1.

Identify the arch in the illustration?

Equilateral Arch
Lancet Arch
Drop Arch
Tudor Arch

A.
B.
C.
D.
2.
A.
B.
C.
D.

Compacted sand
Clay
Stones
Mud bricks
3.

A.
B.
C.
D.

Replicating materials such as marble and wood with paint, but has subsequently come to encompass
many other decorative finishes for walls and furniture?
Fresco painting
Faux painting
Art deco
Bas relief

4.
A.
B.
C.
D.

Very ornate architectural style developed in the later renaissance period?

Baroque
Neoclassicism
Flamboyant
Rayonnant

5.
A.
B.
C.
D.

Nile is the longest river in the world, stretching north for approximately 4,000 miles from East
Africa to the Mediterranean. What material was used for the construction of the pyramids?

A style influenced by geometric figures?

Renaissance
Gothic
Romanesque
Art deco

6.

One of Antoni Gaudi's project?

A.
B.
C.
D.

Casa mila
Casa batllo
Casa milano
Sagrada familia spires
7.

Who gave the statue of liberty to the US?

Spain
France
Great britain
Portugal

8.

Egyptian architecture is characterized by?

A.
B.
C.
D.

A.
B.
C.
D.

Massiveness and ornamentation

Monumental & trabeated
Highly decorative
Very ornate
9.

A.
B.
C.
D.

Sienna cathedral
Florence cathedral
Basilica of the holy blood
Basilica of the holy cross
10.

A.
B.
C.
D.

The Basilica di Santa maria del Fiore is world renowned and has the largest brick dome ever
constructed, it is also known as?

The art of sculpture had a diminished role in the churches because of the biblical prohibition of
graven images. How did the artists represents the saints?

Wall carving wall carving letters

Wall paintings
Cut out of figures made of cloth
Glass mosaic
11.

Where is the term "Bahay Kubo" came from?

A.
B.
C.
D.

Term given by the spaniards

Terminolgy by ancient filipino
From "balai" for house and kubo for "cube"
From " balai" for houses and "kubo" for small"
12.

A.
B.
C.
D.

Standard size of ifugao house?

2.5x2.5
3x3
4x4
5x5

13.
A.
B.
C.
D.

The largest religious structure; beehive shaped towers?

Angkor wat
Borobudur
Stupa
Angkor vat

14.
A.
B.
C.
D.

Standing stones usually capped with horizontal slab?

Stonehenge
Chromelech
Dolmen
Mehir

15.
A.
B.
C.
D.

What do you call the recess found in the dome to make the structure lighter?
Oculus
Coffers
Pendentive
Podium

16.
A.
B.
C.
D.

What is a common striking feature of a church?

Bell tower
Facade
Butress
Ornated pediments

17.
A.
B.
C.
D.

For muslim architecture and characteristics, it is called gathering place?

Mimbar
Mihrab
Minaret
Kaba

18.

An ancient roman construction technique, using irregular shaped and random placed uncut
stones?

A.
B.
C.
D.

Opus caementium
Opus reticulatum
Opus quadratum
Opus incertum
19.

A.
B.
C.
D.

Blocks resting on the vertex or lower extremes of the pediment?

"antrixae"
Raking cornice
Moulding
Acroterian

20.
A.
B.
C.
D.

A continuous base of structure on which a colonnade is placed?

Stereobate
Stylobate
Crepidoma
Base

21.
A.
B.
C.
D.
22.
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B.
C.
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B.
C.
D.
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B.
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D.
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D.
26.

A grotesquely carved figure of a human or animal, serves as a spout and projects from gutter to
throw rainwater clear off a building?
Scupper drain
Carved parapet
Gargoyle
Down spout
A greek temple has 6 columns in front and at the back, at it's sides, it has eleven columns, that
includes the outermost columns at the front and back. What do you call this kind of temple?
Peripteral
Pseudodipteral
Decastyle
Column distance is 4D?
Pycnostyle
Systyle
Aerostyle
Eustyle
Systyle intercolumnation?
1.5 x cd
2.5 x cd
2 x cd
3-4 x cd
If a greek temple has a total of 14 columns with a breakdown of 4 in front, 4 at the back and the
rest at both sides, what type of temple is this?
Peripteral
Prostyle
Amphiprostyle
Dipteral
A temple has 8 columns in front and rear with 15 columns on both sides, including the 2 columns
at the front?

