ENGINERING SERVICES AND PROF PRAC Flashcards
(134 cards)
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Validity of building permit if the project is not commenced after its issuance
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Within a period of ONE(1) YEAR from the date of such permit
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Administrative fines to be imposed for failure to post certificate of occupancy/use/operation.
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LIGHT VIOLATIONS- a fine of P 5,000.00
3
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An opening of an attic shall not be less than how many millimeters in diameter?
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600 millimeters
4
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Maximum door leaf width of an exit door based on National Building Code of the Philippines
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1.20 METERS (4 FEET)
5
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Radius for vicinity map/location plan that must be presented for hospital project.
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2 KM RADIUS (HALF KM IF RESIDENTIAL)
6
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If only one (1) RROW services a lot and such is only 6.00 to 7.00 meters wide, what will be the building height limit of the structure?
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Max is 3 storeys but not more than 9 meters
7
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Minimum clearance between the established grade of the street and/or side walk and the lowest under surface of any part of the balcony based on NBC
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3 meters
8
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Size of an average automobile (car) parking slot for parallel parking
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2.15 X 6 M.
9
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Number of storeys that are required to be equipped with dry stand pipes based on NBC
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4 OR MORE
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Fences shall entirely enclose the construction/demolition site and shall be erected on the building side of sidewalks or walkways and shall be made of approved materials. How high should be the fence from the curb line?
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2.4 meters
1 meter railing if with canopy
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ndrails shall be placed not more than how many millimeters above the nosing of treads?
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NOT LESS THAN 800MM NOR MORE THAN 900MM
NBCP - NOT MORE THAN 865MM (34IN) AND NOT LESS THAN 760MM (30IN)
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These are areas within the lot that are with exposed soil and planted; this sub-classification is the true open space
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UNPAVED SURFACE AREAS (USA) (like front yard/ FRONT SETBACK)
13
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Amount of cash bond to be imposed for 80 cubic meter excavation
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IN THE PHILIPPINES PHP 50,000.00 = FIRST 50 CUBIC METERS, ADD PHP 300.00 FOR EACH ADDITIONAL CUBIC METER BEYOND 50
14
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Maximum floor area of a one storey and single detached building/structure to be exempted for structural analysis and design
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20 SQM (ACCORDING TO NBCP)
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The portion of a yard for which the permitted limit of paving/hardscaping shall not exceed 50% of the area of the yard
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COURTYARD
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Maximum center to center distance between the sprinklers based on the NBC
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1.8 M
17
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Minimum width of stairs for Group A Dwellings
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750 MM
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The physical development within a lot or property that is under-utilized, unfit/unsafe for habitation/use or within other lots/properties that are similarly situated
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REDEVELOPMENT
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How large should be the dispersal area of a two storey building with total floor area of 400 sq. meters if it has a capacity of 150 persons?
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at least 42 sq. meters (150 persons x .28 sq.m/person) (annex A
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A school building has 4 storeys, the first storey has occupant capacity of 300 persons, the second storey has 500 persons, the third storey has 400 capacity and the fourth storey has a capacity of 200 persons. How many exits will be the minimum number to be provided on the second storey?
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3 EXITS
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How much will be the amount of fine for failing to post the building permit construction information sign?
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LIGHT VIOLATIONS - PHP 5,000.00
22
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In a building equipped with a complete automatic fire extinguishing system, what will be the maximum travel distance to exit from any point of the building base on NBC?
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60.0 METERS
23
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Exterior doors and windows shall have how many hour/s of fire resistivity?
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1-HR FIRE RATING
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Where the walkway occupies part of the roadway or is adjacent to an excavation, what is the minimum height of required railings that shall be built substantially strong and sturdy as pedestrian protection during construction or demolition?
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SHALL NOT BE LESS THAN 1.00 METERS
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To be considered as structural hazard, how many percent only of the strength, fire resisting qualities or characteristics, and weather resisting qualities of the non-supporting part the structure should have?
