1.

Identify the type of street pattern

a. Curvilinear
b. Offset
c. Court
d. Gridiron

2. What does zoning regulates:

i. Building character
ii. Population density
iii. In-migration
iv. Preservation
a. i, ii
b. I,iii
c. Iii,iv
d. I, iv

3. A clearance issued to a project that is allowed under the provision of the zoning ordinance as well
as other standards, rules and regulations on land use
a. Locational clearance
b. Zoning clearance
c. Variance
d. Deed restrictions

4. Identify the type of street

a. Y-junction
b. Dead end
c. T-junction
d. Hammer
5. The rehabilitation of deteriorated inner-city housing with a favorable locations relative to the
CBD
a. Urban renewal
b. Gentrification
c. Urban seam
d. Yuppification

6. According to the multiple nuclei model of Harris and Ullman, this activity will be located on the
outskirts of towns or where the outskirts were when the development took place

a. High class housing

b. Heavy industry
c. CBD
d. Lower quality housing

7. A type of restoration technique that preserves the object without direct intervention on its
materials; has something to do with prevention or avoiding agents of degradation of the objects
fabric, function, form (appearance), intrinsic values and attributes
a. Substitution
b. Static restoration
c. Anastylosis
d. Quasi-restoration

8. Certain environmental factors affect population distribution at a given time. They are:
i. Climate
ii. Location of water, soil, energy, mineral resources
iii. Transport relationships
iv. Pollution
a. Ii, iii, iv
b. I, ii, iv
c. I, iii, iv
d. I , ii, iii
9. The most important space found within the rules of the Leyes de las Indias
a. Tribunal
b. Town plaza
c. Parish church
d. Fort

10. The period in history wherein towns grew around either a monastery or castle assuming a
radiocentric pattern
a. Renaissance
b. Ancient Rome
c. Ancient world
d. Medieval times

11. He wrote the book image of the city

a. Kevin lynch
b. Ebenezer Howard
c. Unwin raymund
d. Freidman and Douglas

12. What would result in overload storm water when an urban area experiences severe storms?
a. Landslide
b. Erosion
c. Surface water flooding
d. Clogged sewer lines

13. First documented settlement with streets with a narrow main street heading uphill and a wider
terminal which might be a social spot
a. Khirokitia
b. Catalhoyuk
c. Jericho
d. Damascus

14. Growth in the proportion of a population living in urban areas

a. Demography
b. Urban sprawl
c. Conurbation
d. Urbanization
15. Identify the type of street

a. Hammer
b. Dead end
c. T-junction
d. Y-junction

16. Hammer, T-junction and turn-around are example of ________

a. Landscape elements
b. Corridors
c. Streets
d. Nodes

17. Le Corbusier proposed this type of development that is anchored on the objective of
decongesting the centers of our cities by increasing their densities by building high on small part
of the total ground area
a. Radburn
b. Radiant city
c. City beautiful
d. Garden city

18. These are yards, parks or open spaces intended to separate incompatible elements or uses to
control pollution nuisance and for identifying and defining the development areas or zones
where no permanent structures are allowed
a. Buffer
b. Setback
c. Yard
d. Easements

19. Radburn represented a dramatic advance in community planning. It introduced the following
except this one.
a. Introduced the concept of the residential superblock
b. Houses were oriented towards the streets
c. Introduced a hierarchy of roadways
d. Deliberately separated pedestrians and vehicular traffic
20. An urban ecology process that occurred as early as the late 19th century in England and was
attributable among others to the railway system, a mobile middle class and the tendency to
establish housing estates/model dwellings was
a. Urbanization
b. Gentrification
c. Suburbanization
d. Sprawl

21. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE

a. Environmental determinism seeks to influence and determine the peoples behavior through the
design and planning of environment
b. In eastern Europe, the planner has had a traditional socialist role as a decision maker and city
manager particularly in countries where there is no private property market to speak of
c. Daniel Burnham was a leading practitioner of the City Beautiful Movement where he planned the
cities of San Francisco, Chicago and Washington DC
d. Patrick Geddes designed the Country of London Plan of 1944 where 1.25 million were to be
dispersed in rural areas and in the new towns

22. It is a land development scheme wherein project site is comprehensively planned as an entity is
unitary site plan permits flexibility in planning/design. Building siting, and the preservation of
significant natural features
a. PUD
b. Mixed-use development
c. New urbanism
d. STRIP development

