Practice Exam #4

Question 1

True about women

Answer 1

Pre-pandemic, women were the majority of the workforce
Women own 40% all businesses
Women hold 7.4% of Fortune 500 CEO roles

Question 2

Census Bureau

Answer 2

Reviews and updates urbanized area and urban cluster boundaries every 10 years.

Question 3

State agencies

Answer 3

They are political appointees and serve at the leisure of the Governor

Question 4

Drosscape

Answer 4

An urban design framework that examines urbanized regions as the product of the past economic and industrial processes

Question 5

Economic base analysis

Answer 5

Is an assessment of current employment by industry.
Divides industries into 2 categories, basic industries can export

Question 6

Enterprise fund

Answer 6

Account established to manage the revenues and expenditures of a self-sufficient activity such as golf, zoo, parking garage, minor league baseball park, etc.

Question 7

Executive Order 12898

Answer 7

Important for advancing environmental justice.
Stated that federal actions shall address environmental justice in minority and low income populations

Question 8

Example of an environmental justice issue

Answer 8

Discrimination in an program receiving federal financial assistance

Question 9

George Pullman

Answer 9

Created a model town for his company and employees in Illinois

Question 10

Golden vs Planning Board of the Town of Ramapo

Answer 10

Case not heard before the US Supreme Court

Question 10

Golden vs Planning Board of the Town of Ramapo

Answer 10

Case not heard before the US Supreme Court

Question 11

What is the percent of units that are owner occupied according to the 2010 US Census

Answer 11

65%

Question 12

1949 Housing Act

Answer 12

Federal financing for slum clearance and increased authorization for FHA mortgage insurance

Question 13

Housing Act of 1954

Answer 13

Created the funds for urban renewal and federal assistance for local planning

Question 14

Development Impact Fees

Answer 14

First need tot determine the infrastructure costs associated with new development using local data

Question 15

Inclusionary Zoning

Answer 15

Requirement to set aside land to construct affordable housing within a development

Question 16

Sierra Club

Answer 16

Founded in 1892 by conservationist John Muir
Largest environmental organization
Recently opposed CA Senate Bill 827 which promoted high density housing

Question 17

Management by Objectives (MBO)

Answer 17

Peter Drucker
Process of agreeing upon objectives within an organization so that management and employees buy into the objectives and understand what they are

Question 18

Characterizes the organization of a planning agency that is horizontally integrated and grouped by time frame

Answer 18

Management, current planning, advance planning

Question 19

Father of the Modern Housing Code

Answer 19

Lawrence Veiler

Question 20

Manages the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program

Answer 20

State housing agencies using the state’s Qualified Allocation Plan

Question 21

Mail Survey

Answer 21

Low Cost and Low response rate (20% returned)

Question 22

Metropolitan Statistical Area

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Census designated place that includes a central city plus adjacent communities to which it is linked economically

Question 23

Urbanization in the US

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Only 4 states have a majority rural population: Maine, Vermont, West Virginia and Mississippi

Question 24

Indian Reorganization Act

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Organization of Native Americans residing on reservations
Adoption of constitutions for Native Americans living on reservations

Question 25

Tribal designated statistical area

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A unit drawn by tribes that do not have a recognized area

Question 26

Stimulate business development through..

Answer 26

New Markets Tax Credit Program

Question 27

Program monitoring system

Answer 27

documents progress, collects feedback and allows for plan revisions as needed

Question 28

Proportional valuation method

Answer 28

a fiscal analysis that estimates the average costs of the proposed development. Examines increases in community revenues and expenditures related to devleopment

Question 29

Range is a proper summary of these types of data

Answer 29

interval
ratio

Question 30

Regression Analysis

Answer 30

Will help understand the degree of influence of programs

Question 31

Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act passed in 2000

Answer 31

provides protections for the practice of religion in land use contexts

Question 32

Saul Alinsky

Answer 32

Associated with Community Organizing

Question 33

Spatial Justice

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how our cities are organized has a significant bearing on whether people have access to what they need.

Question 34

Standard City Planning Enabling Act included

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Provision for adoption of a master street plan
Provision for approval of all public improvements by the planning commission
Control of private subdivision of land
Provision for the establishment of a regional planning commission and a regional plan

Question 35

Standard State Zoning Enabling Act

Answer 35

Passed in 1920s

Question 36

Susan Feinstein, three elements of the just city

Answer 36

Democracy, Equity and Diversity

Question 37

Symptomatic Approach

Answer 37

data used to determine a correlation between population size and various other events, such as tax returns, voter registration, school enrollments, utility connections, telephone installations, occupancy permits issued and motor vehicle licenses