EXAC 2026 – PROGRAMMING EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
In what phase of a project is the program created? - Correct Answers -Pre-design
phase
Program is also called - Correct Answers -Functional program, design brief, facilities
program, architectural program, owner's statement of requirements, space needs
analyses.
What is a functional program? - Correct Answers -A written statement which describes
various criteria and data for a building project, including design objectives, site
requirements and constraints, spatial requirements and relationships, building systems
and equipment, and future expandability.
Programming skills - Correct Answers -Organizational behaviour, decision-
making,success measurement, future objectives, social responsibility.
How to develop programming skills? - Correct Answers -The social sciences,
management sciences, operations research, industrial engineering.
How to determine fees for programs? - Correct Answers -Separately and not part of
"basic services"
What are some programming techniques? - Correct Answers -Research, observation (of
the client's existing site or workplace), interviews and direct consultation with end users
of the facility, public consultation, facilitation of focus groups, questionnaires and
surveys.
The amount of space required is determined from? - Correct Answers -The number of
people or pieces of equipment that will occupy the spaces, the nature of the activity in
the place.
The architect must understand what to create the program - Correct Answers -The
impacts of a building occupants and processes in the built environment, the social
impacts of its program on the community, the planning impacts of its functions on the
local infrastructure.
To prepare the program the users and their work must be observed and include -
Correct Answers -Function-by-function, room-by-room, department-by-department
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
In what phase of a project is the program created? - Correct Answers -Pre-design
phase
Program is also called - Correct Answers -Functional program, design brief, facilities
program, architectural program, owner's statement of requirements, space needs
analyses.
What is a functional program? - Correct Answers -A written statement which describes
various criteria and data for a building project, including design objectives, site
requirements and constraints, spatial requirements and relationships, building systems
and equipment, and future expandability.
Programming skills - Correct Answers -Organizational behaviour, decision-
making,success measurement, future objectives, social responsibility.
How to develop programming skills? - Correct Answers -The social sciences,
management sciences, operations research, industrial engineering.
How to determine fees for programs? - Correct Answers -Separately and not part of
"basic services"
What are some programming techniques? - Correct Answers -Research, observation (of
the client's existing site or workplace), interviews and direct consultation with end users
of the facility, public consultation, facilitation of focus groups, questionnaires and
surveys.
The amount of space required is determined from? - Correct Answers -The number of
people or pieces of equipment that will occupy the spaces, the nature of the activity in
the place.
The architect must understand what to create the program - Correct Answers -The
impacts of a building occupants and processes in the built environment, the social
impacts of its program on the community, the planning impacts of its functions on the
local infrastructure.
To prepare the program the users and their work must be observed and include -
Correct Answers -Function-by-function, room-by-room, department-by-department