23. Identify the type of street pattern

a. Combination
b. Curvilinear
c. Radial
d. Modified grid

24. Equated with the term townscape the urban equivalent of landscape, comprising the visible
forms of the built-up areas, defined as a spatial pattern or arrangement of individual elements
within a city system
a. Urban space
b. Urban form
c. Urban design
d. Urban morphology
25. The social function of the street can be analyzed in terms of the following:
i. Who owns, use and controls it
ii. Fast moving vehicles
iii. The purposes for which it was built
iv. Its changing social and economic function
a. I, ii, iii
b. I, iii, iv
c. I, ii, iv
d. Ii, iii, iv

26. One disadvantage of this street pattern is the eventual narrowness of certain lot frontages
especially along the curvature

a. Cu-de-Sac
b. Meandering
c. Geometric
d. Loop

27. Area that is allowable for conversion to non-agricultural uses

a. Lands issued CARL Valuation determined by DAR
b. Network of protected areas for agriculture
c. Environmentally critical areas
d. Socialized housing sites identified by LGUs

28. A group of people sharing a common temporal demographic experience who are observed
through time
a. Closed population
b. Case rate
c. Cohort
d. Incidence rate
29. Identify the type of street pattern

a. Offset
b. Court
c. Gridiron
d. Curvilinear

30. The spirit of the place is referred to as _______

a. Local soul
b. Landscape elements
c. Genius loci
d. Urban landscape

31. Approaches TOWN planning as a science which includes planning and design as well as
contributions from the sociologist, geographer, economist, demographer, politician, social
anthropologist, ecologist, etc. all these he assembles into a total rational and human approach
which he calls Ekistics the science of human settlements.
a. Daniel Burnham
b. Leonardo da Vinci
c. Constantine Doxiadis
d. Lewis Mumford

32. An urbanized area that is functionally specialized.

a. Barangay
b. Community
c. Urban City
d. District

33. Which of the following statements is true?

a. Combining cut-and-fill is considered the most expensive grading methods.
b. The physical well-being and attitudes of people are directly affected by climate, and these in turn
prescribe the planning needs
c. Monotony Is not a common problem for roads using modified grids
d. An isolated building is surrounded by structures
34. Major and minor routes of circulation which people use to move about
a. Pathways
b. Districts
c. Edges
d. Landmarks

35. It is best suited for lineal construction such as roads, paths, and utility trenching
a. Average End Area Method
b. Borrow Pit Method/ Grid method
c. Contour Area method
d. Grading by cut

36. The type of street pattern wherein the site is divided into square or rectangular blocks
a. Combination
b. Gridiron
c. Linear or ribbon
d. Geometric

37. What needs to be known in site planning for the purpose to be properly stated
a. Process and economy
b. All of the choices
c. Site limitations and restrictions
d. Physical character

38. The practice of forming beds of low growing foliage plants, all of an even height, in patterns that
resemble a carpet both in intricacy of design and in uniformity of surface. Designs can vary from
geometrical shapes to images and lettered inscriptions
a. Parterre
b. Meadows
c. Carpet bedding
d. Lawn

39. Condition of the site are the basis for harmony between the buildings and site. The building and
large part of its success depends on its harmonious relation with nature
a. Deference
b. Extension
c. Geometric constant
d. Accent
40. It mandates the protection of selected areas under the direction of the PAMB that is locally
constituted and chaired by DENR
a. NIPAS
b. Forestry code
c. LGC
d. EIA

41. Data gathering of site conditions, include the following except

a. Base and aerial maps, surveys
b. None in the choices
c. Master plans and feasibility studies
d. Land use plans and zoning ordinances

42. The main growth of industry during the Industrial revolution was
a. Transportation needs
b. Colonization and empire
c. Population increase
d. Supply and demand

43. Lines of a concentrated activity where ways and places are combined and where life and
movement are intensified
a. Nodes
b. Streets
c. Landmarks
d. Junctions

44. He is the author of the 10-volume treatise de Arkitektura which relates experience of Roman
architecture and town planning
a. Nicoletus
b. Hipodamus
c. Vitruvius
d. Leonardo da Vinci

45. An urban planning approach that puts priority on people and environment wherein the model is
the traditional city neighborhood that existed before where workplace, shops and houses where
within walking distance of each other
a. New urbanism
b. Welwyn
c. Garden city
d. Letchworth
46. It is the clearing and maintaining of a structure to extend its lifespan assuming that the old
structure are well-maintained and it is the optimum thing to do
a. Reconstruction
b. Restoration
c. Preservation
d. Conservation

47. Early pioneer of the concept of nodal region. Promoter of Garden City Movement
a. Ebenezer Howard
b. Barry parker
c. Lewis Mumford
d. Unwin raymund

