Final

Question 1

The house lots at Walden are:

Answer 1

mush smaller than typical lots and adjacent to community open spaces and thus seem more
spacious

Question 2

The common elements that are shared by landscape architecture and engineering:

Answer 2

man technology and nature

Question 3

According to Lu Cutrera, a thorough and broad-reaching analysis:

Answer 3

can precent the complete reworking of a solution if the product is found not to be environmentally sound

Question 4

The characteristics of special places include:

Answer 4

strong image, progression of experience, set off as special places in space and time

Question 5

In comparing the architecture of a hot arid climate with that of a warm and humid climate:

Answer 5

hot arid-small windows– warm humid-large openings
hot arid-flat roof–warm humid-high “umbrella” roof
hot-arid heavy adobe insulation–warm humid-rooms that allow air to flow through

Question 6

Early Louisiana plantation houses feature:

Answer 6

cross ventilation; main floor elevated to capture breezes

Question 7

In order to be the designer of an interpretative exhibit, it is beneficial to have a background that includes:

Answer 7

design ability, teaching ability, a knowledge of construction, and the science of museum operations

Question 8

In the interpretative Swamp Exhibit at the Audubon Zoo, visitors find the following along the walkways:

Answer 8

animal habitats, cultural exhibits about people of the swamp, artifacts of swamp life

Question 9

The use of water in an environmentally sensitive manner might include:

Answer 9

the use of exeriscape of planting designs, recycling water, correctly designing and managing irrigation systems, creating water codes and displays that conserve water

Question 10

Most adventure playgrounds:

Answer 10

encourage children to use materials like scrap lumber to build their own play environments

Question 11

Through what two process does a child develop intelligence:

Answer 11

assimilation and accommodations

Question 12

In play ground design, provisions for parents should be:

Answer 12

comfortable and have easy access and visibility of playground

Question 13

The reason that psychologists tell us that water and sand can provide the child with an excellent play experience is:

Answer 13

these materials can respond to manipulation by the child, offer the possibilities of variation, can be moved (rearranged)

Question 14

The planned improvement for Bourbon St. included:

Answer 14

better signs, improved lighting, improved pavements and street gutters

Question 15

Four phases of preservation are:

Answer 15

associative, aesthetic, historic district, adaptive re-use

Question 16

Versailles is an example of the historical preservation approach that is called:

Answer 16

frozen time

Question 17

In historic environments, such as in Williamsburg, the goal is to provide a better understanding of:

Answer 17

the gardens of the period, both decorative and utilitarian

Question 18

According to William H. Whyte, successful plazas provide:

Answer 18

trees, water, food, triangulation

Question 19

Buck Abbey explained that interpretation involves:

Answer 19

telling a story creatively, teaching, design and construction

Question 20

William H. Whyte found that dangerous public places are those that are:

Answer 20

cut off from an separated from the street

Question 21

William Whyte noted that:

Answer 21

food vendors should be encourages in plazas, outdoor cafes should be compactly designed for greater sociability, people tend to be attracted by other people who are eating

Question 22

As the design for Scotlandville Park proceeded, a decision was made to:

Answer 22

use bicycle and pedestrian pathways to create a linear park linking different usage areas

Question 23

They playground and construction activities included:

Answer 23

the kids who drew their vision for the playground and the military and its use of their heavy equipment that was available to them

Question 24

At Walden, the LA increased the aesthetic value of the property by:

Answer 24

widening the drainage canal to create the effect of a Lake

Question 25

Scotland Park features:

Answer 25

multiple uses of highway right-of-ways, interconnection of the community with pathways, nature areas in the floodplain

Question 26

The Scotlandville Park plan calls for:

Answer 26

draining the plain to provide more space for the park and preserving the natural vegetation

Question 27

For the Scotlandville Bypass Highway:

Answer 27

the design team planned and designed the joint use of development

Question 28

The goals of New Orleans waterfront renovation includes which of the following:

Answer 28

improving the visitor's ability to get close to the water, creation of links between Jackson Square, the French Market, and the Waterfront; use of artillery park as a vantage point to the river and Jackson square

Question 29

The French Quarter projects that were shown by Max illustrated how the planning of:

Answer 29

links and node enhance five related projects in the historic area

Question 30

The French Quarter Moon Walk was:

