Environmental Planner Board Exam

Mock Exam 2018

Instruction for Mock Exam:

1. The exam is designed to be answered for three hours.

2. Exam has the following parts and corresponding number of items:

I. History, Concepts, Theories and Principles of Environmental Planning- 30 Items
II. Environmental Planning Process, Methods / Techniques and Strategies- 70 Items
III. Environmental Plan Implementation, Legal Aspects and Administration- 50 Items

3. Allotted time to answer each part is as follows:

a. Part I- 40m
b. Part II- 1h 20m
c. Part III- 1h

4. Exam questionnaires will be distributed by parts.

5. Examinees are not allowed to talk to their seatmates, check their phones and other gadgets, and
loiter while the exam is ongoing.

6. Examinees may bring food and water. They will not be allowed to go out during the exam. For other
concerns, examinees should raise their hands and wait for the proctors to attend to them.

7. Examinees may use calculators.

8. Silence shall be strictly observed.

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 PART I. HISTORY, CONCEPTS, THEORIES AND PRINCIPLES OF ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING
1. The English founder of the garden city movement who is known for his publication To-Morrow: A
Peaceful Path to Real Reform (1898).

a. Ebenezer Howard
b. Patrick Geddes
c. Frederick Law Olmsted
d. Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis

2. He was a Scottish biologist responsible for introducing the concept of "region" to architecture and
planning and is also known to have coined the term conurbation.

a. Ebenezer Howard
b. Patrick Geddes
c. Frederick Law Olmsted
d. Kevin Lynch

3. He is considered to be the “Inventor/ Father of Formal City Planning.” He made the grid city plan to
maximise winds in the summer and minimise them in winter. He also worked on the Piraeus Port and
Alexandria.

a. Ebenezer Howard
b. Patrick Geddes
c. Hippodamus
d. Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis

4. Considered to be the Father of American Landscape Architecture, he wrote Public Parks and the
Enlargement of Towns and is known for designing Central Park, New York.

a. Frederick Law Olmsted

b. Kevin Lynch
c. Hippodamus
d. Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis

5. This book offered a vision of towns free of slums and enjoying the benefits of both town (such as
opportunity, amusement and high wages) and country (such as beauty, fresh air and low rents). The
author illustrated the idea with his "Three Magnets" diagram. His ideas were conceived for the
context of a capitalist economic system, and sought to balance individual and community needs.

a. Garden Cities of To-morrow

b. Cities in History
c. Cities in Evolution
d. Death and Life of Great American Cities

6. Which statements are true of conurbation?

i. A conurbation is the amalgamation of land supporting a growing city/cities joined through a

combined regional economy and character
 ii. A conurbation is a polycentric urban agglomeration where transportation has ideally also
developed to link areas more coherently, thus creating a singular economic region.
iii. Geddes describes it through the example of industrial towns and cities uniting into vast city
regions. Examples include Greater London, and the space between Liverpool and Manchester
which forms Lancaston.
iv. Conurbation can be contrasted with a megalopolis, in which the urban centers are close but not
physically contiguous and the transportation and economic and labor markets are still separated.

a. ii, iii, iv
b. i, ii, iii
c. all of the above
d. none of the above

7. In ekistics, a unit with population of 75,000 is _______________.

a. City/ Polis
b. House
c. Metropolis
d. Ecumenopolis

8. Suburbanization was a result of varying factors including the following:

i. The evolution of transportation routes along suburbs resulting to railroad suburbs,

streetcar/trolley suburbs, early automobile suburbs, and freeway suburbs
ii. The location and design of suburbs throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries were
influenced by ethnic heritage and the income the prospective residents
iii. Philosophies in the nineteenth century that promoted the health benefits of living outside the
city and the escape from urban living encouraged settlement in areas outside urban centers.
iv. Declining prices of inner-city housing to the point where it becomes desirable for outsiders to
buy it and convert it to a higher value use

a. ii, iii, iv
b. i, ii, iii
c. all of the above
d. none of the above

9. Gentrification is the process by which lower income neighborhoods are changed when large
numbers of higher income residents move in. Gentrification can be caused by supply and demand
factors, including the following:

i. Neighborhoods near the city center now offer shorter commutes and the aging housing stock
offers lower prices
ii. A rise in anti-suburban attitudes feeds the demand for central city housing
iii. Philosophies in the nineteenth century that promoted the health benefits of living outside the
city and the escape from urban living encouraged settlement in areas outside urban centers.
iv. Declining prices of inner-city housing to the point where it becomes desirable for outsiders to
buy it and convert it to a higher value use
 a. ii, iii, iv
b. i, ii, iv
c. all of the above
d. none of the above

