Urban

PLANNING
By Ar. Rendell K. Sotto
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1. Motor courts in subdivision shall have a right-of-

way of NOT less than ___ meters.

a. 3
b. 4
c. 6
d. 5
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2. What is the width of the major road right-of-

way, in meters, for subdivision of projects size 2.5
hectares and below?

a. 10
b. 4
c. 6
d. 8
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3. What is the width of the minor road right-of-

way, in meters, for subdivision of projects size 2.5
hectares and below?

a. 8
b. 5
c. 6
d. 4
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4. What is the width of the major road right-of-

way, in meters, for subdivision of projects size
above 5 to 10 hectares?

a. 6
b. 10
c. 9
d. 12
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5. What is the width of the minor road right-of-

way, in meters, for subdivision of projects size
above 5 to 10 hectares?

a. 6
b. 12
c. 8
d. 10
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6. The following statement is NOT relevant to

space planning.

a. How people will move through the spaces is

considered.
b. Who will use the space should be considered.
c. How people spend their time in the building is
considered.
d. How the building design character will adapt to
the community is considered.
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7. The following statement is NOT relevant to

space planning.

a. Privacy of people is considered

b. Proper selection of competent engineering
consultants is considered
c. Elements like lighting and ventilation are
considered
d. Accessibility or making the space easy to use is
considered
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8. What should a prospective home builder/owner

first do before proceeding with his/her project?

a. Select his/her engineer

b. Select his/her construction manager
c. Prepares his/her budget
d. Select his/her architect
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9. What should an architect first do when he/she

comes across a prospective client?

a. Submits professional brief and fee proposal

b. Sign service agreement
c. Submits concept designs
d. Undertake preliminary research
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10. Which of the process comes first?

a. Prepare contract documents

b. Sign a service agreement
c. Prepare design development
d. Submits design concept
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11. What stage of the process does the professional

of the architect is approved by the owner?

a. After the submission of the schematic design

b. During the submission of the schematic design
c. Before the submission of the schematic design
d. During the submission of the concept design
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12. What stage of the process does the probable

cost of the project is submitted to the owner?

a. Before signing the service agreement

b. After the approval of the schematic design
c. During the submission of the schematic design
d. After signing the service agreement
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13. The law that governs the design of low-cost

housing is

a. RA 9266
b. PD 1096
c. BP 220
d. BP 344
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14. A lot or land intended for construction site can

be best described by its ___.

a. TCT
b. lot plan
c. Site survey
d. OCT
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15. A land or easement reserved for transportation

purpose is ___.

a. Right of way
b. Highway
c. Alley
d. Street
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16. What is RROW?

a. Recreational right if way

b. Rough road of ways
c. Road right of way
d. Right road of way
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17. What is an OCT?

a. Overland Committee for Transport

b. Original Certificate of Title
c. Over-all Certificate of Title
d. Original Copy of Title
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18. Defined as intensive foci from which the

observer is traveling

a. Paths
b. Edges
c. Nodes
d. Districts
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19. Most dominant element for most person's

image of the city.

a. Paths
b. Nodes
c. Edges
d. Districts
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20. Responsive environments that focus on details,

with a wide vocabulary of visual cues possess.

a Legibility
b. Visual appropriateness
c. Variety
d. Personalization
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21. The shape of urban cities formed by two

corridors of intense development crossing the
center.

a. Radio-centric
b. Articulated sheet
c. Rectilinear
d. Linear
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22. Determines current housing needs.

a. Housing to be replaced
b. Housing for new family formation
c. Housing for new family formation
d. All of the above
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23. Describes the housing shortage or backlog.

a. Difference between number of acceptable

housing & number of families
b. Housing for new family formation
c. Housing produced minus existing housing
d. All of the above
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24. Type of urban ecological process in land use

planning patterning in cities or communities
defined as the entrance of a new population
and/or facilities into an occupied area

a. Succession
b. Invasion
c. Concentration
d. Decentralization
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25. In the increase of urban population, which of

the following factors indicates excess of in-
migration over out-migration.

a. Natural increase
b. Reclassification
c. Concentration
d. Net Migration
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26. Factors indicating Net Migration.

a. Excess of births over deaths

b. Excess in young population
c. Excess of in-migration over out-migration
d. Rural areas having achieved urban status
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27. Urban design control that allows builders and

developers more space if they provide desirable
features such as plazas, arcades, and other open
spaces.

a. Flexible zoning
b. Incentive zoning
c. Cluster zoning
d. Land use planning
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28. The largest and simplest function of a city.

a. Economic
b. Government
c. Housing
d. Transportation
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29. Intersections that separate lanes of traffic by

use of islands.

a. Channelization
b. Rotaries
c. Clover leaf
d. Diamonds
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30. Basic subdivision design.

a. Grid iron
b. Radial on grid iron
c. Curvilinear
d. Radial super blocks
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31. What major problem brought about the

discipline of city planning?

a. Physical chaos
b. Land value
c. Urban growth
d. Crime
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32. What part of basic data and planning studies in

a comprehensive development plan describes the
physical setting of the community or region?

a. Economic base study

b. Man-made features
c. Land use survey and inventory
d. History and geography
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33. The urban model of growth and development

that presents the emergence of self-sufficient
sectors.

a. Concentric zone model

b. Multiple nuclei model
c. Sector model
d. Urban realms model
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34. Density control method that regulates the

proportions between the built area of the building
and the lot area.

a. Number of occupants per square meter

b. Floor area ratio
c. Number of occupants per floor
d. Floor space index
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35. A general term to describe the idea of

consciously renewing the outworn areas of towns
and cities.

a. Historic preservation
b. Adaptive reuse
c. Urban renewal
d. Urban gentrification
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36. A mixed use community with an average 670

meters distance of a transit stop and commercial
core area.

a. Transit oriented development

b. Traditional neighborhood development
c. Planned unit development
d. New urbanism
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37. A group of architects, planners, and urban

designers formed to educate citizens worldwide of
the benefits of new urbanism.

a. The Council of New Urbanism

b. The Congress for New Urbanism
c. The New Urbanism Movement
d. The Association of New Urbanists
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38. According to the new theory of New Urbanism,

neighborhoods must have a discernible center
within a five minute of walk of all dwellings, and
equivalent to ___.

a. 200 to 300 meters

b. 300 to 500 meters
c. 600 to 700 meters
d. Approximately 1 kilometer
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39. Minimum width of sidewalks, according to new

urbanism principles

a. 1.20 meters
b. 2.00 meters
c. 2.50 meters
d. 3.00 meters
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40. Which of the following indicates good site

planning

a. Maximized land use/space

b. Controlled environmental hazards
c. Efficient maintenance
d. All of the above
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41. One of the key housing agencies of HUDCC that

concentrates on the production aspect of housing

a. HLURB
b. NHA
c. NHMFC
d. HIGC
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42. One of the funding agencies of Housing, locally

known as the Pag-ibig Fund.

