BEHAVIORAL ASPECT OF HOUSING

Question 1

It is Man’s view of its
environment and the built
spaces.

Answer 1

Behavioral Aspect of
Housing

Question 2

are things that happen in the environment
that elicit a response or reaction from a person.

Answer 2

Environmental stimuli

Question 3

A pattern of behavior and
attitudes held by an individual
or group that is based on
perceived, attempted or actual
control of definable physical
space, object or idea and may
involve habitual occupation,
defense, personalization and
marking of it.

Answer 3

TERRITORIALITY

Question 4

being alone

Answer 4

Solitude

Question 5

the ability of a small number of
people to be by themselves undisturbed

Answer 5

Intimacy

Question 6

the ability to interact or be
with others without releasing full
information about oneself to avoid being
identified or accountable

Answer 6

Anonymity

Question 7

The ability to limit communication about oneself to others

Answer 7

Reserve

Question 8

Houses of the Filipinos are usually
made of

Answer 8

wood and nipa

Question 9

replaced nipa as roofing

Answer 9

galvanized iron

Question 10

Houses were built then through the help of
friends and neighbors

Answer 10

Bayanihan

Question 11

Single slope extension of a
gable or hip type roof

Answer 11

Pasibi

Question 12

Elevated counter made of
bamboo strips usually
projecting beyond the kitchen
wall – used to store food and
kitchen utensils

Answer 12

banguerahan

Question 13

Waist-level railing, made
using bamboo, used as an
enclosed and protected
porch area

Answer 13

sagang

Question 14

The main access to the
house – made from bamboo
or combined with wood

Answer 14

hagdan

Question 15

The skeletal structural
element of a roof or wall,
assembled or fitted together
to handle the exterior
elements or finishes

Answer 15

Balangkas

Question 16

The small space adjacent to the cooking area with a service door leading outside. For washing hands, feet, bathing kids, washing pots & dishes

Answer 16

Batalan

Question 17

Elevated earthen fireplace
with a stone stove for
cooking

Answer 17

abuhan

Question 18

The main section of the
house used as living, dining
and sleeping areas.

Answer 18

bulwagan

Question 19

Storage for: harvest, tools,
livestock

Answer 19

silong

Question 20

Made from either
bamboo cogon grass,
anahaw leaves or nipa
shingles

Answer 20

bubong

Question 21

*nypa fruiticans” a tropical palm with a
short trunk and brood pinnate leaves that
grows abundantly along rivers and
estuaries

Answer 21

nipa

Question 22

The wall siding is either bamboo
latticework (sala-sala), interlaced bamboo
(amakan) woven bamboo (sawali) or
woven coconut leaves (silirap)

Answer 22

dingding

Question 23

latticework

Answer 23

sala-sala

Question 24

interlaced bamboo

Answer 24

amakan

Question 25

woven bamboo

Answer 25

sawali

Question 26

woven coconut leaves

Answer 26

silirap

Question 27

A whole bamboo, horizontally laid to define the perimeter of the house and tied firmly on each post with rattan strips

Answer 27

yawi

Question 28

A post buried on the ground is called binaon (buried) and a post set up above a stone slabv is referred to as pinatong (placed on)

Answer 28

haligi

Question 29

Whole bamboo laid over the main beam (yawi) to carry the floor joist (soleras)

Answer 29

patukuran

Question 30

A whole bamboo laid parallel with each other of about 12 to 15” over the secondary beam (patukuran) as support for the flooring.

Answer 30

soleras

Question 31

A whole bamboo laid around the perimeter of the house used to hold and support the walls

Answer 31

gililan

Question 32

The old houses were built high on the ground and space below called

Answer 32

silong

Question 33

one of the upright ornamental wood panels, with decorative patterns, formed by perforations above window headers or door jambs as wall decorations to allow added and cross ventilation fretwork

Answer 33

kalado

Question 34

the overhead, often horizontal surface in a room either made of wood or metal. It is intended to both conceal the underside of roofs or floors and provide a decorative overhead surface ceiling

Answer 34

kisame

Question 35

one of the series of square or rectangular lumbers to which the ceiling is fixed ceiling joist

Answer 35

kostilyahe

Question 36

a coffered, carved, or highly patterned wooden ceiling

Answer 36

artesonado

Question 37

a panel between the window header and the eaves for exterior wall and above the door jamb and ceiling for interior partition. It is either of wood framed checkerboard design with capiz for additional natural light or kalado for added ventilation

Answer 37

espeho

Question 38

a window with wooden frame and thin slanting wooden slat that is either fixed or movable as solar protection to admit natural ventilation. louver window

Answer 38

persiana

Question 39

a seat use for relaxation, recreation, and entertaining guests

Answer 39

silya

Question 40

the horizontal, levelled surface in a room on which one walks and stand

Answer 40

sahig or zuelo

Question 41

It is usually provided with ceramic balustrade, and it bears much of the household traffic.

Answer 41

veranda or porch

Question 42

a broom made from chicken feathers for dusting.

Answer 42

plumero

Question 43

was prepared by homemakers from candles, atsuete and kerosene, melted from glowing embers

Answer 43

Floor wax

Question 44

were swept then scrubbed with is-is before wax was applied. When the sticky wax is dry, the floor is scrubbed again until it becomes very shiny.

Answer 44

hardwood floors

Question 45

Latest data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) shows that about ___ Filipinos are homeless

Answer 45

4.5 million

Question 46

Additionally, in latest data, it was reported that approximately __ of the country's total population is reported to live in informal settlements

Answer 46

30%

Question 47

some _____ people or over 0.5 million families residing in informal settlements in Metro Manila and are considered informal settlers by the National Housing Authority (NHA) and the National Economic Development (NEDA).

Answer 47

2.4 million

Question 48

the annual target to get housing assistance is still short by a little over ___

Answer 48

300,000.