From sample test
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
Help!
|
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First indoor shopping center | Southlake Center, Minnesota 1956
🗑
|
||||
| Location of wireless towers is a decision by what level of government? | Local government
🗑
|
||||
| What is the name of a federally designated that is economically distressed? | Empowerment zone, can get subsidies and incentives
🗑
|
||||
| Limits for air and water emissions? | Effluent standards
🗑
|
||||
| Which federal act provided funds for urban renewal? | Housing Act of 1954
🗑
|
||||
| What is the timeframe covered in a CIP? | One year
🗑
|
||||
| What is the best technique to use in resolving conflict in a community? | Consensus building
🗑
|
||||
| Who was the first president of the ASPO? | Alfred Bettman
🗑
|
||||
| In what city was the first Historic Preservation Commission? | New Orleans, 1924
🗑
|
||||
| What is included in an economic base analysis? | Job projections, current demographics, inventory of office/industry space and occupancies
🗑
|
||||
| What type of zoning provides for the developer to include affordable housing? | Inclusionary zoning
🗑
|
||||
| Who developed the equity planning theory? | Krumholz
🗑
|
||||
| What was Innes known for? | Consensus building
🗑
|
||||
| What was Etzioni known for? | Mixed scanning theory
🗑
|
||||
| What was Davidoff known for? | Advocacy planning
🗑
|
||||
| What does the BZA review? | Variance requests (quasi-judicial)
🗑
|
||||
| What does the Planning Commission review? | Rezoning, plats, sometimes CIP
🗑
|
||||
| What is groupware? | Variety of electronic technologies to support distance collaboration (hardware, software, internet)
🗑
|
||||
| What were the key aspects of the Agins v Tiburon case? | Deprivation of economically viable use, and failing to advance the public interest
🗑
|
||||
| What was Ian McHarg known for? | Design with Nature
🗑
|
||||
| How many cell towers were in the US in 2005? | 150,000
🗑
|
||||
| What was a key aspect of the Dolan v Tigard case? | Requirement of development fees in lieu of dedication
🗑
|
||||
| What was a key aspect of the Home Builders v City of Livermore case? | Timing of development (building permits)
🗑
|
||||
| What Department of Commerce information can assist in planning for the future economy? | Twelve leading indicators that measure the direction of the economy
🗑
|
||||
| What movement/organization is associated with boycotts and marches? | Alinsky's Organizations
🗑
|
||||
| What are key features of conflict resolution? | Feedback and compromise
🗑
|
||||
| What type of engagement method could be used with planning staff informally? | Open space
🗑
|
||||
| Who is associated with incremental planning? | Lindblom, wrote "Muddling Through"
🗑
|
||||
| What are the six transects? | Natural, rural, sub-urban, general urban, urban center, urban core
🗑
|
||||
| What APA document was developed to encourage states to revise standard state zoning? | Growing Smart Legislative Guidebook
🗑
|
||||
| James Kunstler
🗑
|
|||||
| What year did ASPO and APA combine? | 1978
🗑
|
||||
| What is a pedestrian pocket? Who developed the idea? | 110 acres with park in the middle, mixed use, walkable, etc. Peter Calthorpe
🗑
|
||||
| Where was the first Council of Governments? | Detroit, 1954
🗑
|
||||
| Who is associated with the idea of "satisficing?" | Herbert Simon
🗑
|
||||
| What does the 14th Amendment address? | Due process, substantive due process, procedural due process, equal protection
🗑
|
||||
| What does the 5th Amendment address? | Just compensation for takings, eminent domain
🗑
|
||||
| What does the 1st Amendment address? | Freedom of speech, religion, association; signage, adult uses, group homes
🗑
|
||||
| What does this case address: FCC v Florida Power | Takings claim; utility rents
🗑
|
||||
| How many people per square mile in US in 2000? | 79.6
🗑
|
||||
| Who is associated with the sector theory? | Homer Hoyt
🗑
|
||||
| How much energy can be saved by lowering thermostat by 1 degree? | 1 to 3 percent
🗑
|
||||
| What is included in the Federal Propery Administration Act of 1949? | Disposal of federal government property
🗑
|
||||
| What does this case address: Berman v Parker | Eminent domain; land can be condemned based on aesthetic considerations (public purpose)
🗑
|
||||
| What is performance zoning? | Regulates the character of the use instead of simply regulating the use itself
🗑
|
||||
| How big is the a township square? | 36 square miles (government survey method)
🗑
|
||||
| What is a special district? | A way to provide a single service when it comes to financing/budgeting. Allowed under special review
🗑
|
||||
| What was the event "Listening to the City?" | 5,000 New Yorkers gathered in Manhattan to participate in a modern town meeting (July 2, 2002)
🗑
|
||||
| Who wrote "Modern Housing" | Catherine Bauer, in 1934
🗑
|
||||
| What are revenue bonds? | Bonds that are often sold for projects that will produce revenue
🗑
|
||||
| What are some of the advantages of subdivision regulations? | Control the process for subdividing, ensure developers design in the correct manner, preservation of land records
🗑
|
||||
| What is a standard that deals with both air and water quality? | Ambient
🗑
|
||||
| What is the variance? | Measure of dispersion around the mean
🗑
|
||||
| What is a tributary? | Stream, or other body of water, that intermittently contributes water in small quanities to a larger stream or body of water
🗑
|
||||
| What is effluent? | Discharge of pollutants into the environment
🗑
|
||||
| What does this case address: Suitum v Tahoe Regional Planning Agency? | Takings. 1997
🗑
|
||||
| For an efficient home heating system, what level of insulation should be used for exterior walls (on average)? | R-11 to R-28
🗑
|
||||
| What are components of zero-based budgeting? | Budget broken into decision packages; budget starts from scratch; decision packages tied to long-range plan
🗑
|
||||
| What is "descriptive statistics?" | Statistical method used when you have information on the entire population
🗑
|
||||
| What is a marsh? | Type of wetland that does not accumulate appreciable peat deposits and is dominated by herbaceous vegetation
🗑
|
||||
| What percent of costs might a programmable thermostat save? | 20 percent
🗑
|
||||
| What percent of costs might be saved by closing air conditioning vents in an unoccupied room? | 5 to 10 percent
🗑
|
||||
| What federal legislation was passed in 1972? | Water Pollution Act, Coastal Zone Management Act
🗑
|
||||
| Where was the first regional planning commission located? | Los Angeles, 1922
🗑
|
||||
| What is the CCA? | Community Character Act
🗑
|
||||
| PSD standards deal with regulations to prevent what? | Significant deterioration of high quality airsheds
🗑
|
||||
| What is the oldest type of legal description? | Metes and bounds
🗑
|
||||
| What does the Indian Reorganization Act do? | Decrease federal control of tribes; increase tribal self government; encourage written constitutions; provide power to manage own affairs; establish revolving credit fund
🗑
|
Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Created by:
AICPstudy
Popular Standardized Tests sets