a. GSIS
b. HDMF
c. SSS
d. 143 Fund
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43. An urban design control that is used to limit

height and building bulk, creates setbacks and
open space, and ultimately generate a relatively
uniform urban fabric, computed as the ratio of the
total floor area and the lot area.

a. Building Code
b. Floor Area ratio
c. Floor Space index
d. Land Zoning
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44. The salient provision of this law requires

developers of proposed subdivision project at least
20% of the total subdivision area or total
subdivision project cost for socialized housing.

a. RA 7279
b. RA 1432
c. RA 4266
d. RA 1680
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45. The wet and dry market is its main feature with
quasi-residential commercial or mixed-use
development.

a. Central Business District

b. Town Center
c. Neighborhood Center
d. Minor CBD
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46. Refers to the acquisition of land at values

based on existing use in advance of actual need to
promote planned development and socialized
housing programs.

a. Land investing
b. Land swapping
c. Land banking
d. Land assembly
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47. Refers to the process of land acquisition by

exchanging land for another piece of land of equal
value, or for shares of stock in a government or
quasi-government corporation.

a. Land investing
b. Land banking
c. Land swapping
d. Land assembly
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48. Refers to the acquisition of lots of varying

ownership through purchase or expropriation for
the purpose of planned and rational development
and socialized housing programs without
individual boundary restrictions.

a. Land investing
b. Land swapping
c. Land banking
d. Land assembly
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49. Refers to those areas declared as such under

existing statutes and pertinent executive
issuances.

a. Idle lands
b. Areas for priority development
c. Blighted lands
d. Component lands
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50. Refers to the areas where the structures are

dilapidated, obsolete and unsanitary, tending to
depreciate the value of the land and prevent
normal development and use of the area.

a. Idle lands
b. Blighted lands
c. Areas for priority development
d. Component lands
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51. Constructed and financed by the private sector

as a business venture and sold at prevailing
market prices and interest.

a. Condominium Project
b. Economic and Socialized Housing
c. Subdivision Project
d. Open Market Housing
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52. Housing project for moderately low-income

families with lower interest rates and longer
amortization periods

a. Condominium Project
b. Economic and Socialized Housing
c. Subdivision Project
d. Open Market Housing
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53. As per NSO, what structure is 3 or more units,

intended for residential use only, usually consisting
of 3 or more housing units?

a. Single House
b. Duplex
c. Multi-Unit Residence
d. Medium-Density Residence
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54. Which is not included in the elements of

human settlements?

a. Man
b. Network
c. Nature
d. Community
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55. These are centrally located parks with a service

radius from 0.8 to 3.0 kilometers designed for both
active and passive recreation.

a. Neighborhood park
b. Playlot
c. Municipal park
d. Community park
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56. Recommended maximum distance of

commercial center to residential zones as per
HLURB planning standards.

a. 1200 meters
b. 1000 meters
c. 800 meters
d. 900 meters
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57. What type of street has high velocity and

higher volume of traffic flow?

a. Collector street
b. Arterial street
c. Main street
d. Corner street
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58. What would result in overload storm water

when an urban area experiences severe storms?

a. Landslide
b. Clogged sewer lines
c. Surface water flooding
d. Erosion
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59. A street pattern used in highly mountainous

sites following the contours of the topography

a. Cul-de-Sac
b. Meandering
c. Loops
d. Geometric
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60. It mandates the protection of selected areas

under the direction of the PAMB that is locally
constituted and chaired by the DENR.

a. Forestry Code
b. EIA
c. LGC
d. NIPAS
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61. Promotes the creation and restoration of

diverse, walkable, compact, vibrant, mixed-use
communities of the same components as
conventional development, but assembled in a
more integrated fashion, in the form of complete
communities.

a. Gentrification
b. New Urbanism
c. Yuppification
d. New own Development
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62. A map that shows the spatial allocation of

built-up areas categorized as residential,
commercial, institutional, parks and open spaces,
industrial and others.

a. Base map
b. Urban land use map
c. General land use map
d. Topographic map
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63. The maximum distance a consumer is willing

to travel to avail of a good service beyond which
people will look to another center.

a. Market area analysis

b. Core periphery
c. Market range
d. Hierarchy of services
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64. Major and minor routes of circulation which

people use to move about.

a. Pathways
b. Districts
c. Edges
d. Landmarks
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65. The larger the population of a city, the more

likely its economy allows for.

a. Increased self-sufficiency
b. Environmental protection
c. Higher demand for indigenous products
d. More specialization
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66. The sole regulatory body for housing and land

use development. It is charged with encouraging
greater private sector participation in low-cost
housing through liberalization of development
standards, simplification of regulations and
decentralization of approvals for permits and
licenses.

a. NHMFC
b. UDHA
c. HLURB
d. HUDCC
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67. An in-design land use evaluation method for

planning areas that retain important natural
environmental features. The outcome of the
valuation depends to a large extent on expert
judgment based on scientific knowledge.

a. Market Forecasts
b. Committed Lands Analysis
c. Carrying Capacity Analysis
d. Land Suitability Analysis
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68. Parking lots should be located in an area where

slope is below otherwise grading is to be done.

a. 3%
b. 7%
c. 5%
d. 10%
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69. A variable of urban decoration where the

environment is to have an understandable simple
pattern of signs and clues.

a. Rhythm
b. Harmony
c. Unity
d. Balance and symmetry
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70. Where can we find the highest-level policy

statements on environmental protection?

a. RA 5454
b. PD 1151
c. Constitution
d. LOI 90
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71. It is best for linear construction such as roads,

paths, and utility trenching.

a. Contour Area Method

b. Average End Area Method
c. Borrow Pit Method/Grid Method
d. Grading by Cut
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72. The type of street pattern wherein the site is

divided into square or rectangular blocks.

a. Geometric
b. Linear or ribbon
c. Gridiron
d. Combination
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73. What site planning strategies are conductive to

minimizing energy costs and adverse impacts of
development?

a. Minimize site disruption, protect natural

drainage ways and other critical natural resources
b. Respond to local climatic conditions, and
minimize water, fertilizer, and maintenance needs,
as well as add significant biomass to the
landscape
c. Minimize disruption of natural areas, extension
of services, and transportation needs
d. All of the choices
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74. Patrick Geddes coined his team to mean the

conglomeration of town aggregates, describing
the waves of population to large cities followed by
overcrowding and slum formation.

a. Broadacre
b. Amorphic
c. Backflow
d. Conurbation
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75. It shall refer to a town deliberately planned and

built which provides, in addition to houses,
employment, shopping, education, recreation,
culture and other services normally associated
with a city or town.

a. Garden city
b. PUD
c. Neighborhood unit
d. New town
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76. As a Designer-Planner what is your

involvement in community participation?

a. work with the community to know the problem

b. talk and ask advice from urban planners
c. act as a decision maker
d. none of the choices
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77. What Feature of a subdivision that makes it

most saleable?

