1) This refers to the wise and prudent use of any resource that is held in trust.

A. Technocracy
B. Shepherding
C. Protectionism
D. Championing
E. Stewardship***

2) Which of those listed below is not a 'thematic' map?

A. Political - administrative boundaries***

B. NPAAAD map
C. Slope map
D. Forest cover map

3) Under Executive Order 26 series of 2011 which declared the National Greening Program
as DA-DAR-DENR Convergence Initiative, how many tree seedlings should each
government employee plant each year, a requirement that also applies to students
identified by DEPED and CHED?

A. 10***
B. 20
C. 25
D. 30
E. 35

4) Which type of land use is most easily reversible or convertible to its original state?

A. Forest land***
B. Memorial park
C. Infrastructure land
D. Commercial

5) A 'drainage basin' is the total land area that contributes runoff to a given stream. What
characteristic of a drainage basin causes it to have an 'efficient' response to rainfall?

A. Sloping topography in bowl-like formation***

B. Permeable soils
C. Plasticity of clay bottom
 D. Filtration by its wetlands

6) 'Contour lines' on a topographic map indicate

A. Soil classes
B. Layers of vegetative cover
C. Demarcation lines
D. Elevation intervals***

7) Under RA 7586, poor communities occupying sections of forestland continuously for at

least 5 years prior to legal proclamations, who are dependent on the forest for subsistence,
are considered "tenured migrant communities" and are engaged by government to
undertake reforestation and upland management under this specific program.

A. Agro-Forestry
B. Sloping Agricultural Land Technology
C. Integrated Social Forestry***
D. Industrial Forestry

8) In agricultural land use planning, the soil characteristics of solum depth and clay-silt
fraction that would ensure good plant growth are

A. <50 cm and <80%

B. >100 cm and >80%***
C. 50-100 cm and 40-80%
D. 10-50 cm and 10-40%

9) This document consists of specific proposals to guide growth in a locality including

statements about community goals, priorities, strategies, and socially-desired mix of
resource uses. These are illustrated by maps,diagrams,charts,tables that show a coherent
spatial framework for environment protection, economic production, settlements, and
infrastructure.

A. Charrette
B. Chatroulette
C. Comprehensive Land Use Plan***
D. Strategic Plan
E. Framework Plan

10) Which is not a benefit from having large greenspace in cities?

A. Absorbs air pollution

 B. Gives off oxygen
C. Cools the air as water transpires
D. Provides habitat to wild beasts***
E. Provides shade with 1ess electricity required
F. Muffles noise and creates an island of peace

11) This process defines the physical platform of development at the local level, and proceeds
by systematically evaluating alternative patterns of resource use,choosing that use which
meets specified goals, and drawing-up appropriate policies and programs, directed to the
best use of land in view of accepted objectives, and of environmental and societal
opportunities and constraints.

A. Framework Planning
B. Strategic Planning
C. Land Use Planning***
D. Development Planning

12) In all but one of the following measures, Land Use Planning works with Nature by
conserving natural resources.

A. Interconnect open space and greenways to provide corridors and refuge for wildlife
B. Delineate clear town edges or greenbelts to protect surrounding farmland
C. Encourage quarrying near main rivers to generate substantial revenues for the
municipality***
D. Create neighborhood pocket-parks and urban mini-forests to serve as lungs of the
city/town

13) It is a computer system consisting of software and hardware components that are used to
organize, store, process, analyze and display multiple layers of spatially-referenced
information about geographically located features.

A. Geodesy and Geodetics

B. Global Positioning System
C. Electronic Cadastral System
D. Geographic Information System***

14) A 'watershed' is principally a source of

A. Timber for processing into lumber, shelter materials, paper

B. Charcoal for grill requirements of five-star restaurants
C. Food and prey for biodiverse species in rivers, streams
 D. Water for humans, animals, plants, and other species***

15) In slope analysis, land with slope 0% to 3% is described as

A. Even and smooth

B. Flat to gently sloping
C. Level to nearly level***
D. Gently to moderately undulating

16) An essential part of land-use planning, this activity occurs after strategic planning but before
the detailed layout of location, and aims to characterize and design a parcel of land or
specific section of town so that it can function effectively in relation to the complexity and
scale of proposed development and the range of land uses around it.

A. Estate Planning
B. Wards and Precincts Planning
C. Parcellary Planning
D. Site Planning***
E. Project Planning

17) By taking into account both quantitative values and non-quantitative values, 'Planning
Balance Sheet' is an 'extended' 'multiple-criteria' form of

A. Cost-revenue analysis
B. Cost-benefit analysis***
C. Cost-effectiveness analysis
D. Cost-estimate analysis

18) The recommended map scale for provinces is 1:50,000 while that for town/city CLUP
should be at least

A. 1 :200,000
B. 1:100,000
C. 1:25,000
D. 1:10,000***

19) All but one of the following are sub-categories of Forest Reserve.

