APA APA Certifications AICP Questions & Answers

• Question 101:

  Who is known for Management by Objective (MBO)?

  A. Calthrope

  B. Bettman

  C. Drucker

  D. Burgess

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 102:

  What are LULU's?

  A. Locally unwanted land uses

  B. Locally unwanted logical uses

  C. Locally unwanted large uses

  D. Locally unwanted laboratory uses

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 103:

  Scenario

  You are a planner in a community with a new sign ordinance that prohibits banners from being strung across the road. The ordinance was adopted in response to several unattractive advertising banners that had frequently been strung across

  local roads and often become entangled with electrical wires. On your way to work one morning, you see that a community group has strung a banner across the main street that advertises an upcoming charity event that will generate

  thousands of dollars for needy families. You know that the money is greatly needed and that local officials and residents support the event.

  What might you do in the short term?

  A. Answer: See the solution below

  Correct Answer: A

  Since it is your duty to enforce the ordinance immediately, you might want to think of some alternatives to suggest to the event organizers, such as stringing the sign between two buildings on the same side of the road. However, note that such a solution might have undesirable ramifications, such as a proliferation of signs being strung between buildings. Another way to confront the situation honestly would be to encourage the community group to apply for a variance. If a variance were granted, then there would be no question about allowing the banner to remain in place.

• Question 104:

  Scenario

  You are a newly hired planner involved in the process of preparing a new recreation plan for your community. Your supervisor learns that the City Council is anxious to take action on a recreation plan, and therefore, you are instructed to prepare the plan without scheduling any time for public participation or public comment. What might you do first?

  A. Answer: See the solution below

  Correct Answer: A

  The first step is to be sure you understand the situation completely, and, most importantly, you must know if public participation required by law. You know that as a planner, your responsibility is to provide full, clear and accurate information on planning issues to citizens and governmental decision-makers and to strive to give citizens the opportunity for meaningful impact on the development of plans (Ethical Principle 1)

• Question 105:

  What is the purpose of the 100th meridian?

  A. A longitudinal line

  B. A latitudinal line

  C. The equator

  D. Separates east and west by rainfall

  Correct Answer: D

  Correct answer, runs through N. and S. Dakota and Oklahoma panhandle marking the east which receives 20 inches more precipitation per year from the drier west.

• Question 106:

  Scenario

  The local YMCA is proposing to build a swimming pool next to their existing facility in your medium-sized town. You are a planner and must review the development proposal. The wife of one of the senior planners is the YMCA director. The husband of the planning director is the Chair of the Board of Directors for the YMCA. Everybody on the YMCA board is a family friend to both the senior planner and the planning director. What might you do?

  A. Answer: See the solution below

  Correct Answer: A

  You have a job to do, and you are not tainted with the conflict of interest. It is important to be as open and transparent in review of the proposal as you would be with any other proposal. You are fortunate in that, according to the scenario, you have not been asked to favor the proposal. Proceed with your analysis and make a recommendation on the proposal as usual. You might disclose the potential conflicts that do exist in your report. You might have your work reviewed by an outside consultant rather than by the planning director. You might ask that all those personally involved in the situation recuse themselves from making the final decision about the proposal. Your only conflict might be in displeasing your boss. If you are going to shade the results in order to please your boss, then you have a problem.

• Question 107:

  Who promoted a dream city "Radiant City"?

  A. Frank Lloyd Wright

  B. LeCorbusier

  C. Louis Wirth

  D. James Rouse

  Correct Answer: B

  A. promoted auto oriented development with Broadacre City

  C. Louis Wirth ?wrote Urbanism as a Way of Life

  D. influenced urban design with indoor shopping malls in 1950's

• Question 108:

  What percentage of Americans lived in urbanized areas in the 2000 Census, the shortest since 1820?

  A. 86%

  B. 78%

  C. 68%

  D. 50%

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 109:

  Where was the first historic preservation commission designated?

  A. New York City, NY

  B. Charleston, SC

  C. Gettysburg, PA

  D. Vieux Carre, New Orleans, LA

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 110:

  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

  Correct Answer: A