AICP EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
The period between 1860 and 1870 in the US saw the beginning of
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suburbanization, with the creation of small settlements beyond large | | | | | | | | |
cities. Which of the following cities exemplifies this early American
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suburbanization? a) Radburn, New Jersey b) Riverside, Illinois c) Lake | | | | | | | | | |
Forest, Illinois - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-B
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Which system may be used for legal description purposes? a) US
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Government Survey b) Metes and Bounds c) Lot, block, and tract d) All
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of the above - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-D
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Fred French Co. v. City of new York introduced for the first time the
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concept of? a) Plnned unit development b) Transfer of development
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rights c) Eminent domain d) Open space zoning - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-A
Which of the following would most appropriately be the function of a
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state government rather than the local or federal governments? a)
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Aesthetics regulations b) Historic properties designation c)
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Redevelopment d) Scenic rivers designation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-D | | | | | | |
,Among the many projects during the early years of the New Deal Era,
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what was a major regional development program that became known
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as? a) The Tenessee Valley Authority b) The USHA Program c) The
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Greenbelt Towns d) The PWA Program - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A
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Which "Great Expediter" said, "If the ends don't justify the means, then
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what the hell does"? a) Daniel Burnham b) Mike Waiczis c) Robert
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Moses d) Adolph Hitler - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-C
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Courts have ruled that rezoning does NOT constitute spot zoning if? a)
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The rezoning is adopted by unanimouse vote of the legislative body. b)
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The rezoning is not appealed. c) The rezoning is enacted in accordance
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with a comprehensive plan. d) The rezoning allows for special permit or
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special exception waivers. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-C
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"Amortization" as it applies to zoning practice refers to? a) The | | | | | | | | | | |
prohibition of expanding non-conforming uses. b) The determination of
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the remaining useful life of a pre-existing non- conforming use. c) The
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purchase of property for public use. d) Eminent domain. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-B
In 1880, George Pullman designed and built the Town of Pullman, a
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model industrial town in the state of? a) New York b) Ohio c) Illinois d)
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Michigan - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-C | | |
,Initiated in 1969, the "A-95" clearinghouse review process was
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responsible for? a) Massive eminent domain suits. b) The creation of
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regional planning agencies. c) The recession in the midwest. d)
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Construction of affordable housing in the northeast. - CORRECT | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-B
"The Baltimore Plan" refers to? a) Baltimore's 1895 master plan. b)
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Balitmore's 1985 master plan. c) The cleaning up of various cities in the
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1950s. d) Construction of affordable housing in the northeast. -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-C |
This 1915 zoning case involved the operation of a brickyard within
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metropolitan Los Angeles. Name it. a) Hadachek v. Sebastian b) Euclid v.
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Ambler Realty c) Jones v. Los Angeles d) Nectow v. Cambridge -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A |
Of the following techniques for preserving agricultural land, which
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would be the MOST effective? a) Transfer of Development Rights. b) No
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growth policy. c) Building permit moratorium. d) Righ to farm ordinance.
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- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-B
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What is satisficing? a) A term menaing that an applicant is satisfied with
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the approval of his project. b) Accepting policy options short of
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, maximizing goal attainament. c) Accepting policy options short to | | | | | | | | |
attaining 100% consensus. d) Both B and C. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-D
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Transportation Systems Management (TSM) includes all of the following | | | | | | | | |
EXCEPT? a) Carpooling and vanpooling incentives. b) Major new
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transportation facilities. c) Improved transit service. d) Staggered work | | | | | | | | |
schedules. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-B | | |
A county planner leaves the public sector to become a consultant. How
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long should she wait before representing a private client in any action
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before the county she may have influenced before leaving public
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employment. The planner is a member of AICP. a) 1 year b) 2 years c) 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
years d) Never - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A
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Which of the following statements are NOT true? I. As activities become
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more complex, an organization tends to grow downward at a rapid rate.
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II. Horizontal growth may occur only at the top level of an organization.
