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Q3) Which of the following would result to the best site circulation?
Answer: Limiting parking area traffic to a single entrance away from the pedestrian walks.
Q4) What environmental issue is associated with refrigerants used in HVAC&R systems?
Answer: Damage to the Earth's ozone layer
Q5) Which of the following is a long-term plan that is required of the entire local government unit in the
Philippines?
Answer: Comprehensive development plan.
Q6) The Triple Bottom Line evaluates the human and environment effects associated with these:
Answer: Social, economics and environment
Q7) If land is limited, which of the following is the best way to plan parking lots?
Answer: 30-degree parking on both sides of a one-way loop system.
Q8) A builder agrees in a contract to use a certain kind of interior paint. However, he delays purchasing the
paint until absolutely necessary, hoping the price will go down. When the building is nearly completed and
is ready to be painted, he discovers that the paint is no longer being manufactured. He then uses a lower-
cost brand of paint without notifying the client. This builder has committed:
Answer: misfeasance
Q11) A tool used to control the manner in which raw land is subdivided and placed on the market for
residential development.
Answer: Subdivision Regulations
Q12) Which of the following are not routinely inspected under a preventative maintenance program?
Answer: Furniture
Q13) An unoccupied space other than a yard bounded on three sides by building lines with one side
bounded by another open space whether public or private.
Answer: Open court
Q14) Which two of the following are of prime importance in a metes-and-bounds description?
I. Roads, fences, and utilities must be documented.
II. The description must begin at some identifiable, known point.
III. The elevation described must be above sea level.
IV. The description must close.
Answer: II and IV
Q17) In urban geography, a concept where urban settlement is confined to the area within the legal limits
of the city and the congestion and virtually all of this area is occupied by urban residents.
Answer: Truebounded City
Q20) The __________ of the atmosphere act(s) as a sun block for the Earth, filtering harmful radiation from
the sun.
Answer: ozone layer
Q21) The __________ provides for the legal protection of the ozone layer.
Answer: Montreal Protocol
Q22) A good public sidewalk should be designed in which of the following ways?
Answer: Wide enough to be slightly crowded at peak periods
Q23) The floor area assigned to that use divided by the unit area per occupant.
Answer: Occupant load
Q24) What international treaty was developed to protect the ozone layer by minimizing or eliminating
destructive activities?
Answer: Montreal Protocol
Q25) Which of the following best describes the criss-crossing of overhead highways, which sometimes
presents a clover-leaf form?
Answer: Flyover
Q1) The Erechtheion is less a single temple and more an assemblage of shrines. Who does it honor?
1. Athena
2. Poseidon
3. Kekrops
4. Erechtheus
Answer: All
Q2) The cross-in square style would most often be found in a _________ Church?
Answer: Byzantine
Q5) His first designs were drawings of fantastic architectural visions in steel and glass as well as costume
and poster design.
Answer: Erich Mendelsohn
Q7) Architect who leads the development of the Quezon Memorial Circle in Quezon City.
Answer: Francisco Manosa
Q8) The culmination of all the elements of design which suggests harmony.
Answer: Unity
Q9) In Barcelona, Antonio Gaudi designed buildings in a style that became known as _______?
Answer: Art Nouveau
Q10) In 1989 he received the pritzker prize commonly referred to as The Noble of Architecture the
loftiest recognition. It is a lifetime achievement award granted to living architect whose body of work
represents a superlative contribution to the field.
Answer: Frank Gehry
Q11) Architect who designed and advocated the geodesic dome for cities of tomorrow was _______.
Answer: Buckminster Fuller
Q13) The size of a building element or space relative to the dimensions and proportion of human body.
Answer: human scale
Q14) A system of elements ranked, classified, and organized one above another, according to importance
or significance?
Answer: alignment
Q15) What is the spherical roof placed like an inverted cup over a circular, square, or multiangular
apartment?
Answer: cupola
Q16) Largest medieval cathedral in Europe, with exception of s. Peter's Rome. The largest church in the
world is _______.
Answer: Seville Cathedral
Q18) This jewel of Muslim art became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983. It was built by the Mughal
emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his third wife. What is this historical and renowned building?
Answer: Taj Mahal
Q19) Strictly, a pedestal at the corners or peak of a roof to support an ornament, more usually, the
ornament itself.
Answer: Acroterion
Q22) What architectural term is termed to be free from any historical style?
Answer: Art Noveau
Q23) What type of art outlines the crude realities of life, like filthy dustbins, mud, dirty works and vulgar
situations?
Answer: pop
Q24) He was a leading Japanese architect who predicted a "Transition from the Age of the Machine to the
Age of Life" in 1958. Who was this architect?
Answer: Kisho Kurokawa
Q25) This renowned Filipino Architect is also a musician and a national artist. He designed the Cultural
Center of the Philippines.
Answer: Leandro Locsin
Q1) Slight curvature of the Doric order.
Answer: entasis
Q2) His work was with simple forms, the distillation from history and the order of industrial
techniques, these designs of bold, pure, simple forms offered both architectural integrity and
structural honesty.
Answer: Mies van de Rohe
Q4) Under additive composition, what type of form composition is "The 1 Mile High Illinois by FLW?
Answer: linear form
Q5) Assessing how well an implemented solution in use satisfies the specified goals and criteria.
Answer: reevaluation
Q7) Contributions where the advocacy of the idea of planning rooms by volume.
Answer: Oscar Niemeyer
Q10) Architect of Our Lady at EDSA shrine of the 1986 Filipino Revolution.
Answer: Francisco Maosa
Answer: Dulang
Q12) Which of the following explains the mechanism by which the concept of territoriality operates,
particularly in animals?
Answer: Provides a frame in which things are done -places to learn, play or hide.
Q18) Which is the correct spelling of the contemporary name of this amphitheater?
Answer: Colosseum
Q20) Most prominent Art Nouveau architect whose works includes the Guell Palace in Spain is _____.
Answer: Antonio Gaudi
Q21) Before the Spaniards came and discovered the Philippines, Islam was already the religion of the
early Filipinos. What is the oldest mosque in the Philippines which was built in 1380?
Answer: Taluksangay Mosque
Q23) In the bahay kubo, the private sleeping room is called ______.
Answer: Silid
Q24) "Architecture is the art of how to waste space." This is a quote from what no-nonsense
modernist?
Answer: Philip Johnson
Q25) He was a German architect and the founder of the Bahaus School of Architecture. He is regarded
as one of the pioneering masters of modern architecture. His dictum was, "Art and Architecture the
New Unity", who was this architect?
Answer: Walter Gropius
Q1) Which of the following activities is NOT within the scope of project management?
Answer: Economic analysis/project feasibility.
Q2) What type of distance is that which is psychological and is indicated by a hidden band that contains
two or more individuals in a group?
Answer: social distance
Q3) What is the purpose of the disks found on the tree trunks where the Ifugao house stands?
