DBIA 1 TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Master Builder - ANSWER a team of design and construction professionals
Code of Hammurabi - ANSWER Obligation of design & construction to
society (1795-1750 BC)
Vitruvius - ANSWER Documentation of design and construction practices (40
BC)
Brunelleschi - ANSWER quintessential Design-Builder
& innovator (1377-1446)
Alberti - ANSWER first intentional separation of the art
from the craft
Established architecture as a profession
-distinct from the science of engineering &
-construction
From the 15th century into 19th century - ANSWER Architects retained
responsibility for both
design & construction
Effects of the Industrial Revolution - ANSWER Task specialization
• Ability to communicate design intent
, • Division of labor
• Entrepreneurship
• Need for capital
Hammurabi - ANSWER established the
earliest known body of laws written to
govern its people which included codes for
builders
Code of Hammurabi - ANSWER Obligation of design & construction to
society
Six of Hummurabi's codes for builders - ANSWER if a builder build a house
and completes it, the Owner shall
pay a fee of 2 shekels in money for each sar of surface
• If a builder build a house and does not construct it properly
and the house fall in and kills its owner, the builder is put to
death
• If the building fall in and kills the son of the owner then the
son of the builder is put to death
• If kill the slave of the owner, then the builder pays for the
slave
• If goods are ruin, builder shall make compensation and reerect
the house from his own means
• If walls fall, though not finished, the builder must rebuild
at his own expense
Master Builder - ANSWER a team of design and construction professionals
Code of Hammurabi - ANSWER Obligation of design & construction to
society (1795-1750 BC)
Vitruvius - ANSWER Documentation of design and construction practices (40
BC)
Brunelleschi - ANSWER quintessential Design-Builder
& innovator (1377-1446)
Alberti - ANSWER first intentional separation of the art
from the craft
Established architecture as a profession
-distinct from the science of engineering &
-construction
From the 15th century into 19th century - ANSWER Architects retained
responsibility for both
design & construction
Effects of the Industrial Revolution - ANSWER Task specialization
• Ability to communicate design intent
, • Division of labor
• Entrepreneurship
• Need for capital
Hammurabi - ANSWER established the
earliest known body of laws written to
govern its people which included codes for
builders
Code of Hammurabi - ANSWER Obligation of design & construction to
society
Six of Hummurabi's codes for builders - ANSWER if a builder build a house
and completes it, the Owner shall
pay a fee of 2 shekels in money for each sar of surface
• If a builder build a house and does not construct it properly
and the house fall in and kills its owner, the builder is put to
death
• If the building fall in and kills the son of the owner then the
son of the builder is put to death
• If kill the slave of the owner, then the builder pays for the
slave
• If goods are ruin, builder shall make compensation and reerect
the house from his own means
• If walls fall, though not finished, the builder must rebuild
at his own expense
