Interior Design Final Exam
What are the two ways you can manipulate color?
1) alter the light available by using different sources of light 2) choose objects, paints, and treatments that reflect different colors of light.
Which of the following is the minimum width of minor traffic lanes within a room?
2 to 2.5 ft
Which of these ratios is closest to the golden mean?
2:3
How large should a conversation area be?
8 to 12 ft in diameter
How does your home help you meet your needs?
A home helps you meet basic needs like comfort, food, water, and shelter
How can you best improve your presentation skills?
Ask for feedback after a presentation or after practicing a presentation.
What's the best way to get to know a client's individual preferences while designing?
Ask them questions
Why is balance important?
Balance gives a sense of equilibrium and rest
Which of these is a benefit to choosing carpet (a rough texture) over a smooth floor surface?
Carpet, particularly dark carpet, hides dirt.
Which of these is a common way to create a sense of privacy?
Close off spaces from one another, often using walls and doors.
Which of these needs is the most fundamental according to Maslow's hierarchy?
Having food to eat
Which of the following statements is true of evaluating circulation within a house?
High frequency routes should be short and simple.
Why should you be professional when presenting your ideas?
It's important to persuade your client that your ideas are worth considering.
Why must designers learn to manipulate the perception of space?
Often manipulating the actual space is difficult or expensive.
The principles of design include
Proportion, harmony, and rhythm.
When evaluating a room for the amount of usable space, which of the following is most important?
Rooms should have some wall space that is not broken up with many windows and doors.
Why is it a problem if an architect forgets to include plumbing in their plans for a residential home?
The home would fail to help meet some of the most basic human needs.
What is the main purpose for asking your clients questions?
To better understand their individual needs, goals, values, and preferences
Describe the drawbacks of having too many or too few focal points in a space.
Too many focal points can be distracting
Which kitchen arrangement best keeps non-essential traffic out of the kitchen?
U-shape
If you want to design a room that captures a lot of attention, which of these would be the best use of shapes and forms?
Use only circular shapes
Which of these is an appropriate time to ask your client questions?
When they reject one of your suggestions, when you're not sure what their preferences are, and when they accept one of your suggestions
If you took one photo from a photo shoot, matted it, framed it, and hung it on a wall, what do your actions imply about that photo?
You think it has value.
One advantage of an open floor plan is
a home tends to appear more spacious
Which of these makes a good tool for maintaining harmony?
a mood board
Which of the following is made by mixing an equal amount of a primary color with a secondary color?
a tertiary (intermediate color)
A full bath consists of
a tub, shower, sink, and toilet
If the short side of a rectangular table was 4 feet long, how long should the long side be if you're applying the golden mean?
about 6 ft
How would you use line if you wanted to create a feeling of confusion?
an even mix of diagonal, horizontal, vertical, and curved lines could cause confusion by lacking harmony
Which of these should be avoided?
arranging furniture such that one must walk through a conversation area to walk through a room
Which color would pair well with smooth, sleek surfaces and vertical lines to create a formal feel?
black
heavy, solid, mysterious, strong
black
honest, masculine, orderly, peaceful
blue
Which of these attributes can make an object appear larger than it is?
bold colors
Which of these attributes increases visual weight?
bright, warm colors
comfortable, dependable, natural, stable
brown
Most people would prefer their bathrooms and bedrooms to be
closed off
Professional presentation is an important part of
communicating effectively
Which of these lists contains only forms?
cones, cylinders, spheres, cubes
Most people would like their dens, family rooms, and readings rooms to feel
confined
What type of space helps create a warm, comfortable feeling?
confined
A representation of a beach and ocean life that is composed entirely of colored squares, circles, and rectangles would likely be considered
conventional
Which of these is a pattern of decorative design that is a stylized adaptation from nature?
conventional
The golden mean helps designers
create aesthetically pleasing proportions.
Which type of line creates a feminine, graceful feeling in a design?
curved
Why are most houses and rooms box-like in form and not cylindrical?
curved walls are typically more expensive to build and people like to be able to store objects and arrange furniture efficiently (which is hard when cylindrical)
When the design is ornamentation only and is not part of the basic structure, it is
decorative
The kitchen should be close to which of the following room(s)?
dining room
Among the most expressive qualities of lines is their
direction
A Post-it note would most likely be used for writing a
disposable message
Which of the following is a scaled drawing that contains less detail than a blueprint and is commonly used by consumers, decorators, and real estate agents?
floor plan
A flower arrangement placed on a table can be used as a
focal point
The center of interest in a room is called a
focal point
Which of these principles of design is most important for simplifying the experience of the person using a space?
focal point
What type of feelings are associated with an open space?
free or empty
What is the work flow captured by the work triangle?
from fridge, to sink, to stove or oven, and back to fridge
Rhythm in which a color goes from light to dark or objects go from large to small is achieved by
gradation
fresh, natural, persistent, simple
green
Which of the following can be used to separate different zones in a home?
hallways, furniture grouping, and walls
Using a unifying theme in the component parts of a space that helps blend them together is a way to create
harmony
Asymmetrical balance should be used when
harmony with nature is the goal.
