Hidden EP Quiz 1

 1.
Presidential Decree 1308 Sec. 2a defines it as referring to 'all activities
concerned with the management and development of land, as well as the
preservation, conservation and management of the human environment

o A.

Urban Planning

o B.

Human Ecology

o C.

Environmental Management

o D.

Environmental Planning

 2.
Urban planning is "concerned with providing the right place at the right site at
the right time" for the right people.

o A.

John Ratcliffe

o B.

Lewis Keeble

o C.

Brian Mcloughlin

o D.

George Chadwick

o E.

Alan Wilson
 3.
Which is not a key feature of 'professional' planning process?

o A.

Proactive

o B.

Problem-solving

o C.

Algorithmic

o D.

Futuristic

o E.

People-driven

 4.
As defined by PD 1517 and by National Statistics Office, 'urban' area has the
following characteristics except one:

o A.

It exports substantial quantities of processed products

o B.

Core district's density is at least 500 per square kilometer

o C.

Overall density of at least 1000 persons per square kilometer in its entirety

o D.

Exhibits a street pattern

 5.
The most recent re-definition of 'urban' by NSCB (2003) does not include one
of the following.
 Discuss

o A.

If a barangay has more fishery output and shellcraft activities compared to farms,
then it is considered urban

o B.

If a barangay has population size of 5,000 or more, then it is considered urban;

o C.

If a barangay has at least one establishment with 100 employees or more, then it
is considered urban

o D.

If a barangay has 5 or more establishments with a minimum of 10 employees,

and 5 or more facilities within the two-kilometer radius from the barangay hall,
then it is considered urban

 6.
A 'city' is a significantly-large urban area which has:

o A.

A cluster of skyscrapers

o B.

A charter or legal proclamation

o C.

A rectilinear or orthogonal street design

o D.

A seaport or an airport

 7.
In a November 2008 ruling of the Supreme Court upholding RA 9009's
amendment of Sec. 450 of RA 7160 LGC, the statutory requirements for an
LGU's elevation to citihood are
Discuss
 o A.

Contiguous territory of at least 100 km2 except for island/group of islands

o B.

Minimum annual income of P100 million based on 1991 constant prices

o C.

Population of at least 150,000

o D.

All of the choices

 8.
Under RA7160 Sec 452, what is the minimum population requirement to
approve a Highly Urbanized City?

o A.

At least 200,000

o B.

At least 500,000

o C.

At least 1 million

o D.

At least 10 million

 9.
This pertains to the process wherein large numbers of people, driven by
demographic factors, live together in important locations --a process that is
always accompanied by economic agglomeration, spatial alteration,
and socio-cultural change

o A.

Industrialization
 o B.

Urbanization

o C.

Social Transformation

o D.

Modernization

 10.
If 'pre-industrial society' was mainly agricultural, kinship-based, self-sufficient,
and relatively parochial, 'industrial society' in contrast
Discuss

o A.

Minimizes farming to channel capital into factories

o B.

Prioritizes mining of minerals and precious stones

o C.

Aims for mass production thru mechanization & automation

o D.

Relies on the output of white-collar professionals

 11.
Due to greater 'division of labor', there is more heterogeneity of population and
classes of workers beginning with

o A.

Primitive subsistence society

o B.

Pre-industrial society

o C.
 Industrial society

o D.

Post-industrial society

 12.
The expansion of human populations away from central urban areas into low-
density, monofunctional and usually car-dependent communities, in a process
called suburbanization. In addition to describing a particular form of
urbanization, the term also relates to the social and environmental
consequences associated with this development.

o A.

Decentralization

o B.

Dispersion

o C.

Exurbanization

o D.

Urban Sprawl

 13.
In Michael P. Todaro's Labor Migration Model of Urbanization (1976), the
central pull factor or main attraction of Third World cities to rural migrants even
when these cities are unprepared to accept migration, is
Discuss

o A.

"bright lights effect" or lure of city life and neon-lit entertainment

o B.

Possible benefits derived from proximity to seat of power and prestige of central
city address

o C.
 Abundance and plenitude in cities versus hunger and famine due to insurgency
wars in the countryside

o D.

Substantial wage differentials between urban labor and rural labor for the same
level of skill, task, or occupation

 14.
According to Dr. Francis Stuart Chapin Jr in the first comprehensive textbook
on urban planning ever written ( 1965 ), the explicit goals of urban planning
are the following, except one:

o A.

Health & safety

o B.

Convenience & amenity

o C.

tolerance & plurality

o D.

