Landscape Architect Max Conrad Midterm Exam Questions and Answers
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PLA - Professional Landscape Architect
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PLA - Professional Landscape Architect
During the implantation process, barriers are put around trees in order to? - Answer-protect trees from damage; protect soil around the trees from compaction; keep construction equipment off of the soil around the trees (all of the above)
The landscape architect has to put into consideration tha...
Landscape Architect Max Conrad
Midterm Exam Questions and Answers
During the implantation process, barriers are put around trees in order to? - Answer-
protect trees from damage; protect soil around the trees from compaction; keep
construction equipment off of the soil around the trees (all of the above)
The landscape architect has to put into consideration that on most sites? - Answer-there
are existing natural and manmade features; some things have to be removed during the
implantation period; some things have to be protected and save (all of the above)
In his design for the art gallery in Washington D.C., I.M. Pei...? - Answer-Expressed the
essence of the composition in the use of the triangle; Repeated the design of the
existing art gallery on the opposite side of the plaza (Both A and B)
True/False: Surveying is necessary for the location of horizontal placement of elements
in the landscape rather than the vertical placement - Answer-False
True/False: For the implementation process the landscape architect has to consider the
space required for construction equipment and formwork as well as the dimensions of
the actual part of the landscape that is to be constructed - Answer-True
A landscape architect studies plants to emphasize? - Answer-Line, form, texture, and
color; Primarily to understand their growing requirements (Both A and B)
When thinking of plants in terms of space, the concepts that might be considered
include? - Answer-Opening and closing of space; Concealing and revealing; The
enclosure and shaping of space (All the above)
Art can be defined as? - Answer-An idea given form by the mind of man; Wild nature
that gives inspiration to landscape architects (Both A and B)
True/False: Wild nature can be a source of inspiration to landscape architects: it too is
art - Answer-False
True/False: Landscape architecture is a craft that emphasizes functional issues and
skills rather than art - Answer-False
GIS maps were used in the design process for the resort Island of Bimini to...? -
Answer-Determine where the buildable lands were
In constructing the Island resort of Bimini in the Bahamas, the sand dunes on the beach
were...? - Answer-Carefully preserved
, The planning of the Island resort of Bimini in the Bahamas...? - Answer-Emphasized the
natural characteristics of the narrow island ride that brought visitors into close contact
with the water.
True/False: In order to provide for spectacular views over the blue waters of the Bimini
coastline, beach house were planned for the areas on the ocean side of the sand dunes
- Answer-False
Which of the following is a component of geography? - Answer-Physical; Cultural;
Economic; Descriptive (All of the Above)
Changes in the landscape can be? - Answer-Catastrophic; Gradual; Day by Day (All the
above)
True/False: Climate plays a strong part in shaping the landscape. Forests indicate areas
of high rainfall and grasslands indicate low rainfall - Answer-False
True/False:
Soil is created by interaction between geology and climate - Answer-True
The earth's thin layer of soil makes...? - Answer-Makes vegetation possible; It possible
for animals to feed on vegetation; Food for carnivores in the food chain (E. B,C,D)
True/False: An example of a catastrophic change in the landscape is glaciations -
Answer-False
Vaux Le Vicomte was...? - Answer-Designed by Andre Le Notre; Designed by Le Brun;
Designed by Le Vau (All of the above)
During the 1700s English designers of the landscape were influenced by...? - Answer-
Landscape painting; Scenes of pastoral landscapes; Literary discussion of landscape
principles and ideas; The economics of maintenance (All the above)
The Greeks organized buildings...? - Answer-Not formally or rectangularly, but with free
grouping, suggest by the site
The middle ages are characterized by designs featuring...? - Answer-Inward
introspective planning
The major garden spaces of Versailles are shaped by...? - Answer-Building and trees
The ecological factors that influenced Islamic Garden was...? - Answer-Oasis- high
contrast to the surrounding deserts
France during the 1600s started building gardens...? - Answer-That were inspires by
Italian renaissance gardens
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