AT LEAST 50%
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Required radius for vicinity map for residential buildings showing the prominent landmarks or major thoroughfares for easy reference
500 M RADIUS
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For buildings of more than two (2) storeys in height, the minimum width of the rear or side court shall be increased at the rate of how many millimeters as a requirement for incremental setback for each additional
300 mm?
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How many days from the date of receipt of advice of the non- issuance, suspension or revocation of permits, the applicant/permittee may file an appeal with the Secretary who shall render his decision?
15 days
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Enclosed attic spaces of combustible construction shall be divided into horizontal areas not exceeding how many sq. meters if the entire attic is not equipped with approved automatic fire-extinguishing system
250 sq. meters
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Any wall which subdivides a building so as to resist the spread of fire, by starting at the foundation and extending continuously through all storeys to, or above the roof. Extension above the roof is 1.00 meter.
Firewall
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Minimum area for standard truck or bus parking/loading slot.
3.60m x 12.00m
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Minimum number of parking slots to be provided for 10 storey columbarium built with 120 niches.
120 parking slots
20% less if may parking building within 200 meters
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The minimum distance of SAFE or dispersal area from any structure or stand.
15.00 meters (50 feet)
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How many cubic meters is the maximum excavation for site works under cash bonds?
100 cubic meters
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If there are 40 motel rooms, how many car park slots must be provided?
40 car park slots
1:1 ratio
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Minimum ceiling height of habitable rooms with artificial ventilation
2.40m
If ground, 2.7m
If upper, 2.4m
If succeeding flrs with ventilation 2.1m
Mezzanine, 1.8m
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Minimum width of every required exit doorway based on NBC
900mm
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Maximum floor area of a structure or building that are exempted from structural analysis and design
20.00 sq. meter or less
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Minimum spacing between supports in one direction for flat wired glass in skylights based on NBC
Shall not exceed 625 millimeters
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Subject t to the provision on Easement of Light and view of the Civil Code of the Philippines, what is the minimum distance of the dwelling units from the property lines
at least 2.00 meters (6 feet, inches) from the property line
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Towers, spires and steeples, erected as parts of the building and not used for habitation or storage are limited as to the height only by structural design, if completely of incombustible materials, if of combustible materials, what is the maximum height limit?
may extend not to exceed 6.00 meters above the height limits for each occupancy group if of
combustible materials.
If combustible, 6 meters
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Minimum thickness of footings for group A dwelling units
shall be at least 250 millimeters thick and 600 millimeters below the surface of the ground.
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Minimum number of parking slot for private colleges and universities
1:3 classrooms
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Maximum length of ladders used for construction according to ladders and temporary stairways.
6M
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How many days do excavations that were left open without any work being done in the site is considered as grave violation?
120 days
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.Minimum width of stairways serving an occupant load of more than fifty
1.00 m
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Maximum vertical distance between landings for stairway construction
3.60 M
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For which of the following situations involving modification of existing buildings do model codes require that seismic requirements to meet?
Any modification, except where the risk to life safety is not increased
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The structural action of a folded plate system of reinforced concrete is analogous to that of a
formed sheet-steel deck
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Which of the following is generally the most economical material for the hoist way wall of an elevator in a woodframe, two-storey apartment building
a. Concrete blocks
b. Reinforced concrete
c. Pre-fabricated concrete
d. Gypsum shaft wa
d
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An eccentrically braced frame (EBF) utilized to resist lateral seismic forces in a building is a
Frame in which diagonal members are connected to a beam a short distance from the column joint
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An existing cable supported single-curvature roof is found to flutter under wind load. The structural solution to the problem will most likely be to
Install tie-down cables
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The radius of gyration relates directly to a member’s resistance to
buckling
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Which of the following terms best describes the property that causes a freely vibrating structure to come to rest eventually?
a. Damping
b. Vibration
c. Period
d. Resonance
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To determine the proper installation of bolts in wood trusses, the nuts should be
Tight and the washers in uniform contact with the surface of the wood
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Which of the following soils has the smallest angle of repose and produces the largest lateral force against a retaining wall?
saturated silt
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In a renovation of an existing residential building, in which piping of conduit needs to be run through a 2 x 12 (actual) wood floor joist, which of the following is the minimum dimension required from the top or bottom of the joist to the bored hole?