a. abutting a church
b. view on the lake
c. different steep and slope
d. narrow frontage
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78. What kind of development is MRT and LRT here

in the Philippines?

a. Metropolitan long distance transit

b. Community transit
c. State to state transit
d. Barangay transit
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79. The most important space found within the

rules of the Leyes de las Indias.

a. Tribunal
b. Parish Church
c. Town Plaza
d. Fort
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80. A city with very high local concentrations of

population in skyscrapers separated by very large
areas of intervening open space at the ground
level.

a. Industrial City
b. Radiant City
c. Broadacre City
d. Metabolis City
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81. The links within the settlement and with other

settlements.

a. Hamlet
b. Networks
c. Shells
d. Norms
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82. Equated with the term townscape - the urban

equivalent of landscape, comprising the visible
forms of the built-up areas; defined as the spatial
pattern or "arrangement" of individual elements
within a city system.

a. Urban Morphology
b. Urban design
c. Urban space
d. Urban form
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83. The field on which unfolds both the building

fabric and the public realm of the city.

a. Lot
b. Block
c. Subdivision
d. Square
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84. These are not the dividing lines within the city
but rather communal rooms and passages.

a. Streets
b. Open Space
c. District
d. Corridor
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85. Data gathering of site conditions, include the

following except:

a. none of the choices

b. Land use plans and zoning ordinances
c. Base and aerial maps, surveys
d. Master plans and feasibility studies
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86. The use of land which generates the maximum

profit without negative consequences especially
on the environment.

a. Land use
b. Zoning
c. Planning
d. Highest and best use
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87. Inherent problems in the site may include the

following except:

a. abnormal grading
b. inefficient layout
c. difficulty street pattern
d. good drainage
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88. The result of dense concentration of people

and residents, mixed blocks of different age and
conditions.

a. Obsolescence
b. Genius loci
c. Yuppification
d. Amorphic
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89. What was the most important factor in

designing settlement patterns during the Spanish
Period in the Philippines?

a. Economy
b. Transportation
c. Religion
d. Plaza
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90. A spatial development concept that suggests

that by investing heavily in capital intensive
industries in the largest urban centers,
government in developing countries can stimulate
economic growth that will spread outward to
generate regional development the economies of
scale found in the largest cities.

a. Growth Pole Concept

b. Industrial Theory
c. Central Place Theory
d. Location Theory
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91. Area that is allowable for conversion to non-

agricultural uses.

a. Lands issued CARL Valuation determined by

DAR
b. Socialized housing sites identified by LGUs
c. Network of protected areas for agriculture
d. Environmentally critical areas
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92. Known for his "Unite' de Habitation" and

Radiant City.

a. Daniel Burnham
b. Clarence Perry
c. Tony Garnier
d. Le Corbusier
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93. Analysis of surface drainage pattern includes

the following:
i. Amount of drainage
ii. Directions of drainage
iii. Flood zones
iv. Presence of aquifer

a. i, ii and iii
b. ii, iii and iv
c. i, ii, and iv
d. i, ii and iv
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94. Suggested bed requirement for a medical

center according to DOH.

a. 200-299 beds
b. 50-100 beds
c. 300 beds and over
d. 100-199 beds
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95. Lines of a concentrated activity where ways

and places are combined and where life and
movement are intensified.

a. Landmarks
b. Nodes
c. Streets
d. Junctions
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96. The methodological and controlled repair and

strengthening of a structure to have it as close to
its original state and to prevent further decay and
deterioration.

a. Restoration
b. Preservation
c. Conservation
d. Reconstruction
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97. Special Development Authorities are created

to promote and regulate the development of
identified critical areas or zones, specifically
watershed areas, lakes, foreshore lands, river
basins and contiguous social and economic areas.
An example is:

a. LLDA
b. MMDA
c. PEZA
d. NEDA
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98. A type of planning which emphasizes that the

proper role of the planner is not to serve the
general public interest but rather to serve the
interests of the least fortunate or least well
represented groups in society.

a. Advocacy Planning
b. Strategic Planning
c. Sectoral Planning
d. Social Planning
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99. The process in which a piece of land, referred

to as the parent tract, is subdivided into two or
more parcels.

a. Platting
b. Subdivision
c. Parcellating
d. Land development
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100. A wall that serves 2 dwelling units, known also

as party wall.

a. Common Wall
b. Fire Block
c. Fire Wall
d. Abutment
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101. This zone is for particular types of institutional

establishments e.g., welfare homes, orphanages,
home for the aged, rehabilitation and training
centers, military camps/reservation/bases/training
grounds, etc.

a. Special Institutional Zone

b. Social Institutional Zone
c. General Institutional Zone
d. Sectoral Institutional Zone
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102. He postulated that population increases in a

geometric ratio while food production increase
arithmetically and that unless natural
catastrophes, war or sexual restraint control
population increase, worldwide famine or war will
follow.

a. Von Thunen
b. William Alonso
c. Lowdon Wingo Jr.
d. Robert Malthus
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103. The most frequent shape of a city, a large

circle with radial corridors of intense development
emanating from the center.

a. Star
b. Radio centric
c. Ring
d. NOTA
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104. It shall refer to areas designated principally for

trade, services and business purposes.

a. Commercial
b. CBD
c. Built-up area
d. None of them
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105. Street provided to terminate a block for

pedestrian use only?

a. Alley
b. Setback
c. Road Right of Way
d. Secondary Road
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106. Which is not included in the elements of

human settlements?

a. Man
b. Nature
c. Network
d. Community
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107. This is the golden era of urban design in the

U.S. characterized with a totally designed system
of main circulation arteries, a network of parks,
and clusters or focal buildings or building blocks of
civic centers.

a. New Towns
b. Garden City Movement
c. Broadacre
d. City Beautiful
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108. These are centrally located parks with a

service radius from 0.8 to 3.0 kilometers designed
for both active and passive recreation.

a. Neighborhood park
b. Municipal park
c. Playlot
d. Community park
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109. Which of the following statements is NOT

true?
a. A total separation of vehicles and pedestrians is
harmful for the development of a lively and active
street
b. A street has a three-dimensional form which
inhibit certain activities and make others possible
c. According to Alberti, if the city is noble and
powerful, streets should be designed winding,
rather than straight and broad, because this
d. Increasing competition for the driver's attention
has turned roadway signs into
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110. Responsible in the reconstruction of Paris

which imposed a new pattern of broad boulevards
and great parks on the previous labyrinth street
pattern?

a. Le Corbusier
b. George Hausmann
c. Sir Barlow
d. Daniel Burnham
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111. Recommended maximum distance of

commercial center to residential zones as per
HLURB planning standards?

a. 1200 meters
b. 800 meters
c. 1000 meters
d. 900 meters
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112. What type of street has high velocity and

higher volume of traffic flow?

