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1) 755. A mixed use building has 6 storeys of 1.00 sq. meter each on a lot area
of 2,000 sq. meter. What is the FAR?
A. 2:1
B. 3:1 (Your Answer)
C. 4:1
D. 5:1
E. 6:1
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2) 790. An investigation was designed to determine the effect of ultraviolet light
on mold spore growth. Two groups of mold spores were grown
under identical conditions, except one group was exposed only to ultraviolet
light, while the other group was grown in total darkness. In this investigation,
the group of mold spores grown in total darkness is known as the
A. Experimental group
B. Pilot group
C. Control group (Your Answer)
D. Manipulated group
E. Focus group
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3) 769. Climate change will affect the distribution of species because
A. Hot places will become hotter and cold places will become even colder
B. It will change the location of habitats that provide requirements for
growth, survival, or reproduction (Your Answer)
C. Carbon production and carbon footprint of different species are unequal
and unevenly distributed worldwide
D. Many areas submerged in water will become dry, thus forming new land
bridges like in the last glacial age
E. All of the choices
F. None of the choices
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4 795. A country currently has a population of 100 million and an annual growth rateof 35 percent. If the growth rat
) e remains constant, what will be the population ofthis country in 40 years?
A. 150 million
B. 200 million
C. 300 million
D. 400 million
E. 600 million (Your Answer)
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5) 773. What planning measures contribute to the evolution and development of asustainable transportation sys
tem?
A. Reduce need to travel

B. Change people's travel behavior
C. Integrate different modes of transport
D. Give people more choices and more accessibility
E. Provide transport with new sources of energy
F. All of the above (Your Answer)
G. None of the choices
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6) 789. An environmental chemist in a laboratory reports a new discovery based
on experimental results. If the experimental results are to be valid,
environmental chemists in other laboratories should be able to
A. Repeat the experiment with a different variable and obtain the same results
B. perform the same experiment and obtain different results
C. Repeat the same experiment and obtain the same results (Your Answer)
D. Perform the same experiment under different experimental conditions and
obtain the same results
E. All of the above
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7) 793. This method uses words rather than numbers to describe and measure
key actors and critical factors. Words are then arranged on a descriptive
scale and given approximate numeric values for analytic purposes, but such
scale can not accurately reflect magnitude or intensity of variables and
dimensions .
A. Multi-variate Analysis
B. Qualitative Analysis (Your Answer)
C. Muddling Through
D. Phenomenology
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8) 781. The "SMART test" by George Doran means that both task objectives
and 'process objectives have to be specific, measurable, attainable, realistic,
and
A. Tenable
B. truthful
C. Time-bounded (Your Answer)
D. Testable
E. Treatable
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9) 756. Floor Area Ratio of 1.5 and below is considered as low density. What FAR is
labeled as "very high density?"
A. 2 and above
B. 3 and above
C. 4 and above
D. 5 and above (Your Answer)
E. 6 and above
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10) 752. Under PD 1096, what should be the proportion of the sidewalk to that of
the right of way?
A. 1/4
B. 1/5 (Your Answer)
C. 1/6
D. 1/2
E. 1//7
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11) 758. This type of town 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 (eg Eiffel Tower), natural landscape, or
character of place
A. Design aesthetics
B. Architectural masterplan
C. Cultural mapping
D. Form-zoning (Your Answer)
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12) 771. The setback of a septic tank from a residential wall should be at least
1.5 meters or 5 feet while the setback of a disposal field or leach field is 25
meters or 8 feet. What should be the minimum distance between your septic
tank and leach field from your neighbors exterior wall?
A. 2 meters (Correct Answer)

B. 3 meters
C. 4 meters (Your Answer)
D. 5 meters
E. 6 meters
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13) 786. In the structure of informant interviews, the acronym "STAR" method
stands for
A. Select, Talk, Articulate ,Relate

B. Solve, Test, Analyze, Repeat
C. Situation, Task, Action. Result (Your Answer)
D. Salaries, Travels, Add-ons, Refunds
E. Simple, True, Action, Reflection
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14) 754. Under PD 957, which one of the following is not necessary in
determining the suitability of the site for economic or socialized housing?
A. Physical suitability
B. Availability of basic needs
C. On the perimeter of an ecozone (Your Answer)
D. Presence of geohazard
E. Conformity to the national development plan
F. Links to the transportation network
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15) 768. Which of the following is least likely to be an effect of climate
change?
A. Loss of fertile delta regions for agriculture

B. Change in global patterns of precipitation
C. Decreased rate of photosynthesis in vegetation (Your Answer)
D. Increased frequency of hurricanes
E. Extinction of some species that have narrow temperature requirements
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16) 780. An individual, group, organization, sector or Community who has a
direct or indirect interest in a policy, program, or project, who affects or is
affected by - positively or negatively - the implementation and outcome of it,
is called
A. Recipient/beneficiary
B. Proponent/exponent
C. Advocate
D. stakeholder (Your Answer)
E. Shareholder
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17) 783. A prediction is a conditional statement about the future based on
mathematical computation or statistical model that uses available data to
extrapolate past and present trends into the future, while _______is a
judgmental statement of what an analyst believes to be the most likely
logical future according to his/her subjective evaluation.
A. Premonition
B. Forecast (Correct Answer)
C. Foresight (Your Answer)
D. Vibration
E. Prophecy
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18) 792. The use of a variety of methods, sources. or field team members, at least
three in kind or category, to cross check and validate information in order to
limit possible biases in a research study is called
A. Corroboration
B. Confirmatory test
C. triangulation (Your Answer)
D. Reconnaissance
E. Cross-disciplinary control 3
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19) 753. Under PD 1096, what is referred to as written authorization by the
building official allowing a constructed structure to be used by the owner
A. Building permit
B. Inspectorate clearance
C. Certificate of completion
D. Certificate of occupancy (Your Answer)
E. All of the above
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20) 800. This refers to amount of energy necessary to raise one gram of water onedegree Celsius, its approximate equivalent in
Syteme Internationale metric measurements is 1055 joules .
A. Calorie
B. Kelvin
C. BTU-British Thermal Unit (Your Answer)
D. Kilojoule
E. Psi- pounds per square inch
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21) 785. A "problem tree" is a
A. A kind of tree that grows in the wrong place

B. A method of environmental impact assessment
C. A tool to understand cause and effect relations among problems (Your
Answer)
D. Used to trace ancient roots of intractable development problems
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22) 757. What is conventional Euclidean zoning most concerned about?
A. Unhampered flow of ideas, people, goods and services (Your Answer)

B. Efficiency of land occupancy and non-wastage of space
C. Compatibility and non-compatibility of land uses (Correct Answer)
D. Liberalization and free play of market forces
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23) 767. Which of the following greenhouse gases has the greatest
heat-trapping ability per molecule and was consequently phased out
by the Montreal Protocol in 1989?
A. Carbon dioxide
B. Carbon monoxide
C. Chlorofluorocarbon (Your Answer)
D. Methane
E. Nitrous oxide
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24) 770. Framework for Action 2005-2015 (HFA) to make the world safer and to
substantially reduce disaster losses. Which of 5 priority areas below pertains
to each community's coping mechanisms and modifications in its way of life?
A. Ensure that disaster risk reduction becomes a national and local priority
with strong institutional basis for implementation (Your Answer)
B. Identify, assess, and monitor disaster risks and enhance early warning
systems.
C. Use knowledge, innovation and education to build a culture of safety and
resilience at all levels. (Correct Answer)
D. Reduce the underlying risk factors
E. Strengthen disaster preparedness for effective response at all levels
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25) 760. Exemptions, special permissions and relief from provisions of land use
plan and zoning ordinance are obtained from?
A. Office of the Mayor/Local Chief Executive

B. Planning Commission or Planning & Development Office
C. Local Board of Zoning Appeals and Adjustments (Your Answer)
D. Office of the Vice Mayor as head of Sanggunian
E. Regional Development Office
F. Provincial Development Office
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26) 777. The following represent how government subsidizes automobile use over masstransit, except one.
A. Large annual funding for highway maintenance (Your Answer)

B. Government research on development of fuels
C. Investment incentives for tollway and expressway Corporations
D. Market rate and cost-recovery level for light rail fares (Correct Answer)
E. All of the above
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27) 763. The test of 'rational basis,' as defined by the US Supreme Court,
A. Requires that all government actions be the least restrictive means of

accomplishing the goal
B. Justifies a governmental action if there is a reasonable connection
between the action and its goal (Your Answer)
C. Tests the relationship between a variance and its hardship
D. Only applies to zoning actions
E. All of the above
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28) 772. What should be the minimum distance between a drinking water-wellor spring
from a septic tank?
A. 15 meters
B. 25 meters (Correct Answer)
C. 35 meters (Your Answer)
D. 45 meters
E. 55 meters
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29) 791. Two test tubes were filled with a solution of bromthymol blue.A
technician exhaled through a straw into each tube, and the bromthymol blue
turned yellow. An aquatic green plant was placed into each tube, and the
tubes were corked. One tube was placed in the dark, and one was placed in
direct sunlight. The yellow solution in the tube in sunlight turned blue, while
the one in the dark remained yellow.Which statement best explains why the
solution in the tube placed in sunlight turned to a blue color?
A. Oxygen was used for photosynthesis. (Your Answer)

B. Oxygen was removed by respiration.
C. Carbon dioxide was removed by photosynthesis. (Correct Answer)
D. Carbon dioxide was produced by respiration
E. None of the above
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30) 776. Which of the following is not a measure of travel demand management
(TOM)?
A. Controls on public transport (Correct Answer)

B. Controls on land use development
C. Controls on vehicle ownership
D. Controls on vehicle use (Your Answer)
E. Controls on parking
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31) 761. A type of land use control where there may be no possibility of the
application of the right of reverter is called
A. Restrictive covenants (Your Answer)

B. Telluric
C. Deed of sale
D. Monolithic
E. None of the above
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32) 759. When a proponent of a proposed project applies for 'locational
clearance,' which consideration is first and foremost from the perspective of
the approving authority?
A. Community disruption, relocation and the required land acquisition

B. Consistency with local land use plan and with zoning map (Your Answer)
C. Likely impacts on town traffic and local parking
D. Carbon Footprint from the use of fossil fuels in power generation,
company bus shuttles, executives luxury cars
E. Amount of tax and non-tax revenues to be received by the
Local Government Unit
F. Consumption of power, water, and other utilities
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33) 788. In 'Quality of Life Assessment,' which category of indicators of human
ability and well-being would have a clear spatial dimension?
A. "to be"
B. "not to be"
C. "to dream" (Your Answer)
D. "to become"
E. "to do"
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34) This error in logic means that conclusions drawn from analysis of a
group are applied to the groups members without regard for individual
variation or unknown factors that can come from human attitude and
idiosyncratic behavior.
A. Sweeping generalization
B. Argumentum ad hominem
C. Ecological fallacy (Your Answer)
D. Equivocation
E. Begging the question
F. Fallacy of affirming the disjunct or the consequent
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35) 787. The strength of survey questionnaire as research instrument lies in
A. Ability to provide baseline data (Your Answer)

B. Ability to measure or quantify
C. Ability to reveal potential relations between different sets of data
D. Ability to draw out the most sincere responses from informants
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36) 765. According to scientific studies at UPLB, one degree Celsius (1°C)
increase in temperature and humidity reduces total rice yield by at least 8%
and corn yield by at least 5%. In livestock, the loss is as much as 33% of new
offsprings due to
A. Congenital defects and deformations due to mutation

B. Reduced appetite, feed intake, and body energy reserve (Your Answer)
C. Excessive burning of calories and loss of weight
D. Loss of mating opportunities for breeders
E. All of the above
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37) 766. Which of following substances has lowest potential to contribute to air
pollution & atmospheric/meteorologic anomalies?
A. Nitrous Oxide - N20

B. Nitrogen Dioxide - NOx
C. Chlorofluorocarbons - CFCs
D. Hydrogen-containing CFCs (HCFCs)
E. Methane
F. Ozone (Your Answer)
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38) 784. Which of the following is not a research method?
A. Questionnaire
B. Interview
C. Appraisal (Your Answer)
D. Case study
E. Survey
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39) 798. How many acres are there in one hectare?
A. 2.47 (Your Answer)

B. 0.96
C. 3.28
D. 10
E. 100
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40) 779. The following are the basic elements of human settlements according to
Dr. Konstantinos Doxiadis. Which one pertains to the built environment or
physical capital?
A. Anthropos
B. Nature
C. Shells and networks (Your Answer)
D. Society
E. Social structure
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41) 775. 'Traffic calming' is a
A. Course of Tai Chi and 'Qi Gong' exercises to de-stress drivers

B. Package of grade-separation measures to physically segregate vehicles
and pedestrians
C. Package of measures to increase capacity of local roads so that traffic can
move more quickly
D. Package of traffic engineering measures to reduce speed on local roads
and divert through-traffic elsewhere (Your Answer)
E. Police enforcement campaign to reduce vehicle noise and emissions
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42) 762. The negative criteria for the approval of variance is that
A. Such relief may be granted without substantial detriment to the public good
B. Such relief may be granted without substantially impairing the intent and
purpose of the land use plan (Your Answer)
C. Such relief may be granted without substantially impairing the intent and
purpose of the zoning ordinance
D. All of the above. (Correct Answer)
E. None of the choices
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43) 774. In the physical design of roads, which of the following increases the possibilityof accidents and mishaps?
A. Prescribed dimensions according to hierarchy of roads

B. Conforms to natural topography
C. Conforms to BP 344 Accessibility Law
D. Blind comers (Your Answer)
E. Moderate slope/grade
F. Adequate sight distance
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44) 764. The test of compelling governmental interest as defined by the US
Supreme Court,
A. Means that conditions compel government to act the way that it does
B. Requires that governmental action be written in forceful language to
compel citizens to obey
C. Requires that legislation generally be the least restrictive means of
accomplishing the objective (Correct Answer)
D. Applies only if the challenged legislation has an impact on a fundamental
religious tenet or suspect classification (Your Answer)
E. All of the above
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45) 778. In contrast to pedal-
driven 'trisikad', what is environmentalists' basis ofopposition to two-stroke
motor-driven tricycles?
A. Greater incidence of road accidents

B. Increase in air pollution (Your Answer)
C. Limited Service capacity and range of movement
D. Slower speed increases congestion along national highways
E. All of the above
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46) 799. How many hectares are there in one square kilometer
A. 10
B. 100 (Your Answer)
C. 1,000
D. 10,000
E. 100,000
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47) 794.
What is the smallest time frame using the cohort survival method of populationanalysis
?
A. 2 years
B. 3 years (Your Answer)
C. 4 years
D. 5 years (Correct Answer)
E. 6 years
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48) 751. All of the following are exempted from regulation of PD 1096 National BuildingCode of 1977, except
A. Traditional indigenous family dwellings

B. Socialized and low-cost housing under Batas Pambansa 220
C. Garden pools,grottos, aquariums not exceeding 500 mm in depth
D. Piggery and poultry houses of over 100 sqm (Your Answer)
E. Sheds, outhouses, greenhouses ,gazebos,
aviaries, not exceeding 6 sqm in total area
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49) 797. How many square meters are there in one acre?
A. 328
B. 1, 250
C. 4,047 (Your Answer)
D. 8,700
E. 43560
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50) 782. What is a 'theory' in urban and regional planning as a field of social
Science?
A. An educated guess being tested by numerous experiments

B. Outcome or proof to establish causal connection among key actors and
factors
C. A set of principles derived from envisioned future state of society
D. A set of interrelated propositions or hypotheses that has been supported by
several studies in the past (Correct Answer)
E. All of the choices (Your Answer)
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1) If "pre-industrial society" is mainly agricultural, kinship-based, self-

sufficient, and relatively parochial, "industrial society" in contrast
A. Minimizes farming to channel capital into factories

B. Prioritizes mining of minerals and precious stones
C. Aims for mass production through mechanization & automation (Your
Answer)
D. Relies on the output of white-collar professionals
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2) Due to greater division of labor, there is more heterogeneity of population and

classes of workers beginning with
A. Primitive subsistence society

B. Pre-industrial society
C. Industrial society (Your Answer)
D. Post-industrial society
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3) Built below the Acropolis in the heart of the city-state, 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
A. 'Parthenon'
B. 'gymnasium'
C. 'erechtheum'
D. 'agora' (Your Answer)
E. 'sumposion'
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4) In the biggest and most crowded city during Antiquity, poor residents of
Rome (44 BCE) lived on units in multi-storey residential buildings which
they rented but could not own; these were called
A. 'abode'
B. 'domus'
C. 'appartement'
D. 'tenema' (Your Answer)
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5) According to the Chicago school of human ecology, 'Invasion' refers to how

pioneers and opportunists push the 'land frontier' farther out; when
immigrants settle in waves, they define new land uses for themselves in a
process called
A. Evolution
B. Co-location
C. Succession (Your Answer)
D. Acclimatization
E. Cohabitation
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6) This refers to a period in US planning history (1890s) when cities were

conceived as total systems designed with broad circulation arteries, network
of parks, cluster of focal buildings, and blocks of civic centers in aesthetic
harmony.
A. New Towns Movement

B. City Efficient Movement
C. City Beautiful Movement (Correct Answer)
D. City Functional Movement
(Your Answer)
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7) Which of the following is not a feature of Frank Lloyd Wrights 'Broadacre

City' (1932)?
A. Each person regardless of age has one acre of federal land (Your Answer)
B. Food garden or small farm would be right next to the house
C. Manufacture commerce set up in twelve 15-storey buildings
D. Work within walking distance from the home
E. Railroad and freeway to interconnect cities
F. Densification would preserve much open space (Correct Answer)
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8) An approach in urban planning that puts premium on people and nature by

building upon the historic city of traditional neighborhood in such a way that
workplaces, shops, and homes would be within walking distance of each
other.
A. Neo-Populism
B. Eco-Village
C. New Urbanism (Your Answer)
D. Dynapolis
E. Transit-Oriented Development
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9) In Clarence Steins Six Principles of Regional Planning (1920), which one

concerns traffic caused by roadside parking
A. Plan simply, but comprehensively

B. Provide ample sites in the right places for community use
C. Put factories and industrial buildings where they can be used without
wasteful transportation of people and goods
D. Cars must be stored inside homes
(Your Answer)
E. Bring private land and public land into relationship
F. Arrange for the occupancy of houses
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10) All of the following are true about urban planning except
A. Changing a city's physical form does not automatically reshape social life
B. Planning always takes place within a framework of economic and political
realities
C. Planners should be allowed to control all technical aspects of how cities are
built
(Your Answer)
D. The goals of the planning experiments of the last century have not been
met
E. Cities should be designed in a way that fosters economic, social, cultural
and environmental integration.
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11) In his ''Theory of Good City Form,' he argued that norms such as vitality,
sense, fit, access, control, efficiency, and justice - ought to characterize the
performance of cities as settlements.
A. Kevin Lynch
(Correct Answer)
B. Edward Tollman
C. John Trawls
D. Camillo Sitte (Your Answer)
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12) What is the smallest unit in the human settlements planning" by Dr

Konstantinos Doxiadis (1951)?
A. House
B. Anthropos (Your Answer)
C. Organism
D. Neighborhood
E. Hamlet
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13) Which of the following is not part of typology of cities under ekistics school
of Dr Konstantinos Doxiadis (1951)?
A. Ecumenopolis
B. Megalopolis
C. Metropolis
D. Agropolis (Your Answer)
E. Eperopolis
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14) Under RA 7160 LGC Sec. 25, one of the following is not among the types of
cities in the Philippines.
A. Highly Urbanized Cities

B. Independent Cities
C. Sister Cities (Your Answer)
D. Component Cities
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15) Under RA 7160 LGC Sec 452, what is the minimum population requirement
to approve a Highly Urbanized City?
A. At least 200,000 (Correct Answer)

B. At least 500,000 (Your Answer)
C. At least 1 million
D. At least 10 million
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16) In central place theory (1933), this refers to the minimum population required
to make a service viable.
A. Resident population
B. Captive market
C. Threshold population (Your Answer)
D. Population explosion
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17) In Walter Christaller's central place theory (1933), neighborhood store is an

example of 'first-order services' while grocery store, gas station, furniture,
and post office are examples of
A. Secondary services (Your Answer)

B. Tertiary services
C. Quaternary services
D. Quinary services
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18) ''Young dependents" in the Philippine setting refers to population with ages
A. 0-4
B. 0-6
C. 0-10
D. 0-14 (Your Answer)
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19) "Old dependents" in the Philippine setting refers to population with ages
A. 60 and above
B. 65 and above (Your Answer)
C. 70 and above
D. 80 and above
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20) 'Working-age population" including those actively seeking and not seeking
work, covers those with ages between
A. 10-65
B. 15-64 (Your Answer)
C. 18-65
D. 21-60
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21) In the following formal statement on population policy(2010-2016) from

President Benigno Simeon Aquino 111, which statement pertains to the
States obligation to inform its citizens of all family planning alternatives
from A to Z.
A. " ... I am against abortion as outlawed by the Philippine Constitution.

B. " ... I am in favor of giving couples the right to choose how best to
manage their families so that in the end, their welfare and that of their
children are best served.
(Your Answer)
C. ... The State must respect each individuals right to follow his or her
conscience and religious convictions on matters and issues pertaining to
the unity of the family and the sacredness of human life · from
conception to natural death.
D. ... In a situation where couples, especially the poor and disadvantaged
ones, are in no position to make
an informed judgment, the State has the responsibility to provide
complete information:
E. ...ln the range of options provided to couples, natural family planning and
modern methods shall always be presented as equally available." (Correct
Answer)
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22) According to RA 9710, this refers to the strategy for making women's as well
as men's concerns and experiences an integral dimension of the design,
implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of policies and programs in all
political, economic, and societal spheres so that women and men benefit
equally and inequality is not perpetuated.
A. Integration & rationalization

B. Gender mainstreaming (Your Answer)
C. Sexual equality
D. Transgender accommodation
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23) A duly-registered cooperative acquires a river-dredging machinery and

waste-water treatment equipment. Should such acquisitions be subject to
real property taxation under RA 7160 LGC Section 234?
A. Yes
B. No (Your Answer)
C. It depends on the Local Chief Executive
D. Subject to the discretion of Assessor
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24) Which of the following is not a part of the General Welfare Clause of RA
7160 LGC Section 167
A. Hospitality and festivity (Your Answer)

B. Economic prosperity
C. Balanced ecology & social justice
D. Health and safety
E. Preservation & enrichment of culture
F. Appropriate self-reliant science & technology
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25) Which of the following is not considered idle land under RA 7160 LGC Sec.
2377
A. Agriculture land of at least one-hectare with 50% of whole area bare and
uncultivated
B. Urban land of at least 1,000 sq.m. with 50% of whole area unutilized and
unimproved upon
C. Grazing land with thick grasses used for pasture of 100 heads of cattle
(Your Answer)
D. Stud farm on public land with no ongoing· breeding or training activities
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26) Under RA 7160 LGC, who among the following incumbents' may be allowed
to practice his/her primary profession while in public office?
A. Local Chief Executive

B. Congressman Representative
C. Vice-Governor
D. Municipal Accountant (Your Answer)
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27) Under RA 7160 LGC Sec 98, who among the following members of the
Local School Board, other than the Governor or Mayor, has an elective
office?
A. Division Superintendent or District Supervisor
B. LGU Treasurer
C. Chairperson of sanggunians committee on education
D. Representatives of federations of teachers, SK youth, PTAs, non-
academics (Your Answer)
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28) Under the super-region concept of the PGMA administration, Central Luzon
as part of the Mega Manila Extended Urban Region, would focus on
A. Hacienda farming
B. Meat processing
C. Commodity logistics chain (Your Answer)
D. Cyber services
E. Tourism
Correct
29) Of the so-called "super-regions," which one is being promoted as having the
comparative advantage in tourism?
A. North Luzon
B. Central Philippines (Your Answer)
C. Baguio & Cordillera Autonomous Region
D. Davao Silicon Gulf
Correct
30) Which is a significant accomplishment of "Advocacy Planning" movement as

fathered by Paul Davidoff (1965)
A. Single women with children were assisted to find employment

B. Social planning was moved from backroom negotiations into the open
public forum(Your Answer)
C. Documentation of long-lasting environmental changes was intensified
D. Affirmative action and social amelioration were mainstreamed into
national policy
E. Businesses were compelled to draw their employees from the ranks of the
poor.
Correct
31) "Decide, announce, defend" summarizes "top-down" planning and

management; its opposite in 'bottom up' planning and management that
involves multiple stakeholders would be described as -
A. Delegate, deload, discharge

B. Discuss, decide, deliver (Your Answer)
C. Debate, distill, deliberate
D. Dispute, discourse, direct
Correct
32) 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"?
A. Counseling; therapy
B. Consultation; placation (Your Answer)
C. Informing
D. Partnership; delegated power; citizen control
Correct
33) UN-FAO standards_state that at least 5.7 hectares of aggregate urban-land

(residential, commercial, industrial, etc) and 6 hectares of farm need to be
reserved for every 1,000 population. How much urban land is needed for a
town of 22,000?
A. 62.7 hectares
B. 125.4 hectares (Your Answer)
C. 220 hectares
D. 1.14 hectares
Correct
34) UN-FAO standards state that at least 0.60 hectares should be devoted to
education (public and private) per thousand population. How much combined
area of schools is the minimum for a town of 40,000 people?
A. 40 hectares
B. 24 hectares (Your Answer)
C. 10 hectares
D. 240 hectares
Correct
35) HLURB standards state that at least 2.5 hectares of industrial land needs to
be reserved for every 1,000 population. How much total industrial land is
needed for an independent chartered city of 200,000 people?
A. 200 hectares
B. 400 hectares
C. 500 hectares (Your Answer)
D. 2,500 hectares
Correct
36) In terms of land use compatibility, what specific use would be least suitable
next to a military police firing range?
A. Funeraria
B. Memorial park
C. Residential (Your Answer)
D. Open space
E. Forest
Correct
37) What kind of use would be most compatible around a huge oil depot and
LPG gas depository?
A. Transport terminals
B. Commercial
C. BPO call centers
D. Open space (Your Answer)
E. Hospitals
Correct
38) What would be the most suitable use of geologic fault line with buffer strip of
at least 5 m on both sides from the line?
A. Aqueduct or tunnel
B. Floodway
C. Venice-like canals
D. Open space farm (Your Answer)
E. Wildlife refuge
Correct
39) In classic urban morphology, since cemeteries' perform solemn private

functions' that require neither exchange nor access to commerce, they ought
to be located in
A. Prime agricultural land

B. Caves and rocky hills
C. Fringe belts
D. Desert
E. Marginal land (Your Answer)
Incorrect
40) 'Performance Zoning' can be described as a tool that
A. Allows property owners with limited development rights to buy additional

rights from another property
B. Cities can use these to encourage development that exceeds the minimum
standards
C. Regulates the character and quality of the use instead of simply regulating
the mere use itself
(Correct Answer)
D. Establishes objective thresholds and maximum limits of the effects or
characteristics of land use (Your Answer)
Correct
41) Under the current setup, what government agency has the final authority on
conversion of agricultural land?
A. DAR
(Your Answer)
B. Department of Agriculture
C. Land Registration Authority
D. Land Management Bureau
E. HLURB
F. HUDCC
Correct
42) This refers to the part of a seashore which is alternately covered by the ebb
and flow of tide, technically, to a string of land margining a body of water,
between the low-water line usually at the seaward margin of a , low tide
terrace and the upper limit of wave wash at high tide usually marked by a
beach scarp or berm.
A. Seaside
B. Seaboard
C. Foreshore (Your Answer)
D. Seagrass bed
E. Beachfront
Incorrect
43) PD 705 Revised Forestry Code Section 16 affirms that, after a salvage zone
of 40 meters from the high tide 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
(Correct Answer)
D. 35 meters (Your Answer)
E. 40 meters
Correct
44) 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. Alternate harvesting in industrial and commercial plantations
(Your Answer)
D. Small-scale tree cutting, 'carabao logging',and kaingin
Correct
45) 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 (Your Answer)
B. 20
C. 25
D. 30
E. 35
Correct
46) The 'bundle of rights' over private alienable-&-disposable property include all
of the following rights except
A. Utilize, cultivate, develop

