Percentage & Average EP_Quiz 551-600

1. 572. The following are all examples of environmentally-critical projects (ECPs) except one:

Perimeter work on centuries-old Plaza Miranda

Petrol Refineries & Oil Depots in Batangas City

RingDike-CircumferentialaroundLagunade Bay

Laiban Dam, Kaliwa River, Tanay, Rizal

2. 588.You are the Local Planning and Development Coordinator ofan LGU.Which of the following does not constitute a conflict of Interest? ·

Applying for business permit and health clearance to operate a private fruit stand in Farmers' Market

Processing a rezoning application of your own property

Working for a developer who has an action before the Local Board of Zoning Appeals and Adjustment

Accepting a monetary gift from a local building finn

3. 558. This principle encourages shared responsibility between government and the private sector in infrastructure development and management through joint venture schemes such as BOT, BTO, BLT,BOO, and the like.

Public-Private Partnership

State & Non-State Collaboration

Detente

Rapprochement

GONGO Cooptation

4. 571. Which of these projects should be subjected to Initial Environmental Examination (IEE) by DENR's regional field Units?

Six-classroom extension of an existing public elementary school

Each house measuring 400 sq.m. near world-famous Pagudpud, tlocos Norte

5,000 sq.m.viewdeck for tourists and watchers of migratory birds in Candaba swamps, Pampanga

30 sq.m.DOST field instruments station on the slopes of Mount Apo national park

six-classroom as per Cebu sample exams. viewdeck answer sa ibang sample exams.

Explanation

six-classroom as per Cebu sample exams. viewdeck answer sa ibang sample exams.

5. 573. Which of these projects should submit a full-blown Environmental Impact Statement?

High-end residential subdivision of more than 10 hectares with additional area for golf course

Tree planting on urban parks by 6000 students

Rain-fed fanning of around 50 hectares

Ydrop0nic and aeroponic fanning inside greenhouse tents and cages

6. 575. Which project in a declared tribal land with CADT title does not require a full-blown Environmental Impact Assessment?

Sericulture & vermicomposting

National highway

Dam for reservoir & hydroelectric power

Mining

7. 576. Which of the following conditions requires the most serious consideration in the EIA of a major Sanitary Landfill for any city or urban LGU?

About 100 meters from a river used for water supply

Around 20 kilometers from the city

About 1000 meters from an active geologic fault line

Has an in-take capacity of 6 years only

8. 589. You are the Local Planning and Development Coordinator of an LGU. Your wedded spouse runs the recreational Country Club and applies for a permit to construct an Olympic size swimming pool that would utilize water from a public spring. What is the most rational action for you to do?

Hire an independent consultant for an objective analysis of the application

Just keep quiet about it

File for divorce.

Ask for job transfer or reassignment

9. 574. Why is a mass housing project in the watershed area of La Mesa Reservoir Dam unsound and environmentally dangerous?

All of the choices

Because trees to capture precipitation, not housing and impervious structures, are the priority in a catchment reserve

Because domestic solid wastes and leachates from septic tanks can contaminate water supply for 12 million people

Because a dedared watershed is a protected area and hence not alienable and disposable

10. 578. According to RA 9003, sorting or segregation of 'solid wastes' into bio-degradable and non-biodegradable should be done

At source

At the factory level

At the end of production/consumption

At the option of family concerned

11. 579. This is a garbage recycling center in a village ,or for a cluster of villages, which also serves as drop-off center for.sorted wastes ,composting center, and processing center to consolidate segregate, recyclables for re-manufacturing.

Materials Recovery Facility

Waste Exchange Facility

Community Junk Shop

Barangay Waste Recycling Center

12. 585. Under PD 1308, a consulting firm, partnership, or company of registered environmental planners should have

At least 75% of entire membership and 75% of capitalization owned by registered environmental planners

At least 59% of entire membership and 50% of capitalization owned by registered environmental planners

The fifty-plus one rule of membership and capitalization

60%40% combination of licensed planners and unlicensed planners.

13. 592. Under RA 9184 Government .Procurement Reform Act of 2002, what is the most preferred manner of government procurement of goods and services?

Competitive bidding

Single source procurement or direct contracting

Negotiated procurement

Selective bidding or limited source bidding

14. 596. Under the rule cited in immediately-preceding question which of the following should not chair the Bids and Awards Committee?
C (B) (C) (0)

Audio-Visual Technician

Chief of Administrative Division

Head of Engineering Section

Planning Officer V

15. 598. Under RA 9184 Government Procurement Reform Act, Sec, government may hire Consulting Services for the following functions ,broadly matching the competencies of Registered EnPs. For which function are Environmental planners generally least prepared?

