1.

A very early type of housing constructed by

Upper Paleolithic hunter gatherers in central
Europe. 8. The earliest surviving works with an architectural
a. DUG-OUT HOUSES intention
b. LEAN-TO-CAVE HOUSES a. SEASHELLS STREWN TOGETHER BY
c. MAMMOTH BONE HOUSES STRING MADE OF ANIMAL SKIN
d. ANIMAL HIDE TENTS b. GOLD EARRINGS FOUND IN A CAVE IN
UKKRAINE
2. A monument of prehistoric or uncertain date c. CAVE PAINTINGS SOUTHERB FRANCE
consisting of an enclosure formed by huge AND NORTHERN SPAIN
stones planted on the ground in a circle. d. SCULPTURE OF VENUS
a. CROMLECH
b. DOLMEN 9. A rectangular structure that covered and
c. MENHIR protected a deep trench which held the burial
d. BURROW and burial provisions of the deceased Egyptian.
a. MASTABA
3. Which of the following is not true about Skara b. PYRAMID
Brae, UK c. MORTUARY TEMPLE
a. The builders constructed their homes d. ZIGGURAT
from flagstones and layered them into
the earth for greater support. 10. One of the hardest rocks it was used on
b. The village had no drainage system and occasion, at times on a large scale, from which
no evidence of toilets. the great pyramids were sad to be originally
c. No weapons of any kind, other than covered with;
Neolithic knives, have been found at the a. TRAVERTINE
site and these, it is thought, were b. ALABASTER
employed as tools in in daily life rather c. GRANITE
than for any kind of warfare. d. LIMESTONE
d. Neolithic Village, inhabited c.3100-2500
BCE 11. The Egyptian rock hewn temple with front are
rock-cut seated colossal statues of Rameses II
4. A monument or part of a monument consisting 20m high and entrance fore court has imposing
of three large stones; two upright stones with a façade 36 m wide and 32 m high formed as
lintel stone resting upon them as a Stonehenge. pylon. It’s an example of a successful heritage
a. TRILITHON preservation when the temple was moved to
b. MEGALITH higher ground to give way to the construction of
c. ANDROLITH the Aswan Dam.
d. MONOLITH a. Tempple of Khons
b. Temple of Isis
5. A mound of earth or stone protecting a tomb c. Temple of Abu Simbel
chamber or simple grave d. Temple of Hatshepsut
a. TUMULUS
b. BARROW 12. An entrance gate to Egyptian Temple complex.
c. MENHIR a. Pylon
d. DOLMEN b. Sphynx
c. Abu Simbel
6. Which of the following statements are true d. Serdab
about the catal huyuk?
a. As an agricultural community the 13. A type of Egyptian Temple, located close to a
homes were located close to their fields royal tomb, where the mummification process
b. Residents buried the dead under their of a king was carried out.
homes a. MORTUARY TEMPLE
c. Homes were arranged back-to-back b. NONE OF THE ABOVE
without doors or windows c. MASTABA
d. The bones of wild animals, usually d. HYPOSTYLE HALL
male, were deposited as offerings
14. What stone is mostly used in Egypt which is soft
7. A prehistoric tomb of standing stones, usually when freshly quarried and can easily be shaped
capped with a large horizontal slabs. using copper or bronze chisel?
a. MENHIR a. GRANITE
b. BARROW b. ALABASTER
c. DOLMEN c. LIMESTONE
d. CROMLECH d. TRAVERTINE
15. A pillar-like fronting piece on wall, frequently b. Kiln-dried bricks faced with thick
found in Egyptian Architecture. plaster
a. HATHOR c. Limestone blocks held together by
b. ANTA mortar
c. GORGE d. None of the other choices are correct
d. OBELISK
23. Assyrians illustrated record of Assyrian pursuits
16. A passage surrounding the sanctuary which by using __________ as their chief architectural
serves also as access to the 13 chapels of the ornament.
Egyptian Temples a. COLOURED BRICKWORK
a. ABACI b. GLAZED COLOURED BRICKS
b. FAÇADE c. CHISSELLED ALABASTER SLABS
c. MEGARON d. CHISELLED LIMESTONE
d. AMBULATORY
24. In ancient Persia, there are no ancient temple
17. Ancient funerary structures of Egypt were remains because.
oriented on the ______ of the main river. This a. Ancient Persians did not have any
relates the end of life with the setting of the sun. religion
a. WEST b. The ruler was also their God therefore
b. EAST palaces served as temples
c. NORTH c. Temples were destroyed after every
d. SOUTH battle as offering to the Gods
d. Zoroastrianism had little on
18. What influential factor contribute dto Egypt’s Architecture
massive plain walls?
a. CLIMATIC INFLUENCE 25. The Assyrians were not great tomb-builders like
b. GEOGRAPHIC INFLUENCE Egyptians, because
c. SOCIAL POLITICAL INFLUJENCES a. None of the above
d. RELIGIOUS INFLUENCES b. Their belief in life after death is not that
strong
19. The pressure of the flat clay roofs on the wall c. Miasmic exhalations was unfavorable
reeds may have produced this characteristic for interment
Egyptian molding called d. There were no caves from which they
can bury the dead