A. Permanent Forest
B. Critical River Watershed
C. Mangrove Forest
 D. Military and Civil Reservations***

20) This refers to aerial photographs that have been rectified to produce an accurate image of
the Earth by removing tilt of planet, relief displacements, and topographic distortions
which occurred when the photo was taken from an airplane

A. Photogrammetry
B. Orthophotography***
C. Remote sensing
D. Geomatics
E. Geodetics

Feedback
An orthophoto, orthophotograph or orthoimage is an aerial photograph geometrically corrected ("orthorectified")
such that the scale is uniform: the photo has the same lack of distortion as a map.(Source: Wikipedia)

21) Prior to the development of computer mapping software in the mid-1970s, spatial analysis
was done manually by overlaying different thematic maps of the same scale, principally to
determine

A. Geohazards and physical constraints

B. Areas that are ideal for urban development
C. Critical areas for rehabilitation or intervention
D. All of the choices***

22) An 'analytical' map is a composite or overlay of two or more

A. Base maps
B. Thematic maps***
C. Aspect maps
D. Choropleth maps

23) Which of the following is not a factor to determine suitability of land for agricultural use?

A. Climate and rainfall

B. Soil quality
C. Geologic fault lines***
D. Slope

24) This type of land regulation says that man-made structures should be of such height,bulk, or
design so as not to upstage, play down, or draw attention away from a landmark (e.g. Rizal
Monument ), natural landscape, or character of place
 A. Design Aesthetics
B. Architectural Masterplan
C. Cultural Mapping
D. Form-Zoning***

25) In HLURB Guidelines for CLUP, which of the following does not fall under the 'social
sector'?

A. Education
B. Tourism***
C. Health
D. Police Protective Services
E. Sports and Recreation

26) In HLURB Guidelines for CLUP, which of the following does not fall under the 'economic
sector'?

A. Housing***
B. Mining
C. ICT and Business Process Outsourcing
D. Mariculture
E. Small Scale Industries

27) These are lands capable of intensive use or cultivation over time and can sustain the
productivity levels of crops in a given climatic region without adversely affecting the
immediate or adjoining environment.

A. Agro-industrial estate
B. Prime agricultural land***
C. Alluvial fans
D. Icefields or mud paddies

28) These are geometric coordinates for designating the location of places on the surface of the
Earth; the First gives the location of a place above or below the equator, expressed by
angular measurements ranging from 0 at the equator to 90 at the poles, while the Second
gives the location of a place east or west of an upright line called the prime meridian, and is
measured in angles ranging from 0 at the prime meridian to 180 at the International Date
Line.

A. Landmass and ocean

B. Cartesian x,y, points
 C. North pole & south pole
D. Latitude and longitude***

29) Under RA 9175 Chainsaw Act of 2002, one of the following does not possess a chainsaw
in a legal manner.

A. Has a subsisting timber license agreement, production sharing agreement, or a private

land timber permit
B. Is duly elected official of upland barangay***
C. Is an orchard and fruit tree farmer
D. Is a licensed wood processor who cuts only timber that has been legally sold
E. Is an industrial tree farmer

30) According to Prof. Ernesto Serote, this is the process of putting two or more thematic maps
on top of each other to determine areas of convergence of certain features of land
contributing to the suitability of the area to a particular purpose, and conversely, to
eliminate or screen out areas that are not suitable for that purpose.

A. Thematic superimposition
B. Cartographic merging
C. Sieve analysis***
D. Spatial modeling

31) PD 1067 Water Code of 1976 Article 51 requires a three-meter easement from the banks
of creeks, canals, and esteros, in urban areas, but MMDA Resolution 3 s. 1996, has
expanded the easement for Metro Manila areas adjoining water bodies as measured from
the banks of Pasig River, tributary streams and the shoreline, to be at least

A. 10 meters***
B. 20 meters
C. 40 meters
D. 5 meters

32) It is an integrated development scheme wherein a defined area is comprehensively planned

as a unitary entity such that innovations in site design and building design are rewarded by
government with some flexibility in zoning, usually relaxation of standards or their
replacement with negotiated agreement between the developer and the LGU.

A. Enterprise Zone
B. Sites and Services model
C. Zonal Improvement Program
D. Planned Unit Development***
33) Which of the following soil types has the greatest permeability, and hence has the least
nutrient-holding capacity?

A. Sand***
B. Clay
C. Silt
D. Loam
E. Humus

34) Republic Act that provides for "conservation and protection of wildlife resources and their
habitats" is numbered as

A. RA 9147***
B. RA 9714
C. RA 4791
D. RA147

Feedback
RA 9147 is "Wildlife Resources Conservation and Protection Act" (2001)

35) According to RA 8749, this geographic-based document integrates primary data and
information on natural resources and anthropogenic activities on the land as evaluated
using various risk assessment and forecasting methodologies, and evaluates environment
quality and carrying capacity of an area in such a way that enables planners and
government decision-makers to anticipate the type of development control necessary in the
planning area.

