General Architectural Knowledge (5 marks)

Question 1

If required, the disciplining of Architects is carried out by:
a) MBIE – the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
b) NZRAB – the NZ Registered Architects Board
c) NZIA – the NZ Institute of Architects
d) NZIA and NZRAB

Answer 1

b) NZRAB – the NZ Registered Architects Board

Question 2

Where is it written explicitly that “A Registered Architect must observe the confidentiality of the client’s affairs and must not disclose confidential information without the prior consent of the client.”:
a) The NZIA Agreement for Architects Services
b) The NZRAB Agreement for Architects Services
c) The NZIA Code of Minimum Standards of Ethical Conduct for Registered Architects
d) The NZRAB Code of Minimum Standards of Ethical Conduct for Registered Architects

Answer 2

d) The NZRAB Code of Minimum Standards of Ethical Conduct for Registered Architects

Question 3

The primary responsibility of the NZRAB is:
a) Writing the Architects’ Act
b) The registration of Architects and writing of the Architects’ Act
c) The registration of Architects and maintaining a register of NZ Architects
d) Providing support documents to Architects

Answer 3

c) The registration of Architects and maintaining a register of NZ Architects

Question 4

What New Zealand legislation protects the titles of ‘Architect’ and
‘Registered Architect’?
a) The Architects Act 2005
b) The Registered Architects Act 2005
c) The Registered Architects’ Rules 2006
d) The Registered Architects Act 2006

Answer 4

b) The Registered Architects Act 2005

Question 5

The organisation NZCIC;
a) Is the NZ Construction Industry Council and produces typical project costs/m2
b) Is the NZ Costing Information Centre and produces typical project costs/m2
c) Is the NZ Commercial Investment Council and produces the NZ Design Guidelines and typical project costs/m2
d) Is the NZ Construction Industry Council and produces the NZ Design Guidelines

Answer 5

d) Is the NZ Construction Industry Council and produces the NZ Design Guidelines

Question 6

Where is it written explicitly that an Architect must have their terms of appointment recorded in writing, agreed to, and a formal instruction to proceed issued by the Client?
a) In the Code of Minimum Standards of Ethical Conduct for Architects
b) On the NZIA website
c) On the NZIA website and in the Registered Architects Act
d) In the Registered Architects’ Act

Answer 6

a) In the Code of Minimum Standards of Ethical Conduct for Architects

Question 7

The Code of Minimum Standards of Ethical Conduct for Architects:
a) Is enforced by NZRAB, the NZ Registered Architects’ Board
b) Is enforced by MBIE, Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
c) Is enforced by NZIA, the NZ Institute of Architects
d) Is enforced by both the NZIA and NZRAB

Answer 7

a) Is enforced by NZRAB, the NZ Registered Architects’ Board

Question 8

The NZIA is responsible for:
a) Setting up the NZ Registered Architects Board
b) The disciplining Architects
c) The registration of Architects
d) Providing support to architects in practice

Answer 8

d) Providing support to architects in practice

Question 9

What New Zealand legislation protects the titles of ‘Architect’ and
‘Registered Architect’?
a) The Architects Act 2005
b) The Registered Architects Act 2005
c) The Registered Architects’ Rules 2006
d) The Registered Architects Act 2006

Answer 9

b) The Registered Architects Act 2005

Question 10

The NZRAB is responsible for:
a) Writing the Architects’ Act
b) The registration of Architects and writing the Architects’ Act
c) The registration of Architects
d) Providing support documents to Architects

Answer 10

c) The registration of Architects

Question 11

To register as an architect in New Zealand, an applicant needs to have completed which of the following as a minimum:
a) Be competent across all the experience areas
b) Be competent across all the experience areas and hold a recognised qualification such as MArch (Prof) degree
c) Be competent across all the experience areas and hold a recognised qualification such as MArch (Prof) degree and have completed 480 hours minimum practical experience
d) Be competent across all the experience areas and hold a recognised qualification such as MArch (Prof) degree and have completed 5,250 hours minimum practical experience

Answer 11

d) Be competent across all the experience areas and hold a recognised qualification such as MArch (Prof) degree and have completed 5,250 hours minimum practical experience

Question 12

Where would one look to find the most up to date Development Controls for Auckland?
a) The Building Act
b) The District Plan
c) The Auckland Unitary Plan
d) The Resource Management Act

Answer 12

c) The Auckland Unitary Plan

Question 13

A Topographical Surveyor:
a) provides legal information of the land
b) provides levels of the site
c) provides sub-soil information
d) provides Schedules of Quantities