A.
B.
C.
D.

Octastyle
Octostyle
Prostyle
Dipteral
27.

A.
B.
C.
D.
28.
A.
B.
C.
D.
29.
A.
B.
C.
D.

In the given figure, what part of the capital is letter A?

Cornice
Dentils
Frieze
Architrave
architrave
In the given figure, what part of the capital is letter B?
Cornice
Dentils
Frieze
Architrave
In the given figure, what part of the capital is letter C?
Cornice
Dentils
Frieze
Architrave

30.

A.
B.
C.
D.

Identify the parts of a vault in the figure shown in letter "a"?

Groin
Lierne
Boss
Ridge

31.
A.
B.
C.
D.
A.
B.
C.
D.
A.
B.
C.
D.
A.
B.
C.
D.

An ornamental knoblike projection, as a carved keystone at the intersection of ogives?

Groin
Boss
Keystone
Rib
32.
How did romans create a structures with great spans?
Use of arch
Use of stones pile together
Stone corbel systems
Large column and stone beams
33.
Which of the following is not a door?
Trap
Clerestory
Plank and batten
Bifold
34.
Gutter in modern times is like a?
Frieze
Pediment
Girt
Cornice

35.
A.
B.
C.
D.
A.
B.
C.
D.
A.
B.
C.
D.
A.
B.
C.
D.
A.
B.
C.
D.
A.
B.

Where did gothic architecture originate?

Northern france
Germany
Italy
Spain
36.
The third phase of gothic architecture?
Rayonnant
Flamboyant
Lancet
Consonant
37.
In gothic church, what is the purpose of the flying buttress?
Support the roofing structure
Aesthetic purposes
Support the high wall's decorative elements
None
38.
What capital order was used in the parthenon?
Doric
Ionic
Tuscan
Corinthian
39.
One of Frank Lloyd Wright's organic architecture?
Falling water
Robbie house
Dulles airport
Petronas tower
40.
In the falling water, what is the function of the overhanging slab?
Terrace
Living

C.
D.
A.
B.
C.
D.
A.
B.
C.
D.
A.
B.
C.
D.
A.
B.
C.
D.

Open dining area

Bedroom
41.
What is the purpose of FLW overhanging slabs?
Obviously for aesthetics, that's the reason why its very famous till now
Open plan
Wide openings
None of the answer is right
42.
The father of Prestress Concrete?
Jorn Utzon
Eugene Freyssinet
Santiaga Calatrava
Tadao Ando
43.
Who design the interlocking thin shell, shark like concept, that can be seen on the shore of
austrilia?
Santiago Calatrava
Jorge Utzon
Norman Foster
Michael Graves
44.
"I believe that people make natural association with forms, color and the composition of elements
while decoration and detailing help communicate with a building's purpose"
Michael graves
Philip johnson
Walter gropius
Buckminster fuller
45.

From the given figure, identify the architectural style used?

A.
B.
C.
D.

Art deco
Renaissance
International style
Modernism
46.

From the given figure, identify the architectural style used?

A.
B.
C.
D.

Art deco
Renaissance
International style
Art nouveau
47.

A.
B.
C.
D.
48.
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B.
C.
D.
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B.
C.
D.
50.
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B.
C.
D.
51.
A.

From the given figure, identify the architectural style used?

