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| Adjustability | What is the most important consideration in the design of ergonomically correct chairs for air traffic controllers? |
| Screen Glare | When designing a computer workstation, what factor is LEAST important? |
| Territoriality | Symmetrically positioned identical furnishings in a college dormitory room shared by two people represent an attempt to satisfy which psychological need? |
| Proxemics | What assists a designer in making decisions about the type and spacing of seating in an audiovisual presentation room |
| 4ft to 12ft | Most people in the United States typically conduct business and relate to strangers at which distance? |
| Evaporation | A client complains that her office is too hot. The interior designer could most easily improve the situation by suggesting an accessory that affects... |
| ...determine the percentage of children who would be comfortable on custom-designed benches in a puppet theater. | An interior designer would most likely use anthropometric information to... |
| Ages of residents in apartment building | What information regarding a multipurpose room in an apartment building for the elderly would be the LEAST important for the interior designer to give the mechanical engineer? |
| Increased the Mean Radiant Temperature | In addition to being decorative, tapestries in Gothic and Renaissance castles did what? |
| A Corporate Conference Room | Where would an interior designer be most likely to suggest to the mechanical engineer that additional ventilation or exhaust be provided? |
| Sources of noise within the building | A library is being designed to occupy only one portion of a building, and a complete set of drawings is available for the building. What information would be the most important to obtain from the field survey? |
| Design; Programmatic | A _ _ _ _ _ _ concept specifies a particular way to achieve the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ concept. |
| Will restrooms be available to customers? | For an interior designer conducting a programming interview with a client for a small clothing boutique, which is the LEAST important question to ask? |
| They make efficient use of the interviewer's time. | This statement is FALSE regarding programming interviews. |
| Ask the client if he has a budget, and suggest conducting a preliminary cost estimate to see if he can afford what he wants. | An interior designer has been hired to redesign a very large Victorian house into a bed & breakfast inn. During an initial interview, the client says that he wants to restore the interior to an original Victorian look as well as enlarge some of the bedrooms into suites so the inn will be the best in town. After hearing these comments, what should the designers first course of action be? |
| a Trade Association | Which source would be the LEAST useful for obtaining current information on a manufacturer's building product? |
| Centerlines of walls separating tenants, and to the inside finish face of the partition separating the tenant space from the public corridor | Where are measurements taken in calculating lease area for tenant space occupying only a portion of a floor? |
| Number of exits and maximum distance to exits | To begin preliminary space planning, the interior designer would most likely need which two building code requirements first? |
| Consumer Product Call Center | Direct space adjacencies would be LEAST necessary in which business type? |
| Net Area | The initial determination of area required for a client's program gives the what? |
| 10,000 sqft | A designer has determined that a client needs about 8000 sqft of usable office space. The leasing agent for the building says that the rentable-usable ratio will be 1.25. Approximately how much area should the interior designer recommend that the client lease? |
| Mechanical Engineer | Who determines thermostat locations? |
| Executive Summary | At a minimum, a programming report should include all EXCEPT... (space adjacencies, budget requirements, area requirements, or an executive summary) |
| Feasibility of opening a double-wide doorway in an existing wall | In surveying existing conditions of an older building before beginning space planning, an interior designer would probably need to seek expert consulting assistance to determine the what? |
| Multipurpose meeting room in a neightborhood recreation center | Which case would the number of people occupying a space NOT be critical to the programming effort? |
| Environmental Design Research | A rational approach to design that emphasizes human-environment interaction would most likely be based on what? |
| Frank Lloyd Wright | Which designer represents the most organic, humanistic interior design of houses? |
| (Diagram representing closure.) | (Know the diagrams that go with the seating arrangements for Gestalt principles.) |
| Axial | What plan arrangement would be most appropriate for the entry, nave, alter, and choir of a church moving into an existing rectangular space? |
| Environmental Design Research | The complexity of the human-environment interface makes it difficult to base a design theory only on what? |