Answer 13

c) provides sub-soil information

Question 14

Where can one read the Code of Minimum Standards of Ethical Conduct for Architects?
a) On the NZIA website and written within the Registered Architect’s Rules
b) On the NZRAB website and written within the Registered Architect’s Rules
c) On the NZRAB website
d) Written within the Registered Architect’s Rules

Answer 14

b) On the NZRAB website and written within the Registered Architect’s Rules

Question 15

The ‘Architect’ named within the NZIA SCC document:
a) Is automatically the Architect’s representative
b) Is a director of the Architectural practice
c) Is automatically the Project Architect for the job
d) Is the name of the architectural practice

Answer 15

d) Is the name of the architectural practice

Question 16

The most accurate estimates for building costs at the Developed Design stage of a project are produced by:
a) The Quantity Surveyor
b) The Cadastral Surveyor
c) The Architect
d) The Contractor

Answer 16

a) The Quantity Surveyor

Question 17

P and G means:
a) The profit and general that the principal pays for the project
b) The profit and general that the contractor pays for the project
c) The preliminaries and general that the contractor pays for the project
d) The preliminaries and general that the principal pays for the project

Answer 17

c) The preliminaries and general that the contractor pays for the project

Question 18

Which of the following consultants are most usually employed as
separate consultants as opposed to sub-consultants?
a) The Architect
b) The Architect and the Quantity Surveyor
c) The Architect, Quantity Surveyor and the contractor
d) The Quantity Surveyor

Answer 18

b) The Architect and the Quantity Surveyor

Question 19

Who usually employs the sub-contractors on a project?
a) The Contractor
b) The Client
c) The Project Manager
d) The Architect

Answer 19

a) The Contractor

Question 20

Which of the following statements relating to the charging of fees is the most correct?
a) Time charges are used where required services are of an unknown extent and duration
b) Lump sum fees are used where services are of an unknown extent and duration
c) Time charge fees are used where services are of a known extent and duration
d) Percentage fees are used where the client is a developer

Answer 20

a) Time charges are used where required services are of an unknown extent and duration

Question 21

Which organisation is responsible for writing the ethical standards that Registered Architects are bound by?
a) The NZIA
b) The NZRAB
c) The NZIA & NZRAB
d) The MBIE

Answer 21

b) The NZRAB

Question 22

Who most commonly administers architectural projects on site under the NZIA SCC contract?
a) The Project Manager
b) The Architect
c) The Project Manager or the Architect
d) The Client’s Representative

Answer 22

b) The Architect

Question 23

Which of the following statements is the most comprehensive and true statement relating to the costing of projects?
a) An elemental cost estimate can be used by architects in the detailed design stage of a project and commonly contains about 35 costed elements
b) An elemental cost estimate can be used by quantity surveyors in the detailed design stage of a project and commonly contains about 4-5 costed elements
c) An elemental cost estimate can be used by architects in the developed design stage of a project and commonly contains about 12-13 costed elements
d) An elemenatal cost estimate can be used by quantity surveyors in the developed design stage of a project and commonly contains about 200 costed elements

Answer 23

c) An elemental cost estimate can be used by architects in the developed design stage of a project and commonly contains about 12-13 costed elements

Question 24

To successfully manage an architectural practice of 3-10 persons, which
of the following management skills are necessary?
a) Project and financial management skills
b) Project, practice and human resources management skills
c) Project, financial and human resources management skills
d) Project, practice, financial and human resources management skills

Answer 24

d) Project, practice, financial and human resources management skills

Question 25

The organisation NZCIC;
a) Is the NZ Construction Industry Council and produces typical project costs/m2
b) Is the NZ Costing Information Centre and produces typical project costs/m2
c) Is the NZ Commercial Investment Council and produces the NZ Design Guidelines and typical project costs/m2
d) Is the NZ Construction Industry Council and produces the NZ Design Guidelines

Answer 25

d) Is the NZ Construction Industry Council and produces the NZ Design Guidelines

Question 26

The Maori concept of Kaitiakitanga is best described as:
a) Referring to the life essence or life force of the land
b) Has the same meaning as Sovereignty as used in The Treaty of Waitangi
c) The exercise of guardianship and the ethic of stewardship of the land by means of responsibilities and obligations passed down from ancestors
d) Refers to the Mauri of the land

Answer 26

c) The exercise of guardianship and the ethic of stewardship of the land by means of responsibilities and obligations passed down from ancestors

Question 27

The NZIA is responsible for:
a) Providing support to architects in practice
b) The registration of Architects
c) Disciplining Architects
d) Setting up the NZ Registered Architects Board

