TROPICAL DESIGN &

GREEN ARCHITECTURE
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pare by: MS
1. These are the design
considerations, except?

A. Landscape
B. Fenestration
C. Building Envelope
D. Topography
2. Refers to the design of buildings and
spaces based on local climate, aimed to
providing thermal and visual comfort,
making use of solar energy and other
environmental sources?

A. Climatic Factors
B. Bioclimatic Factors
C. Climatic Elements
D. Design Elements
3. Encompasses the statistics of
temperature, humidity, atmospheric
pressure, wind, rainfall, atmospheriv
particle count and other meteorological
elemental measurements in a given region
over shorter periods?

A. Climate
B. Macroclimate
C. Microclimate
D. Mesoclimate
4. Refers to the climatic conditions of a
specific localized area, usually measured
in terms of tens of yards, sometimes
hundreds of yards?

A. Climate
B. Macroclimate
C. Microclimate
D. Mesoclimate
5. Refers to the regional climate of a broad
area which can include an area on the
scale of tens to hundreds of kilometers?

A. Climate
B. Macroclimate
C. Microclimate
D. Mesoclimate
6. Refers to areas as small as a few
square feet or as large as many square
miles?

A. Climate
B. Macroclimate
C. Microclimate
D. Mesoclimate
7. Variation in temperature that occurs
from the highs of the day to the cool of
nights?

A. Absolute Humidity
B. Specific Humidity
C. Vapor pressure
D. Diurnal Temperature
8. Amount of moisture present in the
air?

A. Absolute Humidity
B. Specific Humidity
C. Vapor pressure
D. Diurnal Temperature
9. Weight of unit vapor per unit weight of
air?

A. Absolute Humidity
B. Specific Humidity
C. Vapor pressure
D. Diurnal Temperature
10.Traditionally defined as a seasonal reversing
wind accompanied by corresponding changes in
precipitation, but is now used to describe
seasonal changes in atmospheric circulation &
precipitation associated with the
assymmetricheating of land and sea?

A. Monsoons
B. Weather
C. Tropical cyclone
D. Typhoon
11. Devices that inhibit the solar radiation
(block, allow, etc.) incident on a building
and are used either internally or externally
or in between the internal and the external
building space?

A. Solar shading
B. Weather shading
C. Sun shading
D. Building shade
12. What is the importance of Sun
Shading Devices?

A. Improve internal environment in

order to provide greater comport for
occupants.
B. To increase useful daylight
availability.
C. To create a sense of security.
D. All of the above.
13.A combination of vertical and horizontal
shading elements commonly used in hot
climate regions because of their high shading
efficiencies. The horizontal elements control
ground glare from reflected solar rays. The
device work well on walls?

A. Horizontal devices
B. Vertical devices
C. Egg-crate
D. Nota
14. Primarily useful for east and west
exposures to improve the insulation
value of glass in winter months by
acting as a windbreak?

A. Horizontal devices
B. Vertical devices
C. Egg-crate
D. Nota
15. To shade a window during hot
summer months, but to allow sunlight to
shine through a window in the winter, to
help warm a building. Generally used on
north and south facing of the building?

A. Horizontal devices
B. Vertical devices
C. Egg-crate
D. Nota
16. It is the direction upwind from the
point of reference (+pressure)?

A. Leeward
B. Windward
C. Chimney effect
D. Venturi effect
17. It is the direction downwind from
the point of reference (- pressure)?

A. Leeward
B. Windward
C. Chimney effect
D. Venturi effect
18. The circulation of fresh air through
open windows, doors or other openings
on opposite sides of a room?

A. Wind gradient
B. Cross ventilation
C. Stack/Chimney effect
D. Venturi effect
19. The tendency of air or gas in a
shalf or other vertical space to rise
when heated, creating a draft that
draws in cooler air or gas from
below?

A. Wind gradient
B. Cross ventilation
C. Stack/Chimney effect
D. Venturi effect
20. Wind speeds increase with the
height above the ground, and the
smoothness of the ground surface?

A. Wind gradient
B. Cross ventilation
C. Stack/Chimney effect
D. Venturi effect
21. The rate of flow of air inside the
building will be increased by making
the outlet opening bigger than the inlet?

A. Wind gradient
B. Cross ventilation
C. Stack/Chimney effect
D. Venturi effect
22. The type of cooling system that is
already integrated in the building
fabric?

A. Passive cooling system

B. Active cooling system
C. Direct cooling system
D. Indirect cooling system
23. The type of cooling system that
utilizes machines to heat or cool the
structure?

A. Passive cooling system

B. Active cooling system
C. Direct cooling system
D. Indirect cooling system
24. This cooling system has an
advantage of lower initial cost?

A. Passive cooling system

B. Active cooling system
C. Direct cooling system
D. Indirect cooling system
25. A row of closely spaced trees whose
row is 4 times its height (4H), it can
have a wind shadow of ?

