1. Arrange students into groups. Each group needs at least ONE person who has a mobile device.
2. If their phone camera doesn't automatically detect and decode QR codes, ask students to
4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.
1. Give each group a clipboard and a piece of paper so they can write down the decoded questions and their answers to them.
2. Explain to the students that the codes are hidden around the school. Each team will get ONE point for each question they correctly decode and copy down onto their sheet, and a further TWO points if they can then provide the correct answer and write this down underneath the question.
3. Away they go! The winner is the first team to return with the most correct answers in the time available. This could be within a lesson, or during a lunchbreak, or even over several days!
4. A detailed case study in how to set up a successful QR Scavenger Hunt using this tool can be found here.
Question | Answer |
| 1. 2.1 ____ is the goal of many design professionals | Having their own practice | 2. 2.1 If you’re considering starting a firm, what is the FIRST thing you should ask yourself? | Why do you think that having your own firm is the right thing to do? | 3. 2.1 Name 5 of 10 reasons why one would start their own firm | answer | 4. 2.1Which is NOT a step taken before making a final decision on starting a firm or not? A) Be clear as to why you are doing it B) Decide how you will support yourself until the firm is generating an adequate income C) Determine the profit to cost ratio that comes from running a firm D) Set goals for the first year and for the long term | answer | 5. 2.1 Out of the 10 most common models for a firm start-up, what is amongst the MOST common & what is its CONVERSE? | Spin-off & The Phoenix | 6. 2.1 Why was Perkins and Will launched during the Great Depression? | Because as the economy recovered, clients were willing to consider new, younger, firms since so many established firms had gone out of business. | 7. 2.1 What are the best months to launch during? A)September & August B)September & December C)January & August D) January & September | answer | 8. 2.1 Giving the impression of professionality when working in a “Real” office is needed when starting out. (True/False) | answer | 9. 4.3 These three interrelated aspects must be understood to sustatin financial health for a firm (need definition) | Profit, Liquidity, and Solvency | 10. 4.3 What are the steps of the cash cycle? | Performing Services, Invoicing, and collecting cash to cover cost | 11. 4.3 ____ are assets that will not be converted to cash in the foreseeable future, while ___ are assets that include cash and things converted to cash. A) Fixed & Liquid B) Fixed & Current C) Constant & Liquid D) Constant & Current | answer | 12. 4.3 A firm maintains liquidity by regularly ______ | Maintaining Collections | 13. 4.3 A firm’s inability to pay debts as they come lead to what? | Insolvency and Bankruptcy | 14. 4.3 List in order the steps of delivering a cash budget | answer | 15. 4.3 What is working capital? | The minimum amount of liquid capital needed to sustain the firm in business. | 16. 4.3 A reasonable attainable profit for a firm is the 25 to 30% range. (True/False) | answer | 17. 4.3The most important indirect expense is indirect salaries which include (list all that apply) A) Clerical Services B) Paid off Time C) Design Work D) Marketing E) Disability F) All of the Above | answer | 18. 4.5 Name 3 predictors of financial performance at a firm | answer | 19. 4.5 Other than leadership, what is ONE, fact that determines the design quality of a firm? | answer | 20. 4.5 Why is it important NOT to mainly prioritize quantitative values in design? | The firm will go through rough patches if success is based soley on optimized revenues and minimizing expenses | 21. 4.5 What are typically the objectives of a firm with their design results | To do something innovative or newsworthy on each project,To redefine the traditional design response to a particular building type,To design buildings that emphasize the functional, maintenance, cost, & other performance objectives of the owner, rather than aesthetic criteria, and To consistently impose on each project a single theory or vocabulary | 22. 4.5 ____ is/are directly affected by a firm’s projects. A) Design Goals B) Building Impact C) Design Restraints D) Firm Profitability E) Employee Morale | answer | 23. 4.5 A clear well documented and agreed upon definition of a design process will include what? | Scope of the Work,Schedule, and Work Plan | 24. 4.5 Which type of firm organizing involves a team that incorporates most or all of the skills and personnel to handle several projects organized under a single design/management leadership? | Studio | 25. 4.5 What are common firm image building methods? | Cultivation of Press, Aggressive Publication of the firm’s work, Active Participation in the Design Establishment’s Activities, Organizing Architectural Exhibits or Writing about Architecture, and Working to Make a Firm’s office, graphics, and other visual elements consistent with the desired image | 26. 4.5 Why is image building helpful? | When dealing with a recognized design talent, clients generally defer to their acknowledged architectural judgment | 27. 4.5 When is it harder to draw great design talent to one’s firm? | When the firm is new or has a tarnished reputation. | 28. 4.7 What are the three most powerful tools in preventing a dispute from beginning or gaining momentum? | Client selection,Client education, and Contract documentation | 29. 4.7 Open-ended or result-oriented clauses can lead to “_____” which will mean that “extra-contractual” services will more than likely be provided. | scope creep | 30. 4.7 What is the most important key to avoiding disputes? | Adopting proactive and and responsive behavior that promptly addresses issues rather than allowing them to fester. | 31. 4.7 What is the default first step in the dispute resolution process? | Mediation | 32. 4.7 A mediator can be personally selected rather that publicly appointed. What are the most important considerations for the selection of a mediator? | expertise,energy,empathy, perspective and persuasion | 33. 4.7 What is arbitration? | The process whereby the parties voluntarily submit their disputes for resolution by one or more impartial third persons instead of by a judicial court process | 34. 4.7 What are the four characteristics of arbitration? | 1.A private/3rd party decision maker chosen by the parties or by a service provider chosen by the parties. 2. A mechanism for ensuring neutrality in the rendering of the decision. 3. An opportunity for both parties to be heard 4. A binding decision or result | 35. 4.7 How do nearly all disputes involving architects end up getting resolved? | Litigation | 36. 4.7 Who can act as a hybrid of arbitrator, discovery referee, and mediator? | a Special Master | 37. 4.8 How are NURBS(non-uniform rational Bezier splines) defined and how do you manipulate them? | defined by weighted control points and can be manipulated by changing their location or weight in order to alter a surface’s shape | 38. 4.8 What simulations are incorporated into 4D modeling? | facility phasing and construction sequencing | 39. 4.8 What is Clash Detection? | the use of BIM applications to integrate discipline specific models into an aggregated model(aka federated model) in order to detect undesirable geometric or spatial conflicts among various building systems and assemblies | 40. 4.8 How does a CNC (computer numerical controlled) machine work? | it accepts and reads precise geometric information, and aids in or automates the creation of fabrication and sequencing instructions to cut, drill, mill, grind, or otherwise alter a block of material to produce an object. | 41. 4.8 What are the five groups of technology and BIM applications? | 1.Visualization 2.Documentation 3.Model-Based Analysis 4.Integrated analysis 5.Automation and Optimization | 42. 4.10 What are the 10 most common causes of a firm’s failure? | 1. | 43. 4.10 What are the 10 lessons you should learn from the failing firm case studies? | 1.Make a consistent effort to achieve excellence in all areas… |
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