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1. What are voussoirs?

Keystone of the arch

Wedge shaped blocks holding the curve of the arch

Support beam in Gothic architecture

Rib of the vault

Answer

Correct Answer: Wedge shaped blocks holding the curve of the arch

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2. What is the tympanum?

The area around the navel

A membranous sac that stores bile

The part of the ear where sound waves first hit

The sculptural area enclosed by the arch above the doors of a cathedral

Answer

Correct Answer: The sculptural area enclosed by the arch above the doors of a cathedral

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3. What is the function of the triforium?

The triforium is a type of flying buttress

The triforium is a decorative element on the exterior of a building

The triforium is an arcaded story between the nave arcade and the clerestory

The triforium is a support system for a bridge

Answer

Correct Answer: The triforium is an arcaded story between the nave arcade and the clerestory

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4. What is tracery?

Support for a rose window

A thin, ornamental screen of stone or wood

A type of Gothic window

Decorative carved stonework of a medieval church window

Answer

Correct Answer: Decorative carved stonework of a medieval church window

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5. What does rib the stone arch do?

It supports and strengthens the floor of a cathedral.

It supports and strengthens the roof of a cathedral.

It supports and strengthens the walls of a cathedral.

It supports and strengthens the vault of a cathedral.

Answer

Correct Answer: It supports and strengthens the vault of a cathedral.

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6. What is a mullion?

A window with leaded glass

A window made of stained glass

A small, decorative window

The narrow upright stone pier used to divide the panels of glass in a window

Answer

Correct Answer: The narrow upright stone pier used to divide the panels of glass in a window

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7. What is the highest part of the arch called?

Intrados

Crown

Springline

Keystone

Answer

Correct Answer: Crown

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8. What is the cathedra?

A pew

The bishop's chair

The alter

The pulpit

Answer

Correct Answer: The bishop's chair

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9. What is a buttress?

A large stone pier built against or connected to a wall to provide extra strength

A small stone pier built against or connected to a wall to provide extra support

A large stone pier built against or connected to a wall to provide extra support

A small stone pier built against or connected to a wall to provide extra strength

Answer

Correct Answer: A large stone pier built against or connected to a wall to provide extra strength

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10. The term "arcade" refers to

The row of piers and arches that separate the main spaces of a cathedral from the aisles

A type of glass used in cathedral windows

The main entrance of a cathedral

The area in front of the main entrance of a cathedral

Answer

Correct Answer: The row of piers and arches that separate the main spaces of a cathedral from the aisles

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11. What is a flying buttress?

A type of window

A building material

A unit of measurement

A buttress that stands apart from the main structure and connected to it by an arch

Answer

Correct Answer: A buttress that stands apart from the main structure and connected to it by an arch

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12. What are the characteristic of Romanesque architecture?

Rounded arches

Vaulted ceilings

Heavy walls Ornately decorated

All of these

Answer

Correct Answer: All of these

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13. What is a ciborium?

A type of stone

A roof truss

A canopy over an altar in a church, standing on four pillars.

A type of column

Answer

Correct Answer: A canopy over an altar in a church, standing on four pillars.

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14. What is a Solomonic column?

A column with a convex profile

A column supporting an architrave

A spiraling, twisted column derived from those at Solomon's temple

An Ionic column with volutes resting on a stylobate

Answer

Correct Answer: A spiraling, twisted column derived from those at Solomon's temple

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15. What is a pilaster?

A rectangular column projecting from a wall

A decorative column

A column used to support a wall

A wall projecting from a column

Answer

Correct Answer: A rectangular column projecting from a wall

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16. What is the purpose of an engaged column?

To make the building more fire resistant

Decorative

To protect the building from water damage

To support the weight of a building

Answer

Correct Answer: Decorative

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17. What is Classical Greek Architecture known for?

Symmetry & proportion

Linearity & simplicity

Asymmetry & disproportion

Exaggeration & complexity

Answer

Correct Answer: Symmetry & proportion

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18. What does the word "Stylobate" mean?

Ionic order of architecture

The bottom of a column

The uppermost course of the platform of a Greek temple, which supports the columns

The entablature of a temple

Answer

Correct Answer: The uppermost course of the platform of a Greek temple, which supports the columns

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19. What is the meaning of "gable"?

A roof supported by columns

A wall with a design

The triangular part of a wall that is enclosed between the sloping portions of a roof.