a. Collector street
b. Arterial street
c. Main street
d. Corner street
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113. An urban ecology process that occurred as

early as the late 19th century in England and was
attributable among others to the railway system, a
mobile middle class and the tendency to establish
housing estates/model dwellings was:

a. Suburbanization
b. Gentrification
c. Sprawl
d. Urbanization
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114. What would result in overload storm water

when an urban area experiences severe storms.

a Landslide
b. Clogged sewer lines
c. Surface water flooding
d. Erosion
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115. A street pattern used in highly mountainous

sites following the contours of the topography.

a. Cul-de-Sac
b. Meandering
c. Loops
d. Geometric
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116. It mandates the protection of selected areas

under the direction of the PAMB that is locally
constituted and chaired by the DENR.

a. Forestry Code
b. LGC
c. EIA
d. NIPAS
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117. Promotes the creation and restoration of

diverse, walkable, compact, vibrant, mixed-use
communities of the same components as
conventional development, but assembled in a
more integrated fashion, in the form of complete
communities.

a. Gentrification
b. Yuppification
c. New Urbanism
d. New Town Development
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118. A map that shows the spatial allocation of

built-up areas categorized as residential,
commercial, institutional, parks and open spaces,
industrial and others.

a. Base map
b. General land use map
c. Urban land use map
d. Topographic map
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119. The maximum distance a consumer is willing

to travel to avail of a good service beyond which
people will look to another center.

a. Market area analysis

b. Market range
c. Core periphery
d. Hierarchy of services
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120. Major and minor routes of circulation which

people use to move about.

a. Pathways
b. Edges
c. Districts
d. Landmarks
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121. The larger the population of a city, the more

likely its economy allows for.…

a. Increased self-sufficiency
b. Higher demand for indigenous
c. Environmental protection products
d. More specialization
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122. The sole regulatory body for housing and land

use development. It is charged with encouraging
greater private sector participation in low-cost
housing through liberalization of development
standards, simplification of regulations and
decentralization of approvals for permits and
licenses?

a. HLURB
b. NHMFC
c. UDHA
d. HUDCC
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123. An in-design land use evaluation method for

planning areas that retain important natural
environmental features. The outcome of the
valuation depends to a large extent on expert
judgment based on scientific knowledge?

a. Market Forecasts
b. Carrying Capacity Analysis
c. Committed Lands Analysis
d. Land Suitability Analysis
RANDOM QUESTIONS

124. Parking lots should be located in an area

where slope is below ___ otherwise grading is to
be done.

a. 3%
b. 5%
c. 7%
d. 10%
RANDOM QUESTIONS

125. A variable of urban decoration where the

environment is to have an understandable simple
pattern of signs and clues.

a. Rhythm
b. Unity
c. Harmony
d Balance and symmetry
RANDOM QUESTIONS

126. Where can we find the highest-level policy

statements on environmental protection.

a. RA 5454
b. PD 1151
c. Constitution
d. LOI 90
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127. It is best for linear construction such as roads,

paths, and utility trenching.

a. Contour Area Method

b. Average End Area Method
c. Borrow Pit Method/Grid Method
d. Grading by Cut
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128. The type of street pattern wherein the site is

divided into square or rectangular blocks.

a. Geometric
b. Linear or ribbon
c. Gridiron
d. Combination
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129. What site planning strategies are conductive

to minimizing energy costs and adverse impacts of
development?

a. Minimize site disruption, protect natural

drainage ways and other critical natural resources
b. Respond to local climatic conditions, and
minimize water, fertilizer, and maintenance needs,
as well as add significant biomass to the
landscape
c. Minimize disruption of natural areas, extension
of services, and transportation needs
d. All of the choices
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130. Patrick Geddes coined his team to mean the

conglomeration of town aggregates, describing
the waves of population to large cities followed by
overcrowding and slum formation.

a. Broadacre
b. Amorphic
c. Backflow
d. Conurbation
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131. It shall refer to a town deliberately planned

and built which provides, in addition to houses,
employment, shopping, education, recreation,
culture and other services normally associated
with a city or town.

a. Garden City
b. PUD
c. Neighborhood unit
d. New Town
RANDOM QUESTIONS

132. A plan that has been formulated to check

immediate problems of a community on a short-
term basis.

a. Action-oriented
b. Comprehensive planning
c. CLUP
d. Sectoral planning
RANDOM QUESTIONS

133. He wrote the book Image of the City.

a. Freidman and Douglas

b. Ebeneezer Howard
c. Kevin Lynch
d. Unwin Raymund
RANDOM QUESTIONS

134. The elements of the human settlements.

a. Nature, man, society, shells networks

b. Nature man, society, networks, hamlet
c. Nature, man, community, hamlet, networks
d. Nature, man, community, shells networks
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135. Which of the following statements is true?

a. Operable windows allow the natural ventilation

to reduce the operation period of A/C System
during the mild season.
b. Based on a given climatological condition, a
logical planning- design response is unimportant.
c. Fungi rarely thrive in warm humid regions.
d. The need and benefits of protecting the natural
environment can be considered minor
consideration in site selection or planning.
RANDOM QUESTIONS

136. Secondary roads include:

a. Minor road
b. Boulevard
c. Avenue
d. All of the choices
RANDOM QUESTIONS

137. Under the Water Code of the Philippines, the

use of banks of rivers, lakes, streams and shores of
seas, throughout their entire length must have an
easement of in agricultural areas/rural areas where
the building of structures of any kind is prohibited.

a. 10 meters
b. 20 meters
c. 40 meters
d. 3 meters
RANDOM QUESTIONS

138. An overlay method of mapping natural

determinants used to determine the suitability of
a particular site for prospective land uses.

a. Site suitability
b. Site analysis
c. GIS
d. Sieve-mapping
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139. Which of the following statements is true?

a. An isolated building is surrounded by structures.

b. The physical well-being and attitudes of people
are directly affected by climate, and these in turn
prescribe the planning needs.
c. Combining cut-and-fill is considered the most
expensive grading methods.
d. Monotony is not a common problem for roads
using modified grids.
RANDOM QUESTIONS

140. A type of restoration technique that preserves

the object without direct intervention on its
materials; has something to do with preventing or
avoiding agents of degradations of the object's
fabric, function, form (appearance), intrinsic values
and attributes.

a. Anastylosis
b. Static restoration
c. Substitution
d. Quasi-restoration
RANDOM QUESTIONS

141. Radburn represented a dramatic advance in

community planning. It introduced the following
except one.

a. Houses were oriented towards the streets.

b. Introduced the concept of the residential
superblock.
c. Introduced a hierarchy of roadways.
d. Deliberately separated pedestrian and vehicular
traffic.
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142. A survey technique used in moderate to large

scale projects involving understanding the genius
loci as a key to charting the direction for future
development.

a. Historical analysis
b. Visual survey
c. Permeability analysis
d. Townscape analysis
RANDOM QUESTIONS