B. Enjoy benefits and earn from
C. Access, prevent access & control
D. Non-use, abuse, and misuse (Your Answer)
E. Mortgage, sell, or dispose
F. Transfer and pass on
Correct
47) Which is not an instrument to prove private rights over land?
A. Certificate of Title
B. CLOA
C. Free Patent
D. DTI-IPR Patent (Your Answer)
E. Tax Declaration
F. CADT
Correct
48) Under RA 7279 UDHA Sec 3, this refers to housing programs and projects
undertaken by the government or the private sector for the underprivileged
and homeless citizens which include sites and services development, long-
term financing, liberalized terms on interest payments, and other related
benefits.
A. Economic housing
B. Socialized housing (Your Answer)
C. Low-cost housing
D. Open-market housing
Correct
49) Under RA 7279 UDHA Sec. 28, the following are legal forms of eviction or
demolition of informal settlements. Which one concerns most directly the
safety of the general public in terms of water security?
A. When persons occupy railroad tracks, RROW, sidewalks, transmission

lines, dump sites,parks,playgrounds and other public places;
B. When persons occupy easements of pipelines, reservoirs, esteros, creeks,
rivers, shorelines, and beaches (Your Answer)
C. When government infrastructure projects with available funding are
about to be implemented;
D. When there is a court order of eviction of settlers from a legally-owned
private property;
Correct
50) Below are some of the documented deficiencies of governments socialized

housing with rowhouse design. Which deficiency is considered the principal
cause of the failure of off-city relocation in the Philippines?
A. 24 sq.m. is inappropriate for large urban families which are typically

extended
B. Each dwelling unit has no space for waste sorting, composting, gardening,
and domestic crop production
C. Each dwelling has no provision for natural cooling and energy
conservation by means of protective trees
D. Most housing projects have no provisions for near-site workplaces or
employment centers (Your Answer)
HIDDEN EP QUIZ NO.25
Correct
1) 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 (Your Answer)
C. Sale, lease, rent
D. Location, permanence, transferability
Correct
2) 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(Your Answer)
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
Correct
3) In William Alonso's Bid-Rent Theory (1960), the most appropriate use of

the innermost circle in the diagram is
A. Farming of the most expensive crops

B. Terminal for commuters, central rail station
C. Central park
D. Shopping & retail services (Your Answer)
Correct
4) Under RA 7942 Philippine Mining Act of 1995, a mining enterprise with

capitalization of more than 10 million and an operating area of over 20
hectares, can be considered
A. Medium-scale
B. Global-scale
C. Large-scale
D. Cottage-scale (Your Answer)
Incorrect
5) Since the permitted width of four-wheel vehicle is 2.5 meters and the
minimum clearance between two parallel vehicles is 0.50 meters, what
should be the ideal width of a two-lane farm-to-market road also called
barangay road?
A. 3 meters (Your Answer)
B. 6 meters (Correct Answer)
C. 9 meters
D. 12 meters
Correct
6) In water supply planning, what classification of water should a residential

consumer get from a faucet?
A. Class AA (Your Answer)

B. Class B
C. Class C
D. Class D
E. Class E
Correct
7) Which of the following is not a function of the National Economic and

Development Authority?
A. Proper allocation of expenditures for each development activity between

current operating expenditures and capital outlays;
B. Evaluation of the fiscal, monetary and balance of payments implications
of major national projects,
C. Privatization and public accountability of corporations and assets owned,
controlled or acquired by the government (Your Answer)
D. Advice the President on matters concerning social development,
education, manpower, health and nutrition, population and family
planning, housing, human settlements, and the delivery of other social
services;
E. Recommend appropriate policies, programs and projects consistent with
national development objectives
Correct
8) According to RA 9367 Renewable Energy Act of 2006, what are the additives
to gasoline that are harmful to both people and nature?
A. Methyl tertiary butyl ether (Your Answer)

B. Isooctane and heptane
C. Molybdenum oxide
D. Tetraethyl
Correct
9) Which of the following is least effective for controlling soil erosion caused
by wind and water?
A. planting windbreaks
B. Planting cover crops
C. Removing crop stubble from surface (Your Answer)
D. Using conservation tillage
Correct
10) The shifts in perspective from victim as receiver to victim as actor, 'from
doleout of goods to capacity building and institution-building,' 'from
individual aid to restoration of the social system,' 'from outside response to
community initiatives' -all form part of the paradigm of
A. Quick emergency response

B. Disaster risk reduction (Your Answer)
C. Disaster recovery management
D. Search, rescue & rehab
Correct
11) '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 (Your Answer)
Correct
12) 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
Correct
13) According to the Medium Term Philippine Development Plan 2011-2016,

the total cumulative housing need According to the Medium Term
Philippine Development Plan 2011-2016, among nine countries in East Asia
being compared, the Philippines has the highest officially-reported poverty
incidence at 26.6%, the highest Gini coefficient at 0.448, the lowest rate
increase in real per capita income at 2.3% per annum, and among the highest
unemployment rates per annum. These figures indicate that
A. Philippine growth is not broadbased and could not create vast

employment opportunities for the majority;
B. Macroeconomic growth has not been adequately translated into human
development and social
progress.
C. Public investment favors few competitive sectors in central and urban
places to the neglect of the marginal and disadvantaged sectors;
D. Economic growth in real terms' is often too small to be offset by high
population growth.
E. Bad governance means there are chronic leakages of government
resources & low accountability and transparency in the development
management.
F. All of the choices (Your Answer)
Correct
14) 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' (Your Answer)
Correct
15) 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 (Your Answer)
Correct
16) Which of the following is not a function of the Housing and Urban
Development Coordinating Council?
A. Custodian and keeper of all resources of government related to housing

and urban development; (Your Answer)
B. Determine participation and coordinate activities of key housing agencies
in national housing program;
C. Monitor, review and evaluate the effective exercise by government housing
agencies of their assigned functions;
D. Assist in the maximum participation of the private sector in all aspects of
housing and urban development;
E. Recommend new legislation and amendments to existing laws as may be
necessary for the attainment of governments objective in housing;
Correct
17) Which factor increases a population's 'vulnerability' to disaster?
A. Young-age and old-age dependency

B. Lack of resources to change physical location
C. Crowding & congestion
D. Lack of information
E. Illness and disability
Correct
18) Under RA 7076 People's Smallscale Mining Act of 1991, who are the
preferred holders of small-scale mining permits?
A. Guilds
B. Cooperatives (Your Answer)
C. Sanggunian
D. NGOs
E. Micro-scale and cottage enterprises
Correct
19) In the equation, Disaster = (Hazard)x (Exposure/Preparedness) x

(Vulnerability/Coping Capacity), Disaster can be reduced by
A. Decreasing vulnerability by eliminating hazard

B. Training people to cope and cope unceasingly
C. Preparing people to anticipate and to equip themselves constantly (Your
Answer)
D. Changing the equation of exposure by creating a risk-free world
Correct
20) Which of the following will not reduce vulnerability to hazards
A. Maintaining 'healthy' natural systems

B. Restricting development in hazardous areas
C. Stockpiling emergency goods and disaster relief (Your Answer)
D. Requiring safer building standards
Correct
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 (Your Answer)
D. Cost-efficiency
Correct
22) 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 (Your Answer)
Correct
23) According to the Medium Term Philippine Development Plan 2011-2016,

the total cumulative housing need would reach 6,732,464 by year 2016, but
governments capacity to directly provide houses only averages 120,000
units per annum. What would be a more rational strategy for housing
development?
A. Leave to private households the matter of housing development

according to the free play of market forces;
B. Allow big foreign companies with enormous capital to undertake mass
shelter projects;
C. Rationalize taxation of land so that developers can bring down overall
cost of house and lot packages;
D. LGUs should improve CLUP-Zoning so that price of land would be kept
low
E. Stimulate participation of business, civic, religious, and cooperatives
sectors in multi-partite housing production. (Your Answer)
Correct
24) 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
(Your Answer)
D. Product image, promotion & advertising, public relations
Correct
25) The logical equation to describe "Risk" would be
A. Risk = Susceptibility x Vulnerability diveded by Adaptive/Coping

capacity (Your Answer)
B. Risk = Exposure x Duration x Extent x Frequency
C. Risk = Hazard x Population Density + Income
D. Risk = Exposure x Probability x Coincidence
Correct
26) 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 (Your Answer)

B. Insurance value
C. Bequest value
D. Vicarious value
E. All cf the above
Correct
27) "Identity, structure, and meaning - Cities that have buildings and natural
features with strong identities, street patterns that are easy to comprehend,
and other form elements that have functional and symbolic meanings are
likely to be more imageable than cities lacking such attributes."
A. Kevin Lynch (Your Answer)

B. Edward Tollman
C. John Trawls
D. Camilo Sitte
Correct
28) The following factors combine to cause flashfloods and large-scale flooding,
except
A. Amount of rainfall
B. Winds and gusts (Your Answer)
C. Loss of tree cover causing erosion & siltation
D. waterways clogged with household wastes
E. Impervious concrete surfaces
F. Natural topography
Correct
29) An LGU regulation prohibiting a landowner from using his/her residential

lot as a firing range is considered an exercise of the power of the State called
A. Escheat
B. Eminent domain
C. Taxation
D. Police power (Your Answer)
E. Moral suasion
F. Sovereignty
Correct
30) Which of the following data-sets is least needed in Economic Area Analysis?
A. Population forecasts
B. Employment trends
C. Income levels
D. Cohort survival
E. Poverty incidence of households
F. Retail sales of registered enterprises (Your Answer)
Correct
31) Under RA 7076 People's Small-scale Mining Act of 1991, the following are
characteristics of small-scale mining except
A. Capitalization of not more than 10 million

B. Use of explosives for excavating and tunneling (Your Answer)
C. Not more than 20 hectares in total size
D. Gross production not more than 50,000
E. Artisanal and labor-intensive
Incorrect
32) "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

(Correct Answer)
B. Renewable, replenishable, replicable (Your Answer)
C. Extant, extinct, exhaustible
D. Inputs, throughputs, outputs
Correct
33) 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 (Your Answer)
F. Biological treatment of water and storm runoff
Correct
34) Under Kevin Lynch's scheme (1961), what would best describe Rockwell
Makati and Ortigas Center?
A. Landmark
B. Cosmopolitan
C. District (Your Answer)
D. Downtown
E. Estate
Correct
35) According to RA 10066 National Cultural Heritage Act of 2009, this refers
to "historical sites or structures hallowed and revered for their history or
association as declared by the National Historical Institute"
A. Epochal Landmark
B. National Treasure
C. National Cultural Property
D. Historic Shrine (Your Answer)
E. Sacred Place
Correct
36) Which of the following is not a major Heritage Site in the Philippines·as
declared by UNESCO?
A. Baroque churches of Manila, Sta. Maria, Paoay & Miag-ao

B. Tubattaha Reef Marine Park
C. Magellan's Cross in Cebu· (Your Answer)
D. Rice Terraces of the Philippines
E. Puerto Princesa Underground River
F. Historic Town of Vigan
Incorrect
37) In statistics, this is a value in a set of sample observations which occurs

most often or with the greatest frequency
A. Recurrence (Your Answer)

B. Returns
C. Mode (Correct Answer)
D. Average
E. Sum
F. Minuend
Incorrect
38) An area within a city or town where the average density is 20 dwelling units
per hectare or below, with majority of lot sizes are between 300-800 square
meters or more, is zoned as
A. R-1 (Correct Answer)

B. R-2
C. R-3 (Your Answer)
D. R-4
E. Mixed Use Zone
Incorrect
39) 986. An area in most cities ·where regional shopping centers, huge
consumer malls, sports stadiums, high-rise hotels, office towers are located,
is zoned as
A. C-1 (Your Answer)

B. C-2
C. C-3 (Correct Answer)
D. Tourism zone
E. Financial District
Correct
40) 'Republic Act that provides for conservation and protection of wildlife
resources and their habitats is numbered as
A. RA 9147 (Your Answer)

B. RA 9714
C. RA 4791
D. RA 1479
Feedback
R.A. 9147 "Wildlife Resources Conservation and Protection Act."
Correct
41) Under Executive Orders 127, 127-A and 292, which of the following is not
a function of the Department of Finance?
A. Formulation, institutionalization and administration of fiscal policies of

government;
B. Supervision of the revenue operations of all.local government units;
C. Conceptualization of major government investments on infrastructure and
utilities;
(Your Answer)
D. Review, approval and management of all public sector debt, domestic or
foreign;
E. Formulation, institutionalization and administration of fiscal and tax
policies;
Correct
42) What does the Gini coefficient measure?
A. Savings rate
B. Real estate tax
C. Income inequality
(Your Answer)
D. Poverty
E. Return on investment
Correct
43) 'Linear regression' is a statistical method used to:
A. Establish that as supplies increase, prices decrease

B. Calculate the probability of a sample value being within 1.96 standard-
deviations of the mean
C. Determine the influence of one or more independent variables on a
dependent variable (Your Answer)
D. Estimate the degree to which research findings may be generalized
Correct
44) A water system composed of a source, reservoir, distribution system, and
communal faucets. Usually, one faucet serves 4 to 6 households, generally
suitable for rural and urban-fringe areas where houses are clustered densely to
justify a simple piped-system.
A. Level I
B. Level II (Your Answer)
C. Level III
D. Level IV
Correct
45) 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 (Your Answer)
C. Ease of movement
D. Free play of market forces
Correct
46) In Ernest Burgess' concentric model (1925), factories and workshops

would most likely locate in
A. The innermost circle

B. The outermost circle
C. The second circle from the center
(Your Answer)
D. The third circle from the center
Incorrect
47) Which law exempts, in Section 20, cremation, siga, bonfires, traditional
cultural practices, etcetera from the total ban on incineration?
A. RA 8749 (Correct Answer)

B. RA 9003
C. RA 6969
D. RA 9275 (Your Answer)
Correct
48) "Conservation" from the perspective of environmental economics' would

include all but one of the following
A. Society's savings from strict preserves (Your Answer)

B. Elimination of social and economic waste
C. Orderly and efficient resource use
D. Maximization of social net returns over time
Correct
49) Under PD198 dated May 25, 1973, if a 'water district' can be created for at
least one municipality or cluster of municipalities, what would be the
minimum population to be serviced within a water district?
A. 15,000
B. 25,000 (Your Answer)
C. 35,000
D. 45,000
E. 55,000
Correct
50) In planning public facilities and utilities, 'population density' should be

rationally matched with
A. Materials & machines

B. Nuts and bolts
C. Service capacity infrastructure (Your Answer)
D. Investments of government
Hidden EP Quiz No.1
Correct
1) "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 ... "
A. Leon Battista Alberti

B. Daniel H. Burnham (Your Answer)
C. Baron Georges Eugenes Hausmann
D. Pierre Charles L'Enfant
Correct
2) If 'pre-industrial society' was mainly agricultural, kinship-based, self-

sufficient, and relatively parochial, 'industrial society' in contrast
A. Minimizes farming to channel capital into factories

B. Prioritizes mining of minerals and precious stones
C. Aims for mass production thru mechanization & automation (Your Answer)
D. Relies on the output of white-collar professionals
Correct
3) 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."
A. Limits to growth
B. Tipping point
C. Range and threshold
D. Carrying capacity (Your Answer)
Correct
4) 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?
A. Macedonian Greeks under Alexander The Great

B. Romans under the dictatorial Emperors (Your Answer)
C. Persians under Cyrus the Great
D. Egyptians under Ramses, Thutrnoses, and Nefertiti
Correct
5) The concepts of "input-throughput--output-feedback" comes from what

school of planning?
A. Communicative Planning
B. Liberal Pluralistic Planning
C. Incremental Planning
D. Systems Theory of Planning (Your Answer)
Correct
6) Which principle of Strategic Planning rallies the organization and unifies its
members around a common purpose?
A. Solve major issues at a macro level

B. Avoid excessive inward and short-term thinking
C. Be visionary to convey a desired end-state but be flexible enough to allow
and to accommodate changes
D. Engage stakeholders to pull together behind a single gameplan for
execution(Your Answer)
E. Establish priorities on what will be accomplished in the future
F. Communicate to everyone what is most important
Correct
7) As defined by PD 1517 and by National Statistics Office, 'urban' area has

the following characteristics except one:
A. It exports substantial quantities of processed products (Your Answer)

B. Core district's density is at least 500 per square kilometer
C. Overall density of at least 1000 persons per square kilometer in its
entirety
D. Exhibits a street pattern
Correct
8) The main contribution of Norbert Weiner's 'Cybernetics' to the Systems

Theory of planning is the principle that planning should be -
A. Cyclical, iterative, and self-correcting (Your Answer)

B. Free-wheeling and open-ended
C. Wide-ranging and exhaustive
D. Rigorous, exact, and mathematical
Correct
9) Under RA7160 Sec 452, what is the minimum population requirement to

approve a Highly Urbanized City?
A. At least 200,000 (Your Answer)

B. At least 500,000
C. At least 1 million
D. At least 10 million
Correct
10) 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:
A. City Beautiful Movement (Your Answer)
B. City Functional Movement
C. City Efficient Movement
D. New Towns Movement
Correct
11) 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.
A. Frederic Law Olmstead Sr (Your Answer)

B. John Muir
C. Gifford Pinchot
D. George Perkins Marsh
Correct
12) 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
A. Urban Planning
B. Human Ecology
C. Environmental Management
D. Environmental Planning (Your Answer)
Correct
13) 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.
A. Clarence Perry (Your Answer)

B. Clarence Stein
C. Clarence Thomas
D. Clarence McKay
Correct
14) Which basic principle of 'Sustainable Development' means responsibility and

accountability to future populations?
A. Common Heritage of Humankind

B. Lnter-generational Equity (Your Answer)
C. Caring Capacity
D. Parity 0f Compeers
Correct
15) 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
A. "bright lights effect" or lure of city life and neon-lit entertainment

B. Possible benefits derived from proximity to seat of power and prestige of
central city address
C. Abundance and plenitude in cities versus hunger and famine due to
insurgency wars in the countryside
D. Substantial wage differentials between urban labor and rural labor for the
same level of skill, task, or occupation (Your Answer)
Correct
16) 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
A. Ciudad Conectada
B. Ciudad Alongada
C. Ciudad Lineal (Your Answer)
D. Ciudad Larga
Correct
17) 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
A. 'parthenon'
B. 'gymnasium'
C. 'erechtheum'
D. 'agora' (Your Answer)
E. 'sumposion'
Correct
18) 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?
A. System Description
B. System Modeling
C. System Projection
D. System Synthesis (Your Answer)
E. System Control
Correct
19) 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
A. City Beautiful Movement

B. City Functional Movement (Your Answer)
C. City Efficient Movement
D. Regional City Movement
Correct
20) Which is a significant accomplishment of "Advocacy Planning" movement

as fathered by Paul Davidoff (1965)?
A. Single women with children were assisted to find employment.

B. Social planning was moved from 'backroom negotiations' into the open
public forum. (Your Answer)
C. Documentation of long-lasting environmental changes was intensified
D. Affirmative action and social amelioration were mainstreamed into
national policy
E. Businesses were compelled to draw their employees from the ranks of the
poor.
Correct
21) 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.
A. Eco-city
B. Broadacre city (Your Answer)
C. Exurbia
D. Micropolis
E. Suburbia
Correct
22) Urban planning is "concerned with providing the right place at the right site at
the right time" for the right people.
A. John Ratcliffe (Your Answer)

B. Lewis Keeble
C. Brian Mcloughlin
D. George Chadwick
E. Alan Wilson
Correct
23) 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
A. Industrialization
B. Urbanization (Your Answer)
C. Social Transformation
D. Modernization
Correct
24) 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:
A. Health & safety

B. Convenience & amenity
C. tolerance & plurality (Your Answer)
D. Efficiency & economy
Correct
25) 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?
A. 'S' (Your Answer)

B. 'W'
C. 'O'
D. 'T'
Correct
26) 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.
A. Esplanade
B. Axle lndustrielle
C. Post-Industrial Motor City
D. Linear IndustriaI City (Your Answer)
Correct
27) Which is a major contribution of classical Greek civilization 700-404 BCE

to town planning?
A. Polytheism or pantheon of Greek gods which sanctified all elements of

Nature as being animated by divine spirit
B. The delineation between religious space & secular civic space as separate
but complementary spheres in society (Your Answer)
C. The concept of 'polis' or (Latin) 'civitas' which means that only residents
of cities can truly be called 'civilized'.
D. The practice of direct democracy and the notion of citizenship which
included women, the poor,slaves, and aliens.
Correct
28) A 'city' is a significantly-large urban area which has:
A. A cluster of skyscrapers
B. A charter or legal proclamation (Your Answer)
C. A rectilinear or orthogonal street design
D. A seaport or an airport
Correct
29) '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?
A. Rational-comprehensive (Your Answer)

B. traditional or command planning
C. Strategic planning
D. Communicative planning
Correct
30) 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.
A. Ralph Nader
B. Susan S. Fainstein
C. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr
D. Sherry Arnstein (Your Answer)
Correct
31) The following are the stated goals of 'urban development policy' (NUDHF)
in the Philippines, except one:
A. To achieve a more balanced urban-rural interdependence

B. To slow down rural-to-urban movement by means of migration control
and population management (Your Answer)
C. To optimally utilize land and resources to meet the requirements of
housing and urban development
D. To undertake a comprehensive and continuing program of urban
development which will make available housing and services at
affordable cost
Correct
32) Which of the following is not a feature of Frank Lloyd Wright's 'Broadacre
City' ( 1932)?
A. Each person regardless of age has one acre of federal land

B. Food garden or small farm would be right next to the house
C. Manufacture &commerce set up in twelve 15-storey buildings
D. Work within walking distance from the home
E. Railroad and freeway to interconnect cities
F. Densification would preserve much open space (Your Answer)
Correct
33) 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.
A. Decentralization
B. Dispersion
C. Exurbanization
D. Urban Sprawl (Your Answer)
Correct
34) 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.
A. John Hay
B. William Howard Taft
C. Robert Kennon
D. Daniel Hudson Burnham (Your Answer)
E. Francis B. Harrison
Correct
35) 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:
A. Use high-rise structures to improve safety of people and security of vital

institutions
B. Increase city density by building high on a small part of land (Your Answer)
C. Increase the public's enjoyment of environmental amenities and
viewscapes from varying heights
D. Capture the retail market which justifies why prices are necessarily high
in central locations or CBDs
Correct
36) Due to greater 'division of labor', there is more heterogeneity of population

and classes of workers beginning with
A. Primitive subsistence society

B. Pre-industrial society
C. Industrial society (Your Answer)
D. Post-industrial society
Correct
37) The most recent re-definition of 'urban' by NSCB (2003) does not include
one of the following.
A. If a barangay has more fishery output and shellcraft activities compared

to farms, then it is considered urban (Your Answer)
B. If a barangay has population size of 5,000 or more, then it is considered
urban;
C. If a barangay has at least one establishment with 100 employees or more,
then it is considered urban
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
Correct
38) 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.
A. Equity or activist or advocacy planning

B. Strategic Planning
C. Traditional planning or command planning or imperative planning
D. Rational-Comprehensive Planning (Your Answer)
Correct
39) 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
A. Contiguous territory of at least 100 km2 except for island/group of

islands
B. Minimum annual income of P100 million based on 1991 constant prices
C. Population of at least 150,000
D. All of the choices (Your Answer)
Correct
40) 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__?
A. Rapid fall of real estate prices in the countryside due to financial meltdown
from sub-prime lending
B. Increased value of rural land due to Hoover's Interstate Highway Act of
1956 which funded federal highways and freeways across many states
C. The widespread use of commuter trains and monorail
D. The popularity of automobile as means of transportation (Your Answer)
Correct
41) 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.
A. The Stewardship of Nature

B. Communitarian Paradox
C. Fencesitter's Dilemma
D. Tragedy of the Commons (Your Answer)
Correct
42) In Clarence Stein's Six (6) Principles of Regional Planning (1920), which one
concerns traffic congestion caused by roadside parking?
A. Plan Simply,but comprehensively

B. Provide ample Site in the right places for community use
C. Put factories and industrial buildings where they can be used without
wasteful transportation of people and goods
D. Cars should be stored in homes (Your Answer)
E. Bring private land and public land into relationship
F. Arrange for the occupancy of houses
Correct
43) "First we shape our buildings; thereafter, our buildings shape us." This
quotation is attributed to
A. Winston Churchill (Your Answer)

B. George Washington
C. Theodore Roosevelt
D. Napoleon Bonaparte
Correct
44) 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.
A. Resilience
B. Endurance
C. Sustainability (Your Answer)
D. Perpetuity
E. Durability
Correct
45) The Garden City Movement shaped the British policy of "urban
containment", with following features, except one:
A. Greenbelts, green girdles, and clear edges for all cities

B. Mass transit to link 'mother city' with 'garden cities'
C. Homestead of about one acre per family (Your Answer)
D. Preservation of more farmland & open space
Correct
46) 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
A. Vitruvius of Rome
B. Ptolemy
C. Hippodamus of Miletus (Your Answer)
D. Appolodorus of Damascus
Correct
47) 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.
A. Sir Frederic Osborn

B. Sir Ebenezer Howard (Your Answer)
C. Sir Patrick Leslie Abercrombie
D. Sir Raymond Unwin
Correct
48) The Garden City Movement in the United Kingdom directly addressed large-
scale problems caused by the __?
A. The Scientific Revolution

B. British-American War of Independence
C. Industrial Revolution (Your Answer)
D. World War II and the Holocaust
Correct
49) Which is not a key feature of 'professional' planning process?
A. Proactive
B. Problem-solving
C. Algorithmic (Your Answer)
D. Futuristic
E. People-driven
Correct
50) 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'?
A. Counseling; therapy
B. Consultation; placation
C. Informing
D. Partnership; delegated power; citizen control (Your Answer)
Hidden EP Quiz No.2

Correct
1) In the model of mono-centric cities, it is assumed that manufacturers locate

close to transport arteries, blue-collar workers locate close to their jobs,
while traders and retailers pay higher for choice locations in city center to
have command of the market.This pattern of land use is explained better by
which theory of spatial planning?
A. Urban Bid-Rent by Alonso, Muth, and Mills (Your Answer)

B. Cumulative Causation by Gunnar Myrdal
C. Urban Land Nexus Theory by David Harvey
D. City as Growth Machine by John Logan & Harvey Molotch
Correct
2) Because Pre-Spanish aboriginal communities in the Philippines were

relatively small and based on kinship relations, the most common practice of
land tenure in pre-colonial society, wherein one would merely enjoy the
'fruits' of land, was called
A. Primitive communism
B. Islamic feudalism
C. Usufruct (Your Answer)
D. Tenancy
E. Swidden slash-and-burn
Correct
3) She was called a 'superwoman' who single handedly sparked environmental

activism in the 1960s-70s with her research ('Silent Spring) on
biomagnification of pesticides and chemicals in the human food chain; her
advocacies bore fruit in the creation of US Environmental Protection
Agency and Environmental Impact Assessment system in the 1970s.
A. Gro Harlem Brundtland

B. Catherine Bauer Wurster
C. Rachel Louise Carson (Your Answer)
D. Marthc1 C. Nussbaum
Correct
4) What is the smallest unit in the 'human settlements planning' or Ekistics by Dr

Konstantinos Doxiadis (1951 )?
A. House
B. Anthropos (Your Answer)
C. Organism
D. Neighborhood
E. Hamlet
Correct
5) "When all land is identical and there is perfect competition among profit-
maximizing firms, land is sold to the highest willing bidder. As a firm
moves closer to the center of a place, transport costs fall which increases the
amount a firm is willing to pay for land. Thus,land at the center always has
has the highest value.
A. Johann Henreich von Thunen, Walter Christaller, and George Kingsley

Zipf
B. William Alonso, Richard E. Muth and Edwin S. Mills (Your Answer)
C. Alfred Weber, August Losch, and Walter lsard
D. Roderick D. McKenzie, Amos H. Hawley, Robert Park
Correct
6) This was the Spanish spatial strategy of forming dense settlements from
scattered dwellings for purposes of greater, military defense and political
control - literally bringing together dispersed population within hearing
distance of church bells -- which policy was applied on most Spanish colonies
from 16th to18th centuries.
A. El Alcance del Campanario

B. Presidio y Fortaleza
C. Reduccion (Your Answer)
D. Evangelizacion
Correct
7) Which theorist of urban land use states categorically that land use follows
transport in the same manner that both population and business follow
roads?
A. Ernest Burgess
B. Homer Hoyt (Your Answer)
C. Chauncey Harris & Edward Ullman
D. Peirce Lewis
Correct
8) Johann Heinreich von Thunen's theory of agricultural rent is symbolized as

"LR=Y(p-c)-Ytd' where "Y" is yield or total harvest, "P" is price of crop,
"C"is production cost of crop, "t" is transport cost and "D" is distance to
market. If yield of palay is 3,500 kgs,NFA buying price is P17.00 per kilo,
distance is 5km., given farmer's gross production cost of 45 cents per square
meter per day for unit production cost of P12.00 per kilo,would palay
cultivation be profitable at this specific farm location if transport cost is P1.00
per kilo of palay?
A. Yes
B. No (Your Answer)
C. It depends on the weather
D. It depends on quality of road & capacity of vehicle
Correct
9) It 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' (Your Answer)
Correct
10) The design of this city by Lucio Costa and Oscar Niemeyer (1957) features
large open areas relating to one other to demonstrate 'freedom' and an overall
city layout resembling a 'dove in flight'.
A. Brasilia (Your Answer)

B. Sydney
C. Chandigarh
D. Canberra
E. Islamabad
Correct
11) Based on his landmark book, "Design with Nature," 'map overlay' to
identify 'ecological constraints' was a tool devised in 1967 by the first
modem environmental planner.
A. Ian L. McHarg (Your Answer)