A window in a roof

Answer

Correct Answer: The triangular part of a wall that is enclosed between the sloping portions of a roof.

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20. What is a volute?

A set of CALCULATIONS used to determine the amount of interest that will accrue over time

A spiral, scroll-like form characteristic of the ancient Greek Ionic and the Roman Composite capital.

The spiral pattern on the shell of a sea creature

A drawing composed of many small pieces of paper glued or taped together in a design

Answer

Correct Answer: A spiral, scroll-like form characteristic of the ancient Greek Ionic and the Roman Composite capital.

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21. What is the middle element of an entablature?

Girder

Trabeation

Lintel

Frieze

Answer

Correct Answer: Frieze

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22. What is a Metope?

A unit of measure in the ancient Greek system

A panel between the triglyphs in a Doric frieze, often sculpted in relief

An architectural element consisting of a vertical member that projects from the face of a building

A decorative element used in architecture

Answer

Correct Answer: A panel between the triglyphs in a Doric frieze, often sculpted in relief

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23. What is a triglyph?

A type of column

A panel carved into three vertical bands, alternating with the metopes on a Doric frieze.

A unit of measure

An ancient Greek city

Answer

Correct Answer: A panel carved into three vertical bands, alternating with the metopes on a Doric frieze.

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24. What is a keystone?

The top stone of an arch

The wedge-shaped central locking at the top of the arch

A stone at the base of an arch

A stone in the middle of an arch

Answer

Correct Answer: The wedge-shaped central locking at the top of the arch

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25. What is a groin vault?

The intersection of two barrel vaults

A type of ribbed vault

A type of Vault used in medieval architecture

A type of stone

Answer

Correct Answer: The intersection of two barrel vaults

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26. What is a dome?

An arch rotated 180 degrees horizontally

An arch rotated 270 degrees horizontally

An arch rotated 360 degrees horizontally

An arch rotated 90 degrees vertically

Answer

Correct Answer: An arch rotated 360 degrees horizontally

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27. Which of the following is true about a barrel vault?

It is an arch that is gothic in style

It is a series of arches forming a tunnel

It is an arch that is used to support a bridge

It is an arch that is semicircular in shape

Answer

Correct Answer: It is a series of arches forming a tunnel

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28. What is an arch?

A large circular structure with a hole in the center

A type of cheese

A musical composition

A structure that spans a space and supports a load.

Answer

Correct Answer: A structure that spans a space and supports a load.

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29. What is the topmost step, on which the columns rest, called?

Stylobate

Fluting

Entablature

Doric frieze

Answer

Correct Answer: Stylobate

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30. What is the meaning of the word stereobate?

The highest point of a building

The substructure of a building

The roof of a building

The base of a column

Answer

Correct Answer: The substructure of a building

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31. What is High Relief?

A painting technique

A form of embroidery

Sculptures carved out of a block of stone so deeply that they seem to stand independently

A type of wood carving

Answer

Correct Answer: Sculptures carved out of a block of stone so deeply that they seem to stand independently

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32. What is low relief?

A form of painting

A form of sculpture

Sculptural relief that projects very little from the background

A form of printmaking

Answer

Correct Answer: Sculptural relief that projects very little from the background

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33. What is relief sculpture?

Three-dimensional artwork created by shaping or combining soft and hard materials

Sculpture that projects from a flat background

Two-dimensional artwork that uses line, shape, color, and texture to create an image

Three-dimensional artwork created by carving or molding materials such as stone or wood

Answer

Correct Answer: Sculpture that projects from a flat background

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34. What is the pronaos?

The space in front of a cella or naos

The cella of a temple

The portico of a temple

The naos of a temple

Answer

Correct Answer: The portico of a temple

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35. What is post and lintel a type of construction in which?

Vertical beams are not held by horizontal supports

Horizontal beams are held by vertical supports

Vertical beams are held by horizontal supports

Horizontal beams are not held by vertical supports

Answer

Correct Answer: Horizontal beams are held by vertical supports

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36. What is a post?

A horizontal supporting member

A building where mail is sorted

A vertical supporting member

A type of social media

Answer

Correct Answer: A vertical supporting member

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37. What is another word for portico?

Patio

Gazebo

Porch

Pergola

Answer

Correct Answer: Porch

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38. What are the panels between triglyphs in a Doric frieze called?

Triglyph

Pediment

Metope

Cornice

Answer

Correct Answer: Metope

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39. What is a lintel?