143. Places and objects that are associated with an

event, achievement, characteristics or
modification that present a turning point or stage
in Philippine history.

a. National monuments
b. National landmarks
c. Cultural properties
d. Shrines
RANDOM QUESTIONS

144. The prominent visual feature of a city and seen

at great distances. To help define orientation and
identify the area.

a. Pathways
b. Landmarks
c. Edges
d. Districts
RANDOM QUESTIONS

145. Recommended maximum distance of

residential area to health facilities as per HLURB
planning standards.

a. 3 to 4 km
b. 4 to 5 km
c. 0.5 to 2 km
d. 2 to 3 km
RANDOM QUESTIONS

146. It combined the advantages of the town by

way of access and all the advantages of the
country by the way of the environment without
any of the disadvantages of either.

a. New Urbanism
b. Garden Cities
c. New Towns
d. Neighborhood Unit
RANDOM QUESTIONS

147. A clearance issued to a project that is allowed

under the provisions of the Zoning Ordinance as
well as other standards, rules and regulations on
land use.

a. Variance
b. Zoning clearance
c. Locational clearance
d. Deed restrictions
RANDOM QUESTIONS

148. A special type of bar chart that shows the

distribution of a population by age and sex.

a. Population projection
b. Population implosion
c. Population density
d. Population pyramid
RANDOM QUESTIONS

149. Early pioneer of the concept of nodal region.

Promoter of Garden City Movement.

a. Lewis Mumford
b. Unwin Raymund
c. Ebenezer Howard
d. Barry Parker
RANDOM QUESTIONS

150. Refers to all cities regardless of their

population density and to municipalities with a
population density of at least 500 persons per
hectare.

a. Highly urbanized city

b. Independent city
c. Component city
d. Urban area
RANDOM QUESTIONS

151. Refers to an area with at least 200,000 people

and income of P50M or more.

a. Metropolitan area
b. Highly-urbanized city
c. Component city
d. Independent component city
RANDOM QUESTIONS

152. Conditions of the site are the basis for

harmony between the buildings and site. The
building and large part of its success depends on
its harmonious relation with nature?

a. Deference
b. Extension
c. Geometric contrast
d. Accent
RANDOM QUESTIONS

153. What is the first university town?

a. Vienna
b. Paris
c. Karlsrune
d. Versailles
RANDOM QUESTIONS

154. He is the author of the 10-volume treatise "de

Arkitektura" which relates experience of Roman
architecture and town planning.

a. Leonardo da Vinci
b. Nicoletus
c. Vitruvius
d. Hipodamus
RANDOM QUESTIONS

155. Built the first Garden Citv "Letchworth" in 1920.

a. UnwinRaymund/Barry Parker
b. Lewis Mumford
c. Freidman and Douglas
d. Abercrombie
RANDOM QUESTIONS

156. Acknowledged as the oldest city in the history

of settlements.

a. Babylon
b. Constantinople
c. Eridu
d. Damascus
RANDOM QUESTIONS

157. Acknowledged as the oldest continually

inhabited city in the world.

a. Babylon
b. Damascus
c. Eridu
d. Athen
RANDOM QUESTIONS

158. Roman forum designed with formalism.

a. Freedom Forum
b. Triumphal Forum
c. Republican Forum
d. Imperial Forum
RANDOM QUESTIONS

159. The first noted urban planner because of his

design of the city of Miletus.

a Vitruvius
b. Damascus
c. Hippodamus
d. Paleo
RANDOM QUESTIONS

160. The first city that signified the rise of the

church, with the church being an integral part of
its urban design.

a Rome
b. Constantinople
c. Madrid
d. Versailles
RANDOM QUESTIONS

161. Leader of the reform movement during the

Industrial Revolution.

a. Robert Owen
b. James Oglethorpe
c. Ebenezer Howard
d. Soria Y Mata
RANDOM QUESTIONS

162. The military towns of Spanish settlements.

a. Laws of the Indies

b. Pueblo
c. Presidio
d. Missions
RANDOM QUESTIONS

163. Acknowledged as the icon of middle-class

suburbanization during the 1950's.

a. Projects 1 to 8
b. Forbes Park 1
c. PhilAm-Life Homes
d. Quezon City
RANDOM QUESTIONS

164. Largest in land area among Metro Manila's

cities.

a. City of Manila
b. Caloocan City
c. Quezon City
d. Muntinlupa City
RANDOM QUESTIONS

165. Among Kevin Lynch's elements of the city,

these are defined as lateral references that are not
coordinate axes.

a. Paths
b. Edges
c. Nodes
d. Districts
RANDOM QUESTIONS

166. Defined as intensive foci from which the

observer is traveling.

a. Paths
b. Nodes
c. Edges
d. Districts
RANDOM QUESTIONS

167. Most dominant element for most person's

image of the city.

a. Paths
b. Edges
c. Nodes
d. Districts
RANDOM QUESTIONS

168. Responsive environments that focus on

details, with a wide vocabulary of visual cues
possess.

a. Legibility
b. Visual appropriateness
c. Variety
d. Personalization
RANDOM QUESTIONS

169. The shape of urban cities formed by two

corridors of intense development crossing the
center.

a. Radio-centric
b. Articulated sheet
c. Rectilinear
d. Linear
RANDOM QUESTIONS

170. Determines current housing needs.

a. Housing to be replaced
b. Housing for new family formation
c. Housing for new family formation
d. All of the above
RANDOM QUESTIONS

171. Describes the housing shortage or backlog.

a. Difference between number of acceptable

housing & number of families
b. Housing for new family formation
c. Housing produced minus existing housing
d. All of the above
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172. Type of urban ecological process in land use

planning patterning in cities or communities
defined as the entrance of a new population
and/or facilities into an occupied area.

a. Succession
b. Invasion
c. Concentration
d. Decentralization
RANDOM QUESTIONS

173. In the increase of urban population, which of

the following factors indicates excess of in
migration over out-migration.

a Natural increase
b. Concentration
c. Net Migration
d. Reclassification
RANDOM QUESTIONS

174. Factors indicating Net Migration.

a. Excess of births over deaths

b. Excess in young population
c. Excess of in-migration over out migrations
d. Rural areas having achieved urban
RANDOM QUESTIONS

175. Urban design control that allows builders and

developers more space if they provide desirable
features such as plazas, arcades, and other open
spaces.

a. Flexible zoning
b. Cluster zoning
c. Incentive zoning
d. Land use planning
RANDOM QUESTIONS

176. The largest and simplest function of a city.

a. Economic
b. Government
c. Housing
d. Transportation
RANDOM QUESTIONS

177. Intersections that separate lanes of traffic by

use of islands.

a. Channelization
b. Clover leaf
c. Rotaries
d. Diamonds
RANDOM QUESTIONS

178. Basic subdivision design.

a. Grid iron
b. Curvilinear
c. Radial on grid iron
d. Radial super blocks
RANDOM QUESTIONS