Construction supervision;

Management-related services and technical

Design; Services

Pre-investment or feasibility studies, special studies

Advisory and review services

16. 599. A Highly-Urbanized City (HUC) bids out in transparent manner the revision of its CLUPZO·for an approved budget of contract (ABC) of 6 million.Four companies participated in open bidding. In the BAC evaluation of technical proposals, Company A got 89 points, Company B earned 64 points, Company C, 78 points, and Company 0, 42 points as the last company missed out on the required GIS-RS component. After technical examination ,the sealed financial proposals were opened and the bid amounts were revealed as follows:Company A= 6.8 million; Company B = 6.2 million; Company C = 5.9 million; and Company D = 4.5 million.Overall, which company offered the "most responsive bid" or "lowest calculated complying bid" and should receive the Notice of Award of Contract from the head of agency.

Company C

Company B

Company D

Company A

17. 570. Except one the following are considered environmentally-critical areas where all major projects are subject to IEE

Tawi-tawi Seaweed Farms

Tubattaha Reef

Chocolate Hills

Mount Banahaw

18. 584.Which act of the planner is not enumerated as punishable under PD 1308 of 1978, Regulating the Practice of Environmental Planning in the Philippines?

Having his/her professional seal done by informal businesses along CM Recto Ave., Manila

Engaging in the practice of environmental planning in the Philippines without having been registered

Giving any false or forged evidence of any kind, or impersonating any registered environmental planner

19. 553.Because the value of real property rises in direct relation to perceived progress, RA 7160 Sec.235 allows LGUs to capture part of private gains from "value added" by regular public spending on roads, infrastructure, and utilities by institutionalizing a special levy at one percent (1%) of assessed value of real property,which revenues are then funneled to the local treasury as

Special Education Fund

Development Fund

General Fund

Real Property Cost Recovery

20. 557. Under RA 7160 Sec. 107, who should prepare the multi-sectoral development plan at the village level?

Barangay Development Council

Federation of Village Neighborhood and Homeowners Associations

Lupong Tagapamayapa ng Pook

Sangguniang Barangay

21. 559. A contractual arrangement whereby a project proponent undertakes the financing of construct ion of a given infrastructure or development facility and after Its completion turns it over to the government agency or local government unit concerned which-shall pay the-proponent on an agreed schedule its total investments expended on the project, plus a reasonable rate of return thereon.

Build and transfer

Build, transfer and operate

Build, own and operate

Develop,operate and transfer

22. 577. According to RA 9003,which three environmentally sensitive resources' should a Sanitary Landfill be most concerned about?

Aquifer, groundwater reservoir, water shed area

Flora, fauna,and biota

Landscapes, seascapes ,and viewscapes

Bionetwork, germplasm,and wildlife habitats

23. 582. An architect is normally in charge of vertical or upward development, while a civil engineer normally handles

Horizontal and lateral construction

Mining

Diagonal oblique development

Sub-surface structures

24. 590. The CPDC office has been criticized for poor dient service. There have been a number of complaints from the public that information is difficult to obtain over the counter, and that it takes too long to get zoning, general plan, and land ownership information. Which of the following would be the best action for the CPDO Head to take?

Place a complaint box on the counter and review the contents of the box twice a month

25. 595. Under RA 9184 Government Procurement Reform Act of 2002, the Bids and Awards Committee with five to seven members has to be headed by

At least third ranking permanent official

Resident auditor detailed by COA

Resident Ombudsman

Chief of procuring entity

26. 551.Under RA 7160 Local Government Code Section 236, "a province, city, or a municipality in Metropolitan Manila Area, may levy an annual tax on idle lands at the rate not exceeding of the assessed value of the property which shall be in addition to the basic real property tax:"

5%

7%

8%

10%

27. 554. Under RA7160 Sec. 241, a Local Sanggunian may impose a "special benefit levy" on real properties that directly benefit from an LGU's special investment on a section of town. Rate of levy is not uniform but varies in calibrated manner according to degree of benefit that a property derives from physical improvement. This special levy lasts for

Five to ten years

Seven to nine years

Five to seven years

Three to five years

28. 560. As per RA 7718 BOT Law, a Build-Operate-Transfer undertaking at the local level with value between PhP 200M- 300M has ·to be approved by what government body?

Investment Coordination Committee

Cabinet Committee or Cabinet Cluster

Regional Development Council

Ocal Development Council

29. 581. Which element of participatory planning process implies multi-stakeholdership?

