Professional Documents
Culture Documents
a. Egyptians
b. Greeks
c. Romans
d. Chinese
Who directs by the code to protect the environment and impose penalties for acts which endanger
the environment?
A. Mayor
B. Local sangunian
C. Congresman
D. People
Why is a mass housing project in the watershed area unsound and environmentally dangerous?
A. Because trees to capture precipitation, not housing and impervous structures, are the priority in a
catchment reserve.
B. Because domestic solid wastes and leaches from septic tanks can contaminate water supply.
C. Because a declared watershed is a protected area and not for allienable and disposable.
D. All of the above
He shall contribute time and information to the professional development of new professionals and
other colleagues, including students of the profession, " is what section of code of ethics for envi
planners in the phil?
A. SECTION 7
B. SECTION 8
C. SECTION 9
Based on National Statistics Office's definition , women of this age range are presumed to be fertile
and child bearing.
a. 12 yrs and 42 yrs
b. 14 yrs and 44yrs
c. 15yrs and 49yrs
d. 16yrs to 36yrs
e. 17yrs to 37yrs
Accdg to RA 7160 Sec 453. After it shall have met the minimum requirements prescribed in the
immediate preceding section, Who will declare a city as Highly urbanized within 30 days?
A. Municipal Mayor
B. Vice President
C. President
D. HUDCC
How many administrative regions do the Phils. have?
a. 12
b. 13
c. 15
d. 17
Q: If your municipal Mayor wants to file a leave of absence, who shall approve it?
a. President of the Philippines
b. Governor
c. Vice-Governor
d. Sangguniang Panlunsod
According to RA 7160 Sec 461, a province should have population of at least 250,000 and minimum
territory of_____?
A. 2000 sq.km
B. 2500 sq.km
C. 1000 sq.km
D. 1500 sq.km
He shall commit himself to the highest degree of professionalism, excellence, intelligence,skill and
integrity in the practice of his profession is what section of code of ethics for environmental
planners?
a. section 2
b. section 3
c. section 4
Where can you classify both irrigated and irrigable rice land and coconut lands ?
A. Production areas
B. Protected areas
C. Settlement areas
D. None of the above
What is mandated to prepare by each city or.municipaity under local government code ?
A. Clup
B. Cdp
C. Zoning
Morbidity refers to :
a. Deaths per 1,000 person
b. Deaths per 10,000 person
c. Deaths due to disease
d. Incidence of disease
Except one: the following are the steps in designing and implementing in project morning scheme ; I.
Develop the monitoring objectives
II. Percentage distribution of LGU expenditures
III. Develop monitoring plan
IV. Gather information
V. Analyze information
VI. Provide support intervention
A. V
B. II
C. VI
D. IV
According to PD 1096 National Building Code of 1977 sec 1003 , projection such as balconies or
appendages of a dwelling units should have this vertical distance between the established
street/sidewalk grade and the lowest undersurface of balcony.
a. 4 m
b. 2 m
c. 3.5 m
d 3m
a. Henry Wright
b. Frank Loyd Wright
c. Lewis Mumford
d. Clarence Perry
The four typical economic cycle are recession, _________, recovery and boom.
a. slump
b. deflation
c. inflation
d. sustainable growth
Which essential elements of LogFrame or ZAPP are used for plan monotoring and evaluation.
a. Targets and quotas
b. milestones and signposts
c. gauges and benchmarks
d. indicator and means of verification (MOV)
By Philippine Standards,minimum total area for a tertiary-level general hospital with 300 beds.
a. 4.5 hectares
b. 3.5 hectares
c. 2.5 hectares
d. 1.5 hectares
According to BP 220 , if the minimum distance between 2 two storey houses is 4 m, the minimum
horizontal clearance between their respective roof eaves or overhang is 1.50 m ,what would be the
horizontal length of each building's overhang from exterior wall up to the edge of the roof.
a. 0.50 m
b. 1.75 m
c. 0.25 m
d. 1.50 m
In the absence of an operational Local Housing Board, which units ought to prepare the local shelter
plan of an LGU.
a. Planning and Development Office
b. Local Development Council
c. Subdivision Homeowners Association
d. Association of Barangay Captains
If the sidewalk is 3 m in width , what should be the minimum distance of building exterior wall from
the curb of street.
a. 5 m
b. 6 m
c. 7 m
d. 8m
"He shall contribute time and information to the professional development of new professionals and
other colleagues, including students of the profession, " is what section of code of ethics for envi
planners in the phil?
