UNITED ARCHITECTS OF THE PHILIPPINES GRADUATE AUXILIARY

THE DULY RECOGNIZED GRADUATE ARM OF THE UNITED ARCHITECTS OF THE PHILIPPINES
UAPGA NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LICENSURE ASSISTANCE FOR JANUARY 2012

MAY 06, 2012

MOCK EXAM
WARNING: If there are conflicts between a stated word and the number/amount/figure
described, the stated/spelled word shall prevail. Should there be conflicts between two
(2) stated quantities, the higher figure shall prevail.

INSTRUCTIONS: Select the correct answer for each of the following questions. Mark only
one answer for each item by marking the box corresponding to the letter of your choice on
the answer sheet provided.

PART 1: PROFESIONAL PRACTICE, HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE, THEORY AND

PRINCIPLES OF PLANNING

1. The monumental architecture older than is Papale di San Pietro in Vaticano and
known is the calls megaliths. One treats, commonly known as Saint Peter's Basilica,
surely, of funeral monuments constructed is a Late Renaissance church located within
with great stone blocks devastated in the Vatican City. Saint Peter's Basilica
cubical forms or parallelepipeds. The has the largest interior of any Christian
simpler megalithic form is to menhir, a church in the world. The Church had
simple block sunk vertically in the ground. originally a Greek cross plan, among the 12
Alignments of menhires and cromlechs also architects involved on the project, which
exist, set of menhires that locks up a among them had the original Greek cross
circular space (Stonehenge, England). More plan?
complex is dolmen, since it has cover (Cave a. Raphael
of Menga, in Malaga). How did the Pre- b. Michelangelo
historic Man represent their gods? c. Bramante
a. A blank empty space only d. Sangallo
b. Single Upright stone
c. Two huge standing stones supporting 5. Which German-American architect is most
a horizontal giant stone. famous for the dictum: “Less is More”?
d. Group of stones arranged in an a. Oscar Niemeyer
concentric circles. b. Le Corbusier
c. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
2. Refer to figure 1. What Architectural d. Walter Gropius
style best describes the building?
a. Byzantine 6. Mortuary temples (or memorial temples)
b. Sarasenic were temples constructed adjacent to, or in
c. Romanesque the vicinity of, royal tombs in the Ancient
d. Hindu Egypt. The temples were designed to
commemorate the reign of the pharaoh by
3. What best describes a Stupa? whom they were built, as well as for use by
a. Single dome structure the pharaoh's cult after death
b. Conical golden structure and a a. Mortuary Temple
spire. b. Cult Temple
c. Mound, a square base, disc, a pole, c. Shrine
cylindrical drum, sun disc, crescent d. All of the Above
moon
d. All of the above

4. The Papal Basilica of Saint Peter,

officially known in Italian as Basilica

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7. A royal house used for political &
social ceremonies by the Datu, also an 13. What important element in planning is
ancestral house for the Datu & his family. established when prominent structures lies
It is built from .30 to 2.20 mts. above the in a single axis?
ground. Most important feature is the a) Axis
wood carvings & the use of colors b) Network
red, yellow and blue, located in the c) Datum
lakeshore of Mindanao. d) Composite
a. Ifugao House
b. Tausug House 14. What What kind of circulation exists in
c. Maranao House an arcaded building?
d. Badjao House a) Space open on one side
b) Space open on both sides
c) Open Space
8. An enclosed structure resting on four tree d) Closed space
trunks as columns. Square in plan, covered by
four steeply pitched roof made of thatch. A 15. Refer to figure 2. Identify the path-
stair w/c can be drawn & kept from the ground space relationship from given illustration
for protection .The floor ht. is about 1.50 a) Pass through
to 2.00 mts can be found in the mountains of b) Passers by
c) Pass by
Cordillera.
d) terminate
a. Ifugao House
b. Tausug House 16. Refer to figure 3.1. What do you call
c. Maranao House the relationship?
d. Badjao House a) Edge-to-edge contact
b) Space within the space
9. What type of symmetry is evident in c) Face-to-face contact
d) Interlocking volumes
Villa Capra?
a. Formal 17. Refer to figure 3.2. What do you call
b. Informal the relationship?
c. Radial a) Edge-to-edge contact
d. Bylateral b) Space within the space
c) Face-to-face contact
10. What do you call the space underneath d) Interlocking volumes
the bahay na bato?
18. Refer to figure 3.3. What do you call
a. Silong the relationship?
b. Cuadra a) Edge-to-edge contact
c. Zaguan b) Space within the space
d. Maseta c) Face-to-face contact
d) Interlocking volumes

