SPLBE-FLEA 2017 REFRESHER EXAMINATION

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Subject: History of Architecture__________________ __________________40 items

DATE : June 23, 2017 (Friday)

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1. Acropolis means “high city” in Greek, literally “City on the Extremity” and is usually translated into English
as Citadel. The Acropolis of Athens of Citadel of Athens is the best known acropolis in the world. What is
the best reason why the temples of Gods and Goddesses were located on high grounds like Acropolis?
a. This would make the temples closer to their Gods
b. Greek Architecture was essentially a trabeated style, and openings were square-headed and
spanned by lintel.
c. It would be clearly seen by worshipers at great distance and considered high placed a sacred and
holy place.
d. A defense strategy to protect their temples and Gods’ statues from invaders.
2. A characteristic feature of an Egyptian external wall.
a. Battered c. Levered
b. Embattled d. Plain
3. A mystical monster with a body of a lion and head of a man in an Egyptian structure.
a. Hieraosphinx c. Creosphinx
b. Androsphinx d. Obelisk
4. The upright stone slab containing the name of the dead found in the Mastaba.
a. Stele c. Pilaster
b. Scuncheon d. Band
5. These were placed in subterranean vaults or caves, which are now known as catacombs, and have rows
or niches in the walls resembling pigeon-holes. Each niche was reserved for a vase containing the ashes
of the deceased.
a. Sarcophagus c. Tomb of Agamemnon
b. Columbaria d. Mastaba
6. The Colossi of Memnon was erected by whom?
a. Seth I c. Thothmes I
b. Amenophis III d. Senusret
7. Hagia Sophia was an example of what kind of Architecture?
a. Byzantine c. Early Christian
b. Romanesque d. Renaissance
8. What is the meaning of NOTRE DAME?
a. Our Mother c. Our Lady
b. My Lady d. Dear Mother
9. What was Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s contribution to the design construction of the St. Peters Basilica in
Rome?
a. Dome c. Piazza
b. Facade d. Greek Cross Plan
 10. Earthen mounds use for burials of ordinary persons. Prototypes of pyramids in Egypt also called the
“beehive huts”?
a. Tumulus c. Cromlech
b. Monolith d. Stonehenge
11. The Parthenon was erected in the time of Pericles, being dedicated to Athena Parthenos. The temple is
peripteral octastyle on plan with seventeen columns on the flanks. It is placed on a stylobate of three
steps. Who is the architect of the Parthenon?
a. Pericles and Callicrates c. Phidias and Callictrates
b. Ictinus and Phidias d. Ictinus and Callicrates
A Greek temple has two rows of six columns in front and at the back and having a base column
diameter of 1.75 meters. At its side it has 17 columns, that includes the outermost columns and at the back.
12. What do you call the arrangement of columns in this temple?
a. Pseudo-Dipteral
b. Hexastyle
c. Amphi-antis
d. Prostyle
13. By using Diastyle of intercolumniation, what will be the total
distance of 1 ROW of columns in the front from start first to
last column excluding the diameter of both end columns?
a. 26.25 m
b. 42.00m
c. 36.25m
d. 33.25m
14. By using Systyle of intercolumniation, what will be the total
distance of the column at the side of the temple from first to
last column?
a. 85.75m
b. 66.00m
c. 83.25m
d. 76.75m
15. The architect of the Great Serapeum of Alexandria?
a. Deinocrates c. Ptolemy III
b. Darius d. Xerxes
16. The grandest Temple of all Egyptian temples.
a. Temple of Ramsesseum, Thebes
b. Great Temple of Ammon, Karnak
c. The Great Temple of Abu-Simbel
d. Temple of Queen Hatshepsut
17. The favorite motifs/design of the Egyptian includes the lotus and____?
