 40% of the Contract Price
. covering a period of one year after the Final Acceptance of the
Work.
C. Certificate of Final Building Occupancy.
D Original and 3 sets of prints of As-Built Drawings of the
. finished project.
2. An English Architect who prepared plan for London i.e., St.
Peter s and St. Paul Cathedral; proposed a network of
avenues connecting the main features of London.
3. A ____________ is a wall which extends vertically from
lowest portion of the wall which adjoins two living units up to a
minimum height of 0.30 meters above the highest portion of
the roof and extends horizontally 0.30 meters beyond the
outermost edge of the abutting living units?
A.
Block
B.
Fireblock
C.
Firewall
D.
Blotline wall
4. Architectural programming is one of the architects services
that falls under:
A.
Pre Design
B.
Design
C.
Design-Build
D.
Specialized Services
5. Entities, agencies, organizations & the like that have been
accredited/registered with the Board of Architecture of the
Professional Regulation Commission to deliver seminars,
lectures, & other Continuing Professional Education Modules
for Architects, other than the IAPOA which is automatically
accredited by the Board of Architecture.
A. United Architects of the Philippines
B.
CPD Providers
C.Integrated Accredited Professional Organization of Architects
D.
National Convention
6. The memorial column built in the form of tall Doric order and
made entirely f marble is;
A. Column of Antoninus Pius
B.
Trajans Column
C. Column of Marcus Aurelius
D.
Column of Dioelectian
7. Often enclosed and secluded the street, whose high density
and variety of planning conveys a garden image. It
sometimes includes flower planters and a water feature and
usually supplies a variety of seating possibilities.
A.
City plaza
B.
Garden Oasis
C.
City square
D.
Street plaza
8. Which article is NOT included in the Owner Contractor
Agreement?
A. Time of Completion and Liquidated Damages
B. Performance & Payment Bonds
C.
Cost Records
D.
Payments
9. Early type of settlement in America taken after the boug
(military town) and fauborg (citizens town) of the medieval
ages.
A. The European Planned City
B.
Medieval Bastide

Medieval Organic City

Laws of the Indies Towns
10. He is a registered & licensed architect, who is academically
and professionally qualified, & with exceptional or
recognized expertise or specialization in any branch of
architecture;
A.
Architect-of-record
B.
Consulting Architect
C.
Architect
D. Architect-in-charge of the construction
11. Contract Documents shall be the property of the_________.
A.
Owner
B.
Project Manager
C.
Architect
D.
Contractor
12. The architect who said that the exterior of the building is the
result of the interior.
A.
Mies Van de Rohe
B.
Le Corbusier
C.
Frank Lloyd Wright
D.
William Ruskin
13. When the owner hires an Architect of a firm to coordinate
the whole range of Comprehensive Architectural Services, it
shall constitute?
A.
Design-Build
B.
Labor Supervision
C.
Project Management
D.
Construction Service
14. The sacred enclosure found in the highest part of a Greek
city is called:
A.
Peribolas
B.
Temenos
C.
Corps de Logis
D.
Pteroma
15. Enclosure formed by huge stones planted on the ground in
circular form.
A.
Menhir
B.
Cromlech
C.
Dolmen
D.
Tumulus
16. PD 957: In Design Standards for Residential Condominium
Projects, offsite parking is allowed but must NOT be more
how many meters away from the building it serves?
A.
31 meters
B.
50 meters
C.
100 meters
D.
150 meters
17. Within how many months shall be the release of Retention
from date of Final Payment?
A.
2 months
B.
3 months
C.
4 months
D.
6 months
18. Which of the following situation would trigger the owner to
suspend work?
A. Bankruptcy-Declared by BIR
B.
Insubordination
C Non-payment of contactors debt/non superintendence of
. contractor
D.
All of the above
19. The _________ shall submit ________ copies of shop
drawings for the architects approval
A.
Engineer/ 5
B.
Sub-contractor/4
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Project representative/5
Contractor/2
20. It is the third phase of English-Gothic Architecture where
elaborated ornamental vaulting, and refinement of
stonecutting techniques.
Perpendicular style
Rayonnant style
Decorated style
Rococo style
21. Tomb of Atreus, a noted example of the tholos type of tomb
is also known as:
Mausoleum, Helicarnassos
Tomb of Clytemnestra
Tomb of Agamemnon
Thersilion, Megapolis
22. A full time construction inspector hired by owner assisting in
the supervision of the work.
Project Representative
Engineer
Architect
Contractor
23. It refers to contracts or arrangements involving the transfer
of systematic knowledge for the manufacture of a product
Technology transfer
Transfer of Record
Contract Documents
Technical Transfer
24. Under PD 1096 the executive officer of OBO appointed by
the secretary to enforce the provision of the code in the field
as well as the enforcement or orders and decisions made
pursuant thereto.
Architect
Urban Planner
Building Official
City Engineer
25. It is a traditional house that was called binangiyan. It was a
single room dwelling elevated at 1.50 meters from the
ground; the floor were made of hard wood like narra which
rested on 3 floor joist which in turn were supported by
transverse girders.
Kankanay
Badjao
Bontoc
Kalinga
26. He is remembered for his Ideal Cities star shaped plans
with street radiating from central point, usually proposed for
a church, palace or castle.
Leonardo Da Vinci
Leon Battista Alberti
Pierre Charles L Enfant
Sir Christopher Wren
27. It is the first Development Garden City where it is a
combination of landscaping, informal street layouts, and
main axis focusing on town center.
Savannah
Welwyn
Letchworth
Hampstead Garden Suburbs
28. In a PERT CPM. ____________is a starting node to two or
more activities
Concurrent node
Merge node
Simultaneous nodes
Burst node
29. Which of the following is NOT the architects responsibility in