Answer: Protection against rats
Q8) What architectural line is prominent in Prarie house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright?
Answer: horizontal
Q9) He termed the "International Style" as "flat chested," because of lack of depth in their facades.
Answer: Frank Lloyd Wright
Q10) In his practice he explores the use of indigenous materials infused with current technological trends
to bring a new dimension in designs.
Answer: Francisco Manosa
Q12) A monumentally scaled column, originating in ancient Greece and Rome where they were erected to
commemorate a naval military victory.
Answer: Rostral column
Q13) "I think white is the most wonderful color of all, because within it one can find every color of the
rainbow." Who is the colorful, still-living architect of this quote?
Answer: Richard Meier
Q18) Andrea Palladio also proposed several methods for determining the height of a room so that it would
be in proper proportion to the room's width and length. Which are NOT the correct proportion for the
ceiling height?
Answer: the height of circular rooms with vaulted ceilings would be one-half greater than their diameter
Q19) The Sydney Opera House is a multi-venue performing arts center located at the Sydney Harbor in
Australia which opened in 1973 after a long gestation that had begun with a competition winning design in
1957. Who designed this iconic building?
Answer: Jorn Utson
Q21) The Ronchamp Church designed by Le Corbusier has the openings slant towards their centers at
varying degrees, thus letting in light at different angles. This glass is sometimes clear, but is often
decorated with small pieces of stained glass in typical Corbusier colors. What is the color Le Corbusier did
not use for this project?
Answer: blue
Q23) What is the spherical roof placed like an inverted cup over a circular, square, or multiangular
apartment?
Answer: cupola
Q25) Spanish architect, one of the most creative practitioners of his art in modern times. His style is often
described as a blend of neo-gothic and art nouveau, but it also has surrealist and cubist elements.
Answer: Antonio Gaudi
Q1) Form that is generated using two or more geometric systems.
Answer: Canonic design
Q2) "Never turn down a job because you think it's too small; you don't know where it can lead." Said by
what important woman architect?
Answer: Julia Morgan
Q3) One of the pioneers of the modern movement in American architecture. Work auditorium building,
U.S.
Answer: Louis Henry Sullivan
Q4) Which architect designed the Farnsworth House, Plano, Illinois? (The Farnsworth House is the ultimate
example of the minimalist style. It is very simply comprised of glass windows, a roof, and a floor).
Answer: Mies van der Rohe
Q5) Which of the following Factors does NOT affect historic style of Architecture?
Answer: land use
Q6) Zaha Hadid is one of the exponent of this architectural style. What is this style?
Answer: Decontructivism
Q7) Architecture seizes upon space encompasses space and is space itself belongs to _______.
Answer: Erich Mendelsohn
Q8) Completing the world-famous Pisa group of cathedral and baptistery is the campanile known as _____.
Answer: Leaning Tower
Q9) Discovered new facilities in the interplay of volumes, planes, levels and better relationship of the light
and view which is one his style in design.
Answer: Oscar Niemeyer
Q12) What type of distance is that which is psychological and is indicated by a hidden band that contains
two or more individuals in a group?
Answer: social distance
Q15) The key elements of Gothic architecture are generally considered to be the pointed arch, the the
flying buttress and the:
Answer: Ribbed vault
Q18) Strictly, a pedestal at the corners or peak of a roof to support an ornament, more usually, the
ornament itself.
Answer: Acroterion
Q19) In his practice he explores the use of indigenous materials infused with current technological trends
to bring a new dimension in designs.
Answer: Francisco Manosa
Q20) The Sydney Opera House is a multi-venue performing arts center located at the Sydney Harbor in
Australia which opened in 1973 after a long gestation that had begun with a competition winning design in
1957. Who designed this iconic building?
Answer: Jorn Utson
Q21) Oldest French gothic cathedrals which was begun by bishop maurice de sully, plan of whichc is on a
bent axial line.
Answer: Notre Dame Cathedral
Q24) Before the Spaniards came and discovered the Philippines, Islam was already the religion of the early
Filipinos. What is the oldest mosque in the Philippines which was built in 1380?
Answer: Taluksangay Mosque
Q25) The Secretariat Building UNESCO Headquarters by Marcel Brauer is what type of spatial organization?
Answer: radial organization
Q1) What must a builder implement to reduce construction and demolition waste?
Answer: A waste management plan
Q3) Which of the following would result to the best site circulation?
Answer: Limiting parking area traffic to a single entrance away from the pedestrian walks.
Q4) What environmental issue is associated with refrigerants used in HVAC&R systems?
Answer: Damage to the Earth's ozone layer
Q5) Which of the following is a long-term plan that is required of the entire local government unit in the
Philippines?
Answer: Comprehensive development plan.
Q6) The Triple Bottom Line evaluates the human and environment effects associated with these:
Answer: Social, economics and environment
Q7) If land is limited, which of the following is the best way to plan parking lots?
Answer: 30-degree parking on both sides of a one-way loop system.
Q8) A builder agrees in a contract to use a certain kind of interior paint. However, he delays purchasing the
paint until absolutely necessary, hoping the price will go down. When the building is nearly completed and
is ready to be painted, he discovers that the paint is no longer being manufactured. He then uses a lower-
cost brand of paint without notifying the client. This builder has committed:
Answer: misfeasance
Q11) A tool used to control the manner in which raw land is subdivided and placed on the market for
residential development.
Answer: Subdivision Regulations
Q12) Which of the following are not routinely inspected under a preventative maintenance program?
Answer: Furniture
Q13) An unoccupied space other than a yard bounded on three sides by building lines with one side
bounded by another open space whether public or private.
Answer: Open court
Q14) Which two of the following are of prime importance in a metes-and-bounds description?
I. Roads, fences, and utilities must be documented.
II. The description must begin at some identifiable, known point.
III. The elevation described must be above sea level.
IV. The description must close.
Answer: II and IV
Q17) In urban geography, a concept where urban settlement is confined to the area within the legal limits
of the city and the congestion and virtually all of this area is occupied by urban residents.
Answer: Truebounded City
Q20) The __________ of the atmosphere act(s) as a sun block for the Earth, filtering harmful radiation from
the sun.
Answer: ozone layer
Q21) The __________ provides for the legal protection of the ozone layer.
Answer: Montreal Protocol
Q22) A good public sidewalk should be designed in which of the following ways?
Answer: Wide enough to be slightly crowded at peak periods
Q23) The floor area assigned to that use divided by the unit area per occupant.
Answer: Occupant load
Q24) What international treaty was developed to protect the ozone layer by minimizing or eliminating
destructive activities?
Answer: Montreal Protocol
Q25) Which of the following best describes the criss-crossing of overhead highways, which sometimes
presents a clover-leaf form?
Answer: Flyover
Q1) On what date were the United Architects Philippines integrated from three architectural
organizations?
Answer: January 15, 1975
Q2) If there are two architects on a certain project, the Architect-of-Record and the Architect-
in-Charge of construction, the building collapses, who is more liable?