11. A monumental gateway in Chinese 19. Part of Manila where arcades are still
Architecture, having a trabeated form of permitted
stone or wood construction with one, three a) Morayta
or five openings. b) CM Recto Ave.
a. Torii c) Escolta
d) Espana Ave.
b. Torana
c. Gopuram 20. A Point references considered to be
d. Pailou external to the observer
a) Nodes
b) Landmarks
12. Filippo Brunelleschi was one of the c) Datum
foremost architects and engineers of the d) District
Italian Renaissance. In his earlier days,
he lost to his greatest rival in a 21. In architectural interiors (AI), if a
competition for the design of a pair of material is three-dimensional, what are its
bronze doors for the Baptistery in 1401. properties?
a) Has volume
Who is his greatest rival?
b) Point and line
a. Francisco Bramante c) Has movement
b. Arnolfo di Cambio d) Produces sound
c. Lorenzo Ghiberti
d. Michelangelo Buonarotti

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22. In architectural interiors (AI), if a 30. What is the main cause of migration
material is four-dimensional, what are its from rural to urban cities
properties? a) Urban Sprawl
a) Has volume b) Opportunities are greater
b) Point and line c) Tired of agricultural life
c) Has movement d) None of the above
d) Produces sound
31. What is the primary problem when people
migrate from rural to urban?
23. Where should large window glasses be e) Work
located in order to permit daylight but f) Housing
minimize the heat transmitted by the sun? g) Tired of agricultural life
a) Façade of the building facing north. h) None of the above
b) Rear side facing south.
c) On either sides. 32. What do you call the measurement and
d) Large windows should never be used. the study of the size and proportions of
the human body?
24. Where is the dominant sun path? a) Ergonomics
a) SW to NE and NW to SE b) Proxemics
b) SE to NW and NE to SW c) Human scale
c) SE to SW and NE to NW d) Antroprometrics
d) SW to SE and NW to NE
33. If people tend to converge in one place
Situation A: A proposed 4-storey hotel will be in the city, it is called?
constructed in a beach front. The building a) Central Business District
will be rectangular and will incorporate b) Monocentric
tropical design. The building facade is facing c) Polycentric
the beach and facing east. d) Centroidal

25. Which side of the building is exposed 34. What is formed when one of four
to sun for the whole day> enclosing planes is articulated?
a) North side a) Spatial Organizations
b) West Side b) Spatial Relationship
c) East Side c) Spatial Network
d) None of the Above d) None of the above

26. The owner wants to maximize the view of 35. What type of street arrangement was
the beach, what will be the best primarily observed in the Law of Indies
configuration of the building? that is still seen in some cities today?
a) Longer Side facing East a) Radial with central core called
b) Shorter side facing East plaza
c) Longer side facing North-east b) Grid
d) Shorter side facing South-west c) Parallel
d) None of the above
27. Given the configuration in no.4, what
side should vertical louvers be located? 36. What is the minimum dimension of PWD
a) North side toilet?
b) West side and East side a) 1.80 m
c) South Side b) 1.70 m
d) All of the above c) 1.60 m
d) 1.50 m
28. What is the period of the year where
the duration/length of day and night is 37. What is the best way to provide for the
equal? convenience of both people in wheelchair
a) Equinox and blind persons?
b) Solstice a) Railings
c) Equatorial Solstice b) Tactile surfaces/blocks in the
d) None of the above immediate vicinity of crossings
c) Brightly painted zebra crossing
29. Colors that usually match well and d) Light controlled crossings with
located adjacent to each other on the color pedestrian phases and audible
wheel? signals
a) Split Complementary color scheme
b) Complementary color scheme SITUATION B: After passing the Architecture
c) Analogous color scheme Licensure Examination, Garet decided to
d) Adjacent color scheme practice on her own.

