Interior Design Final Exam

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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


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