Ep Quiz No.3
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- 1.
Standards for firefighting services prescribe that municipalities with 10,000 or more population but below 50,000 should provide at least one fire truck. Adjoining municipalities, however, are allowed to share one fire truck provided that the distance is within prescribed limits. In such cases, the maximum travel time between municipalities should be
- A.
10 minutes
- B.
15 minutes
- C.
20 minutes
- D.
30 minutes
Correct Answer
A. 10 minutes -
- 2.
In the identification of needs and the planning of social welfare programs and services, the planner is expected to
- A.
Involve the clientele
- B.
Involve the national and local governments
- C.
Involve the private sector
- D.
All of the choices
Correct Answer
D. All of the choices -
- 3.
The law that authorizes the establishment and promulgation of different levels of standards of economic and socialized housing in urban and rural areas provided under the Subdivision and Condominium Buyers Protective Decree and the National Building Code is
- A.
BP 220
- B.
RA 7279
- C.
PD 957
- D.
PD 1216
Correct Answer
A. BP 220 -
- 4.
What ratio between sealable and non-saleable portions of the subdivision is required for projects developed under BP 220 standards?
- A.
No fixed ratio
- B.
70% saleable and 30% non-saleable
- C.
40% saleable and 60% non-saleable
- D.
Minimum of 50% open space
Correct Answer
A. No fixed ratio -
- 5.
A single detached dwelling units is defined as a house
- A.
Good for one household
- B.
Intended for ownership
- C.
Completely surrounded by yards
- D.
With one or more of its sides abutting the property line
Correct Answer
C. Completely surrounded by yards -
- 6.
A study which includes all the units in the population is called
- A.
Holistic study
- B.
Phenomenological
- C.
Survey
- D.
Census
Correct Answer
D. Census -
- 7.
The difference between a census and a survey is that
- A.
Census makes use of questionnaires while surveys make use of interviews for data gathering
- B.
Census involves complete enumeration while survey involves sampling
- C.
Census is done only every 10 years while survey can be done anytime
- D.
Only the NSO can conduct a census but anybody can conduct a survey
Correct Answer
B. Census involves complete enumeration while survey involves sampling -
- 8.
This type of plan shows the allocation of land into broad functional classes, e.g., development areas, conservation/preservation areas; agricultural area and forest areas.
- A.
Structure Plan
- B.
General Land Use Plan
- C.
Development Plan
- D.
Comprehensive Plan
Correct Answer
B. General Land Use Plan -
- 9.
Agricultural land in its generic synonymous with that basic land classification?
- A.
Timberland
- B.
Unclassified public forest
- C.
Alienable and disposable
- D.
Ancestral domain
- E.
Critical watershed
Correct Answer
C. Alienable and disposable -
- 10.
Which of the following is not a factor in determining the suitability of land for an industrial estate?
- A.
Load-nearing capacity
- B.
Soil fertility
- C.
Drainage
- D.
Slope
- E.
Location
Correct Answer
B. Soil fertility -
- 11.
The 1987 constitution seeks to classify all lands in the public domain into four categories. Name the one that is not among the four
- A.
Agricultural land
- B.
Mineral land
- C.
National park
- D.
Ancestral domain
- E.
Forest land
Correct Answer
D. Ancestral domain -
- 12.
Which of the maps listed below is not a thematic map?
- A.
Base map
- B.
Land use map
- C.
Slope map
- D.
Geologic map
- E.
Physical constraint map
Correct Answer
A. Base map -
- 13.
What class of road is not part of a hierarchy?
- A.
Arterial
- B.
Collector
- C.
Distributor
- D.
Gravel surfaced
- E.
Local
Correct Answer
D. Gravel surfaced -
- 14.
Which land use type is normally not classified as urban?
- A.
Institutional
- B.
Residential
- C.
Mining and quarrying
- D.
Industrial
- E.
Commercial
Correct Answer
C. Mining and quarrying -
- 15.
The main regulatory tool for implementing land use plans in the Philippines is
- A.
Capital investment programs
- B.
Special assessments
- C.
Expropriation
- D.
Zoning
Correct Answer
D. Zoning -
- 16.
The agency that implements the laws, rules and regulations that support policies of Government with regard to optimizing the use of land as a resource is
- A.
NEDA
- B.
DAR
- C.
HLURB
- D.
DPWH
Correct Answer
C. HLURB -
- 17.
The agency responsible for coordinating the housing program is
- A.
NHA
- B.
HUDCC
- C.
HLURB
- D.
MMDA
Correct Answer
B. HUDCC -
- 18.
The minimum lot area under PD 957 is
- A.
100 sq. m.
- B.
72 sq. m.
- C.
150 sq. m.
- D.
120 sq. m.
Correct Answer
A. 100 sq. m. -
- 19.
The process of arranging activities and plans among different interest or planning groups for the purpose of systematizing, harmonizing and facilitating operations is called
- A.
Public hearing
- B.