26. Persian wall surfaces were finished with

a. Bas relief in plain unusual symmetric
forms
a. BATTERED MOULDING b. Thick splashes of mortar mixed with
b. PAPYRUS MOULDING coloured eye
c. GORGE MOULDING c. None of the above
d. TOUNGE AND GROOVE MOULD d. Highly glazed and coloured brickwork
20. A large space with a flat roof supported by rows 27. What was the function of the double bull
of columns. Prevalent in ancient Egyptian and capital?
Achaemenid Architecture. a. To indicate which palace and whose
a. HYPERTHYRUM reign it was built for;
b. CLASSICAL ORDERS b. It was an ornament therefore decorative
c. HYPOSTYLE HALL more than it was functional;
d. TRABEATED SYSTEM c. None of the above
d. Carried the weight of wooden beams.
21. Ancient Egyptian houses have already crumbled
away; what were they said to be built with? 28. What was the advantage of post and beam
a. Huge palm trunks contruction over the arcuated technique of arch
b. Recessed earth entered from the roof and vault?
c. Lime and bricks tools were blessed by a. It allowed more spacious rooms
the pharaoh b. It encouraged a sense of symbolic
d. Sun baked bricks made of Nile mud and identity through capitals.
straw c. It was less expensive and allowed more
money for military exploits.
22. Assyrian walls were composed of d. Putting up posts consumed less
a. Sun-dried bricks faced with kiln-dried construction time more craftmanship
bricks
29. What system of construction did the Persians 37. Type of Greek walling introduced during the
use which they were said to have acquired form Hellenic Period
Egyptians a. CYCLOPEAN
a. Post and Lintel contrsuction b. RECTANGULAR
b. Their construction was unique, it did not c. INCLINED
manifest foreign influence in any way; d. POLYGONAL
c. Space framing system
d. Arch and Vault system 38. Which of the following is a cold Greek public
bath?
30. A celestial being from Mesopotamian a. FRIGIDARIUM
mythology, human above the waist and a bull b. CALIDARIUM
below the waist, it also has the horn and ears of c. TEPIDARIUM
a bull. d. BALNEUM
a. LAMMASSU
b. GRIFFIN 39. The public hall or state dining room of the Greek
c. SPHINX City
d. NONEOF THE ABOVE a. PROPYLON
b. BOULEUNTERON
31. The building materials used by Assyrian in their c. STOA
mega structures d. PRYTANEION
a. Mud bricks and stone
b. Sundried and oven-baked mud bricks 40. The Greek Structure which is a fine example of
c. Rammed earth and occasional wood Hexastyle, prostyle temple with caryatid
d. Alternating rows of limestone and mud columns 6586m high.
bricks a. TEMPLE OF ERECHTHEION
b. PARTHENON
32. Greek column nine to ten times their lower c. TEMPLE OF ZEUS
diameter in height d. TEMPLE OF APHRODITE
a. CORINTHIAN
b. IONIC 41. The Greek order illustrated is an example of:
c. DORIC
d. AEGEAN COLUMN

