HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE A.

pycnostyle
B. systyle
1) In Mesopotamian arch., religion called for temples made of sun C. aerostyle
dried bricks is? D. eustyle
A. megarons
B. thakamus 11) Greatest patron of Romanesque architecture?
C. ziggurats A. Christian church
D. none B. private business
C. civil govt
2) Who invented a system of well-high universal application based on D. none
hyperboloids and paraboloids in bldgs?
A. frank ghery 12) Architect who advocated the “organic arch.” and envisioned the
B. santiago calatrava “broadacre city” for the future?
C. Zaha hadid A. Eero saarinen
D. antoni gaudi B. Wallace Harrison
C. Daniel Burnham
3) Nile is the longest river in the world, stretching north for D. FLW
approximately 4,000 miles from East Africa to the Mediterranean.
What material was used for the construction of the pyramids? 13) An ornamental knoblike projection, as a carved keystone at the
A. compacted sand intersection of ogives?
B. clay A. groin
C. stones B. boss
D. mud bricks C. keystone
D. rib
4) One of world’s supreme masterpieces of Romanesque arch w/c
was the 1st bldg in Europe to have ribbed vaults? 14) Identify the arch in the illustration?
A. winchester cathedral A. equilateral Arch
B. norwich cathedral B. lancet Arch
C. durham cathedral C. drop Arch
D. burnham cathedral D. tudor Arch

5) In the given figure, what part of the capital is letter B? 15) Splendid example of early gothic?
A. cornice A. st paul’s cathedral
B. dentils B. westminster abbey
C. frieze C. cathedral of notre dame
D. architrave D. none

6) What do you call a type of support in the porch of maidens? 16) Not one of Antoni Gaudi's project?
A. caryatid A. casa mila
B. atlantes B. casa batllo
C. gargoyle C. casa milano
D. statue D. sagrada familia spires

7) In egyptian arch., tomb of nobility was the? 17) Replicating materials such as marble and wood with paint, but
A. ziggurat has subsequently come to encompass many other decorative
B. mastaba finishes for walls and furniture?
C. pyramid A. fresco painting
D. stepped pyramid B. faux painting
C. art deco
8)The father of Prestress Concrete? D. bas relief
A. Jorn Utzon
B. Eugene Freyssinet 18) From 5th century to the present, character of Byzantine
C. Santiaga Calatrava architecture is?
D. Tadao Ando A. timber trusses
B. ribbed arches
9) Finest and remaining example Of Byzantine architecture? C. domical roof construction
A. s. Irene, Constantinople D. vault
B. s. Sophia, Constantinople
C. s. mark. Venice
D. s. fiore
19) The plan for the colosseum in rome is shaped in the form what
10) Column distance is 4D? form?
 A. ellipse B. latin cross
B. circle C. greek cross
C. trapezoid D. calvary cross
D. half-circle
29) A continuous base of structure on which a colonnade is placed?
20) A temple has 8 columns in front and rear with 15 columns on A. stereobat
both sides, including the 2 columns at the front? B. stylobate
A. octastyle C. crepidoma
B. octostyle D. base
C. prostyle
D. dipteral 30) Atrium type of house, characteristic of roman times is believed to
have originated w/ the?
21) Where did gothic architecture originate? A. Etruscans
A. northern france B. aegeans
B. germany C. Corsicans
C. italy D. none
D. spain
31) One of Frank Lloyd Wright's organic architecture?
22) Development of dome to cover polygonal & square plans for A. falling water
churches, tombs and baptisteries is the character of? B. robbie house
A. gothic C. dulles airport
B. early Christian D. Petronas tower
C. Byzantine
D. Romanesque 32) Most important distinctive character of mature Spanish
Romanesque architecture?
23) The largest religious structure; beehive shaped towers? A. horseshoe arch
A. angkor wat B. lancet arch
B. borobudur C. parabolic arch
C. stupa D. tudor
D. angkor vat
33) Oldest French gothic cathedrals which was begun by bishop
24) A greek temple has 6 columns in front and at the back, at its maurice de sully, plan of w/c is on a bent axial line?
sides, it has eleven columns, that includes the outermost columns at A. notre dame
the front and back. What do you call this kind of temple? B. charters cathedral
A. peripteral C. reims cathedral
B. pseudodipteral D. none
C. decastyle
D. tetrastyle 34)Temple w/ circular plan supporting a dome of about 140 ft in
diam. & described by Thomas Jefferson as model of spherical arch
25)What is the purpose of FLW overhanging slabs? is?
A. obviously for aesthetics, that's the reason why A. st. peter basilica
it's very famous till now B. s. Sophia
B. open plan C. pantheon
C. wide openings D. parthenon
D. none of the answer is right
35)Through gothic centuries the English style that is closest to
26) An ancient roman construction technique, using irregular shaped French style is
and random placed uncut stones? A. flamboyant
B. decorated
A. opus caementium C. lancet
B. opus reticulatum
C. opus quadratum 36) From the given figure, identify the architectural style used?
D. opus incertum A. art deco
B. renaissance
27)Monumental arch of Egypt is essentially a ____ style? C. international style
A. buttress & dome D. art nouveau
B. arch & vault
C. columnar & trabeated
D. columnar 37)The Basilica di Santa maria del Fiore is world renowned and has
the largest brick dome ever constructed, it is also known as?
28) Church plan of early christian churches? A. sienna cathedral
A. basilica B. florence cathedral
 C. basilica of the holy blood
D. basilica of the holy cross 47)A Roman rectangular temples stood on a?
A. crepidoma
38) A style influenced by geometric figures? B. stylobate
A. renaissance C. podium
B. gothic D. pedestal
C. romanesque
D. art deco 48)An ornate arch’l style w/c developed during the latter part of the
renaissance period?
39)Who undertook most remarkable bldg campaign in history to A. Baroque
make Athens the cultural & artistic leader of Greece? B. Art nouveau
A. perseus C. Romanesque
B. ysicartes D. Gothic
C. pericles
D. none 49)For muslim architecture and characteristics, it is called gathering
place?
40) Architect / city planner who authored the “ekistics” - the science
of human settlements? A. mimbar
A. gropius B. mihrab
B. doxiadis C. minaret
C. niemeyer D. kaba
D. vitruvius
50)During macedonian dynasty, what type of plan is very famous?
41) Standard size of ifugao house? A. greek cross
A. 2.5x2.5 B. roman cross
B. 3x3 C. circular circular
C. 4x4 D. latin cross
D. 5x5
51)With the use of concrete made possible by pozzolona, a native
42)Egyptian architecture is characterized by? natural cement, romans to achieve huge interiors used?
A. massiveness and ornamentation A. post and beam
B. monumental & trabeated B. arch & vault
C. highly decorative C. pendentive
D. very ornate D. stylobate