relation to the contractor?

A The Architect shall immediately upon his personal knowledge
. and inspection, reject or condemn materials, equipment or
workmanship which are not in conformity with the Contract
Documents in order not to cause Unnecessary delay and
additional expense to the Contractor,
B The Architect shall not knowingly call upon the Contractor to
. correct or remedy oversights or errors in the Contract
Documents to the Contractors financial advantage.
C The Architect shall give the contractor every reasonable aid to
. enable him to fully understand the contents of the Contract
Documents by furnishing clear, definite and consistent
information in all pertinent contract documents to avoid
unnecessary mistakes that may involve extra costs to the
Contractor.
D The Architect shall consider the needs and stipulation of the
. Contractor and the effect of his work upon the life and wellbeing of the public and community as a whole
30. A key housing agency that assist private developers to
undertake low and middle income mass housing production
A.National Home Mortgage & Finance Corporation (NHMFC)
B. Home Insurance & Guarantee Corporation (HIGC)
C. Housing & Land Use Regulatory Board (HLURB)
D. National Housing Authority (NHA)
31. After ___________ substantial completion of contract work,
the architect shall inspect the project & issue certificate of
completion after certification, the contractor will finish
outstanding work during period of making good of all known
defect of 60 days.
A.
90%
B.
95%
C.
98%
D.
100%
32. Refers to the most reasonable price of land and shelter
based on the needs and financial capability of program
beneficiaries and appropriate financial schemes (RA 7279).
A.
Financial range
B.
Affordable cost
C. House rental wage range
D.
Lower housing rate
33. A British pioneered in regional Planning for the Doncaster
area (1920-1922) and East Kent; Involved in greater London
Plan; Use of open space as structuring element.
A.
Clarence Perry
B. Leslie Patrick Abercrombie
C.
Henry Wright
D.
Andres Duany
34. Le Corbusier planned a high density building that was a
super building that contained 337 dwellings in only acres
of land. What is the structure that supposed to be located in
Marseilles?
A.
Unite d Habitation
B.
Brasilia
C.
The Mile High tower
D.
Ecumenopolis
35. The approved form of security furnished by the Contractor
as a guarantee of good faith on the part of the contractor to
execute the work in accordance with terms of the Contract.
A.
Guarantee Bond
B.
Surety Bond
C.
Performance Bod
D.
Payment Bond
36. It is the eclectic style of domestic architecture of the 1870s
and the 1880s in England and the USA and actually based

