UNITED ARCHITECTS OF THE PHILIPPINES – DUBAI CHAPTER

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SPLBE-FLEA 2017 REFRESHER EXAMINATION
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Subject: Theory of Architecture________________________
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DATE : June 23, 2017 (Friday)

VENUE : American College of Dubai, Al Garhoud, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
INSTRUCTIONS : Read and understand the questions carefully. Choose the BEST correct answer.

Strictly NO ERASURES on Answer Sheet

1. It is a comparison showing differences; the opposite of similarity.

a. Rhythm c. Proportion
b. Character d. Contrast
2. The most important kind of character in architecture is that which result from the purpose of
the building or reason of erection.
a. Proportion c. Functional character
b. Contrast d. Personal character
3. It gives a feeling of grandeur, dignity and monumentality.
a. Centralized c. Scale
b. Radial d. Balance
4. A kind of character that came from the influence of ideas and impressions related to or
growing out of past experience.
a. Associated characcter c. Character
b. Personal char. d. Functional char.
5. It is evident by a comparison which the eye makes between the size, shape and tone of a
various object or part of a competition.
a. Proportion c. Scale
b. Rhythm d. Balance
6. It bears a certain relation to the same attribute to the life of an individual.
a. Functional characcter c. Personal character
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b. Relative proportion d. Balance
7. The size of a building element or space relative to the dimensions and proportion of human
body.
a. Generic scale c. Human scale
b. Visual scale d. Mechanical scale
8. Architect’s dictum: “the magnificent display of volume put together in the light”
a. Adolf Hitler c. Louis Kahn
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b. Frank Gehry d. Le Corbusier
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9. That which the eye identifies, the mind perceives and interprets.
a. Shape c. Form
b. Texture d. Orientation
10. Visual property of a form wwith respect to an observer.

a. Size b. Orientation c. Visual inertia D. Position

11. Subtracting a portion of a fo

forms volume to create another.
a. Subtracting transformation
b. Additive transformation
c. Subtractive transformation
d. Dimensional transformation
12. This refers to the manner in which the surface of a form come together to define its shape
and volume.

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a. Articulation of form c. Clustered form

b. Form d. Architecture
13. A composition of linear forms extending outward from a central form in a radial manner.
a. Linear form c. Radial form
b. Clustered form d. Centralized form
14. Architecture is generally conceived, designed and realized.
a. Design process c. Form
b. Articulation d. Theory
15. It is the specific quality of a surface which results from its three-dimensional structure.
a. Light c. Shape
b. Texture d. Form
16. One or more dimension is altered but will retain its identity.
a. Subtractive c. Additive transformation
b. Dimensional d. Nota
transformation
17. It is a 3-dimensional object having volume and thickness. It is the illusion of a 3-d effect that
can be implied with the use of light and shading techniques.
a. Form c. Texture
b. Shape d. Volume
18. Simply the lightness or darkness of a color (how much black and/or white it has in it).
a. Hue c. Saturation
b. Tone d. Value
19. Which of the following are complementary colors?
a. Orange-green c. Yellow-green
b. Red-green d. Yellow-violet
20. Received the “Patnubay ng Sining at Kalinanagan “award for the city of manila, who is the
architect?
a. Philip Recto c. Tomas Mapua
b. Juan Nakpil d. Antonio Toledo
21. Eiffel tower in Paris stands:
a. 982 ft. c. 983 ft.
b. 984 ft. d. 985 ft.
22. The world’s largest entertainment shopping center at Alberta, Canada has 127 acre with a floor
area of 5.2 million sq. Meters. It also has more than 800 stores and 11 major department
stores.
a. Megamall
b. West Edmonton mall
c. Shanghai complex mall
d. Oklahoma new stare mall
23. Architect of the “Phivolcs” building in C.P. Garcia Ave., Diliman, Quezon City
a. Willliam Coscolluela c. Francisco Manosa
b. Froilan Hong d. Felino Palafox
24. What is referred to as the origin of architecture?
a. System of decoration and ornamentation
b. Expression of structural system
c. Protection from inclemency of the season
d. Practical usefulness of the space
25. What invention brought about modern high-rise buildings?
a. Steel beam c. Curtain wall system
b. Elevator d. Thin shell construction
26. The architect of central bank of the Philippines is ____________
a. Gabriel Formoso c. Leandro Locsin
b. Froilan Hong d. George Ramos
27. Who invented the system of well-high universal application based on hyperboloids in the
building?

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a. Philip Johnson c. Adolf Laos

b. Antonio Gaudi d. Peter Behrens
28. Architect of the famous twin tower world trade center.
a. Yamasaki And Roth c. Daniel Libeskind
b. I.M. Pei d. Tom Wright
29. This famous dictum, “I am neither a capitalist nor a socialist, I am not religious nor an Atheist”
belongs to.
a. Lucio Costa c. Pier Luigi Nervi
b. Buckminster Fuller d. Oscar Niemeyer
30. Nicknamed “The Shell Builder” because of his extensive exploration of the structural
possibilities of lightweight concrete roof construction, often using complex curve forms to
exploit the tensile strengths within this versatile material.
a. Frank Lloyd Wright c. Felix Candela
b. Pier Luigi Nervi d. Eliel Saarinen

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