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Planning Examination

Total questions: 55

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The inherent features and characteristics of the land have not been considerably altered or modified such that the soil horizon, landform and structure remain intact;

4 lines
2.

An urban form which is usually two corridors of intense development crossing the center;

a)

radiocentric

b)

rectilinear

c)

branch

d)

sheet

3.

It focuses on the physical improvement of the public environment

a)

a. urban design

b)

b. infrastructure design

c)

c. environmental design

d)

d. landscape design

4.

The Neighborhood Unit concept was developed by __________ ;

a)

Tony Garnier

b)

Clarence Perry

c)

Patrick Geddes

d)

Edward Lutyens

5.

The first garden city is _______________;

a)

Welwyn

b)

Letchworth

c)

Radburn

d)

Wythenshawe

6.

Lewis Mumford’s book which became the bible in regional planning movement;

a)

Gaden City of Tomorrow

b)

Cities in Evolution

c)

The Culture of Cities

d)

City of Tomorrow

7.

A deviation from the set of rules a municipality applies to land use and land development;

a)

zoning

b)

homestead

c)

land-use planning

d)

variance

8.

He is considered as the Father of American City Planning;

a)

Daniel Burnham

b)

Robert Owens

c)

Ebenezer Howard

d)

Walter Griffin

9.

Zapotecs, Mayan & Aztecs were part of __________________ cities;

a)

Islamic

b)

Mesoamerican

c)

Moorish

d)

Persian

10.

In Greek town planning, new cities were called as___________;

a)

neopolis

b)

metropolis

c)

paleopolis

d)

ecopolis

11.

The first university town is _______________;

a)

Vienna

b)

Brasilia

c)

Chandigarh

d)

Canberra

12.

In France during medieval ages, this urban area often refers to new towns;

a)

manor

b)

faubog

c)

boug

d)

bastide

13.

He planned the city of Brasilia;

a)

Lucio Costa

b)

Oscar Niemeyer

c)

Paulo Mendes da Rocha

d)

Luis Barragan

14.

Frank Lloyd Wright’s concept where one family owns an acre of land to develop;

a)

Broadacre City

b)

Cite Industriale

c)

Radiant City

d)

Garden City

15.

This city was established in 2500 BC within Indus Valley which is now known as present day Pakistan;

a)

Jericho

b)

Babylon

c)

Mohenjo Daro & Harappa

d)

Thebes & Memphis

16.

The world’s largest officially recognized historical district is_____________;

a)

Savannah

b)

Philadelphia

c)

Nantucket

d)

Mariemont

17.

A criteria for a responsive environment in which people can understand the spatial layout of a place;

a)

legibility

b)

permeability

c)

personalization

d)

robustness

18.

Daniel Burnham’s Plan of Chicago is a prime example of ___________ ;

a)

dystopia

b)

methodism

c)

utopia

19.

In urban planning, this is a type of building development designed as a group of varied and compatible land uses such as housing, recreation, commercial centers and industrial parks, all within one contained development or subdivision;

a)

transit-oriented development

b)

planned unit development

c)

walkable city

d)

neighborhood unit

20.

He is a Scottish pioneer town planner who coined the term conurbation;

a)

Tony Garnier

b)

Clarence Perry

c)

Patrick Geddes

d)

Edward Lutyens

21.

The process of dividing land in a municipality into zones in which certain land uses are permitted or prohibited;

a)

zoning

b)

homestead

c)

land-use planning

d)

variance

22.

An urban ecological process, where it forces the old population out of the area because of social and racial differences;

a)

Invasion

b)

Centralization

c)

Block-boosting

d)

Gentrification

23.

In Roman city planning, it is an east-west oriented road of a city;

a)

cardo

b)

colonia

c)

decumanus

d)

castrum

24.

In neighborhood TOD, residents must be able to travel to the main transit stop within _______minutes or 3 miles;

a)

10

b)

25

c)

45

d)

60

25.

The concept of a floating marine city was developed by ____________;

a)

Paolo Soleri

b)

Kiyonuro Kikutake

c)

Arturo Soria Y Mata

d)

Clarence Stein

26.

The three steps needed in realizing a rationally calculated decision are the following except;

a)

a. identifying all the stakeholders

b)

b. considers all alternatives

c)

c. evaluates all the consequences

d)

d. selecting the alternative for most valued ends

27.

He invented the modern shopping mall having designed over fifty shopping malls in the United States in the mid-1970’s;

a)

Victor Gruen

b)

M. Jeffrey Hardwick

c)

Aziz Farmanfarnaian

d)

Larry Smith

28.

A planning term which refers to the process of reusing an existing building for a purpose other than which it is originally built or designed for is called;

a)

urban renewal

b)

rehabilitation

c)

adaptive reuse

d)

conservation

29.

This refers to the ratio of the building’s total floor area to the size of the piece of land;

a)

setback

b)

building footprint

c)

floor area ratio

d)

gross floor area

30.

This type of neighborhood structure is characterized by having buildings of the medium density, freestanding sideyard and edgeyard types;

a)

Sub-Urban Zone

b)

General Urban Zone

c)

Urban Center Zone

d)

Urban Core Zone

31.

