Arch.

Leonard David

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The architect of a housing project was given Php 300,000.00 for the first unit he designed. How much will he
receive for the tenth housing unit to be constructed?

a. Php 60,000.00 b. Php 120,000.00 c. Php 180,000.00 d. Php 240,000.00

1. Period for claims for extra cost caused by instructions from Architect or Owner or due to delays in owner-supplied
materials.

a. 15days b. 20 days c. 10 days d. 5 days

2. No extensions will be granted if no written request for materials supplied by Owner is made by the contractors____
days before it is needed.

a. 20 days b. 10 days c. 15 days d. 5 days

3. It is the most common method of compensation which is a fair to both client and architect.

a. Percentage Fee Method

b. Lump Sum

c. Multiple of Direct Personal Expense

d. Professional Fee plus Expenses

4. It refers to person, firm, or corporation providing guarantee for contractor's bonds.

a. Proposal b. Guarantor c. bidder d. Surety

5. Archt. Leonard David explains his methodology to the selection committee regarding how he would translate the
plan/design requirements of the proposed store renovation of PIONG's store in Rockwell. Under what stage of
comparative selection process is this?
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a. Interview b. Negotiation c. Evaluation and Ranking d.Verification

6. Who shall pay for any materials furnished with the required royalties and patents?

a. Manufacturer b. Owner c. Architect d. Contractor

7. If a successful examinee was convicted by a lower court of a crime involving moral turpitude and has appealed the
case to a higher court, can he/she be refused the insuance of a Certificate of Registration?

a. No, since the conviction is not yet final and executory.

b. Yes, the Board has the power to refuse issuance.

c. No, since he/she has passed the examination.

d. Maybe, depending on the court's order.

8. How much percent of the professional fee is the component for the Periodic Construction Supervision (PCS)?

a. 20% b. 15% c. 10% d. 5%

9. Which is an unethical action with respect to the Architect's responsibility to the people?

a. takes part in paid endorsement of the building material

b. seeks constructive civic service

c. promotes professional organization

d. shares technical information

10. Period for which claim for adjustment has to be asserted for changes in the work.

a. 15 days b. 10 days c. 20 days d. 5 days

11. The value of extra work or change in construction plans by the owner.

a. Unit prices provided credit does not exceed 10 percent of original contract

b. Actual direct cost plus 15 percent for profit, overhead and tax

c. Value included in contingencies

d. Estimate and acceptance in lump sum

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12. The Project Construction Cost referred to in the compensation of the Architect for his Regular Design Fee means the
cost of the completed structure which include one of the following:

a. grottos b. movable pieces of furnitures c. swimming pool d. communications and electronics system

13. Which is an unethical action with respect to the Architect's responsibility to his client?

a. undertakes construction for a fixed contract sum under design-build services

b. does not offer preliminary sketches without an agreement

c. advises client to forego unviable project

d. guarantee any estimates or cost of the work

14. A method of compensation frequently used where there is a continuing relationship on a series of projects.:

a. multiple of direct personnel expense

b. percentage of construction cos

c. professional fee plus expenses

d. lump sum or fixed fee

15. printed documents stipulating procedural and administrative aspects of the contract

a. bid bulletin b. contract documents c. general conditions d. specifications

16. written or printed description of work describing qualities of materials and mode of constructions

a. construction drawings b. specifications c. general conditions d. supplementary specs

17. additional information issued as an addition or amendment to provision of specs.

a. specifications b. supplementary specs c. general conditions d. bid bulletin

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BONUS QUESTION KAYBIGAN!

Your Architectural team is designing a 3-storey hospital

Which fire suppression system is not integrated in the building?

a. Wet Standpipe b. Dry Standpipe c. Fire extinguisher d. Sprinkler

How many Dry standpipe will use?

a. 3 b. 2 c. 0 d. 1

Assuming the site will be on adobe soil, what foundation will you use?

a. Bored Pile b. Sheet Pile c. Isolated Footing d. Footing Tie Beam

What is the maximum number of adult person who can walk side by side on the 2.4 meter wide sidewalk fronting the
project site?

a. 4 b. 8 c. 2 d. 6

What would happen if Arch. Allen tries to break a tempered glass? Explain?

a. it will not break

b. it will slowly break after a crack forms

c. it will break but will not splinter across the room

d. it will break into smaller harmless particles

A Howe Truss is being considered to support the roofing system of a residential building, The pitch of the truss is 1 vertical
3 horizontal. What is the total length of the top chord, if the span of truss is 12 meters and the eve is 1.5 meters
horizontally?

a. 7.555 mtrs b. 7.906 mtrs c. 7.567 mtrs d. 7.806 mtrs

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Acoustics and Utilities

1. The number of cycles per unit time of a wave or oscillations expressed in hertz of cycles per second.

a. Wavelength b. Frequency c. Sine Wave d. Sound Wave

2. This device, in escalators, stops the escalator automatically if an abnormal current is supplied to the motor.

a. Disconnect Switch b. Knife Switch c. Limit Switch d. Current Overload Safety

Switch

3. Color code for pipes containing acid.

a. Orange b. yellow c. red d. black

4. Collection line of a plumbing system is sometimes referred to as.

a. House Drain b. House Sewer c. House Sanitary Drainage d. House Plumbing System

