INTERIOR DESIGN EXAM SCRIPT
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS LEARNING RESOURCE
●● Transitional
Answer: Takes you from one place to another EX: Corridor, staircase,
hallway, foyer, elevator, escalators
●● Scale
Answer: A Principle: Overall size, such as the largeness, or smallness or
a room, object or pattern. Scale/size of the architecture determines scale
of furnishings
●● Proportion
Answer: Size relationship or ratio of the part to the whole EX: Size of a
chair in relation to the arms
●● Golden Mean
Answer: A line is visually dividing an object-A wall. Tie back drapery
Other furnishings into two unequal but harmonious parts; that line falls
between one-half and one third -vertically or horizontally
●● Balance
, Answer: How it visually looks; Equilibrium achieved by arranging
components symmetrically, asymmetrically, or radially
●● Symmetrical
Answer: Creates a mirror image, suggests formality
●● Asymmetrical
Answer: Dissimilar objects, objects of similar visual weight
●● Radial
Answer: Equilibrium based on the circle EX: Ceiling fan
●● Rhythm
Answer: A Principle: Carries the eye along a path at a pace determined
by the elements that illustrate it. Stairs, window panes, moldings
●● 5 types of rhythm
Answer: Repetition
gradation
Transition
Opposition
Radiation
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS LEARNING RESOURCE
●● Transitional
Answer: Takes you from one place to another EX: Corridor, staircase,
hallway, foyer, elevator, escalators
●● Scale
Answer: A Principle: Overall size, such as the largeness, or smallness or
a room, object or pattern. Scale/size of the architecture determines scale
of furnishings
●● Proportion
Answer: Size relationship or ratio of the part to the whole EX: Size of a
chair in relation to the arms
●● Golden Mean
Answer: A line is visually dividing an object-A wall. Tie back drapery
Other furnishings into two unequal but harmonious parts; that line falls
between one-half and one third -vertically or horizontally
●● Balance
, Answer: How it visually looks; Equilibrium achieved by arranging
components symmetrically, asymmetrically, or radially
●● Symmetrical
Answer: Creates a mirror image, suggests formality
●● Asymmetrical
Answer: Dissimilar objects, objects of similar visual weight
●● Radial
Answer: Equilibrium based on the circle EX: Ceiling fan
●● Rhythm
Answer: A Principle: Carries the eye along a path at a pace determined
by the elements that illustrate it. Stairs, window panes, moldings
●● 5 types of rhythm
Answer: Repetition
gradation
Transition
Opposition
Radiation
