Hidden EP Quiz No.24

1. In Clarence Steins Six Principles of Regional Planning (1920), which one concerns traffic caused by roadside parking

Plan simply, but comprehensively

Provide ample sites in the right places for community use

Put factories and industrial buildings where they can be used without wasteful transportation of people and goods

Cars must be stored inside homes

Bring private land and public land into relationship

Arrange for the occupancy of houses

2. Built below the Acropolis in the heart of the city-state, the 'marketplace' was the site where ancient Greeks came together not only for trading and buying of foodstuffs but also for political, social, and other secular activities

'Parthenon'

'gymnasium'

'erechtheum'

'agora'

'sumposion'

3. What kind of use would be most compatible around a huge oil depot and LPG gas depository?

Transport terminals

Commercial

BPO call centers

Open space

Hospitals

4. Under RA 7160 LGC Sec. 25, one of the following is not among the types of cities in the Philippines.

Highly Urbanized Cities

Independent Cities

Sister Cities

Component Cities-

5. ''Young dependents" in the Philippine setting refers to population with ages

0-4

0-6

0-10

0-14

6. In central place theory (1933), this refers to the minimum population required to make a service viable.

Resident population

Captive market

Threshold population

Population explosion

7. Under RA 7160 LGC Sec 452, what is the minimum population requirement to approve a Highly Urbanized City?

At least 200,000

At least 500,000

At least 1 million

At least 10 million

8. "Decide, announce, defend" summarizes "top-down" planning and management; its opposite in 'bottom up' planning and management that involves multiple stakeholders would be described as -

Delegate, deload, discharge

Discuss, decide, deliver

Debate, distill, deliberate

Dispute, discourse, direct

9. 'Working-age population" including those actively seeking and not seeking work, covers those with ages between

10-65

15-64

18-65

21-60

10. Under RA 7279 UDHA Sec 3, this refers to housing programs and projects undertaken by the government or the private sector for the underprivileged and homeless citizens which include sites and services development, long-term financing, liberalized terms on interest payments, and other related benefits.

Economic housing

Socialized housing

Low-cost housing

Open-market housing

11. An approach in urban planning that puts premium on people and nature by building upon the historic city of traditional neighborhood in such a way that workplaces, shops, and homes would be within walking distance of each other.

Neo-Populism

Eco-Village

New Urbanism

Dynapolis

Transit-Oriented Development

12. If "pre-industrial society" is mainly agricultural, kinship-based, self-sufficient, and relatively parochial, "industrial society" in contrast

Minimizes farming to channel capital into factories

Prioritizes mining of minerals and precious stones

Aims for mass production through mechanization & automation

Relies on the output of white-collar professionals

13. "Old dependents" in the Philippine setting refers to population with ages

60 and above

65 and above

70 and above

80 and above

14. What would be the most suitable use of geologic fault line with buffer strip of at least 5 m on both sides from the line?

Aqueduct or tunnel

Floodway

Venice-like canals

Open space farm

Wildlife refuge

15. UN-FAO standards_state that at least 5.7 hectares of aggregate urban-land (residential, commercial, industrial, etc) and 6 hectares of farm need to be reserved for every 1,000 population. How much urban land is needed for a town of 22,000?

62.7 hectares

125.4 hectares

220 hectares

1.14 hectares

16. Under Executive Order 26 series of 2011 which declared the National Greening Program as DA-DAR-DENR Convergence Initiative, how many tree seedlings should each government employee plant each year, a requirement that also applies to students identified by DEPED and CHED?

10

20

25

30

35

17. The 'bundle of rights' over private alienable-&-disposable property include all of the following rights except

Utilize, cultivate, develop

Enjoy benefits and earn from

Access, prevent access & control

Non-use, abuse, and misuse

Mortgage, sell, or dispose

Transfer and pass on

18. Under RA 7160 LGC, who among the following incumbents' may be allowed to practice his/her primary profession while in public office?