B. Konstantinos Doxiadis
C. Francis Stuart Chapin Jr
D. Erma Bernbeck
Correct
12) As chief planner of New York City, he collaborated with Thomas Adams in
crafting the "Regional Plan of New York and its Environs 1922-1931 ;" he
also conceived, and executed public works costing $27 billion between 1324
and 1968 and was responsible for virtually every parkway, expressway, and
public housing project in New York metropolitan area.
A. William Levitt
B. Fiorello La Guardia
C. Robert Murray Haig
D. Robert Moses (Your Answer)
E. Warren Buffett
Correct
13) What Christallerian principles form the basis why a state university, a
consumer mall, a huge sports stadium, or a tertiary-level hospital can not be
established in each and every Philippine municipality?
A. Spatial equity and bio-geographic equity
B. Specialization and concentration
C. Market range and threshold population (Your Answer)
D. Profitability and pecuniary interest
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14) In "Death and Life of Great American Cities" (1961) and "Economy of
Cities" (1969), this planner maintains that 'diversity' promotes innovation
among proximate firms and spurs the growth of cities, thus s/he advocated
for heterogeneity, variety, and mixture in the geographic clustering of firms as
well as in the composition of city districts and neighborhoods.
A. Herbert Gans
B. James Howard Kunstler
C. Joel Garreau
D. Jane Jacobs (Your Answer)
Correct
15) A Scottish biologist who authored the masterpiece entitled "Cities in

Evolution" (1915) and who coined the terms 'folk- work-place', 'city-region'
and 'conurbation' is acknowledged as the 'father of regional planning'
A. Sir Patrick Leslie Abercrombie

B. Sir Patrick Geddes (Your Answer)
C. Lewis Mumford
D. Barry Parker
Correct
16) If 'World Heritage Day' is marked each year on April 18, 'World Biodiversity
Day' is observed on May 22, 'World Ocean Day' on June 8, 'World Indigenous
Peoples Day' on August 9, 'World Animal Day' on October 4, and 'World
Food Day' on October 16, when is 'World Water Day' celebrated?
A. January 13
B. March 22 (Your Answer)
C. June 24
D. October 31
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17) The 'multiple nuclei' model of Harris and Ullmann (1945) posits that
A. Cities have varied natural res.ources that stimulate progress in different

locations
B. Diversified economic functions of cities cluster around several points of
growth(Your Answer)
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
Correct
18) A chart-like tool to measure 'centrality' of a place particularly its range of
economic and social functions, is called
A. Matrix
B. lsotims
C. Lsodapanes
D. Scalogram (Your Answer)
Correct
19) In central place theory (1933), this refers to the minimum population
required to make a 'service' viable.
A. Resident population
B. Captive market
C. Threshold population (Your Answer)
D. Population explosion
Correct
20) This started as a US federal program in 1949 which aimed to rehabilitate the
outworn or decaying sections of any town by extending fund assistance to
LGUs to undertake improvements in streetscapes, parks, green ways, housing,
community centers, etc based on anticipation that future tax revenues from
real estate will pay for present costs.
A. Land re-adjustment
B. Urban restructuring
C. Infill and densification
D. Urban renewal (Your Answer)
Correct
21) In the model of Homer Hoyt, the sections of urban land with the highest
values are those:
A. Downtown sections facing seas, lakes & near waterfronts

B. On top of hills and elevated areas called 'uptowns'
C. Immediately around public offices I institutional sector
D. Along major roadways (Your Answer)
Correct
22) This School of Thought describes a borderless global economy characterized

by free trade and free movement of capital wherein nation-states would have
'lean and mean' governments which pursue policies of liberation,
deregulation, privatization, de- bureaucratization,'unbundling', 'de-coupling',
and similar structural adjustments.
A. World Systems Theory

B. State Corporatism
C. Neo-Liberalism (Your Answer)
D. Liberal Democracy
Correct
23) 'Urban development' tends to occur along major transportation routes

because
A. Power/water connections and other utilities are naturally linear

B. Business can not take place without roads and vehicles
C. Migration usually occurs lineally from point A to point B such as in
exodus, processions, or diasporas
D. People tend to locate where exchange, interchange, and access to other
land uses are at maximum (Your Answer)
Correct
24) The original concept of 'megalopolis' as an extended or super-sized urban area

is attributed to
A. Jean Gettman (Your Answer)

B. Konstantinos Doxiadis
C. Dennis Rondinelli
D. Andreas Faludi
Correct
25) Under RA 7160 LGC Sec. 25, which of the following is not among the types
of cities in the Philippines.
A. Highly Urbanized Cities

B. Independent Cities
C. Megacities (Your Answer)
D. Component Cities
Correct
26) If 'Earth Hour' is observed on the last Saturday of March, 'Earth Day USA' is
celebrated annually on April 22, 'World Town Planning Day' falls on
November 8, 'World Environment Day' is marked on the 51h day of the
month of
A. May
B. June (Your Answer)
C. September
D. October
Correct
27) It in 'Ernest Burgess' concentric Model (1925), factories and work-shops

would most likely locate in
A. The innermost circle,

B. The outermost circle
C. The second circle from the center (Your Answer)
D. The third circle from the center
Correct
28) 'Ekistics' or the 'science of human settlements' by Dr Konstantinos Doxiadis

(1951) was built upon the concept of "basic needs," which were later
categorized by Johann Galtung into "material survival & security needs,"
"social or enabling needs," and non-material "human needs". Which grouping
of needs was elaborated on by Abraham Maslow?
A. Food, water, clothing, shelter, sanitation, health care, energy/fuel,

employment, peace and order,
B. Self-expression, sex, procreation, recreation, education, communication,
and transportation
C. Physiological needs, physical safety, love and belongingness, esteem, self-
actualization/self-realization (Your Answer)
D. Freedom, security, identity, well-being, ecological balance
Correct
29) The 'hierarchy of settlements' in Walter Christaller's Central Place Theory is

characterized by
A. Equally-sized large cities in every region

B. Only one large city, many small settlements
C. Only medium-sized and small settlements
D. A few large cities, some medium cities, many small settlements (Your
Answer)
Correct
30) An approach in urban planning that puts premium on people and nature by
building upon the historic city or traditional neighborhood in such a way that
workplaces, shops, and homes would be within walking distance of each
other.
A. Nee-Populism
B. Eco-Village
C. New Urbanism (Your Answer)
D. Dynapolis
E. Transit-Oriented Development
Correct
31) In Walter Christaller's Central Place Theory (1933), neighborhood store is

an example of first- order services while grocery store, gas station, furniture
shop, and post office are examples of
A. Secondary services (Your Answer)

B. Tertiary services
C. Quaternary services
D. Quinary services
Correct
32) Which of the following land-use models describes the pattern of radial or
axial growth along lines of least resistance?
A. Multiple Nuclei
B. Concentric Zone
C. Sector Model (Your Answer)
D. Polycentric Model
Correct
33) He led the crafting of the regional 'Greater London Plan of 1944', he
designed some of 30 post-war New Towns approved by the British
Parliament, including Doncaster area and East Kent, in which he used open
space as structuring element.
A. Sir Patrick Leslie Abercrombie (Your Answer)

B. Sir Patrick Geddes
C. Lewis Mumford
D. Charles Abrams
Correct
34) In 2011, which Philippine city had the biggest population,net income and
IRA?
A. City of Manila
B. Makati City
C. Quezon City (Your Answer)
D. Cebu City
Correct
35) This School of Thought holds that the settlements form in a balanced
manner; they tend to be spread evenly and symmetrically in isotropic space,
displaying both hierarchy and equilibrium arising from the interdependence
between big and small settlements and from the complementation between
their respective scope of functions
A. Galaxy of Settlements Theory

B. Central Place Theory (Your Answer)
C. Geographic Determinism
D. Dependency Theory
Correct
36) All of the following are practical applications of Central Place Theory in the
Philippines, except one.
A. Location of health centers

B. Location of trial courts
C. Location of beach resorts (Your Answer)
D. Location of police stations
Correct
37) Presidential Decree No. 01 Integrated Reorganization Plan on September 24,
1972 increased the number of Philippine regions to 11, regionalized key
ministries and line departmerts, and created a major planning agency of
government which is known today as
A. Philippine Economic Zone Authority

B. National Land Use Committee
C. Congressional Planning and Budget Office
D. National Economic and Development Authority (Your Answer)
Correct
38) This School of Thought maintains that cities are 'theaters of capital
accumulation',largely a consequence of class-based struggle among groups for
strategic dominance and control surplus. Such conflict is usually won by the
rich and powerful through agents of capital such as multi-national
corporations which use the city to amass wealth by raising property values
through commercialization, gentrification, manipulation, and land
speculation.
A. Capital Theoretic Model

B. Political Economy (Your Answer)
C. Natural Capitalism
D. David Harvey's Circuit of Capital
Correct
39) Which of the following is not part of typology of cities under Ekistics
school of Dr Konstantinos Doxiadis (1951 )?
A. ecumenopolis
B. Megalopolis
C. Metropolis
D. Agropolis (Your Answer)
E. Eperopolis
Correct
40) In William Alonso's Bid-Rent Theory (1960), the most appropriate use of the
innermost circle in the diagram is
A. Farming of the most expensive crops

B. Terminal for commuters, central rail station
C. Central park
D. Shopping & retail services (Your Answer)
Correct
41) 'Leapfrog development' and 'sprawl' are what you commonly see in what
Peirce F. Lewis calls
A. Circumferential City
B. Multi-cellular city
C. Stellar City
D. Galactic City (Your Answer)
Correct
42) In Walter Christaller's Central Place Theory, The catchment area of a central
place takes the shape of a hexagon rather than a perfect circle. If a particular
service or function such as elementary school enrolment is represented by the
formula,"C=2.6r2d," what would be the catchment area of elementary school
if its radius is 0.50km and diameter is one km?
A. 0.65 sq.km (Your Answer)

B. 0.75 sq.km
C. 0.85 sq.km
D. 0.95 sq.km
Feedback
C = (2.6) (0.50)squared (1)
= 0.65 sq.km.
Correct
43) In 1964, Republic Act 4341 established this center to create a pool of
professional planners in the Philippines.
A. Local Government Academy

B. Development Academy of the Philippines
C. Institute of Planning (Your Answer)
D. UPLB Institute of Environmental Science and Management
Correct
44) Under the plaza complex pattern described in 'Le yes de las lndias' ( 1573),
what would be located next to each other around a Greco-Roman quadrangle
of a Spanish colonial settlement?
A. Garden, fountains, monuments, statues, gallery and promenade

B. Governor's mansion, bishop's palace, general's manor, hacendero's villa,
military garrison
C. Church, town hall, school, public market (Your Answer)
D. Houses of peninsulares, insulares, creoles, mestizos, principales and
ilustrados
Correct
45) Through Presidential Letter of Instruction 367 in 1950 combining National

Urban Planning Commission, Real Property Board, and Capital City
Planning Commission, the government created this first physical planning
body.
A. National Planning Commission (Your Answer)

B. National Disaster Coordinating Council
C. National Environmental Protection Agency
D. Human Settlements Regulatory Commission
Correct
46) In 2012, how many administrative regions does the Philippines have?
A. 13
B. 15
C. 16
D. 17 (Your Answer)
Correct
47) This 1997 document is the Philippines' official response to 1992 'UNCED
Earth Summit' and contains a policy framework that redefines development
as the 'drawing out of full human potential' according to the 'appropriate
productivity' of nature, rather than optimal or maximum exploitation of
natural resources to achieve GDP growth.
A. Philippine Strategy for Sustainable Development

B. Philippine Philippine Strategy Covenant for on Total Sustainable Human
Development Development
C. Strategic national Action program
D. Philippine Agenda 21 (Your Answer)
Correct
48) According to the Chicago school of human ecology, 'Invasion' refers to how
pioneers and opportunists push the 'land frontier' farther out; when
immigrants settle in waves, they define new land uses for themselves in a
process called
A. 'evolution'
B. 'co-location'
C. 'succession' (Your Answer)
D. 'acclimatization'
E. 'cohabitation'
Correct
49) All of the following schemes are associated with 'New Urbanism' except:
A. Mixed Use Zoning

B. Neo-Traditional Design
C. Exclusionary Zoning (Your Answer)
D. Pedestrianization
Correct
50) The following are the basic elements of 'human settlements' according to Dr.
Konstantinos Doxiadis. Which one pertains to the built environment or
physical capital?
A. Anthropos
B. Nature
C. Shells and networks (Your Answer)
D. Society
E. Social structure
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1) Which thrust of regional planning addresses core-periphery, center-

hinterland economic exchange & spatial integration?
A. Enforce urban growth control such as greenbelts or analogous schemes to

protect the natural environment (Your Answer)
B. Cultivate a role for each component-settlement such as administrative
center, manufacturing hub, tourism, zone, etc
C. Develop transport corridors in 'hub and spokes design' with major
infrastructure reaching out to population centers
D. Resist development in flood plains or on earthquake fault zones by
utilizing these areas as parks. farms, buffers, etc
Correct
2) The following are illegal and destructive forms of fishing in Philippine marine
waters, except one.
A. Use of crude, traditional, or artisanal gadgets (Your Answer)

B. use of dynamites and other explosives
C. Use of fine mesh nets
D. Muro-ami
E. Use of cyanide on reef-based or pelagic species
F. Use of beach seine and bottom-scouring trawls
Correct
3) An American car company breaks up its production process because of high

wage cost of unionized Iabor in Detroit and moves its manufacturing plants
to China where labor costs are low and sources of refined metals are close
by. What theory of firm location likely underpins this decision?
A. Market-Oriented Approach by August Losch

B. Least Cost Approach by Alfred Weber (Your Answer)
C. Profit-Maximizing Approach by Walter lsard
D. Organizational Theory (Segmentation & Mergers)
Correct
4) The 'center-down' paradigm of neo-classical economics of the 1960s assumed

that benefits from the national-level or macro economic growth trend
to_____component regions and lower-level communities.
A. Cascade
B. Sprinkle around in spurts
C. Pour down
D. Trickle down (Your Answer)
Correct
5) This refers to the part of a seashore which is alternately covered by the ebb
and flow of tide, technically, to a string of land margining a body of water,
between the low-water line usually at the seaward margin of a low tide
terrace and the upper limit of wave wash at high tide usually marked by a
beach scarp or berm.
A. Seaside
B. Seaboard
C. Foreshore (Your Answer)
D. Seagrass bed
E. Beachfront
Correct
6) According to 1997 study on 775 coral formations by Dr Edgardo Gomez, Dr

Helen Yap of UP Marine Science Institute, 30% of total Philippine coral reef
cover is dead, 39% dying, 25% in fair condition, how much remains in
excellent condition?
A. approximately 5% (Your Answer)

B. Approx. 8%
C. Approx. 26%
D. Approx. 31 %
Correct
7) Under Medium Term Philippine Development Plan 2011-2016, what is

closest to the meaning of 'inclusive growth'?
A. Compromise
B. Transactional
C. Equality
D. Beneficial to all particularly lagging groups (Your Answer)
E. Only for the Yellow Army
Correct
8) As conceptualized in 1989, the private-led "Agro-Industrial Development

Area (AIDA)" scheme analogous to Japan's "One Town One Product" model
would cluster several villages to carry out the following components except:
A. Family farm school or folk school

B. Small-scale agro-processing industries
C. Rural development center
D. Roll-on-roll-off (RORO) port (Your Answer)
Correct
9) Which is not an element of Special Economic Zone or ecozone under

PEZA?
A. Free trade zone

B. Financial banking center (Your Answer)
C. Export processing zone
D. Industrial park or industrial estate
Correct
10) According to Gunnar Myrdal, 'forward linkage' refers to the 'development of

external economies for an industry's products" while 'backward linkage' refers
to
A. Connection with lagging or backward enterprises in the rural countryside

B. Development of auxiliary industries to supply input (Your Answer)
C. Attraction of capital and enterprises to exploit expanding demands
D. Expansion of service industries and others serving the local market
Correct
11) Which characteristic of megalopolis descrtbes its tendency to develop a

multi-nuclei or multi-nodal spatial pattern?
A. Is an expansive urban region with over 10 million population (Giles

Clarke)
B. Tends to be dependent on food, water, and energy supplies of its
neighboring regions
C. Has complex form as 'mother city' breeds smaller offspring-cities in
sprawling manner (Your Answer)
D. Requires broad type of regional governance beyond the capacity and
resources of a single LGU authority
Correct
12) This refers to the totality of cultural properties preserved and developed
through time and passed on for posterity.
A. National patrimony
B. Customs & traditions
C. Patriotic legacy
D. Cultural heritage (Your Answer)
E. Bequeaths & bequests
Correct
13) Despite global economic recession and decline of demand for luxury goods,
a watch company decides to stay put in Switzerland because of its secure
market niche and proven track record in producing Rolex timepieces. What
theory of firm location is likely at work here?
A. Comparative Advantage (Your Answer)

B. Profit Maximizing Approach
C. Satisficing Theory
D. Behavioral Theory
Correct
14) Which of the following is not among the Philippine government strategies to
attain 'concentrated decentralization'?
A. Regional industrial centers

B. Special economic zones
C. Growth corridors, growth triangles, growth polygons
D. Agora and agurbia (Your Answer)
Correct
15) Which of the following is not a major Heritage Site in the Philippines as
declared by UNESCO?
A. Baroque churches of Manila, Sta. Maria, Paoay & Miag-ao

B. Tubattaha Reef Marine Park
C. Magellan's Cross in Cebu (Your Answer)
D. Rice Terraces of the Philippines
E. Puerto Princesa Underground River
F. Historic Town of Vigan
Correct
16) The Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species (CITES) on

March 3, 1973 has been helpful in protecting endangered animals and plants,
of which the Philippines has over 800, by
A. Listing all species that can be hunted, traded, and used commercially
B. Listing those species and products whose international trade is
controlled (Your Answer)
C. Funding projects for breeding endangered plants and animals
D. Preventing the hunting of whales and dolphins
E. Specifying prices for certain plant and animal products
Correct
17) 'Residentiary services' refers to domestic living-related services such as

housing, grocery, catering, recreation, etc while 'services that cut across
varied types of firms such as security, banking, insurance, courier services,
etc are called
A. Logistical
B. Financial
C. Diagonal (Your Answer)
D. Interlocal
E. Messengerial
F. Transborder
Correct
18) Under RA 8550 Fisheries Code of 1998, if the total width of water body
between two seaside municipalities is less than 30 km, each one's municipal
waters is determined by using
A. Comparative sizes of fishing population
B. A median line on common water body (Your Answer)
C. Preponderance of maritime and aquatic activities
D. Ratio and proportion according to length of shoreline
Correct
19) The phenomenon of 'urban primacy' mostly in Third World countries

wherein a single metropolis corners a disproportionate share of a country's
population, resources, and investments by reason of historical or
political precedence, or as a result of foreign colonial influence, is also
called "Manila imperialism" in the Philippines.
A. It is desirable because of the efficient use of space and economies of

scale.
B. It proves that benefits from agglomeration outweigh the disbenefits from
congestion and overconcentration
C. It demonstrates that Third World countries remain as colonies of Western
imperialist powers.
D. It shows polarization within a country and siphoning off of economic
assets and human talent from hinterland (Your Answer)
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20) An industrial estate that is established to develop new industries is called

"developmental" while an industrial estate meant to advance, improve or
increase the level of industrial activjty particularly in poor regions is called
A. "specialized"
B. "ancillary"
C. "promotional" (Your Answer)
D. "survival"
E. "subsistential"
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21) Under the 'super-region' concept of the PGMA administration, Central

Luzon as part of the Mega Manila 'Extended Urban Region', would focus
on
A. Hacienda farming
B. Meat processing
C. Commodity logistics chain (Your Answer)
D. Cyber services
E. Tourism
Correct
22) According to Francois Perroux (1955), this phenomenon in economics refers

to a propulsive or expanding firm/industry, or cluster of such firms/industries,
which induces development of other firms/industries that are technically or
functionally related to it, and stimulates prosperity of the locality or region
through the flow of goods and services.
A. Market town
B. Entrepot
C. Axis Mundi
D. Growth Pole (Your Answer)
E. Ecozone
Correct
23) RA 7916 reiterates Sec. 12, Art XII of Philippine Constitution,"The State
shall promote the preferential use of Filipino labor, domestic materials and
locally produced goods and adopt measures that help make them
competitive." What technical planning concept pertains most aptly to this?
A. Inflow - outflow - backflow

B. Trickle up and trickle down
C. Economic nationalism or Filipinism
D. Forward linkages and backward linkages in production (Your Answer)
Correct
24) This process deals with efficient placement of activities and land uses such as
farms, settlements, industries, transport hubs, infrastructure, wilderness etc
across a significantly large area broader than a single city or town.
A. Watershed Planning
B. Area Development Planning
C. Regional Planning (Your Answer)
D. Physical Planning
Correct
25) According to Walter lsard, firms or industries that are indifferent to the
physical attributes of geographic location to carry out profitable business are
called:
A. Vagabond
B. Wanderlust
C. Itinerant
D. Footloose (Your Answer)
Correct
26) Basic principle of Heritage Conservation which holds that historic structures
and treasures should be utilized by preserving as much of their exteriors as
possible while adopting more modern uses in their interiors.
A. Total Makeover
B. Reconfigurative Renovation
C. Converted Property
D. Adaptive Re-use (Your Answer)
Correct
27) Because land use changes affect a species' ability to migrate, __ are
necessary to give species a route to reach their new habitats.
A. Science Reserves & Ranches

B. Zoos & Botanical Gardens
C. Lifelines
D. Wildlife Corridors (Your Answer)
Correct
28) Which is not a method to delineate a region?
A. Force field analysis (Your Answer)

B. Gravitational analysis
C. Factor analysis
D. Flow analysis
E. Ethno-lirguistic and socio-cultural profiling
F. Weighted index number method
Correct
29) "Development process should be redefine in such a way that urban

development promotes rural development while rural development supports
urban development." (John Friedman)
A. Agropolis / agropolitan approach (Your Answer)

B. Rurban interlink
C. Agro-based countryside development
D. Michael Lipton model
Correct
30) Klaasen enumerates the criteria for creating planning regions as follows.
Which criterion pertains to the role of a leading center or a complex of
exporting firms or lead industries?
A. Must be large enough to take investment decisions of an economic size

B. Must be able to supply its own industries with necessary labor
C. Should have a homogenous economic structure
D. Must contain at least one growth point (Your Answer)
E. Must have a common approach to and awareness of its own problems
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31) According to RA 7916 Sec 4, this refers to a tract of land of at least 50

contiguous hectares which is subdivided and developed according to a
comprehensive plan under a unified continuous management and with
provisions for basic infrastructure and utilities, with or without pre-built
standard factory buildings (SFBs)
A. Industrial corridor
B. Regional manufacturing hub
C. Export processing zone
D. Industrial estate (Your Answer)
Correct
32) Wilson (1992) estimated that 90% habitat loss of an area results in 50%
reduction of number of species Under RA 9174 "Wildlife Resources
Conservation & Protection Act", a species or sub-species that faces high risk
of extinction in the immediate future is called
A. Acutely Threatened Species

B. Critically Endangered Species (Your Answer)
C. Species Vulnerable to Extinction
D. Rapidly Vanishing Species
Correct
33) 'Industrial dispersal' began with Memorandum Circular dated Dec 16, 1973
which banned establishment of additional medium and heavy industries in
the national capital within a 50 kilometer radius from
A. Rizal Monument, Luneta (Your Answer)

B. Malacariang Palace
C. Bonifacio Monument
D. Quezon Memorial Circle
Correct
34) Presidential Decree 2146 defines 'amenity areas' as those with high aesthetic
values such as the following, except one.
A. Outstanding landscapes, seascapes, and viewscapes

B. Planetarium, space observatory, and science centrum (Your Answer)
C. Heritage sites and historic places
D. Municipal plazas and public parks
Correct
35) Under RA 8550, what is the extent of municipal waters of a seaside town as
measured from its shoreline?
A. 7 km
B. 10 km
C. 15 km (Your Answer)
D. 20 km
Correct
36) Although theoretically flawed, "Super-Region" as conceived by the

administration of Pres. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo sought to build upon
perceived comparative advantage of a cluster of territories such as agri-
processing, tourism, commodity logistics chain, or cyber-services. Which
'super-region' ought to focus on 'agri-business'?
A. Northern Luzon Quadrangle (Your Answer)

B. Metro Luzon Urban Beltway
C. CALABARZON Industrial Heartland
D. Central Philippines (Visayas, Palawan and parts of Mindanao)
E. Subic - Clark Freeport complex
F. Bangsa Moro Juridical Authority
Correct
37) In 1970, the Presidential Advisory Council on Public Works and

Community Development and the UP Institute of Environmental Planning
together drafted the first-ever national physical framework plan that
attempted to address spatial inequity or imbalance among regions using the
concept of
A. Integrated area development

B. Growth pole/growth center (Your Answer)
C. Selective territorial closure
D. New society
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38) When a firm locates close to sources of natural resources such as Pittsburg or
Ruhr valley, it is called "materials-oriented;" when a firm locates close to
where there are large populations such as Shanghai or Tokyo, it is called --
A. Customer-friendly
B. Client-centered
C. Demographicaily-responsive
D. Market-oriented (Your Answer)
Correct
39) The first export processing zone in the Philippines which became
operational in 1972 was
A. Bataan EPZ (Your Answer)

B. Mactan EPZ
C. Baguio EPZ
D. Zamboanga de Ayala EPZ
E. Phividec Misamis Oriental
Correct
40) The following central variables except one were used by Alfred Weber,
August Losch, Walter lsard, Melvin Greenhut and others, in so-called
classical theories of industrial location.
A. The costs of distributing and marketing finished goods to the end-user

B. Wages of labor
C. The costs of transporting raw materials to the factory
D. Perks and privileges for managers (Your Answer)
Correct
41) Philippines is one of 18 mega-diverse countries which together contain two-
thirds of the world's biodiversity. Philippines has over 30% of Southeast
Asia's coral reef cover, a square kilometer of which can produce between
30 to 40 metric tons of seafood annually. Which area is considered among
the most serious hotspots in rapid coral reef destruction?
A. Sulu (Your Answer)

B. Boracay
C. Palawan
D. Mindoro
Correct
42) Of the so-called 'super-regions,' which one is being promoted as having the
comparative advantage in 'tourism'?
A. North Luzon
B. Central Philippines (Your Answer)
C. Baguio & Cordillera Autonomous Region
D. Davao Silicon Gulf
Correct
43) A Swedish computer company relocates to Silicon Valley, California, where

despite high wage costs, IT companies boast of highest IQ points per
square-meter of floorspace, and have vibrant linkages with topnotch
universities to create state-of-the-art technologies. What theory of firm
location is operational here?
A. Theory of Human Capital (Your Answer)

Correct
44) According to RA 10066 National Cultural Heritage Act of 2009, this refers to
"historical sites or structures hallowed and revered for their history or
association as declared by the National Historical Institute"
A. Epochal Landmark
B. National Treasure
C. National Cultural Property
D. Historic Shrine (Your Answer)
E. Sacred Place
Correct
45) RA 8550 Fisheries Code defines it is a band of dry land and adjacent ocean
space in which terrestrial processes and uses, as well as oceanic processes
and uses directly affect each other; its geographic extent has a
landmark limit of one (1) kilometer from the shoreline at high tide to a
seaward limit of 200 meters isobath.
A. Seashore land
B. Foreshore land
C. Coastal Zone (Your Answer)
D. Aqua Marine Zone
Correct
46) In John Friedman's (1966, 1973) taxonomy of regions according to economic

condition, which refers to 'fagging regions'?
A. Core regions
B. Upward transitional areas
C. Resource frontier areas
D. Downward transitional areas
E. Special problem areas (Your Answer)
F. Latifundio-minifundio
Correct
47) A region that is defined by common physical features such as resource base,
lake, coast, ecosystem is called 'natural or ecological region'; while that
which is defined by extent of economic connectedness or market exchange
is called a "functional region"; that which is created by law regardless of
natural or economic commonality is called
A. Homogenous region
B. formal region (Your Answer)
C. Historic region
D. Virtual region
Correct
48) The declared strategy of the national government since the 1980s to promote
greater complementarity between agriculture and industry sectors and
between urban and rural places is called
A. Import Substitution Industrialization

B. Export Oriented Industrialization (EOI)
C. Countrywide urban-Rural Linkages (CURL)
D. Balanced Agro-Industrial Development Strategy (BAIDS) (Your Answer)
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49) "High-growth regions with expanding economic activity will attract net
migration from other parts of the country, thus favoring them further.
Capital investments tend to have a similar effect: increased demand in
expanding centers spur additional investments, which in turn will increase
incomes and demand or cause a further round of investments."
A. Cumulative Causation (Your Answer)

B. Positive Reinforcement
C. Economic Modernization
D. Circuits of Capital
Correct
50) This sub-national development approach of government from the mid-1970s

to mid-1990s refers to the necessary combination of agricultural, industrial,
and institutional activities in mutually reinforcing manner - fostering the
growth of viable market towns or mid-size cities that offer broad services and
amenities meant to achieve both stability of population movement and agro-
industrial growth; closely tied to, and integrated with, efficient agricultural
production.
A. Autonomous Autarchic Development

