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  1. During the implantation process, barriers are put around trees in order to:
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a) Protect trees from damage
b) Protect soil around the trees from compaction
c) Keep construction equipment off of the soil around the trees

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  1. The landscape architect has to put into consideration that on most sites:
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a) There are existing natural and manmade features
b) Some things have to be removed during the implantation period
c) Some things have to be protected and saved

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  1. In his design for the art gallery in Washington D.C., I.M. Pei
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a) Expressed the essence of the composition in the use of the triangle
b) Repeated the design of the existing art gallery on the opposite side of the plaza

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  1. Surveying is necessary for the location of horizontal placement of elements in the landscape rather than the vertical placement
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False

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  1. For the implementation process the landscape architect has to consider the space required for construction equipment and formwork as well as the dimensions of the actual part of the landscape that is to be constructed
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true

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  1. A landscape architect studies plants to emphasize
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a) Line, form, texture, and color

b) Primarily to understand their growing requirements

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  1. When thinking of plants in terms of space, the concepts that might be considered include
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a) Opening and closing of space
b) Concealing and revealing
c) The enclosure and shaping of space

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  1. Art can be defined as
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a) An idea given form by the mind of man

b) Wild nature that gives inspiration to landscape architects

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  1. Wild nature can be a source of inspiration to landscape architects: it too is art
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False

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  1. Landscape architecture is a craft that emphasizes functional issues and skills rather than art
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false

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  1. GIS maps were used in the design process for the resort Island of Bimini to:
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b. Determine where the buildable lands were

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  1. In constructing the Island resort of Bimini in the Bahamas, the sand dunes on the beach were:
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c. Carefully preserved

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  1. The planning of the Island resort of Bimini in the Bahamas:
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c. Emphasized the natural characteristics of the narrow island ridge that brought visitors into close contact with the water

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  1. In order to provide for spectacular views over the blue waters of the Bimini coastline, beach houses were planned for the areas on the ocean side of the sand dunes
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false

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  1. Which of the following is a component of geography:
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a) Physical
b) Cultural
c) Economic
d) Descriptive

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  1. Changes in the landscape can be:
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a) Catastrophic
b) Gradual
c) Day by day

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  1. Climate plays a strong part in shaping the landscape. Forests indicate areas of high rainfall and grasslands indicate low rainfall
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false

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  1. Soil is created by interaction between geology and climate
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true

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  1. The earth’s thin layer of soil makes:
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b) Makes vegetation possible
c) It possible for animals to feed on vegetation
d) Food for carnivores in the food chain

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  1. An example of a catastrophic change in the landscape is glaciations
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false

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  1. Vaux Le Vicomte was:
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a) Designed by Andre Le Notre
b) Designed by Le Brun
c) Designed by Le Vau

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  1. During the 1700s English designers of the landscape were influenced by
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a) Landscape painting
b) Scenes of pastoral landscapes
c) Literary discussion of landscape principles and ideas
d) The economics of maintenance

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  1. The Greeks organized buildings:
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d) Not formally or rectangularly, but with free grouping, suggested by the site

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  1. The middle ages are characterized by designs featuring:
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c) Inward introspective planning

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  1. The major garden spaces of Versailles are shaped by
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d) Buildings and trees

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  1. The ecological factors that influenced Islamic Gardens was:
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c) Oasis- high contrast to the surrounding deserts

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  1. France during the 1600s started building gardens:
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b) That were inspired by Italian renaissance gardens

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  1. In Italian Renaissance gardens:
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c) Plants were mainly variations in green

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  1. Typical characteristics of Medieval designs:
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c) Walled cloister

30
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  1. Later in his career, Repton proposed
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c) A more picturesque approach to design

31
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  1. Nature in Japanese gardens:
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a) Is stylized
b) Miniaturized
c) Is often “borrowed”, scenery from outside the garden boundaries

32
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  1. The Italian Villa is characterized by:
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a) Terraced gardens with flowing water between the levels
b) Outward expanding views
c) Outdoor spaces organized along sight lines

33
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  1. The plan for a landscape development
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a) Describes what is on the site that has to be kept, demolished or built
b) Describes what is under the surface of the site
c) Established vertical locations and horizontal locations for all elements

34
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  1. The spatial perception of land forms is affected by:
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a) Floor area
b) Slope
c) Silhouette of upper edge

35
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  1. Landforms can:
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a) Enclose space
b) Hide views
c) Be used for display
d) Be used to surprise us and create interest

36
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  1. The main products of Professional landscape Architect are his/her ideas
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false

37
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  1. As explained by Van Cox, Landscape Architects can only be held liable for what they and not what their consultants design on a project
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false

38
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  1. Van Cox noted that the Professional Landscape Architect is always in the position of:
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a) The agent for the principal