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III. Public information and technical assistance are examples of
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specialized staff activities. IV. The three basic line functions can be | | | | | | | | | | |
applied to departmental structure as well as to the organization itself. a)
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|I and IV b) I and III c) II and IV - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-C
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2. You are working at the public counter when an angry citizen begins to
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yell at you. How do you handle this situation? I. Tell him you will meet
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him in the parking lot in 10 minutes. II. Insist that the gentleman calm
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down so you can assist him. III. Invite him into the office with another
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ANSWERS
The period between 1860 and 1870 in the US saw the beginning of
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
suburbanization, with the creation of small settlements beyond large | | | | | | | | |
cities. Which of the following cities exemplifies this early American
| | | | | | | | | |
suburbanization? a) Radburn, New Jersey b) Riverside, Illinois c) Lake | | | | | | | | | |
Forest, Illinois - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-B
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Which system may be used for legal description purposes? a) US
| | | | | | | | | | |
Government Survey b) Metes and Bounds c) Lot, block, and tract d) All
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of the above - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-D
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Fred French Co. v. City of new York introduced for the first time the
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
concept of? a) Plnned unit development b) Transfer of development
| | | | | | | | | |
rights c) Eminent domain d) Open space zoning - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-A
Which of the following would most appropriately be the function of a
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state government rather than the local or federal governments? a)
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Aesthetics regulations b) Historic properties designation c)
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Redevelopment d) Scenic rivers designation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-D | | | | | | |
,Among the many projects during the early years of the New Deal Era,
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
what was a major regional development program that became known
| | | | | | | | | |
as? a) The Tenessee Valley Authority b) The USHA Program c) The
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Greenbelt Towns d) The PWA Program - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A
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Which "Great Expediter" said, "If the ends don't justify the means, then
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what the hell does"? a) Daniel Burnham b) Mike Waiczis c) Robert
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Moses d) Adolph Hitler - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-C
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Courts have ruled that rezoning does NOT constitute spot zoning if? a)
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The rezoning is adopted by unanimouse vote of the legislative body. b)
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The rezoning is not appealed. c) The rezoning is enacted in accordance
| | | | | | | | | | | |
with a comprehensive plan. d) The rezoning allows for special permit or
| | | | | | | | | | | |
special exception waivers. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-C
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"Amortization" as it applies to zoning practice refers to? a) The | | | | | | | | | | |
prohibition of expanding non-conforming uses. b) The determination of
| | | | | | | | |
the remaining useful life of a pre-existing non- conforming use. c) The
| | | | | | | | | | | |
purchase of property for public use. d) Eminent domain. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-B
In 1880, George Pullman designed and built the Town of Pullman, a
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model industrial town in the state of? a) New York b) Ohio c) Illinois d)
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Michigan - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-C | | |
,Initiated in 1969, the "A-95" clearinghouse review process was
| | | | | | | | |
responsible for? a) Massive eminent domain suits. b) The creation of
| | | | | | | | | | |
regional planning agencies. c) The recession in the midwest. d)
| | | | | | | | | |
Construction of affordable housing in the northeast. - CORRECT | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-B
"The Baltimore Plan" refers to? a) Baltimore's 1895 master plan. b)
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Balitmore's 1985 master plan. c) The cleaning up of various cities in the
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
1950s. d) Construction of affordable housing in the northeast. -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-C |
This 1915 zoning case involved the operation of a brickyard within
| | | | | | | | | | |
metropolitan Los Angeles. Name it. a) Hadachek v. Sebastian b) Euclid v.
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Ambler Realty c) Jones v. Los Angeles d) Nectow v. Cambridge -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A |
Of the following techniques for preserving agricultural land, which
| | | | | | | | |
would be the MOST effective? a) Transfer of Development Rights. b) No
| | | | | | | | | | | |
growth policy. c) Building permit moratorium. d) Righ to farm ordinance.
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- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-B
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What is satisficing? a) A term menaing that an applicant is satisfied with
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the approval of his project. b) Accepting policy options short of
| | | | | | | | | | |
, maximizing goal attainament. c) Accepting policy options short to | | | | | | | | |
attaining 100% consensus. d) Both B and C. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-D
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Transportation Systems Management (TSM) includes all of the following | | | | | | | | |
EXCEPT? a) Carpooling and vanpooling incentives. b) Major new
| | | | | | | | |
transportation facilities. c) Improved transit service. d) Staggered work | | | | | | | | |
schedules. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-B | | |
A county planner leaves the public sector to become a consultant. How
| | | | | | | | | | | |
long should she wait before representing a private client in any action
| | | | | | | | | | | |
before the county she may have influenced before leaving public
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employment. The planner is a member of AICP. a) 1 year b) 2 years c) 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
years d) Never - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A
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Which of the following statements are NOT true? I. As activities become
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more complex, an organization tends to grow downward at a rapid rate.
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II. Horizontal growth may occur only at the top level of an organization.
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
III. Public information and technical assistance are examples of
| | | | | | | | |
specialized staff activities. IV. The three basic line functions can be | | | | | | | | | | |
applied to departmental structure as well as to the organization itself. a)
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|I and IV b) I and III c) II and IV - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-C
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2. You are working at the public counter when an angry citizen begins to
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
yell at you. How do you handle this situation? I. Tell him you will meet
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
him in the parking lot in 10 minutes. II. Insist that the gentleman calm
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
down so you can assist him. III. Invite him into the office with another
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