48. Which is not included in the elements of human settlements?

a. Nature
b. Man
c. Community
d. Network

49. The larger the population of a city, the more likely its economy allows for
a. Environment protection
b. Increased self-sufficiency
c. More specialization
d. Higher demand for indigenous products

50. Land area requirements for a hospital with a bed capacity of 100 as per HULRB planning
standards
a. 1 hectare
b. 2.5 hectares
c. 2 hectares
d. 1.5 hectares

51. Restoration is defined as

a. To put in what would be appropriate to period scale, use and so forth
b. To put back what was once there as accurately as possible
c. To maintain site essentially as is
d. To recreate what was there in the past but exists no longer

52. A survey technique used in moderate to large scale projects involving understanding the genius
loci as key to charting the direction for future development
a. Townscape analysis
b. Historical analysis
c. Visual survey
d. Permeability analysis
53. The systematic study of the form, shape, plan, structure and functions of the built fabric of towns
and cities, and of the origin and the way in which this fabric has evolved over time
a. Urban growth
b. Urban morphology
c. Genius loci
d. Urban space

54. This vehicular circulation system allows traffic movement between major arterials and local
streets with direct access to abutting properties
a. Distributor system
b. Collector streets
c. Freeway
d. Minor streets

55. Built-up areas in a general land use map is represented by the color
a. Yellow
b. Blue
c. Red
d. Brown

56. Urbanization began around 4,000 BC in the area known as

a. Mediterranean
b. Fertile Crescent
c. Asia minor
d. Babylon

57. His work as a biologist and study of human ecology led to as systematic study of forces that were
shaping growth and change in modern cities
a. Patrick Geddes
b. Lewis Mumford
c. Patrick Abercrombie
d. Doxiadis

58. He postulated that population increases in a geometric ration while food production increases
arithmetically and that unless natural catastrophes, war or sexual restraint control population
increase, worldwide famine or war will follow
a. Lowdon wingo jr.
b. Robert Malthus
c. Patrick Geddes
d. Von thunen
59. Refers to the relationship of buildings and urban space to the size of a human being
a. Contrast
b. Proportion
c. Scale
d. Harmony

60. He wrote the books ekistics in 1968 and Ecumenopolis in 1975

a. Kevin lynch
b. Patrick Geddes
c. Doxiadis
d. Freidman

61. A type of street pattern that is a straight road that connects one community to another

a. Loops
b. Meandering
c. Cul-de-Sac
d. Geometric

62. An example of this planning theory: The city originated in Mesopotamia in the 4th millennium BC
and spread from there to the Indus valley and China and westward to Greece
a. Sprawl theory
b. Expansion theory
c. Central place theory
d. Diffusion theory

63. He prepared the greater London Plan of 1944

a. Lewis Mumford
b. Abercrombie
c. Unwin Raymund
d. Barry parker

64. Single-family homes, each surrounded by an acre of land allowing each family to grow food for its
own consumption. The homes would be connected by super-highways, giving easy and fast travel
by car in any direction.
a. Garden homes
b. Broadacres
c. Linear cities
d. Farmlots
65. Refers to activities concerned with the management and development of land, as well as the
preservation, conservation and rehabilitation of the human environment
a. Preservation
b. Ekistics
c. Human settlements
d. Environmental planning

66. Mechanism thru which a plan can be implemented

i. Taxation
ii. Zoning
iii. Building code
iv. Land use plan
a. I, ii, iv
b. Ii, iii, iv
c. I, ii, iii
d. I, iii, iv

67. Refers to all cities regardless of their population density and to municipalities with a population
density of at least five hundred persons per hectare
a. Urban area
b. Component city
c. Highly urbanized city
d. Independent city

68. Identify the type of street pattern

a. Modified grid
b. Radial
c. Combination
d. Curvilinear

69. A city designed on the principle that transport routes should be the main determinant of the
form of the plan for the city in which the development is arranged in a long, narrow belt on
either side of a central spine road
a. Broadacre city
b. Linear city
c. New town development
d. Industrial city
70. For small projects requiring only limited water supply, possible sources are
a. All of the choices
b. Cisterns
c. Surface impoundments (or catchments)
d. Wells and springs

71. Local microclimates also pertain to the following except

a. Wind deflection and local breeze
b. Carbon emission
c. Heat reflection and storage
d. All of the choices

72. To avoid moisture and structural problems, storm water must be drained away from the
buildings. This is referred to as __________
a. Negative drainage
b. Positive drainage
c. Water discharge
d. Water run-off

73. A settlement that combines all the advantages of the town by way of accessibility, and all
advantages of the country by way of environment, without any of the disadvantage of both
a. Industrial city
b. Linear city
c. Radiant city
d. Garden city

