Exam 4 Incorrect Answers Flashcards
As part of a safe routes to school assessment, a walking school bus was formed to walk to the school. As the planner participating in the walk you find that the students are required to walk along an arterial road for a portion of the route. As you walk along the arterial you find that there are 12 curb cuts and that cars frequently protrude into the crossing area. Which of the following would be the best solution to creating a safer pedestrian route.
Select one:
a. Add a landscape buffer between the sidewalk and the street.
b. Reinstall the sidewalks to be deeper in the right of way, allowing vehicles to go past the crosswalk and stop before entering the arterial.
c. Close a number of curb cuts and form an internal circulating road to lead vehicles from a particular retailer to an appropriate exit point.
d. Improve the crosswalks by adding striping to clearly delineate the area where pedestrians cross.
Because the properties are individually owned and already developed, this limits the ability to implement changes internal to the development. The best answer is improving the crosswalks by adding striping.
The correct answer is: Improve the crosswalks by adding striping to clearly delineate the area where pedestrians cross.
As the lead planner on a neighborhood planning process you are starting with creating a public involvement plan. Which of the following are key questions that you should ask as you design the participatory process?
I. Do we have the right team?
II. Do we have the time to handle the engagement planned?
III. Do we have the resources to implement the planned engagement?
IV. Does our engagement plan meet legal requirements?
Select one:
a. I only
b. I and II only
c. I, II, and III only
d. I, II, III, and IV
All of these are key questions that the planner should address as part of the engagement planning process. There may be legal requirements regarding public meetings for example.
The correct answer is: I, II, III, and IV
Who was the first president of the American Society of Planning Officials? Select one: a. Saul Alinsky b. Frederick Law Olmstead, Jr. c. Lewis Mumford d. Alfred Bettman
Alfred Bettman was the first president of ASPO. Alfred Bettman (1873-1945) was one of the key founders of modern urban planning. Zoning, as we know it today, can be attributed to his successful arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court, which resulted in the 1926 decision in favor of the Village of Euclid, Ohio versus Ambler Realty Company. The concept of the “Comprehensive Plan,” as used in most cities across the U.S., was in no small part due to the work of Bettman and Ladislas Segoe on the “Cincinnati Plan.” Communities of all sizes across the U.S. may also thank Bettman for his part in creating the “Capital Improvements Budget.”
The correct answer is: Alfred Bettman
Based on the 2010 Census, which of the following can be said to be true of women?
I. Women now hold half of all paid US jobs (49.8%)
II. Women own 40% of all businesses
III. Women hold 43% of executive, administrative and managerial positions
IV. The median age when women are first married is 27
Select one:
a. I only
b. I and II only
c. I, II, and III only
d. I, II, III, and IV only
All of these are true of women and derived from the US Census and the employment data is summarized in the following http://www.kenan-flagler.unc.edu/kenan-institute/publications/census-2010-trends
The correct answer is: I, II, III, and IV only
Which of the following is a feature of Radburn, New Jersey?
I. Designed by Frederick Law Olmstead, Jr. II. Originally designed for 30,000 people III. Called for a mix of uses Select one: a. I only b. I and II only c. II and III only d. I, II, and III
Radburn was designed by Clarence Stein and Henry Wright based on the concept of the garden city.
The correct answer is: II and III only
According to Susan Fainstein, there are three elements of the “Just City”. Which of the following are elements of a the Just City?
Select one:
a. Economic Development, Diversity, and Sustainability
b. Democracy, Equity, and Diversity
c. Democracy, Diversity, and Economic Development
d. Diversity, Equity, and Economic Development
Fainstein in her book the Just City describes the principles of democracy, diversity and equity as essential for the development and evaluation of public policy at the metropolitan level.
The correct answer is: Democracy, Equity, and Diversity
The primary purpose of the Census is to provide the basis for which of the following?
Select one:
a. Determining national population
b. Distributing federal funds to state and local governments
c. Fairly apportioning the number of seats in the United States House of Representatives for each state
d. Determining median family income for the allocation of housing programs
While Census data is used for a variety of purposes, the primary purpose is to apportion seats for Congress. See http://www.census.gov/2010census/about/
The correct answer is: Fairly apportioning the number of seats in the United States House of Representatives for each state
Who was the father of the modern housing code? Select one: a. Lawrence Veiller b. Saul Alinsky c. Edward Bassett d. Alfred Bettman
Lawrence Veiller is the father of the modern housing code. He was concerned with housing conditions for those who are low income. He produced a Tenement Exhibition with proposals for New York City. He went on to become secretary of the New York State Tenement House Commission and drafted the New York State Tenement House Act of 1901 that established basic housing laws - including fire exits and running water for bathrooms in every tenement.