A. SECTION 7
B. SECTION 8
C. SECTION 9
"The primary obligation of the Environmental Planner is to serve the country and in so doing
safeguard public interest", is what section of the code of ethics of envi planners in the phil?
a. Section 9
b. section 10
c. section 11
There are 2 major steps involved in the Investment Phase of the Project Development Cycle. One is
the coming up with the Detailed Engineering and Design, and the other is _______?
A. Project Concept/Identification
B. Project Definition/Preparation
C. Project Feasibility Design
D. Project Approval/Financing
E. Project Implementation
According to BP 220, at what scale or minimum number of family dwelling units would it be
appropriate to allocate space for an elementary school as part of a socialized housing project.
a. 4000-5000
b. 3000-2500
c. 2000-2499
d. 1500-1999
LGC provides LGUs with powerful resource mobilization tools of potential revenue sources: these
are?
I. Land-based tools
II.Community Activity-based tools
III. Credit-based tools
IV. Revenue sharing tools
V. Infrastructure-based tools
a) I, II, III, V
b) I, III, IV, V
c) II, III, IV, V
d) I, II, IV, V
What law that mandates the DPWH to construct water wells and rainwater collectors,
develop springs and rehabilitate existing waterwells in all barangays in the
Philippines.
A. RA 9275
B. RA 6716
C. PD 1067
D. PD 856
This book spelled out the causes of failure in countries like Haiti, Egypt, the
Philippines to make their economies work.
A. Failure of Economies
B. Economic Faux Pas
C. The Mystery of Capital
D. Dillemas in Economic Planning
Questions of equity and social justice and gender sensitivity are also addressed by
this sectoral development plan.
A. Gender Development Plan
B. Institutional Development Pĺan
C. Economic Development Plan
D. Social Development Plan
CLUPs have been updated to comply with the landmark national laws. What are
these laws ?
I. RA 7160
II. RA 9184
III. RA 10121
IV. RA 9729
A. I, II, III, IV
B. I, II, III
C. I, II
D. III, IV
A noted Peruvian economist who valued the dead capital in the Philippines at US $
132.9 Billion or approximately Php 5.855 trilĺion in 2000.
A. Fernando Hernando
B. Michael Todaro
C. Corrado Gini
D. Hernando de Sotto
Q. They are inveterate optimists who believe that "necessity is the mother of
invention" and hence they assert that all environmental problems can be solved by
ever-advancing science and technology, and limitless human knowledge.
a. Utopians
b. Cornucopians
c. Dystopians
d. Soroptomists
17. In Homer Hoyt's model (1939), where would the elite class place their high-end
subdivisions?
A. Section 'A'
B. Section 'B1'
C. Section 'C'
D. Section 'D'
18. 'Leapfrog development' and 'sprawl' commonly results from what Pierce F. Lewis calls
A. Circumferential City
B. Multi-cellular City
C. Stellar City
D. Galactic City
19. The 'multiple nuclei' model of Harris and Ullmann (1945) posits that
A. Cities have varied natural resources that stimulate progress in different locations
B. Diversified economic functions of cities cluster around several points of growth
C. Zoning of cities closely follows the flow or circuits of capital
D. Air transport, sea transport, land transport facilities are the logical growth zones of cities
20. In classical theories of industrial location by Weber, Losch, and lsard, what are the three
factors that firms are most concerned about?
A. Minerals, electricity, water
B. Costs of money, taxes, stock exchange growth
C. Location of raw materials, location of market, transport
D. Product image, promotion & advertising, public relations
21. The most profitable utilization of property based on what is physically possible,
ecologically sound, legally permissible, and financially viable, thus resulting in the optimal
value of the property, is called
A. Maximum Sustainable Yield
B. Feasibility
C. Highest & Best Use
D. Cost-efficiency
22. According to R. Hurd, since land value depends on economic rent, and rent on location,
and location on convenience, and convenience on nearness, we may eliminate the
intermediate steps and say that land value depends on nearness."
