NCIDQ (IDFX/IDPX) questions with correct answers

4 programming considerations Answer Form, Function, Economy, Time 5 step programming process Answer 1. Goals (what does the client want to achieve and why?) 2. Collect/analyze facts (what do we know? what is a given?) 3. Uncover and test concepts (how does client want to achieve goals?) 4. Determine needs (money? space? quality level? + feasibility test) 5. State problem (significant conditions affecting the design of the building? general directions the design should take?) Programmatic Concepts Answer a designer's abstract ideas about how to solve a performance problem (also can be thought of as the client wishlist boiled down to simple abstract ideas) e.g.: expandability hierarchy density grouping flow phasing Assembly Occupancy Answer A-1 through A-5 > 50 occupants occupants unfamiliar with space