2.0 in
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With respect to soil, “friable” means
crumbly
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The test to determine the adequacy of soil preparation and moisture content prior to installing a concrete slab-on grade is called
compaction test
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The strength of a short steel column loaded at its centroid is governed by the
Yield strength
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What is the minimum coverage of concrete over the bars of if it is exposed to weather or in contact with the ground?
1 in
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What is the purpose of cross-ribs in concrete joist construction
To provide lateral bracing for the joists
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The vertical load due to the weight of all pertinent structural and nonstructural components of a building. Such as walls, floors, roofs and fixed service equipment.
Dead load
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A structural system without a complete vertical load carrying space frame.
Bearing wall system
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The one in which the lateral stiffness is less than 70 percent of the stiffness of the story above.
Soft story
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A horizontal or nearly horizontal system acting to transmit lateral forces to the vertical resisting elements.
Diaphragm
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One in which the story strength is less than 80 percent of the story above
Weak story
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A wall designed to resist lateral forces parallel to the plane of the wall
Shear wall
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The load superimposed by the use and occupancy of the building not including wind load, earthquake load and dead load.
Live load
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A point at which a structure changes curvature from convex to concave or vice versa as it deflects under a transverse load: theoretically, an internal hinge and therefore a point of zero moment
Inflection point
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The tendency of a force to produce rotation of a body about a point or line.
Torque
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A quantitative measure of the actual size of the earthquake
Magnitude
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Results from the weight of the people, furniture, stored material, and other similar items in a building
Occupancy loads
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What does ASTM mean
American Society for Testing and Materials
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A force system of two equal, parallel forces acting in opposite directions and tending to produce rotation but not translation
Couple
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Measures the strength of shaking produced by the earthquake at a certain location.
a. Epicenter
Intensity
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Pre-stresses a concrete member by stretching the reinforcing tendons before the concrete is cast.
Pre-tensioning
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excavating a trench in short lengths, filling it with a slurry of bentonite and water to prevent the sidewalls from collapsing, setting reinforcement, and placing concrete in the trench with a tremie to displace the slurry
Slurry wall
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The forces exerted by the kinetic energy of a moving mass of air, assumed to come from any horizontal direction
Wind loads
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A load of uniform magnitude extending over the length or area of the supporting structural element, as in the case of the live load on a floor deck or joist, or a wind load on a wall.
Uniformly distributed load
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A technique of constructing multistory buildings in which all horizontal slabs is cast at ground level and, when cured, is raised into position by hydraulic jacks.
Lift-slab construction
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A geometric property of a cross section, defined as the moment of inertia of the section divided by the distance from the neutral axis to the most remote surface.
Section modulus
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A three-dimensional structural system without bearing walls composed of members interconnected so as to function as a complete self contained unit with or without the aid of horizontal diaphragms or floor bracing systems.
space frame
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According to NBC what is the maximum number of elevators in a single hoistway?
4 elevators in a single hoistway
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According to NBC starting how many storeys does a residential building should have one elevator on 24- hour constant operation?
5 STOREY(NBC)
6 STOREY (BP 220)
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According to mechanical regulations, NBC states that the maximum inclination of escalators should be
30°
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What is the minimum clear distance between signboards if erected on one building
4.0 METERS.
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87. For arcaded RROW the minimum height clearance of signs should not be less how many meters from the lowest part of sign?
5.0 METERS FROM THE LOWEST PART OF THE SIGN TO THE WALKING SURFACE.
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The fastest kilometer wind speed associated with annual probability of 0.02 measured at a point 10 meters above the ground for an area having exposure category C
Basic wind speed
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You are an architect employed in a government-controlled corporation who signed architectural plans of a project worth 60 million. Your annual salary is 450,000 pesos. How much will be your incentive pay for the said project?
