APA AICP Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

APA AICP Online Questions & Answers

• Question 191:

  What year was the standard city planning enabling act?

  A. 1924
  B. 1928
  C. 1934
  D. 1938
  B. 1928

• Question 192:

  The term Landscape Urbanism, as used by planners and urban designers, refers to:

  A. Landscape requirements for individual site development.
  B. Tree planting programs along major boulevards and local residential streets.
  C. Organizing city form through the design of the city's landscape, rather than buildings.
  D. Creating garden cities on the suburban fringe of metropolitan areas.
  C. Organizing city form through the design of the city's landscape, rather than buildings.

• Question 193:

  Which of the following is true about creating accessible content for persons with visual impairments?

  A. Loud background audio is acceptable.
  B. Images of text are encouraged instead of actual text.
  C. Color may be used as the only way of conveying information or identifying content.
  D. Default foreground and background color combinations should provide sufficient contrast.
  D. Default foreground and background color combinations should provide sufficient contrast.

• Question 194:

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

  A. 10
  B. 6
  C. 8
  D. 7
  C. 8

• Question 195:

  "The concept of the public welfare is sufficiently broad to uphold ... desire to preserve its small town character, its open spaces and low density of population, and to grow at an orderly and deliberate pace." The quotation above is taken from which of the following United States Supreme Court landmark cases?

  A. Associated Home Builders of the Greater East Bay v. City of Livermore
  B. Southern Burlington County NAACP v. Township of Mount Laurel
  C. Euclid v. Ambler Realty
  D. Construction Industry Association of Sonoma County v. City of Petaluma
  D. Construction Industry Association of Sonoma County v. City of Petaluma

• Question 196:

  The influence and successes of the National Resources Planning Board can be explained by the support given by all of the following EXCEPT:

  A. Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
  B. Daniel Burnham.
  C. Federal funding.
  D. Rexford Tugwell.
  B. Daniel Burnham.

• Question 197:

  A city is undertaking several major development projects in several different areas, including building a new community center, expanding public transportation, and renovating a park. The City Planning Department can achieve efficiency, effectiveness, and synergy among these projects by taking which of the following approaches?

  A. Assigning each project to a different planner to work independently from each other
  B. Identifying projects that are geographically close and can benefit from shared resources
  C. Prioritizing and completing the projects based on the immediacy of their needs and timelines
  D. Completing each project separately without considering any overlap or connections to other projects
  B. Identifying projects that are geographically close and can benefit from shared resources

• Question 198:

  What year was the first urban growth boundary established in the US?

  A. 1958
  B. 1959
  C. 1990
  D. 1991
  A. 1958

• Question 199:

  The AICP membership of a certified planner must be revoked if:

  A. The planner is convicted of a serious crime as defined by the AICP Ethics Code.
  B. The planner is accused of violating an aspirational principle in the AICP Ethics Code.
  C. The planner has not completed their bi-annual certification maintenance credits by the deadline.
  D. The planner's state-issued professional license has been revoked or suspended.
  A. The planner is convicted of a serious crime as defined by the AICP Ethics Code.

• Question 200:

  The movement of cotton textile mills from New England to the South represented a trade- off between outlays for: A. Rent and transport.

  B. Fuel and rent.

  C. Labor and land.

  D. Labor and transport.

  Correct Answer. C
  C