Consultation
- C.
Coordination
- D.
Scoping
Correct Answer
C. Coordination -
- 20.
The process of obtaining technical advice or opinion which may or not be followed is called
- A.
Consultation
- B.
Coordination
- C.
Public hearing
- D.
Citizen participation
Correct Answer
A. Consultation -
- 21.
This document is a series of written statements accompanied by maps, illustration and diagrams which describes what the community wants to develop. It is essentially composed of community goals; objectives, policies, programs and a physical development plan with translate the various sectoral plans.
- A.
Land Use Plan
- B.
Action Plan
- C.
Strategic Plan
- D.
Development Plan
Correct Answer
D. Development Plan -
- 22.
This is the process of appraising the feasibility, credibility and probable impacts or consequences of alternative schemes of development or specific environmental conditions.
- A.
Environmental impact assessment
- B.
Evaluation
- C.
Diagnostic survey
- D.
Feasibility study
Correct Answer
B. Evaluation -
- 23.
One of these plans is not required under AFMA
- A.
Regional Agro-Industrial Development Plan
- B.
The SAFDZ Integrated Development Plan
- C.
The Agriculture and Fishery Modernization Plan
- D.
None of the choices
Correct Answer
A. Regional Agro-Industrial Development Plan -
- 24.
It is the process of predicting the likely environmental consequences of implementing a project or undertaking and designing appropriate preventive, mitigating and enhancement measures.
- A.
Scoping
- B.
Initial environmental examination
- C.
Environmental impact assessment
- D.
Environmental risk assessment
Correct Answer
C. Environmental impact assessment -
- 25.
In transportation planning, the collection of data is undertaken through different types of surveys. The manual counting and classifying, by type of vehicle and direction of travel, all passing each station during specified periods, supplemented by automation traffic recorder counts extending over longer periods is called
- A.
Travel time surveys
- B.
Roadside survey
- C.
Network inventories
- D.
Zoning
Correct Answer
B. Roadside survey -
- 26.
This is one of the methods of trip generation modeling, which is concerned with finding the best functional relationship between a dependent variable and one or more independent variables. This relationship is usually assumed to be linear.
- A.
Analysis of variance
- B.
Multiple regression
- C.
Category analysis
- D.
Situational analysis
Correct Answer
B. Multiple regression -
- 27.
This is a method of trip assignment which takes into account congestion on the transportation system. It is the process of determining a pattern of traffic flow for a known set of interzonal movements so that the relationship between journey time and flow in every link in the network should be in accordance with that specified for the link.
- A.
Diversion curves
- B.
All-or-nothing assignment
- C.
Capacity resistant
- D.
None of the choices
Correct Answer
C. Capacity resistant -
- 28.
These are lands that are capable of sustaining the economic productivity levels of crops/land use over time in a given climatic region without adversely affecting the immediate and adjoining environment.
- A.
Indigenous areas
- B.
Prime agricultural
- C.
Environmentally critical areas
- D.
Agro-industrial zones
Correct Answer
B. Prime agricultural -
- 29.
Areas generally belonging to ICCs/IPs subject to property rights within ancestral domain
- A.
Indigenous areas
- B.
Cultural minority
- C.
Ancestral areas
- D.
Ancestral domains
Correct Answer
D. Ancestral domains -
- 30.
This refers to a little formally recognizing the rights of possession and ownership of ICCs/IPs over their ancestral domains identified in accordance with the law.
- A.
Torres Title
- B.
Cultural minority
- C.
Land Title
- D.
Certificate of Ancestral Domain Title
Correct Answer
D. Certificate of Ancestral Domain Title -
- 31.
The following operating principles are adhered to under the Indigenous People's Right Act, except
- A.
Biodiversity
- B.
Career Development of IPs
- C.
Protection of the Environment
- D.
Cultural Diversity and Integrity, Consensus and Peace Building and Human Dignity
Correct Answer
B. Career Development of IPs -
- 32.
The rights of the IPs to cultural integrity shall include
- A.
Protection of indigenous culture, traditions and institutions
- B.
Right to establish and control educational and learning systems
- C.
Right to science and technology
- D.
All of the choices except none
- E.
None of the choices
Correct Answer
D. All of the choices except none -
- 33.
The primary government agency to implement the policies for the IPs is
- A.
Office of the Cultural Affairs
- B.
National Commission for the Cultural Communities
- C.
Commission for the Philippine Minorities
- D.
National Commission for Indigenous Peoples
Correct Answer
D. National Commission for Indigenous Peoples -
- 34.
Systems, institutions, mechanics and technologies compromising a unique body of knowledge enclave through time
- A.
Cultural practices
- B.
Cultural way of life
- C.
Indigenous culture
- D.
Indigenous knowledge systems and practices
Correct Answer
D. Indigenous knowledge systems and practices -
- 35.
Consensus of all members of the ICCs/IPs determined in accordance with their respective customary laws and practices, free from any external manipulation and coercion
- A.