Art deco
Art nouveau
Rococo
Baroque
In egyptian architecture, tomb of pharaohs was the?
Ziggurat
Mastaba
Pyramid
Sphinx
The great pyramid at gizeh was built in the 4th dynasty by?
Rameses I
Rameses II
Cheops
Chepren
Who is the beginner of great hypostyle hall at Karnak and founder of 19th dynasty?
Rameses I
Rameses II
Seti I
Darius
Mineral of greatest importance to greek architecture of w/c Greece and her domains had ample of
supplies?
Pozzolana

B.
C.
D.
A.
B.
C.
D.

Marble
Clay
Granite
52.
Greek architecture was essentially?
Arch and vaulted
Buttressed and domed
Columnar and trabeated
Massive columns

53.
A.
B.
C.
D.
54.
A.
B.
C.
D.
55.
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B.
C.
D.
56.
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B.
C.
D.
57.
A.
B.
C.
D.

Latin cross
From 5th century to the present, character of Byzantine architecture is?
Timber trusses
Ribbed arches
Domical roof construction
Valut
59.
Finest and remaining example Of Byzantine archiecture?
S. Irene, Constantinople
S. Sophia, Constantinople
S. mark. Venice
S. fiore
58.

A.
B.
C.
D.
A.
B.
C.
D.

Imposing entrance to acropolis and erected by architect mnesicles?

Propylaea
Erechtheion
Poseidon
Hypostyle
Building in acropolis generally considered as being the most nearly perfect building ever erected
is?
Erechtheion
Parthenon
Pantheon
Porch of the maidens
With the use of concrete made possible by pozzolona, a native natural cement, romans to achieve
huge interiors used?
Post and beam
Arch & vault
Pendentive
Stylobate
Which of the order was added by romans to the orders used by the greeks?
Ionic
Composite
Corinthian
Tuscan
During macedonian dynasty, what type of plan is very famous?
Greek cross
Roman cross
Circular
circular

60.
A.
B.
C.
D.
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B.
C.
D.
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B.
C.
D.
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B.
C.
D.
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B.
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D.
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B.
C.
D.
A.
B.
C.
D.
A.
B.
C.
D.
A.
B.
C.
A.
B.
C.

Archl character of Romanesque style?

Grotesque & bizarre
Sober & dignified
Flamboyant & decorative
None
61.
Romanesque architecture in italy is distinguished from that of the rest of Europe by the use of
___for facing walls?
Bricks
Marble
Mosaic
Granite
62.
Most important distinctive character of mature Spanish Romanesque architecture?
Horseshoe arch
Lancet arch
Parabolic arch
Tudor
63.
Through gothic centuries, English lancet arch style is closest to the?
Spanish style
French style
Italian style
None
64.
Splendid example of early gothic?
St pauls cathedral
Westminster abbey
Cathedral of notre dame
None
65.
Renaissance of 15th century in italy had its birth in?
Venice
Florence
Rome
Spain
66.
In egyptian arch., tomb of nobility was the?
ziggurat
mastaba
Pyramid
Stepped pyramid
67.
Monumental arch of Egypt is essentially a ____ style?
buttress & dome
Arch & vault
Columnar & trabeated
Columnar
68.
King zosers archt. who was revered and deified in the 26th dynasty?
Imhotep
Senad
Seneferm
69.
In Mesopotamian arch., religion called for temples made of sun dried bricks is?
Megarons
Thakamus
Ziggurats
70.
Who undertook most remarkable bldg campaign in history to make Athens the cultural & artistic
leader of Greece?

A.
B.
C.
D.
71.
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B.
C.
D.
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B.
C.
D.
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B.
C.
D.
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B.
C.
D.
75.
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B.
C.
D.
76.
A.
B.
C.
D.

77.
A.
B.
C.
D.
A.

Perseus
Ysicartes
Pericles
None
Archt. Of temple of apollo epicurius?
Ictinus x
Callicrates
Callimachus
Itchy nose
Temple whose most remarkable feature is use of all 3 greek orders, Doric outside, ionic &
Corinthian within is
Artemus
Parthenon
Apollo epicurius
None
Atrium type of house, characteristic of roman times is believed to have originated w/ the?
Etruscans
Aegeans
Corsicans
None
Temple w/ circular plan supporting a dome of about 140 ft in diam. & described by Thomas
Jefferson as model of spherical arch is?
St. peter basilica
S. Sophia
Pantheon
Parthenon
Colosseum, rome was commenced by vespacian and completed by?
Domitian
Titus
Trajan
None
Character of early christian arch is determined by the novel development of?
Stone vaults
Timber trusses
Arched vaults
Lintel and beam