39
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  1. Legally, a contract requires that the design professional must provide only those services that are within the scope of the contract
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true

40
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  1. The team approach to planning and design
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c) Includes collaboration among different professions as well as specialist in the same profession

41
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  1. In order to solve problems of land use, it is necessary to study;
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a) Zoning and legal restrictions
b) Vegetation
c) Sloped and hydrology

42
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  1. “Landscape Architecture has as its environmental heritage person who thought that man should be the steward of the Earth and the living things upon it”
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c) Thoreau

d) Emerson

43
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  1. A very important design consideration particularly important in Landscape Architecture is:
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time

44
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  1. Deciduous trees can be placed near a house to reduce the cost of utilities during both the winter and summer
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true

45
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  1. The reason that every landscape design has to be different:
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b) Each parcel of land is different

46
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  1. To enhance wildlife habitats, it is best to:
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a) Provide corridors for wildlife from one area to another
b) Provide solid rather than fragmented wildlife habitats
c) Maintain or reinforce connectively
d) Allow corridors to pass through agricultural land

47
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  1. The “water cycle” teaches us that it is advantageous to speed up the flow of drainage water
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true

48
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  1. With nature’s water cycle as a model, Birkenhead Park was designed so that drainage water could be quickly removed from the park
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true

49
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  1. Included among the influences of the time that promoted the development of Central Park in New York was:
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a) Slum conditions in NYC
b) Olmsted’s visit to Birkenhead Park in Liverpool, England
c) William Cullen Bryant’s idea for Central Park

50
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  1. The plan for Central park features separation of circulation in which:
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a) Cross-town traffic is on sunken roads
b) Horse trails are separated from different kind of paths
c) Foot paths are kept separate from carriage roads and other traffic

51
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  1. Olmstead’s work on the Biltmore estate included:
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b) The planning for development of Agriculture, the Biltmore Forest and Dairy

52
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  1. Fredrick Law Olmsted is known as:
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a) The founder of the Profession of Landscape Architecture
b) One of the designers of Central Park in New York
c) A writer about social conditions in the South during the time of slavery

53
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  1. According to Dr. Robert Reich, there is no difference between a “need” and a “desire”
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false

54
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  1. The goal of Landscape Architecture and the Doctor of Medicine is to make people function better:
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a) A doctor operates directly on the patient

d) A landscape architecture operates indirectly on the patient

55
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  1. According to “Doc” the Landscape Architect must allow for flexibility in the design of a private residential landscape to accommodate hanging needs but a public park landscape does not have this requirement
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false

56
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  1. Parks are mostly needed on the “wrong side of the track” rather than the nicer parts of town
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true

57
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  1. Natural light conditions are a strong influence on all planting designs
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true

58
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  1. The purpose of regional planning and analysis is:
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a) To ensure the quality of the landscape and environment
b) Locate various uses of land in the best locations possible
c) To reduce visual impacts
d) To provide for regionalism in design; functionalism as well as aesthetic

59
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  1. In order to find the best location for each type of land use, the regional planner/landscape architect might analyze:
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a) Slopes
b) Soil types
c) Vegetation

60
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  1. Geographic information Systems allow the Landscape Architect to coordinate all the information and to make a composite map indicating how to but use the land
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true

61
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  1. Red in an aerial photo or satellite Image indicates vegetation
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true

62
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  1. The people of Amsterdam wanted a forested park, but initially couldn’t have one because of:
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drainage

63
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  1. Technological structures of various sorts:
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a. Should be the main and only uses when such are built in the landscape

64
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  1. As illustrated by Dutch drainage canals, Louisiana might improve its drainage canals by:
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a. Improved grading of slopes
b. Constructing retention edges at water level
c. Enhancing their aesthetic potential, rather than ignoring or hiding them

65
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  1. Technology is generally not organic and therefore has no place or role to the play in the planning and design of the landscape
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false

66
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  1. The architect I.M. Pei speaks of the importance of the following when creating a great work in design:
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a. Relevance of an idea
b. The proper fit of architecture to the site
c. The role of risk taking in the design process
d. The “essence” of the design must be sought by the designer

67
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  1. A typical Islamic garden features
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a. The four rivers of paradise
b. Herb gardens
c. Gilded statues
d. Clipped trees

68
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  1. Why was adapting the Italian renaissance garden to England and France so difficult
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  • The climate and topography of each nation was different
69
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  1. Japanese and English gardens are similar
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  • In no way (none of the above)
70
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  1. The land forms in a long valley typically direct views toward a distant focal
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true

71
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  1. If confronted with the problem of a narrow strip of ground, the landscape architect might tilt it towards the viewer to make the green space appear wider
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true

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  1. Van Cox noted that the professional landscape architect is always in the position of
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  • The agent for the principal (client)

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