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| The house lots at Walden are: |
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b.Much smaller than typical lots
c.Adjacent to community open spaces and thus seem more spacious |
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| The common elements that are shared by landscape architecture and engineering: |
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| Man technology and nature |
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| According to Lu Cutrera, a thorough and broad-reaching analysis: |
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| Can prevent the complete reworking of a solution if the product is found not to be environmentally sound. |
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| The characteristics of specials places include: |
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a.Strong image
b.Progression (sequence) of experience
c.Set off as special places in space and time |
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| In comparing the architecture of a hot arid climate with that of a warm and humid climate: |
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a.Hot arid-small windows; warm humid-large openings
b.Hot arid-flat roof; warm humid-high “umbrella” roof
c.Hot arid-heavy adobe insulation; warm humid-rooms that allow air to flow through |
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| Early Louisiana plantation houses feature: |
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b.Cross ventilation
c.Main floor elevated to capture breezes |
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| In order to be the designer of an interpretative exhibit, it is beneficial to have a background that includes: |
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a.Design ability
b.Teaching ability
c.A knowledge of construction
d.The science of museum operations |
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| In the interpretative Swamp Exhibit at the Audobon Zoo, visitors find the following along the walkways: |
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a.Animal habitats
b.Cultural exhibits about people of the swamp
c.Artifacts of swamp life |
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| The use of water in an environmentally sensitive manner might include: |
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a.The use of exeriscape of planting designs.
b.Recycling water
c.Correctly designing and managing irrigation systems
d.Creating water codes and displays that conserve water. |
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| Most adventure playgrounds: |
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| Encourage children to use materials like scrap lumber to build their own play environments |
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| Through what two processes doess a child develop intelligence: |
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| Assimilation and accommodations |
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| In playground design, provisions for parents should be: |
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| Comfortable and have easy access and visibility of playground |
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| The reason that psychologists tell us that water and sand can provide the child with an excellent play experience is : |
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a.That these materials can respond to manipulation by the child.
b.???
c.???
d.All of the above. |
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| The planned improvements for Bourbon street included: |
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a.Better signs
b.Improved lighting
c.Improved pavements and street gutters |
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| Four phases of preservation are: |
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| The associative, the aesthetic, the historic district, and adaptive re-use. |
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| Versailles is an example of the historical preservation approach that is called: |
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| In historic environments, such as in Williamsburg, the goal is to provide a better understanding of: |
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| The gardens of the period, both decorative and utilitarian |
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| According to William H. Whyte, successful plazas provide: |
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a.Trees
b.Water
c.Food
d.Triangulation |
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| William H. Whyte found that dangerous public places are those that are: |
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| Cut off from and separated from the street |
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| William Whyte noted that: |
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a.Food vendors should be encouraged in plazas
b.Outdoor cafes should be compactly designed for greater sociability
c.People tend to be attracted by other people who are eating |
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| As the design for Scotlandville Park proceeded, a decision was made to: |
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| Use bicycle and pedestrian pathways to create a linear park linking different usage areas |
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| Scotlandville Park features: |
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a.Multiple uses of highway right-of-ways
b.Interconnection of the community with pathways
c.A linear park
d.Nature areas in the floodplain |
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| The Scotlandville Park plan calls for: |
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a.Draining the flood plain to provide more space for the park
b.Preserving the natural vegetation |
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| For the Scotlandville Bypass Highway: |
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| The Design Team planned and designed the joint use development |
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| The goals of New Orleans waterfront renovation include which of the following: |
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a.Improving the visitor’s ability to get close to the water
b.Creation of links between Jackson Square, the French Market, and the Waterfront
c.Use of Artillery park as a vantage point to the river and Jackson square |
