LA CES CEU – Sharing the Adventure – Design Communications for Ecological Landscapes,12.15.21 Successfully complete the following quiz to qualify for 1 LA CES continuing education credit. A passing grade requires 8 correct answers. CEU LA CES Webinar 12.15.21 - Sharing the Adventure – Design Communications for Ecological Landscapes Last Name(Required) First Name(Required) Middle Name or Initial (as it appears on license) ASLA # CLARB # CSLA # FL# Email 1. Design communication requires: a. drawing skills. b. educating the client. c. verbal presentation skills. d. building trust. 2. Design alternatives are most useful to the design process: a. when they cover the widest reasonable range of options. b. when they frame issues for the clients' input. c. when they showcase the designers' abilities. d. when they lead the clients to make specific choices. 3. Emergent goals: a. may not be apparent before design begins. b. are less important than presenting goals. c. concern specific wetland plants. d. address long-term landscape management. 4. Landscape master plans have the greatest long-term value: a. when their goals are written by the clients without the designers' interference. b. when they include existing operating costs as well as capital costs. c. when their goals are more fixed and their design solutions are more flexible. d. when their goals are more flexible and their design solutions are more fixed. 5. When comparing conventional landscapes and ecologically-based landscapes, which is not true: a. Ecologically-based landscapes require more monitoring in order to succeed. b. The maintenance of conventional landscapes requires fewer chemical inputs. c. The maintenance of conventional landscapes requires less training. d. The appearance of conventional landscapes is more predictable. 6. Goal statements are useful: a. To identify and rank the owner’s values. b. To generate extra fee by selling the same ideas again and again. c. To express the owner’s ideas only – not the designer’s. d. To act as a mission statement for each project. 7. Choosing among design alternatives: a. helps reveal stakeholder values. b. is only effective when options are ranked objectively. c. concludes the design process. d. helps provide the illusion of choice. 8. Ecologically-based design demands especially good communication with stakeholders, because: a. it doesn’t always look like “landscaping,” so stakeholders may not know what they’re getting. b. it sometimes looks sparse and ragged for a year or more, so stakeholders may feel that something’s gone wrong. c. it often isn’t compatible with conventional maintenance practices, so stakeholders need to be comfortable with a long-term commitment. d. all of the above 9. Pre-bid meetings can pay for themselves by: a. reducing bidders’ ‘fear factor’ for unfamiliar types of work. b. eliminating unqualified bidders. c. communicating requirements for unit pricing. d. heading off inappropriate plant substitutions. 10. The designer's values: a. are irrelevant – designers are best when they simply channel the stakeholders’ desires. b. are woven into the design – they are part of the value that designers provide. c. influence the design, but the client should never be aware of them. d. are all that matters – the stakeholders’ role is to provide the land and pay the bills. Δ