B. Integrated Area Development (Your Answer)
C. Endogenous Self-Reliant Development
D. Selective Territorial Closure
Hidden EP Quiz No.4
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1) 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 (Your Answer)
D. Form and Style
E. Visual Panorama
Correct
2) 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 (Your Answer)
D. Development Planning
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3) 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 (Your Answer)
Correct
4) 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 (Your Answer)
B. 20
C. 25
D. 30
E. 35
Correct
5) 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 (Your Answer)
Correct
6) 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

B. 20 meters
C. 40 meters
D. 5 meters
Correct
7) Which type of land use is most easily reversible or convertible to its original
state?
A. Forest land (Your Answer)

B. Memorial park
C. Infrastructure land
D. Commercial
Correct
8) 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 (Your Answer)
D. Slope
Correct
9) An 'analytical' map is a composite or overlay of two or more
A. Base maps
B. Thematic maps (Your Answer)
C. Aspect maps
D. Choropleth maps
Correct
10) 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 (Your Answer)

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

B. RA 9714
C. RA 4791
D. RA147􀂞
Feedback
RA 9147 is "Wildlife Resources Conservation and Protection Act" (2001)
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12) In HLURB Guidelines for CLUP, which of the following does not fall under
the 'economic sector'?
A. Housing (Your Answer)

B. Mining
C. ICT and Business Process Outsourcing
D. Mariculture
E. Small Scale Industries
Correct
13) 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 (Your Answer)
Correct
14) 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 (Your Answer)
D. Small-scale tree cutting, 'carabao logging,' and kaingin
Correct
15) 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
Correct
16) 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 (Your Answer)
D. Create neighborhood pocket-parks and urban mini-forests to serve as lungs
of the city/town
Correct
17) 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 (Your Answer)
Correct
18) Which of the following soil types has the greatest permeability, and hence has
the least nutrient-holding capacity?
A. Sand (Your Answer)

B. Clay
C. Silt
D. Loam
E. Humus
Correct
19) 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 (Your Answer)
Correct
20) 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 (Your Answer)
Correct
21) 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 (Your Answer)
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
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22) 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 (Your Answer)
Correct
23) 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 (Your Answer)
D. Spatial modeling
Correct
24) 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 (Your Answer)
Correct
25) 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 (Your Answer)
D. Industrial Forestry
Correct
26) 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 (Your Answer)
D. Gently to moderately undulating
Correct
27) 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 (Your Answer)
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)
Correct
28) 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 (Your Answer)
D. Strategic Plan
E. Framework Plan
Correct
29) 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 (Your Answer)
Correct
30) What rational tool do planners use in selecting from alternative land use
schemes?
A. Checklist of criteria
B. Linear programming
C. Cost-benefit analysis (Your Answer)
D. Computer simulation
Correct
31) 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 (Your Answer)
C. Alluvial fans
D. Icefields or mud paddies
Correct
32) 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 (Your Answer)
Correct
33) 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 (Your Answer)
E. Project Planning
Correct
34) 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 (Your Answer)
Correct
35) 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 (Your Answer)
E. Provides shade with 1ess electricity required
F. Muffles noise and creates an island of peace
Correct
36) 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% (Your Answer)
E. 4%
Feedback
slope= rise/run x 100
Correct
37) 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 (Your Answer)

B. Raster
C. Curvature
D. Field
E. Node
Correct
38) 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 (Your Answer)
Correct
39) Which is not considered 'production land' in a Philippine LGU?
A. Agro-industrial estate
B. Cropland
C. Orchard
D. Fishpond
E. Fishpen (Your Answer)
Correct
40) 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 (Your Answer)
Correct
41) Which of those listed below is not a 'thematic' map?
A. Political - administrative boundaries (Your Answer)

B. NPAAAD map
C. Slope map
D. Forest cover map
Correct
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 (Your Answer)
C. Virginal Fores!
D. Primeval Forest
Correct
43) 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 (Your Answer)
Correct
44) 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 (Your Answer)
C. Cost-effectiveness analysis
D. Cost-estimate analysis
Correct
45) Which type of land use is not described as 'urban'?
A. Residential
B. Institutional
C. Industrial
D. Mineral (Your Answer)
Correct
46) 'Contour lines' on a topographic map indicate

A. Soil classes
B. Layers of vegetative cover
C. Demarcation lines
D. Elevation intervals (Your Answer)
Correct
47) 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 (Your Answer)

B. Permeable soils
C. Plasticity of clay bottom
D. Filtration by its wetlands
Correct
48) 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

B. 25 meters
C. 30 meters
D. 35 meters
E. 40 meters
Correct
49) 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% (Your Answer)
C. 50-100 cm and 40-80%
D. 10-50 cm and 10-40%
Correct
50) In HLURB Guidelines for CLUP, which of the following does not fall under
the 'social sector'?
A. Education
B. Tourism (Your Answer)
C. Health
D. Police Protective Services
E. Sports and Recreation
Hidden EP Quiz No.5
Correct
1) In the National Framework for Physical Planning 2001-2030,

"Settlements","Production","Protection," and "Infrastructure" are discussed
as
A. Key Economic Functions of any Local Government Unit

B. Land Use Zones that exclude one another
C. Land Use Policy Areas whose functional relationships have to be fleshed
out at the local level (Your Answer)
D. Primary Districts in urban design that have to be delineated in each town
or city
Correct
2) What kind of use would be most compatible around a huge oil depot and
Petrol-LPG gas depository?
A. Transport terminals
B. Commercial
C. BPO call centers
D. Open space (Your Answer)
E. Hospitals
Correct
3) An area in certain cities with regional shopping centers, huge consumer
malls, sports stadiums, high-rise hotels, office towers, is zoned as
A. C-1
B. C-2
C. C-3 (Your Answer)
D. Tourism zone
E. Financial District
Feedback
Reference: PD 1096 National Building Code
C-3 (Commercial Three or Metropolitan Commercial Zone) - means
an area hosting a metropolitan level of commercial use/ occupancy,
characterized mainly as situated in a medium-rise to high-rise
building/ structure for high to very high intensity commercial/ trade,
service and business activities e.g. large to very large shopping
malls, very large office or mixed use/ occupancy buildings and the
like
Correct
4) Which one is not an innovative element of 'Planned Unit Development'?
A. Cul de sac, horseshoe design, and motorcourt (Your Answer)

B. Usable open space
C. Complementarity of building types
D. Preservation of significant natural land features
Correct
5) An example of positive easement is one that
A. Preserves a certain habitat

B. Protects a certain stream
C. Allows the right to harvest a natural crop (Your Answer)
D. Stipulates not to drain a wetland
Correct
6) What would be the most suitable land use of geologic fault with buffer strip of
at least 5 m on both sides from the line?
A. Aqueduct or tunnel
B. Floodway
C. Venice-like canals
D. Open space or farm (Your Answer)
E. Wildlife refuge
Correct
7) Floor Area Ratio of 1.5 and below is considered as low density. What FAR
is labeled as 'very high density'?
A. 2 and above
B. 3 and above
C. 4 and above
D. 5 and above (Your Answer)
Correct
8) Exemptions, special permissions, and relief from provisions of land use and
zoning ordinance are obtained from
A. Office of the Mayor/ Local Chief Executive

B. Planning Commission or Planning & Dev't Office
C. Local Board of Zoning Appeals and Adjustments (Your Answer)
D. Office of the Vice Mayor as head of Sanggunian
Correct
9) A mixed-use building has 6 storeys of 1,000 sq.m each, on a lot area of
2,000 sq.m. What is the FAR?
A. 2:1
B. 3:1 (Your Answer)
C. 4:1
D. 5:1
E. 6:1
Feedback
Soln:
6 storeys x 1000 sq.m.=6000 sq.m./2000 sq.m.= 3
Correct
10) This refers to a kind of ad-hoc or arbitrary zoning that allows a small piece of
land to deviate from the district or zone regulations for reasons not found in
the officially-approved CLUP.
A. Flexible zoning
B. Mixed use zoning
C. Euclidean zoning
D. Spot zoning (Your Answer)
E. Optional zoning
Correct
11) What are the tools or levers of authority of city/town Local Government
Units to implement their local plans?
A. Clearance, non-conformance, variance, exemptions, licenses, and permits

B. Condemnation, legal expropriation, seizure, confiscation, closure and
takeover of property
C. Zoning and regulation, subdivision controls, taxation, public investment,
incentives to private investment (Your Answer)
D. Levies, duties, charges, tolls, and tariffs
Correct
12) Which of the following urban street layout creates the most severe transport
congestion?
A. Grid-iron or rectilinear
B. Circumferential & radial
C. Uni-linear or strip development (Your Answer)
D. Irregular free pattern
Correct
13) Under Philippine zoning codes, a family-run commercial-scale piggery with

more than 10 heads of swine should be properly located in
A. General residential zone (R-1)

B. Slaughterhouse and abbatoir zone
C. Agro-industrial zone (Your Answer)
D. Rangeland and pastureland
Correct
14) 'National Framework for Physical Planning 2001-2030' notes a shift from
rural resource-based environmental problems to urban-based man-made
environmental problems. Which of the following NFPP measures pertains
to development control and urban growth management (UGBs)?
A. Delineate land available for or restricted from settlement expansion (Your

Answer)
B. Identify and manage environmentally critical areas
C. Match land uses and densities with environmental capacities and service
capacities of infrastructure
D. Encourage appropriately planned mixed use developments, transit use,
pedestrianization and cultural/ historical preservation in large urban centers
Correct
15) A type of land use control where there may be no possibility of the
application of the 'right of reverter' is called
A. Restrictive covenants (Your Answer)

B. Telluric
C. Deed of sale
D. Monolithic
Correct
16) This spatial strategy deliberately directs growth towards major roadways that
emanate from a center like rays of a star
A. Radial/axial/sectoral (Your Answer)

B. Central & nodal
C. Multi-centric & poly-nodal
D. Concentric
E. Bi-polar & tri-polar
Correct
17) The total area of permitted building space expressed as a proportion of the
total site is known as:
A. Gross Leasable Area

B. Buildable Site Formula
C. Floor Area Ratio (Your Answer)
D. Location Quotient
Correct
18) Under the design elements of Kevin Lynch, 'Quiapo church' would be a
landmark while Divisoria would be termed as
A. Flea Market
B. Icon
D. Nodule
E. Transshipment
Correct
19) What color is used to represent institutional areas in zoning map?
A. Brown
B. Beige
C. Blue (Your Answer)
D. Maroon
Feedback
General I-Z, Special I-Z
Blue (0,0,255)
Reference: HLURB CLUP Vol.3 Annex 1
Correct
20) Which of the following is not considered a criterion to select industrial estates
in the Philippines?
A. Presence of natural resources

B. Physical boundary (Your Answer)
C. Availability of labor
D. Existing infrastructure and utilities
E. Logistics or efficient movement of goods and products
Correct
heavy industrial use?
A. Load-bearing capacity
B. Location
C. Slope
D. Soil characteristics (Your Answer)
Correct
22) A device usually given at the enactment of Zoning Ordinance which grants
property owner relief from certain provisions of ordinance because the
application of the same would result in a particular hardship to the owner.
A. Exceptionality
B. Certificate of Non-Conformance
C. Quasi-judicial relief
D. Variance (Your Answer)
Correct
23) One goal of land use planning as stated in the 'National Framework for
Physical Planning 2001-2030' is the utilization of the country's land and
water resources in a manner that provides sufficient and affordable food
products to all Filipinos of the present and future generations through local
production and/or importation.
A. "Green Revolution"
B. "Agricultural Development"
C. "Food Security" (Your Answer)
D. "Self-Sufficiency in Grains"
Correct
24) What color is used to represent tourism areas in zoning map?
A. Orange (Your Answer)

B. Red
C. Purple
D. Fuchsia
Feedback
T-Z
Orange (255,153,0)
Correct
25) Because of public need for salvage zone, how far should a residential
property be from the banks of rivers, streams and waterways in a rural
farming area?
A. 5 meters
B. 20 meters (Your Answer)
C. 40 meters
D. 100 meters
Feedback
PD 1067 Chapter 4 Article 51 (Water Code of the Philippines)
The banks of rivers and streams and the shores of the seas and lakes throughout their entire length and
within a zone of three (3) meters in urban areas, twenty (20) meters in agricultural areas and forty (40)
meters in forest areas, along their margins are subject to the easement of public use in the interest of
recreation, navigation, floatage, fishing and salvage. No person shall be allowed to stay in this zone
longer than what is necessary for recreation, navigation, floatage, fishing or salvage or to build
structures of any kind.
Correct
26) Land use conversion is limited by reclassification ceilings under various legal
issuances. Under AFMA, only 5% of the SAFDZ areas may be converted to
other uses, while RA 7160 Local Government Code Sec. 20 limits it to
A. 15% of the agricultural land in highly urbanized and independent chartered

cities(Your Answer)
B. 20% of total arable land in any LGU
C. 10% of total cultivable land in any city
D. 25% of total alienable and disposable land
Correct
27) What color is used to represent industrial areas in zoning map?
A. Black
B. Gray
C. Violet (Your Answer)
D. Yellow
Feedback
I1-Z, I2-Z, I3-Z
Violet (150,0,200)
Correct
28) In Ernesto Serote's method of estimating land supply, the following are
deducted from total, except one.
A. Environmentally critical areas

B. Grasslands and idle lands (Your Answer)
C. High-risk geohazard zones
D. Military and civil reservations
Correct
29) What document makes possible that funds for priority projects enumerated
in LDIP are budgeted and re:eased yearly?
A. Special Allotment Release Order (SARO)

B. Notice of Cash Availability (NCA)
C. Annual Investment Plan (Your Answer)
D. PBBS
E. Memorandum of Undertaking
F. Program of Work and Expenditure Plan
Correct
30) Under Kevin Lynch's scheme (1961), what would best describe Rockwell
Makati and Ortigas Center?
A. Landmark
B. Cosmopolitan
D. Downtown
E. Estate
Correct
31) An area within an LGU where the average density is 35 dwelling units per
hectare or below. with majority of lot sizes between 120 to 800 square
meters or more, is zoned as·
A. R-1 (Your Answer)

B. R-2
C. R-3
D. R-4
E. Mixed Use Zone
Correct
32) A 'tri-polar' or 'bi-polar' form in municipal CLUP would focus on

comprehensively developing new sections as magnets or complete attractions
for population and business, inorder to ease pressure on· traditional center,
and is an example of
A. Simple Dispersion
B. Concentrated Dispersion (Your Answer)
C. Simple Concentration
D. Compact Development
Correct
33) Under Philippine zoning codes, a mixed-use seven-storey structure with

residential condominiums, offices, gyms, shops and boutiques should be
properly located in -
A. General residential zone R-1
B. Commercial zone C-3 (Your Answer)
C. Tourism recreational zone
D. Special economic zone
Correct
34) UN-FAO standards state that at least 5.7 hectares of aggregate urban land
(residential, commercial, industrial, etc) and 6 hectares of farmland need to be
reserved for every 1,000 population. How much urban land is needed for
a town of 22,000?
A. 62.7 hectares
B. 125.4 hectares (Your Answer)
C. 220 hectares
D. 11.4 hectares
Feedback
Soln:
5.7 has.(urban land only) x 22=125.4 hectares
Correct
35) In Ernesto Serote's land use accounting, the following measures increase
overall land supply for planning, except one.
A. Reclamation of coastal area

B. Infill and densification
C. Urban renewal and redevelopment
D. NPAAAD (Your Answer)
Correct
36) What are the elements of 'urban form'?
A. Infill, densification, property conversion, retro-fitting

B. Vertical, horizontal, diagonal, curvilinear
C. Beauty, amenity, safety, convenience, functionality
D. Land use, transport network, layout, building types, density (Your Answer)
Correct
37) This refers to the establishment of mini-forests or small nature parks, lining
roads and highways with trees, shrubs, or ornamental plants, and ground
landscaping of schools, hospitals, and other government agencies in order
to improve the environment in built-up areas.
A. Reforestation
B. Miniature Forestry
C. Urban Forestry (Your Answer)
D. Silvicuture
E. Agro-f􀂞orestry
Correct
38) Which of the following steps are common to both CLUP and Comprehensive
Development Plan?
A. Urban morphology and physiognomy
B. Data collection, problem analysis, sectoral forecasting, formulation of
overall vision, goals, objectives (Your Answer)
C. Investment programming, zero-based budgeting, earmarking and
appropriation
D. Community-based monitoring system, local government poverty
monitoring system
Correct
39) UN-FAO standards state that at least 0.60 hectares should be devoted to
educational space (public and private) per thousand population. How much
combined area of schools is the minimum for a town of 40,000 people?
A. 40 hectares
B. 24 hectares (Your Answer)
C. 10 hectares
D. 240 hectares
Feedback
Soln:
0.6 has. every 1000 people
0.6 has. x 40= 24 hectares
Correct
40) If there are 12 signatures needed to approve construction of a building and 32

signatures needed to thoroughly develop a parcel of non-agricultural land,
whose signature is needed for the issuance of a development permit?
A. Planning Consultant
B. Real Estate Broker
C. Natural Scientist
D. Head Local Planner (Your Answer)
E. Legislator-Sponsor
Correct
41) According to Kevin Andrew Lynch (1961), a good 'urban design' is one
where residents and visitors can use a 'cognitive image' or 'mental map' of
the city as they navigate through the territory in the process of 'wayfinding·.
He identified the elements of legibility of place as:
A. Circumferentials, arterials, radials, crossroads

B. Skyscrapers, skyways, multi-nodals, junctions
C. Arched gateways, waterfronts, boulevards, anci promenades
D. Paths, edges, nodes, districts, and landmarks (Your Answer)
Correct
42) Which the following indicates good site planning?
A. Best orientation to sun, sea and wind

B. Congruence and compability with its surrounding
C. Proactive features to anticipate possibility of disaster
D. Maximized space
E. Efficient circulation
Correct
43) HLURB standards state that at least 2.5 hectares of industrial land needs to
be reserved for every 1,000 population. How much total industrial land is
needed for an independent chartered city of 200,000 people?
A. 200 hectares
B. 400 hectares
C. 500 hectares (Your Answer)
D. 2,500 hectares
Feedback
Soln:
2.5 has every 1000 people
2.5 x 200= 500 hectares
Correct
44) When a proponent of a proposed project applies for 'locational clearance,'

which consideration is first and foremost from the perspective of the
approving authority?
A. Community disruption, relocation and the required land acquisition

B. Consistency with local land use plan and with zoning map (Your Answer)
C. Likely impacts on town traffic and local parking
D. Carbon Footprint from the use of fossil fuels in power generation,
company bus shuttles, executives' luxury cars
E. Amount of tax and non-tax revenues to be received by the Local
Government Unit
F. Consumption of power, water, and other utilities
Correct
45) This document serves as basis for adopting land use and physical planning-
related guidelines and standards to guide the formulation of long-term
framework plans and particularly city/municipal land use plans and zoning
ordinances.
A. Long-Term Philippine Investment Plan

B. Medium-Term Philippine Development Plan
C. National Framework for Physical Planning (Your Answer)
D. Regional Physical Framework Plan
Correct
46) Like a mould needed to control shape, the spatial strategy in CLUP is the
creative physical arrangement of space- using activities used to influence the
shape, direction, and intensity of the built environment so as to preserve and
conserve the unbuilt environment.
A. City Image
B. City Metaphor
C. Spatial Modeling
D. Urban Form (Your Answer)
E. Urban Template
Correct
47) Which of the following is not a basic step in preparing a CLUP?
A. Identify stakeholders and analyze the situation

B. Develop a detailed organizational management profile (Your Answer)
C. Formulate goals and translate them into strategies
D. Anticipate economic trends and build scenarios
E. Identify the needed infrastructure and utilities
F. Involve participants in Goals Achievement Matrix
Correct
48) 'Smart Growth USA,' with its ten declared principles, deliberately combats
'amorphic sprawl' by means of
A. Mixed use zoning rather than conventional exclusionary zoning

B. Design of walkable, bikable, sociable, health-oriented settlements
C. Residential, commercial, institutional uses are integrated & clustered
D. Interconnected modes of transport
E. Compact development through infill in􀂞
Correct
49) The following data help planners identify the appropriate industrial areas in
an LGU, except one.
A. Indicated as Class A in SAFDZ/NPAAAD maps of the Bureau of Soils

and Water Management (Your Answer)
B. Part of growth area or growth corridor as stated in the Medium-Term
National Development Plan
C. Among sites previously identified in 1970 NPFP national policy on
industrial dispersal & decentralization of development
D. already surveyed and positively evaluated by PEZA under RA 7916
Correct
50) All of the following tools are relevant to land use planning but one is least
used in land use allocation?
A. Land Use Accounting

B. Scenario Analysis
C. Life Cycle Analysis (Your Answer)
D. Spatial Modeling
Hidden EP Quiz No.6
Correct
1) What are the techniques relevant to land use planning?
A. Sieve Mapping
B. Area Ecological Profiling
C. Land Use Accounting
D. Critical and urgent
F. All of the choices except none (Your Answer)
Correct
2) What law lays down the mandates and functions of the Housing and Land Use
Regulatory Board?
A. EO 949
B. EO 90 (Your Answer)
C. PD 933
D. PD 957
Correct
3) What is the highest planning body at the regional level?
A. NEDA
B. The Regional Development Council (Your Answer)
C. HLURB
D. None of the choices
E. All of the choices except none
Correct
4) The law proclaiming certain areas and types of projects as environmentally

critical and within the scope of the EIS system:
A. PD 1586
B. Proclamation No. 2146 (Your Answer)
C. PD 1152
D. DAO 96-37
Correct
5) Under the Local Government Code, reclassification of agricultural land in

component cities and to first to third class municipalities shall be limited to:
A. 10% (Your Answer)

B. 15%
C. 20%
D. 5%
Correct
6) This refers to all barangays or portion/s of which comprise the poblacion and
other built-up areas including the urbanizable land in and adjacent to said
areas
and whereat least 50% of the population area engaged in non-agricultural
activities:
A. Central business district

B. Urban area (Your Answer)
C. City center
D. Suburban area
Correct
7) RA 8435 or the Agriculture and Fishery Modernization Act (AFMA) of

1997
strives to provide full and adequate support to the sustainable development
of a
highlt modernized agriculture and fishery industry in the Philippines. Under
AFMA, one of the following has been d-prioritized
A. Identification and establishment of model farm

B. On-farm production enhancement technologies (Your Answer)
C. Small-scale irrigation systems
D. Research, development and training facilities
Correct
8) Traditional location theory analyzes the location of industries by considering
A. The cost of marketing and advertising

B. Labor wages
C. The cost of transporting raw materials to the factory and finished goods to
the market (Your Answer)
D. The costs of transporting consumers to market centers
Correct
9) What Body ratifies CLUPs of Metro Manila Cities and Municipalities?
A. RLUC
B. PLUC
C. HLURB (Your Answer)
Correct
10) Where can we find the highest level policy statements on environmental
protection?
A. Constitution (Your Answer)

B. PD 1151
C. All of the choices except none
D. None of the Choices
Correct
11) What body reviews CLUPs of independent component cities?
A. RLUC
B. PLUC
Correct
12) A consulting firm, partnership, company, corporation, or association may

engage on the practice of environmental planning in the Philippines, provided
that:
A. At least 75% of the entire membership of the Board of the entity shall be
registered environmental planners
B. At least 70% of the total capitalization of the entity is owned by registered
environmental planners
C. At least 70% of the entire membership of the Board is composed of ENPs
and 75% of the capitalization is owned by them
D. At least 75% of the entire membership and 75% of the capitalization is
owned by registered environmental planners (Your Answer)
Correct
13) What body reviews CLUPs of provinces?
A. RLUC (Your Answer)

B. PLUC
C. HLURB
Correct
14) The advocates of the systems view planning does not include one of the
following:
A. G. Wilson
B. George Chadwick
C. J.B. McLoughlin
D. Stuart Chapin
E. Andreas Faludi (Your Answer)
Correct
15) What body ratifies CLUPs of highly urbanized cities?
A. RLUC
B. PLUC
Correct
16) This document is a series of written statements accompanied by maps,

illustrations and diagrams which describes what the community wants to
become and how it wants to develop. It is essentially composed of community
goals, objectives, policies, programs and physical development plan which
translates the various sectoral plan:
A. Land Use Plan

B. Action Plan
C. Strategic Plan
D. Development Plan (Your Answer)
Correct
17) Land use conversion is limited by reclassification ceiling under various legal
issuances, e.g. Local Government Code. Under the AFMA, only 5% of the
SAFDZ areas may be converted to other uses, while the LGC limits to:
A. 15% of total arable lands on chartered cities and 1st class

Municipalities (Your Answer)
B. 10% of total arable lands in any town
C. 5% of total arable land in any city
D. All of the above
Correct
18) The counterpart of Geddes in the University States is Lewis Mumford. Hiss
treatise is entitled:
A. Culture and Cities

B. Cities and Culture
C. The Cities of Culture
D. The Culture of the Cities (Your Answer)
Correct
19) The agency that implements the laws, rules and regulations that support
policies
of Government with regard to optimizing the use of land as a resource is:
A. NEDA
B. DAR
D. DPWH
Correct
20) What does reviews Comprehensive Land Use Plans (CLUPs) of component
cities and municipalities?
A. RLUC
B. PLUC (Your Answer)
C. HLURB
Correct
21) A kind of ad-hoc zoning that allows a small piece of land to deviate from the
approved zone of the area for certain reason is called:
A. Spot zoning (Your Answer)

B. Flexible zoning
C. Euclidean zoning
D. Large lot zoning
Correct
22) What kind of project requires an environmental compliance certificate?
A. Environmentally critical projects

B. Projects in environmentally critical areas
C. All of the choices except none (Your Answer)
Correct
23) Variances and exemptions from the land use plan/zoning map are secured
from
the:
A. Zoning Administrator/Officer
B. Municipal Mayor
C. Municipal Planning and Development Coordinator (MPDC)
D. Local Zoning Board of Adjustments and Appeals (LZBAA) (Your Answer)
Correct
24) What projects require an environmental impact statement (EIS)
A. Environmentally critical projects

B. Projects in environmentally critical areas
C. Gold courses, major roads and bridges, infrastructure
D. All of the choices except none (Your Answer)
E. None of he choices
Correct
25) A local legal measure which embodies regulations affecting land use is:
A. Comprehensive Land Use Plan

B. Zoning Ordinance (Your Answer)
C. Cadastral Survey
D. Tax Declaration
Correct
26) The 1987 Constitution seeks to classify all lands in the public domain onti
four
categories. Name pf the one that is not among four
A. Agricultural land
B. Mineral land
C. National park
D. Ancestral domain (Your Answer)
E. Forest land
Correct
27) What are the tools for plan implementation?
A. Zoning ordinance, taxation and eminent domain (Your Answer)

B. Zoning, subdivision and building ordinance
C. Zoning ordinance, local investment
D. Urban land reform
Correct
28) The new law regulating the practice of environmental planning is:

B. PD 1517
C. PD 957
D. None of the above
Correct
29) The law requiring LGUs to prepare their comprehensive, multi-sectoral

development plains initiated by their development councils and approved by
their Sanggunian is:
A. PD 399
B. Executive Order No.72
C. RA 7160 (Your Answer)
D. PD 1517
Correct
30) A device which grants a property owner relief from certain provisions of a
Zoning ordinance where, because of the specific use would result n a
particular
hardship to the owner.
A. Variance
B. Certificate of Non- Conformance
C. Exception (Your Answer)
D. Development
Correct
31) A special locational clearance which grants a property owner relief from
certain
provisions of the zoning ordinance where, because of the particular physical
surrounding, shape or topographical conditions of the property, compliance
with
height, area, bulk, setback and/or density would result in particular hardship
upon the owner is called:
A. Certified of Non-Conformance
B. Exception
C. Variance (Your Answer)
D. None of the choieces
Correct
32) This law provides for the establishment and management of National
Integrated
Protection Areas System:
A. RA 8371
B. RA 7586 (Your Answer)
C. RA 7279
D. None of the above
Correct
33) Based on the principle of devolution of powers to local government units,

the
National Government transfers these funds to LGUs for their administrative,
public order and safety operations
A. Internal Revenue Allotments (Your Answer)

B. Budgetary Allocation
C. Local Development Allotment
D. LGU Budgetary Allotment
Correct
34) As provided for in the Water Code and the HLURB zoning guidelines, the
required easement in urban areas from the banks of rivers/streams, seas and
lakes is:

B. 20 meters
C. 40 meters
D. 100 meters
Correct
35) Ancestral domains refer to areas that:

A. Belong to ICCs/iPPs compromising lands. Inland waters, coastal areas
and natural resources therein (Your Answer)
B. Bare within protected areas which have actually been occupied by
communities for 5 years before the designation of the same as protected
areas in accordance with the NIPAS Act.
C. Are set aside to allow the way of life of societies living in harmony with
the environment adapt to modern technology at their pace
D. Are extensive and relatively isolated and uninhabited, are normally with
difficult access.
Correct
36) What are the legal basis for the state's regulation of land use?
A. Police power (Your Answer)

