Deck 6: The Landscape Process

Question 1

One of the best generators of call back for the landscape company is when homeowners compare their landscape to someone else's landscape.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

The landscaping process is noncyclic like the manufacturing process.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Developing creativity usually comes in a flash of inspiration.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Once a wish list is generated, the landscape design process is finished.

Question 5

Often, the completion of the landscape project at a client's present level of satisfaction sows the seed for upgrading of the same project to a higher level of satisfaction.

Question 6

The landscape contractor arranges for suppliers and subcontractors to provide materials needed to accomplish the project.

Question 7

The desire for continuous maintenance of a property also involves a series and sequence of activities.

Question 8

The design process occurs in two stages that are going on at the same time.

Question 9

Before the designer develops specific designs, he must fit the program to the site.

Question 10

The landscape process is designed to discover the client's needs and desires and the characteristics of a specific site in order that the two fit one another.

Question 11

What term is often used to describe the functional arrangement that begins the fitting of the client's program to the site?

A) bubble diagrams
B) sketches
C) balloons
D) tagging

Question 12

At what point in the landscape process are the client's program and the site's potential for development brought together?

A) analysis
B) presentation
C) termination
D) synthesis

Question 13

The design process occurs in what stage(s)?

A) site analysis
B) design analysis
C) program analysis
D) both "site analysis" and "program analysis"

Question 14

Which of the choices is most significant to the client's visualization and understanding of how the completed landscape will appear?

A) functional styling
B) site analysis
C) graphic styling
D) synthesis

Question 15

When all suggestions and reactions of the client are incorporated into a master drawing, graphically detailed and specific in its intent, what is the final product of the landscape process?

A) preliminary design
B) program portfolio
C) functional diagram
D) final plans

Question 16

What drawing reveals the designer's first drafted vision of how each area of the landscape should be shaped?

A) preliminary design
B) final design
C) functional diagram
D) program analysis

Question 17

A sequence of steps in the form of decisions or activities that result in meeting a goal is given what term?

A) conclusion
B) process
C) function
D) client expectation

Question 18

Which part of the landscape process organizes the client's separate wish lists into related groupings?

A) site analysis
B) landscape cycle
C) site inventory
D) program analysis

Question 19

What is usually the first step in a typical sequence of the project development process?

A) The project is built
B) The client formulates a series of needs or objectives to be accomplished by a particular time
C) The client accepts the design
D) A designer is contracted

Question 20

Why would it be foolish to carry a design past the preliminary stage without getting feedback from the client?

A) Few preliminary designs pass the client test without modification
B) The preliminary design is a final stage
C) It could interfere with maintenance of the program
D) Most local ordinances require contacting the client

Question 21

A process may be a sequence of ____________________ during which something is created, modified, or transformed.

Question 22

The best source of information about the desired uses of a proposed landscape is ____________________.

Question 23

The most impartial observer of the potential uses and limitations of a site should be ____________________.

Question 24

Many client idiosyncrasies can be observed during the ____________________.

Question 25

To ensure maximum benefit from a visit to the site and/or an interview with the client, it is appropriate to use a ____________________ for gathering and recording information.