Interior Design CTE Final Exam Review
When creating a display of sports pictures on a wall, one should follow the golden mean. Which ratio will create a more pleasing look?
3 : 5
When arranging living room furniture, which guideline will a designer need to consider?
A designer should make sure to allow clear pathways to enter and exit seating arrangements.
Which professional organization is the oldest and largest for the field of design?
American Society of Interior Designers
Kendal redecorated her room with blue, blue-green, and green. Which type of color harmony did she choose?
Analogous
Violet, red-violet, and red used together is an example of which color harmony?
Analogous
Which career involves designing or drawing building plans for clients?
Architect
The designer placed a bookcase on each side of the fireplace. Which principle of design does this illustrate?
Balance
The designer created a drawing that used circles to show the space locations throughout the house. What type of drawing is this known as?
Bubble Diagram
Which post-secondary option would a person attend to receive an associate's degree in interior design?
Community College
Western Carolina University's school colors are purple and gold. Which color harmony is this?
Complementary
Which two-color harmony has the highest possible contrast between hues?
Complementary
Which type of multifamily dwelling allows the owner to purchase their individual space, while still having use of the common areas?
Condominium
At which step in the design process is the design plan implemented and construction begins?
Contract Administation
At which step in the design process does the designer start the bidding process with contractors and prepare formal working drawings?
Contract Documents
Maita refuses to use the color purple in her house because her home country associates purple with funerals. This is an example of which color selection factor?
Culture
The round mirror on the dining room wall illustrates which type of line?
Curved
Which type of home is designed by an architect to meet the specifications of the owner?
Custom
A single-family home is a stand-alone structure. Which type of home meets this criteria?
Custom House
Hannah created a focused problem statement for a new furniture design. Which Design Thinking step is this?
Define
Janet is compiling the information she has learned to create a focused problem statement to guide her design. This is which step in Design Thinking?
Define
The furniture designer is in the process of evaluating the needs and insights of the client. What this?
Define
At which step in the design process does the designer meet with the client to go over the design, refine the budget and receive client approval for plans?
Design Development
Many houses in the downtown area had unique architectural features. The homes with the sharp-angled rooflines stood out, creating some excitement and energy in the older neighborhood. These angled rooflines illustrate what line type?
Diagonal
When a designer is working on a kitchen design, what are the four major considerations for placement?
Dishwasher, range, refrigerator, sink
Payton wants an inexpensive range that uses coils to produce heat. Which type of range does she want?
Electric
The furniture designer is in the process of interviewing her client. Which Design Thinking step is she in?
Empathize
Which step in Design Thinking involves understanding the client's wants and needs?
Empathize
Skiers gathered around the oversized stone fireplace at the Alpine Ski Lodge. The floor-to-ceiling fireplace represents what principle of design?
Emphasis
The children's hospital recently redecorated the playroom. Using a dinosaur theme, a mural was created on the longest wall. The smaller walls were painted a coordinating color. What principle of design does the mural illustrate?
Emphasis
Sarah wants a home with an adjoining full bathroom off the master bedroom that contains dual sinks, a shower stall, a tub, and a separate toilet room. What type of bathroom is this?
En-Suite Bath
The corporate office uses matching lamps on tables positioned on each side of the sofa. Which type of balance does this represent?
Formal
Which post-secondary institution would a person attend to receive a bachelor's degree in textile design?
Four-year College/ University
Ava would like a claw-foot bathtub that can be placed near the window in the middle of her bathroom. Which type of tub would she prefer?
Freestanding tub
The Jack-and-Jill bathroom includes two sinks, a toilet, and a tub/shower combo. Which type of bathroom would this be considered?
Full Bath
When a furniture designer brainstorms ideas for a new desk chair, an important guideline for using form is that form follows:
Function
Hannah selected fabric for pillows that has polka dots and stripes. Which type of pattern is this?
Geometric
Austin painted the drawers of his dresser with different values of blue paint. The change in values represents which form of repetition?
Gradation
Susan arranged pillows on her bed from largest to smallest. Which type of rhythm does this represent?
Gradation
The art museum displayed paintings along the staircase. The display started with the smallest painting and finished with the largest. This display emphasized what type of rhythm?
Gradation
Which type of commercial building is built to enhance the patient's journey from illness or injury back to improved health?
Healthcare
Macy's 10' × 10' room is filled with a lot of furniture and accessories. would be considered:
High Mass
Baseboards used in a room are an example of which type of line?
Horizontal
Sarah wanted to redo her bedroom in a cottage style using shiplap for the wall treatment. The shiplap on the walls is an example of which type of line?
Horizontal
Using red instead of orange is an example of a change in:
Hue
The designer is sketching ideas and receiving feedback from his/her client. Which Design Thinking step is he/she in?
Ideate
Eclectic design uses furniture and accessories with a mix of styles. This style generally uses what type of balance?
Informal
Austin wants to design spaces for his clients that utilize new and creative approaches. Which idea is the most innovative?
Installing a slide to get from one floor to another
Janet thinks the yellow paint in her kitchen is too bright. She wants to change the paint's:
Intensity
The creation of environments that support the function, aesthetics, and cultures of those who inhabit, live, and thrive in those spaces is the definition of:
Interior Design
In which career in the housing and design field are creative and technical solutions applied within a structure to achieve a built interior environment?
