Landscape Architecture Test 1 questions
with verified solutions
What is the difference between fitting and shaping? - correct answer ✔✔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____________? - correct answer ✔✔Compromise
To be professional you need... - correct answer ✔✔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 - correct answer ✔✔only LA's
Multi Practice - correct answer ✔✔could have Architects, LA's, Engineers, Planners
Design-Build Practice - correct answer ✔✔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 - correct answer ✔✔work for governments (municipal or state gov) ex. NPS, NFS, BLM
The Landscape Architects design and build? True or False? - correct answer ✔✔False
Clients vs. Employers: Paying and non-paying clients of public practice LA's? Valued non-paying clients? -
correct answer ✔✔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 - correct answer ✔✔one who is put in charge, a manager, caretaker etc.
Stewardship and Ecology. What is the "house" which connects them? - correct answer ✔✔Land/Nature
Nature as a Foundation - correct answer ✔✔5 ways
1. client - correct answer ✔✔stewardship commodity
2. resource (mining, harvesting, sustaining?) - correct answer ✔✔mining-taking/destroying. harvesting-
regenerative/friendly managed use. sustain-continuing available ..use this in perpetuity balance
give/take
3. science - correct answer ✔✔design w/ nature; teacher
4. art - correct answer ✔✔copy, abstract, manipulative, romanticize, etc.
5. philosophy - correct answer ✔✔preserve, conserve, consume, sustain, escape, restore
Ecology: Derivation of the Word? - correct answer ✔✔Eco-oikos-stuff-family-logy-study of
scientific study of the complex, interrelated systems of the natural environment - correct answer
✔✔ecology
Ecological Systems - correct answer ✔✔4 major systems
1. Land - correct answer ✔✔geology, geography, topography, agron
2. Water - correct answer ✔✔hydrology
3. Climate - correct answer ✔✔sun/wind/precipitation
with verified solutions
What is the difference between fitting and shaping? - correct answer ✔✔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____________? - correct answer ✔✔Compromise
To be professional you need... - correct answer ✔✔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 - correct answer ✔✔only LA's
Multi Practice - correct answer ✔✔could have Architects, LA's, Engineers, Planners
Design-Build Practice - correct answer ✔✔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 - correct answer ✔✔work for governments (municipal or state gov) ex. NPS, NFS, BLM
The Landscape Architects design and build? True or False? - correct answer ✔✔False
Clients vs. Employers: Paying and non-paying clients of public practice LA's? Valued non-paying clients? -
correct answer ✔✔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 - correct answer ✔✔one who is put in charge, a manager, caretaker etc.
Stewardship and Ecology. What is the "house" which connects them? - correct answer ✔✔Land/Nature
Nature as a Foundation - correct answer ✔✔5 ways
1. client - correct answer ✔✔stewardship commodity
2. resource (mining, harvesting, sustaining?) - correct answer ✔✔mining-taking/destroying. harvesting-
regenerative/friendly managed use. sustain-continuing available ..use this in perpetuity balance
give/take
3. science - correct answer ✔✔design w/ nature; teacher
4. art - correct answer ✔✔copy, abstract, manipulative, romanticize, etc.
5. philosophy - correct answer ✔✔preserve, conserve, consume, sustain, escape, restore
Ecology: Derivation of the Word? - correct answer ✔✔Eco-oikos-stuff-family-logy-study of
scientific study of the complex, interrelated systems of the natural environment - correct answer
✔✔ecology
Ecological Systems - correct answer ✔✔4 major systems
1. Land - correct answer ✔✔geology, geography, topography, agron
2. Water - correct answer ✔✔hydrology
3. Climate - correct answer ✔✔sun/wind/precipitation