33. The architecture of Aegea civilization that

spread its influence from Mycenae in Southern
Greece characterized by shaft graves,
monumental beehive huts and palaces fortified
by cyclopean walls a. COMPOSITE
a. MYCENEAN ARCHITECTURE b. DORIC
b. GREEK ARCHITECTURE c. IONIC
c. PERICLEAN ARCHITECTURE d. CORINTHIAN
d. CALLIMACHUS ARCHITECTURE
42. The Greek structure for chariot racing
34. Greek open space for religious theatrical a. PALAESTRA
performances b. CIRCUS
a. COLOSSEUM c. HIPPODROME
b. AMPHITHEATRE d. AMPITHEATRE
c. HIPPODROME
d. THERMAE 43. A free-standing portico or a detached colonnade
used for covered walk and meeting place; used
35. Greek senate of council house to enclose the space of Greek city
a. PROPYLON a. PROPYLON
b. PRYTENEION b. BOULEUTERON
c. STOA c. PRYTANEION
d. BOULEUTERO d. STOA

36. Greek structures for chariot racing 44. A structural system using extended arches as
a. STOA roofing system
b. APODITERIUM a. TRABEATED
c. SUDATORIUM b. BARREL VAULT
d. HIPPODROME c. COLUMNAR
d. ARCADED
45. What adjustments did ancient architects do to 49. How many acroterion/acroteria are in the
remedy the issue with the ionic capital wherein image?
they found it necessary to show volutes on all a. NONE, ZERO (0)
sides? b. THREE (3)
c. ONE (1)
d. TWO (2)

50. The orders added by the Romans to the Greek

Orders
a. Doric and Ionic
b. Ionic and Corinthian
c. Corinthian and Tuscan
d. Tuscan and Composite
a. They did not intervene, instead they
replaced it with the Corinthian capital 51. Romanesque Church that were usually small in
b. They made the angle capital with size, and had radiating chapels and a
ambulatory aisle behind the apse
volutes facing all four sides by joining
the two adjacent volutes at an angle a. Radiating Chapel
c. They assigned the corners of the temple b. Pilgrimage Church Plan
with a special Ionic capital c. St. Foy at Conques, cs 1050-1130
d. Church of St. Etienne Caen
d. They used optical illusion to show the
volutes on all four sides.
52. Marble mosaic pattern used on ceilings of vaults
and domes
a. OPUSD INCERTUM
b. OPUS TESSELATUM
c. OPUS RECTICULATUM
d. OPUS QUADRATUM

53. The moulding on a flat or vaulted ceiling in

Gothic work. It is raised moulding forming part
of the vault framing the panels or webs often
with elaborate sections
a. RIB
46. What is the best description for Z?
b. COFFER
a. Greek temple built without structural
c. CORNICE
entasis
d. CORBEL
b. Greek temple as it would appear
without optical correction
54. Gothic Architecture became more acceptable in
c. Greek temple as it is actually built with
regions og higher latitudes of Europe than in
optical correction
Mediterranean regions mainly because
d. Greek temple with too many columns,
I. The possibility for larger windows allowed
without entasis
for warmer interiors
II. Brightly-lit interiors were not as essential in
47. What is the best description for X?
Mediterranean regions of Europe
a. Greek temple built without structural
III. The steeper-pitched roof of gothic
entasis
architecture was more suitable for regions
b. Greek temple as it would appear
with winter season
without optical correction
c. Greek temple as it is actually built with
a. I and II are true
optical correction
b. I and III are true
d. Greek temple with too many columns,
c. II and III are true
without entasis
d. All of the above
48. How many tympana/Tympanum are in the
55. What are the main structural features
image?
introduced in Gothic Architecture
a. NONE, ZERO (0)
a. GEOMETRIC, RADIATING, FREE
b. THREE (3)
FLOWING
c. ONE (1)
b. TRACERY, STAINED GLASS, PINNACLE
d. TWO (2)
c. LANCET, RIBBED VAULT, HALF ARCHED
BUTTRESS
d. LANCET, FLYING BUTRESS, SPIRE
56. What particular style can be closely associated 61. An early 19th century school that offered
with the image below? instruction in drawing, painting, sculpture,
architecture, and engraving to students selected
by competitive examination;
a. THE BAUHAUS
b. PRAIRIE SCHOOL
c. TALIESIN STUDIO
d. ECOLE DE BEAUX ARTS