Answer: It depends on the investigation
Q3) Listing of the different parts of the work indicating in each part the corresponding value
in materials and labor, including an allowance for profit and overhead.
Answer: Breakdown of Work and Corresponding Value
Q4) The Consulting Architect is concerned with the management and use of land as well as
the conservation, preservation and upgrading of the human environment.
Answer: Comprehensive Development Planning
Q5) Final payment on a construction project constitutes a waiver of all claims by the owner
except those arising from which of the following?
I. Liens, claims, security interests, or encumbrances arising out of the contract and unsettled
II. Failure of the work to comply with the requirements of the contract documents
III. Terms of special warranties required by the contract documents
IV. Claims of consultants employed by the architect
Answer: I, II, and III only
Q6) Architect to do work which will require his personal time such as:
a. attending project-related meetings, conferences or trips;
b. conducting ocular inspection of possible project sites; and
c. conferring with others regarding prospective investments or ventures and the like. For
these particular activities, the Architect as agent of the Owner may be paid on this basis plus
out-of-pocket expenses such as but not limited to travel, accommodations and subsistence.
Answer: Per Diem, Honorarium plus Reimbursable Expenses
Q8) How much shall the architect charge as a minimum basic fee for structures of exceptional
character and complexity of design or requiring comparatively large amounts of structural,
mechanical and electrical design and research such as mortuaries, atomic facilities, stadiums
and the like?
Answer: 8%
Q9) A type of pre-design service where the Architect states the project terms of reference
(ToR) including the concept, objectives and other necessary requirements to bid out
architectural services (whether public or private).
Answer: Design Brief Preparation
Q10) During construction, the contractor has advised the architect that the contract drawings
show a special brick shape; however, the specifications do not mention the special brick. The
contractor has asked for an extra for the special shapes.
The architect should do which of the following?
Answer: Reject the request for a change order.
Q11) What method of compensation is most suitable for compensating the Architect's
services for the pre-design phase?
Answer: multiple of direct personnel expense
Q13) Guarantee to execute the work in accordance with the terms of the contract.
Answer: Performance Bond
Q14) Which is an unethical action with respect to the Architect's responsibility to the people?
Answer: take part in paid endorsement of building material
Q15) Instructions issued prior to bidding to supplement or modify previous contract docs.
Answer: Special Provisions
Q16) Does a registered and licensed architect mean one and the same?
Answer: Yes, an architect must be both licensed and registered.
Q17) Arrange sequentially the following work according to the 16-division uniform
construction index:
i. Thermal and Moisture Protection
ii. Specialties
iii.Finishes
iv. Doors and Windows
Answer: i, iv, iii, ii
Q18) When reviewing shop drawings, the architect is responsible for checking which of the
following?
Answer: Design intent
Q19) 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.
Answer: structural conceptualization
Q20) General Conditions, if, during the course of construction, the local building official
requires additional testing, it is the architects responsibility to do which of the following?
Answer: Upon written authorization from the owner, instruct the contractor to make
arrangements for such additional testing.
Q21) Using stair tread-riser proportion formula RT = 75, given riser equals 6 how many
risers will there be between two floors having floor line to floor line distance of 8.8542 feet?
Answer: 17
Q22) Which does not comply with the conditions for foreign nationals to secure
temporary/special permits?
Answer: a citizen of a country where Filipino architects are permitted to practice
Q25) On an elementary school project, the architect secured a sample of a window before
preparing the specification. After the award of the contract, the contractor, before submitting
a sample of a substitute window, noticed that the window has a thinner sill section than the
specified window. How should the contractor handle this revision? Answer: Notify the
architect in writing.
Q1) Under what type of service is sound insulation treatment?
Answer: Specialized Allied Services(Correct Answer)
Q2) ________ is the range of all services offered by the environmental-planner from data
base gathering to environmental impact statements up to the formulation of the Master
Development Plan.
Answer: Comprehensive Planning Services
Q3) The construction drawings and specifications setting forth on detail the requirements for
the construction of a project.
Answer: Construction Documents
Q4) Information, advice or notification pertinent to the project delivered in person or sent by
registered mail to the individual. firm or corporation at the last known business address of
such individual, firm or corporation.
Answer: Written Notice
Q5) The shop drawings for HVAC equipment, which are at a site construction office, do not
have an architects or engineers review stamp on them. The contractors explanation is that
the subcontractor is under a tight schedule and that the equipment to be provided conforms
to specifications and is on its way from the factory.
The architect should _______.
Answer: have the contractor tell the subcontractor that all items needing shop drawings must
be reviewed
Q6) A Change Order requires that the owner, the architect, and the contractor agree on which
of the following?
Answer: A change to the work, the contract sum, and the contract time
Q9) A type of Pre-Design Service that involves the procurement, analysis and use of
secondary information gathered for the project to aid the Client in early decision-making. It
represents the Architects initial assessment of a projects soundness, allowing the Client to
promptly explore available/ readily identifiable directions/ options.
Answer: Pre-feasibility study
Q10) The value of extra work must NOT be calculated using this method.
Answer: by actual direct cost not exceeding 25% of original work
Q11) A per diem of not less than ___ plus traveling and living expenses shall be chargeable to
the Owner on any occasion where the Architect or his duly authorized representative shall be
required to perform services at a locality beyond the radius of __ kilometers from his
established office.
Answer: P500.00 / 100 km.
Q12) It refers to person, firm, or corporation providing guarantee for contractors bonds.
Answer: Surety
Q13) If an Architect is hired to design a Supermarket with construction cost of less than
P50M, how much should he/she charge as minimum basic fee based on the old 1979 SPP?
Answer: 7% of PCC
Q14) The Breakdown of Work and Corresponding Value of the Contract Amount which is used
as basis for Request for Payment must be submitted by the contractor how many days from
receipt of the NTP?
Answer: 15 days
Q15) What do you call the person or group appointed by the owner after the completion of
the building?
Answer: Building Administrator
Q16) The Consulting Architect in this area of practice must have much more than the basic
knowledge of Green Architecture and Environmental and/or Sustainable Design and sufficient
knowledge of the governing environmental laws and environmental investigation processes/
procedures under international protocols, the Philippine Solid Waste, Clean Air and Clean
Water Acts, DENR administrative issuances and the like.
Answer: Building Environment Certification
Q17) If there are two architects on a certain project, the Architect-of-Record and the
Architect-in-Charge of construction, the building collapses, who is more liable?
Answer: It depends on the investigation
Q20) Final payment on a construction project constitutes a waiver of all claims by the owner
except those arising from which of the following?
I. Liens, claims, security interests, or encumbrances arising out of the contract and unsettled
II. Failure of the work to comply with the requirements of the contract documents
III. Terms of special warranties required by the contract documents
IV. Claims of consultants employed by the architect
Answer: I, II, and III only
Q21) What are the two cases which invalidates the building permit. I - when construction
does not commence with in one year from the date of its issue; II - when construction is
suspended for more than one year; III - when construction is suspended for six months; IV -
when construction is suspended or abandoned for a period of 120 days.