A support placed immediately over an opening, such as a door, window, or fireplace

A horizontal beam resting its two ends upon separate posts (like the top of a doorway)

A load-bearing or decorative horizontal block that spans the space or opening between two vertical supports.

Answer

Correct Answer: A horizontal beam resting its two ends upon separate posts (like the top of a doorway)

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40. What is the entablature?

The horizontal beam that connects the columns

The horizontal group of elements above the capital, divided into three major parts—architrave, frieze, and cornice

The vertical column that supports the entablature

The part of the entablature that rests on the columns

Answer

Correct Answer: The horizontal group of elements above the capital, divided into three major parts—architrave, frieze, and cornice

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41. What is the echinus?

The circular molding immediately under the square abacus of a Doric capital

The frieze of a Doric entablature

A Doric column

The Pedro y Echinacea

Answer

Correct Answer: The circular molding immediately under the square abacus of a Doric capital

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42. What is the definition of "dentil"?

A small, sharp tooth

To clean one's teeth

A toothache

One of a series of block-like projections forming a molding

Answer

Correct Answer: One of a series of block-like projections forming a molding

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43. What is the cornice?

A column in Classical architecture.

The point where two walls meet in Classical architecture.

The lower part of the entablature in Classical architecture.

The upper part of the entablature in Classical architecture.

Answer

Correct Answer: The upper part of the entablature in Classical architecture.

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44. What is a column?

A supporting pillar

A roofing material

A decorative element

A piece of furniture

Answer

Correct Answer: A supporting pillar

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45. What is a colonnade?

A structure that houses columns

A row of columns without their entablatures

A row of columns supporting a roof

A row of columns with their entablatures

Answer

Correct Answer: A row of columns with their entablatures

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46. What is a caryatid?

A column taking the form of a sculpted female figure

A type of dance

A support structure

A column taking the form of a sculpted male figure

Answer

Correct Answer: A column taking the form of a sculpted female figure

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47. What is the base of a column?

The shaft of a column.

The part of a column between the shaft and the pedestal.

The bottom of a column.

The top of a column.

Answer

Correct Answer: The part of a column between the shaft and the pedestal.

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48. What is the architrave?

The horizontal portion of the entablature resting directly on top of the columns or piers

The horizontal beam that extends from the column to the wall

The bottom part of the column

The top part of the column

Answer

Correct Answer: The horizontal portion of the entablature resting directly on top of the columns or piers

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49. What is the distinguishing feature of a Corinthian capital?

Abacus

Acanthus

Architrave

Fluting

Answer

Correct Answer: Acanthus

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50. What is the most distinctive feature of a Corinthian Order column?

The capital is decorated with leaf carvings.

The column is slender.

The column is fluted.

The column is made of stone.

Answer

Correct Answer: The capital is decorated with leaf carvings.

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51. What is the most ornate column shaft?

Doric Order

Ionic Order

Corinthian Order

Tuscan Order

Answer

Correct Answer: Corinthian Order

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52. What is the Ionic Order characterized by?

Fluted column capitals.

A large base

Spiral scroll-like ornaments

A fluted column shaft and capitals with volutes.

Answer

Correct Answer: A fluted column shaft and capitals with volutes.

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53. What is X bracing?

The coordinate in the Cartesian coordinate system

A pair of diagonal braces or struts from corner to corner forming an "X."

A type of electrical resistor

A measurements of length in the metric system

Answer

Correct Answer: A pair of diagonal braces or struts from corner to corner forming an "X."

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54. What is a window hood?

A projecting shelf-like decorative element over a window.

A device that opens and closes a window.

A type of window.

A protective covering for a window.

Answer

Correct Answer: A projecting shelf-like decorative element over a window.

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55. What is Vitrolite?

A type of paint

Panels formed of clear glass with color glass laminated to one side and used as a wall veneer.

Furniture

A wallcovering

Answer

Correct Answer: Panels formed of clear glass with color glass laminated to one side and used as a wall veneer.

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56. What is the purpose of a verge board?

Decorative boarding along a projecting roof eave

To add stability to the structure

To protect the gutter

To support the roof

Answer

Correct Answer: Decorative boarding along a projecting roof eave

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57. What is Veneer?

A type of paint

A thin decorative finish typically made of brick, stone, or stucco.

A tool for shaping wood

A type of adhesive

Answer

Correct Answer: A thin decorative finish typically made of brick, stone, or stucco.