62. A school reconciling craft and industry molding

professionals as designers, crafters, and mass
production specialists. It also introduced the
glass curtain wall system
a. TALIESIN FELLOWSHIP STUDIO
b. THE BAUHAUS
a. CHURRIGUERESQUE c. PRAIRIE SCHOOL
b. ORGIVALE d. ECOLE DE BEAUX ARTS
c. TROMPE L’OEIL
d. PLATERESQUE 63. Decorative upper termination of a pinnacle,
gable end, buttress, canopy, or spire
57. Carved stone lace in the windows and on the a. FLYING BUTTRESS
walls b. BUTTRESS
a. TRANSOM c. PINNACLE
b. TRACERY d. FINIAL
c. MULLIONS
d. ARABESQUE 64. Which decorative elements are purely
ornamental?
58. A series of arches that has no actual openings
and is applied to the surface of a wall as a
decorative element
a. BLIND ARCADE
b. BLIND TRACERY
c. PSEUDO WINDOW
d. WHEEL WINDOW

59. What is wrong with the gargoyle in this

illustration
a. W,X,Z
b. W,X,Y
c. X,Y,Z
d. W,YZ

65. What event in history is linked to modernism

when machines changed people’s way of life
a. WORLD WAR 1
b. COUNTER REFORMATION
c. INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
d. ART NOVEAU

