Design 3: Group E

1. What is the Allowable Maximum Total Gross Floor Area (TGFA) for a corner lot in a
commercial 1?
a. 5 x 80%
o This is for commercial 1 Interior and end lot.
b. 5 x 75%
o This is for commercial 1 Inside lot.
c. 5 x 80%
o This is for commercial 1 corner lot and through a lot
d. 5 x 90%
o This is for commercial 1 corner-through lot and corner lot abutting 3 or more
streets.

2. What lot in commercial 2 has the Allowable Maximum Total Gross Floor Area (TGFA) of
12 x 80%?
a. Interior lot, end lot, corner lot, and through lot
o It has a TGFA of 12 x 80%
b. Inside lot
o It has a TGFA of 12 x 75%
c. The corner-through of the lot and corner lot abutting 3 or more streets.
o It has a TGFA of 12 x 90%

3. What Division in Group E belongs to the Gasoline filling service and stations?
a. Division 1
o Gasoline filling service and stations, storage garages, and boat storage
structures where no work is done except the exchange of parts and
maintenance requiring no open flame, welding, or the use of highly flammable
liquids.
b. Division 2
o Wholesale and retail stores, office buildings, drinking and dining
establishments, having an occupant load of less than one hundred persons are
some of the occupancies in this division.
c. Division 3
o Aircraft hangars and open parking garages where no work is done except
exchange of parts and maintenance requiring no open flame, welding, or the
use of highly flammable liquids—are the occupancies in Division 3.
d. Division 4
o There is no Division 4 in Group E – Business and Mercantile.

4. What division in Group E has the printing plants, police and fire stations, factories, and
workshops using not highly flammable or combustible materials as its building occupancy?
a. Division 1
o This division has the occupancy of storage facilities where no work is done
except for maintenance and exchange of parts.
b. Division 2
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o The occupancies mentioned above belong to this division, together with

wholesale and retail stores, office buildings, and drinking and dining
establishments having an occupant load of less than 100 persons.
c. Division 3
o This division includes occupancies such as aircraft hangars and open parking
garages.
d. None of the above

5. The conditional for this division includes a garage for jeepneys and taxis not greater than
six (6) units in number, buses, and trucks not greater than three (3) units in number, and
retailing of CHBs, gravel, sand, and other concrete products. What division is it?
a. Division 1
o The conditional mentioned above are belonged to Division E-1.
b. Division 2
o The conditional for E-2 is the institutional uses as colleges and universities,
vocational and technical schools; Hauling services and garage terminals for
trucks, tow trucks, and buses not exceeding 3 units and storage facilities in
support of commercial establishments; Auto sales and rentals, automotive
handicraft, accessory, and spare parts shops; Junk shops, scrap dealer shops.
c. Division 3
o This division has no conditions.
d. All of the above

6. What is Commercial 1 (C-1)?

a. A municipal or city level of commercial use or occupancy.
o This is characterized mainly as a medium-rise structure for medium to high-
intensity commercial/ trade, service, and business activities. For example: 3-5
storey shopping centers.
b. Metropolitan level of commercial use/ occupancy.
o Characterized mainly as a medium-rise to high-rise structure for high to very
high intensity commercial/ trade service and business activities. For example:
large to very large shopping malls.
c. Neighborhood or community level of commercial use of occupancy.
o This is characterized mainly as a low-rise building/structure for low-intensity
commercial/trade service and business activities. For example: 1- 3 storey
shopping centers
d. None of the above.

7. This term under zoning classification is under the regular uses/ occupancies of structures
such as cemeteries, memorial parks, and the likes.
a. SPE
o Special. The other vertical facilities not mentioned under regular
uses/occupancies of structures such as cemeteries, memorial parks, and the
like. Special zoning belongs to Division E-2 (Business and Mercantile in nature)
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b. UTS
o Utilities, Transportation, and Services. This has a range of utilitarian/ functional
uses/ occupancies, characterized by low-rise or medium-rise structures for low
to high-intensity community support functions. For example, power and water
generation/ distribution facilities. This condition belongs to Division G-1
Medium Industrial.
c. GI
o General Institutional. A community to the national level of institutional use or
occupancy is characterized mainly as a low-rise, medium-rise, or high-rise
structure for educational, training, and related activities. This zoning is for
Division C-2 Education and Recreation
d. PRE
o Park Structures, Recreation, and Entertainment. A range of recreational uses
or occupancies, characterized mainly as a low-rise or medium-rise structure
for low to medium-intensity recreational or entertainment functions related to
educational uses. This zoning is for Division H-1, Recreational.

