Landscape Architecture Previous Exams
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
What design style does Western Civilization consistently return to in civic architecture during
times of social/political upheaval or unrest -- such as the end of the Dark Ages in Europe and the
following the Civil War in the United States -- as a means of symbolizing order, logic, dignity
and/or rationale? - Correct answers✔✔Neoclassical
Although Spanish Renaissance architecture predominates on the Texas Tech Lubbock Campus,
what design movement is most evident in the early master plans of the campus? - Correct
answers✔✔Beaux Arts
Which two individuals collaborated on the design of the Columbian Exposition, blending aspects
of the City Beautiful and Picturesque movements? (Select all that apply) - Correct
answers✔✔Daniel Burnham
Frederick Law Olmsted
Which of the following design features are associated with the Beaux Arts Movement? (Select all
that apply) - Correct answers✔✔Monumental Architecture and Sculpture
Uniform Cornice Heights of adjacent buildings
Neoclassical Revival Architecture
Axial arrangement terminating in a symmetrical facade
Which school of design and planning drastically influenced architecture and urban form in the
wake of World Wars I & II as technology and wealth became increasingly accessible to a
growing middle class? - Correct answers✔✔Modernism
, Which of the following made possible the development of Levittown-style suburban expansion
following World War II? (Select all that apply) - Correct answers✔✔Answers:
Industrial processes used to build prefabricated architecture for housing
Increasing private automobile ownership
Growing wealth of a middle class
Although Modernism is typically associated with progressive, democratic ideologies of the early-
to mid-20th century, the tenets of design and planning associated with Modernism were also
employed to design and build what site where over 1,000,000 people were killed in World War
II? - Correct answers✔✔Auschwitz
Who developed a planning and design methodology that he termed "An Ecological Method" that
later became the basis for what we now know as Geographic Information System (GIS)
technology? - Correct answers✔✔Ian McHarg
The most commonly recurring issue that city planners and designers have sought to reconcile
following World War II, spending billions of dollars annually, are the relationships between the
people, the city, and ___________. - Correct answers✔✔Automobiles
ho is considered the father of wildlife ecology? - Correct answers✔✔Aldo Leopold
Which journalist led a grassroots effort to oppose the freeway building plans that Robert Moses
envisioned for New York City, and also laid the foundation for a significant shift away from
Modernist city planning efforts? - Correct answers✔✔Jane Jacobs
Which Houston suburb was designed using the Ecological Method and showed increased
resilience and decreased damage during Hurricane Harvey? - Correct answers✔✔The Woodlands
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
What design style does Western Civilization consistently return to in civic architecture during
times of social/political upheaval or unrest -- such as the end of the Dark Ages in Europe and the
following the Civil War in the United States -- as a means of symbolizing order, logic, dignity
and/or rationale? - Correct answers✔✔Neoclassical
Although Spanish Renaissance architecture predominates on the Texas Tech Lubbock Campus,
what design movement is most evident in the early master plans of the campus? - Correct
answers✔✔Beaux Arts
Which two individuals collaborated on the design of the Columbian Exposition, blending aspects
of the City Beautiful and Picturesque movements? (Select all that apply) - Correct
answers✔✔Daniel Burnham
Frederick Law Olmsted
Which of the following design features are associated with the Beaux Arts Movement? (Select all
that apply) - Correct answers✔✔Monumental Architecture and Sculpture
Uniform Cornice Heights of adjacent buildings
Neoclassical Revival Architecture
Axial arrangement terminating in a symmetrical facade
Which school of design and planning drastically influenced architecture and urban form in the
wake of World Wars I & II as technology and wealth became increasingly accessible to a
growing middle class? - Correct answers✔✔Modernism
, Which of the following made possible the development of Levittown-style suburban expansion
following World War II? (Select all that apply) - Correct answers✔✔Answers:
Industrial processes used to build prefabricated architecture for housing
Increasing private automobile ownership
Growing wealth of a middle class
Although Modernism is typically associated with progressive, democratic ideologies of the early-
to mid-20th century, the tenets of design and planning associated with Modernism were also
employed to design and build what site where over 1,000,000 people were killed in World War
II? - Correct answers✔✔Auschwitz
Who developed a planning and design methodology that he termed "An Ecological Method" that
later became the basis for what we now know as Geographic Information System (GIS)
technology? - Correct answers✔✔Ian McHarg
The most commonly recurring issue that city planners and designers have sought to reconcile
following World War II, spending billions of dollars annually, are the relationships between the
people, the city, and ___________. - Correct answers✔✔Automobiles
ho is considered the father of wildlife ecology? - Correct answers✔✔Aldo Leopold
Which journalist led a grassroots effort to oppose the freeway building plans that Robert Moses
envisioned for New York City, and also laid the foundation for a significant shift away from
Modernist city planning efforts? - Correct answers✔✔Jane Jacobs
Which Houston suburb was designed using the Ecological Method and showed increased
resilience and decreased damage during Hurricane Harvey? - Correct answers✔✔The Woodlands
