Saturday Mix - Henry's Class (5)

Question 1

True/False: Garages fronting the lot is a characterization of neotraditional neighborhoods.

Answer 1

False - garages usually are in the back of the home and/or connected by an alley way in neotraditional neighborhoods.

Question 2

A generalized guide that conducts decisions related to land use is known as a ___________?

Answer 2

Policy

Question 3

This type of survey is inexpensive, but does not work well with the disabled or the poorly educated _____________?

Answer 3

Mail-in survey

Question 4

The LEAST predictable type of zoning approach for comprehensive plan implementation is?

Answer 4

Euclidean

Question 5

A shadow study would be BEST utilized to:

Answer 5

Analyze solar access

Question 6

The first New Urbanist town in the U.S. is considered to be?

Answer 6

Seaside, FL

Question 7

The first step in the plan making process is:

A. State Goals, Objectives, and Priorities
B. Collect and Interpret Data
C. Identify Issues and Options
D. Evaluate impact of Plans and Implementation.

Answer 7

C.

Question 8

Modest, clustered residential developments to mixed-use master planned communities, often approved through the use of overlays, as conditional uses or as a separate zoning category is best described as _________________?

Answer 8

Planned Unit Development

Question 9

Surveying and interpreting data to identify external opportunities and threats that could influence future decisions describes what process?

Answer 9

Environmental scanning

Question 10

To manage, develop, and protect water and related resources in an environmentally and economically sound manner in the interest of the American public is the mission statement of ______________?

Answer 10

Bureau of Reclamation

Question 11

Trip distribution is which step in the traditional four-step transportation forecasting model?

Answer 11

Second step

Question 12

The American Petroleum Institute’s position on greenhouse gas production and climate change could BEST be described as?

Answer 12

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions through industry-led solutions

Question 13

What type of population projection is generally the best for a slow growing rural area?

Answer 13

Linear

Question 14

A Health Impact Assessment would BEST be used to:

(A) Record the known results of a clinical trial.
(B) Assess the epidemiological state of a community and project its future health outcomes.
(C) Develop the equitable costs for new medicines.
(D) plan a new regional public hospital in the community.

Answer 14

B

Question 15

The first step in the planning process typically involves:

(A) Stating goals, objectives and priorities
(B) Preparing plans
(C) Identifying the issues and options
(D) Collecting and interpretating data

Answer 15

C

Question 16

The first step in the CIP process involves:

(A) Reviewing last year’s budget
(B) Developing the current budget
(C) Creating a schedule of capital improvements needed
(D) Identifying the community’s capital facility needs, timing, costs, and project financing

Answer 16

D

Question 17

A local gasoline tax is the best example of what type of tax?

Answer 17

regressive tax

Question 18

Where would you file a charge of misconduct against an AICP member?

Answer 18

The AICP Ethics Officer

Question 19

A one-time, up-front charge for a new development public facility needs, usually paid at the time of the building permit approval is best described as what type of fee?

Answer 19

Impact Fee

Question 20

Recent trends in regional planning involve planning for all of the following except:

(A) Downtown redevelopment
(B) Climate change
(C) Changing demographics
(D) Sustainability

Answer 20

A

Question 21

Which of the following functions is considered to involve line employees?

(A) Strategic planning
(B) Budget development
(C) Comprehensive planning
(D) Zoning application review

Answer 21

D

Question 22

When did home ownership in the U.S. peak?

(A) 2001
(B) 2005
(C) 2007
(D) 2020

Answer 22

B

Question 23

_______________ was the focus of the federal housing programs in the 1950s?

Answer 23

Urban Renewal

Question 24

Who assisted with the L’Enfant plan of Washington, D.C.?

(A) Fredrick Douglass
(B) Booker T. Washington
(C) Absalom Boston
(D) Benjamin Banneker

Answer 24

D.

Question 25

True/False: The Ethics Committee may terminate or continue with the ethics process if the respondent planner’s certification has expired?

Answer 25

True

Question 26

Any land area susceptible to being inundated by flood waters from any source is a _____________?

Answer 26

floodplain