Efficiency & economy

 15.
The following are the stated goals of 'urban development policy' (NUDHF) in
the Philippines, except one:

o A.

To achieve a more balanced urban-rural interdependence

o B.

To slow down rural-to-urban movement by means of migration control and

population management

o C.

To optimally utilize land and resources to meet the requirements of housing and
urban development
 o D.

To undertake a comprehensive and continuing program of urban development

which will make available housing and services at affordable cost

 16.
According to Dr Garrett Hardin, in an open access regime without defined
property rights, individuals enjoy free unlimited access to natural resources
and right to use without exclusion; each individual is motivated to maximize his
or her own benefit from exploiting the resource. When no individual has
adequate incentive to conserve the public resource, the resource will likely
become overused and overexploited.

o A.

The Stewardship of Nature

o B.

Communitarian Paradox

o C.

Fencesitter's Dilemma

o D.

Tragedy of the Commons

 17.
Related to Thomas Malthus' concept of 'k' as the population size constrained
by whatever resource is in silo rt est supply, this principle refers to "the
maximum population of a given species that can be supported indefinitely in a
defined habitat without causing negative impacts that permanently impair the
productivity of that same habitat."

o A.

Limits to growth

o B.

Tipping point

o C.
 Range and threshold

o D.

Carrying capacity

 18.
In general, this refers to the characteristic of a process or state that can be
maintained at a certain level indefinitely; in particular, it refers to the potential
longevity of ecological systems to support humankind and other species.

o A.

Resilience

o B.

Endurance

o C.

Sustainability

o D.

Perpetuity

o E.

Durability

 19.
Which basic principle of 'Sustainable Development' means responsibility and
accountability to future populations?

o A.

Common Heritage of Humankind

o B.

Lnter-generational Equity

o C.

Caring Capacity
 o D.

Parity 0f Compeers

 20.
This type of planning has also been called 'synoptic,' 'static', 'normative,' and
'Utopian', because it assumes a prior that professional planners have the
intellige􀀇nce, noble in􀀇tentions. and expertise to synthesize extensive data,
analyze a relatively predictable world, and decide rightly on crucial questions
,of broader public interest.

o A.

Equity or activist or advocacy planning

o B.

Strategic Planning

o C.

Traditional planning or command planning or imperative planning

o D.

Rational-Comprehensive Planning

 21.
The concepts of "input-throughput--output-feedback" comes from what school
of planning?

o A.

Communicative Planning

o B.

Liberal Pluralistic Planning

o C.

Incremental Planning

o D.

Systems Theory of Planning

 22.
The main contribution of Norbert Weiner's 'Cybernetics' to the Systems Theory
of planning is the principle that planning should be -

o A.

Cyclical, iterative, and self-correcting

o B.

Free-wheeling and open-ended

o C.

Wide-ranging and exhaustive

o D.

Rigorous, exact, and mathematical

 23.
Under the Systems Theory of Planning by George Chadwick and Alan Wilson,
under which stage do policy-makers or decision-makers make a firm resolve
to pursue a specific course of action?

o A.

System Description

o B.

System Modeling

o C.

System Projection

o D.

System Synthesis

o E.

System Control
 24.
'Allocative' or 'regulatory' or 'policy planning' in the tradition of Herbert Gans
and T J Kent is concerned with solving chronic problems of society by
allocating resources efficiently and enacting laws, rules and standards. I! is
therefore closest to which planning approach?

o A.

Rational-comprehensive

o B.

traditional or command planning

o C.

Strategic planning

o D.

Communicative planning

 25.
Which principle of Strategic Planning rallies the organization and unifies its
members around a common purpose?
Discuss

o A.

Solve major issues at a macro level

o B.

Avoid excessive inward and short-term thinking

o C.

Be visionary to convey a desired end-state but be flexible enough to allow and to

accommodate changes

o D.

Engage stakeholders to pull together behind a single gameplan for execution

o E.
 Establish priorities on what will be accomplished in the future

o F.

Communicate to everyone what is most important

 26.
In the "Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities.Threats" tool as popularized by
exponents of Strategic Planning, the elements, aspects or characteristics that
need to be reinforced, are enumerated under which quadrant?

o A.

'S'

o B.

'W'

o C.

'O'

o D.

'T'

 27.
Which is a significant accomplishment of "Advocacy Planning" movement as
fathered by Paul Davidoff (1965)?
Discuss

o A.

Single women with children were assisted to find employment.

o B.

Social planning was moved from 'backroom negotiations' into the open public
forum.

o C.