66. A parapet or cresting, originally defensive but

a. CHARACTER later usually decorative, consisting of a regular
b. LOCATION alternation of merlons and crenels, crenelation;
c. NUMBER (INADEQUATE) machicolations
d. ORIENTATION a. Castle
b. Towers
60. Based on the floor plan, how c. Battlement
many quadripartite vaults can d. Turret
be found on the transept?
a. 9
b. 24
c. NONE
d. 4
e. 44
67. He is the one of the architects of St. Peter’s 75. The decorative raised platform on which a
Basilica who designed the noble entrance temple is built.
piazza surrounded by 284 columns forming the a. Adisthana
imposing four folds Tuscan collonades b. Bhoga Mandapa
a. MICHAELANGELO c. Devalaya
b. BERNINI d. Dravida
c. BRAMANTE
d. RAPHAEL 76. The general name of a temple meaning a God’s
dwelling place
68. The dome of this cathedral was constructed a. DEVALAYA
without centering supported by scaffolding. b. SALA
a. ST. PETER’S CATHEDRAL c. RATHA
b. ST. PAUL’S CATHEDRAL d. PRAKARA
c. FLORENCE CATHEDRAL
d. BERLIN CATHEDRAL 77. A medallion motif of Orissa architecture which
projects from towers and shows a monster
regurgitating garlands flanked by two dwarfs
69. This architectural style is characterized by a. VIMANA
ornate “silversmith-like” decorative facades of b. URUSHRINGA
the Spanish Renaissance period c. BHO
a. PLATERESQUE STYLE d. TEMPLE TANK
b. HERRERIAN STYLE
c. MUDEJAR 78. Which of the following Islamic architectural
d. CHURRIGUERESQUE character was borrowed from Byzantium?
a. STRIATED MASONRY
70. Which of the following is not a characteristic of b. SYMMETRICAL PLAN
Baroque Architecture? c. DOMED ROOF
a. Cartouches, heraldic emblems, and d. SQUARE CENTRAL MASS
other ornaments as well as sculpture,
painting, and craftwork 79. Which Islamic building component is the area
b. Concave and convex in walls where women’s private quarters of a house is
c. Heavily ornated entablatures with located?
columnar arrangement below a. MIHRAB
d. Wrought iron window grilles, handrails, b. SAHN
and other decoration c. HAREM
d. IWAN
71. What type of Islamiv Architecture serves as a
roadside inn for travelers? 80. A hall in Orissan temples which is used for
a. MINARET consecrated food preparation and distribution
b. CARAVANSERAI a. DEVALAYA
c. HAMMAM b. BHOGA MANDAPA
d. KIBLA c. GOPURA
d. MAKARA
72. An antechamber to the inner sactum or
garbhagriha of a temple 81. Which Islamic building component is an open-
a. GHANTA fronted vault facing on to a court
b. ANTARALA a. MIHRAB
c. GOPURA b. SAHN
d. JAGAMOHANA c. HAREM
d. IWAN
73. A decorative female figure
a. ALASA KANYA 82. Which of the following is another term for tomb
b. ALASA KUNTA or a monument in Islamic Architecture
c. BHO a. MAUSOLEUM
d. GARBHAGIRA b. VAULT
c. CRYPT
74. It is the axis oriented towards Mecca, what it is d. OSUARY
called?
a. MINARET
b. CARAVANSERAI
c. KIBLA
d. HAMMAM
83. A large fluted stone disc placed on top of a 92. Palace in Ayutthaya occupied by the principal
Nagara tower taking its form from the amla or King, situated on the Northern rim of the city
myrobalan fruit native to India a. WANG NA
a. GHANA DVARA b. WANG LUAN
b. ANTARALA c. WANG TA
c. BHO
d. AMALAKA 93. It means “Land of million rice fields”
a. KHMER
84. The style of Southern Temple architecture b. SUKHOTHAI
a. NATARAJA c. LANNA
b. DRAVIDA d. AYUTHAYA
c. PRAKARA
d. TALA 94. It is traditional Malaysian house that serves the
needs of most people living in rural areas of
85. A bell-shaped finial on the top of a tower Malaysia. These are detached houses and they
a. GHANA DVARA usually have no fences around them
b. GOPURA a. MALAY HOUSE OF THE PENINSULAR
c. GHANTA WEST COAST
d. GARBHAGRITA b. KAMPONG HOUSE
c. LONGHOUSES OF SARAWAK
86. A decorative lion or monster motif with the lower d. RUMAH KUTAI
jaw missing, typically placed over doorways
a. VYALA 95. Largest Hindu temple in Southeast Asia with a
b. VESARA magnificent spectacle and an icon of
c. VASTU PURUSA MANDALA Indonesia’s cultural heritage
d. KIRTIMUKHA a. ANGKOR WATT
b. WAT KEAN KLEANG
87. A temple portico serving as an entrance porch c. BOROBUDUR TEMPLE
a. ARDHAMANDAPA d. PRAMBANAN TEMPLE
b. KIRTIMUKHA
c. BHO
d. NAGARA

88. Islamic architecture is a building tradition of

Muslim populations of the Middle East and
elsewhere from the 5th century on
a. TRUE
b. FALSE
96. In the figure above, what’s the local term for A?
89. A mosque may also be used as a school other a. DINDING
than prayer room b. HALIGI
a. TRUE c. SOLERAS
b. FALSE d. SIKANG

