2. Church plan of the Early Christian is _______.

a.

Basilican

b.

Greek cross

c.

Latin cross

d.

Calvary cross

Byzantine
Romanesque

3. In the E. Christians church atrium is a fountain of

water for ablutions that is similar to our present day.
a.

Stoup

b.

Water basin

c.

Cistern

d.

moat

A deep, wide ditch surrounding

a castle, fort, town;
defense against attack.

4. The high altar is covered above by a canopy called

_____.
a.

Ambo

b.

Confession

c.

Baldachino

d.

Carpet

5. The space for clergy and choir is separated by a low

screen wall called _____.
a.

Podium

b.

Ambo

c.

Cancelli

d.

Ciborium

6. The Iconoclastic Movement during the Byzantine period

forbade the use of ______ for representations.
a.

Glass mosaic

b.

Statues

c.

Gargoyles

d.

Carvings

7. Due to its length, the E.Christian church gives an

impression of ____.
a.

Horizontality

b.

Airiness

c.

Spaciousness

d.

Magnificence

8. When the dome and the pendentives are part of the

same sphere, the dome is classified as ____.
a.

Acute

b.

Double

c.

Simple

d.

Complex

9. The masterpiece of Byzantine architecture is ____.

a.

S. Vitale, Ravenna

b.

S. Mark, Venice

c.

S. Sophia, Constantinople

d.

S. Theodore, Constantinople

10. For pictorial representations, the head and shoulders

of Christ is placed on the ____.
a.

Walls

b.

Ceiling of apse

c.

Ceiling of the dome

d.

Pendentives

A, B & C: Byzantine
Representation of Saints
& life of Jesus

Virgin child
For Evangelist

11. Principal material for the Byzantine architecture ____.

a.

Marble

b.

Granite

c.

Adobe

d.

Brick

12. Church plan of the Romanesque Church _____.

a.

Fleur de lis

b.

Papal cross

c.

Latin cross

d.

Greek

13. Character of Romanesque architecture is _____.

a.

Sober and dignified

b.

Simplicity and harmony

c.

Lofty and inspiring quality

d.

Structural honesty

14. In Romanesque architecture, door and window

openings have jambs or sides formed in a series of
receding moulded planes known as _____.
a.

Orders

b.

Piers

c.

Mouldings

d.

Ornaments

15. Characteristic feature of Romanesque in N. Italy is the

wheel window and the _____.
a.

Flying buttress

b.

Central projecting porch

c.

Caryatid porch

d.

fanlight

Greek architecture

16. Walls of the Romanesque churches are relieved by

shallow buttresses or pilaster strips, connected at the
top by ____.
a.

Wheel window

b.

Corbel arches

c.

Cornice

d.

Columns

17. The church which is half-Gothic, half-Renaissance and

known present as S. Maria del Fiore is ____.
a.

Pantheon, Rome

b.

Florence Cathedral

c.

S. Andrea, Mantua

d.

Superga, Turin

18. In Gothic architecture, the upper story of the nave

walls rising above the aisle roof which is pierced with
windows is the ______.
a.

Aisle vault

b.

Walkways

c.

Blind story

d.

Clear story

Gothic Architecture:
-flying buttress
- stained
- pointed arch

19. The characteristic Renaissance wall that have cut

stones with strongly emphasized recess joints and
smooth or roughly textured block faces is ____.
a.

Polychrome brickwork

b.

Sgraffito

c.

Rusticated masonry

d.

Polygonal facing

20. It is known as the architecture of the curve line ____.

a.

Renaissance

b.

Art nouveau

c.

Greek

d.

Baroque

21. It is very usual in English Gothic cathedrals to include

a chapel in honor of the Virgin Mary called _____.
a.

Chantry chapel

b.

Perpetual chapel

c.

Widows

d.

Lady chapel

22. The ornamental pattern work in stone filling upper

part of a Gothic window is _____.
a.

Stained glass

b.

Billet moulding

c.

Tracery

d.

Keystone

23. The characteristic Norman church in England is _____.

a.

York

b.

Durham

c.

Oxford

d.

Guildford

24. The third largest Gothic cathedral in Europe is ______.

a.

Bristol

b.

Doges palace

c.

Ameins

d.

Cologne

25. The forerunner of Gothic in France was _____.

a.

Francois Mansard

b.

Villard de Hannecourt

c.

Arnolfo di Cambio

d.

Christopher Wren

26. The period known as the Early English period of the

Gothic style in England and which is less massive in
character and simple in ornament is the _____.
a.

Lancet

b.

Rayonnant

c.