A. Social connection
B. Proximity and access
C. Ease of movement
D. Free play of market forces
23. In the conventional land economics by Raleigh Barlowe (1958), what are the three
determinants of land value?
A. Farm harvest, wild growth, usufruct
B. Scarcity, utility, desirability
C. Sale, lease, rent
D. Location, permanence, transferability
24. Why do land values at the center of an overpopulated city fall drastically?
A. Pollution, land degradation, disease
B. Urban blight, decay, and criminality
C. Congestion, overcrowding, traffic
D. Deteriorating quality of life
E. All of the choices
25. The highest and best use of a 30 sq.km freshwater lake based on computation of both
monetary and non-monetary values, is best illustrated in the following combination:
A. Five-star resort hotel that caters to foreign tourists, with boating, wakeboarding, jetski and
other sports facilities;
B. Five-star resort hotel plus high-end Retirement Haven that contributes substantial
revenues to the LGU;
C. Manufacturing park with 20 locators and ready facilities for industrial cooling and dumping
of factory wastewater;
D. Ecotourism plus fisheries, ferry transport, sports, wellness centers, floodholding area,
aquatic parks and sanctuaries
26. Which is not one of Natures ecosystemic services and functions as adopted by the
United Nations?
A. Climate regulation
B. Food and fiber
C. Nutrient cycling
D. Soil formation
E. Physical aberrations and anomalies
F. Biological treatment of water and storm runoff
27. "Conservation" from the perspective of environmental economics' would include all but
one of the following
A. Society's savings from strict preserves
B. Elimination of social and economic waste
C. Orderly and efficient resource use
D. Maximization of social net returns over time
28. "Environmental Economics" by Randall and Howe calculates the value in use of natural
resources by creating them as
A. Stock resources, flow resources, reproducing resources
B. Renewable, replenishable, replicable
C. Extant, extinct, exhaustible
D. Inputs, throughputs, outputs
29. In "Ecological Economics" by Daly and Costanza, non-use of ENR has economic value
because it can result in greater "environmental protection and security"
A. Existence value
B. Insurance value
C. Bequest value
D. Vicarious value
E. All cf the above
30. '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. RA 1479
17. D
18. D
19. A
20. C
21. C
22. B
23. C
24. E
25. D
26. E
27. C
28. D
29. E
30. A
The local government units shaĺl in conformity with existing laws, continue to prepare
their respective Comprehensive Land Use plans enacted through Zoning
Ordinances. What type of bases are Zoning
Ordinances for the future use of land resources ?
I. Primary
II. Controlling
III. Dominant
IV. Significant
A. I only
B. I, II
C. I, III
D. I, II, III, IV
The physical planning issues and concerns are grouped into (4) four categories namely:
I. Food security
II. Level of production & Productivity
III. Industrialization
IV.Environmental impact
V.Development and management
a. I,II,III,IV b. II,III,IV,V c. III,IV,V d I,III,IV,V
This Administrative Order shall be known as the Guidelines for the Transfer and
Implementation of DENR Functions Devolved to the Local Government Units,
Pursuant to RA 7160, otherwise known as the Local Government Code of 1991, and
Executive Orders Nos. 192 and 503, defining the mandates, organization and
functions of the DENR and the rules and regulations implementing the transfer to
concerned LGU of personnel, assets, and records pertaining to the devolved
functions of national government agencies.
a. DEPARTMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER No. 26 Series of 2008
b. DEPARTMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER No. 25 Series of 1992
c. DEPARTMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER No. 30 Series of 1992
d. DEPARTMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER No. 10 Series of 2004
Focuses on the spatial distribution of shelter ,infrastructure and networks and services
a. Production land use
b. Protection land use
c. Settlement development
d. Infrastructure development
The two pillars of resource and now use as the prevailing philosophy of natural
resource planning and management found in 1987 Constitution are as follows:
I. Sustainability
II. promotion of social justice and equity
III. Equality
IV. Transparency
V. Eco Friendly
A. I, ÏI
B. II, III
C. III, IV
D. IV, V
Part 3 Question. As a planner, if somebody will ask you what is the devolved function in
mining that is delegated to LGU.
a) Large-scale mining
b) small-scale mining
c) ISAG (industrial sand and gravel)
d) none of the above
Part 3. This refers to any place where studies of specific ethnolinguistics groups are
undertaken, the properties of which are of value to our cultural heritage.