₱225,000
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What is the maximum height of water closets based on Batas Pambansa Bilang 344
0.45 METERS (450 MILLIMETERS) FROM THE FINISHED FLOOR LEVEL.
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Maximum amount of fine for any head of the government agency or officer(s) of a private firm/institution who violates Section7-sub-paragraph (L) of RA 8981 or the PRC Modernization Act of 2000
shall be punished by imprisonment of not less than six (6) months and one (1) day to not more than six (6) years, or a fine of NOT LESS THAN FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS (P50,000.00) TO NOT MORE THAN FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS (P500,000.00) or both at the discretion of the court.
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Minimum width of car parking slot reserved for PWD based on BP 344
4 METERS
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Means a duly notarized written contract or equivalent public instrument stipulating the scope of services and guaranteeing compensation of such services to be rendered by an architect registered and licensed under RA 9266
SERVICE AGREEMENT
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Minimum area of accessible water closet stalls based on BP 344
1.80 METERS BY 1.80 METERS
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Means the architect registered and licensed or permitted to practice under this RA 9266, who is professionally and academically qualified and with exceptional or recognized expertise or specialization in any branch of architecture.
CONSULTING ARCHITECT
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Minimum clear width of doors based on the provision of BP 344
0.90 meters
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Minimum dimension of accessible elevators based on BP 344
1200 mm and width of 1400 mm
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How many percent of the project cost will be the incentive pay of an architect-of-record employed in a government owned and controlled corporation to cover the civil liabilities?
1.5%
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Maximum distance of travel to accessible elevators from the entrance and should be easy to locate with the aid of signs
30 meters
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Maximum height of the water fountain from the floor to the rim if wall-mounted based on BP 344
750 MM - 900 MM
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Means the architect registered and licensed under RA 9266, who is directly and professionally responsible for the total design of the project for the client and who shall assume the civil liability for the plans, specifications and contract documents he/she has signed and sealed
ARCHITECT OF RECORD
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Dimensions of handrails that require a full grip based on PB 344
30 mm (minimum) - 40 mm (maximum)
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Maximum length of pathwalks that are intended only to provide pedestrian access to property for socialized housing projects
60 METERS
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Minimum floor area of economic housing
22 square meters (sqm)
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Maximum block length for socialized and economic housing projects
400 meters
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Minimum lot area for single detached socialized housing
64 square meters
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nimum front setback for socialized and economic housing projects
1.5 meters
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Minimum lot frontage for row house in economic housing projects
4 METERS
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This cost-based method of compensation is applicable only to non-creative work such as accounting, secretarial, research, data gathering, supervision, preparation of reports, and the like
MULTIPLE OF DIRECT PERSONNEL EXPENSES
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Architect G was commissioned to design an eleven-storey apartment building. The estimated project construction cost will be fifty three million pesos. How much will be the minimum basic fee of Architect G according to UAP Doc. 202 with the inclusion of the normal structural, electrical, plumbing/sanitary, and mechanical engineering
PHP 3,150,000
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If the Project of architect G with Final Project construction cost of 54,000,900 pesos will be constructed again for the second time, how much will be the total professional fee of architect G based on DAEDS
PHP 4,800,000
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If the architect conduct a physical planning for a government center with a fifty hectare land area, how much will be the minimum basic fee of the architect?
PHP 1,650,000
(+ PHP 15,000 PER HECTARE IN EXCESS OF 50 HECTARE)
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How much will be the minimum basic fee of the architect for the design of customized pull out bed that cost thirty thousand pesos?
ARCHITECTURAL INTERIOR - RPF – 15% of the cost of work
PHP 4500
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How much will be the recommended professional fee of architect handling subdivision project with 5 hectares and 9,000 square meters located in Sta. Cruz, Laguna?
PHYSICAL PLANNING RPF
PHP 250,000
(+ Php 40,000 per hectare in excess of 5 hectares)
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How much is the minimum basic fee of an architect for a multi storey parking pay parking building with a construction cost of 50 million based on DADS?
GROUP 2 RPF FOR DADS
PHP 1,500,000
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How much will be the total professional fee of the architect offering design build by administration for a restaurant with 20 million project construction cost?