A. Natural Resources Inventory

B. Environmental Accounting
C. Biogeographic Compendium
D. Eco-Profile***

36) Under RA 7586, these are identified portions of land and water, remarkable areas,
biogeographic zones, habitats of rare and endangered species- all set aside by reason of their
unique physical and biological significance, to be managed to enhance biological diversity,
and to be secured from destructive human exploitation.

A. National Heritage Parks and Reservations

B. Resource Reserve
C. Ecological Zones
D. Protected Areas***
37) An innovation in land-use regulation in which the right to develop a property can be
separated or severed from ownership of land in a particular zoning district, then sold or
passed on to another property owner, and exercised in connection with the development of
land in some other part of the jurisdiction.

A. Market-based instrument
B. Commutation of Rights
C. Property Conversion
D. Transfer of Oeve!opment Rights***

38) In a computer graphics/mapping system, this is a data structure for representing point and
line data by means of x,y,z geometric coordinates; it can also be a set of line segments
joined end-to-end to make a curved path in space.

A. Vector***
B. Raster
C. Curvature
D. Field
E. Node

39) Which type of land use is not described as 'urban'?

A. Residential
B. Institutional
C. Industrial
D. Mineral***

40) This is the scientific term for old-growth forest in tropical countries that is dominated by
broad-leaf trees which form thick canopy thus allowing little sunlight on the forest floor,
and includes much-prized hardwood species such as red lauan, white lauan, red narra,
tanguile, tiaong, almon, bagtikan, apitong, kamagong, yakal, and mayapis.

A. Dipterocarp Forest***
B. Deciduous Forest
C. Coniferous or 'Pine' Forest
D. Tropical Scrub Forest
E. Mossy Forest
F. Sub-marginal Forest
G. Mangrove Forest
H. Ever-green Forest

41) What rational tool do planners use in selecting from alternative land use schemes?
 A. Checklist of criteria
B. Linear programming
C. Cost-benefit analysis***
D. Computer simulation

42) This is the legal term for forest at 1,000 meters elevation or more or with steep gradients at
50% or more, which perform vital ecological functions and must therefore be kept
perpetually in natural state and free from human intrusion.

A. Everlasting Forest
B. Permanent Forest***
C. Virginal Fores!
D. Primeval Forest

43) Under Executive Order 23 dated February 1,2011 declaring "moratorium on the cutting
and harvesting of timber," which of the following is exempted from the total log ban until
the year 2016?

A. Concessions signed by DENR secretary

B. Conversion of mangrove forests
C. Selective or rotational harvesting in industrial and commercial plantations***
D. Small-scale tree cutting, 'carabao logging,' and kaingin

44) What is the percent slope of a land parcel that has a change in elevation ('rise') of 8 meters
and is 160 meters long?

A. 8%
B. 7%
C. 6%
D. 5%***
E. 4%

Feedback
slope= rise/run x 100

45) This refers to the division of a community into districts or sections according to present
and potential uses of land in order to maximize, regulate, and direct their use and
development.
 A. Wards & Precincts Planning
B. Subdivision Plats
C. Land Allocation and Apportionment
D. Zoning***

46) PD 705 Revised Forestry Code Section 16 affirms that, after a salvage zone of 40 meters
from the hightide-mark or shoreline, there shall be protective strips of mangroves or
swamps along the coast with width of at least

A. 20 meters***
B. 25 meters
C. 30 meters
D. 35 meters
E. 40 meters

47) This concerns the arrangement, appearance and functionality of a whole town or city, in
particular the shape and form of the city blocks, the uses of public space, the articulation of
physical features in three dimensions, so that residents and visitors alike can make high-
quality connections between people, places and buildings.

A. Architectural Master Plan

B. Cityscape and Streetscape
C. Urban Design***
D. Form and Style
E. Visual Panorama

48) This broad category refers to land deliberately kept undeveloped for its contribution to the
amenity value of the environment. It offers opportunities for adventure recreation or passive
leisure at low-cost, and at the same time, serves as protection buffer around sensitive areas
and hazardous installations.

A. Wilderness
B. Tourism & Recreation Zone
C. Rangeland
D. Open Space***

49) Which is not considered 'production land' in a Philippine LGU?

A. Agro-industrial estate
B. Cropland
C. Orchard
 D. Fishpond
E. Fishpen***

50) Under RA 8371, this refers to "all areas generally belonging to ICCs/lPs comprising lands,
inland waters, coastal areas, and natural resources therein, held under a claim of ownership,
occupied or possessed by ICCs/lPs, by themselves or through their ancestors, since time
immemorial, continuously up to the present."

A. Tribal land
B. Cultural heritage
C. Autonomous region
D. Ethnic realm
E. Ancestral domain***