5. One of the earlier plastic to be developed in 1938, a du pont trade name for the white, soft, waxy, and non-adhesive
polymer of tetrafluoroethylene.

a. Teflon b. Solvent c. O-ring d. Adhesive

6. 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.

a. Safety Shoe b. Weighing Device c. Fascia Plate d. Handrail Guard

7. A type of lamp popular for lighting commercial interiors, uses argon gas to ease starting, it produces light by means of
an electric discharge in mercury vapor.

a. Mercury Lamp b. Metal Halide Lamp c. Tungsten Halogen Lamp d. High-Pressure-Sodium (HPS)

8. In elevator, these prevent the excessive car travel at the highest and lowest floor.

a. Circuit Breaker b. Handrail Guard Switches c. Limit Switches d. Disconnect Switch

9. A type of lamp generally used for roadways and sidewalks, uses sodium gas.

a. Mercury Lamp b. Metal Halide Lamp c. Tungsten Halogen Lamp d. High-Pressure-Sodium (HPS)
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10. A type of lamp which produces light by means of the reaction of halogen additive in the bulb reacts with chemically
with tungsten.

a. Mercury Lamp b. Metal Halide Lamp c. Tungsten Halogen Lamp d. High-Pressure-Sodium (HPS)

11. TW in electrical wire specification means.

a. Moisture and Heat Resistant- Cross-Linked Thermosetting

b. Moisture resistant, in wet and dry location

c. Heat Resistant in wet and dry location

d. Moisture Resistant Cross-Linked Thermosetting

12. This switch cuts off all current supply to the escalator for inspection, maintenance, or repairs.

a. Disconnect Switch b. Disconnect Switch c. Limit Switches d. Current Overload Safety

Switch

13. This device, in escalators, is provided at the drive unit location to protect against accidental movement of the escalator
during inspection of the drives or during general maintenance.

a. Mechanical Maintenance Locking Device

b. Disconnect Switch

c. Knife Switch

d. Limit Switches

14. In a lightning protection system, the combination of a metal rod and its brace or footing, on the upper part of a
structure.

a. Ground Rod b. Air Terminal c. Lightning Rod d. Protective Assembly

15. This type of perimeter detector uses both the Passive infrared and Ultrasonic or Microwave system.

a. Microwave b. Passive Infrared with Ultrasonic (or Microwave) c. Proximity / Capacitance d. Ultrasonic
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16. a valve use mainly to completely close or completely open the line but not necessarily to control the flow of water.

a. gate valve b. check valve c. angle valve d. globe valve

17. a valve used on pipe lines to prevent backflow of water.

a. gate valve b. check valve c. angle valve d. globe valve

18. in the plumbing system, it refers to the resistance produced by the flowing of water inside the pipe.

a. pressure b. water main c. friction d. backflow

19. An assembly consisting of a pulley wheel, side plates, shaft, and bearings over which a cable or roped is passed.

a. Governor b. Sheave c. Weighing Device d. Fascia Plate

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HOA-TOA
1. In Greek architecture it is an open air meeting places for transaction of business that also serves as the access to
public buildings and linked by continuous colonnade

a. agora b. thermae c. hippodoromo d. piazza

2. Pictorial representation of religious ritual, historic events and daily pursuits.

a. Hieroglyphics b. Rosseta Stone c. Scrolls d. Drawings

3. In early Christian churches, a pulpit for reading or chanting the gospels or epistles.

a. Ambo b. Pulpit c. Baldochino d. Chancel

3.1. the space for clergy and choir separated by screen from the body of church, more usually referred to as choir

a. Ambo b. Pulpit c. Baldochino d. Chancel

4. consist of a complex of sarsen stones and smaller blue stone set in circle and connected by lintels.

a. Rosetta Stone b. Obelisk c. Pyramid d. Stonehenge

5. the building and compound used for horse and chariot races.

a. agora b. piazza c. hippodrome d. sacrophagus

6. line of intersection of cross vault.

a. pinnacle b. groins c. thermae d. buttress

7. Huge monoliths square on plan and tapering to an electrum-capped pyra-midion at the summit, which was the sacred
part. The four sides are cut with heiroglyphics

a. Pyramid b. Sacrophagus c. Obelisk d. Pyramidion

8. a turret or part of a building elevated above main building.

a. pinnacle b. groins c. thermae d. buttress

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9. An English Architect who prepared plan for London i.e., St. Peter s and St. Paul Cathedral; proposed a network of
avenues connecting the main features of London.

a. Leonardo Da Vinci b. Leon Battista Alberti c. Pierre Charles L Enfant d. Sir Christopher Wren

10. Published the book called Fields, Factories and Workshops; or Industry Combined with Agriculture with manual work.

a. Antonio Santelia b. Don Soria y Mata c. Eugene Henard d. Peter Kropotkin

11. It is the first Development Garden City where it is a combination of landscaping, informal street layouts, and main axis
focusing on town center.