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38. If she would establish an office where c. He must inform the client of such
she will be the sole proprietor, what problem
should she do first to start the operation d. He must do nothing.
of the office?
Situation D: Arch Ian was commissioned by his
a) Register her company at SEC friend, Jeboy to design a 2-storey residential
b) Register her company at DTI project located in Batangas.

42. Arch. Ian completed and turned-over the

contract documents, how much is he entitled
c) Register her company at UAP to collect?
d) Register her company at DTI and
SEC a. 65%
b. 85%
c. 80%
39. She is just starting her career, what d. None of the above
can she do to have more clients?
43. Arch Ian is also a contractor and Jeboy
a) Distribute fliers with photos of her wants him also to be the contractor of the
other projects. project, what should Arch. Ian do?
b) Join design competitions and get
architecture students to help in the a. Offer the design-build services for
production of drawings higher income.
c) Comment on works of other architects b. Decline Jeboys offer and suggest
to gain fame other contractor to avoid conflict
d) None of the above of interest
c. Offer the design service for free
Situation C: Architect Ryan was commissioned and be the contractor of the
by client, Angel, to build her 2-Storey project
residence with roof deck in Sampaloc, Manila. d. Offer the design-build services to
The construction is about to commence and expedite the construction process
Angel was able to find a trustworthy
Contractor, his friend Mark. The contractor 44. As a commissioned architect and friend
was given a copy of the entire contract of client, he
Documents for purpose of estimating the
construction cost. Unfortunately, there was a
a. Shall invest and be involved in
discrepancy between the Specifications and
other business relations outside of
Drawings given to him.
his profession
b. Can give discount on his
40. Given the situation, what must the
professional fee
contractor ideally do first? c. Shall decide ahead of the client to
prevent delay in construction
a. Contractor must go on with the d. None of the above
estimate because time is gold.
b. He must inform the owner of such 45. Jeboy wants to assure that contractor
discrepancies. will deliver the project and construct the
c. Contractor must go on with the
estimate first and then inform the 2-storey residence, the architect should
architect through the owner provide a?
d. He must inform Architect Ryan of
such discrepancies. a. Guarantee Bond
b. Performance Bond
41. In relation to the question above, in c. Payment Bond
any case such discrepancies between d. All of the Above
Specifications and Drawings has not been
46. Accredited Professional allowed to
revised by Architect, what must the
prepare, sign and seal architectural plans
Contractor do with regards to estimating
the said project? a. Architect
b. Civil Engineer
a. Continue to estimate but must c. Architecture Graduate
estimate most expensive manner d. All of the Above
between Specification and Drawings
b. Contractor must correct the 47. Accredited Professional qualified to do
discrepancies himself in order to space planning, façade designs and prepare
have a basis for the estimate.
schematic designs

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 a. Architect
b. Civil Engineer
c. Interior Designer
d. All of the above

48. Who is responsible for the fee of an

additional full-time Supervisor at the
project?

a. Architect
b. Owner
c. Contractor
d. You

Situation E: Arch. James was commissioned by

his friend as the architect for townhouse
project. He was specifically asked to prepare
brochures for the marketing

49. What type of service did Arch. James

rendered for the project

a. Regular Design Services

b. Pre-design Services
c. Construction Services
d. Post Construction Services

50. What method of compensation is

applicable for the services rendered?

a. Multiple of Direct Personnel

Expense
b. Professional Fee Plus Expenses
c. Both A and B
d. None of the above

51.

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Figure 2.

Figure 3.3 Figure 3.2 Figure 3.1.

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