Answer: I and IV
Q22) Who is responsible in carrying out the provisions of the National Building Code?
Answer: building official
Q23) Approved form of security furnished by the Contractor and his Surety as a guarantee to
the quality of the materials and equipment installed and the workmanship performed by the
Contractor.
Answer: Guarantee Bond
Q24) Includes cost of the construction as well as allprofessional fees, permits, clearances and
utilities and cost of acquiring the project site / lot, cost of money, etc.
Answer: Project Development Cost
Q3) A specification that stipulates the exact quantities and qualities of materials to be
furnished.
Answer: Descriptive Specs
Q5) The bidding documents require the successful bidder to submit a performance bond and
a payment bond or the equivalent to the owner. At what time must these documents be
delivered to the owner?
Answer: Prior to the commencement of work on site
Q6) On what date were the United Architects Philippines integrated from three architectural
organizations?
Answer: January 15, 1975
Q7) Additional information on Contract Documents issued to bidders before date of bidding.
Answer: Bid Bulletin
Q8) During final closeout of a project, the contractor submits a claim for costs for additional
compacted fill placed at the beginning of construction. The contractor had forgotten about
the work and had not submitted a claim when the fill was placed. The architect should
__________.
Answer: reject the request because it was not presented in a timely manner
Q10) When the architect authorizes the work to proceed via a construction change directive
on a cost-plus basis, which of the following are recognized as costs of the work?
I. Benefits paid for labor and the contractors personnel
II. Monies paid to all field office personnel
III. Monies paid to those head office personnel who spend time on the work
IV. Legal costs incurred by the contractor that result from the execution of the work
Answer: I, II, III, and IV
Q11) One of the methods of compensation for architectural service is based on technical
hours and expenses & made by adding all costs of technical services (man-hours time rate). A
multiplier is used to take care of overhead & profit. This method, however, is applicable only
to non-creative work & aspects of pre-design services & supervision work. What is this
method called?
Answer: Multiple of direct personal expenses.
Q12) What law or code shall the architect be liable to if the building collapses?
Answer: New Civil Code
Q13) Final payment on a construction project constitutes a waiver of all claims by the owner
except those arising from which of the following?
I. Liens, claims, security interests, or encumbrances arising out of the contract and unsettled
II. Failure of the work to comply with the requirements of the contract documents
III. Terms of special warranties required by the contract documents
IV. Claims of consultants employed by the architect
Answer: I, II, and III only
Q14) On a local YMCA project, a gym floor is to be donated by one of the members and
installed by the contractor. When the time for installation arrives, the floor does not. The
contractor requests an extension of time plus reimbursement for builders risk insurance. The
architect should do which of the following?
Answer: Prepare a Change Order for both an extension of time and reimbursement.
Q15) What do you call the person or group appointed by the owner after the completion of
the building?
Answer: Building Administrator
Q16) What method of compensation is most suitable for compensating the Architect's
services for the pre-design phase?
Answer: multiple of direct personnel expense
Q17) Mrs. Batombakal commissioned you for a restaurant project last year. Due to the
success of the restaurant, he wants you to do a 2nd restaurant using the same design. Based
on the old 1979 SPP, what would be your fee?
Answer: 80% of Basic Fee
Q18) The Consulting Architect is concerned with the management and use of land as well as
the conservation, preservation and upgrading of the human environment.
Answer: Comprehensive Development Planning
Q19) What do you call the study which determines the viability of a project, such as the cost
of development which brings about a potential return to the owner?
Answer: Economic feasibility study
Q20) The Architect in this area of practice engages in methods of producing building
components in a highly engineered, efficient and cost-effective manner, particularly for
residential and commercial applications.
Answer: Building Systems Design
Q21) The roofing specifications call for a UL Class-A roof. This classification refers to
_________.
Answer: fire-retardancy characteristics of the membrane against fire from outside sources
Q22) What pre-design service involves investigating, identifying and documenting the needs
of the client for use in the design of the project?
Answer: Architectural Programming
Q24) If portions of the buildings are erected at different periods of time, thus increa
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Q24) If portions of the buildings are erected at different periods of time, thus increasing the
Architect's construction period and burden of services, the charges pertaining to services
rendered shall be doubled. A suspension of construction for a period not exceeding ___
months shall not be covered by this provision.
Answer: 6 months
Q25) Which activity is included in the Contract Document Phase of the Architect's Regular
Design Services?
Answer: assists owner on documents for government approval
Q1) A kind of character that came from the influence of ideas and impressions related to or growing
out of past experience.
Answer: associated character
Q3) The characteristic outline or surface configuration of a particular form and the principal aspect by
which we identify form.
Answer: shape
Q4) The state of position of being placed opposite another. or of lying in corresponding posiitions
from an intervening space or object?
Answer: opposition
Q7) The upper portion of a pinnacle, bench-end, or other architectural feature is the _____.
Answer: Finial
Q8) Temple with circular plan supporting a dome of abt 140 ft in diam. & described by Thomas
Jefferson as model of spherical architecture.
Answer: Pantheon
Q9) The size and proportion of an element appear to have relative to other elements of known or
assumed size.
Answer: visual scale
Q11) Themonastery designed with courts or shrines with a central square space surrounded by
priests chambers.
Answer: vihara
Q12) His insistence on the importance of design and formal expression in our lives, and his adept
handling of materials, light and space, explained why he is one of the great architects of the 20th
century.
Answer: Alvar Aalto
Q13) One of his stylish choices which are circles and squares were used in his design solutions.
Answer: Richard Meier
Q14) Whose famous dictum is this: Unity disguised as chaos -complexity and contradiction are often
what make works of art both exciting and profound.
Answer: Robert Venturi
Answer: gussho
Q24) It is the period in French which is characterized by pointed arches & geometric traceried
windows.
Answer: Lancet
Q3) A circuit breaker that senses currents caused by ground faults and instantaneously shuts off
power before damage or injury can occur.
Answer: Ground-fault interrupter
Q4) This shows the vertical relationships of all panels, feeders, switches, switchboards, and major
components are shown up to, but not including, branch circuiting, it is an electrical version of a vertical
section taken through the building.
Answer: Riser Diagram
Q5) The total cooling output of an air-conditioner during its annual usage, in BTU/hr divided by the
energy input during the same period, in watt-hours is known as_______.
Answer: Seasonal energy efficiency ratio
Q6) The moisture content of air measured as the weight of water vapour per unit volume of air. SI units
are kg/cu.m.
Answer: absolute humidity
Q7) Any pipe which conveys the discharge of water closet, urinal or fixtures having similar function,
with or without the discharges from other fixtures to the building drain or building sewer.
Answer: Soil pipe
Q8) Indoor air quality is adversely affected by which four of the following?
