A. adjustability...all the options are important for well designed chairs, but because several people would be using the same chair for long period of time, the chairs would have to be adjustable to accommodate variations in body size

Which of the following would be the most important consideration in the design of ergonomically correct chairs for air traffice controllers?

A. adjustability         B. firm cushions

C. lumbar support    D. tilt & swivel capability

C. Screen Glare...because glare on the screen is a function of the lighting design more than the workstation design

When designing a computerk station, which of the following factors is LEAST important?

A. keyboard height

B. VDT angle

C. Screen glare

D. Work surface depth

B. Territoriality...identical furnishings organzed around an imaginary (but perceived) line divide the room into two equal territories that each person could then personalize

Symmetrically positioned identical furnishings in a college dormitory room shared by two people represent an attempt to satifsy which psychological need?

A. personal space

B. territoriality

C. group interaction

D. Personalization

D...proxemics is the application of knowledge about personal space needs to acutal space planning...determining the desing of seating where people will be close to eachother is the most likely situation of the four options where proxemics would be used

Proxemic might assist a designer in:

A. deciding on the size of a doctor's office

B. Determining where to locate the office of the prsident within an office suite

C. planning the size & shape of a conference table

D. making decisions about the type & spacing of seating in an audiovisual presentation room

B. 4' to 12'

social distance, including both the close and far phase, ranges from about 4' to 12'

Most people in the US typically conduct business and relate to strangers at which distance?

A. 1.5' to 4'

B. 4' to 12'

C. 7' to 12'

D. 12' to 25'

C. Evaporation

since question mentions an accessory and ease of use, a simple table fan would be the most logical suggestion to make..creating air movement would increase evaporation form a person's skin, thereby cooling it

A client complains that her office is too hot. The interior designer could most easily imporve the situation by suggesting an accessory that affect:

A. convection

B. ventilation

C. evaporation

D. conduction

B. determine the % of children who would be comfortable on custom designed benches in theater

anthropometric is primarliy concerned with measuring the size of the human body and developing dimensional ranges within which certain percentages of a given population fall

An interior designer would most likely use anthropometric information to:

a. design countertops for a public rr

b. determine the percentage of children who would be comfortable on custom designed benches in a theater

c. develop the best position for multiple VDT screens in a stock traders workstation

d. evaluate a new chair desgin that has jsut come on the market

A. Ages of the residents

as long as the engineer knew the primary occupancy was elderly persons, the exact age is of little concern

Which type of informaiton regarding a multipurpose room in an apartment building for the elderly would be LEAST imporatnt for the interior designer to give to the mechanical engineer?

a. ages of the residents in the building

b. types of activities that commonly occur

c. estimate number of people using the room

d. copy of the reflected ceiling plan

C. increased the mean radiant temperature

primary advantage was to decrease heat loss through radiation by covering the cold stone walls with an insulating material which in affect raised the mean readiant temp

In additon to being decorative, tapestries in Gothic & Renaissance castles:

a. reduced the amount of sound reflecdtion w/in a room

b. minimized drafts

c. increased the mean radiant temperature

d. reduced heat loss by increasing the insulating value of the walls

C. corporation conference room

of the 4 options only the interior designer would have the best knowledge of the use of the conference room, which might suggest increasing the ventialtion or providing additional exhaust

An interior designer would be most likely to suggest to the mechanical engineer that the additional venilation or exhaust be provided in:

a. private toilet room

b. commerical kitchen

c. corporation conference room

d. exercise room

C. sources of noise

it is very likely that information concerning the other three options woulbe available for a good, complete set of construction drawings

A library is being designed to occupy only on portion of a building, and a complete set of drawings is available for the building...what information would be the most important to obtain for a field survey?

a. location of structural elements

b. exisitng natural light sources

c. sources of noise w/in the building

d. locations & capacities of electrical power

A. design concept specifies a particular way to achieve the programmatic concept

Which of the following is a true statement about the difference between a programmatic concept and a design concept?

A. desing concept specifies a particular way to achieve the programmatic concept

B. there are as many programmatic concepts for a problem as there are design concepts

C. design concepts is a performance requirement

D. programmatic concepts are developed concurrently with deisgn concepts

B. Will RR be available for customers

all the other options directly relate to decisions about the locations or sizes of elements in the store

For an interior designer conducting a programmatic interview with a client for a small clothing boutique, which is the LEAST important question to ask?

A. which items are most frequently purchased on impulse

B. Will RR be available for customers

C. What amount of merchandise will be on display

D. What is the relationship between the cash wrap counter and the dressing room

D. they make efficient use of the intervierwer's time

since programming interviews consume so much time and often require two people to conduct and because interviews tend to talk more than is necessary they are very inefficent

Which of the following statments is generally FALSE regarding programming interviews?

A. they can verify the accuracy of questionnaires

B. they minimize inaccurate results from ambiguous questions

C. they allow for the revelation of information that the programmer may not have considered

D. they make efficient use of the intervierwer's time

B. ask the client if he has a budget, and suggest conduction preliminary cost estimate to see if he can afford what he wants

should find out what they are willing to spend before getting anyone else involved

After finding out your client wants to enlarge some of the bedrooms your FIRST course of action should be:

A. suggest the client also retain an architect to determine the feasibility of enlarging the rooms

B. ask the client if he has a budget, and suggest conduction preliminary cost estimate to see if he can afford what he wants

C. tell the client that he needs to define what he mean by best in town

D. recommend to the client that field measurement of the house be conducted and research begun on the victorian furnishings