IDFX NCIDQ ACTUAL TEST BANK
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A PLUS SUCCESS GUIDE
●● 1. Client Interviews
2. Field Surveys
3. Observation
4. Questionnaires
Answer: What four methods of gathering information are used in the
programming process?
●● Multiply the area required per person by the number of people.
Answer: What is a common way to determine the floor area required for
an activity?
●● Between 60% and 80%
Answer: What range of percentages do space -planning efficiency ratios
typically fall within?
●● The actual area needed to accommodate specific functions,
WITHOUT taking into account primary circulation space or support
space.
Answer: What is the net area or net assignable are of a building?
,●● Area available for assignment to a tenant with in the perimeter walls
of the tenant space, as we as, private corridors, walls, and columns
within the tenant space. ( May also include a proportionate share of
public corridors, rest rooms, and elevator lobbies shared by all tenants.
Answer: In a leased space, what is considered to be rentable area?
●● This the area actually used for the spaces intended purpose, in
addition to circulation spaces within the leased space and partitions and
columns within the space.
Answer: In a leased space, what is considered to be usable area?
●● The ratio of net area to the usable area in the leased space.
Answer: what is the efficiency factor of a leased space?
●● Both floor area and the occupancy group must be known.
Answer: What two things must a designer know about a space before the
necessary number of exits can be determined?
●● 1. Mold
2. Mildew
3. Bacteria
4. Viruses
5. Mites
,6. Pollen
7. Animal Dander
8. Dust
9. Insects
Answer: What are nine common biological contaminants found in
buildings?
●● 1. Asbetoes
2. Vermiculite
3. PCBS ( Polychlorinated Biphenyls)
4. Lead
5. Radon
Answer: What are five common hazardous materials found in buildings?
●● The practice of re-using existing building materials from buildings as
much as possible.
Answer: What is adaptive Reuse ?
●● The process undertaken before design during which all pertinent
information about a project is collected and analyzed.
Answer: What is programing?
●● 1. Establish Goals
, 2. Collect Facts
3. Uncover concepts
4. Determine Needs
5. State the Problem
Answer: According to the book "Problem Seeking" by William Pena, et
al., what are the five steps in the programming process?
●● 1. The first is a Performance requirement- related to general methods
of solving a problem or satisfying a need.
2. The second is a Specific physical response that is an attempt to satisfy
the performance requirement. ( aka that need)
Answer: How does a programmatic concept differ from a design
concept?
●● 1. Convertibility,
2. Expandability
3. Versatility
Answer: In terms of the programming process, what are the three
components of flexibility?
●● Lowest to highest...
1. LEED Certified
2. LEED Silver
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A PLUS SUCCESS GUIDE
●● 1. Client Interviews
2. Field Surveys
3. Observation
4. Questionnaires
Answer: What four methods of gathering information are used in the
programming process?
●● Multiply the area required per person by the number of people.
Answer: What is a common way to determine the floor area required for
an activity?
●● Between 60% and 80%
Answer: What range of percentages do space -planning efficiency ratios
typically fall within?
●● The actual area needed to accommodate specific functions,
WITHOUT taking into account primary circulation space or support
space.
Answer: What is the net area or net assignable are of a building?
,●● Area available for assignment to a tenant with in the perimeter walls
of the tenant space, as we as, private corridors, walls, and columns
within the tenant space. ( May also include a proportionate share of
public corridors, rest rooms, and elevator lobbies shared by all tenants.
Answer: In a leased space, what is considered to be rentable area?
●● This the area actually used for the spaces intended purpose, in
addition to circulation spaces within the leased space and partitions and
columns within the space.
Answer: In a leased space, what is considered to be usable area?
●● The ratio of net area to the usable area in the leased space.
Answer: what is the efficiency factor of a leased space?
●● Both floor area and the occupancy group must be known.
Answer: What two things must a designer know about a space before the
necessary number of exits can be determined?
●● 1. Mold
2. Mildew
3. Bacteria
4. Viruses
5. Mites
,6. Pollen
7. Animal Dander
8. Dust
9. Insects
Answer: What are nine common biological contaminants found in
buildings?
●● 1. Asbetoes
2. Vermiculite
3. PCBS ( Polychlorinated Biphenyls)
4. Lead
5. Radon
Answer: What are five common hazardous materials found in buildings?
●● The practice of re-using existing building materials from buildings as
much as possible.
Answer: What is adaptive Reuse ?
●● The process undertaken before design during which all pertinent
information about a project is collected and analyzed.
Answer: What is programing?
●● 1. Establish Goals
, 2. Collect Facts
3. Uncover concepts
4. Determine Needs
5. State the Problem
Answer: According to the book "Problem Seeking" by William Pena, et
al., what are the five steps in the programming process?
●● 1. The first is a Performance requirement- related to general methods
of solving a problem or satisfying a need.
2. The second is a Specific physical response that is an attempt to satisfy
the performance requirement. ( aka that need)
Answer: How does a programmatic concept differ from a design
concept?
●● 1. Convertibility,
2. Expandability
3. Versatility
Answer: In terms of the programming process, what are the three
components of flexibility?
●● Lowest to highest...
1. LEED Certified
2. LEED Silver
