ABM REVIEW CENTER

PRE BOARD EXAMINATION.THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE

January 2007
1.Represented by a building which meets in a satisfactory manner the requirement
of
logical function, solid construction and beautiful composition
a Architecture
b Engineering
c Planning
d Design
2. A sketch specifically the 9 hour sketch made at the beginning of a problem in
architecture
a. Concours
b. Hors Concours
c .Esquisse
d. Esquisse-Esquisse
3. A scheme, idea or a solution of a problem in architecture which is expressed in a
preliminary sketch
a Esquisse
b. Rendu
c. Projit
d. Parti
4. A stage in modernism where structural systems and utilities such as pipes, ducts
are exposed
a .Radicalism
b. Brutalism
c. Expressionism
d .Utilitarianism
5. The logical arrangement of windows in a building
a . Envelope
b. Fenestration
c. Rhythm
d. Balance
6. A sheltered gallery running behind an open arcade or colonnade
a Loggia
b Foyer
c Lanai
d Ambulatory
7. A kind of spatial organization which consists of repetitive cellular spaces grouped
by proximity or by the sharing of a common trait or relationship
a Centralized
b Radial
c Clustered
d Grid
8. A phenomenon wherein drawings consisting of black lines are recognized as
representing an object is quickly recognized by the observer
a Under Ground
b Background
c Fore Ground
d FigureGround
9. A large space in a transportation terminal for the gathering of crowds
a Concourse
b Waiting Area
c Lounge
d Loggia
10. An architectural element which serves as a screen to deflect side air current, the
suns rays or to abstract vision
a Buffer
b Shade
c Canopy
d Baffle
11. A name given to a visual measure of design based upon the proportion of the
human body and on mathematics
a Modulor System
b Ken Measurement c Anthropometrics
d Ergonomics
12. Building approach can either be
a Oblique
b Frontal
c Both a and b
d None of the above
13. His works include the Yale Art Gallery, Richards Medical Center and Unitarian
Church
a Walter Gropius
b Louis Khan
c Le Corbusier
d Tadao Ando
14. an organizational transformation where transformation occurs by altering one or
more of its dimensions and still retain its identity as a member of a family of forms
a Additive Transformation
b Dimentional Transformation
c Subtractive
Transformation

d All of the above

15. An applied science concerned with the characteristics of people that need to be
considered in the design of devices and systems in order that people and things will
interact effectively and safely
a Anthropometrics
b Ergonomics
c Architecture
d Design Engineering
16. An environmental concept where each design component becomes an essential
part of the whole such when one is removed, the composition is incomplete
a Evolutionary Architecture
b Environmental Theory Perception
c Organic
Architecture
d Post Modernism
17. A term that refers to the edge contour of a plane or the silhouette of a volume
a Form
b Mass
c Plane
d Shape
18. All are bases of proportion except
a Materials Proportion
b Manufactured Proportion
c Logical Proportion
d Structural Proportion
19. A type of concept which literally relates form with other objects or processes
a Essence
b Simile
c Metaphors
d Analogy
20. This is a delimited space that a person or a group of persons uses and defends
as an exclusive preserve
a Defensible Space
b Ownership
c Territory
d Enclosure
21. The ability of individuals or groups of individuals to control their visual, auditory,
and olfactory interactions with others
a Territoriality
b Privacy
c Individuality
d Anonimism
22. The study of the symbolic and communicative role of the spatial separation
individuals maintain in various social and interpersonal situations
a Proxemics
b Ergonomics
c Anthropometrics
d Territoriality
23. Something that represents something else by association, resemblance, or
convention, especially a material object used to represent something invisible or
immaterial, deriving its meaning chiefly from the structure in which it appears
a Meanings
b Semiotics
c Symbols
d Ekistics
24. Behavior setting studies include
a A Rrecurrent Activity
b A Milieu
c A Specific TimePeriod
d All of the above
25. The architect whose dictum includes less is more
a Alvar Aalto
b Le Corbusier
c Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe
d Frank Lloyd Wright
26. The art and science of shaping, ornamenting or assembling materials in building
construction
a Semiotics
b Tectonics
c Ergonomics
d Bauhaus
27. Colors which are equidistant to each other on the color wheel
a Analogous Colors
b Borderline Hues
c Triad
d Complementary