a. Savannah b. Welwyn c. Letchworth d. Hapsteas Garden Suburbs

12. A style in the architecture Italy I the second half of the 16th century and to a lesser extent elsewhere in Europe. It uses
classical elements in an unconventional manner.

a. Illusionism b. Mannerism c. Palladianism d. Abstract

13. A British pioneered in regional Planning for the Doncaster area (1920-1922) and East Kent; Involved in greater London
Plan; Use of open space as structuring element.

a. Clarence Perry b. Leslie Patrick Abercrombie c. Henry Wright d. Andres Duany

14. A Gothic Cathedral designed by Master Gerhard who, though no doubt German, was thoroughly conversant with
contemporary French Gothic. The cathedral was consecrated in 1322, by which time designs for the west front had
already been prepared.

a. Ulm Cathedral b. Laon Cathedral c. Cologne Cathedral d. Minden Cathedral

15. The tower in a Southeast Asian country achieved its full 508-meters (1,674 feet) height with the addition of a huge
metal spire capping the 101-floor structure. The skyscraper of steel, concrete and glass, completed in 2004, houses a
shopping mall, offices for 12,000 people, and the stock exchange. It has the worlds fastest lifts. Who is the architect of
this skyscraper?

a. Skidmore, Ownings & Merrill b. Cesar Pelli c. CY Lee and Partners d. I.M. Pei

16. In Mesopotamian architecture, religion called for temples made of sun-dried bricks known as

a. Megarons b. Thakamus c. Ziggurats d. Mastaba

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17. One of the most controversial American architect who was identified as one of the New York five and the first who
became known for a series of private houses based on renowned themes of Le Corbusier. One of his work is the
Binondo Tower in Sta. Cruz, Manila

a. Micheal Graves b. Robert A.M. Stern c. Helmut Jahn d. Mario Botta

18. A popular design style of the 1920 and 1930s characterized by very colorful and decorative, feature ornamentation
with lots of geometric shapes and zigzags and one nationally-famous example is the Empire State Buildings in New
York City

a. Art Nouveau b. Art Moderne c. Art Deco d. Neoclassical

19. What do you call the long colonnaded building used around public places and as shelters at religious shrines in Greek
architecture?

a. Propylae b. Stoa c. Peristyle d. Agora

20. The original plan of St.Peters Basilica is in the form of a Greek cross designed by

a. Bramante b. Bernini c. Michaelangelo d. Squangallo

21. A relative light value of a color, produced by adding white to it.

a. tone b. gray c. monochrome d. color

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Building Technology
1. Rafters laid diagonally from corner of a plate or girts to the ridge

a. jack rafter b. valley rafter c. hip rafter d. valley rafter

2. A barrier or diaphragm formed to prevent the movement of soil to stabilize foundation, etc. is

a. pile foundation b. sheet pilling c. retaining wall d. shear wall

3. Noise inside the building is o two kinds, namely, airborne noise and impact noise . Insulation must be provided against
both of these by internal walls and floors. Examples of better sound insulation are

a. concrete hollow blocks walls

b. double wall on 2 x 4 studs

c. asbestos board walls on wooden studs

c. brick sidings on both sides of the wall

4. A climatic factor that is considered in the structural and architectural design of tall buildings

a. thunderstorm b. gusts c. lightning d. humidity

5. This material holds less moisture, is very light with less absorptive capacity and is very good in exterior sidings of
residential houses in tropical regions

a. asbestos cement shingles b. vinyl shingles c. wood shingles d. fiber glass sidings

6. Wood with metal cladding is called

a. channel strip b. kalamein c. reinforced wood d. dry stud

7. A door consisting of two separate leaves, one above the other, this leaves may operate independently or together is a

a. dwarf door b. ducth door c. window door d. swing door

8. The vertical and horizontal surface is reinforced concrete where concreting was stopped and continued later is called

a. expansion joint b. control joint c. cold joint d. construction joint

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9. The term stone-cut refers to a

a. wood sidings b. masonry finish c. adobe stone work d. marble flooring

10. A specialized fastener used to pull on to hold mitered joints together is

a. vise b. metal screw c. clamp nail d. miter

11. The part of a foundation system which supports the exterior wall of the super structure and bears directly on the
column footing is a

a. grade course b. foundation wall c. foundation course d. grade beam

12. Chord splice connectors for trusses is

a. fish block b. wood block c. fish plate d. split-ring

13. A continuous recess built into a wall to receive pipes, ducts, etc. is called

a. alcove b. duct work c. chase d. sleeve

14. A door lock with a spring bolt controlled by one or both knobs and dead bolt controlled by a key is a

a. dead lock b. knob latch c. knob bolt d. knob lock

15. Columns in which a concrete core is reinforced with a steel or cast-iron core designed to support a part of load is

a. lally b. composite c. cast-in-place d. ready-mixed

16. Rise is the vertical distance between the upper surface of two consecutive steps. The horizontal distance between the
nosing of two consecutive steps is the

a. "leaving" b. "string" c. "newel" d. "going"

17. The wall of Intramuros is

a. an aqueduct b. a fortification c. a moat d. a bridge

18.
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