B. Laws against nuisance and pollution
C. The policy that property has social function
D. The rule that a person must not do wrong to another person
Correct
37) What technique is useful for determining strategies?
A. Situational analysis
B. SWOT analysis
C. Land use survey
E. None of the choices (Your Answer)
F. All of the choices except none
Correct
38) Along with the Network of Protected Areas for Agriculture and Agro-
Industrial
Development (NPAAAD), it provides the physical basis for the proper
planning
of sustainable agriculture and fishery development and in the identification of
24 suitable crops, livestock for local and international markets without
creating
irreversible environmental and human health problems.
A. The watershed areas

B. Comprehensive Land Use Plan
C. Integrated Area Development
D. Strategic Agriculture and Fishery Development Zone (Your Answer)
Correct
39) Choose the relevant criteria for he best strategic option
A. Sustainability
B. Feasibility
C. Desirability
F. All of the choices except none (Your Answer)
Correct
40) In general, an Economic Base ration or Economic Base Multiplier expressed

in
terms of employment indicates:
A. A total number of jobs created in a region as a result of a number of jobs

created in an industry (Your Answer)
B. The total number of jobs created in a region as a result of number of jobs
created in the entire country
C. The total number of jobs created in a region as a result of a number of jobs
created in the entire region
D. The total number of jobs created in a set of industries as a result of a
number of jobs created in an industry.
Correct
41) The process of obtaining technical advice or opinion which may not be
followed
is called.
A. Consultation (Your Answer)

B. Coordination
C. Public hearing
D. Citizen participation
Correct
42) The process of arranging activities and plans among different interest or
planning groups for the purpose of systemizing, harmonizing and facilitating
operations is called:
A. Public hearing
B. Consultation
C. Coordination (Your Answer)
D. Scooping
Correct
43) Any amendment to the provisions of the zoning ordinance for component
cities
and municipalities can only take effect approval and authentication by the:
A. Sangguniang Panlalawigan (Your Answer)

B. HLURB
C. Local Zoning Review Committee
D. Local Zoning Board of Adjustment and Appeals (LZBAA)
Correct
44) Reclassification of the land highly in urbanized areas, after conducting public
hearings for the purpose, shall be limited to:
A. 10%
B. 15% (Your Answer)
C. 20%
D. 25%
Correct
45) Many industries want to locate near urban cities because they want to be
A. Close to large market

B. Close to a major transportation hub
C. Avail of urban services and facilities
Correct
46) Alarm over increasing world population may be traced to Thomas Malthus'
theory that states
A. Population grows geometrically while food supply grows

arithmetically (Your Answer)
B. Population grows arithmetically while food supply grows geometrically
C. Population and food grows geometrically
D. Population and food grows arithmetically
Correct
47) The enforcement of PD 1308 as well as the monitoring and inspection of

educational institutions offering courses in environment planning is the
responsibility of the :
A. Commission on Higher Education

B. Philippine Institute of Environmental Planners
C. Board of Environmental Planning (Your Answer)
D. School of Urban and Regional Planning
Correct
48) A comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP) must meet the following criteria:
A. Technical feasibility
B. Socio-economical and financial possibility
C. Political viability
D. Administrative operability
Correct
49) What is zoning?
A. It is the designation of species areas of a community as functional

land uses of land may be allowed or regulated on accordance with
the development plan. (Your Answer)
B. It is a tool to implement the development plan
C. It is a means of redistributing land acquisition and disposition
Correct
50) What higher level plans guides Local Government Units (LGUs) in preparing
their own comprehensive land use plans (CLUPs)?
A. National Physical Framework Plans and Medium-Term Development

Plans
B. Regional Physical Framework Plans and Regional Development Plans
C. Provincial Physical Framework and Provincial Development Plans (Your
Answer)
D. All of the choices except none
Hidden EP Quiz No.11
Correct
1) You are the Local Planning and Development Coordinator of an LGU. Your
wedded spouse runs the recreational Country Club and applies for a permit
to construct an Olympic size swimming pool that would utilize water from a
public spring. What is the most rational action for you to do?
A. Hire an independent consultant for an objective analysis of the

application (Your Answer)
B. Ask for job transfer or reassignment
C. Just keep quiet about it.
D. File for divorce.
Correct
2) Under the rule cited in immediately-preceding question, which of the

following should not chair the Bids and Awards Committee?
A. Chief of Administrative Division

B. Audio-Visual Technician (Your Answer)
C. Head of Engineering Section
D. Planning Officer V
Correct
3) These projects need not submit an Environmental Impact Statement but one
has to submit a simple Project Description.
A. An urban grocery store of around 2,500 sq.m. total area

B. Cluster of stalls selling goto, lugaw, arrozcaldo, and pares in historic
lntramuros, Manila (Your Answer)
C. Palay marketing warehouse of Samahang Nayon or rural farmers'
cooperative
D. Home-based aquaculture using drums, metal tanks, and concrete ponds
Feedback
as per PD2146, B. Environmental Critical Areas, No. 2 & 4.
Keyword = "Historic"
Correct
4) Which of the following ethical principles directly pertains to a planner's

responsibility to his/her private client?
A. Do not plagiarize.
B. Do not accept work that cannot be performed in a timely fashion
C. Do not coerce others to reach findings which are not supported by evidence
D. Do not disclose, without sufficient legal cause, privileged information
clearly kept restricted by concerned party (Your Answer)
E. When in authority and facilitating public hearings, do not make secret
deals with participants.
Correct
5) Which of the following is most useful in an EIA study?

A. Performance standards (Your Answer)
B. 'LOS' or 'accommodation' standards
C. Design standards
D. Convenience standards
Correct
6) A contractual arrangement whereby a project proponent undertakes the
financing of construction of a given infrastructure or development facility and
after its completion turns it over to the government agency or local
government unit concerned, which shall pay the proponent on an agreed
schedule its total investments expended on the project, plus a reasonable rate
of return thereon.
A. Build and transfer (Your Answer)

B. Build, own and operate
C. Build, transfer and operate
D. Develop, operate and transfer
Feedback
Reference: RA7188 (BOT Law) Sec.2c
Correct
7) What type of bond guarantees payment on all obligations arising from a

contract?
A. Surety (Your Answer)

B. Assurance
C. Performance
D. Warranty
E. Reparation
Correct
8) A housing developer contacts you with an opportunity to use your expertise as

a paid consultant in a matter not pertaining to your employer's jurisdiction.
You would work only on your off-days and holidays. You should
A. Report the housing developer for unethical behavior

B. Make courtesy notification to your immediate supervisor (Your Answer)
C. Decline the offer
D. Keep quiet about it
Correct
9) It is the process of predicting the likely environmental consequences of

implementing a project or undertaking and then designing appropriate
preventive, protective, mitigating, and enhancement measures.
A. Environmental Risk Assessment

B. Environmental Impact Assessment (Your Answer)
C. Environmental Accounting and Audit
D. Strategic Environmental Assessment
Correct
10) Which environment assessment methodology addresses long-term
frameworks, policies, and regulatory regimes more substantively than project
impacts and activity outcomes?
A. Environmental Risk Assessment

B. Environmental Impact Assessment
C. Environmental Accounting and Audit
D. Strategic Environmental Assessment (Your Answer)
Correct
11) According to RA 9003, segregation of 'solid wastes' into bio-degradable and

non-biodegradable should be done
A. At the factory level

B. At source (Your Answer)
C. At the end of production/consumption
D. At the option of family concerned
Correct
12) As in the case of the ZTE-National Broadband Network deal, when a joint
venture or negotiated contract at the national level exceeds the value of PhP
300M, the approving government body is
A. Cabinet of the President

B. Council of State
C. Investment Coordination Committee
D. NEDA Board (Your Answer)
Correct
13) This principle encourages shared responsibility between government and the
private sector in infrastructure development and management through joint
venture schemes such as BOT, BTO, BLT, BOO, and the like.
A. GO-NGO Cooptation
B. Rapprochement
C. Detente
D. Public-Private Partnership (Your Answer)
E. State & Non-State Collaboration
Correct
14) A Highly-Urbanized City (HUG) bids out in transparent manner the revision
of its CLUP-ZO for an approved budget of contract (ABC) of 6 million. Four
companies participated in open bidding. In the BAC evaluation of
technical proposals, Company A got 89 points, Company B earned 64 points,
Company C, 78 points, and Company D, 42 points as the last company missed
out on the required GIS-RS component. After technical examination, the
sealed financial proposals were opened and the bid amounts were revealed as
follows: Company A = 6.3 million; Company B = 6.2 million; Company C =
5.9 million; and Company D = 4.5 million. Overall, which company offered
the "most
responsive bid" or "lowest calculated complying bid" and should receive the
Notice of Award of Contract from the head of agency.
A. Company A
B. Company B
C. Company C (Your Answer)
D. Company D
Feedback
RA9184 Government Procurement Reform Act of 2002 Art.10 Sec. 34.
Interpretation: 6 Million Contract
Company A =89 pts (Highest Rated Bid=OK)/6.8M (Bid exceed=DQ); Company B= 64 pts/6.2M (Bid
exceed=DQ); Company C= 78pts(Rate OK)/5.9M (Bid OK); Company D= 42 pts (requirement not
met=DQ)/ 4.2 M (Lowest Calculated Bid=OK)
Therefore, Project to be awarded to Company C for not having DQs.
Correct
15) A reduction in overall water quality due to an increase in the concentration

of chemical nutrients in a waterbody would be an example of
A. Osmosis
B. Hypoalimentation
C. Eutrophication (Your Answer)
D. Fertilization
E. Denitrofication
Correct
16) Which category of industries tend to be generally 'non-pollutive and non-

hazardous'?
A. Transient and fleeting

B. Light (Your Answer)
C. Cyber-spatial
D. Medium
E. Heavy
Correct
17) Which of the following conditions requires the most serious consideration in
the EIA of a major Sanitary Landfill for any city or urban LGU?
A. Around 20 kilometers from the city

B. Has an in-take capacity of 6 years only
C. About 100 meters from a river used for water supply (Your Answer)
D. About 1000 meters from an active geologic fault line
Correct
18) Which of these projects should submit a full-blown Environmental Impact

Statement?
A. Tree planting on urban parks by 6,000 students

B. High-end residential subdivision of more than 10 hectares with additional
area for golf course (Your Answer)
C. Rain-fed farming of around 50 hectares
D. Hydroponic and aeroponic farming inside greenhouse tents and cages
Correct
19) Which would not be a priority for EIA investigation of a proposed limestone
quarrying-cement production complex?
A. Environmental Justice, impacts on sensitive communities, critical

habitats, heritage sites, and endangered species
B. Management of water quality, air quality, noise, traffic, common
industrial wastes, and toxic/hazardous wastes
C. Consumption of electricity, water, and other utilities
D. Company policies on 'hiring and firing' and management training (Your
Answer)
Correct
20) In a case of sexual harassment in a planning consulting company, the

following ethical principles apply except one.
A. A planner should not be penalized for sexual urges that have nothing to do
with his/her profession. (Your Answer)
B. A planner must not commit a deliberately wrongful act, which reflects
adversely on the planner's professional fitness
C. A planner must respect the rights of others and must not discriminate.
D. A planner must have special concern for the long-range consequences of
present actions.
Correct
21) Under RA 9184 Government Procurement Reform Act of 2002, what is the
most preferred manner of government procurement of goods and services?
A. Selective bidding or limited source bidding

B. Negotiated procurement
C. Single source procurement or direct contracting
D. Competitive bidding (Your Answer)
Correct
22) Which act of the planner is not enumerated as punishable under PD 1308 of
1978, "Regulating the Practice of Environmental Planning in the
Philippines"?
A. Having his/her professional seal done by informal businesses along CM

Recto Ave., Manila (Your Answer)
B. Engaging in tha practice of environmental planning in the Philippines
without having been registered
C. Assuming, using or advertising any title or description tending to convey
the impression that he is an environmental planner without holding a valid
certificate of registration
D. Environmental planner without holding a valid certificate of registration
Correct
23) RA 8749 Clean Air Act, Sec. 20, generally bans burning which results in
poisonous and and toxic fumes, but with a few exceptions. What agency
oversees cremation and incineration of pathological, biological, contagious
wastes?
A. Bureau of Fire Protection

B. Department of Interior and Local Government
C. Philippine Hospitals Association
D. Department of Health (Your Answer)
Correct
24) The acceptable form of security furnished by a contractor of a public project

as a guarantee of good faith on his/her part to execute the contracted work in
accordance with the terms of the approved contract.
A. Insurance
B. Collateral
C. Performance Bond (Your Answer)
D. Retention or Retained Earnings
E. Surety Bond
F. Completion Guarrantee
Correct
25) The use of a set of scientific methods to define the probability and
magnitude of potentially adverse effects which can result from exposure to
toxic and hazardous materials, compounds, and substances is called
A. Chemical Containment and Control

B. Toxic Prevention Protocol
C. Environmental Risk Assessment (Your Answer)
D. Strategic Environmental Assessment
Correct
26) Which project in a declared tribal land does not require a full-blown
Environmental Impact Assessment?
A. Mining
B. Dam for reservoir & hydroelectric power
C. Sericulture & vermi-composting (Your Answer)
D. National highway
Correct
27) In emergency cases such as typhoon or earthquake damage where the need
for supplies and services is exceptionally urgent or absolutely indispensable
and inorder to prevent imminent danger to, or loss of, life or property, LGUs
may make emergency purchases or place repair orders, without open public
bidding, provided
A. Public safety and vital public services, infrastructure and utilities, would
be endangered if contracts are rescinded, abandoned, terminated, or not
taken over,
B. It is the best offer and most advantageous price among quotations
submitted by at least three pre-selected suppliers kept in the database of
the government agency as having reliable, positive track record
C. Amount is within the range of 50,000-250,000 or even higher according
to ceilings previously approved by the Government Procurement Policy
Board
D. Goods and commodities of any amount are procured from another
government agency under LOI 755 and E0359
Correct
28) Except one, the following are considered environmentally-critical areas where
all major projects are subject to IEE
A. Tubattaha Reef
B. Chocolate Hills
C. Mount Banahaw
D. Tawi-tawi Seaweed Farms (Your Answer)
Correct
29) In cases where open public biddings have failed on two (2) consecutive
occasions and no suppliers have qualified to participate or win in the
bidding, LGUs, through the local chief e􀂞xecutive with the approval of the
Sanggunian may undertake procurement of supplies and services without
public bidding through:
A. Selective bidding or limited source bidding

B. Negotiated procurement (Your Answer)
C. Single source procurement or direct contracting
D. Competitive bidding
Correct
30) Under RA 9184 Government Procurement Reform Act, Sec 5i, government
may hire Consulting Services for the following functions, broadly matching
the competencies of Registered EnPs. For which function are Environmental
Planners generally least prepared?
A. Advisory and review services

B. Pre-investment or feasibility studies, special studies
C. Design
D. Construction supervision (Your Answer)
E. Management-related service􀂞 and technical services
Correct
31) You are the Local Planning and Development Coordinator of an LGU.
Which of the following does NOT constitute a conflict of interest?
A. Accepting a monetary gift from a local building firm
B. Working for a developer who has an action before the Local Board of
Zoning Appeals and Adjustment
C. Applying for business permit and health clearance to operate a private
fruit stand in Farmers' Market (Your Answer)
D. Processing a rezoning application of your own property
Correct
32) Which of the following is unethical practice of a registered environmental

planner?
A. Falsely injures the practice of other environmental planners

B. Provides unjust compensation to colleagues and subordinates
C. Affixes signature on plans he did not prepare or supervise
D. Enters competitions where s/he has direct involvement in program
formulation
E. All of the above (Your Answer)
Correct
33) This is a garbage recycling center in a village, or for a cluster of villages,

which also serves as drop-off center for sorted wastes, composting center,
and processing center to consolidate segregated recyclables for
remanufacturing.
A. Barangay Waste Recycling Center

B. Community Junk Shop
C. Waste Exchange Facility
D. Materials Recovery Facility (Your Answer)
Correct
34) What are the basic elements of an EIA study?
A. Market Aspect, Technical Aspect, Social Aspect, Financial Aspect,

Economic Aspect, and Institutional Aspect
B. Problem, Objectives, Review of Lit, Conceptual Framework, Methods,
Analysis of Data, Conclusions, Recommendations
C. Location & Area, Characteristics of Project Undertaking, Magnitude of
Impact, Spatial Extant. Duration, and Complexity (Your Answer)
D. Baseline Data, Mid-stream Data, Operational Conditions, Control
Interventions, Post Implementation
Correct
35) According to the 1997 Code of Ethics for Environmental Planners in the
Philippines, Sec.11, the "primary obligation of the Environmental Planner is
to"
A. Contribute to the incessant development of the profession by sharing and

improving knowledge.
B. Strive for high standards of professional integrity, proficiency, and
knowledge
C. Develop and enhance a healthy professional relationship with colleagues
and other professionals
D. Serve the country and in so doing safeguard public interest (Your Answer)
E. Maintain a harmonious working relationship with client or partner in a
noble undertaking.
Correct
36) As per RA 7718 BOT Law, a Build-Operate-Transfer undertaking at the local

level with value between PhP 200M- 300M has to be approved by what
government body?
A. Local Development Council

B. Regional Development Council
C. Cabinet Committee or Cabinet Cluster
D. Investment Coordination Committee (Your Answer)
Correct
37) Under RA 7160 Sec. 107, who should prepare the multi-sectoral
development plan at the village level?
A. Sangguniang Barangay
B. Lupong Tagapamayapa ng Pook
C. Federation of Village Neighborhood and Homeowners Associations
D. Barangay Development Council (Your Answer)
Feedback
Reference: RA 7160 Sec. 107b
Barangay Development Council is composed of members of Sangguniang Barangay, Representative
of Congressman, Representative or NGOs operating in the Barangay not less than 1/4 of the members
of the Council.
Correct
38) All of these projects, except one, need not submit Project Description, or
Environmental Impact Statement but need only to comply with registration
and documentary requirements of city, town or barangay.
A. Municipal waterworks system (Your Answer)

B. Sari-sari or neighborhood variety store
C. Backyard fowl-raising of less than 10 heads
D. Private-practice office in home garage with 5 employees
Correct
39) The following are all examples of environmentally-critical projects (ECPs)

except one:
A. Laiban Dam, Kaliwa River, Tanay, Rizal

B. Ring Dike - Circumferential around Laguna de Bay
C. Petrol Refineries & Oil Depots in Batangas City
D. Perimeter work on centuries-old Plazu Miranda (Your Answer)
Correct
40) Which of the following is the best example of 'environmental remediation'?

A. A species of trout becomes extinct in a eutrophic lake.
B. The annual volume of sewage flowing into a stream is decreased by one
half.
C. The height of a factory smokestack is increased.
D. PCB-consuming bacteria are sprayed on an area that has soil contaminated
with PCBs. (Your Answer)
E. A parcel of forest land is declared a state park.
Correct
41) A part of BOT, it is a contractual arrangement whereby the supplier of

equipment and machinery for a given infrastructure facility, if the interest of
the Government so requires, operates the facility providing in the process
technology transfer and training to Filipino nationals .
A. Purchase and activate

B. Supply and operate (Your Answer)
C. Canvass, Procure and Install
D. PBAC - prequalify, bid-out and award
Correct
42) If excessive amounts of hot water are discharged into a lake in a case of
'thermal pollution', the immediate result will most likely be
A. An increase in the sewage content of the lake

B. A decrease in amount of dissolved oxygen in the lake (Your Answer)
C. An increase in the amount of PCB pollution in the lake
D. A decrease in the amount of phospates in the lake
Correct
43) Which of the following is an actual conflict of interest?
A. Voting in a public election on an environmental issue that directly affects

your consulting services
B. Making official government recommendations on a site plan that you
developed when previously employed in the private sector (Your Answer)
C. Accepting souvenir gifts from a housing developer at the vendors' and
sponsors' area of a planners' convention
D. Reporting to PRC an act of dishonesty by a planner about his supposed
work experience in a job originally occupied by you.
Correct
44) Which of these projects should be subjected to Initial Environmental

Examination (IEE) by DEN R's regional field units?
A. 30 sq.m. DOST field instruments station on the slopes of Mount Apo

national park
B. 5,000 sq.m. viewdeck for tourists and watchers of migratory birds in
Candaba swamps, Pampanga (Your Answer)
C. Six-classroom extension of an existing public elementary school
D. Beach house measuring 400 sq.m near world-famous Pagudpud, Ilocos
Norte
Correct
45) Under RA 9184 Government Procurement Reform Act of 2002, the Bids
and Awards Committee with five to seven members has to be headed by
A. Chief of procuring entity

B. Resident Ombudsman
C. Resident auditor detailed by COA
D. At least third ranking permanent official (Your Answer)
Correct
46) According to RA 9367 Renewable Energy Act of 2006, what are the
'additives' to gasoline that are harmful to both people and nature?
A. Methyl tertiary butyl ether (Your Answer)

B. Isooctane and heptane
C. Molybdenum oxide
D. tetraethyl
Correct
47) What are the proper sections of a Project Description for projects seeking
Certificate of Non-Coverage?
A. Proponent, Goals, Key Result Areas, Project Mechanics, Resources

Needed, Loans to be contracted, Expected ROI
B. Rationale, Location & Area, Development Plan & Phases, Alternatives,
Manpower Requirements, Cost, Duration & Schedule (Your Answer)
C. Description of Land, Capital, Machines, Materials, Manpower,
Management. and Marketing
D. Objectives, Scope, Methodology, Program of Work, Resource
Requirements, Participating Entitites
Correct
48) According .to RA 9003, which three 'environmentally sensitive resources'

should a Sanitary Landfill be most concerned about?
A. Bionetwork, germplasm, and wildlife habitats

B. Aquifer, groundwater reservoir, watershed area (Your Answer)
C. Flora, fauna, and biota
D. Landscapes, seascapes, and viewscapes
Correct
49) The following are generally non-pollutive and non-hazardous except one.
A. Manufacture of bread, pastries, cakes, donuts, biscuits, hopia, and

noodles
B. Assembly and repair of personal computers, home electronic devices,
appliances, and appurtenances
C. Manufacture of paints, paint removers, solvents, lacquers, varnishes,
shellac, coating materials (Your Answer)
D. Manufacture of small leather goods such as handbags, luggage, wallets,
belts, shoes, and sandals
E. Publishing and printing of school books, pamphlets, flyers, receipts,
greeting cards, social communications
Correct
50) Under PD 1308, a consulting firm, partnership, or company of registered
environmental planners should have
A. At least 75% of entire membership and 75% of capitalization owned by

registered environmental planners (Your Answer)
B. At least 50% of entire membership and 50% of capitalization owned by
registered environmental planners
C. The fifty-plus-one rule of membership and capitalization
D. 60%-40% combination of licensed planners and unlicensed planners.
Feedback
Reference: PD1308 Sec.20a
Correct
1) According to Dr. Ernesto Pernia (1983), the major blunder in Philippine

economic policy and industrialization strategy occurred in the latter period
of American colonial rule when
A. Free trade agreements with USA narrowed Philippine agricultural output

to cash crops for export such as sugar, tobacco, hemp, coconut, palm,
rice, and timber.
B. Progress of Philippine agricultural regions was directly tied to
fluctuations of American market during Great Depression,instead of
Filipino production being responsive to domestic demand by inter1inking
Philippine regions with one another
C. Post-war' import substitution' policy beginning in 1947 focused on
capital-intensive urban consumer goods rather than on resource-based
agro-industlialization in provincial centers utilizing agricultural surplus
Correct
2) Settlements in high-risk zones; buildings on natural wetlands; rivers and

waterways used as sewers; recurrent shortages of food, water and power;
segments of idle prime land pockmark the city center; lack of distinctive
city image and coherent urban form, all taken together, are manifestations of -
A. Population Explosion
B. Disaster Management
C. Splattered Development
D. Unmanaged Urbanization (Your Answer)
Correct
3) The critique of 'New Urbanism' against so-called 'Gentrification' or

upscaling of inner-city neighborhoods was
A. The latter is more interested in new businesses than in community

rebuilding; hence soul-less and centerness
B. The latter leads to the exclusion of low-income groups
C. the latter does not create mixed communities of varied socio-economic &
demographic groups
Correct
4) In causal order, which should come first in this series or chain of intertwined,
multi-dimensional problems?
A. Climate Change
B. Unmanaged Population Growth (Your Answer)
C. Poverty
D. Land Use Changes
E. Pollution and Environmental Degradation
F. Carbon Footprint
Correct
5) Except for one city below, 'Mercantile Cities' during the Renaissance period
served as trading ports for overseas commerce and played key role in the
accumulation of gold and silver by European monarchies and principalities.
A. Venice, Italy
B. Amsterdam, The Netherlands
C. Dortmund, Germany (Your Answer)
D. Lisbon, Portugal
Correct
6) During the period 1565-1896, the urban control points designated by the
Spanish colonial government were the
A. alcaldias y pueblos
B. barrios y sitios
C. Haciendas y villas
D. cabeceras y poblaciones (Your Answer)
Correct
7) Strategic Planning as described by Henry Mintzberg is called 'Innovative

Planning' for following reasons except one
A. because, as in strategies and tactics, a plan has to be calculating and even

Machiavellian (Your Answer)
B. Because it seeks to introduce a novel goal, product, process, or pattern
C. Because it centers on organizational 'fitness' to create or shape change
D. Because it mobilizes the whole organization to move towards a new
direction
Correct
8) Outside the walls of Medieval towns and cities, land was used collectively
and defined as follows: 'common of pasture,' 'common of turbary,' 'common
of piscary,' 'common of estovers,' and 'common of soil.' Which one refers to
everyone's right to take fish, game, or fowl from communal land?
A. Common of pasture
B. Common of piscary (Your Answer)
C. Common of soil
D. Common of turbary
Correct
9) The first grid-iron orthogonal street pattern in continental America was

designed in 1682 by
A. William Penn for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Your Answer)

B. Pierre Charles L'Enfant for Washington DC
C. Peter Minuit for Manhattan Island, New York
D. John Winthrop for Trimountaine, Boston Common
Correct
10) A direct result of leapfrog' or 'checkerboard' development, this phenomenon

irreversibly converts rural space into urban space even before the populations
meant to use it could be present
A. Anticipatory Development
B. Premature Urbanization (Your Answer)
C. Commercialization
D. Upscale Zoning
Correct
11) Before the rise of 'scientific socialism' based on concept of class-struggle,

'normative or Utopian socialism' based on Christian values was showcased
by this philanthropist in New Lanark, Scotland (1799) where excellent
working conditions, decent housing, and cheap services for the working
class increased productivity and profit. Its founder was later
acknowledged as the father of the cooperative movement.
A. Robert Owen (Your Answer)

B. John Cadbury
C. James Buckingham
D. Sir Christopher Wren
Correct
12) Dr Edward L Glaeser of Harvard University (1995, 2003) correlates 'urban

development with 'democratization' in the following observations. Which
statement pertains the most to so-called 'annihilation of space' in urban areas?
A. Information travels at high-speed in cities; transactions between producers

and consumers are faster; cities
practically eliminate the transport cost of moving ideas, goods, and people
(Your Answer)
B. Cities facilitate human contact and social connection; the demand for cities
is fueled by the demand for interaction
C. Because people in cities have high level of awareness, it is much harder for
rulers to be despotic or tyrannical
D. Ineffective governments find it much harder to ignore mass poverty &
other social problems in cities than in the countryside
E. Revolutions, labor uprisings, and riots are usually born and bred in cities
Correct
13) Which of the following features does not describe the New Town concept of
Clarence Stein as showcased at Radbum, New Jersey; Columbia, Maryland;
Greenbelt, Maryland; Greenhills, Ohio; Greendale, Wisconsin; and
Greenbrook NJ?
A. Huge manufacturing firm at the center (Your Answer)

B. separation between pedestrian traffic and motor traffic
C. green spaces which are interconnected
D. Series of superblocks
E. Prior land assembly
F. Neighborhood clusters
Correct
14) These thinkers started the 'school of transactive planning' which later
advocated the radical /critical notion that planning should smash myths and
mobilize people to change structures of domination and subjugation in
society.
A. Francis Stuart Chapin, George Chadwick, Rexford Tugwell

B. Norman Krumholtz, John Friedman (Your Answer)
C. Paul Plumberg, Carole Paterman, Paul Bernstein
D. Charfes Lindbloom, Robert Dahl, Mel Webber
Correct
15) In contrast to the environmentalism which highlights 'community' and

'communitarian' solutions, this type of environmentalism centers on respect
for all lifeforms in an atomistic or species-centered manner, such that
humans would be on equal moral footing with sentient animals like pets and
non-sentient organisms like plants, insects, etc.
A. Eco-centrism
B. Bio-centrism (Your Answer)
C. Anthropo-centrism
D. Geo-centrism
Correct
16) Which of the following valid critiques of Le Corbusier's (CharlesEdouard

Jeanneret) modernist city design pertains to the so-called 'spatial paradox'?
A. Architectural determinism or the belief that physical design and visual

aesthetics are sufficient to address the basic problems of population.
B. Devoid of thorough studies on demographic, social, economic, and
transport aspects
C. Goal to decongest the city by increasing congestion at its core.
(Your Answer)
D. Rejection of historic precedents as inspiration for overall design
E. Lack of humanscale as uniform tall structures tend to be disorienting while
extremely-vast open spaces look inhospitable to humans
Correct
17) Among the City Beautiful Movement planners, he was the earliest to
articulate the principles of urban design in "City Planning According to
Artistic Principles" (1889)
A. Camilo Sitte (Your Answer)

