CSE EXAM 2025/2026 WITH 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS
5 purposes of California Environmental Quality Act CORRECT
ANSWERS 1. protect rehabilitate and enhance the quality of the
env. now and for the long term future
2. provide clean air and water
3. provide enjoyment of aesthetic, natural scenic and historical
env. qualities as well as freedom from excessive noise
4. protect fish and wildlife species
5. create conditions where man and nature can coexist in
productive harmony
when does CEQA apply to architectural projects CORRECT
ANSWERS when it requires more than ministerial approval,
like varaiance, a conditional -use permit from a govermental
agency and will cause either
,1. direct physical change in the env. or
2. a resonably forseeable indirect change in the env.
T or F? EPA regulate WIldlife? CORRECT ANSWERS true
T or F? EPA regulates Rivers, Lakes Creeks, and Wetlands
CORRECT ANSWERS true
T or F? EPA does not regulate the Ocean CORRECT
ANSWERS False, it does
Does EPA regulate Floodplaines? CORRECT ANSWERS no
what triggers the EPA to get involved? CORRECT ANSWERS
Federal land and Military bases
what triggers the US Army Corps of Engineers to get involved?
CORRECT ANSWERS Wetlands
Navigable waterway
Dredge or fill
,what triggers the Federal Aviation Administration to get
involved? CORRECT ANSWERS Airports
height restrictions
lighting restrictions
What triggers FEMA to get involved? CORRECT ANSWERS
Floodplains
Essential Services
what triggers DSA to get involved? CORRECT ANSWERS
public schools
community college
essential service buildings
state college / university
state owned / leased bldgs
what triggers SFM to get involved? CORRECT ANSWERS
DSA projects
day care facilities
high rise
enclosed malls
public assemblies
, auto body shops
prisons
hospitals
elderly centers
what triggers Office of Statewide Health Planning and
Development? CORRECT ANSWERS Hospitals
Nursing Facilities
Clinics
Medical Offices
'knowledge of the provisions of the Architect's __________ Act
and CA code of Regulations related to architect's business and
professional requirements ( ie. contracts architectural
corporations, responsible control, architect's stamp). CORRECT
ANSWERS #1
Practice
Knowledge of different project _______ methods and architect's
and project team's corresponding roles and responsibilities (ie to
client, as part of team) CORRECT ANSWERS #2
delivery
CORRECT ANSWERS
5 purposes of California Environmental Quality Act CORRECT
ANSWERS 1. protect rehabilitate and enhance the quality of the
env. now and for the long term future
2. provide clean air and water
3. provide enjoyment of aesthetic, natural scenic and historical
env. qualities as well as freedom from excessive noise
4. protect fish and wildlife species
5. create conditions where man and nature can coexist in
productive harmony
when does CEQA apply to architectural projects CORRECT
ANSWERS when it requires more than ministerial approval,
like varaiance, a conditional -use permit from a govermental
agency and will cause either
,1. direct physical change in the env. or
2. a resonably forseeable indirect change in the env.
T or F? EPA regulate WIldlife? CORRECT ANSWERS true
T or F? EPA regulates Rivers, Lakes Creeks, and Wetlands
CORRECT ANSWERS true
T or F? EPA does not regulate the Ocean CORRECT
ANSWERS False, it does
Does EPA regulate Floodplaines? CORRECT ANSWERS no
what triggers the EPA to get involved? CORRECT ANSWERS
Federal land and Military bases
what triggers the US Army Corps of Engineers to get involved?
CORRECT ANSWERS Wetlands
Navigable waterway
Dredge or fill
,what triggers the Federal Aviation Administration to get
involved? CORRECT ANSWERS Airports
height restrictions
lighting restrictions
What triggers FEMA to get involved? CORRECT ANSWERS
Floodplains
Essential Services
what triggers DSA to get involved? CORRECT ANSWERS
public schools
community college
essential service buildings
state college / university
state owned / leased bldgs
what triggers SFM to get involved? CORRECT ANSWERS
DSA projects
day care facilities
high rise
enclosed malls
public assemblies
, auto body shops
prisons
hospitals
elderly centers
what triggers Office of Statewide Health Planning and
Development? CORRECT ANSWERS Hospitals
Nursing Facilities
Clinics
Medical Offices
'knowledge of the provisions of the Architect's __________ Act
and CA code of Regulations related to architect's business and
professional requirements ( ie. contracts architectural
corporations, responsible control, architect's stamp). CORRECT
ANSWERS #1
Practice
Knowledge of different project _______ methods and architect's
and project team's corresponding roles and responsibilities (ie to
client, as part of team) CORRECT ANSWERS #2
delivery
