I thought this would be fun since many people think the profession of Interior Design is all about decorating. This is an actual part of an exam from 2005 for undergraduates. Is it what you thought it would be like?

Here are the first ten questions:

*1 The minimum number of toilet fixtures required for an interior design remodeling is determined by occupant load and

1. accessibility requirements
2. building type
3. occupancy group
4. square footage

*2 Which test gives the most accurate evaluation of the safety of a partition system?

1. ASTM E-84, standard test method for surface burning characteristics of building materials
2. Steiner tunnel test
3. room corner test
4. ASTM E-119, standard methods of fire tests of building construction and materials

*3 Your are designing a library in which you want to use tall bookshelves. If the project is located in a city that has adopted the Uniform Building Code, where would you look to find requirements on the minimum allowable space between the top of the shelving and the sprinkler heads in the ceiling?

1. IBC
2. Uniform Mechanical Code
3. NFPA-13
4. UPC

*4 Where are flame-spread ratings in a building most restrictive?

1. in exit enclosures
2. on corridor floors
3. in access ways to exits
4. in enclosed spaces

*5 Exit corridors must have a rating of

1. 30 minutes
2. 45 minutes
3. 1 hour
4. 2 hours

*6 The majority of building codes in the US are established by

1. federal laws
2. model code writing agencies
3. state governments
4. local governments

*7 ASTM is an example of

1. a model code group
2. an industry standard-writing organization
3. a testing laboratory
4. a federal code writing agency

*8 In starting a design project in a multi-use building what information would you need to determine?

1. construction type, adjacent occupancies, and sprinkler condition
2. adjacent occupancies, fire zone classification, and accessibility requirements
3. construction type, fire zone classification, and accessibility requirements.
4. Sprinkler condition, fire zone classification, and adjacent occupancies

*9 In order to specify the most acceptable type of wallcovering, which of the following tests would you require the wallcovering pass?

1. room corner test
2. smoke density chamber test
3. Steiner tunnel test
4. vertical ignition test

*10 What is included in the rise of a stairway?

1. the vertical distance from one nosing to the next
2. the average height of a step
3. the distance from finish floor slab to finish floor slab
4. the number of steps between landings

If anyone is interested I will post the rest of the test in Part II "Interior Design Exam"

This post was edited by caminnc on Wed, May 22, 13 at 18:39