Arch 463
ECS
Fall 99
30 Multiple Choice Questions
1. The Center for Regenerative Studies at Cal Poly Pomona features architecture that
A. meets the energy code
B. exceeds the energy code requirements
C. sets an example for sustainable architecture
D. aspires toward regenerative architecture
2. Richard Meier’s white architecture has turned green because
A. his firm has addressed the issues of energy consumption, water use, and alternative energy sources
B. his firm’s new buildings are entirely off the grid
C. all his new buildings are daylighted and use photovoltaics
D. none of the above
3. Le raison d'être for environmental control systems is to
A. save energy
B. provide human comfort
C. augment the shortcomings of architectural design
D. all of the above
4. The standard comfort zone is a few degrees higher than average for
A. preschool children
B. inhabitants of northern Minnesota
C. Alzheimer’s disease patients
D. all of the above
5. To achieve comfort in a cold environment, a person would involuntarily adjust her/his rate of
A. conduction/convection
B. metabolism
C. evaporation
D. radiation
6. In order to maintain comfort in a temperate environment, a person must
A. gain heat from the environment
B. lose heat to the environment
C. maintain a balance between heat loss and heat gain to the environment
D. switch between heat loss and heat gain to the environment
7. People will attain more psychological and physiological comfort in an environment that
A. provides a constant temperature and relative humidity which plots in the standard comfort zone
B. offers a variety of thermal experiences that bracket the comfort zone
C. is cool and sunny
D. is hot and humid
8. If the temperature is 64ºF and the relative humidity is 40%, comfort can be attained by
A. evaporation
B. radiation
C. convection
D. all of the above
9. You can measure the surface temperature of wall with a
A. sling psychrometer
B. anemometer
C. spot pyranometer
D. clinometer
10. Upon analysis weather data reveals that
A. summer in every climate is three months long
B. seasons have variable lengths
C. each season is exactly 3 months, but are displaced by the earth’s thermal mass
D. weather is unpredictable and cannot be summarized
11. Vernacular architecture in hot arid climates features
A. large window apertures
B. walls with switches
C. high thermal mass
D. all of the above
12. The balance point temperature is
A. the lower limit of the comfort zone
B. the temperature at which the majority of people feel comfortable
C. the outdoor temperature at which neither heating or cooling is needed for a building
D. none of the above
13. The trade winds in Hawaii blow from the
A. southwest
B. northeast
C. northwest
D. southeast
14. In Phoenix the lath house serves as a filter for
A. solar radiation
B. light
C. wind
D. all of the above
15. In a temperate climate, an environmentally-responsive design will probably be
A. switch-dominated
B. barrier-dominated
C. connector-dominated
D. filter-dominated
16. Regions of moderate climate are found
A. in the tropics
B. adjacent to bodies of water
C. in the wind shadow of mountain ranges
D. near the poles
17. The thermal mass of the earth causes the
A. highest diurnal temperature to occur after noon
B. hottest day of the year to usually happen in July or August in the northern temperate zone
C. on-shore and off-shore thermal breezes
D. all of the above
18. The most favorable hillside location for a passively heated and cooled residence in a hot arid climate is
A. on the hill crest
B. on the brow of the hill
C. at midslope
D. at the foot of the hill
19. Thermal breezes can be expected to blow on a site that is
A. at the edge of a city
B. in a mountain valley
C. near a body of water
D. all of the above
20. An urban building that contributes minimally to the city effect would
A. be totally passively heated and cooled
B. have a roof garden
C. both of the above
D. none of the above
21. In the Pacific Northwest the most diversity in proximate microclimates is found in
A. the coastal zone
B. the Willamette Valley
C. the Cascade Mountains
D. the Great Basin
22. The architectural layer of thermal stability is the
A. sky layer
B. near-surface layer
C. surface layer
D. subsurface layer
23. The layer in which a designer has the most freedom in exploiting and controlling the diverse microclimates is
A. the sky layer
B. near-surface layer
C. surface layer
D. subsurface layer
24. Early passive solar houses were described as built with ". . .the south side loftier to get the winter sun, and the north side lower to keep out the winter winds," by
A. Socrates
B. Vitruvius
C. Palladio
D. Frank Lloyd Wright
25. For a commercial building in Boise, Idaho, in the summer it is necessary to shade windows on the
A. east façade
B. south façade
C. north façade
D. all of the above
26. An external horizontal shading device mounted above a west-facing window will
A. provide effective shading throughout a summer afternoon
B. shade only winter sun
C. provide shade during the early afternoon
D. perform better than vertical shading devices next to north windows
27. The hemispherical mirror, known as the "solar window," used for evaluating solar potential during site visits is a derivative of
A. Mazria’s elevational chart
B. LOF’s plan view chart
C. Knowles’ solar envelope
D. none of the above
28. The best way to evaluate whether or not your building is a good solar neighbor is to use
A. Mazria’s elevational chart
B. LOF’s plan view chart
C. Knowles’ solar envelope
D. none of the above
29. A single thermal zone may encompass
A. two adjacent rooms
B. rooms on adjacent floors
C. part of a single room
D. all of the above
30. An elegant job of thermal zoning will result in
A. a building that is easy and inexpensive to heat and cool
B. a building with many thermal zones
C. a building without windows on the west façade
D. all of the above