Local Chief Executive

Congressman Representative

Vice-Governor

Municipal Accountant

19. Under RA 7279 UDHA Sec. 28, the following are legal forms of eviction or demolition of informal settlements. Which one concerns most directly the safety of the general public in terms of water security?

When persons occupy railroad tracks, RROW, sidewalks, transmission lines, dump sites,parks,playgrounds and other public places;

When persons occupy easements of pipelines, reservoirs, esteros, creeks, rivers, shorelines, and beaches

When government infrastructure projects with available funding are about to be implemented;

When there is a court order of eviction of settlers from a legally-owned private property;

20. This refers to the part of a seashore which is alternately covered by the ebb and flow of tide, technically, to a string of land margining a body of water, between the low-water line usually at the seaward margin of a , low tide terrace and the upper limit of wave wash at high tide usually marked by a beach scarp or berm.

Seaside

Seaboard

Foreshore

Seagrass bed

Beachfront

21. Which of the following is not a part of the General Welfare Clause of RA 7160 LGC Section 167

Hospitality and festivity

Economic prosperity

Balanced ecology & social justice

Health and safety

Preservation & enrichment of culture

Appropriate self-reliant science & technology

22. Due to greater division of labor, there is more heterogeneity of population and classes of workers beginning with

Primitive subsistence society

Pre-industrial society

Industrial society

Post-industrial society

23. According to the Chicago school of human ecology, 'Invasion' refers to how pioneers and opportunists push the 'land frontier' farther out; when immigrants settle in waves, they define new land uses for themselves in a process called

Evolution

Co-location

Succession

Acclimatization

Cohabitation

24. What is the smallest unit in the human settlements planning" by Dr Konstantinos Doxiadis (1951)?

House

Anthropos

Organism

Neighborhood

Hamlet

25. In Walter Christaller's central place theory (1933), neighborhood store is an example of 'first-order services' while grocery store, gas station, furniture, and post office are examples of

Secondary services

Tertiary services

Quaternary services

Quinary services

26. HLURB standards state that at least 2.5 hectares of industrial land needs to be reserved for every 1,000 population. How much total industrial land is needed for an independent chartered city of 200,000 people?

200 hectares

400 hectares

500 hectares

2,500 hectares

27. Below are some of the documented deficiencies of governments socialized housing with rowhouse design. Which deficiency is considered the principal cause of the failure of off-city relocation in the Philippines?

24 sq.m. is inappropriate for large urban families which are typically extended

Each dwelling unit has no space for waste sorting, composting, gardening, and domestic crop production

Each dwelling has no provision for natural cooling and energy conservation by means of protective trees

Most housing projects have no provisions for near-site workplaces or employment centers

28. In classic urban morphology, since cemeteries' perform solemn private functions' that require neither exchange nor access to commerce, they ought to be located in

Prime agricultural land

Caves and rocky hills

Fringe belts

Desert

Marginal land

29. Of the so-called "super-regions," which one is being promoted as having the comparative advantage in tourism?

North Luzon

Central Philippines

Baguio & Cordillera Autonomous Region

Davao Silicon Gulf

30. A duly-registered cooperative acquires a river-dredging machinery and waste-water treatment equipment. Should such acquisitions be subject to real property taxation under RA 7160 LGC Section 234?

Yes

No

It depends on the Local Chief Executive

Subject to the discretion of Assessor

31. According to RA 9710, this refers to the strategy for making women's as well as men's concerns and experiences an integral dimension of the design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of policies and programs in all political, economic, and societal spheres so that women and men benefit equally and inequality is not perpetuated.

Integration & rationalization

Gender mainstreaming

Sexual equality

Transgender accommodation

32. UN-FAO standards state that at least 0.60 hectares should be devoted to education (public and private) per thousand population. How much combined area of schools is the minimum for a town of 40,000 people?

40 hectares

24 hectares

10 hectares

240 hectares

33. This refers to a period in US planning history (1890s) when cities were conceived as total systems designed with broad circulation arteries, network of parks, cluster of focal buildings, and blocks of civic centers in aesthetic harmony.