Documentation of long-lasting environmental changes was intensified

o D.
 Affirmative action and social amelioration were mainstreamed into national policy

o E.

Businesses were compelled to draw their employees from the ranks of the poor.

 28.
A member of the advocacy/activist/equity school of planning,
this planner wrote the classic "Eight policies, Rungs in the Ladder Citizen
Participation" which describes the varying degrees of people's involvement
in policies,plans, and programs.
Discuss

o A.

Ralph Nader

o B.

Susan S. Fainstein

o C.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr

o D.

Sherry Arnstein

 29.
Of the Eight-Rungs in the Ladder of Citizen Participation (1969) which 'steps'
would require the planner to perform 'facilitation' role rather than 'advice,'
'direction,' or 'manipulation'?

o A.

Counseling; therapy

o B.

Consultation; placation

o C.

Informi􀀛g
 o D.

Partnership; delegated power; citizen control

 30.
For his grid-iron design of ancient Greek settlements such as Priene, Piraeus
and Rhodes, he is acknowledged as the Father of Town Planning in Western
Civilization

o A.

Vitruvius of Rome

o B.

Ptolemy

o C.

Hippodamus of Miletus

o D.

Appolodorus of Damascus

 31.
Which is a major contribution of classical Greek civilization 700-404 BCE to
town planning?

o A.

Polytheism or pantheon of Greek gods which sanctified all elements of Nature as

being animated by divine spirit

o B.

The delineation between religious space & secular civic space as separate but
complementary spheres in society

o C.

The concept of 'polis' or (Latin) 'civitas' which means that only residents of cities
can truly be called 'civilized'.

o D.
 The practice of direct democracy and the notion of citizenship which included
women, the poor,slaves, and aliens.

 32.
Built below the Acropolis in the heart of the citystate, the 'marketplace' was the
site where ancient Greeks came together not only for trading and buying of
foodstuffs but also for political, social, and other secular activities

o A.

'parthenon'

o B.

'gymnasium'

o C.

'erechtheum'

o D.

'agora'

o E.

'sumposion'

 33.
They were considered the earliest regional planners in history (27 BCE -410
AD) because they planned their cities and settlements with transport network,
civil works, utilities, and military defense, foremost in their minds?
Discuss

o A.

Macedonian Greeks under Alexander The Great

o B.

Romans under the dictatorial Emperors

o C.

Persians under Cyrus the Great

 o D.

Egyptians under Ramses, Thutrnoses, and Nefertiti

 34.
Recognized as 'father of landscape architecture,' he also began the 'Parks
and Conservation Movement' in the United States which advanced the idea
that city parks and greenways can structure urban space, stimulate mixed
uses, dampen class conflict, heighten family and religious values, and serve
as aid to social reform.

o A.

Frederic Law Olmstead Sr

o B.

John Muir

o C.

Gifford Pinchot

o D.

George Perkins Marsh

 35.
He wrote the famous book "Garden Cities of Tomorrow"(1902) and became a
most influential thinker with his effort to combine the best features of 'country'
as shown in his diagrams of three(3) magnets.

o A.

Sir Frederic Osborn

o B.

Sir Ebenezer Howard

o C.

Sir Patrick Leslie Abercrombie

o D.
 Sir Raymond Unwin

 36.
The Garden City Movement in the United Kingdom directly addressed large-
scale problems caused by the __?

o A.

The Scientific Revolution

o B.

British-American War of Independence

o C.

Industrial Revolution

o D.

World War II and the Holocaust

 37.
The Garden City Movement shaped the British policy of "urban containment",
with following features, except one:
Discuss

o A.

Greenbelts, green girdles, and clear edges for all cities

o B.

Mass transit to link 'mother city' with 'garden cities'

o C.

Homestead of about one acre per family

o D.

Preservation of more farmland & open space

 38.
 Considered as the "Father of City Planning in America," he prepared plans for
the City of Manila and the City of Baguio from 1903 to 1911 with the
assistance of Pierce Andersson.

o A.

John Hay

o B.

William Howard Taft

o C.

Robert Kennon

o D.

Daniel Hudson Burnham

o E.

Francis B. Harrison

 39.
"Make no little plans. They have no magic and probably themselves will not be
realized. Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a
noble, logical diagram once recorded will never die ... "

o A.

Leon Battista Alberti

o B.

Daniel H. Burnham

o C.

Baron Georges Eugenes Hausmann

o D.

Pierre Charles L'Enfant

 40.
 "First we shape our buildings; thereafter, our buildings shape us." This
quotation is attributed to

o A.