28. It is associated with a feeling of lack of control over the environment that leads
to
negative behavior because they are related causally to social overload
a Tectonics
b Environment Behavior study
c Proxemics
d Social
overcrowding
29. The science of human settlements
a Ethnocentrism
b Proxemics
c Ekistics
d Tectonics
30. Habitual disposition to judge foreign peoples or groups by the standards and
practices of ones own culture or ethnic groups
a Semiotics
b Ethnocentrism
c Territoriality
d Regionalism
31. A series of discontinuous movements in the 19th and 20th centuries that
opposes
both the Zeitgeist and the Single Strand theories that propose continuous evolution
of styles
a Modernism
b Revivals
c Critical Regionalism
d Ethnocentrism
32. Rerfers to the name of a color
a Red
b Tint
c Tone
d Hue
33. Resulting color when a primary color is mixed with a secondary color
a Analogous color
b Indigo
c Tertiary color
d Complementar y Color
33. Inventor of Geodesic Dome which was based on the principle of Spaced Frame
a Lucio Costa
b Buckminster Fuller
c Marcel Breuer
d Felix Candela
34.Architect of the Sagrada Familia
a Leandro Locsin
b IM Pei
c Walter Gropius
d Antonio Gaudi
35. The founding father of Deconstruction
a Jacques Derrida
b Marcel Breuer
c Alvar Aalto
d Lucio Costa
36. The study of the pragmatic dimension comprising the question of the meaning
of the art-forms
a Contextual Architecture
b Metabolism
c Iconology
d Iconography
37. The formal study of the logical constructions of symbol-systems without taking
into consideration its relationship to reality
A Semiotics
b Syntactics
c Semantics
d Sarcastic
38. Architect whose believes that Beauty grows from necessity not from repetition
of formulas.
a Eliel Saarinen
b Eero Saarinen
c Toyo Ito
d Michael Graves
39. Asian architect who ones says that A city must be subject to growth, decay and
renewal.
a Francisco Manoza b Ieoh Ming Pei
c Minoru Yamasaki
d Kenzo Tange
40. An art which seeks to harmonize in a building the requirements of
beauty,strength and utility.
a. Engineering
b. Architecture
c. Planning
d.Design
41. It is the most fundamental activity of man.
a.Response
b.Recognition
c.Preservation
d.Self Expression
42. It is the desire for prestige, struggle for a position in the society.

a.Response
b.Recognition
c.Preservation
d.Self Expression
43. The development of this material made the walls possible to be thin.
a. Insulation
b. Air Conditioning
c. Plaster
d. Paint
44. It is characterized by designs that are less structural and are likely to be ornate.
a. Period of Mastery
b. Period of Decadence
c. Archaic Period
d. Eclectic
Period
45. Invention of these made high rise buildings possible
a. Stairs
b. Conveyors
c. Escalators
d. Elevators
46. It is a quality of character of architecture expressive of definitive conceptions.
a. Style
b. Systems
c. Aesthetics
d. Historic
47. An architectural style based upon the desire to allow function and materials to
dictate form and style.
a. Revivals
b. Contemporary
c .Eclecticism
d. Historical
48. A creative form of style wherein the structure follows the method of
construction.
a. Imitative
b. Contemporary
c. Structural
d. Historical
49. It is an architecture based on the primary consideration of function but with
reservations for historic styles as basis of design.
a. Traditional modernism
b. Decorative Functionalism
c. Pure Functionalism
d. Structural Style
50. It is the simplest structural element.
a. Column
b. Beam
c. Footing
d. Wall
51. This grows more logically from a circular pattern but is often used over square
plans by means of pendentives
a. Roof
b. Domes
c. Vaults
d. Tiers
52. A series of arches that forms a continuous covering.
a. Domes
b. Ceilings
c. Vaults
d. Tiers
53. A covering used to conceal the floor above or the roof.
a. Tiers
b. Ceilings
c. Vaults
d. Clerestory
54. It permits passage from the exterior to the interior or from one room to another.
a. Doors
b. Windows
c. Fenestration
d. Clerestory
55. It allows the horizontal travel from one part of the building to another.
a. Corridor
b. Footpath
c. Flooring d .Pathways
56. A type of mouldings which is sturdier in character.
a. Separating
b. Translating
c. Supporting
d. Terminating
57. It is the beginning of the building and the foundation upon which the scheme of
the structure rests.
a. Idea
b. Plan
c. Perspective
d. Elevation
58. It is determined by the mass or volume created by enclosing the space.
a. Enclosure
b. Shape
c. Form
d. Dimension
59. It is the vertical or horizontal axis of the mass.
a. Volume
b. Length
c. Width
d. Direction
60. It is the geometric qualities of the mass.

a. Volume
b. Shape
c. Depth
d. Form
61. It refers to the light and shade caused by openings, projections, etc.
a .Tone
b .Moulding
c .Texture
d .Rays
62. It is the result when an architect treats an elevation as a two-dimensional
surface.
a. Distortion
b. Paper Architecture
c.3D Design
d. Sectional Elevation
63. A transformation where a form can be transformed by the addition of elements
to
its volume.
a. Subtractive Transformation
b. Additive Transformation
c. Dimensional
Transformation
d. Transfiguration