The correct answer is: Lawrence Veiller
As an environmental planner you are concerned about nonpoint source water pollution. You have assembled a team to work on nonpoint source pollution avoidance. You are specifically concerned about slowing the rate of surface water runoff. As the team considers the many different tools available, you start by reviewing the key federal statutes that apply including\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ which you deem to be the most relevant: Select one: a. Section 404 b. Coastal Zone Management Act c. Section 208 d. Clean Water Action Plan
Section 404 of the Clean Water Act requires a permit be obtained from the Army Corp for the discharge of material. The 404 permit process protects wetlands - which are essential to control of nonpoint pollution because this slows the rate of surface water runoff and removes sediment and pollutants before reaching lakes and streams.
The correct answer is: Section 404
There has been a recent prolifieration of dirt pits in the region. Dirt pits aren’t defined in the zoning ordinance and it has been a challenge to manage zoning of this land use. Before writing a zoning amendment you want to understand where dirt pits are likely to be located. You use the following map to identify potential locations. Select one: a. USGS map b. NRCS Soil Survey c. Topographic map d. FIRMs
The Natural Resources Conservation Service Soil Survey maps identify soil types.
The correct answer is: NRCS Soil Survey
As part of the annual citizen survey, you review the results and report to the city manager that the number one concern is about garbage collection. Residents report that their home was frequently missed during weekly pickups. Which of the following do you recommend to the city manager to address the issue?
Select one:
a. Hold a meeting with drivers to understand what happens that leads to missing a residence.
b. Add a tracking device on the garbage trucks. This would allow the trucks routes to be tracked via GPS to make sure no streets were accidentally missed.
c. Review the route mapping to make sure drivers have the most efficient routes and that all residences are assigned to a driver.
d. Create an educational campaign encouraging residents to call 311 to report when their home was missed during trash pickup.
Through the Internet of Things, it is now possible to have devices communicate. A tracking device on each trash vehicle would allow for mapping of the route that each truck completed and would show the time and date of completion. This would allow management to review daily and make sure there are no missed streets and immediately dispatch a truck if there is a missed street. All of the other answers are reasonable activities to undertake and could be used in concert with vehicle tracking.
The correct answer is: Add a tracking device on the garbage trucks. This would allow the trucks routes to be tracked via GPS to make sure no streets were accidentally missed.
You are preparing a state of cities address for a regional summit. Your city has grown by more than 100,000 people in the last decade according to the 2010 Census. You noted that this is a trend nationally, with 80.7% of Americans now living in urban areas. Urban areas are growing quickly, at a rate of 12.1%. And in cities like your own the growth rate is more than 30%. As part of the presentation you highlight which of the following important trends on migration from a national perspective:
I. Between 2000 and 2010 major cities saw a substantial decline in the black population. For example, migration of blacks accounted for 89% of Chicago’s population loss.
II. Net migration, rather than higher birth rates is driving the growth of urban areas
III. Young professionals and Baby Boomers are the key populations moving into cities
IV. Young Hispanic families are driving the growth in major cities
Select one:
a. I only
b. I and II only
c. I, II, and III only
d. I, II, III, and IV
While growth in the Hispanic population is a significant trend, it is not central to the growth in major cities across the country.
The correct answer is: I, II, and III only
You are undertaking a survey of the public to identify their opinions about public transit service to determine whether changes in service have resulted in changing opinions. You are undertaking a: Select one: a. Cross sectional survey b. Longitudinal survey c. Mailed survey d. Sampling survey
You are undertaking a cross sectional survey. A cross-sectional survey is a type of survey that involves the analysis of data collected from a representative subset of a population at one specific point in time.
The correct answer is: Cross sectional survey
This author argued "the need is for deliberate, abstract thought" devoted to what we mean by a good city. Select one: a. Lawrence Haworth b. Lewis Mumford c. Saul Alinsky d. Jane Jacobs
Lawrence Haworth wrote the book, The Good City, which argued for a thoughtful approach to what actually makes a city good.
The correct answer is: Lawrence Haworth
As the planner for the sewer department, you are leading a class of fourth graders through the plan. You describe secondary treatment as:
Select one:
a. This part of the process removes suspended solids that can clog rivers.
b. This part of the process removes suspended and floating solids from the sewage.
c. This part of the process removes more than 99% of the impurities from sewage.
d. This part of the process allows bacteria to consume the organic waste.
Secondary treatment allows bacteria to consume organic waste. The first treatment is removing suspended solids and tertiary treatment removes the impurities from the sewage.
The correct answer is: This part of the process allows bacteria to consume the organic waste.
What is the name of a fund established to manage the revenues and expenditures of a golf course? Select one: A. enterprise fund B. general fund C. revenue fund D. bond fund
The correct answer is enterprise fund. An enterprise fund is an account established to manage the revenues and expenditures of a self-sufficient activity such as a golf course, zoo, parking garage, minor league base ball park etc.
The correct answer is: enterprise fund