74. What was the most important factor in designing settlement patterns during the Spanish Period
in the Philippines?
a. Economy
b. Plaza
c. Transportation
d. Religion
75. Identify the type of street pattern

a. Radial
b. Curvilinear
c. Modified grid
d. Combination

76. One of the early pioneers of the concept of nodal region. He suggested that the solution to large
urban areas such as London lay in developing a cluster of new towns linked to the central city in a
functional relationship
a. Clarence Perry
b. Patrick Abercrombie
c. Clarence stein
d. Ebenezer Howard

77. A street pattern used in highly mountainous sites following the contours of the topography

a. Loops
b. Geometric
c. Cul-de-Sac
d. Meandering

78. If a street or a section is to possess the quality of enclosure, then it must be considered to have
these three main elements
i. An entrance
ii. Length
iii. The place itself
iv. A termination or exit
a. I, iii, iv
b. I, ii, iv
c. Ii, iii, iv
d. I, ii, iii
79. Those portions of the development that is not included in the saleable lots, houses, commercial
properties, and so on
a. District
b. Open space
c. Streets
d. Corridor

80. An industrial estate (IE) intended to advance, improve, or increase the level of industrial activity
in the area in which the IE is located, or those undertaking improvement of existing industries,
particularly in economically lagging regions or areas
a. Private IEs
b. Relocation IEs
c. Promotional IEs
d. Development IEs

81. Primary development of any community

a. Building codes
b. Urban pattern
c. Eminent
d. Master plan

82. Parking lots should be located in an area where slope is below _____ otherwise grading is to be
done
a. 5%
b. 7%
c. 10%
d. 3%

83. Literally translates as green cloth. It is a swath of lawn, usually rectilinear in shape, used to
strengthen a visual axis or focus of an object. It can define an edge, serve as a form of contrast
between the smooth texture of the ground plane and the surrounding plant materials or function
as an element of transition between buildings and the natural landscape
a. Espalier
b. Parterre
c. Tapis vert
d. Arbor

84. Suggested bed requirements for a medical center according to DOH

a. 200 299 beds
b. 300 beds and over
c. 100 199 beds
d. 50 100 beds
85. It is an earth mounding places against one or more external walls of a building and serves as a
protection against extreme temperature
a. Fence
b. Berm
c. Buttresses
d. Green wall

86. A map that shows the agricultural, industrial, commercial, forest, pasture, idle lands and other
uses
a. Urban land use map
b. General land use map
c. Topographic map
d. Base map

87. This development forms a mini-community in which these parts are shared: semi-private open
spaces, paths and stairways, parking facilities, childrens play areas, etc.
a. Cluster development
b. PUD
c. New urbanism
d. Mixed-use development

88. The product of grouping of elements, of emphasis, accent and direction. It is the sense of
movement by the articulation of the members making up the composition
a. Rhythm
b. Scale
c. Unity
d. Contrast

89. A follower of the ideas of Patrick Geddes, he wrote the book the Culture of cities
a. Lewis Mumford
b. Clarence Perry
c. Tony garnier
d. Prince Charles

90. The ratio of the economically dependent part of the population to the productive part
a. Illegitimacy ratio
b. Sex ratio
c. Child-woman ratio
d. Dependency ratio
91. IEs intended to accommodate industrial enterprises, which on account of lack of space for
expansion or for environmental reasons, are required to move out to a different location
a. Relocational IEs
b. Developmental IEs
c. Promotional IEs
d. Private IEs

92. Morbidity refers to

a. Incidence of disease
b. Deaths per 10,000 pop
c. Deaths per 1,000 pop
d. Deaths due to diseases

93. The choice the environment represents to the user

a. Legibility
b. Permeability
c. Genius loci
d. None of the choices

94. Hot-dry (Desert like) Regions are known for the following characteristics
a. Drying winds are prevalent
b. Often intense cold at night
c. Water supply is extremely limited
d. All of the choices

95. These are centrally located parks with a service radius of from 0.8 to 3.0 kilometers designed for
both active and passive recreation
a. Municipal park
b. Community Park
c. Playlot
d. Neighborhood park

96. In developing this site, slope analysis is vital and that the practice of bldg.. parallel to contours
will reduce costly construction, grading and filling
a. Horst
b. Sloping terrain
c. Flat terrain
d. Rolling terrain
97. An example of dynamic restoration where partial reconstruction is done by reassembling of
fragments or elements, while introducing substitute materials for missing elements, usually with
unnoticeable difference like the Parthenon
a. Relocation
b. Substitution
c. Anastylosis
d. Quassi restoration

