Programming, Planning & Practice

Question 1

The most profitable use of a parcel of land

Answer 1

highest and best use

Question 2

The right held by one party to make limited use of the property of another.

Answer 2

easement

Question 3

A required exit which consists of a vestibule and continuous stairway enclosed from the highest point to the lowest point by walls of two-hour fire-resistive construction and which exits into a public way or an exit passageway leading to a public way.

Answer 3

smokeproof enclosure

Question 4

In far eastern architecture, a tower-like structure, often used as a shrine.

Answer 4

pagoda

Question 5

Separating into component parts; reducing to a simpler form.

Answer 5

resolution

Question 6

To summarize; to get to the essence of something.

Answer 6

abstract

Question 7

The aesthetic or pleasurable features of a place or facility.

Answer 7

amenities

Question 8

A building used for baptismal services.

Answer 8

baptistery

Question 9

The hierarchical order in a society by which some individuals or groups control others.

Answer 9

dominance

Question 10

A superstructure on a roof, dome, or tower, glazed along its sides, which admits light to the area below.

Answer 10

lantern

Question 11

The amount or degree of moisture in an area, a determining element of weather.

Answer 11

humidity

Question 12

A public service, such as telephone, water, gas, or electricity.

Answer 12

utility

Question 13

A building containing three or more dwelling units.

Answer 13

multiple dwelling

Question 14

The purpose for which a building is intended to be used.

Answer 14

occupancy

Question 15

A repetitive dimension used in architectural design and planning.

Answer 15

module

Question 16

The legal means whereby land use is regulated and controlled for the welfare of the community.

Answer 16

zoning

Question 17

Lynch’s term for central points of reference in a city.

Answer 17

nodes

Question 18

The design and arrangement of natural elements on a site.

Answer 18

landscaping

Question 19

The intersection of a railroad and a road at the same elevation.

Answer 19

grade crossing

Question 20

A written description of the location and boundaries of a parcel of land, in accordance with a system prescribed by law.

Answer 20

legal description

Question 21

The natural and manmade things, conditions, and influences surrounding a person, community, or place.

Answer 21

environment

Question 22

The volume within which a building may legally be placed.

Answer 22

zoning envelope

Question 23

A wall built astride a property line between two adjoining buildings.

Answer 23

party wall

Question 24

The total horizontal area within the boundary lines of a parcel of land.

Answer 24

lot area

Question 25

Native

Answer 25

indigenous

Question 26

The percentage of total rainfall which is not absorbed in the ground and hence, runs off. It must be collected in a system of surface and subsurface drains.

Answer 26

runoff coefficient

Question 27

In urban planning, an outlying community of secondary importance, dependent on a larger city.

Answer 27

satellite

Question 28

The methodical evaluation of an activity to determine its basic purposes and how these purposes may be realized most efficiently.

Answer 28

systems analysis

Question 29

Encroachment on personal space, such as sitting very close to a person on an otherwise empty park bench.

Answer 29

spatial invasion

Question 30

The climatic characteristics unique to a very small area

Answer 30

microclimate

Question 31

Having fire-resistive protection as specified in the applicable building code.

Answer 31

protected

Question 32

A part of highway marked off to carry a single one of moving vehicles.

Answer 32

lane

Question 33

The digging or removal of earth.

Answer 33

excavation

Question 34

A slope or incline, as on a roof.

Answer 34

rake

Question 35

A hole through which a person can enter a sewer, pipe, conduit, and so on for inspection, repair, or maintenance.

Answer 35

manhole

Question 36

The geographical area from which the participants in an activity are drawn, such as the customers of a shopping center or the employees of a manufacturing plant.

Answer 36

catchment

Question 37

A preliminary sketch or plan.

Answer 37

equisse

Question 38

A pattern of circulation named for its shape, consisting of equally spaced streets running perpendicular to each other.

Answer 38

grid pattern

Question 39

A road which crosses under another road.

Answer 39

underpass

Question 40

The social standing one has relative to others, which serves to determine spatial and social order.

Answer 40

status

Question 41

A periodic enumeration of the population, including details of age, sex, occupation, and other data.

Answer 41

census

Question 42

Any street or similar parcel of land, at least 10 feet wide and unobstructed to the sky, which is permanently appropriated to the public for public use.

Answer 42

public way

Question 43

A use for property which is no longer permitted by the zoning ordinance. Unless it is unsafe, such a use is generally allowed to continue.

Answer 43

noncomforming use

Question 44

A bell tower.

Answer 44

campanile

Question 45

A beltlike area around a city, reserved for parks, farms, open spaces, and so on.

Answer 45

greenbelt

Question 46

The process by which private property is taken for public use under the right of eminent domain, with reasonable compensation paid to the owner.

Answer 46

condemnation

Question 47

The time, in hours, that a material or assembly of materials can withstand exposure to fire.

Answer 47

fire-resistant rating

Question 48

The difference of elevation between adjacent contour lines.

Answer 48

contour interval

Question 49

A set of rules for solving a problem in a finite number of steps.

Answer 49

algorithm

Question 50

A belvedere or viewing place.

Answer 50

gazebo

Question 51

The recurrence of design elements in space.

Answer 51

rhythm

Question 52

An assembly of sloping, overlapping slats, fixed or adjustable, which excludes rain but admits air and/or light.

Answer 52

louver

Question 53

The extension of a building into the property of another.

Answer 53

encroachment

Question 54

A street to which minor streets connect and which leads to a major arterial.

Answer 54

collector streets

Question 55

A theory suggesting that the land use patterns of some cities are not developed around a single core, but rather around several distinct nuclei.

Answer 55

multiple nuclei theory

Question 56

The expected maximum depth of frost penetration in the ground in a given area.

Answer 56

frost line

Question 57

A continuous, major street, typically two or three lanes in each direction, that connects with expressways at strategic locations.

Answer 57

arterial street

Question 58

An amount included in a construction budget, normally 5 to 10 percent , to provide for unforeseen or unpredictable costs.

Answer 58

contingency allowance

Question 59

The height above a known point of reference, often taken as the height above sea level.

Answer 59

elevation

Question 60

Describing cement, mastic, or roofing material which contains asphalt as a principal ingredient.

Answer 60

bituminous

Question 61

The study of the interaction between humans and machines.

Answer 61

ergonomics

Question 62

A numerical classification indicating the rate at which flame will spread over the surface of a given material. Class I material have the least flame-spread and Class III have the most.

Answer 62

flame-spread rating

Question 63

The shape of the earth's surface

Answer 63

landform