Group 2 - 7%+8%
20M+13%
PHP 2,600,000
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An architectural firm offers comprehensive architectural services from pre design up to post construction. A client approached them to conduct a feasibility study for a residential condominium tower to be constructed in Tarlac city. Their main office is located in Tanauan City Batangas. The team that was assigned to that project includes two consultant that work4 hours a day with a rate of 1000 pesos per hour, two senior architect working eight hours a day with 500 pesos professional fee per hour and two technical staffs whose salary is 800 pesos each per day for an eight-hour office works. The feasibility studies last up to 50days with an eight-hour working time. Their total expenses to be reimbursed for the research including their transportation and food have a total of four hundred thousand pesos. The result of the research turned out to be positive and the client commissioned the firm to do the design and build services by administration. The project construction cost of the said condominium based on their research will cost 250,000,000 pesos. Based on the architect’s standard of professional practice under DAEDS, how much will be the total payment of the firm if they will charge 2 for their multiplier?
→ 2 * 4 * 500 * 50 = PHP 400 000
→ 2 * 8 * 500 * 50 = PHP 400 000
→ 2 * 1 * 800 * 50 = PHP 80 000
→PHP 880 000 x 2
→ 1, 760 000(direct cost) + 400 000(reimbursement)
For Feasibility Studies: PHP 2, 160, 000 + PHP 11, 000, 000 + PHP 17, 500, 000 = PHP 30, 660, 000
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A prototype school building was awarded to architect B. The project construction cost is sixty million pesos. If the project will be constructed 3 times under detailed architectural and engineering services, and architect B is the one handling the full-time supervision with 1%charge, how much will be the total compensation of architect?
60M X 5%= 3M
PHP 7, 250, 000.00
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Validity of the professional Identification card from the date issued
3 years
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A meeting of minds between two persons whereby one binds himself, with respect to the other, to give something or to render some service
CONTRACT
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The following are grounds for Suspension and Revocation of Certificates of Registration, Professional Identification Card or the Special/Temporary Permit except one
a. has aided or abetted in the practice of architecture any person not duly authorized to practice architecture in the Philippines
b. has abided with the provision of R.A. No. 9266, its implementing rules and regulations, the Code of Ethical Conduct and Standards of Professional Practice
c. has signed and affixed or permitted to be signed or affixed his name or seal on architectural plans and designs, specifications, drawings, technical reports, valuation, estimates, or other similar documents or work not prepared by him/her or not executed under his/her immediate supervision
d. has paid money except the regular fees provided for to secure a Certificate of Registration
B
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PD 1096 covers all public and private building and structures, which of the following is exempted for its application
Gawad Kalinga Housing
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Damages that are agreed upon by the parties to a contract, to be paid in case of breach thereof.
LIQUIDATED DAMAGES
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A agreed to B to binds himself to fulfill the obligation of D in case D should fail to fulfill his obligation. What do you call the status of A?
GUARANTOR
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According to the Civil Code, the action of the 3rd party who was affected by the collapse of the building must be brought within a period of how many years?
10 YEARS
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These are contracts whose cause, object or purpose is contrary to law, morals, good customs, public order or public policy or those whose cause or object did not exist at the time of the transaction.
VOID AND INEXISTENT CONTRACTS
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A type of contract when one of the parties or both reciprocally bind themselves to give or to do something in consideration of what the other shall give or do upon the happening of an event which is uncertain, or which is to occur at an indeterminate time.
ALEATORY CONTRACT
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A type of damage wherein injured parties must prove the defendant’s gross negligence or malice. They are not granted as a matter of right but as an example or correction for public good
EXEMPLARY DAMAGES
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Who is the current chairman of the Board of Architecture
HON. CONRADO TABLAN ONGLAO
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An architect teaching in an architectural review center has resigned three years ago in the institution, in order to be qualified nominee as member of the Board, how many years he should wait to be qualified for the nomination?
2 YEARS PA YUNG KULANG BEFORE MAQUALIFY KASI DAPAT AT LEAST
5 YEARS according to SEC 5. Qualifications of Members of the Professional Regulatory Board of RA 9266
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Among the members of the Board, who holds the 3 years term of office?
CHAIRMAN
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