NOTE: This is an โ€œopen bookโ€ quiz. The laws and rules of the Board may be found here.
https://lsbae.com/consumer-info/laws-rules/
A passing score of 80% or higher is required in order to receive one (1) HSW credit.

This quiz is provided by the Board at no cost to licensees and may be applied toward the licenseeโ€™s continuing education requirementsย onceย each year*

1. 
Licensed civil engineers are prohibited from practicing architecture.

2. 
In its audit of an architectโ€™s continuing education activities, the Board may disallow credit claimed by the architect for purported continuing education hours (โ€œCEHโ€) completed. If the Board disallows any CEH, how many days from notice of such disallowance does an architect have either to provide further evidence of having completed the CEH disallowed or to remedy the disallowance by completing the required number of CEH?



3. 
Which of the following dollar amounts is the maximum fine per violation that may be imposed on an individual architect under the Laws and Rules of the Board?



4. 
Credit will be allowed for continuing education hours only in the following subjects:



5. 
As a licensed professional, it is the responsibility of the architect to select and use a firm name which is neither misleading nor confusing. In case of doubt, the architect should first consult the Board.



6. 
Which of the following is an architectโ€™s primary duty?



7. 
A licensed architect is fired by his client prior to the completion of a project. The client refuses to return the licenseeโ€™s sealed drawings to him and, instead, gives them to another licensed architect hired to wrap up the project. Because the first architect was fired by the client, the second architect is not required to obtain approval from him before removing his seal and using the drawings to complete the project.



8. 
How long should an architect maintain written documentation of his responsible supervision of a project?



9. 
Responsible supervision means:



10. 
If an architectโ€™s license is lost or destroyed, the Board will issue a replacement if:



11. 
An architecture firm fails to renew its certificate of authority by the renewal deadline and its certificate of authority expires. Several months later, the firmโ€™s designated supervising professional architect realizes what has happened, and the firm submits a reinstatement application to the Board. Even though the firm provided architectural services on sixteen architecture projects during the time its certificate of authority was expired, the supervising professional architect asserts on the firmโ€™s reinstatement application that the firm did not practice architecture during that time. Because those architectural services were provided under the responsible charge of the supervising professional architect, the Board has no authority to take disciplinary action against the firm.



12. 
A disciplinary or enforcement hearing can be held by the Board for alleged violations of the Boardโ€™s laws or rules committed by any licensee or certificate holder, as well as non-licensees and non-certificate holders.



13. 
In which of the following circumstances are licensees allowed to accept compensation from a material supplier in return for endorsing the supplierโ€™s products:



14. 
If an architect admits to, or is found by the Board to be guilty of, a violation of one or more provisions of the Louisiana Architect Licensing Law, which of the following mitigating circumstances may the Board take into account when considering disciplinary action?



15. 
A licensed architect is not allowed to engage in activities properly classifiable as professional engineering under any circumstances.



16. 
Renovations or alterations which exceed $125,000 are exempted from the Licensing Law only if the applicant documents to the satisfaction of the state fire marshal that the project does not affect structural integrity or life safety.



17. 
A person is entitled to practice architecture in the State of Louisiana upon:



18. 
A licensed architect is allowed to affix his or her seal to:



19. 
To offer or provide architectural services in Louisiana, an architectural firm must:



20. 
If an architect admits to, or is found by the Board to be guilty of, a violation of one or more provisions of the Louisiana Architect Licensing Law, which of the following aggravating circumstances may the Board consider when deciding the discipline to be imposed ?



21. 
An architect who has complied with all of the current laws of Louisiana relating to the practice of architecture has a right to engage in activities properly classifiable as professional engineering insofar as such engineering work is necessarily incidental to the practice of architecture.



22. 
A construction firm has been offered a project consisting of the design and construction of an eight-unit apartment building. They have hired an architectural firm, licensed in Louisiana, to perform the design. In the future, the construction firm would like to offer design/build services for similar and larger projects. If the construction firm designates as their supervising professional architect the architect employed by the architectural firm which they used on the first eight-unit project, they can receive from the Board a certificate of authority to practice architecture in Louisiana.



23. 
Use of the word โ€œarchitectโ€ in the title of a firm is illegal unless the firm is licensed by the Board as an architecture firm, even if the firm does not provide architectural services.



24. 
While engaged in a Louisiana-based project, a licensee prepared a set of documents that included drawings, specifications, and other related documents. However, the licensee inadvertently allowed the licenseeโ€™s Louisiana architectural license to expire before those documents could be finalized. How should this licensee finalize those documents?



25. 
An individual who has earned a professional degree in architecture from a NAAB-accredited school, but has not been licensed by the Board, is allowed design education buildings that do not exceed which of the following gross floor areas?