90. A columned hallway which leads to the 97. In the figure above, what’s the local term for B?
garbhagriha or inner sanctum a. DINGDING
a. MANDAPA b. HALIGI
b. MAKARA c. SOLERAS
c. NATA MANDAPA d. SIKANG
d. NANDI MANDAPA
98. In the figure above, what’s the local term for D?
91. It is dedicated by Hindu beliefs, astrology, and a. DINGDING
subjugation to the Gods ad their God Kings b. HALIGI
a. KHMER ARCHITECTURE c. SOLERAS
b. AYUTTHAYA ARCHITECTURE d. SIKANG
c. RATTANAKOSIN ARCHITECTURE
d. SUKHOTHAI ARCHITECTURE 99. The zaguan of the Spanish colonial house is
located at the:
a. KITCHEN
b. TERRACE
c. MEZZANINE
d. GROUND FLOOR
100. In spanish colonial house, inside the 107. Hispanic term for an open space inside
cubeta is typically a _______ which also happens the fortified walls. The name derives from the
to be an ancient roman term. fact that this would be a refuge in case of an
a. LAVABO attack upon the city, from which arms would be
b. LATRINA supplied to the defenders.
c. ALJIBE a. PLAZA DE ARMAS
d. BAÑO b. ALMACEN DE POLVORA
c. BALUARTE
101. During the Spanish colonial period, d. CAMINO DE RONDA
Manila’s Ciudad Murada or walled city was
accessible through how many gates? 108. Churches and cathedrals built during
a. 6 the Spanish Colonial period were erected in
b. 13 conformity with town planning procedures set
c. 10 by a proclamation known as the:
d. 8
a. Leyes y ordenanzas nuevamente hechas
102. An evolved bahay kubo with improved por su Majested para la gobernacion de las
air circulation and lighting. It is also known as Indias y buen tramiento y conservacion de
“bahay na tisa” or house with roof tiles lod Indios
a. CASA TAGALA b. Maura Law
b. CASTILLAN HOUSE c. Laws of Indies
c. BAHAY NA BATO d. Redussiones de Indios
d. ARQUITECTURA MEZTIZA
109. Why did the old traditional Ifugao
103. A half-breed architecture made of wood Houses have small floor aea?
in the upper floor and stone in it’s ground floor to a. They believed that having less allowed
make it resistant to earthquakes and avoid its for more prosperity in life;
consequences as well. b. A compact house keeps them warm
a. CASA TAGALA inside;
b. CASTILLAN HOUSE c. It was the most practical way to
c. BAHAY NA BATO maintain the house
d. ARQUITECTURA MEZTIZA d. The Ifugao depended on a superstitious
belief that a big house will bring bad
104. In a typical Spanish Colonial house, this omen.
transition space leads to thee sala or the
komedor
a. CALADO
b. CAIDA
c. ACCESSORIA
d. DISPENSA

105. This Filipino church is known for the

local botanical motifs at its pediment in its
façade, particularly the bas relief of papaya and
coconut trees.
a. TAAL CHURCH
b. MIAG-AO CHURCH
c. SAN SEBASTIAN CHURCH CHOICES:
d. SAN AGUSTIN CHURCH a. MEDIA AGUA
b. VENTANILLA
106. The figure is a typical cross section of c. REHAS
what vernacular house? d. PASAMANO
a. TAUSUG e. ESPEJO
b. KALINGA f. SOMBRERO
c. T’BOL g. PERSIANA
d. TOROGAN h. CAPIZ
i. BANDEJA

110. What is 1? A C D E F G H I
111. What is 2? A C D E F G H I
112. What is 3? A C D E F G H I
113. What is 4? A C D E F G H I
114. What is 5? A C D E F G H I
115. What is 6? A C D E F G H I
116. What is 7? A C D E F G H I
117. What is 8? A C D E F G H I

118. During the Spanish Colonial period, this

fort provided protection to the government,
military arsenal, religious orders with the
schools, churches and hospitals, commercial
establishments and private residences

a. FORT SANTIAGO
b. INTRAMUROS
c. FORT SAN ANTONIO ABAD
d. CIUDAD MURADA

119. What was the earthquake proof

approach applied in the design of torogan
house?
a. The decorative floor end-beam of the
torogan was designed to balance the
floor during seismic activities
b. The tree-trunks resting on circular river
stones was a seismic approach
c. The shape of the roof is a combination
of hip and gable resembling an
umbrella, the shae is designed as
seismic solution
d. All of the above

120. Forts with foso will require a ______ at

the puetras to hinder or permit passage
a. MARLON
b. DRAWBRIDGE
c. PARAPETO
d. EPAULE

121. It is a richly decorated framework

behind the alter. At the lower midsection, it is
usually carvedand painted with ledge and niche
for the saints
a. RETABLO
b. PULPIT
c. NICHE
d. ALTAR

122. It is a covered passage surrounding a

court usually with colonnade or arcade on the
side adjacent to the court
a. CLOISTER
b. AISLE
c. TRANSEPT
d. NAVE