ACCURATE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
●● Arch. Answer: A curved structure for spanning an opening, designed
to support a vertical load primarily by axial compression.
●● Architect. Answer: An individual trained in the art and science of
designing and constructing buildings.
●● Bearing Walls. Answer: Solid walls that provide support for each
other and for the roof of a structure.
●● Civil Engineer. Answer: An engineer trained in the design and
construction of public works, such as bridges or dams, and other large
facilities.
●● Color. Answer: The appearance of objects that may be described in
terms of hue, lightness, and saturation.
●● Contrast. Answer: A visual principle associated with change made in
size, shape, color, or tone of graphic elements.
, ●● Design Principles. Answer: The rules that describe how designers
might put together various design elements to create an aesthetic
finished product.
●● Dome. Answer: An arrangement of several arches whose bases form
a circle and whose tops meet in the center.
●● Element of Design. Answer: A basic visual component or building
block of designed objects; the structure of design's composition.
●● Emphasis. Answer: Stress or prominence given to an element of a
composition by means of contrast, anomaly, or counterpoint.
●● Façade. Answer: The exterior face of a building. An architectural
front or "face" of a building.
●● Form. Answer: The shape and structure of something as
distinguished from its substance or material.
●● Keystone. Answer: A wedge-shaped stone placed in the top, center of
the crown of an arch.
●● Line. Answer: The edge or contour of a shape. An element of design
that can be thick or thin, long or short, curvy, straight, vertical,
horizontal.