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Multiple Choice
A model and diagram
A charrette
The poche
A parti
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A “living” courtyard as articulated by Alexander is best described by which of the following statements?
Empty choice
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It has a lot of light and sunshine since people are phototropic.
Empty choice
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True or False
False
True
4
Multiple Choice
The aristocracy or property owners
Governmental agencies
A new and higher globar order
Private tastes and Specialists
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True or False
True
False
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Multiple Choice
Creativity and inventiveness in establishing patterns never seen before.
Diagramming (drawing) and naming the pattern.
Psychological and physiological parameters of the pattern.
Relationships and proportion of the spaces.
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The Bauhaus
MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Yale University
Ecole des Beaux Arts
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Strength, utility, and beauty.
Methodology, analysis, and synthesis.
Context, a problem, and a solution.
Interior space, exterior space, and inter-modal space.
10
Sets minimum performance standards for buildings.
International Masonry Institute (IMI)
Brick Institute of America (BIA)
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
International Building Code (IBC)
11
Contract in gross is best described by which of the following statements?
Empty choice
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Agreement that is verbal and completed with a handshake.
12
A building or a town’s essential character is determined by those events that are unique and out of the ordinary.
False
True
13
True or False
False
True
14
Davis categorizes value and money flow according to which of the following three notions?
Empty choice
Commodity, firmness, and delight.
Microeconomics, macroeconomics, and game theory.
Empty choice
15
Professional organizations that lobbies for civil engineers and provides ethical guidance.
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
International Masonry Institute (IMI)
Brick Institute of America (BIA)
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What are two ways of "thinking onto paper" to help to generate ideas or concepts in the design process?
Essay and words
Diagramming and thumbnail sketches
A refined sketches and detailed drawings
17
According to Alexander what is not a characteristic of nature?
Always occurring
Recognizable patterns but always modified to its environment
Unique
Modular
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Multiple Choice
Typologically and gracefully complete
Truthful and beautiful
Topologically and organizationally complete
Morphologically and functionally complete
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Each pattern is a single unique event and should never be repeated because it would result in sameness.
False
True
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Multiple Choice
Patricia & John Patkau, Canada
Patricia & John, England
Patricia & John, Australia
Patricia & John, Architect & Urbanist
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Any singular pattern is dependent upon many other patterns and relationships.
False
True
22
True or False
False
True
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An organization that represents those who manufacture particular kinds of building materials.
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Brick Institute of America (BIA)
International Masonry Institute (IMI)
The National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA)
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Multiple Choice
Greggs Burgess, Australia
Francis Duffy, England
Patricia & John Patkau, Canada
Leon Krier, Architect & Urbanist
25
Innovation (change) and tradition (continuity) are equally important in a healthy building culture.
False
True
26
Organization(s) that conducts testing and establishes standards for materials and building assemblies.
International Building Code (IBC)
Underwriters Laboratory (UL)
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
27
Multiple choice
tradition and innovation
yin & yang
light & sound
thought (design) & action (building)
28
The Ancient Lights doctrine was carried over to the United States until what date and important court case?
Parker vs. Foote 1838
Ough vs. King in 1967
Euclid vs. Ambler in 1926
Lawrence vs. Horton 1890
29
Design process is a method in which results can be predicted with a reasonable degree of accuracy.
False
True
30
The organization that sets educational standards for professional schools of architecture.
National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB)
The National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA)
National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB)
31
The organization(s) that lobbies for architects, sets contract standards, and ethical guidelines.
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
American Society of Interior Designers (ASID)
American Institute of Architects (AIA)
International Masonry Institute (IMI)
32
National organization that has as its mission, to minimize the effect of racism within the profession.
Underwriters Laboratory (UL)
National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA)
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
33
True or False
True
False
34
Multiple Choice
Rasem Badran, Jordanian Architect
Team ZOO, Japan
Fielden-Clegg, England
Roger Scruton, Philospher & Writer
35
In order to discover patterns which are alive one must start with:
Geometry
Observation
The building code
Psychological analysis
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Multiple Choice
Euclidean geometry and Newtonian physics.
Behavioral space and perceptual space.
Moments of inertia and section modulus.
Potent and complex fields of relationships.
37
True or False
True
False
38
Professional organization that lobbies for landscape architects and provides ethical guidelines for practice.
International Building Code (IBC)
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
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Empty choice
Feedback as the artifact is being made.
All of the above.
Responsibility toward the artifact.
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After the 19th century, buildings were built by craftsmen who were in control of the type and quality of the outcome.
True
False
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Professional organizations that lobbies and sets standards for interior designers.
American Society of Interior Designers (ASID)
National Architectulra Accrediting Board (NAAB)
American Institute of Architects (AIA)
American Society of Landscaoe Architects (ASLA)
44
A “pattern” that is alive is best described by which of the following statements?
Order that is dependent upon classical proportioning.
Empty choice
Empty choice
Growth propelled by random chance.
45
True or False
True
False
46
The organization that administers the examination for professional licensure of architects.
National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB)
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB)
The National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA)
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An organization that represents craftsmen and laborers who install certain types of building materials.
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
International Masonry Institute (IMI)
National Architectural Accrediting Board (NCARB)
American Society of Interior Designers (ASID)
48
Multiple Choice
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True or False
True
False
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True or False
False
True
51
Multiple Choice
definable functional needs, undefinable functional needs, and familiarity
Beauty, firmness, and delight
arcades, colonnades, and lanterns
pragmatic, behavioral, and perceptual space
52
Multiple Choice
Patricia & John Patkau, Canada
Leon Krier, Architect & Urbanist
Leon Krier, England
Leon Krier, Philosopher & Architect
53
Administers the legal requirements regarding worker safety and well-being.
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Brick Institute of America (BIA)
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
International Building Code (IBC)
54
According to Alexander, the quality of life itself cannot be made, but only generated which makes process paramount.
True
False
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True or False
False
True
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Multiple Choice
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Multiple Choice
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Contract by measure is best described by which of the following statements?
Agreement that includes drawings and specifications
Empty choice
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59
What is the definition of return of investment?
The labor cost of the the building during construction
Empty choice
is the cost of the building at the time of completion
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Multiple Choice
Greggs Burgess, Australia
Leon Krier, Architect & Urbanist
Feilden-Cregg, England
Francis Duffy, England
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True or False
False
True
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Multiple Choice
Feilden-Clegg, England
Francis Duffy, England
Patricia & John Patkau, Canada
Leon Krier, Architect & Urbanist
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The structure of a pattern language is created by the fact that individual patterns are isolated.
True
False
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Multiple Choice
Greggs Burgess, Australia
Roger Scruton, Philosopher & Writer
Feilden-Clegg, England
Leon Krier, Architect & Urbanist
65
The Mexicali housing project led by Christopher Alexander was built with the following processes.
Visualization of the building without the use of drawings.
Families making their own decisions throughout the entire process.
Construction, as much as possible, is done by those living in the house.
general contractor and many subcontractors.
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Multiple Choice
Mathematical formulas
Language
All of the above
Alternative functions
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True or False
False
True
68
True or False
True
False
69
Multiple Choice
Roger Scruton, Philosopher & Writer
Team ZOO, Japan
Feilden-Clegg, England
Francis Duffy, England
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True or False
False
True
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According to Alexander, Patterns become alive when they are in tension or conflict.
False
True
72
Multiple Choice
Increased
Stayed roughly the same
Decreased
Become more complex
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Multiple Choice
Pure logice
Theoretical reasoning
Religious observation
Direct observation
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True or False
True
False