I. Solar gain
II. Occupant activity
III. Building materials
IV. Smoking
V. Communications networking
VI. Ventilation rate
Answer: II, III, IV, and VI
Q9) A toilet bowl in which the flushing water enters through the rim and a siphonic action initiated by a
water jet draws the contents of the bowl through the trapway.
Answer: Siphon Jet
Q10) A coupling device for connecting 2 pipes neither of which can be turned, consisting of two
internally threaded end piece which are tightened around the pipes ends to be joined, and an externally
threaded center piece, which draws the two end pieces together as it is rotated.
Answer: Union
Q15) A factory assembled conductors insulated with a highly compressed refractory mineral insulation
enclosed in a liquid and gas tight continuous copper sheath. To maintain its integrity termination are
made with compression rings, glands and sealing compounds.
Answer: Mineral insulated cable - type MI
Q16) A watertight receptacle which the discharge of sanitary plumbing system or part thereof,
designed and constructed to retain solids, digest organic matter through a period of detention and to
allow the liquids to discharge into the soil outside of the tank through a system of open jointed
subsurface piping or seepage pit.
Answer: Septic tank
Q17) Aluminum is frequently selected instead of copper for large electrical cables because _________.
Answer: aluminum provides lower installation cost
Q18) A unit for measuring the apparent loudness of a sound, judge by a group of listeners to be equal
to the loudness of a 1000 hertz reference sound judge by a group of listeners to be equal in loudness to
the given sound.
Answer: sone
Q19) Minimum vertical distance from the bottom of water pipes to the top of sewer or drain pipe if laid
in the same trench on top of the other.
Answer: 300 mm
Q20) Attribute of an auditory sensation which enables us to order sound on a scale extending from low
to high frequency.
Answer: Pitch
Q21) In large buildings with principally fluorescent lighting, it is desirable to utilize a 277/480V
[347/600V], 3-phase, 4-wire system rather than the more conventional 120/208V [120/208V], 3-phase, 4-
wire system because __________.
Answer: higher voltage permits the use of smaller feeder, conduit, and switchgear sizes
Q22) A terminal unit which primarily air draws in room air through a filter and the mixture passes over
coils that are either heated or chilled by secondary water from a boiler or chilled water plant.
Answer: induction unit
Q23) A type of resonator made from empty clay vessels of different sizes. Their absorption ranges from
100-400 hertz.
Answer: Individual resonator
Q24) How many water closets for male are required for a restaurant with a capacity of 275 persons?
Answer: 3
Q25) A measure of the efficiency of a material in absorbing sound at a specified frequency, equal to the
fractional part of the incident sound energy at that frequency absorbed by the material.
Answer: Absorption coefficient
Q1) The Stonehenge is an example of ___.
Answer: Stone Circle
Q2) "A 1 Kilometer radius lake surrounded by villages with native houses and
structures". What type of spatial organization was described?
Answer: datum
Q4) What was Minoru Yamasaki most noted project which he described in his
words during the opening ceremony as "a living symbol of a man's dedication to
world peace"?
Answer: World Trade Center Twin Tower
Q5) Sir Josph Paxton's design for Crystal Palace was derived from:
Answer: Water Lilies
Q13) His insistence on the importance of design and formal expression in our
lives, and his adept handling of materials, light and space, explained why he is
one of the great architects of the 20th century.
Answer: Alvar Aalto
Q14) The Articulation of the importance of a form or soak by its size, shape or
relative to the other forms and spaces of the organizations?
Answer: Hierarchy
Q15) Architect who designed and advocated the geodesic dome for cities of
tomorrow was _______.
Answer: Buckminster Fuller
Q16) The columns on the Porch of the Maidens (the Erechtheum) at the
Acropolis are _________ ?
Answer: Caryatids
Q17) Whose famous dictum is this: Unity disguised as chaos -complexity and
contradiction are often what make works of art both exciting and profound.
Answer: Robert Venturi
Q18) One of the most sublime painters and sculpture and one of the most
influential architect and drafts man.
Answer: Palazzo Ducale
Q20) The Erechtheion is less a single temple and more an assemblage of shrines.
Who does it honor?
1. Athena
2. Poseidon
3. Kekrops
4. Erechtheus Answer: All
Q21) Received the Patnubay ng Sining at Kalinanagan award for the city of
manila, who is the architect?
Answer: Tomas Mapua
Q24) Architect / city planner who authored the ekistics - the science of human
settlements.
Answer: Doxiadis
Q2) In the middle kingdom, in Egyptian architecture, who consolidate the administrative
system, made a survey of the country, set boundaries to the provinces, and other helpful
works.
Answer: Amenemhat I
Q3) The Erechtheion is less a single temple and more an assemblage of shrines. Who does it
honor?
1. Athena
2. Poseidon
3. Kekrops
4. Erechtheus
Answer: All
Q4) The most distinguished part of the Sydney Opera House is the prominent roof structure
made up of large pre-cast concrete sections of spheres set on a monumental podium. The
unique roof structure is called _______which might have been the inspiration of the design.
Answer: Sails
Q6) "Man's first sense must have been beauty, a sense of total harmony." One of
philosophies of Louis Khan.
What is the most important building he designed?
Answer: Jatiyo Sangshad Babad in Bangaldesh
Q7) Le Corbusier developed his proportioning system, the Modulor, to order "the dimension
of that which contains and that which is contained". He saw the measuring tools of the
Greek, Egyptians and other high civilizations as being infinitely rich and subtle because they
formed part of the mathematics of the human body, gracious, elegant and firm, the source of
that harmony which moves us, beauty." He therefore based his measuring tool, the
"MODULOR". What is the 3 basic measure of grid in centimeter that is proportioned
according to Golden Section?
Answer: 113, 70 & 43
Q8) Emperor of Byzantine empire who codified roman laws and responsible for rebuilding of
s. Sophia was ______.
Answer: Justinian
Q9) A group process in which several people, for a given amount of time, gathers together
and discuss a particular problem. During this time, they all contribute positive thoughts to the
discussion and try to produce a workable solution.
Answer: brainstorming
Q10) "What the bldg. wanted to be." "Man lives to express." "The artist is only a vehicle for
what always been." "Man's first sense must have been beauty, a sense of total harmony."
Who was the architect who stated these philosophies?
Answer: Louis Khan
Q11) A classical phase in Islamic architecture, the time of the caliph dynasty who ruled
Damascus and Baghdad from 750 to 1258AD, characterized by lavish palaces and great
mosques.
Answer: Abbasid architecture
Q12) Contributions where the advocacy of the idea of planning rooms by volume.
Answer: Oscar Niemeyer
Q17) A fenestrated (windowed) wall that is carried higher than the surrounding roof, to light
interior space is a ______ ?
Answer: Clerestory
Q19) Whose famous dictum/ philosophy is this A house is a machine for living
Answer: Le Corbusier
Q20) What Architecture did they reintroduced the Classical Orders?