Answer 30

built to provide a public access to the New Orleans riverfront

Question 31

Sam Corso works in a series. This means:

Answer 31

numbered sequences, variation of an idea, the disposition of colors

Question 32

Sam Corso explained that he is a multi-media artists who works in :

Answer 32

various types of painting and drawing, stained glass, sculpture, mosaics

Question 33

The drainage canal at Walden:

Answer 33

was reshaped and widened to create a lake effect

Question 34

The Portland Fountain by Lawrence Halprin uses a grotto providing a view from behind the waterfall which:

Answer 34

reflected the history of water design from Italian villas

Question 35

The Portland Forecourt Fountain addressed safety by:

Answer 35

posting warning signs and using the lips of waterfalls as safety features

Question 36

The earthen embankments along a portion of the Scotlandville Bypass are for the purpose of:

Answer 36

flood protection, highway noise reduction, directing views

Question 37

The Walden project that was illustrated by Van Cox:

Answer 37

has a widened canal to help rush water out of the subdivision to areas farther down stream

Question 38

Thomas Jefferson's Monticello illustrates how the focus of its preservation:

Answer 38

initially was placed upon the building; lately has included the site, and the location of the vegetable gardens; is now preserving the remains of the slave cabin foundation

Question 39

Charleston, S.C., and the French Quarter in New Orleans are examples of the:

Answer 39

historic district concept

Question 40

The number one activity in plazas observed by William H. Whyte is:

Answer 40

people watching

Question 41

Over the centuries, the meaning and importance of the images in a painting were shown:

Answer 41

by various sizes of the figures (larger images were more important in early paintings), by halos and labels that identified importance in early paintings, by symbols such as St. Peter's "key" and other recognizable characteristics in later Renaissance paitings

Question 42

As noted in the article, "Kids Don't Need Equipment, They Need Opportunity," most public play areas lack:

Answer 42

skilled supervision and freedom and challenges for the children

Question 43

An important objective of the LA who designed the various French Quarter riverfront area projects was to:

Answer 43

interconnect all five projects

Question 44

Traffic management is emphasized in Smart Growth by:

Answer 44

moving more people using alternative transportation and building compact walkable communities

Question 45

The Louisiana Swamp Exhibit theme includes:

Answer 45

swamp animals, nature in the swamp and swamp culture

Question 46

Planting techniques relying more on native species that do not rely upon irrigation are referred to as:

Answer 46

xeriscpae

Question 47

The pattern of house at Walden:

Answer 47

not typical of most BR subdivisions and a cluster of housing development

Question 48

In order to develop and interpretation plan for the Chalmette National Battlefield, Kevin Risk's research included:

Answer 48

artist sketches, photos, old maps, and archeological information

Question 49

(T/F) Even in modern times we can design architecture for extremes of climate by learning from the past

Answer 49

true

Question 50

(T/F) The Indian teepee is a reflection of the need for adjustment for cool or warm weather and the Indians' migration for hunting and fishing

Answer 50

true

Question 51

(T/F) In digital models, light, surfaces and atmosphere can be added to images

Answer 51

true

Question 52

(T/F) In analyzing the landscape of the Chalmette Battlefield, Kevin Risk discovered that the cypress swamp dictated where the battle would occur and created a narrow battle zone

Answer 52

true

Question 53

(T/F) What children need for play is simple: open space, challenges and the tools with which to materialize their own ideas

Answer 53

true

Question 54

(T/F) Water shortages are occurring because the rate of population growth is greater than the water supply growth that is being created with technology

Answer 54

False

Question 55

(T/F) The highly technical design for Buckminster Fuller's geodesic dome at the South Pole is vastly different from the architecture of the primitive Eskimo people

Answer 55

false

Question 56

(T/F) The preservation plan for Magnolia Mound Plantation in BR calls for the representation of the layers of history that are associated with the long history of the place

Answer 56

true

Question 57

(T/F) A child is going from one side of a piece of play equipment to another through tubes of decreasing size. When he reaches a tube too small to crawl through, he crawls over it. This is an example of learning through assimilation according to Piaget.

Answer 57

false

Question 58

(T/F) Mounds of dirt, empty boxes and tree branches are the types of cheap equipment that only should be used where budgets are insufficient to purchase more "realistic" play equipment

Answer 58

false

Question 59

(T/F) The ideal playground for children would have experiences that might include roughness, smoothness, dryness, wetness, cold, warmth, hardness, softness, etc.