98. When a proposed contour is moved away from an existing slope

a. Fill
b. Pitch
c. Batter
d. Grade

99. Places and objects that are associated with an event, achievement, characteristics or
modification that present a turning point or stage in Philippine history
a. National landmarks
b. Cultural properties
c. Shrines
d. National monuments

100. The termination of a district or a seam between two communities

a. Landmarks
b. Pathways
c. Districts
d. Edges

101. Areas that are covered by water-logged soils for long periods during the growing season
a. Watershed
b. Wetlands
c. Aquifer
d. Flood plains

102. What are the regional conservation strategies recommended for WIND modified by landform,
vegetation and structures?
a. Site structure on middle to upper slope for access to high winds, but protection from high winds
b. Site structures at toe of slopes for exposure to cold air flow at night
c. Site structures at top of slope for exposure to breezes
d. Site structures in middle to lower slope for wind protection
103. A system for recording planning data and ordering the planning process
a. Survey before plan
b. Ekistics grid
c. Growth pole
d. Grid system

104. Recommended minimum distance of industrial areas for heavy industries from residential areas
as per HLURB planning standards
a. km
b. 50 to 80 meters
c. km
d. 1 to 2 km

105. Planning on a longer term (5 10 years) and deals on a particular sector, say transportation,
industry or housing
a. Action-oriented
b. CLUP
c. Sectoral planning
d. Comprehensive planning

106. A city with very high local concentrations of population in skyscrapers separated by very large
areas of intervening open space at the ground level
a. Industrial city
b. Metabolism city
c. Broadacre city
d. Radiant city

107. Limitation on reclassification of agricultural land into non-agricultural uses for highly urbanized
and independent component cities
a. 15%
b. 10%
c. 5%
d. 20%
108. A street pattern that is shaped so that the fronting houses automatically create an enclosed
space

a. Cul-de-Sac
b. Loop
c. Meandering
d. Geometric

109. Major event which led to the establishment of planning as a profession

a. Colonization
b. World war ii
c. Population growth
d. Industrial revolution

110. He believed the use of open space as element or urban system and the urban park as an aid to
social reform
a. Arturo Soria y Mata
b. Frederick Olmstead
c. Clarence Stein
d. Clarence Perry

111. This affected the urban design of most towns during the medieval ages
a. Religion
b. Politics
c. Wars
d. Feudalism

112. Approaches town planning as a science which includes planning and design as well as
contributions from the sociologist, ecologist, etc. all these he assembles into a total rational and
human approach which he calls Ekistics the science of human settlements
a. Constantine doxiadis
b. Leonardo da vinci
c. Daniel Burnham
d. Lewis Mumford

113. Where can we find the highest level policy statements on environmental protection?
a. Constitution
b. PD 1151
c. LOI 90
d. RA 5454
114. Preparation f this is required for developments in areas or projects which are considered
environmentally critical
a. NBC
b. LGC
c. NIPAS
d. EIS

115. This allows rapid movement of large volumes of through-traffic between and across urban areas
with limited access in urban areas allowed with grade-separated interchanges
a. Collector streets
b. Distributor systems
c. Local streets
d. Arterial streets

116. The second zone in Burgess Concentric Zone Theory

a. Independent working mens homes

b. Area of better residences
c. CBD
d. Transition zone

117. In many metropolitan centers in the developing world, the largest component of urban
population growth is
a. Increase in territorial jurisdiction
b. In-migration
c. Births
d. Marriage

118. Setback along beachfront from edge of vegetation as stipulated by DOT

a. 20 mtrs
b. 40 mtrs
c. 10 mtrs
d. 30 mtrs

119. He developed a low density urban sprawl called Broadacre City

a. Daniel Burnham
b. Tony garnier
c. Frank Lloyd wright
d. Clarence Perry
120. The field on which unfolds both the building fabric and the public realm of the city
a. Subdivision
b. Lot
c. Square
d. Block

121. These are stationary objects which become familiar focal points within a community
a. Trees
b. Malls
c. Monuments
d. Jollibee outlets

122. The intent is to concentrate development areas where it is wanted and to restrict it in areas
where it is not; a sending area and a receiving area are designated
a. Special use zoning
b. Spot zoning
c. Transfer of development rights
d. Inclusionary zoning

123. Building on level sites are favorable because

a. All of the choices
b. It can adapt to all street patterns
c. It is economical in site development
d. It can adapt to various building forms

124. It is the cleaning and maintaining of a structure to extend its lifespan assuming that the old
structure are well-maintained and it is the optimum thing to do
a. Restoration
b. Reconstruction
c. Conservation
d. Preservation