Which of these would you use to create a natural feel?
homespun linen drapes
If you were designing an informal living room that you wanted to facilitate the function of relaxing, which type of line would be most appropriately applied?
horizontal
Which of these is a design decision you would make when designing the structure of a table?
how many legs should it have
The difference between shape and form is that shape
is two-dimensional; form is three dimensional
Which of these will help you present your ideas professionally?
keep it simple
Which room is part of the work zone?
kitchen
All of the following are considerations when evaluating a floor plan except
landscaping
When selecting appropriate textures, the designer is most concerned with the effect they will have on
lighting, maintenance, and acoustics
What is the relationship between lines, shapes, and form
lines are the component parts of shapes and that forms are shapes that have been given depth
Which of the following rooms would be found in the social zone?
living room
Which level of needs in Maslow's hierarchy is addressed by having a puppy?
love/belonging
Decorative design should not
make it difficult to use the decorated object
Rectangular forms are generally
masculine and hard
Which of the patterns of design is most likely to be used in a formal dining room?
naturalistic
What are the four patterns that apply to decorative design?
naturalistic, conventional, geometric, and abstract
Circular forms tend to convey feelings of
nature and continuity
If there is more than one bathroom in a home, the full-size bath should be located
near the sleeping area
In which of these options is rhythm achieved by using contrasting elements?
opposition
creative, exotic, friendly, warm
orange
Name the secondary colors.
orange, green, purple
Lettering used to label floor plans and blueprints should be
orderly and neat
innocent, romantic, feminine, carefree
pink
Which of these is an example of variety?
placing a shaggy rug on polished tile
Which of these means the ratio of parts to the whole?
proportion
If you wanted a regal (royal) feel to a room, which of these elements would you use?
purple curtains
Balance that moves out from a central point is called
radial
Which type of balance would be best to draw your attention to a single focal point?
radial
Which of the following is considered a warm, energetic color?
red
courageous, passionate, loving, angry
red
In which of these options is rhythm achieved by using the same element throughout a space?
repetition
What feeling tends to be created by the use of horizontal line?
restful
Why is rhythm important?
rhythm causes people to see a space as one whole and helps the eye go from one place to another
What type of texture would carpet add to a room?
rough
Which type of surface tends to absorb light, making it appear darker?
rough
Burgundy, navy, and forest green are examples of
shades
What type of texture would you use to make a room feel larger?
slick
The functional zones of a home are
social, work, and private
An open floor plan can make a small home seem more
spacious
Floor plans do not contain the necessary information to
study the color and design of backgrounds.
Balance in which things are the same on both sides of an imaginary center line is called
symmetrical
Which of these elements takes into consideration visual feel, light reflection, and surface?
texture
The structural design of a lamp includes
the height of the lamp
Floor plans contain information about
the location of the rooms in a house.
A structural design easily reveals which aspect of an object?
the materials used
What is the most important thing to consider when planning for scale?
the sizes of the people who will interact regularly with your design
A bathroom that consists of a sink, toilet, and shower is called a
three-quarters bath
What is the main purpose of variety?
to add contrast or relief
Why might you have five different focal points in a room that all carry the same theme or color?
to create a sense of harmony
What is the purpose of emphasis?
to point attention toward designed focal points
Which of these is a common purpose for designing focal points?
to simplify the space
In which of these options is rhythm achieved by an element or feature that runs from at least one area to the next area?
transition
Which of these are unimportant when considering where to place furniture?
types of floor covering
Which two concepts when put together create harmony?
unity and variety
Which of the following uses the principles of design to help create a feeling of stability?
using large-scale items in balance
Name the four types of lines
vertical, horizontal, diagonal, curved
royal, fantastical, luxurious, artistic
violet/purple
pure, clean, good
white
joyful, idealistic, extroverted, comedic
yellow
Which of the following colors are warm?
yellow, orange, red
An unprofessional presentation is likely to reflect poorly on
your ideas, you as a person, and your effort level
