AICP Flashcards
Based on the 2010 Census, the U.S. population is projected to pass 400 million
by:
2060
Which of the following is 36 square miles in size?
A) Section
B) Township Square
C) Metes and Bounds
D) Quarter Section
The correct answer is “B”
The correct answer is a Township Square. At the intersection of the Township lines and
the vertical range lines, there are squares that form. These are called Township Squares
and are 6 miles square and contain 36 square miles. Also, each township contains 36
sections. Each section is one square mile (640 acres). Section 1 is always in the northeast
corner, and Section 16 was reserved for the school so that it would be centrally located.
As part of a comprehensive planning program, which of the following is the best way to solicit citizen input?
I. Publish information in local newspapers.
II. Contact neighborhood group leaders.
III. Organize a citizens committee.
IV. Run announcements on public television.
II and III
What do you call a situation where you need to build consensus around an issue that is ill defined and has no alternatives?
(A) Feedback
(B) Wicked problem
(C) Trial balloon
(D) Ethical dilemma
In the 2010 Census, the fastest growing region was:
A) The West by 15.8%
B) The South by 14.3%
C) The West by 13.8%
D) The South by 15.8%
The population projection technique that allocates a projected population expansion to subregional areas is called:
A) Demographic approach
B) Input-output approach
C) Shift-share approach
D) Marketing approach
The population projection technique that allocates a projected population expansion to subregional areas is called:
A) Demographic approach
B) Input-output approach
C) Shift-share approach
D) Marketing approach
What movement is Washington, D.C. an example of?
(A) Public Health
(B) City Beautiful
(C) Garden City
(D) City Efficient
Tonight you are to present before City Council a report that speaks about the economic impact a proposed land fill would have on the community. Your report supports the land fill based upon the data that your staff has prepared and analyzed. Prior to the meeting, a Council person approaches you. This particular Council person was elected with the platform of not supporting the land fill. He asks that you go against your findings because he sees the numbers differently. You know from all of your work that this is not true and that it is a wrong way of looking at the data. Just before the meeting starts, hundreds of protestors march in against the land fill. Which of the following is the BEST option for you?
A) You realize the effect that this Council person could have on your career at the City, you change your recommendation at the meeting to go against the data and the land fill.
B) You realize that the community is showing strong support against the land fill, and even though your responsibility was to provide economic effects, you decide to change your stance against the land fill.
C) You and your staff are responsible for providing the Council, with clear and accurate data, they are the decision makers, you should continue to present your report as planned.
D) You are not sure now on what you should do, so you ask to pull the report from the agenda and go back to the drawing board with your staff to alter the data to support not building the land fill.
C
More and more communities are doing which of the following to achieve their smart growth goals?
A) They are doing nothing
B) They are trying to raise the funds by themselves with no assistance
C) They are combining private foundation money with traditional funding sources
D) They are turning private foundation money down.
C
This question is based on the following passage from specific state subdivision control enabling legislation and subdivision regulations in the Town of Westminster. The Town of Westminster is an incorporated municipal government within the state.
“A planning board may, in any particular case where such action is in the public interest and not inconsistent with the intent and purpose of the subdivision control law, waive strict compliance with its rules and regulations…” Westminster requires that all residential subdivisions comply with the following:
1. road layout
2. pavement width
3. dead-end road length limit
The following scenario is based upon the preceding paragraphs.
Likely result if the planning board grants a waiver of road construction requirements due to financial hardship.
A) likely to be overturned in court
B) likely to be upheld in court
C) likely to require a special permit
D) likely to require a variance
Which of the following might quality an individual site, structure, or district for historic registration?
I. A significant event.
II. Association with a specific person.
III. An architectural style.
IV. Site of a pre-historic “mound”.
(A) I only
(B) I and II
(C) I, II and III
(D) All of the above.
This is a technique that involves citizens addressing citizens regarding a proposal through a workshop format.
A) Community Technical Assistance
B) Design-In
C) Charrette
D) Fishbowl Planning
Green infrastructure:
I. Should be cost effective
II. Should be integrated with gray infrastructure
III. Incorporate multifunctionality
IV. Can be used to lessen heat island effects
(A) I, II
(B) II, IV
(C) I, II, III
(D) I, II, III, IV
Environmental Impact Statements must address how many “big” questions?
A) 3
B) 5
C) 4
D) 10