All of the choices

Consensus-building and dispute resolution

Negotiated rule-making and policy dialogue

Coalition of partners and groundswell of Support

Collective leadership and innovative decision-making

Bottom-up process to define and prioritize local needs

30. 597. The acceptable form of security furnished by a contractor of a public project as a guarantee of good faith on his/her part to execute the contracted work In accordance with the terms of the approved contract.

Performance Bond

Retention or Retained Earnings

Surety Bond

Completion Guarantee

Insurance

Collateral

31. 587. As head city planner, you recommend an amendment to a Sanggunian ordinance to provide specific urban design guidelines on form zoning(building exteriors and streetscapes. You should emphasize in your report that this will

Provide legal basis for enforcing design guidelines

Allow community to enforce Transfer of Development Rights

Assure present quality of life will be preserved

Discourage big-box mall retailers from locating in town.

32. 555. Specific fiscal scheme used by local governments to finance redevelopment and revitalization of blighted areas by capturing the additional property taxes generated from the improvement of the tax base.

Ad Valorem Taxation

Tax Increment Financing

Indirect Taxation

Recoupment

33. 561. As in the case of the ZTE National Broadband Network deal, when a joint venture or negotiated contract at the national level exceeds the value of PhP 300M,the approving government body is

NEDA Board

Investment Coordination Committee

Council of state

Cabinet of the President

34. 565. The quantity of chemicals or wastes that could be dumped into the environment without causing damage of its uses or dislocation of living organisms, is known as

Containment capacity

Pollution permit

Assimilative capacity

Sinking capacity

as per Cebu sample exams, Containment capacity is the answer. For me assimilative is the answer.

Explanation

as per Cebu sample exams, Containment capacity is the answer. For me assimilative is the answer.

35. 562. It is the process of predicting the likely environmental consequences of implementing a project or undertaking and then designing appropriate preventive, protective,mitigating, and enhancement measures

Environmental Impact Assessment

Environmental Accounting and Audit

Strategic Environmental Assessment

Environments: Risk Assessment

36. 580. The following elements define planning experience" according to AICP. Which element most requires the planner to have adequate skills in effective communication, social marketing,negotiation, and conflict management?

"Influencing public decision-making in the public interest"

"Employing an appropriately comprehensive point of view"

"Applying a planning process appropriate to the situation."

"Involving a professional level of responsibility and resourcefulness."

as per cebu sample exams - "Influencing public decision-making in the public interest", pero duda ako dito.

Explanation

as per cebu sample exams - "Influencing public decision-making in the public interest", pero duda ako dito.

37. 586. According to American Planning Association , basic ethics for planners includes all but one of following principles:

Never be the last one in or the first one out.

Neither seek nor offer favors

Ensure full disclosure at public hearings

Avoid conflict of interest

yan sagot sa cebu sample exams. :)

Explanation

yan sagot sa cebu sample exams. :)

38. 600. As a planner, yoµ schedule a series of public meetings and workshops .Why should you evaluate such open participation events?

To improve future events

To demonstrate that this event worked better than previous such events

To establish a record of the event

To estimate level of attendance

39. 563. Which environment assessment methodology addresses long-term frameworks, policies, and regulatory regimes more substantively than project impacts and activity outcomes?

Environmental Impact Assessment

Environmental Accounting and Audit

Strategic Environmental Assessment

Environmental Risk Assessment

40. 583. Which of the following is not a challenge proper to a professional environmental planner?

He/she has to bridge the huge gap between the arts and the sciences.

He/she has to reconcile long term vision with short-term political exigencies and financial considerations

He/she has to be a generalist most of the time and a specialist at certain times;

41. 569. These projects need not submit an Environmental Impact Statement but one has to submit a simple Project Description

Cluster of stalls selling goto, lugaw, arrozcaldo , and pares in historic lntramuros, Manila

Home-based aquaculture using metal tanks and concrete ponds

Palay marketing warehouse of Samahang Nayon or rural farmers' cooperative

An urban grocery store of around 2500 sq.m. total area

Cluster of stalls ---- as per Cebu sample exams. Previous exam - parang iba..urban grocery yata.

Explanation

Cluster of stalls ---- as per Cebu sample exams. Previous exam - parang iba..urban grocery yata.

42. 556. Under RA 7160 Sec.271, how much is the share of each barangay from the total proceeds of Real Property Tax?