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on country house and cottage Elizabeth architecture which

was characterized by a blending of Tudor Gothic, English
Renaissance and colonial elements in the USA:
Mannerist Phase
Queen Anne style
Jacobean Architecture
Stuart Architecture
37. It was the first law passed by the national assembly in 1921
where the maestros de obra or the master builders are
required to register as architects?
Engineers and Architects Law Act no. 2986
Engineers and Architects Law Act no. 2896
Engineers and Architects Law Act no. 9286
Engineers and Architects Law Act no. 8296
38. The father of modern picture books of Architecture
Andrea Palladio
Leon Battista Alberti
Philibert De Lorme
Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola
39. A style in the architecture Italy I the second half of the 16th
century and to a lesser extent elsewhere in Europe. It uses
classical elements in an unconventional manner.
Illusionism
Mannerism
Palladianism
Abstract
40. The architect of a housing project was given Php
300,000.00 for the first unit he designed. How much will he
receive for the tenth housing unit to be constructed?
41. Whose theory is the explanation of residential land uses in
terms of wedge-shaped sectors radial to the city center
along established lines of transportation.
Homer Hoyt
Kevin Lynch
Ernest Burgess
Jane Jacobs
42. Condominium & Subdivision Buyers Protective Law.
PD 1295
PD 957
PD 9514
PD 1216
43. The Grandest Temple of all Egyptian temples, it was not
built by upon one complete plan but owes its size,
disposition and magnificence to the work of many Kings.
Built from the 12th Dynasty to the Ptolemaic period.
Great Temple of Ammon, Karnak
The Great temple of Abu-Simbel
Temple of Queen HATSHEPSUT
Temple of Ramsesseum, Thebes
44. The building that serve as a senate house for the chief
dignitaries of the city and as a palace where distinguished
visitors and citizens might be entertained.
Bouleuterion
Thersihon
Prytaneion
Diathyros
45. Defining open space in residential subdivision
PD 957
PD 1216
BP 220
PD 579
46. In methods of compensation, if the Architect as Project
Manager performs regular architectural services for the
same project, he is compensated separately for these
services as stipulated in what UAP Documents?

UAP Doc 201

UAP Doc 202
UAP Doc 203
UAP Doc 204
47. The man of learning can fearlessly look down upon the
troublesome accidents of fortune. But he who thinks himself
entrenched in defense not of learning but of luck, moves
one slippery path, struggling though life unsteadily and
insecurely.
A. A New Architecture by Frank Lloyd Wright
B. Ten books of Architecture by Marcus Vitruvius
C. Space, Time and Architecture by Sigfried Gideon
D. The Poetry of Architecture by John Ruskin
48. The value of extra work or change in construction plans by
the owner.
A Unit prices provided credit does not exceed 10 percent of
. original contract
B.Actual direct cost plus 15 percent for profit, overhead and tax
C. Value included in contingencies
D. Estimate and acceptance in lump sum
49. Published the book called Fields, Factories and
Workshops; or Industry Combined with Agriculture with
manual work.
A.
Antonio Santelia
B.
Don Soria y Mata
C.
Eugene Henard
D.
Peter Kropotkin
50. The architect who claimed that: The ultimate goal of the
new architecture was the composite but inseparable work of
an art, in which the old dividing line between monumental
and decorative elements will have disappeared forever.
A.
Frank Lloyd Wright
B.
Le Corbusier
C.
Walter Gropius
D.
Mies Van de Rohe
51. The Greek council house which is covered meeting place for
the democratically-elected council is called:
A.
Bouleuterion
B.
Thersihon
C.
Prytaneion
D.
Diathyros
52. PD 1185: Which of the following denotes a fire involving
flammable liquids and gasses?
A.
Class A Fire
B.
Class B Fire
C.
Class C Fire
D.
Class D Fire
A.
B.
C.
D.