LANDSCAPE
ARCHITECTURE TEST
QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+ 2025-2026
What is the difference between fitting and shaping? - ANS-LA's fit people to land (land
has the upper hand... not doing much to land) LA's shape land for people (people have
upper hand... doing much to land)
Design as Creative____________? - ANS-Compromise
To be professional you need... - ANS-1. Education
2. Certification/Registration (Test)
3. Association (ASLA American Society or Landscape Architects) they are responsible
for standards and policy, the greater good, national recognition, and continuing
education
Single Practice - ANS-only LA's
Multi Practice - ANS-could have Architects, LA's, Engineers, Planners
Design-Build Practice - ANS-ethical edge (little unethical) kind of like a monopoly..sell
things only builders can build opposed to the perfect quality (Designers Design,
Builders Build)
, Public Practice - ANS-work for governments (municipal or state gov) ex. NPS, NFS, BLM
The Landscape Architects design and build? True or False? - ANS-False
Clients vs. Employers: Paying and non-paying clients of public practice LA's? Valued
non-paying clients? - ANS-clients pay the employer who then pays you. paid clients are
investors, developers, government, corps, private individuals, or homeowners. valued
non-paying clients are nature, potential residents, the future, visitors.
Steward - ANS-one who is put in charge, a manager, caretaker etc.
Stewardship and Ecology. What is the "house" which connects them? - ANS-
Land/Nature
Nature as a Foundation - ANS-5 ways
1. client - ANS-stewardship commodity
2. resource (mining, harvesting, sustaining?) - ANS-mining-taking/destroying.
harvesting-regenerative/friendly managed use. sustain-continuing available ..use this in
perpetuity balance give/take
3. science - ANS-design w/ nature; teacher
4. art - ANS-copy, abstract, manipulative, romanticize, etc.
5. philosophy - ANS-preserve, conserve, consume, sustain, escape, restore
Ecology: Derivation of the Word? - ANS-Eco-oikos-stuff-family-logy-study of
ARCHITECTURE TEST
QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+ 2025-2026
What is the difference between fitting and shaping? - ANS-LA's fit people to land (land
has the upper hand... not doing much to land) LA's shape land for people (people have
upper hand... doing much to land)
Design as Creative____________? - ANS-Compromise
To be professional you need... - ANS-1. Education
2. Certification/Registration (Test)
3. Association (ASLA American Society or Landscape Architects) they are responsible
for standards and policy, the greater good, national recognition, and continuing
education
Single Practice - ANS-only LA's
Multi Practice - ANS-could have Architects, LA's, Engineers, Planners
Design-Build Practice - ANS-ethical edge (little unethical) kind of like a monopoly..sell
things only builders can build opposed to the perfect quality (Designers Design,
Builders Build)
, Public Practice - ANS-work for governments (municipal or state gov) ex. NPS, NFS, BLM
The Landscape Architects design and build? True or False? - ANS-False
Clients vs. Employers: Paying and non-paying clients of public practice LA's? Valued
non-paying clients? - ANS-clients pay the employer who then pays you. paid clients are
investors, developers, government, corps, private individuals, or homeowners. valued
non-paying clients are nature, potential residents, the future, visitors.
Steward - ANS-one who is put in charge, a manager, caretaker etc.
Stewardship and Ecology. What is the "house" which connects them? - ANS-
Land/Nature
Nature as a Foundation - ANS-5 ways
1. client - ANS-stewardship commodity
2. resource (mining, harvesting, sustaining?) - ANS-mining-taking/destroying.
harvesting-regenerative/friendly managed use. sustain-continuing available ..use this in
perpetuity balance give/take
3. science - ANS-design w/ nature; teacher
4. art - ANS-copy, abstract, manipulative, romanticize, etc.
5. philosophy - ANS-preserve, conserve, consume, sustain, escape, restore
Ecology: Derivation of the Word? - ANS-Eco-oikos-stuff-family-logy-study of