Indigenous consensus
- B.
Rights of indigenous people
- C.
Free and informed consent
- D.
All of the choices
Correct Answer
C. Free and informed consent -
- 36.
RA No. 8371 is also known as the
- A.
NIPAS LAW
- B.
Conservation and biodiversity
- C.
Agenda 21
- D.
Indigenous People Rights Act (IPRA)
Correct Answer
D. Indigenous People Rights Act (IPRA) -
- 37.
The National Commission on Indigenous Peoples shall protect the rights of Indigenous peoples, except those of
- A.
Children and youth
- B.
Elders
- C.
Women
- D.
None of the choices
Correct Answer
D. None of the choices -
- 38.
How many commissioners comprise the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples?
- A.
Five
- B.
Seven
- C.
Nine
- D.
Eleven
Correct Answer
B. Seven -
- 39.
It consists or resource flows provided by bilateral sources and multilateral institutions with the objective of promoting the economic development and welfare of the recipient country.
- A.
World Bank
- B.
Official Development Assistance
- C.
Internal Revenue Allotment
- D.
Development
Correct Answer
B. Official Development Assistance -
- 40.
This law provides a liberalized environment more conducive to private sector investment.
- A.
RA 6657 and RA 7718 (BOT LAW)
- B.
Retail Trade Liberalization Act
- C.
Urban Development and Housing Act
- D.
All of the choices except none
- E.
None of the choices
Correct Answer
A. RA 6657 and RA 7718 (BOT LAW) -
- 41.
A contractual arrangement whereby a project proponent is authorized to finance, construct, own, operate and maintain an infrastructure or development facility from which the proponent is allowed to recover its total investment, operating and maintenance costs plus a reasonable return thereon by collecting tools, fees, rentals and other charges from facility users.
- A.
Build and transfer
- B.
Build own and operate
- C.
Build transfer and operate
- D.
Develop, operate and transfer
Correct Answer
B. Build own and operate -
- 42.
A contractual arrangement whereby the public sector contracts out the building of an infrastructures facility to private entity such that the contractor builds the facility on a turn-key basis, assuming cost overrun, delay and specified performance risks.
- A.
Build and transfer
- B.
Build own and operate
- C.
Build transfer and operate
- D.
Develop, operate and transfer
Correct Answer
C. Build transfer and operate -
- 43.
The use of scientific methods and information to define the probability and magnitude of potentially adverse effects which can result from exposure to hazardous materials or situations.
- A.
Environmental impact statement
- B.
Environmental risk assessment
- C.
Scoping
- D.
None of the choices
Correct Answer
B. Environmental risk assessment -
- 44.
Those persons who may be significantly affected by the project or undertaking are called
- A.
Indigenous people
- B.
Stakeholders
- C.
Squatters
- D.
Proponent
Correct Answer
B. Stakeholders -
- 45.
Which of these projects require an EIS?
- A.
Golf courses and residential subdivision above 10 hectares
- B.
Drugstore and backyard piggery
- C.
Projects under Kalakalan 20
- D.
All of the choices
Correct Answer
A. Golf courses and residential subdivision above 10 hectares -
- 46.
Those suffering from restriction or lack of ability to perform an activity in the manner or within the range considered normal for a human being as a result of mental, physical or sensory impairment.
- A.
Physically challenged
- B.
Impaired
- C.
Disabled
- D.
Disadvantaged
Correct Answer
C. Disabled -
- 47.
Ebenezer Howard is regarded as the most influential among the Great Thinkers in modern urban and regional planning. His famous book, first published in 1898, the revised was titled:
- A.
Garden Cities
- B.
Garden Cities of To-morrow
- C.
Tomorrow’s Cities
- D.
To-morrow: A Peaceful Path for Real Reform
Correct Answer
B. Garden Cities of To-morrowExplanation
The only publication he wrote in his life was titled To-Morrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform (1898), which was significantly revised in 1902 as Garden Cities of To-morrow. (Source:Wikipedia)Rate this question:
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- 48.
Ebenezer Howard’s ideas were adopted by the British Governments in the enactment of the New Towns Act of 1947. The new towns concept, according to historians, has been illustrated by Howard on a paper napkin, This famous diagram consists of :
- A.
One Magnet
- B.
Two Magnets
- C.
Three Magnets
- D.
Four Magnets
Correct Answer
C. Three Magnets -
- 49.
Ebenezer Howard envisioned a new town deliberately outside normal commuter range of the old city. It would be fairly small. Its population size shall be:
- A.
Ten thousand
- B.
Twenty thousand
- C.
Twenty-two thousand
- D.
Thirty thousand
Correct Answer
C. Twenty-two thousand -
- 50.
The first new town built following Ebenezer Howard’s idea is known as:
- A.
Letchworth
- B.
Soltaire
- C.
Sterenage
- D.
Welwyn
Correct Answer
A. Letchworth -
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