Winston Churchill

o B.

George Washington

o C.

Theodore Roosevelt

o D.

Napoleon Bonaparte

 41.
This was an American movement in the 1890s that stressed the design of
settlements according to the principles of "grandeur, exuberance,
monumentality, drama and tension, cohesiveness, and symmetry" as
demonstrated in the planning of Washington DC, Paris, Chicago, San
Francisco, among others:

o A.

City Beautiful Movement

o B.

City Functional Movement

o C.

City Efficient Movement

o D.

New Towns Movement

 42.
The US Supreme Court's decision in 1926 to uphold the power of an LGU to
regulate land use through ordinance in the landmark case of "Village of Euclid
vs. Ambler Realty Company is reckoned as the watershed moment for
 Discuss

o A.

City Beautiful Movement

o B.

City Functional Movement

o C.

City Efficient Movement

o D.

Regional City Movement

 43.
The major objective of Le Corbusier's (Charles-Edouard Jeanneret) cubist
"Radiant City' design ( 1923) meant for 3 million people consisting of 'uniform
60-storey tower-blocks set in a huge park' was to:

o A.

Use high-rise structures to improve safety of people and security of vital

institutions

o B.

Increase city density by building high on a small part of land

o C.

Increase the public's enjoyment of environmental amenities and viewscapes from

varying heights

o D.

Capture the retail market which justifies why prices are necessarily high in
central locations or CBDs

 44.
Don Arturo Soria y Mata, a Spanish engineer, suggested that the logic of utility
connections (electricity, sewer,concept of telephone lines, gas and water
pipes) be the basis of city layout; thus he considered the impact of technology
 in his concept of an elongated urban form running from Cadiz, Spain up to St.
Petersburg,Russia
Discuss

o A.

Ciudad Conectada

o B.

Ciudad Alongada

o C.

Ciudad Lineal

o D.

Ciudad Larga

 45.
Tony Garnier (1917) conceptualized a lush green city of about 35,000
inhabitants where 'man would rule by h􀀇imself.' thus there would be no police,
no churches, no rigid forms of social control in this Utopian place complete
with landscaped homes, factories, trade schools, transport and leisure
facilities.

o A.

Esplanade

o B.

Axle lndustrielle

o C.

Post-Industrial Motor City

o D.

Linear IndustriaI City

 46.
In Clarence Stein's Six (6) Principles of Regional Planning (1920), which one
concerns traffic congestion caused by roadside parking?
 o A.

Plan Simply,but comprehensively

o B.

Provide ample Site in the right places for community use

o C.

Put factories and industrial buildings where they can be used without wasteful
transportation of people and goods

o D.

Cars should be stored in homes

o E.

Bring private land and public land into relationship

o F.

Arrange for the occupancy of houses

 47.
Frank Lloyd Wright proposed an alternative (1932) to the congestion in huge
metropolis by way of urban decentralization wherein each American family
would be granted at least one acre of federal land in a self-contained agro-
industrial settlement.

o A.

Eco-city

o B.

Broadacre city

o C.

Exurbia

o D.

Micropolis
 o E.

Suburbia

 48.
The New Towns Movement of 1920s might have contributed to scattered and
uncontrolled development in continental America but the main reason for its
suburban sprawl after World War II was__?
Discuss

o A.

Rapid fall of real estate prices in the countryside due to financial meltdown from
sub-prime lending

o B.

Increased value of rural land due to Hoover's Interstate Highway Act of 1956
which funded federal highways and freeways across many states

o C.

The widespread use of commuter trains and monorail

o D.

The popularity of automobile as means of transportation

 49.
Which of the following is not a feature of Frank Lloyd Wright's 'Broadacre City'
( 1932)?
Discuss

o A.

Each person regardless of age has one acre of federal land

o B.

Food garden or small farm would be right next to the house

o C.

Manufacture &commerce set up in twelve 15-storey buildings

o D.
 Work within walking distance from the home

o E.

Railroad and freeway to interconnect cities

o F.

Densification would preserve much open space

 50.
He proposed the 'neighborhood unit' (1929) as a self-contained 'garden
suburb' bounded by major streets, with shops at intersections and·a school in
the middle; its size would be defined by school's catchment area with a
radius of quarter-mile or 402 meters. This incorporated Garden City ideas and
attempted at some kind of social engineering.
Discuss

o A.

Clarence Perry

o B.

Clarence Stein

o C.

Clarence Thomas

o D.

Clarence McKay
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