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History of Architecture 1 Final Exam

This document provides instructions and questions for a final exam on the History of Architecture I. It outlines exam policies, such as a two hour time limit and prohibition of cheating. It also contains two parts - the first with 10 multiple choice questions about Islamic patterns, architectural elements, and Greek and Roman architecture. The second part includes short answer questions about Roman construction techniques, architectural orders, and structural characteristics of Greek temples. Diagrams are provided to label different architectural components.

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History of Architecture 1 Final Exam

This document provides instructions and questions for a final exam on the History of Architecture I. It outlines exam policies, such as a two hour time limit and prohibition of cheating. It also contains two parts - the first with 10 multiple choice questions about Islamic patterns, architectural elements, and Greek and Roman architecture. The second part includes short answer questions about Roman construction techniques, architectural orders, and structural characteristics of Greek temples. Diagrams are provided to label different architectural components.

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ADMAS UNIVERSITY

Hargeisa
Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning
Department of Architecture
Final Exam-__th January 2022

Course name: History of Architecture I

Time allowed 2 hours


Fill the Following Information

Full Name

ID

Department Year

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 Read the following regulation carefully.


 Read the instructions before attempting all questions.
 Cheating will automatically result in immediate disqualification from exam.
 Only clear answers will have marks.
 Switch off your mobile-phone.
 Total number of pages are 6 including cover page.
 Do not turn this page until you are told to do so.
Part one:
Circle the best available answer for each of the following:-

1. Which of the following is not types of Islamic pattern.


a. calligraphy
b. arabesques
c. Geometric patterns.
d. stilobatus
2. _________ Towering spires with interior staircases and small window.
a. Dome
b. Atrium
c. Mihrab
d. Minarets

3. _________This architectural element is created by the geometric


subdivision of a vaulting structure into miniature, superimposed pointed-
arch substructures.
a. Muqarnas
b. Mihrab
c. Rabid vault
d. Dome
4. A mud-brick mound around 12 meters that has been used by Indus is
called……..
a. Citadel
b. Bhimbetka
c. Kutina
d. hansa motif
5. The temples that were hewn out of huge rocks called…..
a. Cave Architecture
b. Rock-cut temples
c. Free-standing temples
d. Kutina temples
6. Which of the following is not the function of Chinese roof:
a. Drainage
b. A Symbol of Hierarchy
c. Protection
d. To carry the load of the building
7. _________ Column is a Roman-designed column style that combines
characteristics of the ancient Greek-era Ionic and the Corinthian.
a. Doric
b. Composite
c. Tuscan
d. frieze
8. _________ it resembles the Doric order but has a simpler base and an
unadorned frieze.
a. Doric
b. Composite
c. Tuscan
d. Cardus

9. The _________order is the most decorative and is usually the one most
modern people like best.
a. Doric
b. Ionic
c. Corinthian
d. Tuscan
10.The most important part of the roman city was the, where political,
economic, administrative, social and religious activity were centered is
called…..
a. Forum
b. Decumanus
c. Cardus
d. Milliarium
Part two:
Answer the following Questions:-
1. Roman were used to made walls in a three ways what were they?
2. Both roman and Greece had theaters. What is the different between roman
and Greece theatres?
3. Roman city plans consist different three parts were the major parts of city
planning. The picture below shows those three parts categorized as ABC
what is the name of those parts?

4. What is the building system of roman?


5. Romans used two types of arches. Name those two types?
6. In the picture below is three of Greece architectonic orders or columns.
Name them according to the numbers given to them?
1 2 3
7. Describe building system and building materials of Greece architecture?
8. What architectonic orders do romans adapted from Greece? And for what
purpose they were used for?
9. What were the functions of bridges and aqueducts in roman building
types?
10. Describe characteristics of Greece temples in terms of structure and
internal distribution?
11. Name the different parts of picture below?

12.In the picture below is the Greek theater what are names of the different
parts named as ABCD?

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