43)Egyptian architecture was principally designed for? 52)The art of sculpture had a diminished role in the churches
A. external adoration because of the biblical prohibition of graven images. How did the
B. light and color artists represents the saints?
C. internal effect A. wall carving wall carving letters
D. life after death B. wall paintings
C. cut out of figures made of cloth
44)"I believe that people make natural association with forms, color D. glass mosaic
and the composition of elements while decoration and detailing help
communicate with a building's purpose" 53)In the given figure, what part of the capital is letter C?
A. michael graves A. cornice
B. philip johnson B. dentils
C. walter gropius C. frieze
D. buckminster fuller D. architrave

45)Architect who designed and advocated the geodesic dome for 54) Identify the parts of a vault in the figure shown in letter "a"?
cities of tomorrow was? A. groin
A. mies van der rohe B. lierne
B. Le corbusier C. boss
C. Buckminster fuller D. ridge
D. Louis kahn

55) Very ornate architectural style developed in the later renaissance

46) What is a common striking feature of a church? period?
A. bell tower A. baroque
B. facade B. neoclassicism
C. butress C. flamboyant
D. ornated pediments D. rayonnant
 C. sala
56)Who gave the statue of liberty to the US? D. Bulwagan
A. spain
B. france ( 65)In the falling water, what is the function of the overhanging slab?
C. great britain A. terrace
D. portugal B. living
C. open dining area
57) Who is the beginner of great hypostyle hall at Karnak and D. bedroom
founder of 19th dynasty?
A. rameses I 66)What capital order was used in the parthenon?
B. rameses II A. doric
C. seti I B. ionic
D. darius C. tuscan
D. corinthian
58)What do you call a sculpted female figure serving as an
architectural support taking the place of a column or a pillar 67)Romanesque architecture in italy is distinguished from that of the
supporting an entablature on her head as in the figure shown above? rest of Europe by the use of ___for facing walls?
A. gargoyle A. bricks
B. caryatid B. marble
C. atlantes C. mosaic
D. statue D. granite

