IIDA Practice Test Chapters 1&2
(Answered) 2025/2026 100% Verified.
You are updating a sunroom for your client, which will be used primarily during daytime hours. Your
client likes vibrant colors and does not want the upholstery fabric to look "washed out." Since you
know that the dominant lighting source will intensify colors similar to
itself and will neutralize the complementary colors, the best color choice would be:
a. Blue
b. Orange
c. white
d. red
a
A dining room has an abundance of trim moulding and built-in corner cupboard. Painting this
woodwork a satin finish of the wall color will:
a. Emphasize this detail
b. De-emphasize and diminish the room size
c. Contribute to the rooms spaciousness
d. Highlight wood and interest in its detail
c
Proxemics might assist a designer in:
a. deciding on the size of a doctor's examination room
b. determining where to locate the office of the president within an office suite
c. planning the size and shape of a conference table
d. making decisions about the type and spacing of seating in an audiovisual presentation room
d
A design concept statement for a public gathering area around a fireplace in a ski lodge would
probably not include:
a. dimensions of the fireplace
b. general seating group concept/ layout
c. types of finish materials
d. methods of lighting the space
a
The most cost effective design strategy a designer can use to maximize daylight involves:
a. changing the type of glazing
b. increasing the head height if glazing
c. installing a light shelf
d. specifying a highly reflective paint
, d
To create the most vivid and easily perceived color-coding system in an elderly housing facility, the
interior designer should use which of the following combinations?
a. Bright color against a background of non-complimentary color
b. Light colors on a dark background
c. Dark colors on a light background
d. Both b and c
d
Which design elements could be used to lower the apparent height of a ceiling?
a. Dark, highly textured ceiling
b. String horizontal lines on the wall
c. Fine-grained patterns on the ceiling and dark walls
d. Light ceiling and textured walls
a
You have been hired to design an office for a pediatric psychiatrist specializing in anxiety disorders.
In conceptual terms, the color scheme you would recommend would be:
a. analogous with cool colors
b. analogous with warm colors
c. triad
d. split complementary
e. entirely red color
a
If the interior is meant for sedentary tasks, for severe use of the eye or mind, it is best to:
a. increase the brightness of the environment
b. reduce the brightness of the environment
c. use medium tones of color on the walls, floors, and equipment with extra light over tasks
d. both b and c
d
The sum of all color pigments gives you what color?
a. White
b. Black
c. Red
d. Brown
b
Which pigment color absorbs the most light?
a. Red
b. Blue
c. Green
d. Black
(Answered) 2025/2026 100% Verified.
You are updating a sunroom for your client, which will be used primarily during daytime hours. Your
client likes vibrant colors and does not want the upholstery fabric to look "washed out." Since you
know that the dominant lighting source will intensify colors similar to
itself and will neutralize the complementary colors, the best color choice would be:
a. Blue
b. Orange
c. white
d. red
a
A dining room has an abundance of trim moulding and built-in corner cupboard. Painting this
woodwork a satin finish of the wall color will:
a. Emphasize this detail
b. De-emphasize and diminish the room size
c. Contribute to the rooms spaciousness
d. Highlight wood and interest in its detail
c
Proxemics might assist a designer in:
a. deciding on the size of a doctor's examination room
b. determining where to locate the office of the president within an office suite
c. planning the size and shape of a conference table
d. making decisions about the type and spacing of seating in an audiovisual presentation room
d
A design concept statement for a public gathering area around a fireplace in a ski lodge would
probably not include:
a. dimensions of the fireplace
b. general seating group concept/ layout
c. types of finish materials
d. methods of lighting the space
a
The most cost effective design strategy a designer can use to maximize daylight involves:
a. changing the type of glazing
b. increasing the head height if glazing
c. installing a light shelf
d. specifying a highly reflective paint
, d
To create the most vivid and easily perceived color-coding system in an elderly housing facility, the
interior designer should use which of the following combinations?
a. Bright color against a background of non-complimentary color
b. Light colors on a dark background
c. Dark colors on a light background
d. Both b and c
d
Which design elements could be used to lower the apparent height of a ceiling?
a. Dark, highly textured ceiling
b. String horizontal lines on the wall
c. Fine-grained patterns on the ceiling and dark walls
d. Light ceiling and textured walls
a
You have been hired to design an office for a pediatric psychiatrist specializing in anxiety disorders.
In conceptual terms, the color scheme you would recommend would be:
a. analogous with cool colors
b. analogous with warm colors
c. triad
d. split complementary
e. entirely red color
a
If the interior is meant for sedentary tasks, for severe use of the eye or mind, it is best to:
a. increase the brightness of the environment
b. reduce the brightness of the environment
c. use medium tones of color on the walls, floors, and equipment with extra light over tasks
d. both b and c
d
The sum of all color pigments gives you what color?
a. White
b. Black
c. Red
d. Brown
b
Which pigment color absorbs the most light?
a. Red
b. Blue
c. Green
d. Black