a. Feather c. Scarab
b. Rope d. Palm
18. The main reason why Gothic Churches were built tall?
a. To Show grandeur and religious centralization
b. To draw the eye to heaven
c. To show wealth and patrons
d. To show that catholic is the main stream religion
19. In Greek architecture, the building that serves as the senate house for the chief dignitaries of the city and
as a place where distinguished guests might be entertained?
a. Agora c. Stoa
b. Odeion d. Prytaneion
20. Who is the first registered architect of the Philippines?
a. Tomas Mapua c. Pablo Antonio
b. Antonio Toledo d. Juan Nakpil
21. In 1933, he founded the Philippine Architect Society, amended in 1945 to the Philippine Institute of
Architects and become its President?
a. Juan Nakpil c. Pablo Antonio
b. Carlos Baretto d. Felipe Mendoza
22. A royal house used for political and social ceremonies by the Datu, it is also an ancestral house for the
Datu and his family.
a. Badjao House c. Maranao House
b. Tagala House d. Tivoli House
23. Part of bahay na bato; the cistern storage of collected rainwater underneath the azotea?
a. Caida c. Entresuelo
b. Comedor d. Aljibe
24. Also called a “honeysuckle” ornament?
a. Apotheca c. Anthefix
b. Anthemion d. Acroterion
25. Ornamental bracket usually in the form of a scroll with acanthus used in series beneath the corona of a
Corinthian, Composite or Ionic orders?
a. Mutule c. Modillion
b. Corona d. None of the above
26. Which of the following is correct?
a. The great pyramids’ sides are facing the cardinal directions
b. The great pyramids’ corners are facing the cardinal directions
c. The great pyramids are believed to be the house of the Egyptian gods
d. None of the above
27. The holiest temple in Indian Architecture is the?
a. The Golden Temple of Sikhs c. Meenakshi Amman Temple
b. Taj Mahal d. Lingaraja temple
28. The Japanese architectural space designed to be used for tea ceremony?
a. Shcichu c. Chashitsu
b. Chaguan d. Pai-lou
29. Built as a single stupa and the greatest Buddhist monument in the world and a UNESCO World Heritage
Site in the Valleys of Indonesia?
a. Angkor Wat c. The Great Stupa at Sanchi
b. Temple of Bai Seng Sei d. Borubudur Temple
30. What is the Tallest Building in all of Asia?
a. Taipei 101 c. Shanghai Tower
b. Petronas Twin Tower d. Burj Khalifa
31. It is a traditional house that was called binangiyan. It was a single room dwelling elevated at 1.50m from
the ground; the floor was made of hard wood like narra which rested on 3 floors joist which in turn and
supported by traverse girders?
a. Kankanay House c. Badjao House
b. Bontoc House d. Kalinga House
32. The mezzanine floor of Bahay na Bato?
a. Veranda c. Entresuelo
b. Aljibe d. Azotea
33. Identify the building in fig.1?
a. PBCom Tower c. Gramercy Tower
b. One San Miguel Building d. Meralco Building
34. Who is the Architect of the Building in fig.3?
a. Pablo Antonio c. Juan Nakpil
b. Leandro Locsin d. Daniel Burnham
35. Identify the building in fig. 5?
a. Robie House c. FLW Home Studio
b. Ennis House d. Taliesin West
36. Identify the building in fig.2?
a. Casa Mila c. Casa Batllo
b. Casa Insigne d. Casa Adorno
37. Identify the building in Fig.3?
a. Philippine Pavillon c. Philippine Expo Center
b. Philippine Film Center d. Philippine Cultural Center
38. Who is the architect in fig.6?
a. Ieoh Ming Pei c. Robert Venturi
b. Philip Johnson d. Zaha Hadid
39. What Style of Architecture id used in fig.6?
a. International Style c. Modern Architecture
b. Art Noveu d. Brutal Architecture
40. Who is the first National President of the United Architects of the Philippines (UAP)?
a. Robert Sac c. Jose Herrera
b. Felipe Mendoza d. Norberto Nuke

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