125. It combined the advantages of the town by way of access and all the advantages of the country
by way of the environment without any of the disadvantages of either
a. Garden cities
b. New urbanism
c. Neighborhood unit
d. New towns
126. This type of development pattern emerged as towns grew around a monastery or castle during
the medieval times
a. Rectilinear
b. Nodes
c. Core periphery
d. Radiocentric

127. It is the final grade after all landscape development has been completed
a. Finished floor elevation
b. Topsoil
c. Sub-grade
d. Finished grade

128. The hypothesis is built around the observation that frequently there are a series of nuclei in the
patterning of the urban land uses rather than the single central core used in the other theories
a. Transition
b. Sector nuclei concept
c. Multiple nuclei concept
d. Concentric nuclei concept

129. The elements of the human settlements

a. Nature, man, community, hamlet, networks
b. Natures, man, community, shells, networks
c. Nature, man, society, shells, networks
d. Nature, man, society, networks, hamlet

130. Demography denotes the study of human population through statistical methods. This involves
primarily the measurement of the size and increase or decrease of the numbers of people. The
constituents of these numbers are;
i. Births
ii. Deaths
iii. Migration
iv. Marriage
a. Iv only
b. I, ii, iii, iv
c. Ii only
d. I, ii, iii
131. Which of the following statements is true?
a. Allocative planning is concerned with the spatial qualities and relationships of development
b. The five (5) interdisciplinary approaches to ekistics are : political sciences and administration,
social sciences, environmental disciplines, cultural disciplines and economics
c. In ekistics, the shells element deals with people and their interaction with population trends,
group behavior, social customs, occupation, income and government
d. Town planning is the art and the science of ordering the land uses and siting the buildings and
communication routes so as to secure the maximum level of economy, convenience and beauty

132. Which of the following statements is not true?

a. A street has a three-dimensional from which inhibit certain activities and make others possible
b. According to alberti, if the city is noble and powerful, streets should be designed winding, rather
than straight and broad, because this carries the air of greatness and majesty
c. Increasing competition for the drivers attention has turned roadway signs into swirls of
conflicting graphics and verbiage
d. A total separation of vehicles and pedestrians is harmful for the development of a lively and
active street

133. Patrick Geddes coined this term to mean the conglomeration of town aggregates, describing the
waves of population to large cities followed by overcrowding and slum formation
a. Amorphic
b. Broadacre
c. Backflow
d. Conurbation

134. In central business districts, the highest land values are usually the areas where
i. Zoning is for commercial land use
ii. No front setback
iii. Fronting the road
iv. Density is highest
a. Iii, iv
b. I, iv
c. I, iii
d. I, ii

135. Landscape elements include the following except

a. Benches
b. Lamp post
c. CCTV camera
d. All of the choices
136. He proposed La Ville Radieuse (Radiant City) anchored on objective to decongest the centers of
cities by increasing their densities by building high on small part of the total ground area
a. Le Corbusier
b. Frank Lloyd wright
c. Arturo Soria y Mata
d. Leonardo da Vinci

137. A land use planning tool that identifies locations where excess community service capacity exists
and where cost of additional distribution for each new customer is no greater than the value of
increased efficiency in producing the service
a. Committed lands analysis
b. Land suitability analysis
c. Marker forecasts
d. Carrying capacity analysis

138. The quickest, efficient and convenient transport mode connecting two points
a. Bike lanes
b. Rail network
c. Bus routes
d. Road network

139. What are regional conservation strategies recommended for SUN modified by landform,
vegetation and structures
a. Plant deciduous trees for afternoon shade
b. Maximize shade through the use of planting, pergolas, and/or trellis structure
c. Avoid heat-absorbing materials; use thick walls or earth shelters
d. Avoid northern entrances to buildings

140. He stressed the interdependence and interrelationship of factors in region, using his famous
place-work-folk diagram. He also coined the term city-region which has come to be the most
widely used form of nodal region
a. Patrick Geddes
b. Ebenezer Howard
c. Patrick Abercrombie
d. Lewis Mumford

141. Branch of geology dealing with the origin and nature of landforms with emphasis on erosional
process is referred to ______
a. Surficial geology
b. Geomorphology
c. Physiography
d. Geotectonic
142. What site planning strategies are conducive to minimizing energy costs and adverse of
development?
a. All of the choices
b. Minimize disruption of natural resources, extension of services and transportation needs
c. Respond to local climatic conditions and minimize water, fertilizer and maintenance needs as
well as ass significant biomass to the landscape
d. Minimize site disruption, protect natural drainage ways and other critical natural resources

143. What is the condition of a land that is dilapidated and the land value has depreciated
a. Eyesore
b. Blighted
c. Old
d. Decayed