64. The process of changing a form by subtracting a portion of its volume. The form
may or may not change its identity depending on the extent of the subtractive
process
a. Subtractive Transformation
b. Additive Transformation
c. Dimentional
Transformation
d. Transfiguration
65. It requires that the two forms must have flat, planar surfaces that are parallel to
each other.
a. Edge to Edge
b. Face to Face
c. Spatial Tension
d. Interlocking Volumes
66. It requires that the two forms are relatively close together or share a common
visual trait, such as shape, material or color.
a. Edge to Edge
b. Face to Face
c. Spatial Tension
d. Interlocking Volumes
67. It requires that two forms must interpenetrate each others space.
a. Edge to Edge
b. Face to Face
c. Spatial Tension
d. Interlocking Volumes
68. It consists of a number of secondary forms clustered about a dominant central
parent form.
a. Cluster
b. Grid
c. Centralized
d. Radial
69. It is a sense of equilibrium or equality.
a. Balance
b. Contrast
c. Unity
d. Proportion
70. Characterized by a composition where in which the elements are arranged in
precisely the same manner
a. Occult Balance
b. Asymmetrical Balance
c. Unsymmetrical Balance
d.
Symmetrical Balance
71. Refers to the difference or unlikeness in the qualities of an object
a. Character
b. Scale
c. Balance
d. Contrast
72. It is the relation of the part of the composition to another.
a. Scale
b. Unity
c. Proportion
d. Character
73. It is merely the ratio of a certain part to the whole.
a. Relative Proportion
b. Human Scale
c. Absolute Scale
d. Absolute
Proportion

74. It is the classical method of deriving the proportion of a rectangle.

a. Triangular Arrangement
b. Golden Mean
c. Post and Lintel
d. Classical
Orders
75. It is the relation between the parts of a composition and a certain abstract unit
of
measurement.
a. Scale
b. Proportion
c. Ken
d. Module
76. The size of a building element relative to other forms in its context.
a. Human Scale
b. Module
c. Generic Scale
d. Abstract Scale
77. This is similar to timing or movement which is the basic foundation of music.
a. Tone
b. Rhythm
c. Scale
d. Accent
78. It is the consistent integration of the elements of a design.
a. Character
b. Scale
c. Motif
d. Unity
79. A type of character that results directly from the purpose of use of the building.
a. Character
b. Personal Character
c. Functional Character
d. Traditional
Character

80. It is sometimes called as associated character.

a. Functional Character
b. Traditional Character
c. Personal Character
d.
Motif
81. It is a structure erected as a memorial of some past occurrence.
a Memorial Park
b Cathedral
c .Tradition
d. Monument
82. It is also referred to as fenestrations
a. Door
b. Openings
c. Entry
d. Window
83. It is a style developed in the 10th century which was inspired by the
architecture
of the Greeks and the Romans.
a. Historical Style
b. Contemporary
c. Revivals
d. Structural Style
84. It is a need to answer the desire to make something which is not strictly
utilitarian.
a. Architecture
b. Aesthetics
c. Design
d. Engineering
85. An emotional need where architecture became a medium of expression of mans
spiritual existence.
a. Religious Need
b. Self Expression
c. Recognition
d. Prestige
86. Architect who believes that he most important material is man.
a. Pier Luigi Nervi
b. Adolf Loos
c. Richard Joseph Neutra
d .Oscar
Niemeyer
87. Ceiling with deeply recessed panels and often highly ornamented covering.
a. Hemispherical Dome
b. Depressed Ceiling
c. Coffered Ceiling
d.
Decorated Ceiling
88. These are made of arches so arranged that the bases make a circle and the top
meet at the center of the ceiling.

a. Domes
b. Coffered
c. Tiers
d. Vaults
89. These should be developed from the use of the building as expressed in modern
materials and not from styles of the past.
a. Historical Style
b. Structural Style
c. Revivals
d. Contemporary Style
90. It is the natural domestic architecture of a people including simple communal
buildings such as churches, warehouse and barns
a. Folk Architecture
b. Contemporary Architecture
c. Regional
Architecture
d. Filipino Architecture

ANSWER KEY
1.A
2.C
3.D
4.B
5.B
6.C
7.D
8.A
9.D
10.A
11.D
12.A
13.C
14.A
15.B
16.C
17.D
18.C
19.D
20.C
21.B

31.A
32.D
33.C
34.B
35.A
36.D
37.B
38.A
39.D
40.B
41.C
42.B
43.A
44.B
45.D
46.A
47.B
48.C
49.A
50.D
51.B

61.A
62.B
63.B
64.A
65.B
66.C
67.D
68.C
69.A
70.D
71.D
72.C
73.A
74.B
75.A
76.C
77.B
78.D
79.C
80.B
81.D

22.A
23.C
24.D
25.C
26.B
27.C
28.D
29.B
30.A

52.C
53.B
54.C
55.A
56.C
57.B
58.C
59.D
60.B

82.B
83.C
84.B
85.A
86.C
87.C
88.A
89.D
90.A