179. What major problem brought about the

discipline of city planning.

a. Physical chaos
b. Land value
c. Urban growth
d. Crime
RANDOM QUESTIONS

180. What part of basic data and planning studies

in a comprehensive development plan describes
the physical setting of the community or region.

a. Economic base study

b. Land use survey and inventory
c. Man-made features
d. History and geography
RANDOM QUESTIONS

181. The urban model of growth and development

that presents the emergence of self-sufficient
sectors.

a. Concentric zone model

b. Sector model
c. Multiple nuclei model
d. Urban realms model
RANDOM QUESTIONS

182. Density control method that regulates the

proportions between the built area of the building
and the lot area.

a Number of occupants per square meter

b. Floor area ratio
c. Floor space index
d. Number of occupants per floor
RANDOM QUESTIONS

183. A general term to describe the idea of

consciously renewing the outworn areas of towns
and cities.

a. Historic preservation
b. Adaptive reuse
c. Urban renewal
d. Urban gentrification
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184. A mixed use community with an average 670

meters distance of a transit stop and commercial
core area.

a. Transit oriented development

b. Traditional neighborhood
c. Planned unit development
d. New urbanism development
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185. A group of architects, planners, and urban

designers formed to educate citizens worldwide
the benefits of new urbanism.

a. The Council of New Urbanism

b. The Congress for New Urbanism
c. The New Urbanism Movement
d. The Association of New Urbanists
RANDOM QUESTIONS

186. According to the new theory of New

Urbanism, neighborhoods must have a discernible
center within a five minute of walk of all dwellings,
and equivalent to ___.

a. 200 to 300 meters

b. 300 to 500 meters
c. 600 to 700 meters
d. Approximately 1 kilometer
RANDOM QUESTIONS

187. Minimum width of sidewalks, according to

New Urbanism principles.

a. 1.20 meters
b. 2.50 meters
c. 2.00 meters
d. 3.00 meters
RANDOM QUESTIONS

188. Which of the following indicates good site

planning?

a. Maximized land use/space

b. Controlled environmental hazards
c. Efficient maintenance
d. All of the above
RANDOM QUESTIONS

189. The document issued by the DENR Secretary

certifying that based on the representations of the
proponent and the preparers, as reviewed and
validated by the EIARC, the project will not pose
negative impact to the environment.

a. ECC
b. EIS
c. EMP
d. EENT
RANDOM QUESTIONS

190. One of the key housing agencies of HUDCC

that concentrates on the production aspect of
housing.

a. HLURB
b. NHMFC
c. NHA
d. HIGC
RANDOM QUESTIONS

191. One of the funding agencies of Housing, locally

known as the Pag-ibig Fund.

a. GSIS
b. HDMF
c. SSS
d. 143 Fund
RANDOM QUESTIONS

192. An urban design control that is used to limit

height and building bulk, creates setbacks and
open space, and ultimately generate a relatively
uniform urban fabric, computed as the ratio of the
total floor area and the lot area.

a. Building Code
b. Floor Area ratio
c. Floor Space index
d. Land Zoning
RANDOM QUESTIONS

193. The salient provision of this law requires

developers of proposed subdivision project at least
20% of the total subdivision area or total
subdivision project cost for socialized housing.

a. RA 7279
b. RA 1432
c. RA 9266
d. RA 1680
RANDOM QUESTIONS

194. The wet and dry market is its main feature

with quasi-residential commercial or mixed-use
development.

a. Central Business District

b. Town Center
c. Neighborhood Center
d. Minor CBD
RANDOM QUESTIONS

195. Refers to the acquisition of land at values

based on existing use in advance of actual need to
promote planned development and socialized
housing programs.

a. Land investing
b. Land swapping
c. Land banking
d. Land assembly
RANDOM QUESTIONS

196. Refers to the process of land acquisition by

exchanging land for another piece of land of equal
value, or for shares of stock in a government or
quasi-government corporation.

a. Land investing
b. Land swapping
c. Land banking
d. Land assembly
RANDOM QUESTIONS

197. Refers to the acquisition of lots of varying

ownership through purchase or expropriation for
the purpose of planned and rational development
and socialized housing programs without
individual boundary restrictions.

a. Land investing
b. Land banking
c. Land swapping
d. Land assembly
RANDOM QUESTIONS

198. Refers to those areas declared as such under

existing statutes and pertinent executive
issuances.

a. Idle lands
b. Blighted lands
c. Areas for priority development
d. Component lands
RANDOM QUESTIONS

199. Refers to the areas where the structures are

dilapidated, obsolete and unsanitary, tending to
depreciate the value of the land and prevent
normal development and use of the area.

a. Idle lands
b. Areas for priority development
c. Blighted lands
d. Component lands
RANDOM QUESTIONS

200. Refers to non-agricultural lands in urban and

urbanizable areas on which no improvements, as
herein defined, have been made by the owner, as
certified by the city, municipality or provincial
assessor.

a. Idle lands
b. Blighted lands
c. Areas for priority development
d. Component lands
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201. A tract or a parcel of land registered under RA

496 which is partitioned primarily for residential
purposes into individual lot with or without
improvements thereon, and offered to the public
for sale, in cash or in installment terms.

a. Condominium Proiect
b. Economic and Socialized Housing
c. Subdivision Project
d. Open Market Housing
RANDOM QUESTIONS

202. The entire parcel of real property divided or to

be divided primarily for residential purposes into
condominium units including all structures
thereon.

a. Condominium Project
b. Subdivision Project
c. Economic and Socialized Housing
d. Open Market Housing
RANDOM QUESTIONS

203. Constructed and financed by the private

sector as a business venture and sold at prevailing
market prices and interest.

a. Condominium Project
b. Subdivision Project
c. Economic and Socialized Housing
d. Open Market Housing
RANDOM QUESTIONS

204. Housing project for moderately low-income

families with lower interest rates and longer
amortization periods.

a. Condominium Project
b. Subdivision Project
c. Economic and Socialized Housing
d. Open Market Housing
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205. As per NSO, what structure are 3 or more

units, intended for residential use only, usually
consisting of 3 or more housing units.

a. Single House
b. Duplex
c. Multi-Unit Residence
d. Medium-Density Residence
RANDOM QUESTIONS

206. A written agreement between parties, but it

allows a specific period during which the buyer
can investigate the property and make a decision.

a. “Initial Contract”
b. “Draft Contract”
c. “Option to Buy”
d. “Subscription Agreement”
RANDOM QUESTIONS

207. First Planner and developed the Gridiron.

a. Marcus Vitruvius Polio

b. Hippodamus of Miletus
c. Mesopotamians
d. Daniel Burnham
RANDOM QUESTIONS

208. A habitable room for 1 family only with

facilities for living, sleeping, cooking, and eating.

