HISTORY, THEORY, PROF PRACT, BUILDING LAWS,

PLANNING
Q.1) Contract Documents shall be the property of the_________.
A.
B.
C.
D.

Owner
Project Manager
Architect (correct answer)
Contractor

Q.2) A ____________ is a wall which extends vertically from lowest portion of the wall which
adjoins two living units up to a minimum height of 0.30 meters above the highest portion
of the roof and extends horizontally 0.30 meters beyond the outermost edge of the abutting
living units?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Block
Fireblock (correct answer)
Firewall
Blotline wall

Q.3) When the owner hires an Architect of a firm to coordinate the whole range of
Comprehensive Architectural Services, it shall constitute?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Design-Build
Labor Supervision
Project Management (correct answer)
Construction Service

Q.4) In methods of compensation, if the Architect as Project Manager performs regular

architectural services for the same project, he is compensated separately for these services
as stipulated in what UAP Documents?
A.
B.
C.
D.

UAP Doc 201

UAP Doc 202 (correct answer)
UAP Doc 203
UAP Doc 204

Q.5) Which of the following situation would trigger the owner to suspend work?
A. Bankruptcy-Declared by BIR
B. Insubordination
C. Non-payment of contactors debt/non superintendence of contractor

D. All of the above (correct answer)

Q.6) The father of modern picture books of Architecture
A.
B.
C.
D.

Andrea Palladio (correct answer)

Leon Battista Alberti
Philibert De Lorme
Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola

Q.7) Within how many months shall be the release of Retention from date of Final Payment?
A.
B.
C.
D.

2 months
3 months (correct answer)
4 months
6 months

Q.8) 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.
B.
C.
D.

Clarence Perry
Leslie Patrick Abercrombie (correct answer)
Henry Wright
Andres Duany

Q.9) It is a traditional house that was called binangiyan. It was a single room dwelling elevated
at 1.50 meters from the ground; the floor were made of hard wood like narra which rested
on 3 floor joist which in turn were supported by transverse girders.
A.
B.
C.
D.

Kankanay (correct answer)

Badjao
Bontoc
Kalinga

Q.10) 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.
B.
C.
D.

Savannah
Welwyn
Letchworth (correct answer)
Hampstead Garden Suburbs

Q.11) The _________ shall submit ________ copies of shop drawings for the architects
approval
A.
B.
C.
D.

Engineer/ 5
Sub-contractor/4
Project representative/5
Contractor/2 (correct answer)

Q.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.
B.
C.
D.

Illusionism
Mannerism (correct answer)
Palladianism
Abstract

Q.13) The Greek council house which is covered meeting place for the democratically-elected
council is called:
A.
B.
C.
D.

Bouleuterion (correct answer)

Thersihon
Prytaneion
Diathyros

Q.14) It refers to contracts or arrangements involving the transfer of systematic knowledge for
the manufacture of a product
A.
B.
C.
D.

Technology transfer
Transfer of Record
Contract Documents
Technical Transfer (correct answer)

Q.15) Refers to the most reasonable price of land and shelter based on the needs and financial
capability of program beneficiaries and appropriate financial schemes (RA 7279).
A.
B.
C.
D.

Financial range
Affordable cost (correct answer)
House rental wage range
Lower housing rate

Q.16) 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.
B.
C.
D.

Leonardo Da Vinci
Leon Battista Alberti
Pierre Charles L Enfant
Sir Christopher Wren (correct answer)

Q.17) Defining open space in residential subdivision

A.
B.
C.
D.

PD 957
PD 1216 (correct answer)
BP 220
PD 579

Q.18) The sacred enclosure found in the highest part of a Greek city is called:
A.
B.
C.
D.

Peribolas
Temenos (correct answer)
Corps de Logis
Pteroma

Q.19) The approved form of security furnished by the Contractor as a guarantee of good faith on
the part of the contractor to execute the work in accordance with terms of the Contract.
A.
B.
C.
D.

Guarantee Bond
Surety Bond
Performance Bod (correct answer)
Payment Bond

Q.20) Enclosure formed by huge stones planted on the ground in circular form.
A.
B.
C.
D.

Menhir
Cromlech (correct answer)
Dolmen
Tumulus

Q.21) 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 (correct answer)
D. Php 240,000.00
Q.22) The architect who said that the exterior of the building is the result of the interior.
A.
B.
C.
D.

Mies Van de Rohe

Le Corbusier (correct answer)
Frank Lloyd Wright
William Ruskin

Q.23) The building that serve as a senate house for the chief dignitaries of the city and as a
palace where distinguished visitors and citizens might be entertained.
A.
B.
C.
D.