Interior Designer
Which work-based learning opportunity allows students to get educational hands-on experience in the field while they are still in school?
Internship
Amelia has a kitchen that is less efficient than other designs, but allows her to have an uninterrupted work triangle because it is placed along two adjoining walls. Which kitchen style is this?
L-Shaped
Jenna Rose's bedroom was originally dark blue, then she painted it light blue. The new color most likely changed the perception of the space to make it appear:
Larger
Japanese culture focuses on having minimal furniture and accessories. Which characteristic of space does this describe?
Low Mass
A room with light blue walls, white furniture, and navy accents is an example of which color harmony?
Monochromatic
Using peach, orange, and rust together in a space would be an example of which color harmony?
Monochromatic
Brown, cream, tan, and white used together create which color harmony?
Neutral
Gray belongs in which color category?
Neutral
Rocco's living room has light gray walls, black leather furniture, and a few white accessories. Which color harmony did he use?
Neutral
Which category contains colors that are used to change the value and intensity of other colors?
Neutral
The horizontal lines on the bookcase that sits against a wall with vertically striped wallpaper is a great example of:
Opposition
To help small dorm rooms seem larger, most are painted using light, cool colors. Which color selection factor is this?
Perception of the Space
None of the colors in what category can be made by mixing other colors together?
Primary
Brent classified each room in his house into zones to study the natural traffic flow. What zones did he use?
Private, social and work
In which step in the design process are the parameters of the project identified and the client interviewed?
Programming
Alice was given a small antique lamp for the hallway. The base of the lamp was very small, but the lampshade was very large. Replacing the lampshade with a smaller one would put the lamp in:
Proportion
Julie created a 3D model of the house to show her clients. Which Design Thinking step is she in?
Prototype
The architect created a scale model of the shopping mall he designed for a commercial client. This Design Thinking step is:
Prototyping
Cool colors can cause a variety of emotions such as calmness, serenity, and also sadness. Which client preference factor is this known as?
Psychological Effects
A designer placed a mirror with a starburst design over a hall table. This created which type of rhythm?
Radiation
Which career in the housing and design field sells and rents buildings, houses, and land for clients?
Real Estate Agent
The living room was artistically designed using round mirrors, a spherical chandelier, and circular-patterned wallpaper. Which form of rhythm was used?
Repetition
A house has six evenly spaced columns lined up repeatedly on the front porch. Which principle of design is this?
Rhythm
At which step in the design process is the designer most creative in brainstorming ideas and drawing layouts?
Schematic Design
Berkley decided to paint her room violet. To which color category does this belong?
Secondary
Peter has welcomed his friends into the living room of his new house. They are in which zone?
Social
Chris and Ada paint their nursery light pink. They add yellow-green and blue-green bedding and accessories. Which color harmony are they using?
Split-Commplementary
Yasmin's walls are light yellow. She adds red-violet bedding and blue-violet accessories. Which color harmony is she using?
Split-Complementary
In a glass bowl of seashells, one can feel the smoothness of the bowl and the roughness of the seashells. This type of texture that one can touch is:
Tactile
Blue, light green, and bright violet have the same:
Temperature
Shannon painted the walls of her large room yellow-orange to make it seem cozier. Which color property is she using?
Temperature
Yellow-green, blue-green, and blue-violet are all examples of which color category?
Tertiary
Julie's bike is a light pink color. How is this related to the color red?
Tint
The color pink is created by adding white to red. Which component of color is this?
Tint
Which type of home is a single family structure that is 400 square feet or less?
Tiny House
Why is it important to understand the functioning relationship of major appliances in a kitchen?
To keep the length traveled to a reasonable distance.
Todd added gray paint to yellow-green paint to make an olive color. Which component of color is this?
Tone
Which type of dwelling consists of two or more multilevel homes that share at least one common wall?
Townhome
During the programming phase, Jack's interior designer learned he wants his home to have a modern, clean look. Which color selection factor is this?
Trends and Styles
Marcus included the Pantone "Color of the Year" in his design plan for his client's corporate offices. Which color selection factor is this?
Trends and Styles
Denise designed a bedroom with light yellow walls, navy bedding, and red accents. Which color harmony did she use?
Triadic
Josie decorated her baby's room in red, blue, and yellow. Which color harmony did she select?
Triadic
The secondary colors are an example of which color harmony?
Triadic
Cathy needs a kitchen layout that has three continuous countertops allowing for a bigger work space. What kitchen layout does she need?
U-Shape
Which professional organization certifies designers with the LEED certification?
U.S. Green Building Council
Anthony's favorite color, blue, is used throughout his bedroom. What principle of design is demonstrated in Anthony's bedroom?
Unity
Which adaptation(s) should be made to make a bathroom universally designed?
Use a lever-style sink and shower controls.
Alex added white to his paint to change its:
Value
Michael added black to the paint for his bookshelf to create a darker blue. Michael changed the color's:
Value
When designing a garden for the retirement home, the landscape architect chose a few tall plants, several medium size plants, and several smaller shrubs. He was also careful to choose several different colors of flowers. What did his choices of greenery represent?
Variety