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58. What is a turret?

A large tower in the middle of a building.

A large tower at the corner of a building.

A small tower in the middle of a building.

A small tower at the corner of a building.

Answer

Correct Answer: A small tower at the corner of a building.

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59. What is a transom?

A door above a window

A window above a door

A window next to a door

A small window placed above a door or window.

Answer

Correct Answer: A small window placed above a door or window.

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60. What is Terra cotta?

A type of flower

Fired ceramic clay used in architectural wall elements or ornaments.

A type of tree

A type of rock

Answer

Correct Answer: Fired ceramic clay used in architectural wall elements or ornaments.

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61. What is the name of a cone-shaped roof element with a steep point?

Gable

Spire

Mansard

Bellcast

Answer

Correct Answer: Spire

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62. What is a spandrel panel?

The panel formed by the bottom of a window and the head of a lower window.

A window that is too tall for its width

A window that is too wide for its height

A window that is neither too tall nor too wide for its height

Answer

Correct Answer: The panel formed by the bottom of a window and the head of a lower window.

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63. What are sidelights?

A type of door

A type of window

A type of light fixture

Narrow windows flanking an entry door.

Answer

Correct Answer: Narrow windows flanking an entry door.

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64. What is a shed roof?

A roof with a single slope and rafters spanning from one wall to the other.

A roof with two slopes and rafters spanning from one wall to the other.

A roof with a single slope and rafters spanning from one truss to the other.

A roof with two slopes and rafters spanning from one truss to the other.

Answer

Correct Answer: A roof with a single slope and rafters spanning from one wall to the other.

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65. What does a sash hold?

The door

The sill

The glazing

The frame

Answer

Correct Answer: The glazing

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66. What does "Rough-hewn" mean?

Combined with other materials

Smooth and polished

Cut with a machine

Lumber left exposed in construction that looks hand-cut and is heavily textured.

Answer

Correct Answer: Lumber left exposed in construction that looks hand-cut and is heavily textured.

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67. What is the definition of a rosette?

A red or pink rose

A small, round, flat pastry

A ruffled type of ribbon

A bas-relief ornament (sometimes painted) in the form of a stylized flower.

Answer

Correct Answer: A bas-relief ornament (sometimes painted) in the form of a stylized flower.

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68. What is the purpose of a quoin?

To hold up a wall

To accentuate an outside corner of a building

To support a roof

To keep a door open

Answer

Correct Answer: To accentuate an outside corner of a building

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69. What is post and beam construction?

A method of creating astronger beam by laminating layers of wood

The process of creating a 3D model from measurements

A type of Roman concrete

A simple building framing system that uses a series of vertical posts and horizontal beams.

Answer

Correct Answer: A simple building framing system that uses a series of vertical posts and horizontal beams.

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70. What is a pier?

A masonry or wood pier that supports a building and carries the weight of it down to the ground.

A type of jewelry worn on the ear

A support structure that is used to launch boats

A round support structure typically made of stone or concrete

Answer

Correct Answer: A masonry or wood pier that supports a building and carries the weight of it down to the ground.

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71. What is a Pediment?

A window

A support beam

A roof feature

The triangular gable end of a classical building, or the same form used elsewhere in the building.

Answer

Correct Answer: The triangular gable end of a classical building, or the same form used elsewhere in the building.

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72. What is the purpose of a parapet?

Function as support for a cornice.

To support a balcony

The portion of wall that projects above the adjacent roof.

For fencing

Answer

Correct Answer: The portion of wall that projects above the adjacent roof.

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73. What is Palladian architecture?

Neo-classical architecture in the style modeled after the Italian architect Andrea Palladio

A type of Roman architecture

Gothic architecture in the style of Venetian architecture

A type of Greek architecture

Answer

Correct Answer: Neo-classical architecture in the style modeled after the Italian architect Andrea Palladio

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74. What is the definition of an Oriel window?

A window that is not a bay window

A window that is not cantilevered out from the facade

A bay window cantilevered out from a facade that starts above the ground level

A bay window that starts at ground level

Answer

Correct Answer: A bay window cantilevered out from a facade that starts above the ground level

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75. What is an ogee cap?

A molding with an S-shaped cross-section

A molding with a W-shaped cross-section

A molding with an O-shaped cross-section

A molding with a U-shaped cross-section

Answer

Correct Answer: A molding with an S-shaped cross-section

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76. What is the definition of Neo-colonial?

