Deck 2: The Value of Interior Design: Health, Safety, and Welfare

Question 1

The most primitive of all human needs is

A) shelter.
B) water.
C) heat.
D) food.

Answer 1

shelter.

Question 2

One of the first American Buildings to be preserved was

A) Mount Vernon.
B) Monticello.
C) Old Faithful Inn.
D) The White House.

Answer 2

Mount Vernon.

Question 3

Describes the study of human beings and their response to working conditions and environments.

A) anthropometrics
B) ergonomics
C) proxemics
D) universal design

Answer 3

ergonomics

Question 4

Edward T. Hall defines the social zone as a bubble around the body at a distance of

A) 0' - 1'-6"
B) 1'-6" - 4'
C) 4' - 12'
D) 12' or more

Question 5

The ADA

A) is legislation, initially based on the 1986 ANSI Codes.
B) is required of all residential environments.
C) is required of all public environments.
D) A & C only

Question 6

Furthermore, the ADA requires buildings to

A) be free from problems associated with hazardous materials.
B) meet minimum air flow standards with hazardous materials.
C) provide equal access to all people regardless of disability.
D) maintain a clear means of egress to avoid fire danger.

Question 7

The pull side of a door should have a minimum clearance of _to meet universal design criteria.

A) 12"
B) 18"
C) 24"
D) 36"

Question 8

Accessible passageways must be a minimum of

A) 24" wide.
B) 32" wide.
C) 36" wide.
D) 60" wide.

Question 9

Type I Ecolabled products includes which of the following

A) third party verification.
B) encompasses single or multiple impacts.
C) requires use of Life Cycle Costing.
D) may include other product performance data.

Question 10

If a building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, it is protected from being destroyed.

Question 11

The United States Green Building Council and thereby LEED is coordinated by the United States Government.

Question 12

The three R's of green design are Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.

Question 13

Preservation Briefs contain technical data on green design.

Question 14

List the five major performance areas of LEED.

Question 15

Define the following terms:
Anthropometric:
Proxemics:
Barrier Free:

Question 16

Define "welfare" as it relates to the interior environment:

Question 17

Discuss how EBD relates to the traditional phases of the design process (including the preliminary and post phases)

Question 18

Discuss Kohlberg's final stages of moral development as it relates to interior design.

Question 19

Discuss the value of interior design. Make sure include the physical and the psychological

Question 20

Trabeated construction

A) is utilized in current building techniques.
B) was developed by the Egyptians.
C) is composed of the post and lintel system.
D) all of the above.

Question 21

The concrete arch was developed by the

A) Thespians.
B) Egyptians.
C) Greeks.
D) Romans.

Question 22

This era of design rejected the Middle Ages and fostered the return of classic design motifs.

A) Romanesque
B) Gothic
C) Renaissance
D) Baroque

Question 23

Translated to "misshapen pearl," this design era embraced the ornate and asymmetrical.

A) Byzantine
B) Baroque
C) Renaissance
D) Moorish

Question 24

Another name for the Louis XV style is

A) Neoclassic
B) Empire.
C) Rococo.
D) Provincial.

Question 25

Which era was strongly influenced by Egyptian and Roman designs?

A) Rococo
B) Neoclassical
C) Empire
D) Provincial

Question 26

Which of the following characteristics are typical of Tudor, Elizabethan, and Jacobean designs?

A) masculine, oak, oriel windows, half-timbering
B) half-timbering, melon-like legs, ball and claw foot, wainscot chair
C) oak, clustered chimneys, beamed ceilings, pateraes
D) Chinese influence, oriel windows, beamed ceiling, oak

Question 27

This common chair design utilizing the splat or fiddle back and still incorporated today in Georgian interiors is called the

A) Chippendale chair.
B) scallop shell chair.
C) Hepplewhite chair.
D) Queen Anne chair.

Question 28

Who designed this chair back?

A) Chippendale
B) Adam
C) Hepplewhite
D) Sheraton

Question 29

Who designed this chair back?

A) Chippendale
B) Adam
C) Hepplewhite
D) Sheraton

Question 30

The chair design is called the

A) Windsor
B) Carver
C) Brewster
D) Queen Anne

Question 31

Identify the style of the following structure

A) Gothic revival
B) Italianate
C) Second Empire
D) Queen Anne

Question 32

The phrase "form follows function" is credited to

A) Frank Lloyd Wright
B) Louis Sullivan
C) William Morris
D) Charles Rennie Mackintosh

Question 33

Which of the following individuals were members of the Bauhaus?

A) Walter Gropius, Marcel Breuer, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
B) Marcel Breuer, Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright
C) Walter Gropius, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Eileen Gray
D) Josef Hoffman, Marcel Breuer, Eliel Saarinen

Question 34

Who designed the Villa Savoye in Poissy, France?

A) Frank Lloyd Wright
B) Mies van de Rohe
C) Le Corbusier
D) Eileen Gray

Question 35

Designs based on geometric forms, i.e., the pyramid, Egyptian, and Aztec cultures as well as new technology, best describes the

A) secession style
B) De Stijl style
C) Bauhaus style
D) art deco style

Question 36

Who designed this chair?

A) Mies van de Rohe
B) Marcel Breuer
C) Charles Eames
D) Le Corbusier

Question 37

The Guggenheim Bilboa in Spain, designed by Frank O. Gehry, is an example of

A) brutalism.
B) the high tech style.
C) deconstructivism.
D) The Memphis style.

Question 38

The classic order of architecture illustrated below is known as the lonic order.

Question 39

Chinese lacquered design on French furniture is referred to as artesonado.

Question 40

Simple, unadorned furnishings used by lesser nobles are called provincial designs.

Question 41

American Styles are typically original designs with little influence from other styles.

Question 42

Art Nouveau is best described as a movement based on the revolt against machine-made products employing simple furnishings.

Question 43

Define Style:

Question 44

The middle part of the entablature is called.

Question 45

List five architectural orders from the simplest to the most complex.

Question 46

Briefly define the leg styles of the French Rococo, Neoclassical, and Empire styles.

Question 47

Identify the proper leg with the proper designer and/or era:

-_____ Straight and tapered to a spade foot

A) Elizabethan
B) Queen Anne
C) Chippendale
D) Hepplewhite

Question 48

Identify the proper leg with the proper designer and/or era:

-_____ Cabriole

A) Elizabethan
B) Queen Anne
C) Chippendale
D) Hepplewhite

Question 49

Identify the proper leg with the proper designer and/or era:

-_____ Melon-shaped

A) Elizabethan
B) Queen Anne
C) Chippendale
D) Hepplewhite

Question 50

Identify the proper leg with the proper designer and/or era:

-_____ Marlborough

A) Elizabethan
B) Queen Anne
C) Chippendale
D) Hepplewhite

Question 51

Explain the evolution of modernism.

Question 52

Explain the design characteristics of the International styles:

Question 53

Why is an understanding of historical designs important to interior designers?

Question 54

Discuss the cyclical nature of design.