LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
PREVIOUS. EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS. A+ GRADE
2025/2026.
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? - ANS 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? -
ANS 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) - ANS Daniel
Burnham
Frederick Law Olmsted
Which of the following design features are associated with the Beaux Arts Movement? (Select
all that apply) - ANS Monumental Architecture and Sculpture
Uniform Cornice Heights of adjacent buildings
Neoclassical Revival Architecture
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, 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? - ANS Modernism
Which of the following made possible the development of Levittown-style suburban expansion
following World War II? (Select all that apply) - ANS 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? - ANS 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? - ANS 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 ___________. - ANS Automobiles
ho is considered the father of wildlife ecology? - ANS 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? - ANS Jane Jacobs
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PREVIOUS. EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS. A+ GRADE
2025/2026.
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? - ANS 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? -
ANS 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) - ANS Daniel
Burnham
Frederick Law Olmsted
Which of the following design features are associated with the Beaux Arts Movement? (Select
all that apply) - ANS Monumental Architecture and Sculpture
Uniform Cornice Heights of adjacent buildings
Neoclassical Revival Architecture
1 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED
, 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? - ANS Modernism
Which of the following made possible the development of Levittown-style suburban expansion
following World War II? (Select all that apply) - ANS 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? - ANS 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? - ANS 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 ___________. - ANS Automobiles
ho is considered the father of wildlife ecology? - ANS 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? - ANS Jane Jacobs
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