144. Father of American Town Planning

a. Frederick Law Olmsted
b. Daniel Burnham
c. Clarence Stein
d. Clarence Perry

145. A special type of bar chart that shows the distribution of a population by age and sex
a. Population projection
b. Population implosion
c. Population density
d. Population pyramid

146. The methodological and controlled repair and strengthening of a structure to have it as close to
its original state and to prevent further decay and deterioration
a. Conservation
b. Restoration
c. Preservation
d. Reconstruction
147. Identify the type of street

a. Y-junction
b. Dean end
c. T-junction
d. Hammer

148. The ability of an areas resources systems to support the activities of a given population
a. Resource use
b. Threshold population
c. Demography
d. Carrying capacity

149. A desirable characteristic of a place is the case with which one can move through and get to
other locations. Such places are therefore integrated physically or connected to their surrounding
areas
a. Legibility
b. Variety
c. Permeability
d. Personalization

150. The links within the settlements and with other settlements
a. Norms
b. Shells
c. Hamlet
d. Networks

151. Built the first garden city Letchworth in 1920

a. Freidman and Douglas
b. Abercrombie
c. Unwin raymund/Barry parker
d. Lewis Mumford
152. Zoning takes the form of a locally enacted ordinance which embodies among others, regulations
affecting
i. Density of residential development
ii. Uses allowed or disallowed in each zone district
iii. Conditions for allowing them
iv. Deviations legally allowed from the requirements of the ordinance
a. Ii, iii and iv
b. I, ii and iii
c. I, ii and iv
d. I, iii and iv

153. The first noted urban planner who introduced the grid system and the agora
a. Miletus
b. Hippodamus
c. Spartacus
d. Arthemus

154. What became a major element of town planning and urban design during the renaissance and
baroque periods
a. Word trade
b. Universities
c. Coastal towns
d. Arts and architecture

155. Refers to an area with at least 200,000 people and income of P50M or more
a. Component city
b. Highly-urbanized city
c. Independent component city
d. Metropolitan area

156. Rectilinear land division during ancient times is a result of what?

a. Sheep herding
b. Defense
c. Politics
d. Plow farming

157. An overlay method of mapping natural determinants used to determine the suitability of a
particular for prospective and uses
a. Site suitability
b. Sieve-mapping
c. GIS
d. Site analysis
158. The sole regulatory body for housing and land use development. It is charged with encouraging
greater private sector participation in low-cost housing through liberalization of development
standards, simplification of regulations and decentralization of approvals for permits and licenses
a. HLURB
b. HUDCC
c. UDHA
d. NHMC

159. Rebirth of classical towns; piazza planning in Venice; grandeur in civic structure and public
spaces; streets were wide regular and circumferential with the piazza at the center as in Italy
a. Byzantine
b. Renaissance
c. Romanesque
d. Medieval

160. The termination of a district or a seam between two communities

a. Pathways
b. Edges
c. Districts
d. Landmarks

161. The first university town

a. Vienna
b. Karlsruhe
c. Versailles
d. Paris

162. Mechanisms thru which a plan can be implemented

I. Taxation
II. Zoning
III. Building code
IV. Land use plan
a. I, ii, iii
b. I, iii, iv
c. I,ii, iv
d. Ii, iii, iv

163. A Spanish laws of the Indies town classified as civil

a. Presidio
b. mission
c. Pueblo
d. Poblacion
164. Responsible for the reconstruction of Paris which imposed a new pattern of broad boulevards
and great parks on the previous labyrinth street pattern
a. Sir Barlow
b. Le Corbusier
c. Daniel Burnham
d. George Haussmann

165. The most practical of street layout

a. Meandering
b. Grid
c. Circumferential
d. Curvilinear

166. Disadvantage of grading by fill includes

a. Possibility of settling especially for large areas
b. Cost of locating, acquiring and transporting fill soil
c. Erosion occurs more readily
d. All of the choices

167. The most frequent shape of a city, a large circle with radial corridors if intense development
emanating from the center

a. Radiocentric
b. Central node
c. Ring
d. Star

168. result of dense concentrations of people and residents, mixed blocks of different age and
conditions
a. yuppification
b. amorphic
c. genius loci
d. obsolescence
169. he developed the neighborhood principle based on the natural catchment area of community
facilities such as primary schools and local shops
a. Clarence Perry
b. Frederick Olmsted
c. Arturo Soria y Mata
d. Clarence stein