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| The French Quarter projects that were shown by Max illustrated how the planning of: |
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| Links and nodes enhance five related projects in the historic area |
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| The French Quarter Moon Walk was: |
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| Built to provide public access to the New Orleans riverfront |
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| Sam Corso works in series. This means: |
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a.Numbered sequences
b.Variations on an idea
c.The disposition of colors |
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| Sam Corso explained that he is a multi-media artist who works in: |
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a.Various types of painting and drawing
b.Stained glass
c.Sculpture
d.Mosaics |
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| The drainage canal at Walden: |
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| Was reshaped and widened to create a lake effect |
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| T/F- The preservation plan for Magnolia Mound Plantation in Baton Rouge calls for the representation of the layers of history that are associated with the long history of the place. |
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| T/F- A child is going from one side of a piece of play equipment to another through tubes of decreasing size. When he reaches a tube to small to crawl through, he crawls over it. This is an example of learning through assimilation according to Plaget. |
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| T/F- Mounds of dirt, empty boxes and tree branches are the types of cheap equipment that only should be used where budgets are insufficient to purchase more “realistic” play equipment. |
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| T/F- The ideal playground for children would have experiences that might include roughness, smoothness, dryness, wetness, cold, warmth, hardness, softness, etc. |
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| T/F- Halprin’s Portland Fountain is a node in a series of links and nodes that were designed to create the framework for urban redevelopment. |
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| T/F- Halprin’s underlying principle for the Portland Fountain was “the essential purpose of design is to create the possibilities for events to happen.” |
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| T/F- A system of links and nodes is a common characteristic of the Portland Fountain Complex and the French Quarter Riverfront Complex. |
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| T/F- In the art of stained glass, the lead, framework for the glass is an important part of the artistic composition. |
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| T/F- Sam Corso is a keen observer of his environment from which he develops ideas for his art. |
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| T/F- Zero line lot cluster development at Walden results in less usable area than on typical subdivision lots. |
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| T/F- The hydrological aspects of the Walden site were major aspects in the “big picture” that affected its planning and design. |
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| T/F- From the viewpoint of marketing professional services, Lu Cutrera explained how his work as the landscape architect in preparing a project master plan creates big projects for the engineers in his firm. |
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| T/F- According to Lu Cutrera, the environmental impact statement should always be taken care of after the engineering analysis and design of a project has been completed. |
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| T/F- The “kite plan” in Washington, D.C. refers to the area in Potomac River Park denoted for kite flying. |
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| T/F- The Design process used by Lawrence Halprin for the FDR Memorial was a very introspective and personal one in which the genius of Halprin came into full bloom without the aid of other collaborators. |
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| T/F- Simply stated, the basic design of the FDR Memorial consists of four outdoor rooms connected by passageways. |
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| T/F- Ray Isaacs illustrated how the Eskimo Igloo, and the Indian pueblo are similar in their abilities to reduce the harsh effects of climate. |
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| T/F- Because of their undeveloped technology, early Indian cultures were unable to fully respond to the environment in their architectural solutions. |
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| T/F- As illustrated by London Parks, the success of parks is enhanced by locating them away from the city center. |
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| T/F- Successful parks must be planned as essential parts of the urban environment and not as afterthoughts. |
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| T/F- The workshop approach that Halprin uses is a good tool for deigning for all kinds of people, including the handicapped. |
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| T/F- The skulls of the landscape architect in preparing grading plans were unnecessary in the construction of the Louisiana Swamp Exhibit in the existing swamp-like environment at the Audubon Zoo. |
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| T/F- The Audubon Zoo Swamp Exhibit focuses all attention on the wild animals native to the Louisiana Swamp. |
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| T/F- People watching, according to William Whyte, is the number one activity in successful city space. |
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| T/F- According to Sadik Artunc, the tropical Florida style landscape is appropriate in Arizona if there are enough funds to support it. |
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| T/F- Current population trends are reducing the water shortage problems because the population is tending to relocate where water supplies are more plentiful. |
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| T/F- Zeriscape can help to conserve water by reducing the need for irrigation. |
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