In urban planning, this is a type of urban development that maximizes the amount of residential, business and leisure space within walking distance of a public transport;

a)

transit-oriented development

b)

planned unit development

c)

walkable city

d)

neighborhood unit

32.

He is the original planner of the City of Chandigarh, India which contained super blocks of 800 x 1200 meters;

a)

Albert Myer

b)

Le Corbusier

c)

Edward Lutyens

d)

Balakhrisnan Doshi

33.

Urban sprawl is a prevalent urban problem in which this group of urban planners and philosophers wishes to address;

a)

New Urbanism

b)

New Towns

c)

City Beautiful

d)

Garden City

34.

One of the street pattern types which has a good street hierarchy for local and collector access through cul-de-sac;

a)

Olmestedian Pattern

b)

Washington Pattern

c)

Radburn Pattern

d)

Savannah Pattern

35.

A zoning control which allows the builders and developers incentives if they can provide certain desirable features and amenities such as plazas, arcades and other open spaces;

a)

cluster zoning

b)

incentive zoning

c)

land-use planning

d)

euclidian planning

36.

A criteria for a responsive environment which relates to the way the design affects where people can go and cannot go within a city district;

a)

legibility

b)

permeability

c)

personalization

d)

robustness

37.

During Baroque period, this city in France showcases palaces and elaborate gardens as the main feature of a landscape design;

a)

Paris

b)

Versailles

c)

Florence

d)

Cannes

38.

When King Phillip II of Spain decreed Laws of the Indies, town planning often consists of buildings that surround the plaza, except;

a)

military outpost

b)

church

c)

marketplace

d)

homes of the principalia

39.

as a decentralized function based on face-to-face contacts, interpersonal dialogue and mutual learning;

a)

Synoptic Rationalism

b)

Incrementalism

c)

Transactive Planning

d)

Advocacy Planning

40.

One of the largest Greek classical cities which was established in 700 BC apart from Athens;

a)

Palmyra

b)

Carthage

c)

Tunis

d)

Sparta

41.

An urban ecological process, is a process of renewal and rebuilding urban spaces where it improves the physical set-up and will consequently affecting the market for previously rundown areas;

a)

Invasion

b)

Centralization

c)

Block-boosting

d)

Gentrification

42.

___________ is a large road, wide and multi-lane arterial thoroughfare often designed with parking lanes, bicycle lanes, walking strips with above average quality of landscaping and scenery;

a)

promenade

b)

avenue

c)

mall

d)

boulevard

43.

Planning allocates scarce resources, particularly ________and other resources, in such a manner as to obtain the maximum practicable efficiency and benefit;

a)

a. human

b)

b. forest

c)

c. land

d)

d . m i n e r a l

44.

Medieval ages gave rise to this type urban design with a combination of legal and military outpost that soon became towns and cities of outlying Roman territories;

a)

feudalism

b)

mercantilist

c)

republican

d)

classical

45.

This type of neighborhood structure in which a front yard is normally a gallery and arcaded type with a private frontage or a colonnade that overlaps the sidewalk;

a)

Sub-Urban Zone

b)

General Urban Zone

c)

Urban Center Zone

d)

Urban Core Zone

46.

In planning process, this refers to involvement of all the individuals, groups, interests, organizations and communities who might be affected by planning outcomes;

a)

stakeholder management

b)

human development

c)

public participation

d)

collective agreement

47.

A type of map that shows set of features such as terrain, streams, boundaries and roads;

a)

hydrogeologic map

b)

topographic map

c)

land classification map

d)

cadastral map

48.

Planning is a way of thinking which was oriented towards the future anticipating _______ and designs solutions in addressing expected difficulties and thereby improve the quality of decision making;

a)

a.projects

b)

b. change

c)

c. development

d)

d. welfare

49.

According to Abraham Maslow’s theory of hierarchy of needs, human requires the following, except;

a)

safety

b)

esteem

c)

self-actualization

d)

territory

50.

He is the Spanish urban planner who designed 19th century extension of Barcelona called the Eixample;

a)

Ildefons Cerda

b)

Arturo Soria Y Mata

c)

Camillo Sitte

d)

Edward Soja

51.

An urban study, where it guides people through the space, such that it clearly indicate the direction or provide reference points;

a)

connectivity

b)

sustainability

c)

wayfinding

d)

walkability

52.

This is an urban movement in which it sought to cure the ills of city plans of;

a)

Garden City

b)

New Towns

c)

City Beautiful

d)

New Urbanism

53.

An arcology project in UAE by Foster and Partners which will solely rely on solar and other renewable energy sources, with a principle of of zero-carbon, zero waste;

a)

Masdar City

b)

Crystal Island

c)

Marine City

d)

Metabolism

54.

Industrial land intensity standards for medium industry I-2;

a)

0.80

b)

2.50

c)

4.0

d)

7.30

55.

It refers to the expansion of human populations away from central urban areas into previously remote and rural areas;

a)

blight

b)

sprawl

c)

migration

d)

ridership