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The house lots at Walden are:

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mush smaller than typical lots and adjacent to community open spaces and thus seem more
spacious

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The common elements that are shared by landscape architecture and engineering:

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man technology and nature

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According to Lu Cutrera, a thorough and broad-reaching analysis:

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can precent the complete reworking of a solution if the product is found not to be environmentally sound

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The characteristics of special places include:

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strong image, progression of experience, set off as special places in space and time

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In comparing the architecture of a hot arid climate with that of a warm and humid climate:

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hot arid-small windows– warm humid-large openings
hot arid-flat roof–warm humid-high “umbrella” roof
hot-arid heavy adobe insulation–warm humid-rooms that allow air to flow through

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Early Louisiana plantation houses feature:

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cross ventilation; main floor elevated to capture breezes

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In order to be the designer of an interpretative exhibit, it is beneficial to have a background that includes:

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design ability, teaching ability, a knowledge of construction, and the science of museum operations

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In the interpretative Swamp Exhibit at the Audubon Zoo, visitors find the following along the walkways:

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animal habitats, cultural exhibits about people of the swamp, artifacts of swamp life

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The use of water in an environmentally sensitive manner might include:

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the use of exeriscape of planting designs, recycling water, correctly designing and managing irrigation systems, creating water codes and displays that conserve water

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Most adventure playgrounds:

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encourage children to use materials like scrap lumber to build their own play environments

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Through what two process does a child develop intelligence:

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assimilation and accommodations

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In play ground design, provisions for parents should be:

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comfortable and have easy access and visibility of playground

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The reason that psychologists tell us that water and sand can provide the child with an excellent play experience is:

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these materials can respond to manipulation by the child, offer the possibilities of variation, can be moved (rearranged)

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The planned improvement for Bourbon St. included:

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better signs, improved lighting, improved pavements and street gutters

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15
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Four phases of preservation are:

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associative, aesthetic, historic district, adaptive re-use

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16
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Versailles is an example of the historical preservation approach that is called:

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frozen time

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In historic environments, such as in Williamsburg, the goal is to provide a better understanding of:

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the gardens of the period, both decorative and utilitarian

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18
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According to William H. Whyte, successful plazas provide:

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trees, water, food, triangulation

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Buck Abbey explained that interpretation involves:

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telling a story creatively, teaching, design and construction

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William H. Whyte found that dangerous public places are those that are:

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cut off from an separated from the street

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William Whyte noted that:

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food vendors should be encourages in plazas, outdoor cafes should be compactly designed for greater sociability, people tend to be attracted by other people who are eating

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As the design for Scotlandville Park proceeded, a decision was made to:

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use bicycle and pedestrian pathways to create a linear park linking different usage areas

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23
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They playground and construction activities included:

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the kids who drew their vision for the playground and the military and its use of their heavy equipment that was available to them

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24
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At Walden, the LA increased the aesthetic value of the property by:

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widening the drainage canal to create the effect of a Lake

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25
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Scotland Park features:

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multiple uses of highway right-of-ways, interconnection of the community with pathways, nature areas in the floodplain

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The Scotlandville Park plan calls for:

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draining the plain to provide more space for the park and preserving the natural vegetation

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For the Scotlandville Bypass Highway:

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the design team planned and designed the joint use of development

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28
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The goals of New Orleans waterfront renovation includes which of the following:

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improving the visitor’s ability to get close to the water, creation of links between Jackson Square, the French Market, and the Waterfront; use of artillery park as a vantage point to the river and Jackson square

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29
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The French Quarter projects that were shown by Max illustrated how the planning of:

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links and node enhance five related projects in the historic area

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30
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The French Quarter Moon Walk was:

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built to provide a public access to the New Orleans riverfront

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31
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Sam Corso works in a series. This means:

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numbered sequences, variation of an idea, the disposition of colors

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32
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Sam Corso explained that he is a multi-media artists who works in :

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various types of painting and drawing, stained glass, sculpture, mosaics

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33
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The drainage canal at Walden:

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was reshaped and widened to create a lake effect

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34
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The Portland Fountain by Lawrence Halprin uses a grotto providing a view from behind the waterfall which:

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reflected the history of water design from Italian villas

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35
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The Portland Forecourt Fountain addressed safety by:

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posting warning signs and using the lips of waterfalls as safety features

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36
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The earthen embankments along a portion of the Scotlandville Bypass are for the purpose of:

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flood protection, highway noise reduction, directing views

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37
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The Walden project that was illustrated by Van Cox:

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has a widened canal to help rush water out of the subdivision to areas farther down stream

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38
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Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello illustrates how the focus of its preservation:

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initially was placed upon the building; lately has included the site, and the location of the vegetable gardens; is now preserving the remains of the slave cabin foundation

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39
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Charleston, S.C., and the French Quarter in New Orleans are examples of the:

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historic district concept

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The number one activity in plazas observed by William H. Whyte is:

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people watching

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41
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Over the centuries, the meaning and importance of the images in a painting were shown:

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by various sizes of the figures (larger images were more important in early paintings), by halos and labels that identified importance in early paintings, by symbols such as St. Peter’s “key” and other recognizable characteristics in later Renaissance paitings

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42
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As noted in the article, “Kids Don’t Need Equipment, They Need Opportunity,” most public play areas lack:

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skilled supervision and freedom and challenges for the children

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43
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An important objective of the LA who designed the various French Quarter riverfront area projects was to:

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interconnect all five projects

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44
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Traffic management is emphasized in Smart Growth by:

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moving more people using alternative transportation and building compact walkable communities

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The Louisiana Swamp Exhibit theme includes:

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swamp animals, nature in the swamp and swamp culture

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46
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Planting techniques relying more on native species that do not rely upon irrigation are referred to as:

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xeriscpae

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47
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The pattern of house at Walden:

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not typical of most BR subdivisions and a cluster of housing development

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48
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In order to develop and interpretation plan for the Chalmette National Battlefield, Kevin Risk’s research included:

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artist sketches, photos, old maps, and archeological information

49
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(T/F) Even in modern times we can design architecture for extremes of climate by learning from the past

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true

50
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(T/F) The Indian teepee is a reflection of the need for adjustment for cool or warm weather and the Indians’ migration for hunting and fishing

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true

51
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(T/F) In digital models, light, surfaces and atmosphere can be added to images

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true

52
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(T/F) In analyzing the landscape of the Chalmette Battlefield, Kevin Risk discovered that the cypress swamp dictated where the battle would occur and created a narrow battle zone

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true

53
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(T/F) What children need for play is simple: open space, challenges and the tools with which to materialize their own ideas

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true

54
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(T/F) Water shortages are occurring because the rate of population growth is greater than the water supply growth that is being created with technology

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False

55
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(T/F) The highly technical design for Buckminster Fuller’s geodesic dome at the South Pole is vastly different from the architecture of the primitive Eskimo people

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false

56
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(T/F) The preservation plan for Magnolia Mound Plantation in BR calls for the representation of the layers of history that are associated with the long history of the place

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true

57
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(T/F) A child is going from one side of a piece of play equipment to another through tubes of decreasing size. When he reaches a tube too small to crawl through, he crawls over it. This is an example of learning through assimilation according to Piaget.

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false

58
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(T/F) Mounds of dirt, empty boxes and tree branches are the types of cheap equipment that only should be used where budgets are insufficient to purchase more “realistic” play equipment

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false

59
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(T/F) The ideal playground for children would have experiences that might include roughness, smoothness, dryness, wetness, cold, warmth, hardness, softness, etc.

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true

60
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(T/F) Halprin’s Portland Fountain is a node in a series of links and nodes that were designed to create the framework for urban development

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true

61
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(T/F) Halprin’s underlying principle for the Portland Fountain was “the essential purpose of design is to create the possibilities for events to happen”

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true

62
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(T/F) A system of links and nodes is a common characteristic of the Portlan Fountain Complex and the French Quarter Riverfront Complex

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true

63
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(T/F) In the art of stained glass, the lead, framework for the glass is an important part of the artistic composition

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true

64
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(T/F) Sam Corso is a keen observer of his environment from which he develops ideas for his art.

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true

65
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(T/F) Zero line lot cluster development at Walden results in less usable area than on typical subdivision lots

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false

66
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(T/F) The hydrological aspects of the Walden site were major aspects in the “big picture” that affects its planning and design

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true

67
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(T/F) From the viewpoint of marketing professional services, Lu Cutrera explained how his work as a landscape architect in preparing a project master plan creates big projects for the engineers in his firm

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true

68
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(T/F) According to Lu Cutrera, the environmental impact statement should always be taken care of after the engineering analysis and design of a project has been complete

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false

69
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(T/F) The “kite plan” in Washington D.C. refers to the area in Potomac River Park denoted for kite flying

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false

70
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(T/F) The Design process used by Lawrence Halprin for the FDR Memorial was a very introspective and person one in which the genius of Halprin came into full bloom without the aid of other collaborators

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false

71
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(T/F) The basic reason for Green Laws is to preserve and enhance nature in the city. Codes set the standards of design and prevent total destruction of nature

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true

72
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(T/F) Nature is not art, but a painting of nature is art

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true

73
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(T/F) Art is a man made object to which is given more than utilitarian value

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true

74
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(T/F) Art must be understood as it relates to the context of the time

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true

75
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(T/F) Simply stated, the basic design of the FDR memorial consists of four outdoor rooms connected by passageways

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true

76
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(T/F) Ray Issacs illustrated how the Eskimo Igloo, and the Indian pueblo are similar in their abilities to reduce the harsh effects of climate

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false

77
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(T/F) Because of their undeveloped technology, early Indian cultures were unable to fully respond to the environment in their architectural solutions

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false

78
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(T/F) As illustrated by London Parks, the success of parks is enhances by located them away from the city center

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false

79
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(T/F) Successful parks must be planned as essential parts of the urban environment and not as afterthoughts

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true

80
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(T/F) The workshop approach that Halprin uses is a good tool for designing for all kinds of people, including the handicapped.