Bouleuterion
Thersihon
Prytaneion (correct answer)
Diathyros

Q.24) Often enclosed and secluded the street, whose high density and variety of planning
conveys a garden image. It sometimes includes flower planters and a water feature and
usually supplies a variety of seating possibilities.
A.
B.
C.
D.

City plaza
Garden Oasis (correct answer)
City square
Street plaza

Q.25) The memorial column built in the form of tall Doric order and made entirely f marble is;
A.
B.
C.
D.

Column of Antoninus Pius

Trajans Column (correct answer)
Column of Marcus Aurelius
Column of Dioelectian

Q.26) The man of learning can fearlessly look down upon the troublesome accidents of
fortune. But he who thinks himself entrenched in defense not of learning but of luck,
moves one slippery path, struggling though life unsteadily and insecurely.
A. A New Architecture by Frank Lloyd Wright

B. Ten books of Architecture by Marcus Vitruvius (correct answer)

C. Space, Time and Architecture by Sigfried Gideon
D. The Poetry of Architecture by John Ruskin
Q.27) Which article is NOT included in the Owner Contractor Agreement?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Time of Completion and Liquidated Damages

Performance & Payment Bonds
Cost Records (correct answer)
Payments

Q.28) The Contractor shall submit the following before Final Payment is to be released except
for:
3 copies of directory of Panel boards with list of circuits, instructions and Manuals for
Operating and Maintenance of Fixture and Equipment and Keying Schedule
Guarantee Bond equivalent to 40% of the Contract Price covering a period of one year
B.
after the Final Acceptance of the Work. (correct answer)
C. Certificate of Final Building Occupancy.
D. Original and 3 sets of prints of As-Built Drawings of the finished project.
Explanation
guarantee bond should be equivalent to 30% only
A.

Q.29) Under PD 1096 the executive officer of OBO appointed by the secretary to enforce the
provision of the code in the field as well as the enforcement or orders and decisions made
pursuant thereto.
A.
B.
C.
D.

Architect
Urban Planner
Building Official (correct answer)
City Engineer

Q.30) Le Corbusier planned a high density building that was a super building that contained
337 dwellings in only acres of land. What is the structure that supposed to be located in
Marseilles?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Unite d Habitation (correct answer)

Brasilia
The Mile High tower
Ecumenopolis

Q.31) PD 957: In Design Standards for Residential Condominium Projects, offsite parking is

allowed but must NOT be more how many meters away from the building it serves?
A.
B.
C.
D.

31 meters
50 meters
100 meters (correct answer)
150 meters

Q.32) Condominium & Subdivision Buyers Protective Law.

A.
B.
C.
D.

PD 1216
PD 1295
PD 957 (correct answer)
PD 9514

Q.33) A full time construction inspector hired by owner assisting in the supervision of the work.
A.
B.
C.
D.

Project Representative (correct answer)

Engineer
Architect
Contractor

Q.34) The architect who claimed that: The ultimate goal of the new architecture was the
composite but inseparable work of an art, in which the old dividing line between
monumental and decorative elements will have disappeared forever.
A.
B.
C.
D.

Frank Lloyd Wright

Le Corbusier
Walter Gropius (correct answer)
Mies Van de Rohe

Q.35) PD 1185: Which of the following denotes a fire involving flammable liquids and gasses?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Class A Fire
Class B Fire (correct answer)
Class C Fire
Class D Fire

Q.36) He is remembered for his Ideal Cities star shaped plans with street radiating from
central point, usually proposed for a church, palace or castle.
A. Leonardo Da Vinci

B. Leon Battista Alberti (correct answer)

C. Pierre Charles L Enfant
D. Sir Christopher Wren
Q.37) It is the third phase of English-Gothic Architecture where elaborated ornamental vaulting,
and refinement of stonecutting techniques.
A.
B.
C.
D.

Perpendicular style
Rayonnant style
Decorated style (correct answer)
Rococo style

Q.38) Published the book called Fields, Factories and Workshops; or Industry Combined with
Agriculture with manual work.
A.
B.
C.
D.

Antonio Santelia
Don Soria y Mata
Eugene Henard
Peter Kropotkin (correct answer)

Q.39) The Grandest Temple of all Egyptian temples, it was not built by upon one complete plan
but owes its size, disposition and magnificence to the work of many Kings. Built from the
12th Dynasty to the Ptolemaic period.
A.
B.
C.
D.

