HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE d.

Alvar Aalto
7. The space underneath a bahay na bato
1. A long-arcaded entrance porch in an
used to store the family’s carriages—or
early Christian Church
if the family was active in the church—
a. Nave
processional carriages.
b. Narthex
a. Silong
c. Ambulatory
b. Zaguan
d. Cantharus
c. Entesuelo
d. Kamalig
2. Foot race course
a. Gymnasium
8. A grain house, warehouse, or barn-like
b. Palaestra
storehouse used to store rice or grain.
c. Stadium
a. Silong
d. Hippodrome
b. Zaguan
c. Entesuelo
3. An English Architect who prepared plan
d. Kamalig
for London i.e., St. Paul Cathedral;
proposed a network of avenues
9. No. 1 in the 10 tallest building in the
connecting the main features of
Philippines
London.
a. PBCorn Toweer
a. Leonardo Da Vinci
b. Trump Tower Manila
c. Discovery Primera
b. Leon Battista Alberti
d. Grand Hyatt Manila
c. Pierre Charles L’ Enfant
d. Sir Christopher Wren
10. Small panels beneath the main window,
which can be slid open for added
4. Architect of Iglesia ni Cristo
ventilation.
a. Caesar Homer Concio
a. Calado
b. Felipe Mendoza
b. Caida
c. Juan Nakpil
c. Kamalig
d. Carlos Santos Viola
d. Ventanillas

5. A Filipino architect whose philosophy is

11. The space underneath a bahay na bato
‘the structure must be well oriented’.
used to store the family’s carriages—or
a. Caesar Homer Concio
if the family was active in the church—
b. Felipe Mendoza
processional carriages.
c. Juan Nakpil
e. Silong
d. Carlos Santos Viola
f. Zaguan
g. Entesuelo
6. Art Noveau is known as the
h. Kamalig
international style. In Germany it is
known as __.
12. In Egyptian arch., tomb of nobility was
a. Jugendstijl
the
b. Eero Saarinen
a. Ziggurat
c. Richard Josef Neutra
 b. Mastaba world fastest elevators, which will climb
c. Pyramid the tower at the speed of 18 meters per
d. None of the above second.
a. Ping an international Finance
13. In Mesopotamian arch., religion called Center
for temples made of sun dried bricks is b. Shanghai Tower
a. Megarons c. Lotte World Tower
b. Thakamus d. Makkah Clock Royal Tower
c. Ziggurats
d. None of the above 19. What study of arch do we learn the
possible origins of architecture its
14. Roman rectangular temples stood on a different forms, and structures w/c are
______? unique to each civilization?
a. Crepidoma a. Theory of Arch
b. Stylobate b. Arch. Design
c. Podium c. Structural Design
d. Pedestal d. History of Architecture

15. Church plan of early Christian churches 20. Who said the quote “The house is a
is a _____? machine to live in”?
a. Basilica a. John Ruskin
b. Latin Cross b. Louis Khan
c. Greek Cross c. Van de Rohe
d. Calvary Cross d. Le Corbusier