Residences built after 1955 with allusions of the colonial revival architectural style.

Residences built before 1955 without allusions of the colonial revival architectural style.

Residences built before 1955 with allusions of the colonial revival architectural style.

Residences built after 1955 without allusions of the colonial revival architectural style.

Answer

Correct Answer: Residences built after 1955 with allusions of the colonial revival architectural style.

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77. What is a motif?

A small design

A theme or predominant feature of a design.

A repeating pattern

The main design

Answer

Correct Answer: A theme or predominant feature of a design.

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78. What does Mansard mean?

A roof with a double slope on each of its sides and ending in an eave.

A roof having two slopes, the lower steeper than the upper.

A two-pitched roof with a steep lower slope that typically rises to a more gently sloped upper portion.

A type of roof dormer with a double slope on each of its sides.

Answer

Correct Answer: A two-pitched roof with a steep lower slope that typically rises to a more gently sloped upper portion.

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79. What is the Ionic order from Greek classical styles distinguished by?

The togas worn by the elite

The columns

The volutes used in the capital's design

The art of rhetoric

Answer

Correct Answer: The volutes used in the capital's design

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80. What is a hip roof?

A roof with four sides

A roof that slopes outward from all four exterior walls

A roof with two sides

A roof that slopes inward from all four exterior walls.

Answer

Correct Answer: A roof that slopes inward from all four exterior walls.

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81. What is a half-timbered building?

A building constructed with a timber frame and filled with cement.

A building constructed with a timber frame and no filling.

A building constructed with a timber frame and filled with stone.

A building constructed with timber frame filled with plaster or brick.

Answer

Correct Answer: A building constructed with timber frame filled with plaster or brick.

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82. What is a gable?

A type of tree

The point where two slopes of a roof meet

The wall that encloses the end of a gable roof

A small roofed structure

Answer

Correct Answer: The wall that encloses the end of a gable roof

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83. What is a frieze?

The topmost portion of an entablature

An ornamental band used to decorate the tops of columns

The flat, middle portion of an entablature (sometimes decorated).

A support beam in a building

Answer

Correct Answer: The flat, middle portion of an entablature (sometimes decorated).

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84. What does the word "facade" mean?

A large room in a castle

The front of a building

The exterior faces of a building

A type of window

Answer

Correct Answer: The exterior faces of a building

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85. What is the horizontal band of elements above the column capitals in classical architecture called?

Triglyph

Gable

Entablature

Moulding

Answer

Correct Answer: Entablature

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86. What is an eaves?

The projecting overhang at the lower edge of a roof.

The gutter system around the edge of a roof.

The vertical section of a wall between the sill and the plate.

A small roofed structure attached to the side of a building.

Answer

Correct Answer: The projecting overhang at the lower edge of a roof.

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87. What is a double-hung window?

A window that is hinged on both the top and bottom

A window that does not open

A window with top and bottom sashes that slide past each other vertically.

A window with two separate panes of glass

Answer

Correct Answer: A window with top and bottom sashes that slide past each other vertically.

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88. What is the capital design of the Doric order?

Large and grandiose

Plain and unremarkable

Elaborate and detailed

Simple yet powerful

Answer

Correct Answer: Simple yet powerful

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89. What is the definition of a Dependency?

A building that is not structurally sound.

A run-down or abandoned building.

A subsidiary building connected to the main building, often one of a symmetrical grouping.

A building that is not the main structure on a property.

Answer

Correct Answer: A subsidiary building connected to the main building, often one of a symmetrical grouping.

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90. What is the purpose of a cupola?

To support the roof

To provide insulation

To provide ventilation and serve as a "look-out"

To provide light

Answer

Correct Answer: To provide ventilation and serve as a "look-out"

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91. Cresting is a decorative element installed at which of the following locations?

Soffit

Gable

Eaves

Roof ridge or parapet

Answer

Correct Answer: Roof ridge or parapet

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92. What is a cornice?

A large decorative molding that is used to crown the top of a window or door.

The projecting moldings that form the top band of an entablature or wall.

A horizontal member that projects from the face of a wall and supports the cornice.

The part of a column between the base and the capital.

Answer

Correct Answer: The projecting moldings that form the top band of an entablature or wall.

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93. What is the most recent of the Greek classical orders?