170. Not a thematic or analytical map

a. Climate map
b. Soil map
c. Slope map
d. Vicinity map

171. Identify the type of street

a. Hammer
b. Y-junction
c. T-junction
d. Dead end

172. Promotes the creation and restoration of diverse, walkable, compact, vibrant, mixed-use
communities of the same components as conventional development, but assembled in a more
integrated fashion, in the form of complete communities
a. New towns development
b. New urbanism
c. Yuppification
d. Gentrification

173. A map showing locations and elevations of natural as well as man-made features, relief and
vegetation
a. Contour map
b. Relief map
c. Slope map
d. Topographic map
174. Based on the natural catchment area of community facilities such as primary schools and local
shops, extending about half or three quarters of a mile in any direction
a. District
b. Urban area
c. Greenbelt
d. Neighborhood unit

175. Analysis of surface drainage pattern includes the following

i. Amount drainage
ii. Directions of drainage
iii. Flood zones
iv. Presence of aquifer
a. Ii, iii, iv
b. i, ii, and iv
c. i, ii, and iii
d. I, iii and iv

176. In 1898, he wrote a book about the design for an industrial city which like Howards concept, was
to be self-contained new settlement with its own industries and housing nearby
a. Patrick Geddes
b. Lewis Mumford
c. Tony garnier
d. Le Corbusier

177. Describes scenery or elements beyond the actual design that become an important or integral
part of the composition. In chines gardens it is describes as jie jing, in Japanese landscapes
shakkei and in Italian design as integrazione scenica
a. Borrowed view
b. Points of transition
c. Structuring elements
d. Hierarchy

178. Which of the following is TRUE

a. Development plans not only include policies for all the main land uses and types of development
but also take into account in the policy making process, broader, social, economic and
environmental trends in the area
b. Behavioral planning otherwise called utopian planning
c. Indicative planning, otherwise called command planning, involves specific directives
d. Planners who take on the role of the umpire saw themselves as powerful technocrats who could
offer society answers to all its problems on the basis of what they saw as their advanced
knowledge of the science of town planning
179. Preservation is defined as
a. To put in what would be appropriate to period scale, use and so forth
b. To put back what was once there as accurately as possible
c. To recreate what was there in the past but exists no longer
d. To maintain site essentially as is

180. Meeting the minimum basic needs of the population shall be the concern of this sector for
human development
a. Social sector
b. Land use sector
c. Economic sector
d. Fiscal sector

181. Example of physical factors that appear most to influence street use:
i. User density
ii. Land-use mix
iii. Configuration
iv. Buildings
a. Ii, iii, iv
b. I, ii, iii
c. I, ii, iv
d. I, iii, iv

182. The concept of the center is probably the single most important idea with which the designer
works because of the following reasons except for one which is
a. Emphasize all parts of the city
b. Lively, pedestrian-friendly downtowns with a mixture of stores, merchants, services and public
spaces
c. Nodes are points, the strategic spots in a city into which an observer can enter, and which are the
intensive foci to and from which he is travelling
d. It gives the city image ability or a strong image

183. A type of development wherein development is on direct frontage on primary distributors

a. Strip development
b. Radburn
c. Arterial
d. Commercial development

184. Example of an ornament of a city

a. X-mas lanterns
b. Gnomes
c. Topiary work
d. Obelisks
185. The rapid increase in population in the urban areas will result to
a. Increase in informal settlers
b. Increase in death rate or mortality
c. All of the choices
d. Loss of work opportunities

186. Miscellaneous collection of individual stores standing on their individual lots strung along street
frontage
a. Major cbd
b. Neighborhood center
c. Minor cbd
d. Commercial strips

187. Identify the type of street pattern

a. Gridiron
b. Court
c. Curvilinear
d. Offset

188. Planning for tourism in the LGU would primarily focus on the identification of local attractions or
areas that have
I. Tourist potential
II. Cultural and educational value
III. Recreational or leisure value
IV. Infrastructure value
a. I, iii and iv
b. I, ii, and iii
c. I, ii, and iv
d. Ii, iii and iv

189. According to Ian Bentley, this urban quality offers users a choice of experiences thru forms, uses
and meanings
a. Legibility
b. Robustness
c. Vitality
d. Variety
190. According to him, the city was a totally designed system of main circulation arteries, a network of
parks and clusters or focal building blocks of civic centers including city hall, a country court
house, a library, an opera house a museum and a plaza
a. Ebenezer Howard
b. Arturo Soria y Mata
c. Daniel Burnham
d. Leonardo da Vinci

191. An urban environment quality where theres a variety of sense experiences that users can enjoy
a. Richness
b. Personalization
c. Robustness
d. Appropriateness

192. Maximum distance a consumer is willing to travel to avail a good or service beyond which people
will look to another center
a. Market range
b. Core periphery
c. Hierarchy of service
d. Market area analysis