A. Antique
B. Archives
C. Anthropological area
D. Archaelogical area
Part 1 Question. Which of the following are the key indicators of social planning ?
1. Urban renewal or redevelopment schemes for inner city areas
2. Cultural preservation and enrichment
3. Social justice and equity
4. Employment, unemployment, underemployment
A. I, II, III, IV
B. I, II, III
C. II, III
D. III, IV
Part 2. In Kevin Lynch Image of the City, how do you classify the Philippine Post Office ?
a. Ńode
b. Path
c. District
d. Landmark.
Part 1. In Stanley Stevens data analysis, which of the following is a nominal variable ?
a. Gender
b. Income
c. Age
d. Weight.
Part 2. In Homer Hoyt's Sector Theory, what sector is the middle class residential located ?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
Part 2 Question : Which of the following are the functions of the local government
land use planning program of F. Stuart Chapin, Jr.
I. Intelligence
II. Advance Planning
III. Problem Solving
IV. Development Management
A. I only
B. I, II
C. I, ÏI, III
D. I, II, III, IV
Question in Part 1. In a remote village of Sitio Maganda, a waterfall with pristine waters
became the source of water for drinking for the villagers despite the fact that the water is
untested.
What is the classification of the water from the waterfalls ?
a. Class A
b. Class B
c. Class C
d. Class D.
Part 1. All except one are the goal elements of the Phil. Agenda 21.
I.Poverty Reduction
II.Social Equity
III.Empowerment and Good Governance
IV. Peace and Solidarity
V. Ecological Integrity
a. I,II,III,
b.II,III,IV
c.I,II,III,IV
d. I,II,III,IV,V
Per RA 7160 or the Local Government Code, LGUs are vested with two Powers.
One is the power over territorial jurisdiction, how to manage it by through the
formulation of the Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP). What is the other one
which refer to the Comprehensive Development Plan (CDP)?
I. Police Power
II. Power of Taxation
III. Corporate Power
IV. Escheat
a. I, II, III
b. I, II
c. III only
d. I,III, IV
e. II, III
The local government units shaĺl in conformity with existing laws, continue to prepare
their respective Comprehensive Land Use plans enacted through Zoning
Ordinances. What type of bases are Zoning
Ordinances for the future use of land resources ?
I. Primary
II. Controlling
III. Dominant
IV. Significant
A. I only
B. I, II
C. I, III
D. I, II, III, IV
The physical planning issues and concerns are grouped into (4) four categories namely:
I. Food security
II. Level of production & Productivity
III. Industrialization
IV.Environmental impact
V.Development and management
a. I,II,III,IV
b. II,III,IV,V
c. III,IV,V
d I,III,IV,V
This Administrative Order shall be known as the Guidelines for the Transfer and
Implementation of DENR Functions Devolved to the Local Government Units,
Pursuant to RA 7160, otherwise known as the Local Government Code of 1991, and
Executive Orders Nos. 192 and 503, defining the mandates, organization and
functions of the DENR and the rules and regulations implementing the transfer to
concerned LGU of personnel, assets, and records pertaining to the devolved
functions of national government agencies.
a. DEPARTMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER No. 26 Series of 2008
b. DEPARTMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER No. 25 Series of 1992
c. DEPARTMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER No. 30 Series of 1992
d. DEPARTMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER No. 10 Series of 2004
Focuses on the spatial distribution of shelter ,infrastructure and networks and services
a. Production land use
b. Protection land use
c. Settlement development
d. Infrastructure development
The two pillars of resource and now use as the prevailing philosophy of natural
resource planning and management found in 1987 Constitution are as follows:
I. Sustainability
II. promotion of social justice and equity
III. Equality
IV. Transparency
V. Eco Friendly
A. I, ÏI
B. II, III
C. III, IV
D. IV, V
part 3 Question. As a planner, if somebody will ask you what is the devolved function in
mining that is delegated to LGU.
a) Large-scale mining
b) small-scale mining
c) ISAG (industrial sand and gravel)
d) none of the above