Ionic

Tuscan

Doric

Corinthian

Answer

Correct Answer: Corinthian

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94. What is clapboard?

One of a series of boards used for siding

A way to secure two boards together

A type of hardwood

A device that helps Measure sound

Answer

Correct Answer: One of a series of boards used for siding

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95. What does circulation refer to?

The amount of money that flows through a economy

The speed at which wind blows

The way in which blood is pumped around the body by the heart

The flow of people throughout a home or building.

Answer

Correct Answer: The flow of people throughout a home or building.

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96. What is a chimney pot?

A pot that chimneys smoke

A type of bird

A cooking pot

A decorative terra cotta chimney extension usually placed above a brick or stone chimney.

Answer

Correct Answer: A decorative terra cotta chimney extension usually placed above a brick or stone chimney.

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97. What is a Chamfer?

A 45-degree bevel cut at an outside corner of a building element, often seen in wood, stone, or brick.

A 90-degree bevel cut at an outside corner of a building element, often seen in wood, stone, or brick.

A 45-degree bevel cut at an inside corner of a building element, often seen in wood, stone, or brick.

A 45-degree bevel cut at an outside corner of a building element, often seen in metal, glass, or plastic.

Answer

Correct Answer: A 45-degree bevel cut at an outside corner of a building element, often seen in wood, stone, or brick.

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98. What is a casement window?

A window that is composed of two sections, each with its own operable sash, that slide horizontally past each other

A single window sash hinged on one side that swings open.

A window containing multiple, small panes of glass in a grid pattern

Answer

Correct Answer: A single window sash hinged on one side that swings open.

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99. What is a canopy?

A type of tree

A type of tent

A projecting roof structure that shelters an entrance.

A structure built to protect against inclement weather

Answer

Correct Answer: A projecting roof structure that shelters an entrance.

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100. What is the name for applied ornamental elements often used at a cornice or to flank windows and doors?

Brackets

Gables

Sills

Lintels

Answer

Correct Answer: Brackets

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101. What is a belt course?

A type of fastener

A projecting horizontal molding separating parts of a wall surface in a facade.

A weightlifting belt used to support the lower back and abdominal muscles

A strip of leather or cloth worn around the waist

Answer

Correct Answer: A projecting horizontal molding separating parts of a wall surface in a facade.

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102. What is a balustrade?

A large outdoor fountain

A railing composition composed of upper and lower rails, balusters, and pedestals.

A manor house

A decorative column

Answer

Correct Answer: A railing composition composed of upper and lower rails, balusters, and pedestals.

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103. What is a balconet?

A small terrace or balcony off a room

An interior space or room in a building

A raised platform on the side of a stage

A false balcony or railing at the outer plane of a window.

Answer

Correct Answer: A false balcony or railing at the outer plane of a window.

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104. What is the art or practice of designing and constructing buildings called?

Building

Construction

Architecture

Art

Answer

Correct Answer: Architecture

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Architectural Engineering MCQs | Topic-wise

MCQ on Architectural and Engineering Drawing	MCQ on Architectural design
MCQ on Art and design	MCQ on Basic Architectural Engineering
MCQ on Building Materials and Construction	MCQ on Building construction
MCQ on Built environment and space culture	MCQ on Climatology
MCQ on Communications and HVAC	MCQ on Computer Programming and Numerical Analysis
MCQ on Computer and technology	MCQ on Drawing communication
MCQ on Electrical Systems for Buildings	MCQ on Energy systems and fire safety
MCQ on Engineering Mathematics	MCQ on Environmental Control Systems
MCQ on Foundation Engineering	MCQ on Geotechnical Engineering
MCQ on History of Building Technology	MCQ on History of architecture
MCQ on Hydraulics for Architectural Engineers	MCQ on Introduction to Architectural Engineering
MCQ on Introduction to Computing	MCQ on Lighting and Illumination
MCQ on Lighting and acoustics	MCQ on Mechanical Systems for Buildings
MCQ on Mechanics and Statistics	MCQ on Mechanics of Structures
MCQ on Model workshop	MCQ on Physics for Architectural Engineers
MCQ on Professional practice	MCQ on Sociology
MCQ on Structural Design	MCQ on Surveying
MCQ on Technical Report Writing	MCQ on Theory of architecture
MCQ on Theory of structures	MCQ on Town planning
MCQ on Urban issues	MCQ on Water Supply and Sanitation System for Building
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