Rectilinear

d.

parallel

simple
Rose window

27. It is the period in French Gothic which is characterized

by flame-like or free-flowing window tracery.
a.

Rectilinear

b.

Curvilinear

c.

Arcuated

d.

Flamboyant

28. One characteristic feature of German Gothic is its use

of _____.
a.

Limestone

b.

Brick

c.

Marble

d.

Concrete

29. Gothic character of verticality was neutralized in Italy

by_____.
a.

Corbel arches

b.

Ancones

c.

Horizontal cornices

d.

Sgraffito

Graffiti. Decoration
on walls..

30. Spanish Gothic interiors are characterized by the use

of ____.
a.

Rajas

b.

Iconostas

c.

Tore

d.

Piedra china

Deco. Grilles

31. Gothic means _______.

a.

Architecture of the curve line.

b.

Departure of the curve line.

c.

Restoration

d.

Resurrection of the curve line.

32. The earliest form of dwelling developed by man is the

______.
a.

Hut

b.

Rock cave

c.

Megaron

d.

tipi

33. The Stonehenge is an example of ____.

a.

Ziggurat

b.

Stone circle

c.

Stone row

d.

Pyramid

Dolmen - tomb of standing stone capped

with large horizontal slab.
Cromlech-enclosure formed by huge stones
planted on the ground in circular form.
Menhir- single, large upright monolith, sometimes
In parallel rows reaching several miles.
Monolith- stone

34. Early type of tomb architecture in Egypt was the

_____.
a.

Mastaba

b.

Pyramid

c.

Tholos

d.

Assuary

35. Characteristic feature of Egyptian external wall is that

it is ______.
a.

Levered

b.

Battered

c.

Plain

d.

Embattled

36. The torus mold in Egyptian temples were used to cover

the _____ of the walls.
a.

Angles

b.

Base

c.

Cornice

d.

Jambs

37. Persian architectural character is described as _____

and airy magnificence.
a.

Heavy

b.

Vertical

c.

Light

d.

Serene

38. Assyrian system of construction is essentially _____.

a.

Trabeated

b.

Arcuated

c.

Buttressed

d.

Cantilevered

39. The favorite motifs of design of the Egyptians include

the lotus papyrus and ______.
a.

Palm

b.

Scarab

c.

Rope

d.

Feather

42. Structures which corners were made to face the four

cardinal points were the _____.
a.

Ziggurat

b.

Temple

c.

Tombs

d.

Pyramid

Cardinal point: one of

each of the four points of
the compass - north, south,
east, west.

41. The four-seated colossal statues of Rameses III are

carved in the faade of the ______.
a.

Mammisi Temple

b.

Great Serapeum

c.

Ramesseum

d.

Great Temple, Abu Simbel

42. The palace proper found in Assyrian palaces called

_____.
a.

Seraglio

b.

Khan

c.

Thalamus

d.

Caravanserais

43. Ziggurats are also called ______.

a.

Sacrificial altars

b.

Dwelling house of the gods

c.

Precinct

d.

Holy mountain

44. The famous Hanging Gardens is found in the _____.

a.

Temple of Marduk

b.

Palace of Nebuchadnezzar

c.

Palace of Sargon

d.

House of the Rising Sun

45. A style of decoration in architecture and applied art

developed principally in France and Belgium toward
the end of the 19th Century, characterized by organic
and dynamic forms, whiplash lines and curving
design.
a.

Art deco

b.

Art nouveau

c.

Beaux-arts

d.

Neo-classic

46. One of the most important architecture of the Early

Victorian period and designed by Sir Joseph Paxton.
a.

Art deco

b.

Crystal palace

c.

Eiffel tower

d.

Library of St. Genevieve, Paris

47. Romanesque revival in the USA was introduced by

______.
a.

Louis Khan

b.

Henry H. Richardson

c.

Frank Lloyd Wright

d.

Richard Upjohn

48. The architect whose works clearly express the

principle of functionalism and was call the Father of
Modern Architecture in the USA.
a.

Louis Sullivan

b.

Frank Lloyd Wright

c.

Robert Venturi

d.

Philip Johnson

49. The chief chamber containing the statue in Greek

temple is___.
a.

Opisthodomos

b.

Naos

c.

In-antis

d.

Peribolus

50. The passageway leading to the main vault of the tholos

is called ______.
a.

Stele

b.

Columbaria

c.

Spina

d.

Dromos

51. The slight curvature of the Greek column is called

____.
a.

Entasis

b.

Plinth

c.

Abacus

d.

Echinus

52. The Roman palatial public bath.

a.

Gymnasium

b.

Laconicum

c.

Triclinia

d.