Answer: Renaissance
Q23) Which of the following Factors does NOT affect historic style of Architecture?
Answer: land use
Q25) What part of basic data and planning studies in a comprehensive development plan
describes the physical setting of the community or region?
Answer: history and geography
Q1) A circuit breaker that senses currents caused by ground faults and instantaneously shuts
off power before damage or injury can occur.
Answer: Ground-fault interrupter
Q2) The extended portion of a pipe that is closed one end to which no connections are made
on the extended portion, thus permitting stagnation of wastewater or air therein.
Answer: Deadend
Q3) Unit of EMF / measure of the pressure or force which keeps electricity in motion.
Answer: Voltage
Q4) Under NBC, What is the minimum height above floor level if the window type air
conditioners shall be provided with exhaust ducts if the exhaust is discharged into corridors/
hallways/ arcades/ sidewalks, etc?
Answer: 2.10 M
Q5) A type of alternating current where the alternator comprises three armature windings set
at 120 degrees to each other, current will be produced in the form of triple wave:
Answer: Three phase
Q7) A heavy conductor, usually in the form of a solid copper bar, used for collecting, carrying,
and distributing large electric currents, also called a busbar.
Answer: Bus
Q8) An approved assembly of insulated conductors with fitting and conductor terminations in
completely enclosed ventilated protective metal housing where the assembly is designed to
carry fault current and to withstand the magnetic forces of such current.
Answer: Busway
Q9) The liquid and water-borne wastes derived from the ordinary living processes, free from
industrial waste and of such character that permit satisfactory disposal without special
treatment.
Answer: domestic sewage
Q10) Sound system input device that reacts to and converts variable sound pressure into
variable electrical current.
Answer: Microphone
Q11) It is a joint for soft copper water tubing that shall be made with fittings meeting
approved standards.
Answer: flared joint
Q12) A pipe connecting upward from a soil or waste stack below the floor and below
horizontal connection to an adjacent vent stack at a point above the floor and higher than the
highest spill level of fixture for preventing pressure changes in the stack.
Answer: yoke vent
Q13) A reservoir or tank for storing or holding water or other liquid, as rainwater collected
from a roof, for use when required.
Answer: Cistern
Q14) Which of the following piped heating/cooling systems uses a common return line for
heating and cooling?
Answer: 3-pipe, fan-coil
Q15) A rigid type of pipe known to have a good chemical resistance, excellent impact
strength, especially at low temperatures and maintains rigidity at high temperatures. (black /
gray pipe)
Answer: ABS
Q16) A receptacle attached to a plumbing system other than a trap in which water or wastes
may be collected or obtained for ultimate into the plumbing system.
Answer: Fixture
Q17) The flow of water or other liquids, mixtures or other substances into the distributing
pipes of a potable supply of water from any source other than from its intended source.
Answer: Back-flow
Q18) Which of the following materials are suitable for sewer systems?
I. ABS
II. PVC
III. EMT
Answer: I and II only
Q19) Which of the following are used to calculate the average illumination level within a
room?
I. Total lumens
II. Floor area
III. U-value of walls
IV. Coefficient of utilization
V. Maintenance factor
Answer: I, II, IV, and V only
Q21) Where there is exposure to skin contamination due to poisonous materials, what is the
ratio of lavatory to number of occupants.
Answer: 1:5
Q22) That part of the drainage system that extends from the end of the building drain and
conveys its discharge to the public sewer, private sewer, individual sewage disposal system or
other appropriate point of disposal.
Answer: Building sewer
Q23) Indoor air pollution, commonly caused by formaldehyde, carbon dioxide, or methanol,
is worsened by which of the following design practices?
Answer: Design of super tight buildings that have low outside air ventilation and that use
materials with these by-products
Q24) The rate at which acoustic energy is radiated. Usually measured in watts.
Answer: Sound Power
Q2) A receptacle attached to a plumbing system other than a trap in which water or wastes
may be collected or obtained for ultimate into the plumbing system.
Answer: Fixture
Q3) The minimum sound pressure level of sound which stimulates the ear to the point at
which discomfort gives way to definite pain.
Answer: Threshold of Pain
Q4) The length of a pipeline measured along the center lone of the pipe and pipe fittings.
Answer: Developed length
Q5) Minimum number of stories served by a waste stack requiring a parallel vent stack.
Answer: 10
Q7) Someone trained and experienced in installing acoustic tiles and wall panels.
Answer: Acoustic Contractor
Q8) Minimum clearance in front of any cleanout in meters for pipes larger than 51 mm. Dia.
Answer: 450 mm
Q9) In elevator, it detects the obstacles during the door closing, and reopens the door if there
is something. Photocell can be used together with this.
Answer: Safety Shoe
Q10) What is the grease retention capacity if the total no. of fixture connected is 3?
Answer: 32 kg
Q11) A simple device consisting of an alloy link wire of relatively low melting temperature
which when enclosed in an insulating fiber tube or either a porcelain cup.
Answer: Fuse
Q13) A graph used in air-conditioning and showing the properties of air-system mixtures.
Answer: Psychrometric Chart
Q14) In National Electric Code, What is the minimum size of copper wire size of all types of
convenience outlet wiring?
Answer: 12 AWG
Q15) How many water closets for male are required for a restaurant with a capacity of 275
persons?
Answer: 3
Q16) Sound whose frequency range is below that of human hearing, below 20 Hz.
Answer: Infrasonics
Q17) A fire involving flammable liquid , as gasoline, oil, and grease, which must be
extinguished by excluding air and inhibiting the release of combustible vapors.
Answer: Class B fire
Q18) Type of flexible cable which is fabricated assembly of insulated conductors in a flexible
metal sheath:
Answer: Armored cable type AC
Q19) Under NBC, where a machine room or penthouse is provided at the top of a hoist way, it
shall be constructed with sufficient room for repair and inspection. Access shall be by means
of an iron ladder or stairs when the room is more than _____ millimeters above the adjacent
floor or roof surface.
Answer: 500 mm
Q22) It is the vertical clearance of unguarded rigid energized parts, over 750 V to 22 kV over
roofs accessible to vehicles but not subject to truck traffic.
Answer: 4000 mm
Q23) Type of lighting system where 90-100% of light output is directed to the ceiling and
upper walls of the room.
Answer: Indirect Lighting
Q24) Wallace Clement Sabine, an American physicist who pioneered work on sound is said to
be the father of _____?
Answer: Architectural acoustics
Q5) Symmetry resulting from the arrangement of similar radiating parts about a center point
or central axis.
Answer: radial symmetry
Q6) The physical dimension of length, width and depth of a form. It's scale is relative to its
other form in its context.
Answer: size
Q7) What is the basis to the design of the mosques in the Philippines?
Answer: Their designs should be based on the Quran
Q10) "The artist is only a vehicle for what always been." One of philosophies of Louis Khan.
He tends to what style of architecture?