10. The new definition of urban areas adopted for statistical operations considers a barangay urban if:

i. A barangay has a population size of 5000 or more

ii. A barangay has a population density of at least 500 persons per square kilometer
iii. A barangay has at least one establishment with a minimum of 100 employees
iv. A barangay has a street pattern or network of streets in either parallel or right angle orientation

a. i, ii
b. i, iii
c. all of the above
d. none of the above

11. Which is not included in the scope of planning profession?

a. Serving as expert witness, resource person, lecturer, juror or arbitrator in hearings.

b. Creation of environmental laws, including the acquisitions of regulatory permits
c. Curriculum and syllabi development in licensure examinations for environmental planners
d. Teaching in academic institutions and conducting review courses in environmental
planning

For questions 12-15, refer to the diagrams below:

12. Which letter corresponds to the zone of transition in the concentric zone model image?

13. Which letter corresponds to the central business district?

14. Which letter corresponds to the lower class residential in the sector model image?

15. Which letter corresponds to the zone of transition in the multiple nuclei model image?

16. This model recognizes the influence of transportation on land use such that growth occurs along
major transport routes and that higher levels of access meant higher land values.
 a. Concentric Ring Model of Ernest Burgess
b. Sector Model of Homer Hoyt
c. Multiple Nuclei Model by Chauncey Harris and Edward Ullman
d. Galactic Model by Peirce Lewis

17. Consistent with his book Design with Nature, he advocated for the use of ecology as a basis for
design and planning. He also introduced sieve mapping and pioneered the use of environmental
impact statements.

a. Lewis Mumford
b. Francis Stuart Chapin Jr.
c. Patrick Geddes
d. Ian L. McHarg

18. An American biologist who wrote Silent Spring (1962) which discussed what happens to bird
populations as a result of pesticides bio-accumulation.

a. Sherry Arnstein
b. Jane Jacobs
c. Jean Gottman
d. Rachel Louise Carson

19. The following statements describe New Urbanism.

i. also known as Traditional Neighborhood Design (TND) or “Neo-Traditional Neighborhood Design”

ii. the revival of our lost art of place-making, and is essentially a re-ordering of the built environment
into the form of complete cities, towns, villages, and neighborhoods - the way communities have
been built for centuries around the world
iii. are compact communities friendly to pedestrians and bikers focused on convenience such as closer
amenities and work place
iv. involves fixing and infilling cities, as well as the creation of compact new towns and villages
v. Opposes the proliferation of suburbs

a. i, ii, iii
b. i, ii, iv, v
c. All of the above
d. None of the above

20. Kevin Lynch’s Key Elements of Modern Urban Design defined it as linear elements that define places.
It can be boundaries or barriers dividing distinct spaces or elements.

a. Paths
b. Landmarks
c. Nodes
d. Edges
21. It is defined in the Philippine Agenda 21 as- the harmonious integration of sound and viable
economy, responsible governance, social cohesion and ecological integrity, to ensure that
development is a life sustaining process.

a. Greenbelt
b. New Urbanism
c. Green Urbanism
d. Sustainable Development

22. The National Capital Region (NCR) or Metro Manila is composed of _____?

a. 17 cities
b. 12 cities
c. 16 cities and 1 municipality
d. 12 cities and 3 municipalities

23. An orthogonal lay-out produces this type of street pattern.

a. Grid iron pattern

b. Axial
c. Radial
d. Ribbon-type

24. It is the output of the first stage activities in the preparation of a development plan.
a. SEP
b. Concept plan
c. Project summary
d. Executive summary

25. A dominant economic unit which when it grows or innovates induces growth in the other economic
units.
a. Growth pole
b. Growth center
c. Central place
d. Propulsive firm

26. This type of regions are define based on the interdependence and natural connectedness of life
forms and species.

a. Bio region
b. Eco region
c. Rural region
d. Formal region

27. Attention goes back to core region and therefore retards growth and widens the economic gap
between regions.

a. Trickle down effect

 b. Backwash effect
c. Spread effect
d. Dispersion effect

28. The following statements describe the Agricultural Land Rent Theory.

i. Differences in the intensity of production of a particular crop and the distribution of different
crops relative to the market center
ii. Land with greatest demand is the one nearest to the market because of low transport cost; this is
the land with the lowest rent and value per acre.
iii. Intensity of production and type of land use varies with increasing distance from the market
iv. Land use diminishes intensely in inverse relationship with distance from the market center
v. Proponent was Johann Heinrich von Thünen.

a. i,, ii, iii, iv

b. i, iii, iv, v
c. All are correct
d. None are correct

29. It is a term used to describe a condition of unplanned, uncoordinated, and generally low density
development spreading outward from the city center.

a. Urban sprawl
b. Gentrification
c. Urban blight
d. Urban decay

30. The following are theories of spatial equilibrium.

i. Agricultural land rent

ii. central place theory
iii. multiple-nuclei model
iv. urban-bid rent theory
v. Range and threshold

a. i, ii, iii, iv,

b. ii, iii, iv, v,
c. i, ii, iv, v
d. all of the above

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