APA APA Certifications AICP Questions & Answers

• Question 71:

  Which is the smallest level at which all data released?

  A. Urban cluster

  B. Census block group

  C. Census block

  D. Census tract

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 72:

  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.

  Correct Answer: A

  See Ethical Principle 2 and Rules of Conduct 6 and 19. When a decision is presented publicly, you might want to note the situation and to explain how the potential conflict of interest was addressed.

• Question 73:

  What year was the standard state zoning enabling act adopted?

  A. 1924

  B. 1928

  C. 1934

  D. 1938

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 74:

  What year was the standard city planning enabling act?

  A. 1924

  B. 1928

  C. 1934

  D. 1938

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 75:

  Who was the father of advocacy planning?

  A. Burgess

  B. Hoyt

  C. Davidoff

  D. Christaller

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 76:

  Wrack is? (know what the others describe too.)

  A. Glacial form shaped like ?of a hard boiled egg

  B. Long narrow hill of sand and gravel in an area once covered by ice

  C. Glacial deposit of rock and soil

  D. Algae, plant and animal materials that accumulate on beaches at high water marks

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 77:

  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.

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 78:

  What two cities does Jean Gottman's book discuss?

  A. Dallas and Fort Worth

  B. Philadelphia, PA and Trenton, NJ

  C. Washington DC and Alexandria, VA

  D. Washington DC and Boston, MA

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 79:

  What concept did Penn Central Transportation Co. v The City of New York (US Supreme Court) first introduce?

  A. PUD

  B. Eminent domain

  C. TDR

  D. Impact Fees

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 80:

  What term is associated with development of a vacant urban or suburban site that was formerly developed but is now obsolete?

  A. Brownfield development

  B. Leapfrog development

  C. Greenfield development

  D. Grayfield development

  Correct Answer: D

  A. development on a site not used or underused due to real or perceived environmental issues

  B. describes a type of sprawl where new development is not contiguous with pre-existing development but occurs some distance from it

  C. development on a site never developed before