35% for barangays in provinces, and 25% for barangays in cities and in Metro Manila

30% for barangays in provinces,and 20% for barangays in cities and in Metro Manila

20% for barangays in provinces, and 10% for barangays in cities and in Metro Manila

25% for barangays in provinces, and 15% for barangays in cities and in Metro Manila

43. 566. This is the technical planning term for abandoned, idle, or underused industrial and commercial facilities, usually . .vacant and obsolete, where expansion or redevelopment is complicated by real or perceived environmental Contamination .

Greenfield

Grayfield

Minefield

Brownfield

44. 594. In emergency cases such as typhoon.or-earthquake damage-where the need for.supplies_and services is exceptionally urgent or absolutely indispensable and in order to prevent imminent danger to, or loss of, life or property,LGUs may make emergency purchases or place repair orders, without open public bidding, provided

Goods and commodities of any amountare procured from another government agency under L01755 and EO 359

All of the above *

45. 552. Municipalities as a group are entitled to 34% of total Internal Revenue Allotment, distributed based on formula adoptedsince 3rd ear of RA 7160 implementation- 60% population, 40% land area The practical ,implication of this scheme is that -

Urbanization in already-populous towns is reinforced with bigger IRA allotments.

There is ambivalent signal for towns to control population growth and succeed in family planning.

The allocation does not consider 'actual need' such as poverty incidence or median family income.

All of the above

46. 568. The following projects, except one, need not submit Project Description nor Environmental Impact Statement but need only to comply with registration and documentary requirements of city, town or barangay.

Sari-sari or neighborhood variety store

Backyard fowl-raising of less than 10 heads

Private-practice office in home garage with 5 employees

Municipal waterworks system

Previous sample exams answer is - municipal waterworks system.

Explanation

Previous sample exams answer is - municipal waterworks system.

47. 593. In cases where open public biddings have failed on two (2) consecutive occasions and no suppliers have qualified to participate or win in the bidding,LGUs, through the local chief executive with the approval of the Sanggunian, may undertake procurement of supplies and services without public bidding through:

Single source procurement or direct contracting

Competitive bidding

Negotiated procurement

Selective bidding or limited source bidding

48. 564. The use of a set of scientific methods to define the probability and magnitude of potentially adverse effects which can result from exposure to toxic and hazardous materials, compounds, and substances is called

Toxic Prevention Protocol

Environmental Risk Assessment

Strategic Environmental Assessment

Chemical Containment and Control

49. 567. Which category of industries tend to be generally non-pollutive and non-hazardous?

Cyber-spatial

Heavy

Medium

Light

Transient and fleeting

As per Cebu sample exams, its cyber-spatial. Other materials say - light.

Explanation

As per Cebu sample exams, its cyber-spatial. Other materials say - light.

50. 591. In a case of sexual harassment in a planning consulting Company, the- following ethical principles apply except one.

A planner should not be penalized for sexual urges that have nothing to do with his/her profession.

A planner must respect the rights of others and must not discriminate.

A planner must not commit a deliberately wrongful act, which reflects adversely on the planners professional fitness

A planner must have special concern for the long-range consequences of present actions.

eto sagot sa cebu sample exams - A planner should not be penalized for sexual urges that have nothing to do with his/her profession.

Explanation

eto sagot sa cebu sample exams - A planner should not be penalized for sexual urges that have nothing to do with his/her profession.

Percentage & Average Ep_quiz 551-600

1. 572. The following are all examples of environmentally-critical projects (ECPs) except one:

2.

What first name or nickname would you like us to use?

2. 588.You are the Local Planning and Development Coordinator ofan LGU.Which of the following does not constitute a conflict of Interest? ·

3. 558. This principle encourages shared responsibility between government and the private sector in infrastructure development and management through joint venture schemes such as BOT, BTO, BLT,BOO, and the like.

4. 571. Which of these projects should be subjected to Initial Environmental Examination (IEE) by DENR's regional field Units?

5. 573. Which of these projects should submit a full-blown Environmental Impact Statement?

6. 575. Which project in a declared tribal land with CADT title does not require a full-blown Environmental Impact Assessment?

7. 576. Which of the following conditions requires the most serious consideration in the EIA of a major Sanitary Landfill for any city or urban LGU?

8. 589. You are the Local Planning and Development Coordinator of an LGU. Your wedded spouse runs the recreational Country Club and applies for a permit to construct an Olympic size swimming pool that would utilize water from a public spring. What is the most rational action for you to do?

9. 574. Why is a mass housing project in the watershed area of La Mesa Reservoir Dam unsound and environmentally dangerous?

10. 578. According to RA 9003, sorting or segregation of 'solid wastes' into bio-degradable and non-biodegradable should be done

11. 579. This is a garbage recycling center in a village ,or for a cluster of villages, which also serves as drop-off center for.sorted wastes ,composting center, and processing center to consolidate segregate, recyclables for re-manufacturing.