8. The district of La Loma, Quezon City is the home of Metro Manila’s lechonan. The
Lechonan is involved in what occupancy Division?
a. Division 1
o Office buildings, office condominiums, car shops, home appliance shops,
flower shops, wine shops, bakery and bake shops, Beauty parlors, swimming
pools, stadiums, and the like are the accessory for Division E-1.
b. Division 2
o Repair shops like house appliances, motor vehicles, home furnishing shops,
transportation terminals/garages with repair shops, publishing, medium-scale
junk shops, lumber/ hardware, lechon stores, biscuit factories, funeral parlors,
etc.
c. Division 3
o All uses allowed in R-1, R-2, and R-3 zones; All uses allowed in C-1, C-2, and
C-3 zones; Some uses allowed in I-1 zones; All uses allowed in GI zones and
SI Zones; Parks and Recreation and Entertainment class buildings/ structures.
d. Both A and B
o All uses in the C-1 class structure may be allowed in C-2 class buildings.

9. What division belongs to ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center, APA Studio, Bigtime FM Manila,
and some radio and TV broadcasting studios?
a. Division 1
o Commercial garages, bus, and railways depots m and terminals and offices,
port facilities, other types of large complexes for public service, pawnshops,
bakeshops, and stores for construction supplies are the principals for Division
1.
b. Division 2
o Wholesale and retail stores, wet and dry markets, financial institutions,
day/night clubs, columbarium, glassware and metalware stores,
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employment/recruitment agencies, telecommunications, media, and public

information complexes including radio and TV broadcasting studios are some
of the principals in Division 2.
c. Division 3
o All permitted uses in Division E-1 (or for C-1 and C-2 classes), gardens,
landscaping supply/ contractors, groceries, laundries, laundromats, physical
fitness gyms/ centers, recording, and film laboratories are some of the
principals in division 3.
d. None of the above

10. What is the number of allowable storeys/floors above the established grade for C-3?
a. 16-60
o This is the allowable floors above the established grade for Commercial 3 (C-
3).
b. 3-5
o This is the allowable floors above the established grade for Commercial 1 (C-
1).
c. 6
o This is the allowable floors above the established grade for Commercial 2 (C-
2).
d. 12-18
o This is the allowable floors above the established grade for Residential 5 (R-
5)/ Condominiums.

11. Referring to the answer in no. 10, what are allowable floors above the highest grade in
meters?
a. 10.0 – 15.0
o This is the allowable floors in meters for C-1.
b. 18
o This is the allowable floors in meters for C-2.
c. 48.0 – 180.0
o This is the allowable floors in meters for C-3.
d. 48.0 – 135.0
o These is the allowable floors in meters for Planned Unit Development (PUD)
in a coastal area.

12. One car slot for every ____ square meter of gross floor area; and 1 off-RROW passenger
loading space that can accommodate 2 queued bus slots; maneuvering area of buses,
trucks, and like vehicles shall be outside of the RROW.
a. 100
o For every 100 square meters of shopping floor area, provide 1 car slot for
Transit stations and the like (UTS).
b. 150
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o For every 150 square meters of wet and dry market floor area provide 1
customer jeepney/shuttle parking slot. Division E-2 Neighborhood shopping
center/ supermarket (C-1).
c. 300
o 1 vendor shuttle parking slot or loading space for every 300 wet and dry market
floor area. Division E-2 Neighborhood shopping center/ supermarket (C-1).
d. 500
o Provide 1 car slot for every 500 square meters of gross floor area for Division
E-1 – Terminals, Inter-modals, or multi-modals, depots, and the like (UTS).

