June 2014 Licensure Examination for Architects Questions

1. Richard Neutra – a house is like a flower pot...

2. Eero Saarinen – TWA Airport architect
3. Marcel Breuer – “MAXIMUM SIMPLICITY”
4. Frank Gehry – Deconstructivist architect <although Zaha Hadid is also in the choices>
5. Why an architect should hire an accountant?
a. To know your obligations
b. To know your financial stability
c. To know your financial statement
d. To know your SALN
6. Toe kick – space for your feet on the kitchen design
7. Vice President Binay – HUDCC Chairman
8. Cenotaph
9. Chevet - church terminology
10. 5 points of new architecture of Le Corbusier principles
11. Study Fire Code Definition of terms
a. Fire Sprinkler system <twice lumabas, 1 sa morning and 1 sa afternoon of day 1>
b. Jumper
c. Fire
12. Paint defects
a. Bleeding
b. Chalking
13. Tinted glass - Best glass to use for looking a nice view but should give privacy
14. Cloister - church terminology
15. What should be added to red, yellow and orange that would give a CHEERFUL effect?
a. Brown
b. White
c. Blue
d. Green
16. Hypostyle hall - A structure whose roofing was supported, within the perimeter, by groups of columns or piers
of more than one height; clerestory lights sometimes were introduced.
17. Amphiprostyle
18. Which is should be done first?
a. Land use plan
b. Comprehensive development plan
19. Supporting the vault – purpose of the flying buttress
20. Identify the parts, they are only asking for the apex.

A roof truss is an engineered panel made up of triangular parts. Set out below are the main structural components and
fixing points in a standard 'A' type truss.

1. Apex
2. Apex plate
 3. Top chord
4. Heel plate
5. 1/3 point plate
6. Bottom chord
7. Slice plate
8. Heel
9. 1/4 point plate
10. Web
11. Nominal span
12. Overhang

21. Wood working joints – scarf joint

22. Agora – Athens market place

23. Modernisme – art nouveau of Spain <modernismo or catalan modernisme>
24. Gaudy – term derived from Antoni Gaudi <although Antonio Gaudi is the question>
25. Fly rafter
26. Tubular steel – best material for open ceiling showing the rafters
27. Plan reading <bonus, if you know how to make and read a plan, this will be very easy for you>
28. Bib cock – faucet outside for the hose <although the correct answer is sill cock, the one with threaded nozzle>

29. Which is better flooring material?

a. Laminate flooring
b. Tongue and groove flooring

30. Newel

31. Abbey of Saint Denis - First gothic building

32. Estimates on day 2.
a. Number of tiles
b. Number of plywood
c. Number of gypsum boards
33. Know product brands
a. Schlage - locksets
b. Crown - pipes
c. Davies – paint

34. Identification of the lavatory piping system and design

a. P-trap
b. Lavatory faucet
c. Tee
35. Sealer – paint terminology
36. Allure - A gallery or passage, as along the parapets of a castle, around the roof of a church, or along a cloister.

37. Torii – Shinto temple gate

38. Glass bead
39. Vernacular terms
a. Biga - beam
b. Barakilan – bottom chord
40. Byzantine architecture design character
41. Green - Ground wire color coding
42. Building laws
a. BP 344 - slope of ramp - 1:12
b. NBC Rule XX - heights of signages
c. PD 957 – open space on residential subdivision
d. RA 9514 – definition of terms
e. Rule VII and VIII Sections
43. Filipino architects
a. Francisco “Bobby” Manosa – Coconut Palace <Tahanang Pilipino> architect
b. Juan Arellano – Old Legislative building <National Museum> architect
44. Septic tank design
a. Digestive chamber
b. Leaching chamber
45. Universal door
46. Le Corbusier – International Style pioneer <although Philip Johnson coined this term>
47. Marble defects
48. Granite uses
49. Glaze defects
50. Function of vent – plumbing
51. Computation
a. Height of risers
b. Number of steps
c. Floor to floor height
d. Number of parkings
e. Volume of concrete
52. Sequence of architect services
a. Project definition phase
b. Schematic design phase
c. Design Development phase
d. Construction drawing phase
e. Bidding/Negotiation phase
f. Construction phase

53. Staking
54. Painting preparation
55. Reducer – plumbing
56. Flexible pipe – electrical
57. Standard heights of furnitures
58. Usage of studs
59. Crippling - structural
60. Usage of Latex paint
61. Plywood and fiber board definitions
62. Millwork
63. Scaffolding and shoring
64. Type of bonds
a. Bid Bond
b. Performance Bond
c. Payment Bond
d. Guarantee Bond
 65. Cove lighting
66. Fire trap – fire code
67. Class B - Fire classifications for combustible liquids and gases – fire code
68. Ventilation – fire code

69. Cruciform – Gothic church plan

70. Computation of sidewalk width – NBC RULE VIII SEC811
71. Damp proofing
72. Dressed lumber
73. Fiber glass - Filaments of glass, formed by pulling or spinning glass into random lengths; either gathered in a
wool-like mass or formed as continuous thread-like filaments having diameters in the range of 10 to 30 μ m.
74. Beaux-Arts style -Style taught at Ecole des Beaux-Arts
75. Computation on PSO, ISA, USA and MACA.
76. Protection against rats – purpose of the circular disk on the Ifugao house posts
77. Art Nouveau – style which is not inspired from previous styles
78. Rayonant
79. Zaragosa - Renovated the Quiapo Church
80. Water outlet - An opening for the discharge of water that supplies a plumbing fixture, boiler, or heating system,
or any device or piece of equipment which is not part of a plumbing system but requires water to operate.

Books, Laws and important Articles to read

1. PD 1096 - 1977 National Building Code of the Philippines and 2005 IRR
2. RA 9514 – 2008 Fire Code of the Philippines and IRR
3. BP 344 – Accessibility Law and IRR
4. PD 957 – Subdivision and Condominium Buyers Protective Act and IRR
5. BP 220 – Socialized and Economic housing and IRR
6. Standard of Professional Practice
7. General Conditions
8. Architecture: Form, Space and Order by Francis D.K. Ching
9. Visual Dictionary of Architecture by Francis D.K. Ching
10. Visual Dictionary of Architecture and Construction by Cyril M. Harris
11. Building Construction Illustrated by Francis D.K. Ching
12. Simplified Building Estimate by Max Fajardo Jr.
13. Planning and Designers Handbook by Max Fajardo Jr.
14. Theory of architecture by George Salvan
15. History of architecture by Francis D.K. Ching
16. Plumbing design and estimate by Max Fajardo Jr.
17. Pritzker awardees
18. Architects Biography, Works and Dictums
a. Frank Lloyd Wright
b. Le Corbusier
c. Walter Gropius
d. Marcel Breuer
e. Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe
f. Richard Nuetra
g. Eero Saarinen
h. Alvar Aalto
i. Antoni Gaudi
j. Daniel Burnham
k. William Parsons
l. Philip Johnson
m. Buckminster Fuller
n. Gustave Eiffel
19. Filipino architects and their famous works
a. Juan Nakpil
b. Pablo Antonio
c. Leandro Locsin
d. Bobby Manosa
e. Juan Arellano
f. Cesar Concio
g. Toledo
h. Zaragoza
i. Formoso
j. Recio and Casas
20. Current Events