59) Blocks resting on the vertex or lower extremes of the pediment? 68) Imposing entrance to acropolis and erected by architect
A. "antrixae" mnesicles?
B. raking cornice A. propylaea
C. moulding B. erechtheion
D. acroterian (Correct Answer) C. poseidon
D. hypostyle
60)Where is the term "Bahay Kubo" came from?
A. Term given by the spaniards 69)Renaissance of 15th century in Italy had its birth in?
B. Terminolgy by ancient filipino A. Venice
C. from "balai" for house and kubo for "cube" B. Florence
D. from " balai" for houses and "kubo" for small" C. Rome
D. Spain
61) A grotesquely carved figure of a human or animal, serves as a
spout and projects from gutter to throw rainwater clear off a building? 70) Emperor of Byzantine empire who codified roman laws and
A. scupper drain responsible for rebuilding of s. Sophia was
B. carved parapet
C. gargoyle A. Diocletian
D. down spout B. Theodosius
C. Justinian
62)Through gothic centuries, English lancet arch style is closest to D. none
the?
A. Spanish style 71)Traditional maranaw house for the ordinary members of the
B. French style community?
C. Italian style A. walay
D. none B. lamin
C. torogan
D. Dama

72)Standing stones usually capped with horizontal slab?

63)In gothic church, what is the purpose of the flying buttress? A. stoneheng
A. support the roofing structure B. chromelech
B. aesthetic purposes C. dolmen
C. support the high wall's decorative elements D. mehir
D. none
73)The ifugao house (southern strain) is known as?
64)Area reserved for entertaining guests in bahay kubo? A. fayu
A. dulang B. bale
B. caida C. Chalanan
 D. Batalag C. lancet
D. consonant
74) Who design the interlocking thin shell, shark like concept, that
can be seen on the shore of austrilia? 83)Which of the order was added by romans to the orders used by
A. Santiago Calatrava the greeks?
B. Jorge Utzon A. ionic
C. Norman Foste B. composite
D. Michael Graves C. Corinthian
D. tuscan
75) Temple whose most remarkable feature is use of all 3 greek
orders, Doric outside, ionic & Corinthian within is 84) Systyle intercolumnation?
A. artemus A. 1.5 x cd
B. Parthenon B. 2.5 x cd
C. Apollo epicurius C. 2 x cd
D. none D. 3-4 x cd

76) Greek architecture was essentially? 85)How did romans create a structures with great spans?
A. arch and vaulted A. use of arch
B. buttressed and domed B. use of stones pile together
C. columnar and trabeated C. stone corbel systems
D. massive columns D. large column and stone beams

77)Largest medieval cathedral in Europe, w/ exception of s. peter's 86)Mineral of greatest importance to greek architecture of w/c
rome. The largest church in the world? Greece and her domains had ample of supplies?
A. Westminster abbey A. pozzolana
B. Seville cathedral B. marble
C. Sagrada familia C. clay
D. notre dame D. granite

78)Colosseum, rome was commenced by vespacian and completed 87) In the given figure, what part of the capital is letter A?
by? A. cornice
B. dentils
A. domitian C. frieze
B. titus D. architrave
C. Trajan
D. none 88) Which of the following is not a door?
A. Trap
79)Archt. Of temple of apollo epicurius? B. clerestory
A. ictinus x C. plank and batten
B. callicrates D. bifold
C. callimachus
D. itchy nose 89) What do you call the recess found in the dome to make the
structure lighter?
80) In egyptian architecture, tomb of pharaohs was the? A. oculus
A. ziggurat B. coffers
B. mastaba C. pendentive
C. pyramid D. Podium
D. sphinx

81)Character of early christian arch is determined by the novel 90) Decorative clerestory found above the windows of a bahay na
development of? bato?
A. stone vaults A. colada
B. timber trusses B. ventanilla
C. arched vaults C. Gilir
D. lintel and beam D. Rakuh