12. 585. Under PD 1308, a consulting firm, partnership, or company of registered environmental planners should have

13. 592. Under RA 9184 Government .Procurement Reform Act of 2002, what is the most preferred manner of government procurement of goods and services?

14. 596. Under the rule cited in immediately-preceding question which of the following should not chair the Bids and Awards Committee? C (B) (C) (0)

15. 598. Under RA 9184 Government Procurement Reform Act, Sec, government may hire Consulting Services for the following functions ,broadly matching the competencies of Registered EnPs. For which function are Environmental planners generally least prepared?

17. 570. Except one the following are considered environmentally-critical areas where all major projects are subject to IEE

18. 584.Which act of the planner is not enumerated as punishable under PD 1308 of 1978, Regulating the Practice of Environmental Planning in the Philippines?

20. 557. Under RA 7160 Sec. 107, who should prepare the multi-sectoral development plan at the village level?

22. 577. According to RA 9003,which three environmentally sensitive resources' should a Sanitary Landfill be most concerned about?

23. 582. An architect is normally in charge of vertical or upward development, while a civil engineer normally handles

25. 595. Under RA 9184 Government Procurement Reform Act of 2002, the Bids and Awards Committee with five to seven members has to be headed by

26. 551.Under RA 7160 Local Government Code Section 236, "a province, city, or a municipality in Metropolitan Manila Area, may levy an annual tax on idle lands at the rate not exceeding of the assessed value of the property which shall be in addition to the basic real property tax:"

28. 560. As per RA 7718 BOT Law, a Build-Operate-Transfer undertaking at the local level with value between PhP 200M- 300M has ·to be approved by what government body?

29. 581. Which element of participatory planning process implies multi-stakeholdership?

30. 597. The acceptable form of security furnished by a contractor of a public project as a guarantee of good faith on his/her part to execute the contracted work In accordance with the terms of the approved contract.

31. 587. As head city planner, you recommend an amendment to a Sanggunian ordinance to provide specific urban design guidelines on form zoning(building exteriors and streetscapes. You should emphasize in your report that this will

32. 555. Specific fiscal scheme used by local governments to finance redevelopment and revitalization of blighted areas by capturing the additional property taxes generated from the improvement of the tax base.

33. 561. As in the case of the ZTE National Broadband Network deal, when a joint venture or negotiated contract at the national level exceeds the value of PhP 300M,the approving government body is

34. 565. The quantity of chemicals or wastes that could be dumped into the environment without causing damage of its uses or dislocation of living organisms, is known as

35. 562. It is the process of predicting the likely environmental consequences of implementing a project or undertaking and then designing appropriate preventive, protective,mitigating, and enhancement measures

36. 580. The following elements define planning experience" according to AICP. Which element most requires the planner to have adequate skills in effective communication, social marketing,negotiation, and conflict management?

37. 586. According to American Planning Association , basic ethics for planners includes all but one of following principles:

38. 600. As a planner, yoµ schedule a series of public meetings and workshops .Why should you evaluate such open participation events?

39. 563. Which environment assessment methodology addresses long-term frameworks, policies, and regulatory regimes more substantively than project impacts and activity outcomes?

40. 583. Which of the following is not a challenge proper to a professional environmental planner?

41. 569. These projects need not submit an Environmental Impact Statement but one has to submit a simple Project Description

42. 556. Under RA 7160 Sec.271, how much is the share of each barangay from the total proceeds of Real Property Tax?

43. 566. This is the technical planning term for abandoned, idle, or underused industrial and commercial facilities, usually . .vacant and obsolete, where expansion or redevelopment is complicated by real or perceived environmental Contamination .

45. 552. Municipalities as a group are entitled to 34% of total Internal Revenue Allotment, distributed based on formula adoptedsince 3rd ear of RA 7160 implementation- 60% population, 40% land area The practical ,implication of this scheme is that -

46. 568. The following projects, except one, need not submit Project Description nor Environmental Impact Statement but need only to comply with registration and documentary requirements of city, town or barangay.

48. 564. The use of a set of scientific methods to define the probability and magnitude of potentially adverse effects which can result from exposure to toxic and hazardous materials, compounds, and substances is called

49. 567. Which category of industries tend to be generally non-pollutive and non-hazardous?

50. 591. In a case of sexual harassment in a planning consulting Company, the- following ethical principles apply except one.

14. 596. Under the rule cited in immediately-preceding question which of the following should not chair the Bids and Awards Committee?
C (B) (C) (0)