13. Provide ____ tricycles for every 1,000 square meters of floor and dry market floor area.
a. 1
o 1 car slot for every 500 sqm. gross floor area for E-1.
b. 2
o Provide at least 2-jeepneys terminal for Division E-2
c. 3
o Provide 3 queued bus slots for passenger loading space for Division E-1.
d. 6
o Provide 6 tricycles for every 1,000 sqm. of wet and dry market floor area for
Division E-2.

14. What minimum parking slot is required for public markets, nightclubs, super clubs, and
theater restaurants?
a. One car slot for every 30 sq. meters of customer area.
o minimum parking slot for public markets, nightclubs, super clubs, and theater
restaurants
b. One car slot for every 20 sq. meters of customer area and 2 tourist buses.
o minimum parking slot for restaurants, fast-food centers, bars, and beerhouses.
c. One car slot for every compartment niche.
o minimum parking slot for columbarium.
d. One car slot for every 70 sq. meters for each unit.
o minimum parking slot for units located in office, commercial, or mixed-use
condominiums regardless of a number of storeys.

15. What is the floor-to-lot area ratio (FLAR) for Commercial 2?

a. 9 up to 34 (at a 60- storey or 180 m BHL)
o This is for Commercial 3 structures.
b. 3.6 up to 9 (at a 15- storey or 45m BHL)
o This is for Commercial 2 structures.
c. 1.7 up to 3 (at a 5 storey or 15m BHL)
o This is for Commercial 1 structures.
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d. 6 up to 9 (at an 18-storey or 54m BHL)

o This is for Residential 5/ condominium structures.

16. What is the angle from the centerline of RROW degrees for the angular plane for building
without projections for Commercial 3 with 10m of RROW?
a. 69.6
o With a 10m RROW, 69.6 degrees angular plane is for C-3 with a ratio/ slope of
48m: 18.5m (2.74)
b. 71
o With an 8m RROW, 71 degrees angular plane is for C-3 with a ratio/ slope of
48m: 16.5m.
c. 68
o With a 12m RROW, 68 degrees angular plane is for C-3 with a ratio/ slope of
48m: 18.5m (2.59).
d. 65.5
o With a 14m RROW, 65.5 degrees angular plane is for C-3 with a ratio/ slope of
48m: 18.5m (2.46).

17. What is the maximum allowable PSO for Commercial 1?

a. 80
o This is the maximum allowable PSO for Commercial 3.
b. 75
o This is the maximum allowable PSO for Commercial 2.
c. 70
o This is the maximum allowable PSO for Commercial 1.
d. None of the above

18. Referring to question no. 17, what is the Maximum ISA and minimum USA?
a. 15 % ISA and 15% USA
o Industrial 2 zoning
b. 20 % ISA and 10% USA
o Commercial 1, Industrial 1, Cultural, Maximum R-2, Basic R-3, Maximum R-3,
Residential 4, and Residential 5 zoning.
c. 20 % ISA and 5% USA
o Commercial 2 zoning
d. 15 % ISA and 5% USA
o Commercial 3 zoning

19. With 10m RROW, what is the front setback for commercial buildings?
a. 8m
o Front setback for 30m & above RROW
b. 6m
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o Front setback for 25m to 29m RROW

c. 5m
o Front setback for 24m and below
d. 4.5m
o Front setback for R-1 and R-4

20. What is the minimum percentage of open space for E-1 and E-3 Corner lot or through a
lot with permitted firewalls?
a. 30%
o This is the minimum percentage of open space for E-1 and E-3 for the Corner
lot, and through lot for both cultural and transportation utility/ services.
b. 40%
o This is the minimum percentage of open space for A & B, C D, E-2, and H
Institutional for the inside lot, interior, or rear lot.
c. 25%
o This is the minimum percentage of open space for A & B, C D, E-2, and H
Institutional for R-2 at interior lot, rear lot, corner lot, or through lot.
d. 20%
o This is the minimum percentage of open space for A & B, C D, E-2, and H
Institutional for other residential at interior lot, rear lot, corner lot, through lot,
or inside lot.

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