a. Single Detached Unit

b. Living Unit
c. Dwelling Unit
d. Home Unit
RANDOM QUESTIONS

209. Written document to transfer the property to

one person to another.

a. Transfer Certificate Title

b. Clearance
c. Deed
d. Equity
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210. A type of planning which emphasizes that the

proper role of the planner is not to serve the
general public interest but rather to serve the
interests of the least fortunate or least well
represented groups in society.

a. Advocacy Planning
b. Social Planning
c. Strategic Planning
d. Sectoral Planning
RANDOM QUESTIONS

211. A very steep slope of rock or clay.

a. Ridge
b. Edge
c. Ravine
d. Cliff
RANDOM QUESTIONS

212. On land, an encumbrance limiting its use;

usually imposed for community or mutual
protection.

a. Parcel
b. Restriction
c. Zoning
d. Density
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213. This code mandates that all Local Government

Units shall prepare their comprehensive land use
plans and enact them through zoning ordinances.

a. HLURB Code
b. Local Government Code
c. Civil Code
d. Land Use Code
RANDOM QUESTIONS

214. Niemeyer believed that relating large areas to

each other is freedom as in the planned city.

a. Chandigarh
b. Stalingrad
c. Chicago
d. Brasilia
RANDOM QUESTIONS

215. The process in which a piece of land, referred

to as the parent tract, is subdivided into two or
more parcels.

a. Platting
b. Subdivision
c. Parcellating
d. Land development
RANDOM QUESTIONS

216. Usually the last stage of the final site

development process prior to issuance of building
permit.

a. Site Development Plan

b. Landscaping
c. Final Design Brief
d. Final Plat
RANDOM QUESTIONS

217. A spatial organization concept a general view

of the pattern of land use in a city developed by
Ernest W. Burgess. The city is conceived as a series
of five concentric zones with the cores as the
central business district and fanning out from
which are the residential and commuter zones.

a. Multiple Nuclei Concept

b. Concentric Zone Concept
c. Sector Concept
d. Locational Theory
RANDOM QUESTIONS

218. In architectural terms, it is the relationship of

the number of residential structures and people to
a given amount of space.

a. Zoning
b. Density
c. Floor Area Ratio
d. Floor to Lot Area Ratio
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219. In the Philippines, this type of land use

planning emphasizes the proper management of
land resources to ensure that the present
generation can benefit from its continued use
without compromising future generations.

a. Coastal Resource Planning

b. Land Use Planning
c. Sustainable Land Use Planning
d. Strategic Planning
RANDOM QUESTIONS

220. The main reason why the nomadic existence

of early man metamorphosed to village settlement
and later to the birth of cities.

a. Development of Motor
b. Agricultural Surplus
c. Population Explosion
d. Housing Provision
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221. In urban geography, a concept where urban

settlement is confined to the area within the legal
limits of the city and the congestion and virtually
all of this area is occupied by urban residents.

a. City Core
b. City Limits
c. Urban Center
d. True bounded City
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222. Planning for roads, bridges, schools, parking

structures, public buildings, water supply, land
waste disposal facilities.

a. Capital Facilities Planning

b. Utilities Planning
c. Physical Planning
d. Transport Planning
RANDOM QUESTIONS

223. Sometimes called "subscription money", this is

a deposit given to the seller to show that the
potential buyer has serious intentions.

a. Earnest Money
b. Draft Money
c. Initial Installment
d. Equity
RANDOM QUESTIONS

224. A wall that serves 2 dwelling units, known also

as party wall.

a. Fire Block
b. Common Wall
c. Abutment
d. Fire Wall
RANDOM QUESTIONS

225. A locale with a sizeable agglomeration of

people having characteristics of an urban being.

a. Chartered City
b. City
c. Composite City
d. Independent City
RANDOM QUESTIONS

226. The rough equivalent of the present tenement

cities that existed in ancient Rome, which resulted
from the population growth of the city and the
congestion that existed in streets.

a. Tenema
b. Agoras
c. Insula
d. Domus
RANDOM QUESTIONS

227. The container of man, which consists of both

the natural and man-made or artificial element.

a. Networks
b. Physical Settlement
c. Links
d. Structures
RANDOM QUESTIONS

228. The remaining space in a lot after deducting

the required minimum open spaces.

a. Setback
b. Yard
c. Buildable Area
d. Building Mass
RANDOM QUESTIONS

229. A tool used to control the manner in which

raw land is subdivided and placed on the market
for residential development.

a. Zoning Regulations
b. Deed Restrictions
c. Subdivision Regulations
d. Housing Regulations
RANDOM QUESTIONS

230. They develop or improve the land as well as

construct houses.

a. Appraisers
b. Real Estate Brokers
c. Developer
d. Financing Agencies
RANDOM QUESTIONS

231. A Land Development Decision is also what

kind of decision.

a. Land Use
b. Traffic
c. Population
d. Density
RANDOM QUESTIONS

232. A piece of grassy land, especially one used for

growing hay or as pasture for grazing animals; low
grassy land near a river or stream.

a. Farmland
b. Terrain
c. A&D Land
d. Meadow
RANDOM QUESTIONS

233. A profession which falls between planning

and architecture. It deals with the large-scale
organization and design of the city, with the
massing and organization and the space between
them, but not with the design of the individual
buildings.

a. City Planning
b. Urban Design
c. Urban Theorists
d. City Administration
RANDOM QUESTIONS

234. A long, deep, narrow valley eroded by running

water.

a. Ridge
b. Ravine
c. Edge
d. Cliff
RANDOM QUESTIONS

235. This is a type of a retaining wall made of

rectangular baskets made of galvanized steel wire
or PVC-coated wire hexagonal mesh which are
filled with stones to form a wall.

a. Riprap
b. Rock Wall
c. Gabion Wall
d. Mesh Wall
RANDOM QUESTIONS

236. A wide area of parks of undeveloped land

surrounding a community.

a. Park
b. Greenbelt
c. Open Space
d. Plaza
RANDOM QUESTIONS

237. A long, narrow chain of hills or mountains.

a. Ridge
b. Ravine
c. Edge
d. Cliff
RANDOM QUESTIONS

238. The orderly arrangement of urban streets and

public spaces.

a. City Planning
b. Open Space Planning
c. Street Planning
d. Spatial Planning
RANDOM QUESTIONS

239. A 20th century problem emanating from

rapid urbanization of areas surrounding a city
which eats up the remaining adjacent rural open
spaces.

a. Urban Development
b. Urban Sprawl
c. Urban Gentrification
d. Urban Blight
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240. Angles measured clockwise from any

meridian, usually north; however, the National
Geodetic Survey uses south.

a. Altitude
b. Azimuths
c. Latitude
d. Meridian angle
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241. He conceptualized the 'City Beautiful

Movement'.

a. Le Corbusier
b. Ebenezer Howard
c. Frank Lloyd Wright
d. Daniel Burnham
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242. Of land, a contiguous land area which is

considered as a unit, which is subject to a single
ownership, and which is legally recorded as a
single piece.

