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Which of the following would be the most important consideration in the design of ergonomically correct chairs for air traffic controllers?
1. adjustability
2. firm cushions
3. lumbar support
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1. is correct
All the answers ar important considerations for well-designed chairs, but because several people would be using the same chair for long periods of time, the chairs would have to be adjustable to accommodate cariation in body size. |
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If you were designing a computer workstation which of the following would be the least important?
1. height of the keyboard
2. angle of the VDT
3. glare on the screen
4. depth of the work surface |
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3 is correct
Answer 3 is least important because glare on the screen is a function of the lighting design more than the workstation design. All the other answers relate to items that you could control with the workstation design alone. |
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| What are the 6 elements of design: |
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Form
Scale
Color
Texture
Pattern
Light |
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| What is the definition of Form: |
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Form is the basic shape and configuration of an object or space.
Form/Shape is generated with lines, planes, volumes, and points. |
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| What is the definition of Line: |
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A line is an object of form whose actual or visual length greatly exceeds and ctual width or depth it may have.
-Horizontal lines are perceived as restful, stable, and related to the plane of the earth.
-Vertical lines connote strength, equilibrium, permanence, and a strong upward movement.
-Diagonal lines represent movement.
-Curved lines relate to the natural world and the human body. |
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| What is the definition of a Plane: |
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A Plane is a form with two dominant dimensions, length and width.
Planes are important component of interior design because space is typically defined by planes.
-Element of Form |
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| What is the definition of Volume: |
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Volume is the true three-dimensional aspect of interior design because volume is clearly perceived as a spatial form having length, width, and depth.
-Volume has definite shade and is usually perceived as regular or irregular.
-Element of Form |
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| Volume is referred to as: |
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Solid or void, aka positive or negative space.
Solid is a form that has mass and appears to occupy space.
Void is space itself defined by plances or other elements. |
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| What is the definition of Shape: |
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Shape is the unique characteristic of an object or space that defines it as distinct from adjacent objects or spaces.
-Element of Form |
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| What is the definition of Scale: |
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Scale is the relative size of something as related to another element of known size. Human scale is the most common.
-There are no definite rule for scale.
-The judgment of scale is always complex because of the multitude of objects within a space, the form of the space itself, and the way the perception of objects and spaces is affected by color, value, texture, lighting, repetition , and other factors.
-The "correct" scale is dependent of the design intent. |
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| What is the definition of Color: |
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Color is one of the most dominant perceptions of the physical world and one of the most powerful tools for interior design.
-The color of an object is perceived by the color of light it absorbs and the amount of light it reflects to the eye. |
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| What are the three primary colors of light: |
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Red, green, and blue.
-Combining them equally creates white light.
-In various quantities they create other colors. |
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| What are the three primary colors of pigment: |
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Yellow, red, and blue.
-Theoretically all cother colors can be produced by mixing various proportions of the primaries.
-As shown in the color wheel. |
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| What are the three basic qualities of color? |
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| Hue, Value, and Intensity (or Chroma) |
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| The basic color, that attribute by which we distinguish blue from red, for example. |
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| Value describes the degree of lightness or darkness in relation to white and black. |
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| What are the five common methods of using color? |
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| Monochromatic, analogous, complementary, triad, and tetrad. |
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| What is an analogous color scheme? |
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The use of hues that are close to each other on the color wheel.
In most cases this works best if one color is dominant and the others are subordinate. |
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| What is a triad color scheme? |
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| The use of colors equally spaced around the color wheel, such as yellow-orange, blue-green, and red-violet. |
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| What is a tetrad color scheme? |
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| Using four colors that are equally spaced around the wheel. |
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The surface quality of a material.
The perception of a texture is closely related to visual qualities, the relationship of the texture with the surrounding textures, the viewing distance, and the lighting. |
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| What is the definition of Pattern? |
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The repetition of a decorative motif on a surface.
Can be two dimensional or linear. |
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A client has asked a designer to create an intimate seating area for a hospital waiting room. Which of the following is likely to have the greatest impact on achieving the client's goal?