Emperor of Byzantine empire who codified roman laws and responsible for rebuilding of s.
Sophia was
Diocletian
Theodosius
Justinian
None
78.
One of worlds supreme masterpieces of Romanesque arch w/c was the 1st bldg in Europe to have
ribbed vaults?
Winchester cathedral

B.
C.
D.
79.
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B.
C.
D.
80.
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B.
C.
D.
81.
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B.
C.
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B.
C.
D.
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B.
C.
D.
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B.
C.
D.
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B.
C.
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B.
C.
D.
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B.
C.
D.
88.

Norwich cathedral
Durham cathedral
Burnham cathedral
Greatest patron of Romanesque architecture?
Christian church
Private business
Civil govt
None
Oldest French gothic cathedrals which was begun by bishop maurice de sully, plan of w/c is on a
bent axial line?
Notre dame
Charters cathedral
Reims cathedral
None
Through gothic centuries the English style that is closest to French style is
Flamboyant
Decorated
Lancet
Largest medieval cathedral in Europe, w/ exception of s. peter's rome. The largest church in the
world?
Westminster abbey
Seville cathedral
Sagrada familia
Notre dame
Area reserved for entertaining guests in bahay kubo?
Dulang
Caida
Sala
Bulwagan
Decorative clerestory found above the windows of a bahay na bato?
colada
Ventanilla
Gilir
Rakuh
Traditional maranaw house for the ordinary members of the community?
Walay
Lamin
Torogan
Dama
The ifugao house (southern strain) is known as?
Fayu
Bale
Chalanan
Batalag
Egyptian architecture was principally designed for?
External adoration
Light and color
Internal effect
Life after death
The shaft of the greek order terminates in which part?

A.
B.
C.
D.

Trachelion
Hypotrachelion
Abacus
Echinus
89.

A.
B.
C.
D.
90.
A.
B.
C.
D.
91.
A.
B.
C.
D.

What do you call a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural support taking the place of a
column or a pillar supporting an entablature on her head as in the figure shown above?
Gargoyle
Caryatid
Atlantes
Statue
What do you call a type of support in the porch of maidens?
Caryatid
Atlantes
Gargoyle
Statue
A Roman rectangular temples stood on a?
Crepidoma
Stylobate
Podium
Pedestal

92.
A.
B.
C.
D.

The plan for the colosseum in rome is shaped in the form what form?
Ellipse
Circle
Trapezoid
Half-circle

93.
A.
B.
C.
D.

Church plan of early christian churches?

Basilica
Latin cross
Greek cross
Calvary cross

94.

Moorish influence of muslim features such as horseshoe arch pierced stone tracery and excessive
ornament in spanish gothic was due to?

A.
B.
C.
D.

Climate
Geography
Bldg materials
religion
95.

A.
B.
C.
D.

Baroque
Art nouveau
Romanesque
Gothic
96.

A.
B.
C.
D.

Development of dome to cover polygonal & square plans for churches, tombs and baptisteries is
the character of?
Gothic
Early Christian
Byzantine
Romanesque

97.
A.
B.
C.
D.

Architect / city planner who authored the ekistics - the science of human settlements?
Gropius
Doxiadis
Niemeyer
Vitruvius

98.
A.
B.
C.
D.

Architect who advocated the organic arch. and envisioned the broadacre city for the future?
Eero saarinen
Wallace Harrison
Daniel Burnham
FLW

99.
A.
B.
C.
D.

Architect who designed and advocated the geodesic dome for cities of tomorrow was?
Mies van der rohe
Le corbusier
Buckminster fuller
Louis kahn

100.
A.
B.
C.
D.

An ornate archl style w/c developed during the latter part of the renaissance period?

Who invented a system of well-high universal application based on hyperboloids and

paraboloids in bldgs?
Frank ghery
Santiago calatrava
Zaha hadid
Antoni gaudi