| Stacking Diagram | How would you show the overall department relationships of a large company being planned to occupy a multistory building? |
| Verify that the adjacencies require physical connection, and then review the problem with the client. | Preliminary space planning shows that it is impossible to satisfy all the programmed adjacencies shown on the adjacency matrix that has been approved by the client. What is the best course of action? |
| Gypsum wallboard partitions | What would provide the most cost effective space defining construction element? |
| Size of Fireplace | A design concept statement for a public gathering area around a fireplace in a ski lodge would probably not include what? |
| Flow Chart | What best illustrates adjacency requirements for the physical movement of goods in a manufacturing plant? |
| (Floor plan layouts to choose from) Typical "U" Workstation with 2 guest chairs surrounded by 3 walls. | Most efficient and most appropriate open plan workstation for frequent visitor conference. |
| Base Plan | What drawings would be the most needed to begin space planning in an existing building? |
| Dimensions of the building | For a restaurant in an old building undergoing remodeling, what would have the most influence over the planning of the dining area? |
| Central | Planning an interior in a building with an atrium would suggest which of the following organizational concepts? |
| Work surface and storage | In determining required space for a hospital nurses' station, which is the most important factor? |
| (Floor plan layouts to choose from) A layout that provides individual seats is best. Possibly in a "U" or open pattern without a center coffee table for ease of circulation to and from chairs as well as minimize the number of people directly facing each other if all chairs are occupied. | Which seating group would be best for planning a waiting area to accommodate six people in a health clinic? |
| Providing at least two exits from rooms where they are required. (Beware of answers like this that refer something similar, but different than the question asks.) | What is the LEAST important consideration in planning exit corridors? |
| Single-Loaded Corridor | What is the most efficient type of circulation system for the majority of planning problems? |
| Specifying a high-reflectance paint | What is the most effective design strategy an interior designer can use to maximize daylighting? |
| Areas for recyclables are provided | LEED credit is only available when... |
| Site Plan | What is a drawing that shows a top view of a building and its surroundings? |
| All axes are drawn to the same scale | What characterizes an isometric drawing? |
| The point of view is directly in front of every location on the object. | What is the primary reason orthographic drawings are unreal views of objects? |
| Station Point | What does SP in a perspective mean? |
| It is most like the way space and objects are perceived. | Why is a perspective the best drawing type to use when presenting to a client? |
| 3/16" = 1'-0" | What scale should NEVER be used for interior design construction drawings? |
| Graphic Scale | When creating a drawing that will be used for reproduction in a magazine, which scale is best to use? |
| Use a perspective grid | What is the easiest way to make a quick-sketch perspective drawing? |
| Full Size Mock up | What shows the most accurate representation of selected materials? |
| Existing orthographic drawings can be used as a starting point. | What is the primary advantage of an oblique drawing? |
| Wool/Nylon Blend | What fabric would have the best appearance for the longest time when used in theater seating? |
| High Density Foam | What type of cushioning would be best for a hospital waiting room? |
| Durability, cost, then design | In what order of importance should tables for a college library be selected? |
| Welt Cording | Which type of seaming would be LEAST appropriate for seating where cigarettes are likely to be dropped? |
| Wyzenbeek and fading | What performance tests should be specified for a custom-blended fabric to be used in a recreation center reception area? |
| Shorten the length of the fabric | How can a drapery treatment be changed to minimize its hazard during a fire? |
| Ignite | Class A fabric will not... |
| cushioning and surface fabric | What most affects the flammability of upholstery? |
| Rayon | If you were specifying the fabric for the sofas in the sunroom, which would be the LEAST desirable choice? |
| Channeling | The best way to avoid fabric slippage over a cushion would be to specify... |
| Draperies | NFPA 701 relates to which of the following items? |
| Not Burn | When a fabric has been fire-retardant treated, it will... |
| VOC emissions | When selecting paint for a hospital, which of the following criteria is most important? |
| through ASTM | Where can information regarding standard test methods for evaluating a product be found? |
| wool | What is the most naturally fire-resistant untreated fabric? |
| The client could avoid the contractor's markup. | An interior designer recommends that a client purchase appliances directly rather than through the general contractor. What would be the primary reason for this recommendation? |
