NCIDQ IDFX UPDATED ACTUAL TEST
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
BUNDLE
●● What are the 4 methods of gathering info in the programming
process?
Answer: Client interviews; questionnaires; observation; field surveys
●● What is a common way to determine the floor area required for an
activity?
Answer: Multiply the area required per person by the # of people
●● What range of percentages do space planning efficiency rations
typically fall within?
Answer: 60% to 80%
●● What is the net area or net assignable area of a building?
Answer: The actual area needed to accommodate specific functions,
without taking into account primary circulation space or support space.
●● In a leased space, what is considered rentable area?
Answer: Area available within the perimeter walls of tenant space as
well as private corridors, walls and columns within the tenant space.
,May include a proportionate share of public corridors, restrooms, and
elevator lobbies shared by all tenants.
●● In a leased space, what is considered to be usable area?
Answer: The area actually used for the spaces intended purpose, in
addition to circulation spaces within the leased space and partitions and
columns within the space
●● What is the efficiency factor of a leased space?
Answer: The ratio of net area to usable area in the leased space.
●● What is territoriality?
Answer: Human behavior that attempts to lay claim to space and give a
sense of self identity.
●● What is proxemics?
Answer: The study of the degree of spatial separation that people
maintain while interacting, and how these distances are related to social,
environmental, and cultural factors.
●● In proxemics, as described by Edward hall, what are the names of the
4 distances. Closest first.
Answer: Intimate, personal, social, public
, ●● What theory did Abraham Maslow propose?
Answer: A hierarchy of human needs ranging for basic needs like food
and water, to more advanced needs like self actualization, order, and
beauty.
●● Which table configuration is the most appropriate for a committee
meeting
Answer: Circular table to foster cooperation
●● What is a design theory?
Answer: A mental construct based on a philosophy or set or beliefs that's
used to direct a design
●● What is Gestalt psychology?
Answer: This theory of psychology asserts that people perceive their
environment as a whole and add structure to what they see
●● What psychological principle is illustrated by the ability to see two
triangles out of lines and circles?
Answer: The prince of closure or form constancy in gestalt psychology.
●● In Gestalt psychology, what is grouping?
Answer: This is the tendency to perceive separate elements in a visual
field as a single whole.
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
BUNDLE
●● What are the 4 methods of gathering info in the programming
process?
Answer: Client interviews; questionnaires; observation; field surveys
●● What is a common way to determine the floor area required for an
activity?
Answer: Multiply the area required per person by the # of people
●● What range of percentages do space planning efficiency rations
typically fall within?
Answer: 60% to 80%
●● What is the net area or net assignable area of a building?
Answer: The actual area needed to accommodate specific functions,
without taking into account primary circulation space or support space.
●● In a leased space, what is considered rentable area?
Answer: Area available within the perimeter walls of tenant space as
well as private corridors, walls and columns within the tenant space.
,May include a proportionate share of public corridors, restrooms, and
elevator lobbies shared by all tenants.
●● In a leased space, what is considered to be usable area?
Answer: The area actually used for the spaces intended purpose, in
addition to circulation spaces within the leased space and partitions and
columns within the space
●● What is the efficiency factor of a leased space?
Answer: The ratio of net area to usable area in the leased space.
●● What is territoriality?
Answer: Human behavior that attempts to lay claim to space and give a
sense of self identity.
●● What is proxemics?
Answer: The study of the degree of spatial separation that people
maintain while interacting, and how these distances are related to social,
environmental, and cultural factors.
●● In proxemics, as described by Edward hall, what are the names of the
4 distances. Closest first.
Answer: Intimate, personal, social, public
, ●● What theory did Abraham Maslow propose?
Answer: A hierarchy of human needs ranging for basic needs like food
and water, to more advanced needs like self actualization, order, and
beauty.
●● Which table configuration is the most appropriate for a committee
meeting
Answer: Circular table to foster cooperation
●● What is a design theory?
Answer: A mental construct based on a philosophy or set or beliefs that's
used to direct a design
●● What is Gestalt psychology?
Answer: This theory of psychology asserts that people perceive their
environment as a whole and add structure to what they see
●● What psychological principle is illustrated by the ability to see two
triangles out of lines and circles?
Answer: The prince of closure or form constancy in gestalt psychology.
●● In Gestalt psychology, what is grouping?
Answer: This is the tendency to perceive separate elements in a visual
field as a single whole.