1. Pattern
2. Scale
3. Texture
4. Color |
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2 is correct.
Manipulating scale through the physical placement of walls, ceilings, and other architectural element would be most likely to create the feeling of intimacy. |
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To give a sofa a heavy apperarance, the designer should use which of the following color combinations for the sofa and surrounding walls?
1. a hue with a dark value for the sofa and a slightly lighter value for the walls.
2. a light colored sofa of any |
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3 is correct.
Because warm colors tend to advance and darker values tend to make objects look heavier. |
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A good selection for lighting to enhance the appearance of a rough, plastered wall would be:
1. fluorescent cove uplighting on all four sides of the room.
2. decorative chandeliers near the wall
3. track lighting near the venter of the room
4. recesse |
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4 is correct.
To accentuate the rough wall, you would want grazing light. |
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A Parsons table primarily uses which of the following types of design elements?
1. Plane and volume
2. line and plane
3. plane and point
4. volume and line |
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1 is correct.
A parson's table has a square or rectangular thick top with thick legs set flush with the edges of the top. Such a table is very volumetric but also has a planar quality. |
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To create the most vivid color-coding system in an elderly housing facility, the interior designer could create the most easily perceived system by using which ot the following combinations.
1. a bright color against a background of a noncomplementary co |
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2 is correct.
Because highly saturated, complementary colors reinforce each other, this would create the highest contrast and be the easiest to see for people of all ages. |
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Which design elements could be used to lover the apparent height of a ceiling?
1. a dark, highly textured ceiling
2. strong horizontal lines on the walls
3. fine-grained patterns on the ceiling and dark walls
4. a light ceiling and textured walls |
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1 is correct
Dark values tend to make surfaces "close in" as do heavy textures, The two in combination would lower the apparent ceiling height. |
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The Prang system organizes colors according to:
1. three scales of hue, value, and chroma in a three-dimensional form
2. the hue and value in a matrix system
3. their relationship to the primaries as organized in a circle
4. five principle hues and th |
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3 is correct
The Prang system (also known as the Brewster system) is simply the familiar color wheel with the primary and secondary colors organized in a circle. Answer 4 is not correct because it states five principle hues (used in the Munsell system) rather than the three that the Prang system uses |
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Wallpaper is MOST useful to a designer in creating :
1. texture
2. line
3. scale
4. pattern |
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4 is correct
Although wallpaper can be used to show all the answer choices listed, it is most commonly used for pattern because of the repetitive nature of wallpaper printing. |
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When three colors near each other on the standard color wheel are used together, the scheme is called:
1. monochromatic
2. triad
3. complementary
4. alalogous |
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When black is added to a color, the result is called a:
1. tint
2. shade
3. tone
4. value |
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The arrangement of elements in a composition to achieve visual equilibrium.
Balance depends on the idea of visual weight. |
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| Name the types of balance: |
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Symmetrical- consisting of identical elements arranged equally about a common axis.
Asymmetrical- depends on equalizing the visual, or optical, weights of ninsimilar elements in a composition within a visual field or about a common axis.
Radial- A type of symmetrical in which elements are arranged uniformly about a center point. |
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| Is an agreement of the parts to each other and to the whole |
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| The repetition of elements in a regular pattern. |
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Which of the following statements is LEAST accurate in describing balance?
1. A balanced composition drawn in an elevation can appear imbalanced when constructed in three dimensions.
2. A collection of small elements of various textures appears "heavier |
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| 3 is correct. All other things being equal, people tend to perceive the color, texture, shape, and other aspects of visual weight more than placement. |
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A designer uses the principle of harmony in order to:
1. develop a visual consistency and equilibrium to the individual elements
2. establish an agreement of individual elements to each other and to the entire composition
3. provide interest by develop |
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2 is correct.
answer 1 relates to balance and repetition.
answer 3 describes the principle of emphasis. answer 4 is incorrect because harmony seeks to unify a composition rather than provide variation even though variation is often part of a harmonious design. |
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A:B::B:(A+B)
A line divided such that the ratio of the smaller length is to the larger length as the larger length is to the whole. |
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