A. 2H (twice the height)

B. 3H (thrice the height)
C. 4H (four times the height)
D. 6H (six times the height)
26. If the length of a tree row is equal
to 8 times its height (8H), its wind
shadow can be measured at
approximately ?

A. 2H (twice the height)

B. 3H (thrice the height)
C. 4H (four times the height)
D. 6H (six times the height)
27. Given the height of a well-foliaged
tree (H), what is the approximate length
of its wind shadow?

A. 2H (twice the height)

B. 3H (thrice the height)
C. 4H (four times the height)
D. 6H (six times the height)
28. The winter monsoon usually first
affects the Philippines as a weak
stream during what month?

A. April
B. January
C. October
D. September
29. It usualIy attains maximum
strength during what month?

A. April
B. January
C. October
D. September
30. It attains maximum intensity during
this month?

A. April
B. August
C. March
D. September
31.The practice of adopting measures that
promote resource management efficiency and
site sustainability while minimizing the
negative impact of buildings on human health
and the environment.This practice
complements the conventional building
design concerns of economy, durability,
serviceability and comfort?

A. Green building concept

B. Sustainable building concept
C. Green architecture
D. Environmental friendly approach
32. The GB code shall be subject to the
following performance standards,
except?

A. Energy efficiency
B. Water efficiency
C. Rain water harvesting
D. Indoor Environmental quality
33. Water from sewage treatment plants
shall be reused for non-potable purposes?

A. Water recycling
B. Water waste management
C. Rain water harvesting
D. Sewage water treatment
34. It is one of the purest sources of
water available.

A. Water recycling
B. Water waste management
C. Rain water harvesting
D. Sewage water treatment
35. Governs all matters related to
resource efficiency and material
selection and use with the least
impact on the environment.

A. Environmental quality
B. Site sustainability
C. Non-hazardous material
D. Material sustainability
36. It includes buildings and
transportation systems, accounts for
more than two-thirds of all greenhouse
gas emissions.

A. Built environment
B. Building commissioning
C. Retrocommissioning
D. Adoptive reuse
37. designing and building a structure
in a way that makes it suitable for
future use different than its original use.

A. Built environment
B. Building commissioning
C. Retrocommissioning
D. Adoptive reuse
38. A tune-up that identifies
inefficiencies and restores high levels of
performance.

A. Built environment
B. Building commissioning
C. Retrocommissioning
D. Adoptive reuse
39. The process of verifying and
documenting that a building and all its
systems and assemblies are planned,
designed, installed, tested, operated, and
maintained to meet the owner's project
requirements.

A. Carbon neutrality
B. Building commissioning
C. Retrocommissioning
D. Adoptive reuse
40. They use no more water than that
which falls on site as precipitation, or
they produce zero waste by recycling,
reusing, or composting all materials.

A. Carbon neutrality
B. Water source
C. Water balance
D. Net – zero energy
41. Emitting no more carbon
emissions than they can either
sequester or offset.

A. Carbon neutrality
B. Water source
C. Water balance
D. Net – zero energy
42. LEED means?

A. Leadership in Energy and Environment Design

B. Leadership Energy of Environmental Design
C. Leadership in Energy Environment and Design
D. Leadership in Energy and Environmental
Design
43. What does LEED provide?

A. Help rate your green building design.

B. Can inform how bad your design you
made.
C. Can inform how detailed you made with
the use of the environment.
D. All of the above.
44. The mantra that is the heart
and soul of green living is
“Reduce, Reuse and:

A. Restore
B. Repair
C. Refrain
D. Recycle
45. Sustainability means?

A. Building Green
B. Conducting any human activity such that the
Resources are not permanently depleted
affecting the lives of future generation
C. Planting trees
D. Improving Infrastructure
46. Sustainable buildings will help
reduce?

A. 12% of potable water consumption

B. 30 percent of all greenhouse gas
emissions produced by buildings each
year in the UnitedStates
C. The 3 billion tons of raw material used
each year in construction
D. All of these
47. When does Sustainable Planning
take place?

A. During the design phase of the building’s

development
B. After construction of the building
C. During the construction phase of the
building’s development
D. During decorating
48. Green building practices include?

A. Only energy efficiency

B. Only Environmental Protection
C. Only recycled materials
D. All of these
49. Green building planning considers
environmental, social, and
impacts of a building?

A. technological
B. political
C. economic
D. All of these
50. Which of the following is
considered a negative environmental
impact?

A. Accessible green space (i.e. parks)

B. Construction noise
C. Pedestrian pathways
D. Grey water system
THANK YOU & GOD BLESS
FUTURE ARCHITECTS !!!

REFERENCES:
- Philippine Green Building
code
- Tropical architecture

- past ALE questions