16. Moorish influence of muslim features 21. No. 08 in the top 10 tallest building in
such as horseshoe ach, pierced stone the Philippines?
tracery and excessive ornament in a. Grand Rivera Suites
Spanish gothic was due to b. The Imperium of Capitol Commons
a. Climate c. Shangri-La at the Fort, Manila
b. Geography d. Discovery Primea
c. Bldg. Materials
d. Religion 22. It measures just 16 meters less than
Taipei 101. The building, which due to
17. The architect who said the exterior if its shape is also referred to as the
the building is the result of the interior. “bottle-opener” is a direct neighbor of
a. Mies Van de Rohe Shanghai Tower and was completed in
b. Le Corbusier 2008 from a design by Kohn Pederson
c. Frank Lloyd Wright Fox.
d. William Ruskin a. Taipei 101
b. Shanghai World Financial Center
18. It is located in the Chinese City of c. The One World Trade Center
Shanghai, is almost 200 meters shorter d. Makkah Clock Royal Tower
than Burj Khalifa in Dubai. Home to the
 c. Caldarium d. Laconicum
23. Who is the Architect of Burj Khalifa? 30. No. 04 in the World’s tallest building?
a. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill a. Shanghai Tower
b. Kohn Pederson Fox b. Burj Khalifa
c. P&T Group c. Makkah Clock Royal Tower
d. Gensler d. Ping An International Finance
Center
24. No. 2 in the World’s Tallest Building?
a. Shanghai Tower 31. No. 06 in the top 10 tallest building in
b. Burj Khalifa the Philippines? (The Mega Tower)
c. Makkah Clock Tower a. Grand Rivera Suites
d. Discovery Primea b. The Imperium at Capitol Commons
c. Shangri-La at the Fort, Manila
25. No. 05 in the top 10 tallest building in d. Discovery Primea
the Philippines? (Shang Salcedo Place)
a. Grand Rivera Suites 32. Who is the architect of Notre Dame
b. The Imperium at Capital Commons Hout Ronchamp, France?
c. Shangri-La at the Fort, Manila a. Le Corbusier
d. Discovery Primea b. Louis Sullivan
c. Frank Lloyd Wright
26. What characteristic was considered to d. None of the above
describe Gothic Architecture?
a. Rude & Barbaric 33. The simpliest, earliest & most perfect
b. Black & White among the orders.
c. Darkness a. Doric
d. Evil & Cruelty b. Ionic
c. Corinthian
27. The new Philippines Stock Exchange in d. Tuscan
Makati was designed by? (Leandro V
Locsin) 34. A line of counterthrusting arches raised
a. Fancisco Manosa on columns of piers
b. Undy Locsin a. Arcade c. Pronaos
c. Gabriel Fajardo b. Naos d. Epinaos
d. William Coscolluela
35. The prehistoric tomb composed of
28. Who is the architect of Manila Hotel? standing stones capped with large
a. Antonio Toledo horizontal slab?
b. William Parsons a. Dolmen
c. David Burnham b. Tumulus
d. Thomas Mapua c. Menhir
d. Cromlech
29. What is the warm room in Italian bath?
a. Sudatorium
b. Tepidarium
36. The crowning or upper portion of the a. Fluting
entablature also used for any crowning b. Dromos
projection. c. Apotheca
a. Cornice d. None of the above
b. Frieze
c. Tympanum 43. For horse and chariot racing
d. None of the above (Hippodrome)
a. Circus
37. The middle division of the classic b. Domus
entablature. c. Villa
a. Cornice d. Insula
b. Frieze
c. Tympanum 44. Apartment house also called
d. None of the above “werkmen’s dwelling”
a. Circus
38. No. 09 in the top 10 tallest building in b. Domus
the Philippines? c. Villa
a. Grand River Suites d. Insula
b. The Imperium at Capitol Commons
c. Shangri-La at the Fort, Manila 45. Has 10 columns
d. Discovery Primea a. Tetrastyle
b. Octastyle
39. The most sophisticated, less heavy than c. Enneastyle
the Doric order d. Decastyle
a. Doric
b. Ionic 46. Decorative surfaces formed by small
c. Corinthian cubes of stone, glass and marble
d. Tuscan a. Mosaic
b. Etruscan
40. Has 4 columns c. Ampitheaters
a. Tetrastyle (4) d. Xystus
b. Octastyle (8)
c. Enneastyle (9) 47. A more widely spaced columns carrying
d. Decastyle (10) semi-circular arches
a. Archivolt c. Cancelli
41. The flat square on the top of the capital b. Baptistery d. Oratory
a. Abacus
b. Echinus 48. A low screen wall
c. Pediment a. Archivolt
d. None of the above b. Baptistery
c. Cancelli
42. A shallow, concave grooves running d. Oratory
vertically on the shaft of a column,
plaster or other surfaces
49. A muslim house of worship c. Groin d. None of the above
a. Mosque 56. A space entirely or partly under a bldg.;
b. Chatri in churches generally beneath the
c. Dar chancel and used for burial in early
d. Diwan times
a. Cloisters
50. A water cistern collector b. Crypt
a. Villa c. Pulpit
b. Insula d. Narthex
c. Atrium
d. Impluvium 57. Subterranean vaults and later were
called catacombs by Early Christian
51. A roman dining room w/ couches on a. Coemetria
three sides b. Columboria
a. Triclinium c. Loculi
b. Cubiculum d. None of the above
c. Oecus
d. None of the above 58. There are many churches in Manila and
this one was founded by Dominican
52. A tall tower in, or continuous to a priests in 1596. Is also known as the
mosque arch stairs leading upto one or Minor basilica of Saint Lorenzo Ruiz (the
more balconies from which the faithful first Filipino saint) and Our Lady of the
are called to prayer Most Holy Rosary Parish and has been
a. Minaret rebuilt numerous times over the
b. Mimber centuries due to constant damage by
c. Mimbar d. Muhajir war and natural disasters.
a. Calasiao Church
53. The high pulpit of ambo b. Manila Cathedral
a. Minaret c. Binondo Church
b. Member d. Quiapo Church
c. Mimbar
d. Muhajor 59. Which historic style of arch. First
introduced the clerestory?
54. Entrance court, open to sky & at the a. Egyptian
center is a impluvium b. Greek
a. Villa c. Roman
b. Insula d. None of the above
c. Atrium
d. None of the above 60. “let the façade be a free composition” -
famous axiom by
55. A window placed vertically in a sloping a. Louis Kahn
roof w/ a roof on its own b. Pier Luigi Nervi
a. Dormer window c. Kenzo Tange
b. Billet d. Walter Gropius
61. What is the first planned park in the 66. What is the 2nd oldest institute of higher