a. Platting
b. Land Partition
c. Parcel
d. TCT
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243. Phrase used to characterize development that

meets the needs of the present generation
without compromising the needs of the future
generations.

a. Planned Development
b. Sustainable Development
c. Development-Oriented
d. Sectoral Development
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244. A provision made in advance for the gradual

liquidation of a future obligation by periodic
charges against the capital account.

a. Interest
b. Surcharges
c. Amortization
d. Equity
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245. The government arm responsible for the

development and implementation of low-cost
housing in the Philippines.

a. National Housing Authority

b. National Shelter Program
c. HLURB
d. Housing Agencies
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246. Is characterized by higher population density

and vast human features in comparison to the
areas surrounding it.

a. City Core
b. Urban Center
c. City Limits
d. True bounded City
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247. A profession which falls between planning

and architecture. It deals with the large-scale
organization and design of the city, with the
massing and organization and the space between
them, but not with the design of the individual
buildings.

a. City Planning
b. Urban Design
c. Urban Theorists
d. City Administration
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248. What is an encumbrance limiting the use of a

land.

a. Parcel
b. Restriction
c. Zoning
d. None of the above
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249. It is concerned with the geographic location

of economic activity; it has become an integral
part of economic geography, regional science, and
spatial economics.

a. Multiple Nuclei Concept

b. Concentric Zone Concept
c. Sector Concept
d. Locational Theory
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250. A 20th century problem emanating from

rapid urbanization of areas surrounding a city
which eats up the remaining adjacent rural open
spaces.

a. Urban development
b. Urban sprawl
c. Urban gentrification
d. Urban blight
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251. This is a type of a retaining wall made of

rectangular baskets made of galvanized steel wire
or PVC-coated wire hexagonal mesh which are
filled with stones to form a wall.

a. Riprap
b. Rock Wall
c. Gabion Wall
d. Mesh Wall
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252. Is an angular measurement in a spherical

coordinate system, which is the angle between the
projected vector and a reference vector on the
reference plane.

a. Altitude
b. Latitude
c. Azimuths
d. Meridian angle
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253. It is a thoroughfare, route, or way on land

between two places, which has been paved or
otherwise improved to allow travel by some
vehicles and other land transportation.

a. Road
b. Physical Settlement
c. Links
d. Structures
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254. This allows a buyer to investigate a certain

property before a written agreement can be made
with the seller.

a. Rental Contract
b. Option to Lease
c. “Option to Buy”
d. None of the above
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255. Niemeyer believed that relating large areas to

each other is freedom as in the planned city of___.

a. New Orleans
b. Germany
c. Chicago
d. None of the above
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256. Of land, a contiguous land area which is

considered as a unit, which is subject to a single
ownership, and which is legally recorded as a
single piece.

a. Platting
b. Land Partition
c. Parcel
d. TCT
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257. What term is used in planning which refers to

the relationship of the number of residential
structures and people to a given amount of area?

a. Local Building Ordinances

b. Density
c. People to Area Probability
d. None of the above
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258. The rapid increase in numbers of a particular

species, esp. in the world's human population
attributed to an accelerating birthrate, a decrease
in infant mortality, and an increase in life
expectancy.

a. Development of Motor
b. Population Explosion
c. Agricultural Surplus
d. Housing Provision
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259. In urban geography, a concept where urban

settlement is confined to the area within the legal
limits of the city and the congestion and virtually
all of this area is occupied by urban residents.

a. City Core
b. City Limits
c. Urban Center
d. True bounded City
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260. The orderly arrangement of urban streets and

public spaces.

a. City Planning
b. Street Planning
c. Open Space Planning
d. Spatial Planning
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261. Phrase used to characterize development that

meets the needs of the present generation
without compromising the needs of the future
generations.

a. Planned Development
b. Sustainable Development
c. Development-Oriented
d. Sectoral Development
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262. A provision made in advance for the gradual

liquidation of a future obligation by periodic
charges against the capital account.

a. Interest
b. Surcharges
c. Amortization
d. Equity
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263. A habitable room for 1 family only with

facilities for living, sleeping, cooking, and eating.

a. Single Detached Unit

b. Living Unit
c. Dwelling Unit
d. Home Unit
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264. What is a deep, narrow gorge with steep

sides.

a. Ridge
b. Ravine
c. Edge
d. Cliff
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265. Sometimes called "subscription money", this

is a deposit given to the seller to show that the
potential buyer has serious intentions.

a. Earnest Money
b. Initial Installment
c. Draft Money
d. Equity
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266. This also refers to the act of dividing land into

pieces that are easier to sell or otherwise develop,
usually via a plat.

a. Site Clearing
b. Subdivision
c. Parcellating
d. Land development
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267. What does the Local Government Code

mandate in terms of planning?

a. Local Government Units shall prepare their

comprehensive land use plans and enact them
through zoning ordinances.
b. Provides proper definition of building types and
their height limit.
c. Only refers to the environmental impact of a
building to its surrounding lands and computes
the potential hazards during its operation
d. Mandates the stability of a structure in
accordance with the natural calamities occurring
in a specific area.
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268. He was an ancient Greek architect, urban

planner, physician, mathematician, meteorologist
and philosopher and is considered to be the
"father" of urban planning.

a. Marcus Vitruvius Pollo

b. Mesopotamians
c. Hippodamus of Miletus
d. Daniel Burnham
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269. In urban planning, it is used to control how a

raw land is subdivided, so later it can be sold for
residential development?

a. Local Land Use

b. Site Division Planning
c. Subdivision Regulations
d. HLURB
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270. Is a city in which the governing system is

defined by the city's own charter document rather
than by state, provincial, regional or national laws.

a. Developed City
b. Composite City
c. Chartered City
d. Independent City
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271. Is a national government agency tasked as the

planning, regulatory and quasi-judicial body for
land use development and real estate and housing
regulation.

a. National Housing Authority

b. HLURB
c. National Shelter Program
d. Housing Agencies
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272. It was a kind of apartment building that

housed most of the urban citizen population of
ancient Rome, including ordinary people of lower-
or middle-class status (the plebs) and all but the
wealthiest from the upper-middle class (the
equites).

a. Domus
b. Insula
c. Agoras
d. Tenema
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273. Denotes the land suitable for agricultural

production, both crops and livestock.

a. Farmland
b. Meadow
c. Terrain
d. Agricultural land
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274. This type of planning is an organized process

for investigating and responding to the needs and
aspirations of people and communities. Outcomes
are achieved through translating these needs and
aspirations through strategic policy and action,
integrated with urban, regional and other
planning activities.

a. Advocacy Planning
b. Social Planning
c. Strategic Planning
d. Sectoral Planning
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275. In statistics, it is used to analyze

characteristics or changes to a number of people
living in an area?

a. Land Use
b. Traffic
c. Population
d. Density