82) The third phase of gothic architecture? 91) From the given figure, identify the architectural style used?
A. rayonnant A. art deco
B. flamboyant B. renaissance
 C. international style 1) A traditional Japanese gate most commonly found at the entrance
D. modernism of or within a Shinto shrine, where it symbolically marks the transition
from the profane to the sacred?
92) If a greek temple has a total of 14 columns with a breakdown of 4 A. Torii
in front, 4 at the back and the rest at both sides, what type of temple B. Torana
is this? C. Pailou
A. peripteral D. Gopuram
B. prostyle
C. amphiprostyle 2) CorA monumental tower, usually ornate, at the entrance of any
D. dipteral temple, especially in Southern India. This forms a prominent feature
of Koils, Hindu temples of the Dravidian style. They are topped by the
93) King zoser’s archt. who was revered and deified in the 26th kalasam, a bulbous stone finial. They function as gateways through
dynasty? the walls that surround the temple complex.
A. imhotep A. Torii
B. senad B. Torana
C. seneferm C. Pailou
D. Gopuram
94)Building in acropolis generally considered as being the most
nearly perfect building ever erected is? 3)Stupa or temples cut in rock formation is a contribution of hat style
A. erechtheion of arch?
B. Parthenon A. Islamic
C. pantheon B. Chinese
D. porch of the maidens C. Filipino
D. Indian
95)From the given figure, identify the architectural style used?
A. art deco 4) A type of gateway seen in the Hindu and Buddhist architecture of
B. art nouveau the Indian subcontinent?
C. rococo A. Torii
D. baroque B. Torana
C. Pailou
96)The shaft of the greek order terminates in which part? D. Gopuram
A. trachelion
B. hypotrachelion 5) What architectural style is the “Gateway of India”? It is built during
C. abacus the British Raj in Mumbai (formerly Bombay), India. Located on the
D. echinus waterfront in the Apollo Bunder area in South Mumbai?
A. Indo-Saracenic Revival
97)Gutter in modern times is like a? B. Islamic architecture
A. frieze C. Neo-Classical Architecture
B. pediment D. Mughal architecture
C. girt
D. cornice 6)Taj Mahal is regarded by many as the finest of what type of
architecture?
98) Arch’l character of Romanesque style? A. Indo-Saracenic Revival
A. grotesque & bizarre B. Islamic architecture
B. sober & dignified C. Neo-Classical Architecture
C. flamboyant & decorative D. Mughal architecture
D. none

7) What primary shape is used for the Taj mahal?

A. Pointed arch
99) The great pyramid at gizeh was built in the 4th dynasty by? B. Tudor arch
A. rameses I C. Lancet arch
B. rameses II D. Roman arch
C. cheops
D. chepren 8) Identify the gateway above?

GATEWAYS AND LANDMARKS

 A. Pai lou Journey into "heaven". NOTE: SLIDE THE BAR BELOW TO SEE
B. Torana THE ENTIRE PHOTO.
C. Torii
D. Gopuram

9) What is the shape of the Taj Mahal central dome? A. the "rock"
A. bulbous dome B. Temple of heaven
B. parabolic dome C. dome of the rock
C. corbel dome D. The golden mosque
D. oval dome
17) Influence of Indian Stupa to Japanese and Buddhists and
10) What type of material is used for the dome of Taj mahal? Chinese?
A. Temple
B. Bent Roof
C. Pagoda
D. Decorated Eaves

A. Granite 18)Japanese and Chinese architecture, similarities?

B. Marble A. Pagoda
C. Limestone B. temple
D. bronze C. gong
D. to fu
11)A traditional Chinese architectural gateway?
A. torii 19)Which of the following influenced classical architecture?
B. Torana A. Style
C. Paifang/pailou B. Religion
D. None C. Order
D. Culture
12) Identify the fancy gateway shown above?
A. torii 20)An Indian structure that inspired the Chinese and Japanese in
B. Torana building the Pagoda?
C. Paifang A. stupa
D. Gopuram B. torana
C. pai lou
13) The largest Hindu temple complex in the world? D. pointed arch
A. shwedagon Pagoda
B. angkor wat 21)A temple tower of the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians having
C. ziggurat a form of a terraced pyramid of successively receding storeys.
D. borobudur A. Mastaba
B. Pyramid
14) A 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist Temple in Magelang, Central C. Ziggurat
Java, Indonesia. The monument consists of six square platforms D. Aztec Pyramid
topped by three circular platforms, and is decorated with relief panels
and Buddha statues. 22) Where can you find the Pyramid of Cheops?
A. shwedagon pagoda A. Mexico
B. angkor aat B. Rome
C. ziggurat C. Egypt
D. borobudur D. Greece