U.S.? education in phils. Which boosts of
a. Golden Gate Park ancient Spanish arch.?
b. Washington Park, CHI a. Univ. of San Carlos
c. Central Park, NYC b. De La Salle Univ.
d. Yosemite Park, CA c. Ateneo De Mla Univ.
d. Univ. of Sto. Tomas
62. Which does not belong to the favorite
motifs of design of the Egyptians. 67. Is most sacred part of a church or
a. Palm temple. Which is a holy and
b. Lotus consecrated place?
c. Papyrus a. Sanctuary
d. All of the above b. Shrine
c. Scene
63. Located in downtown Manila in Plaza d. Transept
Miranda, the baroque church was 68. Formally known as the Kalakhang
expanded in 1984 to accommodate Katedral Basilika ng Maynila. Is a Roman
more devotees. Only its façade with Catholic Basilica dedicated to the
twisted columns and the dome at the Blessed Virgin Mary as Our Lady of the
dome at the transept were retained Immaculate Conception?
from its classic design. The church was a. Colasiao Church
officially declared a Minor Basilica in b. Manila Cathedral
1988. c. Binondo Church
a. Calasiao Church d. Quiapo Church
b. Manila Cathedral
c. Binondo Church 69. A grain house, warehouse, or barn-like
d. Quiapo Church storehouse used to store rice or grain.
a. Silong
64. Romanesque architecture in Italy is b. Zaguan
distinguished from that of the rest of c. Entesuelo
Europe by the use of what material for d. Kamlig
facing walls.
a. Marble 70. First modern architecture school in the
b. Stone world.
c. Clay a. Bauhaus
d. None of the above b. Chicago School of Arts
c. Ecole de Beaux Arts
65. Toranas or gateways are characteristic d. None of the above
of ___ architecture?
a. Indian
b. Japanese
c. Filipino
d. Chinese
71. No. 1 in the 10 tallest building in the 76. Used 4 all types of physical exercise.
Philippines. a. Gymnasium
a. PBCom Tower b. Ephebium
b. Trump Tower Manila c. Palaestra
c. Discovery Primera d. Orchestra
d. Grand Hyatt Manila
77. Is widely recognized for its distinct
72. What invention brought about modern architecture characterized by 24
high-rise buildings? massive buttresses on the sides and
a. Elevator back of the structure. Also declared as a
b. Curtain-wall National Cultural Treasure by the
c. Steel beam Philippine government in 1973, it also
d. Thin shell construction has three-story coral bell tower that
resembles a pagoda, which was built
73. It’s the two uneven bell towers served separately from the church for
as a tactical location for the town’s earthquake safety.
defense against Muslim raids. It is one a. Paoay Church
of the Baroque Churches of the b. Santa Maria Church
Philippines declared by UNESCO as a c. Miag-ao Church d. Tall Basilica
World Heritage Site, and contains the 78. Small panels beneath the main window,
limestone image of the Birhen ng which can be slid open for added
Barangay, traditional Filipino clothing window.
recovered from the 1982 excavations, a. Calado
and the original late 1790s images of b. Caida
Saint Thomas of Villanova c. Kamalig
a. Paoay Church d. Ventanillas
b. Santa Maria Church
c. Miag-ao Church 79. The space underneath a bahay na bato
d. Taal Basilica used to store the family’s carriages—or
if the family was active in church—
74. The plan for the colosseum, rome is processional carriages.
shaped in the form of a a. Silong c. Entesuelo
a. Circle b. Zaguan d. Kamalig
b. Half-circle
c. Ellipse 80. A grain house, warehouse, or barn-like
d. Trapezoid storehouse used to store rice or grain.
a. Silong c. Entesuelo
75. Small panels beneath the main window, b. Zaguan d. Kamalig
which can be slid open for added
ventilation. 81. The space underneath the house; or the
a. Calado empty space between the floor of the
b. Caida house and the ground.
c. Kamalig a. Silong c. Entesuelo
d. Ventanillas b. Zaguan d. Kamalig
82. In the Falling Water, what is the c. Ambulatory
function of the overhang slab? d. Cantharus
a. Terrace c. Living Room
b. Bedroom d. Dining 89. An ornamental canopy of stone or
marble permanently place over the
83. What is the architectural character of altar in a church.
the Metropolitan Theater? a. Baldachino
a. Post Modernism b. Tabernacle
b. Electism c. Niche
c. Art Deco d. Minaret
d. Art Nouveau
90. Projecting inclined blocks in doric
84. The Architect of Main Theater, CCP cornices, derived from the ends of
Complex wooden beams
a. Locsin, Leandro V. a. Mutules
b. Mendoza, Felipe Marcelo b. Acroterion
c. Manosa, Francisco Tronqued c. Antelixae
d. Nakpil, Angel E. Sancho d. Pediment
85. The principal or central part of a church 91. A long-arcaded entrance porch in an
extending from the narthex to the choir Early Christian Church
and usually flanked by aisles. a. Nave
a. Nave b. Narthex
b. Narthex c. Ambulatory
c. Ambulatory d. Cantharus
d. Cantharus
92. Foot race course
86. A tower in the Muslim Mosque used to a. Gymnasium
call people to prayer. b. Palaestra
a. Baldachino c. Stadium
b. Tabernacle d. Hippodrome
c. Niche
d. Minaret 93. Which historic style of architecture first
introduced the clerestory?
87. Roman rectangular temples stood on a a. Egyptian
____? b. Greek
a. Podium c. Roman
b. Pantheon d. West Asiatic
c. Column
d. None of the above 94. ___ is the colonnaded building used
around public places and as shelters at
88. A basin for ritual cleansing with water in religious shrines in Greek.
the atrium of an Early Christian Basilica a. Propylaea
a. Nave b. Stoa
b. Narthex c. Pestle d. Agora
95. Medieval arch., which is characterized 101. This are made up of drystones
by the pointed style, was prevalent in & uses no cement, yet creates a
West Europe from 13th to 15th century watertight structure. Known as
a. Romanesque Drystone architecture ;
b. Arabesque a. Rock Caves
c. Doric b. Tents
d. Gothic c. Huts
d. Beehive huts
96. A character used in a system of pictorial
writing, particularly that form used on 102. Another prehistoric burial
ancient Egyptian monuments. mound term "tumuli"
a. Iconography a. Horus
b. Hieroglyphics b. Fillet
c. Calligraphy c. Tumulus
d. Caryatides d. Barrows

