Prof Prac MODULE EXAM (RA and
Terminologies) Test Questions with
Actual Answers.
PRC - Answer Professional Regulation Commission
Architecture - Answer is the art, science or profession of planning, designing and
constructing buildings in their totality taking into account their environment, in accordance with
the principles of utility, strength and beauty
Architect - Answer means a person professionally and academically qualified, registered and
licensed under R.A. No. 9266 with a Certificate of Registration and Professional Identification
Card issued by the Professional Regulatory Board of Architecture and the Professional
Regulation Commission, and who is responsible for advocating the fair and sustainable
development, welfare and cultural expression of society's habitat in terms of space, forms and
historical context;
Architect-of-record - Answer means the architect registered and licensed under R.A. No.
9266, who is directly and professionally responsible for the total design of the project for the
client and who shall assume the civil liability for the plans, specifications and contract
documents he/she has signed and sealed;
Architect-in-charge of construction - Answer means an architect registered and licensed
under R.A. No. 9266, who is directly and professionally responsible and liable for the
construction supervision of the project;
Consulting Architect - Answer means the architect registered and licensed or permitted to
practice under R.A. No. 9266, who is professionally and academically qualified and with
exceptional or recognized expertise or specialization in any branch of architecture;
General Practice of Architecture - Answer the act of planning and architectural designing,
structural conceptualization, specifying, supervising and giving general administration and
responsible direction to the erection, enlargement or alterations of buildings and building
environments and architectural design in engineering structures or any part thereof; the
scientific, aesthetic and orderly coordination of all the processes which enter into the
production of a complete building or structure performed through the medium of unbiased
preliminary studies of plans, consultations, specifications, conferences, evaluations,
investigations, contract documents and oral advice and directions regardless of whether the
persons engaged in such practice are residents of the Philippines or have their principal office or
place of business in this country or another territory, and regardless of whether such persons
are performing one or all these duties, or whether such duties are performed in person or as
the directing head of an office or organization performing them;
, Scope of the Practice of Architecture - Answer encompasses the provision of professional
services in connection with site, physical and planning and the design, construction,
enlargement, conservation, renovation, remodeling, restoration or alteration of a building or
group of buildings. Services may include, but are not limited to:
Structural Conceptualization - Answer means the act of conceiving, choosing and developing
the type, disposition, arrangement and proportioning of the structural elements of an
architectural work giving due consideration to safety, cost-effectiveness, functionality and
aesthetics;
Architectural Firm - Answer means a sole proprietorship, a partnership or a corporation
registered with the DTI AND/OR SEC and then with the Board of Architecture and PRC;
Authorship - Answer refers to the author or authors of a set of architectural plans or
specifications who are in charge of their preparation whether made by them personally or
under their immediate supervision;
Board - Answer refers to the Professional Regulatory Board of Architecture;
Commission - Answer means the Professional Regulation Commission;
Service Agreement - Answer means a duly notarized written contract or equivalent public
instrument stipulating the scope of services and guaranteeing compensation of such services to
be rendered by an architect registered and licensed under R.A. No. 9266;
Integrated and Accredited Professional Organization - Answer means the existing official
national organization of all architects of the Philippines in which all registered Filipino architects
shall be members without prejudice to membership in other voluntary professional
associations;
Continuing Professional Development - Answer refers to a sustaining and progressive
learning process that maintains, enhances, or increases the knowledge and continuing ability of
architects;
DTI - Answer shall mean the Department of Trade and Industry;
SEC - Answer shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission;
Terminologies) Test Questions with
Actual Answers.
PRC - Answer Professional Regulation Commission
Architecture - Answer is the art, science or profession of planning, designing and
constructing buildings in their totality taking into account their environment, in accordance with
the principles of utility, strength and beauty
Architect - Answer means a person professionally and academically qualified, registered and
licensed under R.A. No. 9266 with a Certificate of Registration and Professional Identification
Card issued by the Professional Regulatory Board of Architecture and the Professional
Regulation Commission, and who is responsible for advocating the fair and sustainable
development, welfare and cultural expression of society's habitat in terms of space, forms and
historical context;
Architect-of-record - Answer means the architect registered and licensed under R.A. No.
9266, who is directly and professionally responsible for the total design of the project for the
client and who shall assume the civil liability for the plans, specifications and contract
documents he/she has signed and sealed;
Architect-in-charge of construction - Answer means an architect registered and licensed
under R.A. No. 9266, who is directly and professionally responsible and liable for the
construction supervision of the project;
Consulting Architect - Answer means the architect registered and licensed or permitted to
practice under R.A. No. 9266, who is professionally and academically qualified and with
exceptional or recognized expertise or specialization in any branch of architecture;
General Practice of Architecture - Answer the act of planning and architectural designing,
structural conceptualization, specifying, supervising and giving general administration and
responsible direction to the erection, enlargement or alterations of buildings and building
environments and architectural design in engineering structures or any part thereof; the
scientific, aesthetic and orderly coordination of all the processes which enter into the
production of a complete building or structure performed through the medium of unbiased
preliminary studies of plans, consultations, specifications, conferences, evaluations,
investigations, contract documents and oral advice and directions regardless of whether the
persons engaged in such practice are residents of the Philippines or have their principal office or
place of business in this country or another territory, and regardless of whether such persons
are performing one or all these duties, or whether such duties are performed in person or as
the directing head of an office or organization performing them;
, Scope of the Practice of Architecture - Answer encompasses the provision of professional
services in connection with site, physical and planning and the design, construction,
enlargement, conservation, renovation, remodeling, restoration or alteration of a building or
group of buildings. Services may include, but are not limited to:
Structural Conceptualization - Answer means the act of conceiving, choosing and developing
the type, disposition, arrangement and proportioning of the structural elements of an
architectural work giving due consideration to safety, cost-effectiveness, functionality and
aesthetics;
Architectural Firm - Answer means a sole proprietorship, a partnership or a corporation
registered with the DTI AND/OR SEC and then with the Board of Architecture and PRC;
Authorship - Answer refers to the author or authors of a set of architectural plans or
specifications who are in charge of their preparation whether made by them personally or
under their immediate supervision;
Board - Answer refers to the Professional Regulatory Board of Architecture;
Commission - Answer means the Professional Regulation Commission;
Service Agreement - Answer means a duly notarized written contract or equivalent public
instrument stipulating the scope of services and guaranteeing compensation of such services to
be rendered by an architect registered and licensed under R.A. No. 9266;
Integrated and Accredited Professional Organization - Answer means the existing official
national organization of all architects of the Philippines in which all registered Filipino architects
shall be members without prejudice to membership in other voluntary professional
associations;
Continuing Professional Development - Answer refers to a sustaining and progressive
learning process that maintains, enhances, or increases the knowledge and continuing ability of
architects;
DTI - Answer shall mean the Department of Trade and Industry;
SEC - Answer shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission;