Thermae

54. Structure used for gladiatorial contests.

a.

Spina

b.

Amphitheaters

c.

Skene

d.

Tholos

Center of hypodrome

stage

Beehive, sleeping area

55. The Greek wrestling school is called ____.

a.

Stoa

b.

Gymnasia

c.

Palaestra

d.

Bouleuterion

Colonnade shelter
Physical fitness

Council house

56. The sunk panels found in the ceiling of Greek temples

is the______.
a.

Metope

b.

Quadrigas

c.

Agora

4 horses

d.

Lacunaria

market

architrave

Lacunar: ceiling, soffit or vault adorned with pattern of recessed panels.

57. A temple arranged with a single line of columns

surrounding the naos is called _____.
a.

Peristyle

b.

Peripteral

c.

Dodecastyle

d.

Apteral

Part of roman house,

Inner colonnade

Parthenon - all sides

12 columns

58. A recess or alcove with raised seat where disputes took

place is the ____.
a.

Crest

b.

Rollock

c.

Exedrae

d.

Niche

Roof ornament
Also rowlock, arrangement of bricks
Part of church; large apsidal
extension of interior volume,
Also Exhedra. Ching p.35

Shallow recess in wall

For display

59. The triangular termination of the roof of a Greek

temple.
a.

Pediment

b.

Mutules

c.

Antefixae

d.

Triglyph

Smaller Dentils

60. The popularly used column in the Greeks is _____.

a.

Tuscan

b.

Corinthian

c.

Ionic

d.

Doric

61. The traditional Maranao house for the ordinary

members of the community is ____.
a.

Walay

b.

Lamin

c.

Torogan

d.

Dema

Tower at torogan; ladies

Upper class
Greek house

62. The only surviving structure of the 1945 war in

Intramuros is the _____.
a.

San Juan de Letran College

b.

Manila Cathedral

c.

San Agustin Church

d.

Iglesia de San Ignacio

63. The private sleeping room in the bahay kubo is called

___.
a.

Calado

b.

Bangahan

c.

Silid

d.

Tampipi

storage

64. The mezzanine floor in the bahay na bato.

a.

Alcoba

b.

Latrina

c.

Entresuelo

d.

Volada

65. Found in the ground floor of the bahay na bato, it is

where the carriages and saints floats or andas are
usually kept.
a.

Patio

b.

Entresuelo

c.

Garahe

d.

Zaguan

66. This is the cistern found underneath the azotea.

a.

Dema

b.

Aljibe

c.

Calado

d.

Dulang

67. The church in Bohol that contains the biggest number

of murals on the walls and ceilings.
a.

Loboc

b.

Cortes

2nd oldest

c.

Laon

biggest

d.

Jagna

Burned down
Baclayon is the oldest

68. It is the first all steel building in the Philippines.

a.

Manila Hotel

b.

San Sebastian Church

c.

Intendencia building

d.

Philippine Normal School

69. The architect of the Philippine General Hospital.

a.

William Parsons

b.

Juan Arellano

c.

Ralph Doane

d.

Tomas Mapua

70. The Chicago architect who prepared the Manila Plan

under the American Colonial Period.
a.

George Fenhagen

b.

Edgar Bourne

c.

Pierce Anderson

d.

Daniel Burnham

71. He defined architecture as: utilitas, firmitas, venustas

- generally translated as utility, firmness, and delight.
a.

Violet Le Duc

b.

Vitruvius

c.

Louis Sullivan

d.

Henry Richardson

Venustas translates as Beauty.

72. Roofs, domes, vaults and balustrades comprises the

______.
a.

Circulatory elements

b.

Structural elements

c.

Protective elements

d.

Decorative elements of a structure

73. The _____ forms of a structure are organized

according to their origin, composition and treatment.
a.

Decorative

b.

Structural

c.

Protective

d.

Circulatory

74. The line that is described as sturdy, masculine.

a.

Straight

b.

Curved

c.

Amorphous

d.

Irregular

75. Is a decorative treatment when forms and shapes are

arranged in a diminishing or increasing manner.
a.

Repetition

b.

Alternation

c.

Gradation

d.

Radiating

76. It has two dimensions and articulated with color, tone

and texture.
a.

Platonic solids

b.

Volume

c.

Surface

d.

Mass

77. The ____ of a form depends on its geometry as well as

its orientation relative to the ground plane and our
line of sight. It also signifies the degree of
concentration and stability of a form.
a.

Orientation

b.

Visual inertia

c.

Position

d.

Silhouette

78. It works together with a practical design to the end

that out of this collaboration grows a building which
is not only functional but also pleasing in appearance.
a.

