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AICP American Institute of Certified Planners Exam Question and Answers

Question # 4

Who was the father of zoning?

A.

Ian McHarg

B.

Lawrence Veiller

C.

Edward Bassett

D.

Paul Davidoff

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Question # 5

You are the planning director in a small town. Your husband runs the local country club and is applying for construction of a new swimming pool. This application will be reviewed by the planning commission for approval. Often, planners who are faced with this type of dilemma:

A.

File for divorce

B.

File for bankruptcy

C.

Hire a consultant

D.

Quit their jobs

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Question # 6

What is the programming period for a CIP?

A.

One year

B.

1-2 years

C.

3-4 years

D.

5-6 years

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Question # 7

Generation X are those born between the years of?

A.

1977-2000

B.

1965-1976

C.

1940-1945

D.

1946-1964

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Question # 8

What was the first significant legal case concerning historic preservation?

A.

US v Gettysburg Electric Railway Co

B.

Penn Central Transportation Co. v New York City

C.

Eubank v City of Richmond

D.

Jones v Mayer

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Question # 9

A MSA includes:

A.

At least 2,500 but less than 50,000 and a population density of 1,000 persons per square mile

B.

Urban nucleus of 50,000 or more with a core density of 1,000 persons per square mile

C.

Population of 2,000 to 8,000 people

D.

At least one city with 50,000 or more and a total metropolitan population of 100,000

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Question # 10

Which of the following would be included as an element of a comprehensive plan?

A.

Land Use Plan

B.

Demographics

C.

Historic Preservation

D.

Implementation Schedule

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Question # 11

Who designed Letchworth and who designed Welwyn?

A.

Unwin, deSoissons

B.

Unwin, Burges

C.

Burgess, deSoissons

D.

Burgess, Unwin

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Question # 12

What is the smallest time frame using a cohort survival method of population analysis?

A.

1 year

B.

2 years

C.

5 years

D.

10 years

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Question # 13

What is the best use of a Gantt chart?

A.

Allocation of time among various tasks

B.

Illustrate how different tasks are related

C.

Illustrates how one task must be completed before beginning another

D.

Utilizes a table with alternatives in the rows and various impact factors in columns

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Question # 14

You are the planning director in a small town. Your husband runs the local country club and is applying for construction of a new swimming pool. This application will be reviewed by the planning commission for approval. This situation clearly:

A.

Constitutes a conflict of interest according to the AICP Code of Ethics.

B.

Happens every time an application for a swimming pool comes before the planning commission.

C.

May lead to your loss of employment.

D.

Does not lead to any ethical conflicts.

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Question # 15

What percentage of urban residing American’s live in poverty, according to the 2000 Census?

A.

10%

B.

15.9%

C.

20%

D.

24%

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Question # 16

What organization did Peter Calthorpe found?

A.

Sierra club

B.

American planning association

C.

Congress for new urbanism

D.

ASPO

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Question # 17

Scenario

You are a planner in a city that has recently opened a new shelter for homeless people. The shelter opens each evening during the winter and provides a place for people to sleep during the night in dormitory-style rooms with cots. Some community members would like the shelter closed because they feel that the large number of people who congregate on the sidewalks near the shelter as they wait for it to open pose a threat to public safety. Your planning director decides to address these concerns by classifying the shelter as a hotel. The planning director knows that the zoning ordinance specifies that a hotel must provide private sleeping quarters, which the shelter does not. By classifying the shelter as a hotel, the planning director is taking steps to close the shelter based on the ground that it is in violation of the zoning ordinance. What might you do first?

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Question # 18

Who said “A budget is goals with a price tag attached.”?

A.

Etzioni

B.

Davidoff

C.

Burgess

D.

Wildavsky

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Question # 19

Which of the following is not part of the AICP Code of Ethics?

A.

Assist in the clarification of community goals, objectives and policies in plan-making.

B.

A planner must have special concern for the long range consequences of present actions.

C.

A planner must strive to expand choice and opportunity for all persons, recognizing a special responsibility to plan for the needs of disadvantaged groups and person, and must urge the alteration of policies, institutions and decisions which oppose such needs.

D.

A planner must strive to give citizens the opportunity to have a meaningful impact on the development of plans and programs. Participation should be broad enough to include people who lack formal organization or influence.

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Question # 20

Who is known to have replaced Daniel Burnham in the 1920’s as the city planning expert?

A.

Clarence Perry

B.

Lawrence Veiller

C.

Robert Moses

D.

Paul Lawrence

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