Quiz on areas

What does GIA stand for?

• Gross internal area

• Great internal area

• Grand internal area

• General improvised area

How many RICS published documents are there for measurement standards that are still relevant?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

What is the current measurement standard for retail?

• GIA

• NSA

• IPMS

• NIA

What is the current measurement standard for industrial?

• IPMS

• GIA

• NIA

• GEA

What does the RICS Code of Measuring Practice (2015) do? (one correct answer)

• It provides measurement standards for all property, of which retail and industrial are still used.

• It provides the latest measurement standards for all kinds of property.

• It provides measurement standards for all property, of which office and and residential are still used.

What does RICS Property Measurement (2018) do? (two correct answers)

• It provides measuring standards for all types of property.

• It provides measuring standards for office and residential property only.

• It incorporates IPMS standards into office and residential.

• It disregards IPMS.

What does IPMS stand for?

• International Performance Measuring Standards

• Improvised Property Measuring Standards

• International Property Measuring Standards

What does GIA broadly relate to?

• You measure individual rooms

• You measure up to the external face of the external wall

• You measure up to the internal face of the external wall

If you were measuring residential, which standards might you use?

• IPMS Residential

• Net Sales Area (measure room by room, include all rooms)

• Effective Floor Area (room by room for living spaces only, exclude bathroom, stairs and landing)

• All of these depending on circumstances

If an area is 100 square metres, approximately how many square feet is it?

• 10

• 100

• 1,000