B. Lldefons Cerda
C. Lucio Costa
D. Oscar Niemeyer
E. William Burtey Griffin
Correct
18) In 1954, Reorganization Plan 53-A of the Government Survey and

Reorganization Commission delineated regions
A. Nine -representing 9 rays of the sun in Philippine flag or 9 historic

territories which fought Spain
B. Eight -representing major ethno-linguistic groups
(Your Answer)
C. Four -representing major island-groupings plus Muslim territories
D. Six -representing possible component units of a federal system
Correct
19) 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. Cornucopians (Your Answer)

B. Soroptimists
C. Utopians
D. Dystopians
Correct
20) The planner who said that survey is a requisite for planning in the famous
framework Survey-Analysis Plan was
A. Demogriphus
B. Herodotus
C. Geddes (Your Answer)
D. Pericles
Correct
21) According to David Harvey and Ray Pahl, planning is less a means for
urban renewal, but more of "an agent of change and development in its own
right, linked to alternative theories of the city that seek to address poverty
and inequality. Planners should be regarded as creators of urban space, not
merely value-neutral arbiters of development proposals.
A. Critical/radical planning (Your Answer)

B. Communicative planning
C. Liberal planning
D. Activist planning
Correct
22) According to theorists of 'Social Development' and 'Sustainable
Development,' what is the relationship between the concepts of 'Growth' and
'Development'?
A. These two realities are essentially similar, hence, interchangeable in use

B. Growth refers to the entire macro-economy while development refers to
people and society
C. Growth is a pre-condition to development but not enough in itself; it is
necessary but not sufficient condition
(Your Answer)
D. Growth is merely quantitative while development is thoroughly qualitative
E. Growth is indicated by income and infrastructure, while development is
indicated by tranquility, peace and order
Correct
23) The following planners were most concerned about "human scale and the
social usage of urban space"
A. David Harvey, Manuel Castells, Ray Pahl

B. Jane Jacobs, Kevin Lynch, William H. Whyte (Your Answer)
C. Robert Moses, William Levitt, Richard King Mellon
D. T J Kent, Edwin c. Banfield, Albert Z. Guttenberg
Correct
24) According to Karl Wittfogel's 'Hydraulic Civilization' model of Urbanization

(1957), what would explain the emergence in Antiquity (40 00-200 BCE) of
the earliest cities also known as 'necropolis' and temple-towns?
A. Irrigation for farms revolutionized both economic production and social

organization as it resulted in food surplus. which necessitated large storage
warehouses in preparation for war or drought
B. Strongman rule was hastened by the need to distribute water for irrigation
and to ration food.
C. With abundant food, classes of non-farming workers emerged which
eventually led to "division of labor" and
"occupational specialization.·
D. City-building centered on immortalizing kings and heroes in godlike
worship through grandiose monuments, tombs, funeraries, pyramids,
mausoleums, shrines, altars, temples, ziggurats, obelisks, etc.
E. All of the above (Your Answer)
Correct
25) Republic Act 2264 empowered LGUs to form local planning boards to craft
their development plans under the close guidance of national government
agencies.
A. Local Governance and Planning Act of 1945

B. Local Autonomy Act of 1949 (Your Answer)
C. Decentralization and Devolution Act
D. Transparency and Accountability Standards Act
Correct
26) The milestone that marked the start of the Industrial Age in 1769 and changed
the primary mode of economic production was
A. Discovery of crude oil, coal, and gas fuels

B. Invention of steam engine as source of power (Your Answer)
C. Invention of printing press to propagate scientific knowledge
D. Invention of trains, trams, and rail for faster movement of goods
Correct
27) What theory of urbanization by RL Carneiro (1970) best explains 'Fortress

Cities' during the Dark Ages 476-800AD?
A. Urbanization was hastened by cultural exchange resu!ting from overland

trade caravans
B. People settled together around strategic places which could benefit from
maritime trade.
C. Strongman rule was necessitated in order io distribute water foi iirigation
D. After the collapse of army-based imperial government, people had to
congregate in cities for better protection from plunderers and
marauders. (Your Answer)
Correct
28) 2,500 'Cathedral Towns' during the Middle Ages 800-1440 AD showcased the
ascendancy of the Church in all affairs whether religious or secular, and these
medieval cities displayed the following physical characteristics except one:
A. Narrow, twisty, irregular street radiating from the main center

(radiocentric)
B. Congestion was common; infrastructure for garbage and sewage was
absent; sanitation was poor;
C. Vulnerable to epidemics such as bubonic plague. cholera, typhoid fever,
scarlet fever, etc.
D. Loss of privacy due to overcrowding resulted in loose sexual morals of the
population (Your Answer)
Correct
29) According to David Satterthwaite, 95% of deaths and serious injuries from
major disasters in the period 1950-2007 occurred in low-income to middle-
income countries, and 90% of these deaths happened to the poorest people.
Which conclusion is supported by this information?
A. Poverty which means low income and low education, is the major cause
of disaster
B. Countries in typhoon belts and Ring-of-Fire region of the world tend to
be poor because of frequent disasters
C. Poverty and its physical dimensions, i.e. location of homes and
livelihoods, increases people's vulnerability to disaster (Your Answer)
D. The poorer a country, the higher the illiteracy rate, hence the less
informed and less prepared people tend to be.
Correct
30) Which principle of 'Sustainable Development' most directly supports the

saying "Think Global, Act Local."
A. Principle of Subsidiarity (Your Answer)

B. Polluter Pays Principle
C. Common but Differentiated Responsibilities
D. Duty to Care and Not Cause Environmental Hann
Correct
31) Dr William Rees coined this concept in 1992 to approximate the amount of
productive space, measured in terms of global hectare (gha) per capita,
needed to sustain a population which consumes food, water, energy,
building materials -etc end requires the sink functions of Nature for human
waste and pollution.
A. Land-population ratio
B. Consumer price index
C. index of environmental impact
D. Ecological footprint (Your Answer)
Correct
32) In 1907, what university offered the first academic degree course in city
planning under its landscape architecture department, which program later
spun of to become the first ever school of planning in 1929.
A. Oxford University
B. Harvard University (Your Answer)
C. Cambridge University
D. University of Heidelberg
Correct
33) Public Lands Act of 1903 granted homesteads to 14 million Filipino

families covering 5.3 million hectares, principally in
A. Negros Island
B. Palawan
C. Mindanao (Your Answer)
D. Samar Island
Correct
34) In what sense does 'professional planning' differ from 'generic,' 'common-
sensical,' or 'everyday' planning?
A. There is no difference because planning is 'ubiquitous' and can be done by

anyone, anytime, anywhere.
B. Professional planning has scope and goals that transcend one person ·or
group·while generic planning is essentially action-planning on familiar
problems with much latitude for personal flexibility. (Your Answer)
C. Professional planning examines only the "natural. environment" while
Business Planning considers both "policy environment" and "market
environment."
D. Object of Professional Planning is "society and nature" while beneficiary
of everyday planning is 'oneself.'
Correct
35) Considered as the father of wildlife ecology, he advocated in 1948 a

"personal land ethic" for humans to become 'stewards of the land' and
member-citizens of land-community rather than its conquerors or
dominators.
A. Karol Wojtyla or 'John Paul II'

B. Ralph Waldo Emerson
C. Henry Wright
D. Aldo Leopold (Your Answer)
Correct
36) At the start of 19th century industrialization in England before the emergence
of full-fledged professional planners, who were the earliest urban planning
practitioners who addressed city-wide problems including 'germ versus filth'
dilemma?
A. Microbiologists, biochemists, pharmacists

B. Shelter specialists, housing developers, contractors
C. Industrial engineers, machine engineers, civil engineers
D. Doctors, epidemiologists, sanitarians, public health

personnel (Your Answer)
Correct
37) According to Max Weber in The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of
Capitalism (1904), what was the key factor in transition for mercantile
economies controlled by European monarchies to profit-driven individual
enterprise or laissez faire?
A. endemic corruption in highly structured Catholic society made people

less imaginative and less entrepreneurial
B. Early Protestants generally emphasized hardwork, simplicity, thrift,
discipline, savings, & re-investment of savings (Your Answer)
C. Royal treasuries went bankrupt due to Catholics' culture of excess, lavish
celebrations, overindulgence, etc.
D. Protestants work without the baggage of Seven Capital Sins such as
greed, avarice, envy, lust, gluttony, etc.
Correct
38) The Torrens Title System which entrenched the concept of absolute private
ownership of land in the Philippines is a 7 legacy from what colonial period
of Philippine history?
A. Spanish
B. American (Your Answer)
C. Japanese
D. British
Correct
39) These are areas of less than 500 people per km2 whose inhabitants are
primarily engaged in agriculture or in extraction of raw materials, with
dwellings which are spaced widely apart and often with little or no services
or utilities
A. Tribe
B. Purok
C. Provincial
D. Rural (Your Answer)
E. Hamlet
Correct
40) The major objective of 'New Urbanism' movement identified with Jane
Jacobs, Leon Krier, Andres Duany, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, et al. is to
A. Rebuild the architectural fayade of old cities using post-modern methods

and technologies
B. Revitalize urban communities by creating centers' and by reviving
traditional civic values (Your Answer)
C. Design gated subdivisions as urban collage and multi-ethnic tapestry
D. Integrate development of both urban and rural areas in order to save as
much farmland as possible
Correct
41) Which school of thought maintains that planners should abandon their
presumed neutral stance and instead adopt the side of 'the poor and the
disadvantaged' to demand for corrective or remedial measures from the State
and from the Market through 'pressure from below' by way of conflict
confrontation, creative mass actions and backroom
negotiations?
A. Equity or Activist or Advocacy Planning (Your Answer)

B. Communicative Planning
C. Liberal Pluralistic Planning
D. Disjointed lncrementalism
Correct
42) Presidential Decree 824 on February 27, 1975 created the Metro Manila
Commission as the first ever structure of metropolitan governance in the
Philippines following the organizational model called
A. Annexation and Amalgamation (one-tier government) (Your Answer)

B. Jurisdictional Fragmentation (Council of Local Governments)
C. Voluntary clustering and lnter-LGU cooperation
D. Functional Consolidation (two-tier metropolitan government)
Correct
43) "Sierra Club" is to John Muir, "Audubon Society" to John James Audubon,
"Living Earth" to Eugene Ple.asants Odum, "Spaceship Earth" to Kenneth
Boulding, and "Gaia-Mother Earth" is to.
A. James Lovelock (Your Answer)

B. Henry David Thoreau
C. Delfin Ganapin
D. Ame Naess
Correct
44) This refers to the unprecedented phenomenon occurring in megacities

wherein the rate of increase of local population overwhelms the natural
'carrying capacity' of cities as ecosystems and outpaces the 'caring capacity'
of city institutions in terms of resources and personnel to address complex
problems.
A. Metropolitanization
B. Conurbation
C. Hyper-Urbanization (Your Answer)
D. False or Pseudo-Urbanization
Correct
45) He formulated the Basic Laws of Ecology in layman's vernacular (National

Geographic, 1970) as follows: "Nature knows best." "There is no such thing
as a free lunch." "Everything is connected to everything else." 'We can never
do merely one thing." "Everything goes somewhere." ''There's no 'away' to
throw to."
A. John Holdren
B. Dr. Francis Stuart Chapin Jr.
C. Dr. Barry Commoner (Your Answer)
D. Dr. Eugene Pleasants Odum
Correct
46) Dr Gideon Sjoberg (1933) claims that cultural exchange from overland trade
and commerce in pre-industrial ear fostered the formation of cities, as literate
individuals, craftsmen, and tool-makers came together to debate and test each
other's ideas. Competition among non-farming specialists gave birth to the
'scientific method' as well as to technological advances m plant cultivation
and animal breeding.
A. Acculturation and lnculturation

B. Socio-Cultural Theory of Urbanization (Your Answer)
C. Diffusion of Technology Information
D. The Scientific Revolution
Correct
47) 'Social Engineering' refers to

A. Designing and building social facilities and infrastructure for the public
B. Manipulating age, sex, ethnicity, and other demographic factors of social
groups
C. Implementing service-oriented social programs to marginalized social
sectors
D. Changing values, mindsets, habits, and behaviors of people towards
desired societal goals (Your Answer)
Correct
48) The following are the central questions of planning and management. Which
question seeks to determine efficacy or success of a chosen option or course
of action?
A. "where are we now?"

B. "where are we going?"
C. "where do we want to be?"
D. "how do we get there?"
E. ''what resources de we need to get there?"
F. "how do we know if it is working?" (Your Answer)
Correct
49) During the Spanish colonial period, there were four major forms of land
tenure or land holding. Which one refers to the right of a 'servant' of Spanish
Crown to collect tribute from residents of a territory without any ownership
claim over that territory?
A. 'friar lands'
B. 'encomiendas' (Your Answer)
C. 'haciendas'
D. 'townships'
Correct
5 A town is a tool for free man to overcome chaos and lack of order. A city is the grip of man upon
0 nature.Geometry is the means whereby we perceive the external world and express the world within
) us.Geometry is the foundation.Machinery is the result of geometry.The age in which we live is therefore
essentially a geometric one. Town Planning demands uniformity in detail and a sense of movement in
general layout ."
A
Gordon Cullen
.
B
Le Corbusier (Your Answer)
.
C
Aldo Rossi
.
D
Thomas Sharp
.
ERoy Worskett
.
Correct
1) According to M. White (1987), the more economically complex a city, the

more varied would be the number of high growth points, the more socially
complex it becomes, and the stronger is its tendency towards differentiation
such as in the case of residents segregating themselves into enclaves
according to economic level, social status, or ethnicity.
A. Bipolar Model
B. Palimpsest or Mosaic Model
C. Multiple Nuclei (Your Answer)
D. Urban Land Nexus Theory
Correct
2) The first State-wide land use plan in 1973 which defined Urban Growth
Boundaries (UGBs) that separated urban and rural areas in order to limit
growth within serviced areas and to preserve rural farmland for a timeframe
of 20 years, took place in the State of
A. Oregon (Your Answer)

B. New York
C. California
D. Florida
Correct
3) The weakness of applying Central Place.Theory in a simplistic way on the

Philippines is that
A. Unlike other countlies, Philippines does not have compact land mass with
homogenous features
B. Archipelagic nature creates natural discontinuities that render movement &
economic exchange difficult
C. Spatial integration between urban and rural areas is impeded by poor
transport that inflates prices
D. All of the above (Your Answer)
Correct
4) According to Ernesto Serote, the FAO formula for urban land allocation at 5.7
hectares per thousand population does not seem to be realistic in highly-
urbanized LGUs because of rapid pace of change, hence, to estimate urban
land demand, this method entails time-series comparison of aerial
photographs supplemented by on-foot survey of urban land.
A. Urban Density Method (Your Answer)

B. Urban Occupancy Method
C. City Land Census
D. Floor Area Ratio
Correct
5) Based on 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, this is an
area of up to 200 nautical miles from a States Shore in which a State is given
the sovereign right to explore, exploit, conserve, and manage all natural
resources as well as the right to determine the total allowable catch (TAC) of
living resources.
A. Territorial Sea
B. Sealanes and Maritime Fairways
C. Continental Shelf
D. Exclusive Economic Zone (Your Answer)
Correct
6) "Land use has to be planned for the community as a whole because the
conservation of soil, water, and other natural resources is often beyond the
means of individual land user"
A. True (Your Answer)

B. False
C. True only for closed societies and socialist economies but not for free
market societies
D. Partially false because free market forces' always know better how to
apportion land
Correct
7) 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
Correct
8) Which statement about 'Land Capability' and 'Land Suitability' is true, based
on definition from US Department of Agriculture and United Nations Food
and Agriculture Organization?
A. 'Land Capability' refers to the 'carrying capacity' of land while 'Land

Suitability' refers to appropriateness of land for human use and habitation.
B. 'Land Capability' refers to appropriateness of land for engineering and
physical intervention while 'Land Suitability' refers to appropriateness for
natural production.
C. 'Land Capability' refers to the broadest uses of land for urban development
while 'Land Suitability' refers to its fitness for rural development.
D. 'Land Capability' is the broad inherent capacity of land to perform at a
given level for general use, while 'Land Suitability' is the adaptability of a
given land for a specific kind of land use, usually farm crops. (Your Answer)
Correct
9) In contrast to the long-term skeletal/circulatory framework, this is the overall

medium-term action plan utilized by every local administration to develop
socio-economic development projects and implement sectoral, cross-sectoral,
and multi-sectoral programs to be translated into public investment measures
and incentives to private investment.
A. Comprehensive Land Use Plan

B. Blueprint
C. Comprehensive Development Plan (Your Answer)
D. Master Plan
Correct
10) In an output map of the computer-based system referred to in immediately-

preceding section, 'roads,' 'irrigation canals' and 'sewers' are represented in the
form called
A. Digital
B. Vector (Your Answer)
C. Raster
D. Megapixel
E. Cellular automata
Correct
11) To conserve freshwater by means of bio-engineering, all of the following

methods are useful except one:
A. Sub-terranean drilling to interconnect deep-wells (Your Answer)

B. Partially grassed waterways
C. mini-dams and dikes to slow down stream flow to the sea
D. Small water impounding projects (SWP)
E. Rainwater harvesting thru man-made ponds, small farm reservoirs (SFRs)
Correct
12) Which of the following maps display the 'critical facilities' of a city/town?
A. Map showing military camps, police stations, checkpoints, jails, prisons

and Stockades
B. Map showing sewer lines, canals, tunnels, and underground bunkers
C. Map showing roads, hospitals, food .warehouses, 4tility trunks for power,
water, and communication (Your Answer)
D. Map showing possible evacuation places in schools, churches,
gymnasium,·and covered courts
Correct
13) Presidential Decree 1559 defines this natural region used in ecosystem-based
planning as a relatively large area starting at the roof of mountain rivers and
encompassing tributaries, streams, and the land surface whose rainwater
runoff drams into a common, downstream point such as a lake, estuary, or
coastal water body.
A. Drainage Basin
B. Rainforest
C. Flood plain
D. Watershed (Your Answer)
Correct
14) If a firm subscribes to the Institutional Theory of firm location as shaped by

neo-liberal economics, the firm will logically consider which of the following
factors the least.
A. Costs of doing business (tax and non-tax costs including graft and
corruption)
B. Stability of government and predictability of its policies (fair play, level-
playing field)
C. Peace and order and the physical safety of employees
D. Leisure opportunities such as golf courses and exclusive resorts for the
managerial elite and their families (Your Answer)
Correct
15) By plotting on a graph the economic benefits from agglomeration against the
costs of congestion and overconcentration, Leo Klaasen concluded that
'Optimum City Size' of a viable city should be between
A. 20,000-190,000
B. 200,000 -600,000 (Your Answer)
C. 700,000-One million
D. One million -Two million
Correct
16) Central Place Theory was found faulty in assuming uniform topography, fiat
featureless terrain, ease of travel in all directions and ubiquity or all around
presence of economic resources, but its major strength lies in characterizing
the locational advantages of one place in relation to another, a geographic
concept called -
A. Surrounding
B. Standing
C. Situation (Your Answer)
D. State
Correct
17) Cognitive processes which include perception, intuition, values and attitudes,
underlie locational behavior and these account for imperfect decisions,
meaning that industrial locators do not necessarily aim for the best possible
setup to maximize profit but can be content with 'sub-optimal', 'good-enough'
but 'adequate' decisions.
A. Cogitative Theory of Location

B. Behavioral Theory of Location (Your Answer)
C. Urban Land Nexus Theory
D. Organizational Theory (Segmentation & Corporate Mergers)
Correct
18) Which concern of regional planning pertains to institutional capacitation of

focal governments, and the appropriate distribution of authority among them?
A. spatial integration between urban and rural settlements

B. Complementation among agriculture, industry, other sectors
C. Balanced distribution of population
D. Federalism and decentralization of development
(Your Answer)
E. Equitable distribution of resources among places
F. Reduction of economic disparities among regions
Correct
19) 128. George Zipfs Rank-Size Rule, "Pn=P1/N*** was derived from
Christallers Central Place Theory, and asserts that the population of city "n" is
equal to the population of the largest city "1" divided by the rank of "n" in the
hierarchy of aces. If the largest city in immediately preceding question had
2.6 million people in 2007 official census, using Zipfs rule what should have
been the population of Davao City if it was ranked Number?
A. 520,000
B. 1,520,000
C. 1,300,000
D. 650,000 (Your Answer)
Correct
20) According to Raleigh Barlowe (1958), this refers to the most profitable use of
land when it yields optimum returns gen limited inputs; such returns can
either be monetary or non-monetary, tangible or intangible, based on the
criteria and interest of the person who makes such decisions.
A. Maximum Sustainable Rent

B. Maximum Sustainable Yield
C. Profit Maximization
D. Highest and Best Use (Your Answer)
Correct
21) Under RA 917 4 Wildlife Resources Conservation & Protection Act,

jurisdiction over all declared aquatic critical habitats, all aquatic resources,
including but not limited to all fishes, aquatic plants, invertebrates and all
marine mammals, except dugong, including protected coral reefs, fish
sanctuaries, and marine reserves, belongs to
A. Philippine Coast Guard and Patrol Bantay Dagat
B. DENR Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau
C. Department of Agriculture (Your Answer)
D. Department of Science and Technology
Correct
22) Anything that is available to rivals elsewhere is essentially nullified as a

source of competitive advantage, for a firms competitive edge lies in
something very local - innovation in strategy, innovation in know-how, in
relationships, in motivation.
A. Dr Michael Porter (Your Answer)

B. Jacob A. Riis
C. Sir Peter Hall
D. Dr Mark Gottdeiner
E. Hernando de Soto
Correct
23) This refers to any large-scale master-planned development which includes

housing, work places, and related facilities within a self-contained setup,
based on the assumption that it can be built from zero, more or less.
A. Freiburg or Freetown
B. Borough
C. New Town (Your Answer)
D. County Estate
E. Eco-Industrial Park
Correct
24) According to economists Theodore Schultz, Jacob Mincer, and Gary

S.Becker, this collective term for people's embodied assets such as
knowledge, skills, good health, attitudes, and entrepreneurial qualities,
determines how a local community or region absorbs new technologies,
expands productive capacity and generates own progress.
A. Seven Domains of Intelligence

B. Intellectual Quotient
C. Managerial Aptitude
D. Human Capital (Your Answer)
Correct
25) Despite global economic recession and decline of demand for luxury goods, a
watch company decides to stay put in Switzerland because of its secure
market niche and proven track record in producing Rolex timepieces. What
theory of firm location is likely at work here?
A. Comparative Advantage (Your Answer)

Correct
26) In the SEPP, 'geology' covers subsurface conditions, seismic fault lines,
bedrock, and minerals while 'patterns of precipitation, temperature, humidity,
and wind' are discussed under
A. Atmospheric and Astro-physical Sciences

B. Hydrology
C. Climate (Your Answer)
D. Agro-ecology
Correct
heavy industrial use?
A. Load-bearing capacity
B. Location
C. slope
D. Soil characteristics (Your Answer)
Correct
28) Does the formula of George Zipf in the immediately preceding question
match the reality on the ground based on 2007 Official Census of the National
Statistics Office?
A. Yes
B. Partially
C. No (Your Answer)
D. Depends on whether old Davao City or Metro Davao is being a;ialyzed
Correct
29) The taking of fishery species by passive or active gear for trade, business, or
profit beyond the level of subsistence fishing or sports fishing, utilizing
marine vessels of 3.1 gross tons (GT) or more, is called
A. Municipal Fishing
B. Profitable Fishing
C. Entrepreneurial Fishing
D. Commercial Fishing (Your Answer)
Correct
30) Advancements in transportation and communication technologies have

affected many cities in such a way that information based production can be
done by anyone, anywhere at any time regardless of distance from city center.
Which of the following is the likely spatial form arising from these economic
trends?
A. Cyber-city sends all dirty smokestack industries to remote regions.

B. CBD becomes an elongated corridor or spine following the lines of
telecommunications & electronic services
C. Suburban subdivisions form a belt-like edge or natural perimeter around
the mother city
D. Edge cities, office parks, and techno-poles develop in various parts of a
complex mother city (Your Answer)
Correct
31) Which of those listed below is not a 'decision' map?
A. Physical constraints map

B. Geohazard map
C. Land suitability map
D. Natural drainage map (rivers and streams) (Your Answer)
Correct
32) According to Wilbur Richard Thompson (1965), once a city reaches a resident
population of 250.000, it attains L1 permanence. Certain city sections may
suffer decay and decline, but the city as a whole will survive because of sheer
size and strength of tertiary economy, inherent capacity to diversify, and its
political weight vis-a-vis other settlements.
A. Urban land Nexus

B. Urban Ratchet Theory (Your Answer)
C. Urban Spiral Economy
D. Urban Force Momentum
Correct
33) Neo-classical Urban Bid-Rent theory provides the formula for Location Rent
at center of city as equal= to 'Rent Gradient'
times 'Radius' where 'Rent Gradient' is equal to 'transport cost per capita per
year' multiplied by 'density per sq.km'. If Pateros has a radius distance of
10.266 km from the center of Metro Manila, with average density of=
29,495.24 persons per km.In 2009 and P15,330 transport cost per capita per
year, what should be the location rent per square meter in Pateros
as periphery-town of Metro Manila? (clue: convert sq.km to sq.m.)
A. 4,641 per m2 (Your Answer)

B. around 46,41 0 per m2
C. Around 464,100 per m2
D. Around 464.10 per m2
Correct
34) The twin strategy of 'concentrated decentralization' and 'industrial dispersal' to

correct urban primacy and inter-regional divergence in the Philippines was
begun under the administration of President
A. Carlos P. Garcia
B. Ferdinand E. Marcos (Your Answer)
C. Corazon C. Aquino
D. Fidel V. Ramos
E. Gloria M. Arroyo
Correct
35) If Lands with slope between 18%-30% constitute 45% of total land area, those
with slope above 30% constitute 8%, what percent of Philippine gross land
area is generally described as 'alienable and disposable'?
A. Roughly 47% (Your Answer)

B. roughly 53%
C. Roughly 43%
D. Roughly 57% %
Correct
36) In all but one of following cases, the US Supreme Court declared "takings" by
government as illegal, as it upheld the Constitutional precept that "private
property shall not be taken for public use without just compensation"
A. Where a regulation is merely intended to preventa nuisance and remove

discomfort caused to the public (Your Answer)
B. Where a regulation forced a landowner to allow someone else to enter onto
the property,
C. Where a regulation imposes burdens or costs on a landowner that do not
bear a reasonable relationship to the impacts of the project on the
community;
D. Where government can equally accomplish a valid public purpose through
less intrusive regulation or through a requirement of dedicating property
E. Where a landowner has been denied all economically viable use of the land
Correct
37) Under RA7916 Sec. 10, what is the minimum investment of a foreigner who
can be granted permanent resident status within a Philippine ecozone, together
with spouse and children below 21 years of age, who shall all have freedom of
ingress and egress to and from the Ecozone without any need of special
authorization from the Bureau of immigration?
A. US$ 150,000 (Your Answer)

B. US$ 300,000
C. US$ 1,000,000
D. US$ 2,000,000
Correct
38) In Urban land use models of the Chicago school of human ecology, the
affluent and middle classes are inclined to E- away from downtown and inner-
city in favor of suburban locations and this process results in a paradox
or "spatial mismatch" as regards labor.
A. Sophisticated upperdasses locate in city-edges with semi-rural conditions

where no employment is available
B. Lower-classes who cannot create employment by themselves are left to
occupy high-priced land in the inner core of cities. (Your Answer)
C. Blue-collar workers are forced to accept !ow-skill jobs as maids. yayas,
gardeners in affluent suburban subdivisions
D. Non-tax paying people in the informal sector are closer to the seat of
government than the landed gentry
Correct
39) Which planning concept, first upheld by the US Supreme Court in the 1976
case o('Penn Central Transportation Co. versus City of New York
incorporates a market mechanism to mitigate whatever financial burden local
law might have imposed on property?
A. Planned Unit Development

B. Conservation Easements
C. Transfer of Development Rights (Your Answer)
D. Eminent Domain
Correct
40) The following are characteristics of a central business district. Which one
increases the LGU responsibility to feguard the wellbeing of people, often
beyond the capacities of a single local authority?
A. Large concentration of office and retail activities;

B. Significantly large number of tertiary and service jobs generated
C. High price of land forces property-owners to build high
D. Large regular inflow and outflow of motorists; daytime population higher
than nighttime population (Your Answer)
Correct
41) 'Land Use' and 'Land Classification' are
A. The same
B. Mutually exclusive
C. 'Land Classification' is proper term for legal and bureaucratic transactions
while 'Land Use' is used for basic environmental analysis.
D. 'Land Classification' is a scientific conceptual scheme while 'Land Use'
refers
to actual utilization or consumption of land. (Your Answer)
Correct
42) In 1978, American Institute of Planners (established 1917) and American

Society of Planning Officials (established 1934) combined to become the
present-day
A. American Institute of Environmental Planning

