APA AICP Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

APA AICP Online Questions & Answers

• Question 1:

  Scenario

  You are responsible for recommending contracts to the city council. Your immediate supervisor has asked you to prepare a recommendation for a large contract for an individual you know is a good friend of your supervisor. After reviewing the contract, you conclude that the contract amount is not commensurate with the scope of work provided. You believe the contract is a waste of taxpayer dollars if it were to be granted. What might you do if your supervisor pressures you for a favorable recommendation?

  A. Answer: See the solution below
  A. Answer: See the solution below

• Question 2:

  What is the programming period for a CIP?

  A. One year
  B. 1-2 years
  C. 3-4 years
  D. 5-6 years
  D. 5-6 years

• Question 3:

  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
  B. Charleston, SC

• Question 4:

  Who was the father of modern ecology?

  A. Krumholz
  B. Lindblom
  C. McHarg
  D. Davidoff
  C. McHarg

• Question 5:

  Which Housing Act allowed for Section 701 funds (funds to be used for comprehensive planning for communities less than 25,000)?

  A. Housing Act of 1954
  B. Housing Act of 1959
  C. Housing Act of 1964
  D. Housing Act of 1965
  A. Housing Act of 1954

• Question 6:

  The American Community Survey will replace the _____________?

  A. Long form
  B. Short form
  C. Census block
  D. Census tract
  A. Long form

• Question 7:

  Scenario

  The owner of the local NFL football team tells the mayor through the press that he will relocate his team unless the city builds a new stadium and practice field. The mayor wants the team to stay because his campaign platform included a promise to keep the team in the community. He asks you, the planning director, to evaluate the costs and benefits of building a new stadium. The planning staff does the analysis and demonstrates that large- scale public investment in a new stadium makes no economic sense and may lead to bankruptcy. What might you do?

  A. Answer: See the solution below
  A. Answer: See the solution below

• Question 8:

  What two railroads joined at Promontory Point, Utah to form the first transcontinental railroad?

  A. Union Pacific and Central Pacific
  B. Northern Pacific and Central Pacific
  C. Union Pacific and Northern Pacific
  D. Northern Pacific and South Pacific
  A. Union Pacific and Central Pacific

• Question 9:

  What did Jane Jacobs write?

  A. Children of the poor
  B. White City
  C. Rural by design
  D. Death and life of great American cities
  D. Death and life of great American cities

• Question 10:

  Which of the following occurred in 1909?

  A. Daniel Burnham completed the first regional comprehensive plan for Chicago.
  B. Wisconsin passed the first state enabling legislation permitting cities to plan.
  C. Los Angeles was the first city to apply zoning to undeveloped lands
  D. The first course in city planning was offered at Harvard College's Landscape Architecture Department.
  E. All of the above
  E. All of the above