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ARC 1402 - Week 4 Formative Assessment 3

This document contains a formative assessment for a course on building parts of dwellings and building standards. It consists of 26 multiple choice or short answer questions testing knowledge of topics like occupancy types, minimum room sizes, building code requirements for ceiling heights, stair dimensions, and live loads. The questions refer to standards from the Philippine National Building Code.

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ARC 1402 - Week 4 Formative Assessment 3

This document contains a formative assessment for a course on building parts of dwellings and building standards. It consists of 26 multiple choice or short answer questions testing knowledge of topics like occupancy types, minimum room sizes, building code requirements for ceiling heights, stair dimensions, and live loads. The questions refer to standards from the Philippine National Building Code.

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Far Eastern University

Institute of Architecture and Fine Arts

WEEK 4 FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT 3:


OBJECTIVE:
Based on the discussion from Week 4, you should be able to know the building parts of a dwelling and how these
elements are designed considering anthropometrics and ergonomics. Moreover, you should be able to describe
building standards that ensure proper, safe, healthy, free movement and livability of the spaces.

INSTRUCTIONS:
Answer the following questions and write your answers on the space provided. (30 points) This can be encoded as
Online Quiz.

Question 1: What is the occupancy type of residential dwellings which accommodates less than 10
persons
Answer 1:
Question 2: What is the minimum size of a residential kitchen (in square meters) and its least horizontal
dimension (in meters)?
Answer 2:
Question 3: What is the minimum number of sanitary toilets for Group A Dwellings?
Answer 3:
Question 4: What is the minimum thickness, in millimeters of footing for Group A Dwellings
Answer 4:
Question 5: What is the minimum dept, in millimeters of footings below the surface of the ground for Group A
Dwellings
Answer 5:
Question 6: What is the minimum clear ceiling height above and below of mezzanine floors, in meters?
Answer 6:
Question 7: What is the minimum airspace requirement per person for a habitable room, in cubic meters?
Answer 7:
Question 8: What is the minimum ceiling height of the first storey of a building with more than one-storey, im
meters?
Answer 9:
Question 10: If the anthropometric measurement of a Filipino female and male average shoulder width is 0.40
and 0.45 meters, how is it relevant to the National Building Code requirement of a minimum of
0.90 meters clear doorway width? What do you think are the ergonomic considerations of the
NBC? Explain your answer/s. (3 points)
Answer 10:
Question 11: What is the least live load, in kilograms per square meter, of the second floor for Group A
Dwellings (1 point)
Answer 11:
Question 12: What is the minimum head room clearance of the third and succeeding storeys of a building with
more than one-storey, in meters?
Answer 12:
Question 13: What is the minimum number of entrances and exits in Group A Dwellings?
Answer 13:
Question 14: What is the minimum size of room for human habitation (square meters) and its least horizontal
dimension (meters)?
Far Eastern University
Institute of Architecture and Fine Arts

Answer 14:
Question 15: What is the minimum run of stairs in millimeters?
Answer 15:
Question 16: Which floor level of a building is measured to classify the type of site occupancy or lot
occupancy?
Answer 16:
Question 17: What is the minimum clear width of stairs in millimeters?
Answer 17:
Question 18: What is the minimum ceiling height of a habitable room with natural ventilation, in meters?
Answer 18:
Question 19: What is the least wind load, in kilograms per square meter, for vertical projections?
Answer 19:
Question 20: What is the minimum ceiling height of the second storey of a building with more than one-storey,
in meters?
Answer 20:
Question 21: What is the minimum ceiling height of a habitable room with artificial ventilation, in meters?
Answer 21:
Question 22: If the anthropometric measurement of a Filipino female and male average height is 1.54 and
1.67 meters, how is it relevant to the National Building Code requirement of a minimum of 2.70
meters clear ceiling height for dwellings with natural ventilation? What do you think are the
ergonomic considerations of NBC in coming up with this measurement? Explain your answer/s.
(3 pints)
Answer 22:
Question 23: In what Section of the National Building Code can you find the classification of occupancies? (1
point)
Answer 23:
Question 24: What is the maximum rise of stairs in millimeters?
Answer 24:
Question 25: What is the minimum size of toilet and bath (square meters) and its least horizontal dimension
(meters)?
Answer 25:
Question 26: What is the least live load, in kilograms per square meter, of the first floor for Group A Dwellings
(1 point)
Answer 26:

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