B. Royal Institute ofTown and County Planning
C. Planning Society of All-America
D. American Planning Association (Your Answer)
Correct
43) This school of thought claims that cities or human settlements can be studied
as though they are biological organisms subject to laws of evolution, natural
selection, competition, adaptation, survival of the fittest, decline, and death.
A. Dialectical Historical Materialism

B. AnarchoSyndicalism by Saul David Afinsky
C. Frankfurt School of Social Critical Theory
D. Chicago school of human ecology (Your Answer)
Correct
44) Social status declines with increasing distance from the center of the city" is a
proposition about poor Third World countries that contradicts the original
land use models from the Chicago school of human ecology,
A. Donut model
B. Core-Periphery Dependency Model
C. Polycentric model
D. Inverse Concentric (Your Answer)
Correct
45) Earliest regional planning models in USA in 1933 revolved around Tennessee
Valley, Dallas Plain, Columbia River Basin, Colorado River, St Lawrence
Seaway, Delaware River, Chesapeake Bay watershad, which are essentially
A. Cultural or ethno-linguistic regions

B. Deltaic riverine regions
C. Natural regions (Your Answer)
D. Crossborder regions
Correct
46) Not all megacities become 'world cities'. According to David Simon in World
City Hypothesis (1996), the following criteria determines how a city reaches
Tier 1 status. Which criterion is pursued as cities 'de-industrialize' by
banishing dirty smokestack industries from their territories in the contest to
achieve "greater global competitiveness"?
A. Existence of a sophisticated financial and service complex serving a global

clientele
B. Level of international networks of capital information and communication
flows
C. large number of headquarters of international institutions
D. Quality of life conducive to attracting investors and retaining skilled
international migrants (Your Answer)
Correct
47) To conserve farm soils by means of bio-engineering, all of the following

methods are useful except one:
A. Use of coco-coir geotextile on erodible soils
B. Use of rows, furrows, ridges and ditches
C. Use of terraces and contours on sloping land
D. Use of soil compactors (Your Answer)
E. Mulching and recycling of organic matter
F. Cover crops and shelterbelts against wind erosion
Correct
48) In Peirce Lewis' revision of the Ernest Burgess' monocentric model of urban
land use, which of the following describes the spatial decline of concentric
cities least effective.
A. The elite and their businesses leave the inner core due to pollution and
congestion.
B. Hollowing-out of the core results in the "donut shape"
C. Surrounded by the poor in the historic center, government increasingly
becomes captive to pressure groups
(Your Answer)
D. Land values rapidly fall in inner-city areas experiencing urban blight and
urban decay.
Correct
49) In 1987, United States Supreme Court in the case· of Nollan versus California
Coastal Commission ruled against- California which required Nollan to
dedicate a public sidewalk easement across their beachfront property as a
building permit condition, thus the Court formulated a principle for
governments regulatory action that "land use restrictions must be tied directly
to a specific public purpose."
A. Rough Proportionality
B. Calibrated Enforcement
C. Calculated Authority
D. Rational Nexus (Your Answer)
Correct
50) In preparing a site plan for hectare mixed use project in an urban area, which
of following maps is least useful at the needed scale of 1 : 1,000?
A. NAMRIA base map (Your Answer)

B. LRA parcel map
C. Utilities map from LGU Engineer
D. Phivolcs geologic map
Correct
1) Wilson (1992) estimated that 90% habitat loss of an area results in 50%
reduction of number of species. Under RA 9174 Wildlife Resources
Conservation 8 Protection Act, a species or sub-species that faces high risk of
extinction in the immediate future is called
A. Acutely Threatened Species

B. Critically Endangered Species (Your Answer)
C. Species Vulnerable to Extinction
D. Rapidly Disappearing Species
Correct
2) In transport planning, the manual counting and classifying, by type of vehicle

and direction of travel, of all conveyances passing each station during
specified periods, supplemented by automatic traffic recorder
counts extending over longer periods is called
A. Travel cost method

B. Roadside survey (Your Answer)
C. Windshield survey
D. Network inventory
Correct
3) 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
(Your Answer)
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
Correct
4) Due to local ingress and egress movements, the following are 'chokepoints'
along a transport artery, except one.
A. Market
B. Cockpit or stadium
C. Mall complex
D. Unloading zone (Your Answer)
E. Major religious shrine
Correct
5) These areas are so called because they pose serious dangers to human
settlements due to their high susceptibility to, among others, landslides,
subsidence, sinkholes, erosion once their topsoil is exposed.
A. 'geohazards' (Your Answer)

B. 'brownfields'
C. 'environmentally critical'
D. 'naturally forbidden'
Correct
6) 'Infrastructure Planning' covers both replacement infrastructure "and new

infrastructure for emerging areas." The following are important considerations
in infrastructure planning, but which is first and foremost of all
considerations?
A. Capacity of infrastructure
B. Public safety and structural integrity (Your Answer)
C. Level of service (LOS) and quality of service
D. Age of infrastructure
Correct
7) Which goal of Smart Growth USA" addresses social participation?
A. Direct growth toward existing population centers, thru public spending on

infrastructure and utilities
B. Foster distinctive, attractive communities with a strong sense of place by
creating walkable neighborhoods and providinga variety of transportation
choices
C. Make development decisions predictable, fair, and cost effective, and
encourage stakeholder collaboration in development decisions (Your Answer)
D. Create a range of housing choices and opportunities by allowing mixture of
land uses
E. Preserve and protect open space, farmland, natural beauty, and
environmentally sensitive areas
Correct
8) All of the following Land Use measures address Climate Change. Which one
directly pertains to the carbon sequestration function performed by trees and
plants?
A. Design settlements and communities in. a manner that reduces ·use of

vehicles
B. Enforce energy-efficiency laws to cover buildings, homes, and industrial
design of appliances and appurtenances identify
C. Conducive locations and facilitate projects that generate renewable natural
energy
D. Maintain buffer zones and protect undisturbed lands with thick vegetative
cover(Your Answer)
Correct
9) All of the following Land Use measures address transport bottlenecks and
congestion, but which one increases pedestrian traffic and requires intensified
police/security presence?
A. Establish Floor-Area Ratio and population density ceilings for buildings in

the Central Business District
B. Relocate intercity bus tennin&ls and freight tenninals from the center of
town
C. Enforce walking and biking in specific downtown sections that have
vibrant bazaars, tiangges, and streetside sales
(Your Answer)
D. Prohibit on-street or parallel roadside parking along busy arterial roads
Correct
10) The following core elements of Transport Policy can be examined more
closely to address Climate Change, except one.
A. Motor fuels and energy sources

B. Role of mass transit versus private cars
C. Industrial design and ergonomics of automobile's accessory features (Your
Answer)
D. Relationship between land use and roads in creating chokepoints
Correct
11) Integrated into risk-sensitive land use planning process," which component of
Risk Assessment" examines and audits an institutions capabilities and
resources to deal with natural hazards?
A. Hazard identification and evaluation (e.g. analysis of frequency,

severity/magnitude, return period or probability of a hazard of given
severity)
B. Vulnerability analysis (e.g. probable loss of life, injury, building damage,
economic impacts)
C. Potential damage assessment (e.g. monetary estimation of probable loses)
D. Contingency measures, emergency response. quick reaction
mechanisms (Your Answer)
Correct
12) Which map is least relevant in preparing a Forest Management Plan that
covers multiple LGUs at scale of 1 :5,000?
A. Map of tribal or ancestral land

B. Elevation map
C. Density map (Your Answer)
D. NIPAS map
Correct
13) Planning for flood control such as construction of major dams, levees, and
embankments occurs at What level?
A. Zoning District
B. Town
C. Regional or Sub-regional (Your Answer)
D. National
Correct
14) In all but one of the following measures, Land Use Planning mitigates natural
hazards and reduces disaster risk.
A. Expand open space in flood-holding areas, evacuation routes, lifelines, and

areas of unstable soil
B. Compel all real estate brokers and dealers to provide hazard disclosure to
property buyers in geohazard zones
C. Require 10-meter-deep foundations for bulky structures in places prone to
recurrent liquefaction (Your Answer)
D. Redirect public funds for capital investment projects from tsunami-prone
areas to locations of higher elevation
Correct
15) What is the best use of a 'Gantt' chart?
A. Allocates time among various tasks

(Your Answer)
B. Shows how different tasks are related
C. Illustrates how one task must be completed before beginning another
D. Utilizes a table with alternatives in rows and impact factors in columns
Correct
16) DENR-FMB 2003, of total Philippine forestland of 15.85 million hectares, 1.5
million hectares are denuded and 5. 7 million hectares are badly denuded.
Under the 12-point agenda of Forest Management Bureau,which of the latter
should have the highest priority in restoration and reforestation by engaging
private sector investors.
A. Cultivated Areas and Upland Settlements

B. Shrub lands and marginal grasslands (Your Answer)
C. Wooded Grasslands
D. Swamps and Marshes
Correct
17) In all but one of the following measures, Land Use Planning addresses global
warming and climate change.
A. Provide for locations of windmill farms as possible joint ventures with

private sector
B. Reward real estate projects that keep more than 40% of their total area as
wooded open space
C. Encourage intercropping of fruit trees and bio-fuel plants in lands
designated for agro-forestry
D. Transfer manufacturing firms to remote locations at least 10 kms away
where their fumes can not reach homes
(Your Answer)
Correct
18) 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 (Your Answer)
D. Industrial Forestry
Correct
19) The do nothing scenario or absence of a spatial strategy allows a settlement to

grow on its own like a dendrite or living organism without man-made
controls, and is called
A. Leapfrogging
B. Organic development (Your Answer)
C. Crawling development
D. Checkerboard spreadsheet
E. Anything goes
Correct
20) This observed phenomenon refers to increase in global average annual mean
temperature of the Earth's near- surface air and oceans, of about ±0.92°C in
the last 100 years, due to altered composition of the atmosphere, B which has
been attributed to sharp increase in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
contributed by humans.
A. Air Pollution
B. Ozone Depletion
C. Greenhouse Effect
D. Global Warming (Your Answer)
Correct
21) To better conserve energy in a community, planners may recommend each of

the following except
A. Promote use of mass transit

B. Design mixed uses for projects
C. Encourage landscaping / ornamentation over planting of hardwood tree
species(Your Answer)
D. Use of solar energy for passive lighting, passive heating, power for
ventilation
Correct
22) Under RA 7586 NIPAS Act of 1991, which type of protected area aims to
assure the natural conditions necessary to protect species, groups of species,
biotic communities or physical features of the environment where these may
require specific human manipulation for their perpetuation.
A. Haven and Refuge of Endangered Biota

B. Protected Landscape and Seascape
C. Genepool and Germplasm Reserve
D. Wildlife Sanctuary (Your Answer)
Correct
23) Based on FAO framework, which component of Watershed Management

needs to engage timber companies, upland concessions, and sawmills to the
highest extent possible?
A. Irrigation, water harvesting, control of land and water pollution

B. Gully control, rehabilitation of landslips and landslides, control of road
erosion
C. Pastureland protection and improvement
D. Forest protection and improvement, streambank protection, and sustainable
mining(Your Answer)
Correct
24) Under RA 9174 Wildlife Resources Conservation & Protection Act, killing of
endangered wildlife is unlawful except in 5 cases. Which of the following
might warrant an act of killing by Palawan tribal leaders after they've gathered
proof that they had lost three children to river crocodiles which had escaped
from a science-oriented crocodile farm?
A. "when killing is done as part of the religious rituals of established

indigenous cultural communities"
B. "when the wildlife is afflicted with an incurable communicable disease"
C. "when it is deemed necessary to put an end to the misery suffered by the
wildlife"
D. ''when it is done to prevent imminent danger to the life or limb of a human
being"(Your Answer)
E. ''when the wildlife is killed or destroyed after it has been used in authorized
research or experiments"
Correct
25) According to National Water Resources Board 2009, total dependable

freshwater supply in the Philippines at 80% safe yield is approximately
145990 MCM (million cubic meters) per year. What would be per capita
water availability per year when the total population reaches 100 million?
A. 14.59 m3 per capita

B. 145.9 m3 per capita
C. 1,459.9 m3 per capita (Your Answer)
D. 14,599 m3 per capita
Correct
26) In all but one of the following measures, Land Use Planning shapes the pace
and direction of city/town growth.
A. Expand physically municipal jail and stockade to address increased

incidence in criminality (Your Answer)
B. Propose roll-on roll-off port to hasten trade with coastal neighbors
C. Identify which sections of territory are appropriate for low-rise, medium-
rise, and high-rise structures.
D. Define specific types of commerce that can be allowed in predominantly
residential neighborhoods.
Correct
27) According to MPWH Highway Planning Manual 1982, each 3.5 meter one-
directional lane in an expressway has an estimated capacity of Passenger Car
Units (PCU) per hour or roughly one vehicle every 2 seconds.
A. 1,000
B. 1,750 (Your Answer)
C. 2,000
D. 2,400
Correct
28) As a result of the Ondoy-Peping disaster in September-October 2009, what
type of planning can possibly interlink the "Marikina Watershed," the
"Marikina Floodplain," and "Laguna de Bay" with their separate governing
authorities, to Jointly undertake proactive mitigation and prevention
measures?
A. Ecosystem-Based Planning
B. Integrated Area Development
C. Reconstruction Planning by Special National Public Reconstruction
Commission
D. Regional Planning by DENR's River Basin Control Office (Your Answer)
Feedback
with relevance to E.O. 510
Correct
29) "Urban design uses the climate, natural landscape as well as built assets to
create distinctive places that contribute to locaI identity, structure and
meaning. Urban design strengthens the city's character by reflecting its
cultural layers and by enable residents and visitors alike to read the city' by
way of its history, customs, icons, and visual elements."
A. "Cosmopolitanism"
B. "Semiotics"
C. "Sense of Place" (Your Answer)
D. "Symbology"
Correct
30) All but one of the following are valid grounds to seek special case treatment
or relaxation of zoning provision in relation to a development project.
A. The unusual shape of the site precludes designing a structure that would
meet yard requirements.
B. The existing structure has been declared historically significant by the city
and must be saved at any cost
C. Proposed deviation constitutes only a minor encroachment and will not
alter the character of the neighborhood.
D. Both area of the site and proposed development are consistent with that of
other lots in the immediate vicinity. (Your Answer)
Correct
31) City design of Paul Downton where the balance of nature is central concern,
operated by closed-loop systems that recycle energy, materials and resources,
while minimizing waste through enviro-preneurship. Its economy is based on
knowledge and innovation such as hydrogen-powered mass transport, sky-
gardens, parks on building rooftops,building-integrated solar systems using
photovoltaic skins, and aeroponic and hydroponic urban farming on terraces,
walls, facades, and·atria.
A. Evergreen city
B. Sustainopolis
C. Ecopolis (Your Answer)
D. Greenopolis
E. Verde ville
Correct
32) Which essential elements of LogFrame or "Z.O.P.P" are used for plan
monitoring and evaluation?
A. Targets and quotas

B. Indicators and means of verification (Your Answer)
C. Milestones and signposts
D. Gauges and benchmarks
Correct
33) According to scientific studies, the human body begins to be least productive
at ambient temperature of 37°C and above,while human productivity and
mental capacity, in general, are known to be optimal at ___ ambient
temperature.
A. 16°C
B. 21°C
C. 26°C (Your Answer)
D. 32°C
Correct
34) The hierarchic logic in LogFrame or "Z.O.P.P." starts with broad goals which
are subsequently broken down into purposes, objectives, outputs, and
activities.
A. Horizontal
B. Vertical (Your Answer)
C. Lateral
D. Diagonal
Correct
35) Performance zoning according to noise levels (e.g. 55 decibels for Land
Category B, US Federal Highway Administration) would benefit churches,
schools, libraries, and residences while performance zoning according to
air·quality standards (i.e emissions) would most affect which fixed locations?
A. Vulcanizing and auto repair shops

B. large manufacturing establishments (Your Answer)
C. Seaports and wharves
D. Rotunda and street intersections
Correct
36) Based on planning framework of Prof. Ernesto Serote, which of the following
best describes infrastructure land use?
A. Construction for movement & flow of goods/people

B. Connective, circulatory, and communicative space
C. Network of man-made structures & edifices for people's comfort (Your
Answer)
D. Amalgam of steel, rock, concrete and glass to shape civilization
Correct
37) A Protected Area Management Plan guides a declared natural biotic area
under RA 7586. Under which sections of 5 ecological zoning might
Indigenous Peoples, tenured migrants and/or other residents be allowed to
Coliect and utilize natural resources using traditional melt1ods that are not in
conflict with biodiversity conservation
A. Strict protection zone & habitat management zone

B. Sustainable Use Zone & Multiple Use Zone (Your Answer)
C. Cultural zone & restoration zone
D. Special Use Zone and Buffer Zone
Correct
38) Designed by Peter Calthorpe (1993), this is a compact, mixed-use urban area
around a transport node, intermodal or rail station with commercial shops,
offices, and homes within a pedestrian-oriented radius of 800 meters
maximum. at density< 15-40 dwelling units per acre, all intended to maximize
citizen access to public transport and encourage mass ridership.
A. lntermodal Exchange Design
B. Park & Ride
C. Transit-Oriented Development (Your Answer)
D. Bus Rapid Transit
Correct
39) This document contains an LGUs proposed schedule of infrastructure projects

listed in order of construction priority usually for a timeframe of 6 years
together with cost estimates, anticipated means of financing, and commitment
of public funds for the purchase, construction, or replacement of physical
assets of the community.
A. DOTC Plan
B. Annual Investment Plan
C. Civil Works Program
D. Capital Investment Program (Your Answer)
Correct
40) Which of the following steps in the establishment of NIPAS area addresses
overlapping LGU jurisdictions?
A. Compilation of technical maps & description of protected areas

B. Census and registration of protected area occupants
C. Public notification of coverage of protected areas A
D. Boundary demarcation and monumenting (Your Answer)
Correct
41) "Land Evaluation" and "Landscape Analysis" are
A. The same and actually overlap

B. Both obsolete and no longer used
C. Used by different sets of specialists for the same land use process
(Your Answer)
D. Essentially at odds because one is scientific while the other is not
Correct
42) Which solution to reduce disaster vulnerability needs the longest-term and
most comprehensive perspective?
A. Environmental safeguards and natural protection (Your Answer)

B. Regulation of private and public infrastructure to ensure social protection
C. Safer location for settlements
D. Safer building construction
Correct
43) This is a method of trip assignment which takes into account congestion on
the transportation system and centers on determining traffic flow pattern for a
known set of inter-zonal movements so that the relationship between journey
time and flow on every link in the network should be in accordance with that
specified for the link.
A. All-or-nothing AON assignment

B. Capacity restraint (Your Answer)
C. Diversion curves
D. Shortest route method
Correct
44) One of the following strategies to solve traffic congestion belongs more
properly to specialist engineers rather than to generalist planners?
A. Travel Demand Management

B. Transport System Managemen
C. Transport Infrastructure Improvement (Your Answer)
D. Land Use Controls
Correct
45) A physical location where industry and/or commercial development is

deliberately directed; done either to reduce I growth pressures elsewhere in
the city or to redistribute growth within a city.
A. Growth Node (Your Answer)

B. Growth Hub
C. Growth Nub
D. Growth Mole
E. Growth Lump
Correct
46) According RA 10121 of 2010, this is a management process that analyzes

specific potential events of emerging situations that might-threaten Society or
the environment by establishing arrangements in advance to enable timely,
effective, and appropriate responses to such events and situations.
A. Risk Averse Planning

B. Crisis Management
C. Contingency Planning (Your Answer)
D. Search, Rescue, Retrieval & Relief
Correct
47) This refers to rights. of landowners along a water body to use the water for
their economic needs provided they return to the same body the water in
similar quality.
A. Riparian Rights (Your Answer)

B. Hydrologic Rights
C. Rights of First Use
D. Riverine Rights
Correct
48) Sea-level rise, coastal surges, coral reef damage, biodiversity decline, altered
landscapes, increased frequency and severity) of storms, floods, fires, and
droughts; heat-related diseases, increased acidity, salinization of fresh water,
failed harvests and economic losses, are among the known disasters that arise
from -
A. Tectonic and geologic movements partly caused by the push and pull of
interplanetary or astrophysic forces
B. Natural variability of atmospheric, hydrospheric, and biogeochemical
cycles which all have wayward patterns
C. Long-term disturbance of atmospheric and meteorological conditions
caused by anthropogenic sources
(Your Answer)
D. Natural heating of the Earth as it is pulled closer to the Sun at .the rate of 3
inches per completed orbit
Correct
49) Which of the following does not enhance 'connectivity' to create sociable,
livable, walkable, health-oriented communities?
A. Cul-de-sacs, cuvilinear streets, steel g&tes on roadblock comers; family

pets wander & provide biodiversity excitement (Your Answer)
B. School, church, community assembly center, plaza, and sports facilities are
located relatively close to each other.
C. 300-m average distance of homes to variety of transport choices like buses,
FX vans, and shuttles to railway stations
D. Bicycle lanes are delineated; strolling and biking promoted, 'no-car policy'
declared on selected streets during holidays.
Correct
50) This is a Section of forestland with an area of at least 100-meter radius around
rivers and springs which serve to capture freshwater sources being tapped for
domestic water supply and irrigation.
A. Hydrologic Capture Zone

B. Eco-Park
C. Water Catchment Reserve (Your Answer)
D. Escarpment
Correct
1) Under International Standards Organization ISO 14001 (1996) for business

organizations, the principle that no money should be lent or extended to any
firm that has not proven itself to be environmentally responsible, is contained
in which goal of a company's ISO 14001 Environmental Management
System?
A. To reduce overall costs

B. To attract more ethical investment (Your Answer)
C. To gain or retain market share via a green corporate image
D. To reduce prosecution risks and insurance risks
Correct
2) 'Baby Boomers' refers to those born in the period 1946-1964. Generation X

refers to those born in the years 1965-1976, and Generation "Y" or "Echo
Boomers" refers to those born in the years
A. 1980-2000
B. 2001-2010
C. 1977-2000 (Your Answer)
D. 1975-2015
Correct
3) In RA 9397's amendment to expand socialized housing options of national

local government under RA7279 UDHA, which common model/program is
being remedied for its uneven effectiveness in addressing homelessness
A. Transfer of homelot ownership in fee simple (Your Answer)
B. Public rental housing
C. Usufruct or lease with option to purchase
D. Timeshare arrangements and communal shelter
Correct
4) Also called 'cradle to grave'approach, this refers to the entire process of

investigating and valuing the environmental impacts of a given product or
service, in particular, raw materials production, manufacture, distribution, use
and disposal as well as intervening transportation steps necessitated or caused
by the product's existence, in order to identify the options least burdensome to
the natural environment.
A. Carbon Footprinting
B. Zero Waste Management
C. Industrial Design
D. Product Life Cycle Assessment (Your Answer)
Correct
5) Program Review and Evaluation Technique-Critical Path

Method(PERTCPM) is a project management technique designed to
A. Logically connect program and project

B. Mitigate effects of failed program
C. Seek efficiency of time & resources in execution & implementation
(Your Answer)
D. Identify evacuation routes and remedy errors in disaster risk estimation
Correct
6) This refers to any novel or improved product, process, gadget, or idea that
adds utility to a previous or existing good or service in the market beyond the
usual expectations of consumers and often in response to a felt demand in
society.
A. Ingenuity
B. Invention
C. Innovation
(Your Answer)
D. Improvisation
E. High tech gadgetry
Correct
7) What does an impact evaluation measure that is not dearly described in

terminal evaluational projects end?
A. Key outputs or outcomes of a project

B. Indicators, benchmarks, and milestones
C. Immediate results of an undertaking -
D. Long-term consequences on people, society, and nature (Your Answer)
Correct
8) Of the five correct criteria for conversion of farmland into non-agricultural
uses, which criterion is within the control of the investor or project proponent,
in terms of production activity, design, selection and mobilization of men,
money,materials, and machines.?
A. The reclassification of land use must be consistent with the natural

expansion of the municipality or city, as contained in their approved land
use plan
B. The area to be reclassified in use is not the only remaining food production
area of the community;
C. Areas with lower crop productivity will be accorded priority for land use
conversion;
D. The proposed project is supportive of agro-industrial development, and
will generate alternative livelihood opportunities for the affected
community. (Your Answer)
Correct
9) It is the international collective term for inclusive, non-State actors whose

aims are neither to generate profits nor to seek governing power but to unite
people around the broadest public interest based ethnical, cultural,
religious,scientific, professional, or philanthropic considerations.
A. Cause-Oriented Groups
B. Charities
C. Social Movements
D. Civil Society (Your Answer)
Correct
10) Ratio and Proportion. In 2008, the Philippines had 68 million cellphone units,
of which 63 million were used. If 35% of population in urban areas have
buying power to own and use a cellphone while only 15% of population in
rural areas can do the same. what would be the approximate number of
cellphone users in a rural barangay with 4000 people.
A. 80 (Your Answer)
B. 400
C. 600
D. 1,200
Correct
11) 17% of surveyed women wanted 2. 7 average births in contrast to aggregate

fertility rate of 3.5 births per woman; 50% of women don't want any more
children; % of women wanted to space births but could not do so, and nearly
50% of women between ages 15 and 24 have had premarital sex and have
experienced unwanted pregnancies. Which rational conclusion is supported by
above data from ESCAP study1998?
A. Filipinos' fondness for babies is waning.