| $17,950 | Based on previous projects, it is known that it costs about $45/ft to construct a full-height partition. On the project now being budgeted, there are about 350 ft of this type of partition. If the contractor's overhead and profit are estimated to be 14%, how much should the interior designer budget for this line item? |
| Work with the client to redesign the project to reduce cost. | Bids have been submitted by four contractors on a midsize restaurant. The lowest bid is 10% over the client's budget, and the next lowest bid is 12% over budget. What is the interior designer's best course of action? |
| Wall-to-wall carpet | What is generally NOT considered FF&E? |
| a local contractor who builds project of a similar type | When designing a project in an unfamiliar city, what is the best source of cost data? |
| furnishings, professional fees, taxes, and telephone installation | In addition to construction, what are the major cost components of most interior design projects? |
| Quantity Takeoff | Which method provides the most accurate estimate of project cost? |
| Legal fees and artwork consulting | In preparing a budget, which elements would an interior designer most likely ask the client to include? |
| Contingency | A line item included in a budget to account for unknown conditions is called a... |
| interior designer and furniture dealers | Furniture budgets can be accurately estimated by who? |
| Scale | A client has asked a designer to create an intimate seating area for a hospital waiting room. What will have the greatest impact on achieving the client's goal? |
| a sofa with a warm hue and dark value and a much lighter wall color | To give a sofa a heavy appearance, the designer should use which color combination for the sofa and surrounding walls? |
| recessed incandescents close to the wall | What is a good selection for lighting to enhance the appearance of a rough, plastered wall? |
| plane and volume | A Parsons table primarily uses which types of design elements? |
| complimentary colors of high saturation | To create the most vivid and easily perceived color-coding system in an elderly housing facility, the interior designer should use what combination? |
| a dark, highly textured ceiling | What design elements could be used to lower the apparent height of a ceiling? |
| ...their relationship to the primaries as organized in a circle | The Prang system organizes colors according to... |
| Pattern | Wallpaper is most useful to a designer in creating what? |
| Analogous | When three colors near each other on the standard color wheel are used together, the scheme is called what? |
| shade | When black is added to a color, what is the result called? |
| Placement is more important than the visual weight of an object when viewing an entire composition. | What is not accurate in describing balance? |
| ...establish an agreement of individual elements to each other and to the entire composition. | A designer uses the principal of harmony in order to... |
| Gradation | A series of workstations is arranged in a row. All are identical except that the acoustical panels surrounding each workstation are covered with a fabric that has a color of a lighter tint than the workstation in front of it. This best illustrates an example of which design principle? |
| Radial | A composition of furniture and architectural elements organized around three of more axes intersecting at a common point most likely represents what type of balance? |
| Locating the item on a main circulation axis and highlighting it. | If a designer wanted to emphasize one item in a retail client's store, which of the following design features would best achieve this goal? |
| Harmony | A casual restaurant uses dining tables with identical bases but with tops that are different shapes and colors. The tables are equally spaced and distributed evenly within a square space. This configuration primarily illustrates which design principle? |
| A : B :: B : (A+B) | Which of the following represents the golden proportion? |
| Le Corbusier | Which architect developed the Modulor system? |
| variety | If 13 black-and-white photographs, all framed with different styles and colors of frames, were grouped on a wall painted a light, cool gray, which design principle would the designer be using? |
| Balance | Given a diagram with a cluster of a small, medium and large white circles in the bottom left corner and 4 small gray circles (three in a row, one below and centered between the left and center circle) in the top right corner, represents which design principle? |
| When a fire rating of over 90 minutes and high security and duration are required. | Under what conditions would a 1 3/4 in thick hollow metal door be used? |
| Mortise Lock | What type of locking device us most appropriate for an office building? |
| sidelites where the sill is greater than 18" above the floor. | Safety glazing is not required in which locations? |
| (diagram question) 3 1/2 in wood stud with gypsum wallboard | (diagram question) What type of partition does this section show? (Rectangle w/X to symbolize a stud with a sandwich layered material on each side.) |
| Concealed spline | What type of system would be most appropriate in a large commercial remodeling project where a decorative acoustical ceiling and plenum access are required? |