Answer 27

a) Providing support to architects in practice

Question 28

A Quantity Surveyor:
a) Can provide site legal information
b) Can provide site levels
c) Can provide site sub-soil information
d) Can provide a schedule to assist contractors to cost a project

Answer 28

d) Can provide a schedule to assist contractors to cost a project

Question 29

The titles of ‘Architect’ and ‘Registered Architect’ are protected under
what legislation?
a) The Architects Act 2005
b) The Registered Architects Act 2005
c) The Registered Architects’ Rules 2006
d) The Code of Minimum Standards of Ethical Conduct for Architects

Answer 29

b) The Registered Architects Act 2005

Question 30

‘General’ is a term that refers to:
a) General costs for all of the project costs
b) All the project establishment costs that are not actual building costs
c) General time frames for the project
d) The Contractor’s profit margin

Answer 30

b) All the project establishment costs that are not actual building costs

Question 31

Where a project’s duration and extent of work is known in advance, the client is likely to accept the Architect’s fee charging methodology as:
a) A time charge fee
b) A lump sum fee with additional works as a percentage fee
c) A percentage fee with additional works as a lump sum fee
d) A percentage or lump sum fee with additional works as a time charge fee

Answer 31

d) A percentage or lump sum fee with additional works as a time charge fee

Question 32

Where is it specifically written that an Architect must have their terms of appointment recorded in writing, agreed to, and a formal instruction to proceed issued by the client?
a) In the Code of Minimum Standards of Ethical Conduct for Architects
b) On the NZIA website
c) On the NZIA website and in the Registered Architects Act
d) In the Registered Architects’ Act

Answer 32

a) In the Code of Minimum Standards of Ethical Conduct for Architects

Question 33

A separate Contractor is engaged and paid for by:
a) The Principal
b) The Architect
c) The Contractor
d) The Quantity Surveyor

Answer 33

a) The Principal

Question 34

To successfully manage an architectural practice, which of the following management skills are necessary?
a) Practice and financial management skills
b) Project, human resources and practice management skills
c) Project, human resources, financial and practice management skills
d) Practice, human resources and financial management skills

Answer 34

c) Project, human resources, financial and practice management skills

Question 35

To become registered as an Architect in New Zealand, which of the following conditions need to be met?

a) Adequate practical work experience
b) A recognised architectural degree and a minimum length of practical work experience
c) A recognised architectural degree and adequate practical work experience that is equal to or more than the minimum experience length requirement
d) A recognised architectural degree, adequate practical work experience that is equal to or more than the minimum experience length requirement and evidence of competency in all of the experience areas

Answer 35

d) A recognised architectural degree, adequate practical work experience that is equal to or more than the minimum experience length requirement and evidence of competency in all of the experience areas

Question 36

Which of the following are the most common typologies available today for New Zealand Architects to structure their architectural practices?
a) Partnerships and companies
b) Sole practitioners and limited liability companies
c) Sole practitioners and companies
d) Sole practitioners, limited liability companies and partnerships

Answer 36

b) Sole practitioners and limited liability companies

Question 37

The most common role that a Project Manager undertakes is as:
a) The Client’s representative
b) The Architect’s representative
c) The project administrator
d) The project administrator as well as the Client’s representative

Answer 37

c) The project administrator

Question 38

Clearly defined development activity groups with respect to planning
requirements can be found:
a) In the Auckland Unitary Plan
b) In the Building Act
c) Schedule one of the Building Act
d) In the Auckland District plan

Answer 38

a) In the Auckland Unitary Plan

Question 39

Which organisation is responsible for the disciplining of Architects?
a) MBIE - the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
b) NZIA - the New Zealand Institute of Architects
c) NZRAB - the New Zealand Registered Architects Board
d) NZIA and NZRAB

Answer 39

c) NZRAB - the New Zealand Registered Architects Board

Question 40

PI (Professional Indemnity Insurance):

a) Is held by the Contractor, as required under NZIA SCC
b) Is held by the Client, as required by the NZIA AAS
c) Is held by the Architect, as required by the NZRAB
d) Is held by the Architect, as required by the NZRAB and required of the Contractor if they are undertaking any design work

Answer 40

d) Is held by the Architect, as required by the NZRAB and required of the Contractor if they are undertaking any design work

Question 41

The standard position in New Zealand for copyright ownership of the Architect’s drawings is:

a) The Client holds the copyright irrespective of payment
b) The Client holds the copyright once they have paid the Architect
c) The Architect always holds the copyright
d) The Architect and the Client hold joint copyright

Answer 41

a) The Client holds the copyright irrespective of payment