B. Government and social institutions like family, church, and school need to
be stricter about people's sexual behavior
C. The women in the survey do not accurately represent the overall picture of
Filipino womenfolk
D. There is apparently an unmet need for contraception and family planning
among Filipino women
(Your Answer)
E. Filipino women are more burdened compared to men when it comes to
birth control
Correct
12) The process of facilitating and arranging activities and action-plans of

different interest-groups or sectors for the purpose of harmonizing,
synchronizing, and consolidating inputs and outputs is called
A. Input-Output process
B. Mainstreaming
C. Coordination (Your Answer)
D. Faci-pulation
Correct
13) Of the following central features of Free Market as described by classical

economics, which one has not been proved to be universally true in open
capitalist societies?
A. Law of Supply and Demand

B. Profit Motive
C. Broad Range of Consumer Choices Through Diversified Production
D. Perfect Competition (Your Answer)
Correct
14) RA 87 49 Clean Air Act, Sec. 20, generally bans burning which results in
poisonous and toxic fumes, but with a few exceptions. What agency oversees
cremation and incineration of pathological, biological, and contagious wastes?
A. Bureau of Fire Protection

B. Department of Interior and Local Government
C. Philippine Hospitals Association
D. Department of Health (Your Answer)
Correct
15) This theory propounded by James s. Coleman (1988), Robert Putnam (1993),
Diane Camey (1998) and adopted by UNOP (1997), looks at collective non-
market assets of people such as trust, solidarity, norms of reciprocity,
common purpose,equality and other resources that are inherent in social
relations and embedded in social networks.
A. Theory of Social Change

B. Social Mobilization
C. Theory of Social Learning
D. Theory of Social Capital
(Your Answer)
Correct
16) Basic principle of Heritage Conservation which holds that historic structures
and treasures should be utilized by preserving as much of their exteriors as
possible while adopting more modem uses in their interiors.
A. Total Makeover
B. Reconfigurative Renovation
C. Converted Property
D. Adaptive Reuse (Your Answer)
Correct
17) This is a provision made in advance for the gradual liquidation of a future
obligation by periodic charges against the capital account.
A. Downpayment
B. Reservation
C. Amortization (Your Answer)
D. Equity
E. Surcharge
F. Pay-off
Correct
18) Which of the following -all true -about people's participation in planning,
implementation and management holds the same meaning as the statement
"people are the principal actors, the subject rather than the object, of
development."
A. Participation increases the likelihood that policy will be effective and will
have long-term benefits as people
provide data and feedback on ground-level needs and concerns to policy-
makers and implementors.
B. People are not passive beneficiaries or mere recipients of dole-outs.
C. Participation hastens people's ownership of their problems and builds
community leadership so that they gain control over their own fate and
learn to make critical decisions for their common future. (Your Answer)
D. Community participation contributes to institutionalizing positive refonns
envisioned by changes in policy.
Correct
19) The process of obtaining from people technical advice or opinion which may
or may not be followed is called
A. Consultation (Your Answer)

B. Cooptation
C. Cooperation
D. Collaboration
Correct
20) World Bank describes this process as the expansion of assets.and capabilities
of poor people, as well as.the expansion of their freedom of choice and action,
to participate in, negotiate with, influence, control, aria hold accountable
institutions that affect their lives
A. Self-Reliance
B. Needs Achievement
C. Entitlement
D. Empowennent (Your Answer)
Correct
21) Conventional 'Euclidean' or exclusionary zoning is faulted for the following

valid reasons. Which reason comes from the feminist perspective of Jane
Jacobs, et al?
A. Rigid segregation of land uses unnecessarily lengthens travel distance to

meet other needs and discourages walking. social interaction, and
neighborly behavior favorable to local community-building
B. Self-contained, balanced, sociable communities deter crime, reduce
anomie, lessen psychological distress caused by movement to/from work
or school, increase quality family time, and prevent other social problems.
C. Exclusionary -.land use encourages satellite bedroom communities where
work and other needs are not available
D. Increased Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMl) correlates with traffic jatns,
accidents, labor productivity losses, greater greenhouse gas emissions that
aggravate air pollution, and huge external economic costs borne by society
in general
E. Mothers with infants and young children are zoned of production as jobs in
the CBD or in factory district are too far from home to enable women to
successfully carry out both domestic duties and formal employment (Your
Answer)
Correct
22) Under RA 7160 Local Government Code Section 20, reclassification of

agricultural land in component cities and first to third class municipalities is
limited to _ of farm land.
A. 5%
B. 10% (Your Answer)
C. 15%
D. 20%
Correct
23) In welfare-oriented societies, this is a shelter program designed to help

homeless individuals and families progress toward self-sufficiency in an
environment of security and support, serving as a middle point between
emergency shelter and permanent housing for a time frame-of six months to
two years.
A. Mass Housing
B. Transitional Housing (Your Answer)
C. Public Row Housing
D. Cooperative Housing
Correct
24) As per PD 856 or Sanitation Code of 1975, What should be acquired

individually by all food Workers, processors,preparers, vendors, servers in all
food establishments, whether formal or informal businesses?
A. Lung -ray & HIV-AIDS test from public hospital

B. Health Clearance from local health Office (Your Answer)
C. Food testing report from Bureau of Food and Drugs lab
D. face mask and hairnet from Department of Health
Correct
25) The French urban theorist who first said that each individual, regardless of
personal, occupational, or economic ability of achievement, has a to live in
the city in a rights-based approach to urban development ('Right to the City,'
1968)
A. Henri Lefebvre
(Your Answer)
B. Manuel Castells
C. Jean Jacques Costeau
D. Andre Gunder Frank
Correct
26) In a non-parametric test of correlation to,determine if amount of fertilizer has

a􀂞nything to do with quantity of farm yield, the following crops were
computed to have their respective difference of ranks square(d2): rice 1; com
= 0; wheat = 0; beans = 0; mongo = 1. Given 'Spearman rho' formula
"r=6Ed2/ n(n2-1)" what would be the 'r' value?
A. 1.1
B. 1.2
C. 0.9 (Your Answer)
D. 0.2
Correct
27) The second law of thermodynamics states that no man-made or natural

process operates with 100% efficiency and therefore, waste is inherent in all
nature, and waste will always be generated.
A. Thermal Wasting
B. Atrophy
C. Entropy (Your Answer)
D. Dissipation
Correct
28) Which one do you like?
A. Option 1 (Your Answer)

B. Option 2
C. Option 3
D. Option 4
Correct
29) Which part of the feasibility study aims to determine a projects desirability in
terms of its net contribution to the overall welfare of the locality, region, or
country as a whole?
A. Sensitivity analysis
B. Discriminant analysis
C. Stakeholder or distributive analysis
D. Economic analysis
(Your Answer)
Correct
30) Also called 'subscription money,' this is a deposit given to the seller to show
that the potential buyer has serious intentions about the transaction.
A. Mobilization fund
B. Subornment
C. Marked money
D. Earnest money (Your Answer)
E. Grease money
Correct
31) Between census years 1990 and 2007, the lowest population growth rates per
annum in Metro Manila occurred in .San Juan, -0.03%; City of Manila,
0.09%; Pasay, 0.22%; Makati, 0.3%; Mandaluyong, 0.53% (versus highest
rate at 2.12% in Taguig City). Which of the following statements, all valid,
most considers sustainable capacity and livability?
A. These NCR areas have higher daytime population than nighttime

population.
B. These NCR areas are likely approaching their viable population limits.
(Your Answer)
C. These NCR areas tend to physically decay with population density beyond
a tolerable range.
D. New or young families in these NCR areas are likely to settle somewhere
else.
Correct
32) This refers to a set of accounts, usually in monetary figures, widely used in
the analysis of inter-industry relationships and the extent of
importing/exporting among industries within an economy whether focal,
regional, or national.
A. Value added chain
B. Input/output model (Your Answer)
C. Discounted cash flow tables
D. Inter-area analysis
Correct
33) The following reasons underlie locational motivation of urban poor to live in
slum Colonies and shantytowns. Which􀂞 reason is socio-cultural in nature
and serves to compensate for the lack of livelihood and employment
opportunities in cities?
A. Proximity to low-skill jobs and sources of income in the urban services

Sector, both formal and informal
B. Zero to low land rents and occupancy fees in marginal lands, residual
public lands, easements, and danger 􀂞ones
C. Kinship-based, ethnic-related personal networks serving as safety nets that
provide social solidarity and reciprocity (Your Answer)
D. Alternative modes of access to squatter areas by water through rivers,
canals, and coasts
E. Ease of disposal of solid wastes and liquid wastes into esteros, creeks, and
ditches.
F. Coddling by traditional patronage politicians because of voting power of
large concentrations of urban poor
Correct
34) Of the following solutions to address urban slums, which one adopts an 'as is,
where is' approach and hence not conducive to 'land assembly' for an
integrated holistic settlement?
A. Off-site resettlement
B. In-city relocation
C. On-site slum upgrading (Your Answer)
D. Land readjustment
E. Medium-rise tenements as temporary shelter
F. Collaborative models such as Gawad Kalinga and 'Habitat for Humanity'
Correct
35) Of the following forms of evidence that Indigenous Peoples can use to claim
aboriginal land, which category of evidence needs substantial assistance from
a planner with extensive background in anthropology?
A. Tax declarations and proof of payment of taxes; survey plans and/or sketch
maps;
B. Old improvements such as planted trees, stone walls, rice fields, water
systems, orchards, farms,monuments, houses and other old structures, or
pictures thereof;
C. Historical accounts, Spanish Documents, ancient documents;
D. Genealogical surveys; written and oral testimonies of living witnesses
made under oath; written records of customs and traditions (Your Answer)
E. Burial grounds or pictures thereof religious sites andfor artifacts in the area
Correct
36) According to BP 220, if the minimum distance between 2 two-storey houses

is 4 meters, and 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 roof
A. 0.25m
B. 0.50m (Your Answer)
C. 1.00m
D. 1.75m
Correct
37) An enumerative method of study which covers all the units of a population is
called
A. Holism
B. Gestalt
C. Sociology
D. Census (Your Answer)
Correct
38) Land use conversion is limited by reclassification ceilings under various legal
issuances. Under AFMA, only 5% of the SAFDZ areas may be converted to
other uses, while RA 7160 Local Government Code Sec. 20 limits it to
A. 15% of the agricultural land in highly urbanized (Your Answer)

B. 20% of total arable land in any LGU
C. 10 %of total cultivable land in any city and independent chartered cities
D. 25% of total alienable and disposable land
Correct
39) In the 21st century, many economically-poor but naturally-endowed countries

have focused on the "Pleasure Economy" or the "Experience Economy"
through such flagship programs as ecotourism, cultural tourism, me?ical
tourism, adventure & sports tourism, arts, 'high-touch' activities, high fashion
design or haute couture, etc which are together called
A. Tertiary services sector

B. Quaternary services sector
C. Quinary services sector
(Your Answer)
D. Recreational and visitorial services sector
Correct
40) Related to time value of money (v) this refers to the rate used to adjust the
future streams of costs and benefits U into their present value, taking into
account time preference, opportunity cost of capital, externalities from
currency and exchange, risk, and uncertainty.
A. Inflation rate
B. Discount rate (Your Answer)
C. Investment rate
D. Depreciation rate
Correct
41) The historic shift of birth and death rates from high to low levels, signaling
t'"le tendency of total population to decline after replacement-level fertility
(1.1 % to 1.5%) has been attained, is called
A. Population Reversal
B. Demographic Transition (Your Answer)
C. Population Shift
D. Demographic Deceleration
Correct
42) This family of cross-disciplinary, cross-sectoral approaches in research

engages communities to share their - indigenous knowledge, analyze their
local -conditions, in order to plan and to act on their own problems, through
dialogic and participatory processes such as cross-walking, transect, semi-
structured interviews, community mapping, preference ranking, seasonal and
historical diagrams, and other tools of rapid rural appraisal (RRA).
A. Interactive Andragogy
B. Participatory Action Research (Your Answer)
C. Virtual Learning Network
D. Social Anthropology
Correct
43) 'Ekistics' or the science of human settlements by Dr Konstantinos Doxiadis

was built upon the Concept of "basic needs," which were later categorized by
Johann Galtung into material survival & Security needs," "social or
enabling needs," and non-material human needs. Which grouping of needs
was elaborated on by Abraham Maslow?
A. Food, water, clothing, shelter, sanitation, health care, energy/fuel,

employment, peace and Order,
B. Self-expression, sex, procreation, recreation, education, communication,
and transportation
C. Physiological needs, physical safety, love and belongingness, esteem, self-
actualization/self-realization (Your Answer)
D. Freedom, security, identity, well-being, ecological balance
Correct
44) This is an intuitive method of demand analysis, needs assessment, or

forecasting which gathers the independent views and judgments of recognized
experts in panel discussion; or pols and consolidates their expert opinions thru
a survey.
A. Crystal Ball
B. Knowledge Management
C. Delphi Technique (Your Answer)
D. Oracle Method
E. Authoritative Approach
Correct
45) The declared population policy of the Philippine government 2001-2010

aimed to
A. Uplift reproductive health of women as basis of population management

B. Support couples in making decisions on the timing, spacing, and the
number of children they want in accordance with their cultural and
religious beliefs
(Your Answer)
C. Encourage use of contraception among married couples
D. Enforce one-child rule for all couples
Correct
46) Specific principle contained in RA 7279 UDHA that 'developers of proposed

subdivision projects shall be required to develop an ares for socialized
housing equivalent to at least 20% of total subdivision area or total
subdivision project cost, at the option of developer, within the same city or
municipality, whenever feasible, so that both government and market can
jointly provide for the needs of lower socio-economic classes
A. Public Private Resources Exchange

B. Cooperative Housing Development
C. Balanced Housing Development (Your Answer)
D. Corporate Social Responsibility
Correct
47) In a PERT-CPM, this is a starting node to two or more activities
A. Concurrent node
B. Merge node
C. Simultaneous nodes
D. Burst node (Your Answer)
Correct
48) The main difference between the economic method of projecting population
growth and the "mathematical methods" (arithmetic, geometric formulae, etc.)
is that
A. The former takes into account movement of people while the latter only
considers reproduction and deaths.
B. The former forecasts varying rates of growth of local economic output and
creates alternative scenarios.
(Your Answer)
C. The latter does not consider force majeure or recurrent natural disasters.
D. The latter is based upon the assumption of do nothing while the former
ignores historic patterns.
Correct
49) A member of the advocacy/activist/equity school of planning, this planner

wrote the classic "Eight Rungs in the Ladder of Citizen Participation" which
describes the varying degrees of people's involvement in policies, plans, and
programs.
A. Ralph Nader
B. Susan S. Fainstein
C. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr
D. Sherry Amstein (Your Answer)
Correct
50) What does ex post facto evaluation seek to do?
A. Describe conditions under which an undertaking is effective

B. Identify any unanticipated effects of an undertaking
C. Detemiine whether stated goals have been achieved

Correct
1) What effect does urbanization have on rainfall-runoff relationships?
A. Impermeable surfaces tend to inhibit infiltration and thus increase peak

flood discharges
B. Storm sewers tend to route runoff to streams more quickly and thus reduce
the lag times
C. Urbanization tends to decrease the recurrence interval of any given flood
D. Urbanization tends to increase the frequency of any given flood
Correct
2) The 'clutter -Of cities' consists of disorderly, crisscrossing

electricity/telephone utility cables, superfluous signages, political oversized
billboards advertizing messages of sensualism, materialism, and conspicuous
consumption all -of which hinder ones appreciation of outstanding built
structures and cityscapes.
A. Visual blight (Your Answer)

B. Litter and nuisance
C. Aesthetic decay
D. Street anarchy
E. Communicative pollution
Correct
3) An example of positive easement is one that
A. Preserves a certain habitat (Your Answer)

B. Protects a certain stream
C. Allows the right to harvest a natural crop
D. Stipulates not to drain a wetland
Correct
4) What relevant maps would have to be combined in order to construct a

composite hydrometeorologic risk map?
A. Historic paths of Philippines' 21 cyclones average per year over a ten-year

period
B. Precipitation, cloudiness, mean temperature,wind patterns of southwest &
northeast monsoons, high tide and low tide
C. Location of population, type of climate, average rainfall,slope, elevation,
rivers and waterways, 50 yr or 100-yr flood level (Your Answer)
D. Coastal surges, saltwater intrusion,groundwater overdraft,land subsidence,
loss of soil strength, liquefaction hazard
Correct
5) Which the following indicates good site planning?
A. Best Orientation to Sun, Sea and Wind

B. Congruence and compatibility with its surrounding
C. Proactive features to anticipate possibility of disaster
D. Maximized space
E. Efficient circulation
Correct
6) The body under the immediate control and supervision of the President of the
Philippines, charged with the main function of coordinating the activities of the
government housing agencies to ensure the accomplishment of the National
Shelter Program.
A. NEDA
B. HUDCC (Your Answer)
C. NHA
D. HLURB
Correct
7) This nonrenewable resource is the most pollutive source of energy that

releases toxic elements such as lead and arsenic
A. Krypton
B. Coal (Your Answer)
C. Hydropower
D. Titanium
E. Natural gas
F. Ethanol
Correct
8) 'it is the merchants ethos, with our consent,that sustains the slumlord and the
land rapist,.the polluters of rivers and atmosphere.In the name of profit they
preempt the seashore and sterilize the landscape, fell the great forests, fill
protective marshes,build cynically in the flood plain. It is the claim of
convenience - or its illusion - that drives the expressway through
neighborhoods, homes, and priceless parks, a taximeter of indifferent greed'
A. Jane Jacobs
B. Ian McHarg (Your Answer)
C. Konstantinos Doxiadis
D. Rachel Carson
E. Ame Naess
Correct
9) All of the following, except one, interfere in the harnessing of Solar energy
and natural Wind by means of photovoltaic cells, windmills and turbines?
A. Oversized roadside tarpaulin signs

B. Height restrictions in zoning
C. Large smokestack cylinders and industrial chimneys
D. Trees in urban parks and on street medians (Your Answer)
Correct
10) A 'single detached dwelling unit' is defined as a house that is
A. Good for one household

B. Intended for ownership
C. Completely surrounded by a yard (Your Answer)
D. With one or more of its sides abutting the property line
Correct
11) Which of the following population characteristics are important in

determining 'housing need'?
A. Socio-economic characteristics
B. Overcrowding
C. Formation of new households/families
D. In-migration, out-migration
E. AIl of the choices (Your Answer)
Correct
12) A "tripolar" or "bipolar" form in municipal CLUP would focus on

comprehensively developing new sections as magnets or complete attractions
for population and business,in order to ease pressure on traditional center, and
is an example of
A. Simple Dispersion
B. Concentrated Dispersion (Your Answer)
C. Simple Concentration
D. Compact Development
Correct
13) The natural movement downslope of soil, regolith,or rocks under the
influence of gravity without seismic motion or heavy · rainfallis collectively
called
A. Avalanche
B. Mass wasting (Your Answer)
C. Crustal abrasion
D. Erosion by wind
E. Shear stress
Correct
14) In air-conditioning systems, the term 'free cooling'is used to describe the use
of the cooling capacity of ambient air to directly cool the space,thereby:
A. Reducing the peak cooling load (Your Answer)

B. Reducing the running hours of the chiller
C. Increasing ventilation rates
D. Increasing the size of chiller required
Correct
15) Which natural source of energy can be tapped by barangays and cooperatives
for the electrification of all rural villages
A. Tidal power and Ocean current

B. Coal and natural gas
C. Solar energy (Your Answer)
D. Geothennal
E. Methane and biogas from sanitary landfills, septic tanks, sewage treatment
F. Biomass
Correct
16) 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 at the equator
o.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 at the prime meridian to 180° at the International Date Line.
A. Landmass and ocean

B. Cartesian x,y points
C. North pole and south pole
D. Latitude and longitude (Your Answer)
Correct
17) Which sensual type enables one to identify materials at a distance?
A. Auditory
B. Olfactory
C. Visual (Your Answer)
D. Themal
E. tactile
F. Kinesthetic
Correct
18) Which agency is tasked with the registration of subdivision and condominium
dealers, brokers,salesmen, associations?
A. National Housing Authority

B. Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board (Your Answer)
C. Securities and Exchange Commission
D. Presidential Commission on the Urban Poor
E. Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council
F. Professional Regulation Commission
Correct
19) Which one is not an innovative element of Planned Unit Development?
A. Culde sac, horseshoe design, and motorcourt (Your Answer)

B. Usable open space
C. Complementarity of building types
D. Preservation of significant natural land features
Correct
20) Which of the following urban street layout creates the most severe transport
congestion?
A. Gridiron or rectilinear
B. Circumferential & radial
C. Un-linear/strip development (Your Answer)
D. Irregular free pattern
Correct
21) 'Smart Growth USA,' with its ten declared principles, deliberately combats
'amorphic sprawl' by means of
A. Mixed use zoning rather than conventional exclusionary zoning

B. Design of walkable, bikable, sociable, health-oriented settlements
C. Residential,commercial, institutional uses are integrated & clustered
D. Interconnected modes of transport
E. Compact development through infilling
Correct
22) This refers to phenomenon in an area of high building density where heat
buildup is intense and characterized by mean temperature increase of Celsius
due to solar reflectance on impervious surfaces, concentration of air
pollutants, dust dome, and smog, all affecting local air circulation and micro-
climatic conditions.
A. Kelvin Aberration
B. Pollution Plumes
C. Thennal Dorne
D. Infernal City
E. Urban Heat Island (Your Answer)
Correct
23) A tool used to create elite landscapes that convey socio-economic identity,
characterized by imitation of rustic estates or feudal-age manors, detailed
ornamental iconography,and other manifestations of conspicuous
consumption
A. Milionaires 'row
B. Red light boulevard
C. Gentrification yacht and polo club (Your Answer)
D. Large lot zoning
Correct
24) This refers to the goal or principle of Urban Design that a place needs to
foster a 'sense of security and pleasantness' emanating from
A. Legibility
B. Imageability
C. SIR - smooth interpersonal relations (Your Answer)
D. Conviviality
E. Peace and tranquility
Correct
25) Under the National Building Code,residence is not just the home structure
proper but can include accessory structures such as private garage, servants
quarter, storehouse, home office,sari sari, and -
A. Carinderia
B. Farm and poultry
C. Day care center
D. guardhouse (Your Answer)
E. Warehouse
Correct
26) What is the mechanism that causes land subsidence?

A. A reductionin subsurface.fluid pressures within sedimentarylayers (Your
Answer)
B. An increase in weight at the land surface
C. A heavy rainfall for a prolonged time period
D. The dissolution of soluble bedrock suclh as limestone exposed at the land
surface
Correct
27) An aerial photograph taken from a helicopter at a height of 80 meters would

produce a map scale of 1:60 with a margin of error of 15 millimeters.If taken
from an airplane at an altitude of 1O,OOOm, what would be the resulting map
scale?
A. 1 : 1,000
B. 1 : 2,000
C. 1 : 5,000
D. 1 : 25,000 (Your Answer)
Correct
28) Presidential Decree 2146 defines amenity areas' as those With high aesthetic
values such as the following,except one.
A. Outstanding landscapes, Seascapes, and ViewScapes

B. Planetarium, space observatory, and science centrum (Your Answer)
C. Heritage sites and historic places
D. (D) municipal plazas and public parks
Correct
29) 6. 'intensity' varies from place to place according to its distance from the
epicenter of a tremor,while _ approximates the total physical energy released
at the epicenter during a seismic movement.
A. "scale"
B. "heft''
C. "grade'
D. "magnitude" (Your Answer)
E. "enormity"
Correct
30) Which is not a benefit from having large green space in cities?
A. Absorbs air pollution

B. Gives off oxygen
C. Cools the air as Water transpires
D. Provides habitat to wild beasts (Your Answer)
E. Provides shade withless electricity required
F. Muffles noise and creates anisland of peace
Correct
31) An eco-centric urban design would focus on
A. 'oikos' or the dynamics of the home as a collection of kindred individuals

B. Human thrill and excitement derived from living with biodiverse species
and wild beasts
C. Rhythm and balance of the ecosystem; human communion with Nature in a
spiritual as well as ethical sennse (Your Answer)
D. Man's self-satisfaction as the apex of Creation and master-subduer of the
Earth as stated in the Holy Scnptures
Correct
32) Under Leadership in Ehergy and Environmental Design (LEED) of the US

Green Building Council,which refers to 'xeriscapir
A. Planting trees that can provide food for building occupants such as
mango,avocado, apple, and orange trees.
B. Landscape design_ that requires little or no irrigation or maintenance
C. Using artificial turf in place of real glass on parts of a building
D. Advanced drip irrigation system that responds to water demand by sensing
soil moisture content (Your Answer)
E. Landscape design that directs the flow of rainwater on-site to the area that
requires the most irrigation.
Correct
33) In a computer graphics/mapping system, this is a data structure for

representing point and line data by means of geometric coordinates;it can also
be a set of line segments joined end-to-end to make a curved path in space
A. Vector (Your Answer)

B. Polygon
C. Curvature
D. Field
E. Node
Correct
34) Which design can be credited for 'Community Connectivity' under LEED of
the US Green Building Council?
A. Greenfield site located within short walking distance to many common

amenities(Your Answer)
B. Public rental housng connected by on-ramps to alarge freeway intersection
C. Seven-storey commercial building linked to•a food processing plant at a
center a 10 hectare complex
D. Socialized housing site beside academic buildings of a state university
E. Suburban brownfield within 500 meters from light rail public
transportation
Correct
35) This refers to aerial photographs that have been rectified to produce a;;
accurate image of the Earth by removing ti!t of p!anet, relief displacements,
and topographic distortions which occurred when the photo was taken from an
airplane
A. Photogrammetry
B. Orthophotography (Your Answer)
C. Remote sensing
D. Geomatics
E. Geodetics
Correct
36) What type of distance in space is that which is psychological and is indicated
by a hidden band that contains two or more individuals in a group?
A. Critical distance
B. Hypnotic distance
C. Flight distance
D. Personal distance (Your Answer)
E. Social distance
Correct
37) At the headwaters of a stream where the local gradient/energy is highest,the

process of 'erosion' dominates while at thestream's base level where a delta
forms,t.t)e process that dominates is called
A. Percolation
B. Evapo-transpiration
C. Sedimentation (Your Answer)
D. Nundation
E. Infiltration
Correct
38) In the Philippines,low density housing development means dwelling units per
hectare.
A. 35 and below (Your Answer)

B. 36 to 150
C. 151 to 210
D. 211and above
Correct
39) Because of the permanent danger zone,no settlement, barangay, sitio, or purok
ought to be established at the foot of an active Volcano within a radius of
A. 4 kms (Your Answer)

B. 5 kms
C. 6 kms
D. 7 kms
E. 8 kms
Correct
40) This refers to the establishment of mini-forests or small nature parks, lining
roads and highways with trees, shrubs, or ornamental plants, and ground
landscaping of Schools, hospitals, and other government agencies in order to
improve the environment in built-up areas.
A. Reforestation
B. Miniature Forestry
C. Urban Forestry (Your Answer)
D. Silvicuture
E. Agro-Forestry
Correct
41) What are the elements of urban form?
A. Infill, densification, property conversion, retrofitting

B. Vertical, horizontal,diagonal,curvilinear
C. Beauty, amenity, safety, convenie:ice.functionality
D. Land use, transport network, layout, building types,density (Your Answer)
Correct
42) Tremors or vibrations of the Earth due to shock waves ge11erated by the
rupturing of deep ayer rocks are known as
A. Raptures
B. Fault scarp
C. Earthquakes (Your Answer)
D. Continental drift
E. Plate tectonics
Correct
43) What does 'lag time' refer to in the context of flooding?
A. The time required to clean up an area following a flood

B. The time it takes for emergency officials to provide relief to residents of a
flood-stricken area
C. The time it takes for streamflow to travel from the drainage divide to the
mouth of the stream
D. The time between rainfall and peak streamflow (Your Answer)
Correct
44) In the perception of space,which sense affects placement of rooms which

could limit unpleasant odors?
A. Auditory
B. Olfactory (Your Answer)
C. Visual
D. Thermal
E. Tactile
F. Kinesthetic
Correct
45) In eco-engineering or convergence analysis as popularized by Dr Meliton

Juanico, what kind of map is derived by superimposing 'land suitability' and
'physical constraints' on 'existing land use'?
A. Proposed land use (Your Answer)

B. Agro-ecological zones
C. Heritage & tourism overlay zones
D. Disaster-resilient communities
Correct
46) In a computer graphics/mapping system, the point at which a line changes

direction or tenninates
A. Vertex (8) vortex (Your Answer)

B. Centrifuge
C. Intercept
D. intersect
Correct
47) 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 (Your Answer)

B. Permeable soils
C. Plasticity of clay bottom
D. Filtration by its wetlands
Correct
48) The followingare all environmentally critical areas under Presidential Decree
2146. If a common hazard such as geologic fault line runs through all of
them,which of these areas would have the greatest risk?
A. (A) areas with critical slopes

B. Natural parks, Watershed reserves, Wildlife preserves, and Sanctuaries.
C. Areas traditionally occupied by ICCs/lPS (Your Answer)
D. Habitat of any endangered or threatened species or indigenous Philippine
Wildlife (flora and fauna)
Correct
49) Which is not a key element of hazard mitigation planning?
A. Land-use plans
B. Development control or management
C. Land titles (Your Answer)
D. Hazard assessment
Correct
50) 'Hazard' differs from 'risk' in that
A. 'Hazard' can be avoided while 'risk' always resultin disaster

B. 'Hazard' can be remedied or mitigated while risk is imminent and
inevitable.
C. 'Hazard'is merely geologic while risk is essentially economic.
D. 'Hazard' refers to likely occurrence of natural events while 'risk' involves
clear and present threat to human life, propety, and.community
welfare.' (Your Answer)

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A. Reduce need to travel

A. 2 meters (Correct Answer)

A. Select, Talk, Articulate ,Relate

A. Loss of fertile delta regions for agriculture

A. A kind of tree that grows in the wrong place

A. Unhampered flow of ideas, people, goods and services (Your Answer)

A. Office of the Mayor/Local Chief Executive

A. Large annual funding for highway maintenance (Your Answer)

A. Requires that all government actions be the least restrictive means of

A. Oxygen was used for photosynthesis. (Your Answer)

A. Controls on public transport (Correct Answer)

A. Restrictive covenants (Your Answer)

A. Community disruption, relocation and the required land acquisition

A. Ability to provide baseline data (Your Answer)

A. Congenital defects and deformations due to mutation

A. Nitrous Oxide - N20

A. 2.47 (Your Answer)

A. Course of Tai Chi and 'Qi Gong' exercises to de-stress drivers

A. Prescribed dimensions according to hierarchy of roads

A. Greater incidence of road accidents

A. Traditional indigenous family dwellings

A. An educated guess being tested by numerous experiments

1) If "pre-industrial society" is mainly agricultural, kinship-based, self-

A. Minimizes farming to channel capital into factories

2) Due to greater division of labor, there is more heterogeneity of population and

A. Primitive subsistence society

5) According to the Chicago school of human ecology, 'Invasion' refers to how

6) This refers to a period in US planning history (1890s) when cities were

A. New Towns Movement

7) Which of the following is not a feature of Frank Lloyd Wrights 'Broadacre

8) An approach in urban planning that puts premium on people and nature by

9) In Clarence Steins Six Principles of Regional Planning (1920), which one

A. Plan simply, but comprehensively

12) What is the smallest unit in the human settlements planning" by Dr

A. Highly Urbanized Cities

A. At least 200,000 (Correct Answer)

17) In Walter Christaller's central place theory (1933), neighborhood store is an

A. Secondary services (Your Answer)

21) In the following formal statement on population policy(2010-2016) from

A. " ... I am against abortion as outlawed by the Philippine Constitution.

A. Integration & rationalization

23) A duly-registered cooperative acquires a river-dredging machinery and

A. Hospitality and festivity (Your Answer)

A. Local Chief Executive

30) Which is a significant accomplishment of "Advocacy Planning" movement as

A. Single women with children were assisted to find employment

31) "Decide, announce, defend" summarizes "top-down" planning and

A. Delegate, deload, discharge

33) UN-FAO standards_state that at least 5.7 hectares of aggregate urban-land

39) In classic urban morphology, since cemeteries' perform solemn private

A. Prime agricultural land

40) 'Performance Zoning' can be described as a tool that

A. Allows property owners with limited development rights to buy additional

44) Under Executive Order 23 dated February 1,2011 declaring moratorium on

A. Concessions signed by DENR secretary

A. Utilize, cultivate, develop

47) Which is not an instrument to prove private rights over land?

A. When persons occupy railroad tracks, RROW, sidewalks, transmission

50) Below are some of the documented deficiencies of governments socialized

A. 24 sq.m. is inappropriate for large urban families which are typically

1) In the conventional land economics by Raleigh Barlowe (1958), what are