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Session 11

SELF-TEST 9

1. Research on residential preference indicates:

  1. people prefer multiple-unit housing because of the greater opportunity for social interactions
  2. People prefer single unit housing because it is cheaper to build
  1. People prefer multiple-unit housing because they have greater control of social inputs

d. People prefer single-unit housing because they have greater control of social inputs

e. none of the above.

 

2. The major change from primitive to pre-industrial vernacular design is in who actually does the building. ___________ are replaced by ___________

  1. Specialized tradesmen; owner-builders
  2. Owner-builders, specialized tradesmen
  3. Professional builders; residents d. none of the above

 

3. An aspect of physical plant design for institutional buildings which is necessary but often ignored is:

  1. geographical location within the environment.
  2. driveway and parking space access for wheelchairs
  1. trash disposals
  2. none of the above.

 

4. In small, seminar-type classrooms, students seated next to (shoulder to shoulder) the instructor tend:

  1. to participate regularly in discussion
  2. to participate the most in discussion
  3. not to participate at all
  4. d. to get the best grades

 

5. By the year 2000, individuals over 65 years of age are expected to represent _____ percent of the population.

  1. 2
  2. 20
  3. 50
  4. 80
  5. 95

 

6. When hospital environmental requirements are in conflict, which two groups are usually in direct conflict?

 

  1. the patients and the general staff
  2. the patients and the volunteer workers
  3. the doctors and the nursing staff
  4. the patients and the nursing staff
  5. general staff and visitors

 

7. Which type of structure has the best thermal lag characteristics?

  1. buildings made primarily of glass
  2. buildings made primarily of steel
  3. buildings made primarily of brick
  4. buildings made primarily of wood.

 

8. The type of spaces the potential home-buyer is most likely to overlook in evaluating a residence is:

  1. storage spaces
  2. group spaces
  3. private spaces
  4. outer spaces.

 

Answers to self-test 9

 

  1. d
  2. b
  3. b
  4. c
  5. b
  6. a
  7. c
  8. a