AICP Exam: Research and Assessment Methods

Advocacy planning is associated closely with Paul Davidoff and Saul Alinsky. Which of the following was the significant effect of the advocacy movement?

• Assisted single women with children find employment.

• Caused social planning to move from back room negotiations into the public forum.

• Reduced the need for more environmental documentation.

• Created economic stability.

You are an urban planner for a city, working on a revitalization plan for a commercial area that is a distinct entry point for the city, as well as an important provider of commercial services to the adjacent residential neighborhoods. The area has two anchor stores that are still vibrant, along with a few new businesses and several vacant or underutilized properties. For this project, the least appropriate method of public outreach and engagement would be:

• Delphi Method

• Design Charette

• Taskforce Meetings

• Targeted Interviews

Which one of these is not the 3 C's of community engagement?

• Coalition building

• Consensus building

• Collective knowledge

• Conflict resolution

What is defined as estimates for reported data?

• express desirable future populations based on policies and goals.

• measure of a present or past condition that cannot be measured directly because of a lack of resources (data, time, money).

• conditional statement about the future, describing what the future is likely to be; typically based on statistical models, but reflecting and incorporating the decisions and judgment of the analyst with respect to various factors.

• conditional statement about the future, describing what the future is likely to be if a given set of assumptions proves to be true; typically based on statistical models that extrapolate past and present trends into the future. Projections can be created through very simple or very complex calculations, the type of calculation used is based on available data and desired use of the projection.

What kind of data is used for federal and state funding allocation?

• Projections

• Forecasts

• Estimates

• Targets