Answer 59

true

Question 60

(T/F) Halprin's Portland Fountain is a node in a series of links and nodes that were designed to create the framework for urban development

Answer 60

true

Question 61

(T/F) Halprin's underlying principle for the Portland Fountain was "the essential purpose of design is to create the possibilities for events to happen"

Answer 61

true

Question 62

(T/F) A system of links and nodes is a common characteristic of the Portlan Fountain Complex and the French Quarter Riverfront Complex

Answer 62

true

Question 63

(T/F) In the art of stained glass, the lead, framework for the glass is an important part of the artistic composition

Answer 63

true

Question 64

(T/F) Sam Corso is a keen observer of his environment from which he develops ideas for his art.

Answer 64

true

Question 65

(T/F) Zero line lot cluster development at Walden results in less usable area than on typical subdivision lots

Answer 65

false

Question 66

(T/F) The hydrological aspects of the Walden site were major aspects in the "big picture" that affects its planning and design

Answer 66

true

Question 67

(T/F) From the viewpoint of marketing professional services, Lu Cutrera explained how his work as a landscape architect in preparing a project master plan creates big projects for the engineers in his firm

Answer 67

true

Question 68

(T/F) According to Lu Cutrera, the environmental impact statement should always be taken care of after the engineering analysis and design of a project has been complete

Answer 68

false

Question 69

(T/F) The "kite plan" in Washington D.C. refers to the area in Potomac River Park denoted for kite flying

Answer 69

false

Question 70

(T/F) The Design process used by Lawrence Halprin for the FDR Memorial was a very introspective and person one in which the genius of Halprin came into full bloom without the aid of other collaborators

Answer 70

false

Question 71

(T/F) The basic reason for Green Laws is to preserve and enhance nature in the city. Codes set the standards of design and prevent total destruction of nature

Answer 71

true

Question 72

(T/F) Nature is not art, but a painting of nature is art

Answer 72

true

Question 73

(T/F) Art is a man made object to which is given more than utilitarian value

Answer 73

true

Question 74

(T/F) Art must be understood as it relates to the context of the time

Answer 74

true

Question 75

(T/F) Simply stated, the basic design of the FDR memorial consists of four outdoor rooms connected by passageways

Answer 75

true

Question 76

(T/F) Ray Issacs illustrated how the Eskimo Igloo, and the Indian pueblo are similar in their abilities to reduce the harsh effects of climate

Answer 76

false

Question 77

(T/F) Because of their undeveloped technology, early Indian cultures were unable to fully respond to the environment in their architectural solutions

Answer 77

false

Question 78

(T/F) As illustrated by London Parks, the success of parks is enhances by located them away from the city center

Answer 78

false

Question 79

(T/F) Successful parks must be planned as essential parts of the urban environment and not as afterthoughts

Answer 79

true

Question 80

(T/F) The workshop approach that Halprin uses is a good tool for designing for all kinds of people, including the handicapped.

Answer 80

true

Question 81

(T/F) The skills of the landscape architect in preparing grading plan were unnecessary in the construction of the Louisiana Swamp exhibit in the existing swamp-like environment at the Audubon Zoo

Answer 81

false

Question 82

(T/F) People watching, according to William H. Whyte, is the number one activity in successful city space.

Answer 82

true

Question 83

(T/F) According to Sadik Artunc, the tropical Florida style landscape is appropriate in Arizona if there are enough funds to support it

Answer 83

false

Question 84

(T/F) Current population trends are reducing the water shortage problems because the population is tending to relocate where water supplies are more plentiful

Answer 84

false

Question 85

(T/F) Xeriscape can help to conserve water by reducing the need for irrigation

Answer 85

true

Question 86

(T/F) According to William H. Whyte, New York zoning favors kiosks and cafes because people who are eating attract other people

Answer 86

true

Question 87

(T/F) In the FDR memorial, Halprin developed the idea for outdoor garden rooms connected in sequence

Answer 87

true

Question 88

(T/F) Halprin's basic planning concept for the FDR memorial was to develop "4 garden rooms"

Answer 88

true

Question 89

(T/F) Tree removal and land clearing are very destructive to solid, wildlife, drainage patterns, etc.