Answer: Monumental & Monolithic
Q12) Which of the following factors should be considered in color selection as affected by
light?
Answer: all listed items
Q13) Architecture must be dignified and elegant. It must be humanly scaled to man so that it
belongs to him, so that he has pride in it, so that he loves it, so that he wishes to touch it".
Who was the architect who stated this philosophy?
Answer: Minoru Yamasaki
Q14) Who created the Dymaxion House, the first machine for living?
Answer: Buckminster Fuller
Q15) Architect Leandro Locsin designed the building that houses our national artists. What is
the name of this building?
Answer: Cultural Center of the Philippines
Q16) To whom does this philosophy belongs to, Where the architects task is to restore a
correct order of values it is still the architects duty to attempt to humanize age of machines.
But this should not be done without regard for form
Answer: Alvar Aalto
Q17) The plan for the colosseum, rome, is shaped in the form of a _____.
Answer: ellipse
Q19) Most prominent Art Nouveau architect whose works includes the Guell Palace in Spain
is _____.
Answer: Antonio Gaudi
Q20) Architect of Our Lady at EDSA shrine of the 1986 Filipino Revolution.
Answer: Francisco Maosa
Q21) Temple with circular plan supporting a dome of abt 140 ft in diam. & described by
Thomas Jefferson as model of spherical architecture.
Answer: Pantheon
Q22) The balanced distribution and arrangement of equivalent forms and spaces on opposite
sides of a dividing line or plane or about a center axis?
Answer: Symmetry
Q24) Cathedral of Salisbury and Cathedral of Reims are what type of space organization?
Answer: Repetition
Q25) It is evident by a comparison which the eye makes between the size, shape and tone of
a various object or part of a competition.
Answer: proportion
Q2) A joint formed when a concrete surface hardens before the next batch of concrete is
placed against it is ____.
Answer: cold joint
Q3) A point at which a structure changes curvature from convex to concave or vice versa as it
deflects under a transverse load: theoretically an internal hinge and therefore a point of zero
moment.
Answer: Inflection Point
Q5) A window which projects outside the main line of a building and the compartment in
which it is located extends to the floor is known as ______.
Answer: bay window
Q6) The actual pressure developed between a footing and the supporting soil mass, equal to
the quotient of the magnitude of the forces transmitted and the area of contact.
Answer: Soil Pressure
Q8) The appearance of waterborne salts on the face of masonry is called ______.
Answer: efflorescence
Q9) It leaves residue which are non-conductive and therefore need not to remove. Rosin is
the principal flux of this type.
Answer: non-corrosive fluxes
Q10) To provide assistance for visually impaired persons, textured surfaces are applied to
door-operating hardware at ________.
Answer: hazardous areas only
Q12) If 2 x 12s are priced at Php8,925/1,000 board feet, what is the price for one 10-footlong
2 x 12?
Answer: Php178.5
Q13) Which of the following factory finish treatments is commonly specified for aluminum
storefront sections?
Answer: Anodizing
Q14) An extremely hot luminous bridge formed by passage of an electric current across a
space between two conductors or terminals due to the incandescence of the conducting
vapor.
Answer: Electric Arc
Q16) A short or square bar driven into holes bored in timber, for attaching adjacent sticks to
each other or to piles.
Answer: driftbolt
Q18) It is a type of hard board light brown in color and has a fairly hard, smooth surface on
one side and a screened impression on the other.
Answer: Standard Hard board
Q20) The critical radiant flux rating of a carpet indicates which of the following?
Answer: The minimum radiant energy required to sustain combustion
Q22) A roof truss having two vertical posts between the rafters and the tie beam.
Answer: queen-post truss
Q24) If 2 x 12s are priced at Php8,925/1,000 board feet, what is the price for one 10-footlong
2 x 12?
Answer: Php178.5
Q25) When dry conditions are demanded of asphalt tile floor finishes on concrete over earth,
apply the waterproofing (WP) steps.
Answer: felt paper below sub-slab then WP on top of the sub-slab
Q2) The maximum recommended spacing for masonry veneer anchors is NOT to exceed
________.
Answer: 40cm o.c. vertically and 60cm o.c. horizontally
Q3) A short flat piece of lumber which is bolted, nailed, or screwed to two butting pieces in
order to splice them together.
Answer: Scab
Q6) Used to fasten materials to plaster, gypsum board and other thin wall materials. They
have two hinged wings that close against a spring when passing through a predrilled hole and
open as they immerge to engage the inner surface.
Answer: Toggle bolts
Q8) Rough plaster finish obtained by flinging plaster on a wall with a hand operated machine
is _ .
Q10) Which of the following is the LEAST desirable sealant for metal-panel curtain-wall
construction?
Answer: Oil-base compounds (caulking)
Q11) A joint that physically separates two adjacent building masses so that free vibratory
movement in each can occur independently of the other.
Answer: Seismic Joint
Q13) A modern method of installing wood parquet flooring on wooden boards sub-flooring is
by _____.
Answer: gluing/pasting
Q15) Which of the following is the recommended depth of saw-cut control joints relative to
slab thickness?
Answer: 25%
Q17) What is the maximum time period that mixed mortar can be used before hydration has
a damaging effect on its final strength?
Answer: 2 to 3 hours
Q18) What kind of roofing is made of thermoplastic material and has strips which under the
suns heat will melt and cause it to bind as one roof?
Answer: Asphalt Shingle
Q19) Tactile signage requirements established by ANSI A117.1 [Barrier Free], include which of
the following?
I. Contrasting background surface textures
II. Width-to-height ratio limitations for letters
III. Sans serif uppercase letters
IV. Raised letters and symbols
Answer: II, III, and IV only
Q20) A joint formed when a concrete surface hardens before the next batch of concrete is
placed against it is ____.
Answer: cold joint
Q22) Is characterized by swelling of the entire film which is usually followed by a break in the
film and subsequent peeling.
Answer: blistering
Q23) The part of foundation bearing directly upon the supporting soil, set below the frostline
and enlarged to distribute its load over a greater area.
Answer: Footing
Q25) The act of shortening or state of being pushed together, resulting in a reduction in size
or volume of an elastic body.
Answer: Compression
Q2) These are obtainable with depths ranging from 6 to 16 and are now commonly used
instead of built-up columns in steel skeleton construction.
Answer: rolled H-columns
Q4) Division 9.
Answer: Finishes
Q5) These are columns made up of a cylindrical steels pipe shell filled with 1:1-1/2:3 Portland
cement concrete.
Answer: Lally column
Q12) A wood or metal piece used to fasten together the ends of two members with nails or
bolts.
Answer: Fishplate
Q13) If concrete remains in a transit mixer longer than is recommended by ASTM C94, what
should be done?
Answer: The concrete should be rejected.
Q14) To provide assistance for visually impaired persons, textured surfaces are applied to
door-operating hardware at ________.
Answer: hazardous areas only
Q15) Which of the following types of paint gloss is referred to as low sheen?