| ...support the glass' weight and separate its edges from the bottom frame. | The purpose of a setting block is to... |
| Stainless Steel (over brass, bronze, or copper) | Which metal would undergo the LEAST amount of change in appearance over a period of time? |
| Have a structural engineer or architect review the problem and make a recommendation. | What is the interior designer's best course of action if a client wants to remove part of a partition thought to be a bearing wall? |
| a heavy duty, silent door closer (over and automatic door bottom, neoprene gasketing, or a solid core door.) | To detail a doorframe for a conference room where privacy is critical, which is LEAST likely to be required? |
| ...increase the acoustical properties of a partition | In partition construction, the purpose of resilient channels is to... |
| 1 1/2 hour | What hourly rated door should be used in a 2-hour-rated stairway enclosure? |
| Tempered | What is the safest type of glazing to use in a sidelight adjacent to a door? |
| 5/8 Type X gypsum wallboard on 3 5/8 in metal studs | What construction should be used to enclose a 1-hour-rated corridor? |
| Wainscoting | What must have no less than a Class III (or C) fire rating? |
| Panic Hardware | What is NOT required on a 1-hour rated door? |
| 3/4" | Commercial grade cabinets are most often constructed of panel products with a thickness of... |
| Flush | If minimizing the cost is a concern, whick style of cabinet door and drawer construction should NOT be used? |
| ...as a "green" alternate to standard wood veneers. | Composite wood veneers can be used... |
| (diagram question) Rabbet | (diagram question) The joint shown is a... (regular edge slipped in next to an "L" cutout to accept the edge of the first piece.) |
| ...dimension between the panel top and ceiling. | In creating drawings for paneling that will be suspended from a wall with cleats, the most important piece of information is the... |
| Scribe pieces at cabinet edges. | What should be called out on cabinet drawings to ensure a good fit next to existing construction? |
| Quarter slicing | Which method of veneer cut results in the straightest grain possible from most species of trees? |
| Book match | When specifying the method by which two veneer pieces are to be applied, the most pleasing result is usually obtained with a... |
| ...based on location and occupancy. | The flame spread rating of wood panel wainscoting must be... |
| Polyurethane | For the most durable wood finish, which of the following finish types should be specified? |
| Type I | Which vinyl wallcovering should be recommended for the family room in a single-family dwelling? |
| Wilton | Which carpet type allows a complex, custom-patterned carpet with varying pile heights? |
| Granite with a flame finish | What type of stone flooring would be the most functional choice for an entry lobby to a restaurant? |
| Parquet | What type of wood flooring could be installed easily and LEAST expensively in a residential living room? |
| Wool carpet direct-glued | What would be the LEAST desirable choice for a carpet installation for hotel rooms that have concrete subfloors? |
| ...a curtain | A window covering that is made from fabric and generally not intended to be opened is called... |
| a thick set application using a cleavage membrane | An interior designer has been retained for a building project that is currently being planned by an architect. On the second floor of the building, slate flooring over a concrete subfloor is being used. What type of installation should ideally be designed for? |
| sheet vinyl | What type of resilient flooring would be the best choice for a commercial kitchen? |
| 8 surface yarns per inch | A 216 pitch carpet has... |
| Building Owner | Before preparing construction documents, the interior designer should verify if any particular types of lighting fixtures are required by coordinating with the... |
| Tolerance | When reviewing a detail of a gypsum wallboard niche to receive a built in millwork cabinet, the interior designer should be most concerned with... |
| ...the positioning of required lighting | When coordinating with a security consultant, the interior designer's drawings should show... |
| ...design development | The determination of exact requirements for grab bars in toilet rooms is most appropriately made during... |
| adhesives | Which is NOT an effective tool for controlling moisture when detailing the area around a spa pool? |
| ...manufacturer who makes the product | The interior designer's best source concerning the limitations on the use of a product can be obtained from then... |
| ...VOC content. | The use of particleboard as part of construction details should be carefully evaluated in terms of the particleboard's... |
| ...movement | A slip joint at the top of a partition is required to account for... |
| ...ergonomics | Important criteria for designing a lighting cove detail would include all of the following EXCEPT... |
| ...material safety data sheet | When specifying flooring material, the interior designer can obtain unbiased information on the hazards of a cleaning agent, required for maintenance from the... |
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