Answer 89

true

Question 90

(T/F) An effective idea implemented in the Bosnian playgrounds considered the teenagers' needs for basketball and soccer facilities. Their location near the children's playground resulted in the teenagers protecting the playground

Answer 90

true

Question 91

(T/F) The effectiveness of linear park concept for Scotlandville is dependent upon the separation of each of its parts for the exclusive use of each of the adjacent neighborhoods

Answer 91

false

Question 92

(T/F) Lu Cutrera explained how engineering is a very narrow field

Answer 92

true

Question 93

(T/F) Lu Cutrera pointed out how engineering tends to have a broad focus dealing with the big picture, while landscape architecture has a project specific narrow focus

Answer 93

false

Question 94

(T/F) As in architecture and landscape architecture, interior designers are problem solvers and in their work they protect the health and safety of their project's users

Answer 94

true

Question 95

(T/F) Interior decorators are primarily concerned with aesthetics of their projects, whereas interior designers are concerned with the function of the spaces that they design, the safety codes and the aesthetics of their projects

Answer 95

true

Question 96

(T/F) The purpose of planting in "yard buffers" between different land uses is to screen incompatible land uses from one another

Answer 96

true

Question 97

(T/F) Storm water runoff from parking lots gets polluted

Answer 97

true

Question 98

(T/F) Smart Growth make better use of existing redeveloped or redeveloped space within a community for diversity and more housing choices

Answer 98

true

Question 99

(T/F) Bigger roads have more capacity than multiple smaller roads

Answer 99

false

Question 100

(T/F) In Smart Growth communities connected street systems keep short trips to the grocery store off the main arterial roads

Answer 100

true

Question 101

(T/F) Smart Growth strengthens the development of existing communities by using existing infrastructure, whereas, sprawl does not build on existing facilities

Answer 101

true

Question 102

(T/F) Like at Magnolia Mound, Kevin Risk discovered layers of history at the Chalmette National Battlefield

Answer 102

true

Question 103

(T/F) The playgrounds designed by Karla Christensen in Bosnia were meant to help children recover from the war. They could pretend and learn from one another though play

Answer 103

true

Question 104

(T/F) In the images that are produced by design firms and the motion picture industry of today, combined techniques are used to create realistic situations

Answer 104

true

Question 105

(T/F) Later in its history, the battlefield was divided by a small black community that has to be removed to restore the battlefield

Answer 105

true

Question 106

(T/F) "Waster hustling" refers to the practice of relocation water from where it is plentiful to areas where it is scarce

Answer 106

true

Question 107

(T/F) In order to produce the possibility for lawsuits, safety features were later added to the Portland Auditorium Fountain

Answer 107

true

Question 108

(T/F) Throughout history artists have had a fixed role and the art has always retained the same meaning

Answer 108

false

Question 109

(T/F) Interior designers and landscape architects use different processes in design

Answer 109

false

Question 110

(T/F) Landscape architects deal with the scale of the natural environment, which can be quite monumental; interior designers real with he scale of the immediate human environment

Answer 110

true

Question 111

(T/F) Glaciers have formed parts of the relatively new landscapes of Alaska

Answer 111

true

Question 112

(T/F) An important consideration for landscape architects who are designed projects in Alaska is the protection of the permafrost (frozen layer of soil beneath the surface)

Answer 112

true

Question 113

(T/F) In Alaska, Bruce Sharky and other team members studied the types of vegetation by observing the pattern of fall foliage color to determine the best soils for building areas

Answer 113

true

Question 114

(T/F) The plan for improving Bourbon Street has its goal the conservation of Bourbon street to look more like other parts of the French Quarter a complete image change

Answer 114

false

Question 115

(T/F) The goal is to have an organized play experience that limits the child's exercise of fantasy in order to create a successful learning experience

Answer 115

False

Question 116

(T/F) Ace Torre proposed that the sizes of Bourbon street signs should be related to the square footage of the fronts of buildings

Answer 116

true

Question 117

(T/F) Ace Torre noted that different building uses required different edges on Bourbon Street. For example restaurant buildings should be opaque and strip clubs should be transparent

Answer 117

false

Question 118

(T/F) Historic districts such as Charleston, SC are very similar to the manner in which complete historic environment of Williamsburg, VA was preserved

Answer 118

false