15) In this Mahayana Buddhist Temple, a main dome, located at the 23)A mythical creature with, as a minimum, the body of a lion and the
center of the top platform, is surrounded by Buddha statues seated head of a human or a cat?
inside a perforated stupa. How many Buddha statues are there? A. great sphinx of giza
A. 45 B. gargoyles
B. 6 C. caryatid
C. 72 D. merlion
D. 504
24)Type of tomb in Egypt, which is the burial for the noble and
eminent?
A. Pyramid
16) What is the name of that structure ( in the photo) located in the B. Ziggurat
centre of a greater Muslim Shrine, known as the Haram Ash Sharif, C. Mastaba
which muslims commemorates Muhammad's miraculous Night D. Cenotaph
 B. torana
25)An iron lattice tower located on the Champ de Mars in Paris? C. pai lou
A. eiffel tower D. stupa
B. tori de paris
C. lattice tower 34)An architecture built as a gateway for entering a sacred place in
D. Gustave Tower Korea?
A. Hongsalmun
26)What is the structure in the Acropolis which contains a female B. bo nyung
figure that serves as a column? C. sinui ireu meun
A. caryatid D. hashimnikka
B. atlantes
C. venus 35)A tall, four-sided, narrow tapering monument which ends in a
D. gargoyles pyramid-like shape at the top, and is said to resemble a petrified ray
of the sun-disk?
27)A grotesquely carved figure of a human or animal. serves as a A. Obelisk
spout & projects from gutter to throw rainwater clear off a building? B. Dolmen
A. Scupper C. Tower
B. Gargoyle D. Spir
C. Down spout
D. Frieze 36) One of the most recognizable Roman inventions as “water
transportation system”?
28)From the points of view shown above for the Sydney Opera A. Aqueducts
House by Jorn Utzon, what is the most appropriate spatial B. Cistern
organization applied? C. Concrete roads
D. Roman arch

37)What is the style of the Chrysler Building in New York?

A. Rococo
A. Repetition B. Art deco
B. Additive C. Modern Baroque
C. Rhytm D. Neo-classicism
D. Transformation
38)It is a large glass and metal pyramid, surrounded by three smaller
29) What is the architectural style of the Sydney Opera House? pyramids, in the main courtyard of a Palace. This would serves as
A. modern expressionist design the main entrance to the Museum design by I. M. Pei.
B. deconstructivism A. Pyramid glass
C. international style B. Louvre Pyramid
D. nude architecture C. The pyramid
D. None
30) What is the Sydney Opera House “shell” made of?
A. pre-cast concrete panel shell 39)What is the effect of the glass pyramid by I.M. pei place in the old
B. space frame truss with white metal cladding architecture?
C. fixed fabric membrane A. Contrast
D. pre-fabricated “light” load-bearing concrete shell B. Juxtaposition
C. Blend
31)What is the color of the building’s exterior cladding? D. none
A. white granite
B. pink granite 40)How many number of glass planes of the “louvre pyramid” before
C. white membrane it was claimed to be 672 panes?
D. yellow metal cladding A. 888
B. 666
32)A monumental, freestanding gateway on the approach to a shinto C. 999
shrine consisting of two pillars connected at the top by a horizontal D. 603
crosspiece and lintel above it. Usually curving upward.
A. torii 41)Series of fortifications made of stone, brick, tamped earth, wood,
B. pagoda and other materials, generally built along an east-to-west line across
C. pai lou the historical northern borders of China in part to protect the Chinese
D. gou Empire. requently billed as the only man-made object visible from
space, generally isn't, at least to the unaided eye in low Earth orbit.
33)What is a Japanese gateway with 2 vertical posts and 2 horizontal A. great wall of china
bars? B. roman arch
A. torii C. borobudur
 D. ziggurat
49) What is the actual shape of the Beijing National Aquatics Center,
42)A megalith structure ever known located in the English county of known as the water cube?
Wiltshire. Some medieval writers called it "giant's dance". A. cuboid
A. stonehenge B. cube
B. cromlech C. hexahedron
C. dolmen D. rectangle

43) Large upright standing stone? 50) What is the bubble cladding pillow for the Beijing National
A. stonehenge Aquatic Centre, so called "water cube" ?
B. cromlech
C. dolmen
D. menhir

44)A freestanding bell tower, of the cathedral of the Italian city of

Pisa,
A. Torre delle Milizie
B. leaning tower of pisa
C. pasquareccia bell
D. assunta bell

45)Tallest man-made structure in the world, at 829.8 m

A. Burj Khalifa
B. Burj Al Arab A. 0.2 mm thk polymer foam
C. Makkah Royal Clock Tower Hotel B. ETFE
D. Taipei 101 C. hydraulic-acid glass
D. structural bubble glass
46)The colonial Filipino house after bahay bubo?
A. bahay na batO
B. balai
C. torana
D. nipa house

47) Why does leandro Locsin decide to raised the whole structure on
the podium of the Cultural Centre ?
A. intended to promote an elitist view of art and culture
B. in response to the high sea levels on the reclaimed land
C. to emphasize the floating effect of the massive block

D. contrast of the horizontal line that the ramp creates curve

48) The opera house in Beijing, colloquially described as "The Giant

Egg". A titanium accented glass dome that is completely surrounded
by a man-made lake. looks like an egg foat in the water.

A. NCPA
B. bird's nest
C. the water cube
D. titanium egg