Parti

b.

Aesthetic design

c.

From within to without

d.

Functional design

79. It is a term used to describe the work of those

architects who prefigured the International and
Fucntionalist Period of the Modern Movement. It is
the outward manifestation of a design through an
individual articulation.
a.

Organic

b.

Eclectic

c.

Expressionism

d.

Deconstructivism

80. The easiest and simplest kind of balance is the purely

symmetrical type in which the elements are arranged
in precisely the same manner on either side of a
central axis or line.
a.

Occult balance

b.

Formal balance

c.

Symmetrical balance

d.

Asymmetrical balance

81. A German design school founded in Weimar in 1906. It

became the most important and influential design
school of the 20th Century.
a.

CIAM

b.

Bauhaus

c.

Deutscher Werkbund

d.

Chicago School

82. Style fashionable in the 1920s and 1930s in industrial

design, interior design and architecture. One of the
best known building in this style is the Chrysler
Building in New York City.
a.

Art Deco

b.

Jugendstil

c.

Functionalism

d.

High Tech

83. The architect of the AEG Turbine Factory, Berlin.

a.

Max Berg

b.

Walter Gropius

c.

Peter Behrens

d.

Gunther Bernisch

84. A movement initiated by Le Corbusier and

characterized above all by the use of beton-brut raw,
unfinished concrete.
a.

Classicism

b.

Brutalism

c.

Baroque style

d.

Expressionism

85. English architect and engineer, a leading

representative of High Tech architecture. His projects
include HK and Shanghai Bank, Hongkong, the Carre
dArt Gallery, Nimes, the Reichstag, Berlin and the
Great Court, London.
a.

Sir Norman Foster

b.

Richard Buckminster Fuller

c.

Theo van Doesburg

d.

Robert Venturi

86. Swiss architect active in France, one of the most

influential architects and theorists of the 20th
Century. His works include Villa Savoye, Poissy; the
Unite d;Habitation, Marseille; and the Pilgrimage
Church, Ronchamp.
a.

Charles Edouard Jeanneret

b.

Charles Rennie Mckintosh

c.

Richard Meier

d.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

87. Japanese movement founded in 1960 by a group of

architects and city planners. Their aim was to ease
urban congestion and expand cities by adopting
innovative types of structure.
a.

Megastructure

b.

Metabolism

c.

Modernism

d.

Functionalism

88. American architect of Chinese origin. His firm is one of

the largest architectural firms in the US. Buildings he
designed included the Hancock Tower, Boston; Bank
of China, Hongkong; and the Pyramid at the Louver,
Paris.
a.

IM Pei

b.

Cesar Pelli

c.

Ken Yeang

d.

Renzo Piano

89. Less is a bore. Is the famous saying of _____.

a.

Louis Sullivan

b.

Frank Lloyd Wright

c.

Robert Venturi

d.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

90. A Filipino architect who designed the much acclaimed

stage setting for the New York premier of Lucifer,
danced by Fonteyn and Nureyev in honor of the
Martha Graham dance companys golden anniversary.
a.

Juan Nakpil

b.

Felipe Mendoza

c.

Pablo Antonio

d.

Leandro Locsin

91. The actual dimension in terms of length, width and

depth.
a.

Shape

b.

Height

c.

Length

d.

Size

92. The part of a connected series.

a.

Line

b.

Link

c.

Sides

d.

Arc

93. The contour and structure of an object as

distinguished from its substance or from the matter
composing it.
a.

Area

b.

Faade

c.

Form

d.

Perspective

94. That which deceives the eye.

a.

Entasis

b.

Superimposition

c.

Point

d.

Trompe Loeil

95. One of the most influential architect of the Italian

Renaissance who proposed the seven most beautiful and
proportionate manners of rooms.
a.

Palladio

b.

Bramante

c.

Michaelangelo

d.

Bernini

*not sure. Might be Palladio? Bramante was student of Palladio,

Michaelangelo was a stone mason, Bernini was last St.Peter

architect.

96. A center of interest to the most important aspect of a

design scheme.
a.

Focus

b.

Faade

c.

Elevation

d.

Contrast

97. Architecture characterized by free, abstract,

monumental form.
a.

Minimalism

b.

Functionalism

c.

Expressionism

d.

Brutalism

98. Outline of the human face, distinctive outline.

a.

Dominance

b.

Side view

c.

Profile

d.

Picture

99. The line or point where two things are joined or

hinged.
a.

Corner

b.

Junction

c.

Angle

d.

Boss

100. General formula to explain a phenomena ______.

a.

Theory

b.

Research

c.

Survey

d.

Test