1.

Method of selection of an Architect conducted by committees representing

institutions, corporation or public agencies.
a. Design competition
b. Direct selection
c. Comparative selection
d. Institutional method
2. The client has already approved the designs of the typical house models for a
subdivision project. The Architect continued with the preparation of the construction
drawings. At this stage, the Client asked the Architect to prepare also scale models of
the different house models to be used in selling the house and lot packages. How will
the Architect charge for them?
a. It is part of the design requires for presentation to the client and no additional
fee is to be charged.
b. The cost for each scale model will be charged in addition to the basic fee
c. Determine the cost by arbitration
d. It is already included in the Architecture basic fee
3. Guarantee workmanship and quality of materials and equipment for 1 year
a. Payment Bond
b. Proposal Bond
c. Performance Bond
d. Guarantee Bond
4. Guarantee to pay all obligations arising from the contract.
a. Payment Bond
b. Performance Bond
c. Guarantee Bond
d. Proposal Bond
5. Who determines time and cost for the project?
a. Contractor
b. Project Manager
c. Owner
d. Construction Manager
6. After an expiration of how many years from the date of revocation and upon
application and for reasons deemed proper and sufficient, reinstate the validity of a
revoked certificate of registration?
a. 3
b. 1
c. 4
d. 2
7. What type of service involves the detailed planning and design of light transmission,
timing and control for compatibility with the architectural design concept?
a. Architectural Lighting, Planning and Design Services
b. Architectural Lighting layout and Design Services
c. Architectural Lighting Services
d. Architectural Lighting Transmission Design Services
8. Which is an ethical action with respect to the Architects responsibility to his
manufacturers dealers and agents?
a. Awaits of technical services by manufacturer accompanied by an obligation
b. Accepts market discounts credited to client
c. Receives gifts or favors agents
d. receives commissions placing him in reciprocal frame of mind
9. Under the Multiple of Direct Personnel Expense, the multiplier ranges from
___depending on the office set-up, overhead and experience of the Architect and the
complexity of the Project.
a. 1.5-2.5
b. 1.5-2.0

c. 1.5-3.5
d. 1.0-2.5
10. What do you call Working Drawings, Specification, Estimates and General Conditions?
a. Contract Documents
b. Project Manual
c. Project Requirements
d. Construction Drawings
11. What offense is committed when an architect is found using the seal of another
architect?
a. Illegal practice
b. Misdemeanor
c. Nothing
d. Misrepresentation
12. Who will be liable for seeking and soliciting architecture works by a non-registered
person?
a. The employed and the employee
b. Both the represented and the representative
c. None of the above.
d. All of the above.
13. For specialized allied services, what is the aesthetic designing of the space of a
structure?
a. Landscape Design Services
b. Space Planning Services
c. Architectural Interior Services
d. Architectural Programming Services
Building tech
1. Maximum spacing of posts for 2-story wooden structure with a height of 8 mts.
a. 4.5 mts
b. 4 mts
c. 3.5 mts
d. 3 mts
2. Maximum height of 1st the floor for a 2-story wood structure with a height of 7 mts.
a. 4.5 mts
b. 4 mts
c. 3.5 mts
d. 3 mts
3. the ability of a metal to undergo cold plastic deformation without breaking,
particularly by pulling in cold drawing.
a. Ductility
b. Malleability
c. Elasticity
d. Flexibility

4. a weld roughly triangular cross section between two pieces at right

angles; A weld with a triangular cross section joining two surfaces that
meet in an interior right angle (D.K. Ching p. 88).
a. Fillet Weld
b. Lap Weld
c. Puddle Weld
d. Butt Weld
5. Pre-cast pre-stressed concrete piles shall have a specified compressive strength Fc of
not less than ____Mpa. A. (NSCP 307.5.1)
a. 25 Mpa
b. 35 Mpa

c. 45 mpa [D]
d. 55Mpa
6. Low rise buildings is an enclosed or partially enclosed with mean roof height less than
or equal to? (NSCP 207.20): a
a. 70 Mts.,
b. 50 mts.,
c. 15 mts.,
d. 18 mts.
7. a widening of any structure at the foot to improve its stability, in breakwaters, earth or
other dams, or simple walls.
a. Wall
b. Column
c. Footing
d. Wall Footing.

8. is all concrete used for structural purposes, including plain and reinforced
concrete.
a. Reinforced Concrete
b. Structural Concrete
c. Plain Concrete
d. Rough Concrete
9. is a wall designed to resist lateral forces parallel to the plane of the wall (sometimes
referred to as a vertical diaghpragm).
a. Foundation Wall
b. Retaining Wall
c. Shear Wall
d. Masonry Wall
10. What is the minumum number of vertical bars for spiral column
a. 4
b. 6
c. 8
d. 10
11. your client has entered the bathroom at his newly built house, however, he
immediately went out due to unpleasant smell that is coming out from the water
closet. As the architect of the project, he requested you to inspect and determine what
might be the problem. during your inspection, you noticed that even the bowl is clean
still the foul smell exist. during the construction, the contractor have implemented and
complied in the design intent. proper venting was provided. what might be the
solution for this?
a. Check water closet for trap seal loss
b. Replace Vent
c. Provide air freshener
d. remove existing water closet and install with a new one
12. During construction a concrete ready mix is delivered but should be tested before
pouring in place. Where should be the concrete mix be tested?
a. Plant
b. Site
c. Mixer during travel
d. Portable Mixer
13. As a truss replacement what member can be provided to support roofing materials?
a. Plates
b. Purlins
c. Rafters
d. Planks

14. What is the treatment for cracks on walls?

a. Additional Plaster
b. Injection of Grout
c. Injection of Bonding Chemical
d. injection of concrete
15. A pigment or dye added to a concrete mix to alter or control its color (D.K. Ching p.
41)
a. Surface Active agent
b. Water reducing agent
c. Coloring agent
d. Air entraining agent
16. is a type of construction whose primary structural elements are formed by a system of
repetitive wood framing members.
a. Space Frame
b. Braced Frame
c. Conventional Light Frame Construction
d. Timber Frame Construction
17. is a granular material, such as sand, gravel, crushed stone and iron blast furnace slag,
and when used with a cementing medium forms a hyrdraulic cement concrete or
mortar.
a. Aggregate
b. Admixtures
c. Concrete
d. Adhesives
18. A mixture of cement and water for coating, setting, and binding aggregate particles
together in a concrete or mortar mix (D.K. Ching p. 41)
a. Grout
b. Mortar
c. Cement Paste
d. Admixture
19.A brace, usually of wood for spacing and keeping wall or footing forms apart. Also
called as a spacer (D.K. Ching p. 44)
a. Spreader
b. Wale
c. Strongback
d. Wedge
20. A metal tie for keeping wall forms from spreading under the fluid pressure of newly
placed concrete (D.K. Ching p. 45)
a. Form Tie
b. Snap Tie
c. Cone Bolt
d. She Bolt