97. Ornamental blocks fixed vertically

regular intervals along the lower edge 103. 2 or more upright stones
of a roof, to cover the ends of tiles. upporting a horizontal slab and it came
a. Mutules from the root word " Daul Maen"
b. Acroterion a. Monolith
c. Antefixae b. Cromlech
d. Pediment c. Dolmen
d. Stonehenge
98. Wrestling school
a. Gymnasium 104. The Founder of the Ancient
b. Palaestra Palace of Persepolis Complex , Persia.
c. Stadium a. Darius
d. Hippodrome b. Ptolemy III
c. Nebuchadnezzar
99. Sarimanok is a décor reflecting the d. Amenophis lll
culture of the ___?
a. Luzon
b. Visayan 105. Ziggurat are also known as
c. Minadnao "holy mountains" in Mesopotamian
d. None of the above architecture. These are dedicated to the
patron god of city of Ur who is :
100. The Corona is usually painted a. god of the moon "inana"
with the _____? b. god of wind ruler of air and earth"
a. Key Pattern Enlil "
b. Leaf Pattern c. god of justice and truth "udu"
c. Flower Pattern d. goddess who inspire love & war
d. Human Pattern "Ishtar"
106. This Mesopotamian structure 111. How long did it take to build the
was one of the awarded Unesco World Great Pyramid of Giza (Pyramid of
Heritage site in 1979 and with several Cheops?
building structures on it , included is a. 50 years.
the "apadana stairs " to enter this b. 15 years
structure and the hall of hundred c. 20 years
columns . This structure is; d. 100 years
a. Palace of Sargon c. Palace of Darius
112.
b. Palace of Persepolis d. Palace of
Xerxes

107. Another type of pyramid which

is a step pyramid and the example is
that of King ________?
a. Rameses II
b. Seneferu
c. Zoser
d. Thi
108. Pyramids were built because
they believe in " Life after Death
".Pharaoh is not only king but also
"god" both political & religious ruler,
when he dies he becomes god of dead
which is called ;
a. Isis
b. Amenophis lll
c. Horus
d. Osiris

109. The Colossi of Memnon also

known as "The guardian of the gate " to
the temple of
Amenhotep lll who's actually taken to
his image was erected by ;
a. Hatshepsut
b. Rameses I
c. Rameses ll
d. Amenophis III
110. What is the Primary purpose of
the Pyramids?
a. For King and Queens shelter
b. For Religious Worship
c. For Funeral tombs
d. For Egyptian Astrology