Pre-Design Sample Test

Questions:
	1. Which three of the following articulate symbolic intention and design image in a building program? I. Entry or arrival II. Procession or circulation III. Destination or purpose IV. Meeting or conference V. Exit or departure (A) I,II, and III (B) I, III and IV (C) II, III, and IV (D) II, IV, and V Click here for answer 2. The architect will usually pay a consultant at the time: (A) the consultant completes the work (B) the architect provides the work to the owner (C) the consultant bills the architect (D) the architect receives payment from the owner Click here for answer 3. Which of the following climatic regions requires a greater number of design solutions to provide a controlled physical environment? (A) Tropical (B) Arctic (C) Temperate (D) Arid Click here for answer 4. Which of the following is NOT one of Camillo Sitte’s artistic principles of town building? (A) The development of towns as formally ordered statements of linear circulation (B) The formation of plazas and streets into organic spatial patterns (C) Emphasis on the informal nature of the clasical mode of town planning (D) The formation of towns as coherent organisms to be achieved through proper correlation of building units Click here for answer 5. Advantages of outside consultants are all of the following EXCEPT: (A) they are independent of a parent architectural firm (B) additional cross checking of drawings (C) they are not a financial burden durning slow times (D) they are usually paid by the owner direct Click here for answer 6. The term “policy board” is associated with which of the following agreements? (A) joint venture (B) architect-consultant (C) association (D) loose association Click here for answer 7. Which of the following building types would be LEAST affected by land use and development control regulations? (A) housing (B) hospitals (C) commercial (D) federal Click here for answer 8. Which method of scheduling is most likely to have the best commitment from the architect’s project team? (A) bar chart (B) CPM diagram (C) full wall schedule (D) milestone Click here for answer 9. Which of the following is NOT a twentieth-century new town? (A) Williamsburg, Virginia (B) Columbia, Maryland (C) Reston, Virginia (D) Greenbelt, Maryland Click here for answer 10. The phrase “level of amenity” is most likely associated with which of the following? (A) schematic design (B) conceptual design (C) market study (D) interior design Click here for anwer

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	1. Which three of the following articulate symbolic intention and design image in a building program? I. Entry or arrival II. Procession or circulation III. Destination or purpose IV. Meeting or conference V. Exit or departure (A) I,II, and III (B) I, III and IV (C) II, III, and IV (D) II, IV, and V Click here to return to question 2. The architect will usually pay a consultant at the time: (A) the consultant completes the work (B) the architect provides the work to the owner (C) the consultant bills the architect (D) the architect receives payment from the owner Click here to return to question 3. Which of the following climatic regions requires a greater number of design solutions to provide a controlled physical environment? (A) Tropical (B) Arctic (C) Temperate (D) Arid Click here to return to question 4. Which of the following is NOT one of Camillo Sitte’s artistic principles of town building? (A) The development of towns as formally ordered statements of linear circulation (B) The formation of plazas and streets into organic spatial patterns (C) Emphasis on the informal nature of the clasical mode of town planning (D) The formation of towns as coherent organisms to be achieved through proper correlation of building units Click here to return to question 5. Advantages of outside consultants are all of the following EXCEPT: (A) they are independent of a parent architectural firm (B) additional cross checking of drawings (C) they are not a financial burden durning slow times (D) they are usually paid by the owner direct Click here to return to question 6. The term “policy board” is associated with which of the following agreements? (A) joint venture (B) architect-consultant (C) association (D) loose association Click here to return to question 7. Which of the following building types would be LEAST affected by land use and development control regulations? (A) housing (B) hospitals (C) commercial (D) federal Click here to return to question 8. Which method of scheduling is most likely to have the best commitment from the architect’s project team? (A) bar chart (B) CPM diagram (C) full wall schedule (D) milestone Click here to return to question 9. Which of the following is NOT a twentieth-century new town? (A) Williamsburg, Virginia (B) Columbia, Maryland (C) Reston, Virginia (D) Greenbelt, Maryland Click here to return to question 10. The phrase “level of amenity” is most likely associated with which of the following? (A) schematic design (B) conceptual design (C) market study (D) interior design Click here to return to question