Great Temple of Ammon, Karnak (correct answer)

The Great temple of Abu-Simbel
Temple of Queen HATSHEPSUT
Temple of Ramsesseum, Thebes

Q.40) After ___________ substantial completion of contract work, the architect shall inspect the
project & issue certificate of completion after certification, the contractor will finish
outstanding work during period of making good of all known defect of 60 days.
A.
B.
C.
D.

90%
95%
98% (correct answer)
100%

Q.41) Entities, agencies, organizations & the like that have been accredited/registered with the
Board of Architecture of the Professional Regulation Commission to deliver seminars,
lectures, & other Continuing Professional Education Modules for Architects, other than

the IAPOA which is automatically accredited by the Board of Architecture.

A.
B.
C.
D.

United Architects of the Philippines

CPD Providers (correct answer)
Integrated Accredited Professional Organization of Architects
National Convention

Q.42) The value of extra work or change in construction plans by the owner.
A.
B.
C.
D.

Unit prices provided credit does not exceed 10 percent of original contract
Actual direct cost plus 15 percent for profit, overhead and tax (correct answer)
Value included in contingencies
Estimate and acceptance in lump sum

Q.43) Whose theory is the explanation of residential land uses in terms of wedge-shaped sectors
radial to the city center along established lines of transportation.
A.
B.
C.
D.

Homer Hoyt (correct answer)

Kevin Lynch
Ernest Burgess
Jane Jacobs

Q.44) A key housing agency that assist private developers to undertake low and middle income
mass housing production
A.
B.
C.
D.

National Home Mortgage & Finance Corporation (NHMFC)

Home Insurance & Guarantee Corporation (HIGC) (correct answer)
Housing & Land Use Regulatory Board (HLURB)
National Housing Authority (NHA)

Q.45) In a PERT CPM. ____________is a starting node to two or more activities

A.
B.
C.
D.

Concurrent node
Merge node
Simultaneous nodes
Burst node (correct answer)

Q.46) Early type of settlement in America taken after the boug (military town) and fauborg
(citizens town) of the medieval ages.
A. The European Planned City

B. Medieval Bastide
C. Medieval Organic City (correct answer)
D. Laws of the Indies Towns
Q.47) It is the eclectic style of domestic architecture of the 1870s and the 1880s in England and
the USA and actually based on country house and cottage Elizabeth architecture which
was characterized by a blending of Tudor Gothic, English Renaissance and colonial
elements in the USA:
A.
B.
C.
D.

Mannerist Phase
Queen Anne style (correct answer)
Jacobean Architecture
Stuart Architecture

Q.48) He is a registered & licensed architect, who is academically and professionally qualified,
& with exceptional or recognized expertise or specialization in any branch of architecture;
A.
B.
C.
D.

Architect-of-record
Consulting Architect (correct answer)
Architect
Architect-in-charge of the construction

Q.49) Tomb of Atreus, a noted example of the tholos type of tomb is also known as:
A.
B.
C.
D.

Mausoleum, Helicarnassos
Tomb of Clytemnestra
Tomb of Agamemnon (correct answer)
Thersilion, Megapolis

Q.50) Architectural programming is one of the architects services that falls under:
A.
B.
C.
D.

Pre Design (correct answer)

Design
Design-Build
Specialized Services

Q.51) It was the first law passed by the national assembly in 1921 where the maestros de obra or
the master builders are required to register as architects?
A. Engineers and Architects Law Act no. 2986 (correct answer)
B. Engineers and Architects Law Act no. 2896

C. Engineers and Architects Law Act no. 9286

D. Engineers and Architects Law Act no. 8296
Q.52) Which of the following is NOT the architects responsibility in relation to the contractor?
The Architect shall immediately upon his personal knowledge and inspection, reject or
condemn materials, equipment or workmanship which are not in conformity with the
A.
Contract Documents in order not to cause Unnecessary delay and additional expense to
the Contractor,
The Architect shall not knowingly call upon the Contractor to correct or remedy
B.
oversights or errors in the Contract Documents to the Contractors financial advantage.
The Architect shall give the contractor every reasonable aid to enable him to fully
understand the contents of the Contract Documents by furnishing clear, definite and
C.
consistent information in all pertinent contract documents to avoid unnecessary
mistakes that may involve extra costs to the Contractor.
The Architect shall consider the needs and stipulation of the Contractor and the effect
D. of his work upon the life and well-being of the public and community as a whole
(correct answer)
Explanation
the phrase "the effect of his work upon the life and well-being of the public and
community as a whole" is a responsibility to the public