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true

81
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(T/F) The skills of the landscape architect in preparing grading plan were unnecessary in the construction of the Louisiana Swamp exhibit in the existing swamp-like environment at the Audubon Zoo

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false

82
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(T/F) People watching, according to William H. Whyte, is the number one activity in successful city space.

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true

83
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(T/F) According to Sadik Artunc, the tropical Florida style landscape is appropriate in Arizona if there are enough funds to support it

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false

84
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(T/F) Current population trends are reducing the water shortage problems because the population is tending to relocate where water supplies are more plentiful

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false

85
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(T/F) Xeriscape can help to conserve water by reducing the need for irrigation

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true

86
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(T/F) According to William H. Whyte, New York zoning favors kiosks and cafes because people who are eating attract other people

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true

87
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(T/F) In the FDR memorial, Halprin developed the idea for outdoor garden rooms connected in sequence

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true

88
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(T/F) Halprin’s basic planning concept for the FDR memorial was to develop “4 garden rooms”

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true

89
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(T/F) Tree removal and land clearing are very destructive to solid, wildlife, drainage patterns, etc.

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true

90
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(T/F) An effective idea implemented in the Bosnian playgrounds considered the teenagers’ needs for basketball and soccer facilities. Their location near the children’s playground resulted in the teenagers protecting the playground

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true

91
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(T/F) The effectiveness of linear park concept for Scotlandville is dependent upon the separation of each of its parts for the exclusive use of each of the adjacent neighborhoods

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false

92
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(T/F) Lu Cutrera explained how engineering is a very narrow field

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true

93
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(T/F) Lu Cutrera pointed out how engineering tends to have a broad focus dealing with the big picture, while landscape architecture has a project specific narrow focus

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false

94
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(T/F) As in architecture and landscape architecture, interior designers are problem solvers and in their work they protect the health and safety of their project’s users

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true

95
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(T/F) Interior decorators are primarily concerned with aesthetics of their projects, whereas interior designers are concerned with the function of the spaces that they design, the safety codes and the aesthetics of their projects

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true

96
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(T/F) The purpose of planting in “yard buffers” between different land uses is to screen incompatible land uses from one another

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true

97
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(T/F) Storm water runoff from parking lots gets polluted

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true

98
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(T/F) Smart Growth make better use of existing redeveloped or redeveloped space within a community for diversity and more housing choices

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true

99
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(T/F) Bigger roads have more capacity than multiple smaller roads

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false

100
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(T/F) In Smart Growth communities connected street systems keep short trips to the grocery store off the main arterial roads

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true

101
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(T/F) Smart Growth strengthens the development of existing communities by using existing infrastructure, whereas, sprawl does not build on existing facilities

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true

102
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(T/F) Like at Magnolia Mound, Kevin Risk discovered layers of history at the Chalmette National Battlefield

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true

103
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(T/F) The playgrounds designed by Karla Christensen in Bosnia were meant to help children recover from the war. They could pretend and learn from one another though play

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true

104
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(T/F) In the images that are produced by design firms and the motion picture industry of today, combined techniques are used to create realistic situations

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true

105
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(T/F) Later in its history, the battlefield was divided by a small black community that has to be removed to restore the battlefield

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true

106
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(T/F) “Waster hustling” refers to the practice of relocation water from where it is plentiful to areas where it is scarce

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true

107
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(T/F) In order to produce the possibility for lawsuits, safety features were later added to the Portland Auditorium Fountain

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true

108
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(T/F) Throughout history artists have had a fixed role and the art has always retained the same meaning

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false

109
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(T/F) Interior designers and landscape architects use different processes in design

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false

110
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(T/F) Landscape architects deal with the scale of the natural environment, which can be quite monumental; interior designers real with he scale of the immediate human environment

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true

111
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(T/F) Glaciers have formed parts of the relatively new landscapes of Alaska

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true

112
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(T/F) An important consideration for landscape architects who are designed projects in Alaska is the protection of the permafrost (frozen layer of soil beneath the surface)

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true

113
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(T/F) In Alaska, Bruce Sharky and other team members studied the types of vegetation by observing the pattern of fall foliage color to determine the best soils for building areas

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true

114
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(T/F) The plan for improving Bourbon Street has its goal the conservation of Bourbon street to look more like other parts of the French Quarter a complete image change

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false

115
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(T/F) The goal is to have an organized play experience that limits the child’s exercise of fantasy in order to create a successful learning experience

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False

116
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(T/F) Ace Torre proposed that the sizes of Bourbon street signs
should be related to the square footage of the fronts of buildings

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true

117
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(T/F) Ace Torre noted that different building uses required different edges on Bourbon Street. For example restaurant buildings should be opaque and strip clubs should be transparent

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false

118
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(T/F) Historic districts such as Charleston, SC are very similar to the manner in which complete historic environment of Williamsburg, VA was preserved

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false

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