Answer: Eggshell
Q16) In a steel-framed structure, which of the following does NOT generally provide for
required lateral force resistance?
Answer: Pile caps
Q17) Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of cold-formed metal framing sections?
Answer: They are frequently used as structural components in high-rise buildings.
Q18) Which of the following would most likely be caused by differential settlement of the
interior and exterior wythes of a brick and concrete masonry unit cavity wall?
Answer: stairstep cracking along the brick mortar joints
Q20) To which of the following elements does the term flame-spread rating refer?
Answer: Finish materials
Q21) _______ in which the heat and added metal make the weld.
Answer: fusion welding
Q22) The horizontal distance from the face of a lock or latch to the center of the knob or lock
cylinder.
Answer: Backset
Q24) The potential high-shearing stress developed by the reactive force of a column on a
reinforce slab.
Answer: Punching Shear
Q2) If 2 x 12s are priced at Php8,925/1,000 board feet, what is the price for one 10-footlong 2
x 12?
Answer: Php178.5
Q4) Which of the following window types provides the LEAST amount of natural ventilation
area for a given rough-opening size?
Answer: Double-hung
Q8) For general safety requirements _______shall be utilized for fall protection as required in
OSHA Construction Safety Standards.
Answer: Harnesses and lanyards
Q11) To provide assistance for visually impaired persons, textured surfaces are applied to
door-operating hardware at ________.
Answer: hazardous areas only
Q12) These are bricks ordinarily made from mixture of flint clay and plastic clay.
Answer: fire brick
Q13) A system of framing a building on which floor joists of each storey rest on the top plates
of the storey below and the bearing walls and partitions rest on the subfloor of each storey is
known as ___.
Answer: western framing
Q15) Is made synthetically, and is closely related to rayon or nylon fabrics. It requires a
special thinner sold by each manufacturer for his own brand.
Answer: lacquer
Q18) A reinforced concrete beam distributing the horizontal forces from an eccentrically load
pile cap or spread footing to other pile caps or footings.
Answer: Tie beam
Q21) An imaginary line passing through the centroid of the cross section of a beam or other
member subject to bending, along which no bending stress occur.
Answer: Neutral Axis
Q23) Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of cold-formed metal framing sections?
Answer: They are frequently used as structural components in high-rise buildings.
Q24) Is a special type of handsaw that has a very thin bade and makes very straight cuts such
as those on trims and moldings.
Answer: Backsaw
Q25) A short or square bar driven into holes bored in timber, for attaching adjacent sticks to
each other or to piles.
Answer: driftbolt
Q2) A threaded bolt having a straight shank and a conventional head such as a square,
hexagonal, button, or countersunk type.
Answer: Machine bolt
Q3) Which of the following materials is no longer used for manufacturing chalkboards?
Answer: Integrally colored cement asbestos
Q6) The critical radiant flux rating of a carpet indicates which of the following?
Answer: The minimum radiant energy required to sustain combustion
Q7) The vernacular term for Diagonal Brace.
Answer: Pie de Gallo
Q12) These are obtainable with depths ranging from 6 to 16 and are now commonly used
instead of built-up columns in steel skeleton construction.
Answer: rolled H-columns
Q14) If 2 x 12s are priced at Php8,925/1,000 board feet, what is the price for one 10-footlong
2 x 12?
Answer: Php178.5
Q15) It has wide plates for table leaves and rabbeted full flaps.
Answer: back flap hinge
Q16) According to model building codes, the time that materials or assemblies must
withstand exposure to a fire is called _________.
Answer: fire-resistance rating
Q17) These are double reinforced beams used for long spans.
Answer: corbels
Q18) A short flat piece of lumber which is bolted, nailed, or screwed to two butting pieces in
order to splice them together.
Answer: Scab
Q19) The maximum recommended spacing for masonry veneer anchors is NOT to exceed
________.
Answer: 40cm o.c. vertically and 60cm o.c. horizontally
Q21) A steel band which encircles the head of a timber pile to prevent it from splitting when
being driven.
Answer: pile ring
Q22) It is a process where girders are used in cases where part or all of the weight of the wall
has to be carried, as when the old footing is removed and the wall carried down to a new
footing at a greater depth.
Answer: underpinning
Q23) The capacity of a wall to hold moisture is important in the design of dwelling units.
Select the best material which will reduce moisture in a wall when used.
Answer: 1 thick V-cut wood boards
Q24) These are piles usually moulded in a yard or at the site allowed to cure for 4 week
before using.
Answer: pre-cast piles
Q1) It is a type of oil-type wood preservatives that has high protection against decay fungi
and termites; can be painted; has no unpleasant odor; is less easily ignite than coal-tar
creosotes.
Answer: pentachlorophenol
Q2) Aggregates should conform to PNS or ASTM standards and must be well graded, easy
workability and method of consolidated are such that the concrete can be poured without
honeycomb or voids. What is the nominal maximum size of a course aggregate when working
spaces between reinforcements for proper bonding?
Answer: Course aggregates shall be no larger than 3/4 the minimum clear spacing between
individual reinforcing bars or wires, bundles of bars, or prestressing tendons or ducts.
Q4) The part of foundation bearing directly upon the supporting soil, set below the frostline
and enlarged to distribute its load over a greater area.
Answer: Footing
Q6) A short flat piece of lumber which is bolted, nailed, or screwed to two butting pieces in
order to splice them together.
Answer: Scab
Q9) The appearance of waterborne salts on the face of masonry is called ______.
Answer: efflorescence
Q10) Hard, durable, and dimensionally stable, these similar plastics are resistant to chemicals,
electric potential, and heat.
Answer: melamine and urea
Q11) Which of the following factory finish treatments is commonly specified for aluminum
storefront sections?
Answer: Anodizing
Q12) An anchoring device having an expandable socket that swells as a bolt is tightened into
it; used in masonry walls for attaching timbers.
Answer: Expansion bolts
Q14) Which of the following window types provides the LEAST amount of natural ventilation
area for a given rough-opening size?
Answer: Double-hung
Q15) The vernacular term LADRILYO means:
Answer: Cement Brick
Q16) If 2 x 12s are priced at Php8,925/1,000 board feet, what is the price for one 10-footlong
2 x 12?
Answer: Php178.5
Q19) The ability of a structure, when disturbed from a condition of equilibrium by an applied
load, to developed internal forces or moments that restore the original condition.
Answer: Stability
Q20) A roofing tile which has the shape of an S laid on its side is a
Answer: Pantile
Q21) A system of framing a building in which the studs are continuous to roof supporting
second floor joints is known as __ .
Answer: balloon framing
Q22) Which of the following is the appropriate waterproofing to use on the exposed interior
side of a foundation wall?
Answer: Hydrolytic
Q23) The appearance of waterborne salts on the face of masonry is called ______.
Answer: efflorescence
Q25) Are diagonals which support the wales and soldier piles bearing on heel blocks or
footing.
Answer: rakers