AICP Online Practice Questions and Answers

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

Echo Boomers (aka: Generation Y) are those born between the years of?

A. 1977-2000

B. 1965-1976

C. 1940-1945

D. 1946-1964

Scenario: Negative Comments about Consultant Work

At a recent national planning conference, you hear some very negative things about the quality of work done for clients by a well known consulting planning firm. Some of the comments are from people who may not have first-hand information At least one of the critical statements was made directly by a former client The firm, by coincidence, has now submitted a proposal to do work for your community. You call all of the references supplied by the consultant They check out fine. What should you do next?

Ethical Issues: How do you make sure that you don't pass on gossip, but do respond to legitimate issues affecting foe expenditure of public dollars?

Action Alternatives:

1.

You have checked the references and they were fine. The folks you talked to are reasonable and had direct knowledge of the consultant's work. You do not want to appear to be looking to make trouble for yourself or anyone else You decide no further action is necessary.

2.

When spending public money, you have a responsibility to make sure that the public will get the best value. This requires you to be zealous in determining whether there are any reasons for not hiring the consulting firm. After all, consulting firms do not ever list clients who they think might give them a bad reference. You call for references checking with names not on the list provided by the firm.

3.

Other

Commentary: Negative Comments About Consultant Work

Code Citations:

A. 1 A planner must protect and enhance the integrity of the profession and must be responsible in criticism of the profession

B. 2 A planner must accurately represent the qualifications, views, and findings of colleagues.

C. 3 A planner who reviews the work of other professionals must do so in a fair, considerate, professional, and equitable manner

What case did Alfred Bettman argue?

A. South Burlington County NAACP v Township of Mount Laurel

B. Fasano v Board of Co. Commissioners of Washington Co.

C. Golden v Planning Board of the Town of Ramapo

D. Village of Euclid v Ambler Realty Co.

What is the mean of the following numbers: 4, 6, 10, 12?

A. 10

B. 6

C. 8

D. 7

Each of the following may constitute a conflict of interest for a public planner under the AICP Code of Ethics EXCEPT:

A. Accepting a gift from a local building firm.

B. Working for a developer who has an action before the Planning Board.

C. Applying for a Health Department permit to operate a stall at the Farmers' Market.

D. Processing a rezoning application for property the public planner owns.

Who designed Letchworth and who designed Welwyn?

A. Unwin, deSoissons

B. Unwin, Burges

C. Burgess, deSoissons

D. Burgess, Unwin

Which of the following groups of planning philosophies came before the City Humane Movement?

A. City Functional, City Efficient, City Beautiful and Garden City

B. Garden City, Agrarian Philosophy, Laissez Faire, City Functional

C. Public Health, Agrarian Philosophy, Laissez Faire, Garden City

D. Agrarian Philosophy, Laissez Faire, Public health, City Functional

Which best describes Urban Service Areas?

A. Area of land available for development within 20-25 years

B. Area of land targeted for new or improved infrastructure over 5-10 years

C. Area of land where development is channeled over time

D. Area of land which remains free of development for future expansion of an urban growth boundary

Scenario

A site application is complete and is about to go before the planning commission. As a member of the planning staff, you believe there is the appearance of a conflict of interest for a planning commissioner who owns property near the proposed site and stands to benefit from the increase in property value that the new development is projected to generate. What might you do?

A. Answer: See the solution below

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

How many subjects are in the short form of the US Census?

A. 7

B. 8

C. 9

D. 10

Which is Burgess associated with?

A. Sector

B. Concentric ring

C. Multi-nuclei

D. Central place

What is ETJ?

A. Uses not permitted by right

B. Hardship associated with a parcel not allowing for development of that parcel under the zoning regulations

C. Decreasing the intensity of development

D. Authority granted by some states to municipalities to impose zoning and subdivision regulations beyond their jurisdiction

Where was the first historic preservation ordinance enacted?

A. New York City, NY

B. Charleston, SC

C. Gettyburg, PA

D. Vieux Carre, New Orleans, LA