New Towns Movement

City Efficient Movement

City Beautiful Movement

City Functional Movement

34. Which is a significant accomplishment of "Advocacy Planning" movement as fathered by Paul Davidoff (1965)

Single women with children were assisted to find employment

Social planning was moved from backroom negotiations into the open public forum

Documentation of long-lasting environmental changes was intensified

Affirmative action and social amelioration were mainstreamed into national policy

Businesses were compelled to draw their employees from the ranks of the poor.

35. Which of the following is not considered idle land under RA 7160 LGC Sec. 2377

Agriculture land of at least one-hectare with 50% of whole area bare and uncultivated

Urban land of at least 1,000 sq.m. with 50% of whole area unutilized and unimproved upon

Grazing land with thick grasses used for pasture of 100 heads of cattle

Stud farm on public land with no ongoing· breeding or training activities

36. Which of the following is not part of typology of cities under ekistics school of Dr Konstantinos Doxiadis (1951)?

Ecumenopolis

Megalopolis

Metropolis

Agropolis

Eperopolis

37. Under Executive Order 23 dated February 1,2011 declaring moratorium on the cutting and harvesting of timber," which of the following is exempted from the total log ban until the year 2016?

Concessions signed by DENR secretary

Conversion of mangrove forests

Alternate harvesting in industrial and commercial plantations

Small-scale tree cutting, 'carabao logging',and kaingin

38. Under the super-region concept of the PGMA administration, Central Luzon as part of the Mega Manila Extended Urban Region, would focus on

Hacienda farming

Meat processing

Commodity logistics chain

Cyber services

Tourism

39. Under the current setup, what government agency has the final authority on conversion of agricultural land?

DAR

Department of Agriculture

Land Registration Authority

Land Management Bureau

HLURB

HUDCC

40. In the biggest and most crowded city during Antiquity, poor residents of Rome (44 BCE) lived on units in multi-storey residential buildings which they rented but could not own; these were called

'abode'

'domus'

'appartement'

'tenema'

41. In his ''Theory of Good City Form,' he argued that norms such as vitality, sense, fit, access, control, efficiency, and justice - ought to characterize the performance of cities as settlements.

Kevin Lynch

Edward Tollman

John Trawls

Camillo Sitte

42. Which is not an instrument to prove private rights over land?

Certificate of Title

CLOA

Free Patent

DTI-IPR Patent

Tax Declaration

CADT

43. In terms of land use compatibility, what specific use would be least suitable next to a military police firing range?

Funeraria

Memorial park

Residential

Open space

Forest

44. Which of the following is not a feature of Frank Lloyd Wrights 'Broadacre City' (1932)?

Each person regardless of age has one acre of federal land

Food garden or small farm would be right next to the house

Manufacture commerce set up in twelve 15-storey buildings

Work within walking distance from the home

Railroad and freeway to interconnect cities

Densification would preserve much open space

45. Under RA 7160 LGC Sec 98, who among the following members of the Local School Board, other than the Governor or Mayor, has an elective office?

Division Superintendent or District Supervisor

LGU Treasurer

Chairperson of sanggunians committee on education

Representatives of federations of teachers, SK youth, PTAs, non-academics

46. 'Performance Zoning' can be described as a tool that

Allows property owners with limited development rights to buy additional rights from another property

Cities can use these to encourage development that exceeds the minimum standards

Regulates the character and quality of the use instead of simply regulating the mere use itself

Establishes objective thresholds and maximum limits of the effects or characteristics of land use

47. Of the Eight-Rungs in the Ladder of Citizen Participation (1969), which steps' would require the planner to perform 'facilitation' role rather than,"advice," "direction," or "manipulation"?

Counseling; therapy

Consultation; placation

Informing

Partnership; delegated power; citizen control

48. All of the following are true about urban planning except

Changing a city's physical form does not automatically reshape social life

Planning always takes place within a framework of economic and political realities

Planners should be allowed to control all technical aspects of how cities are built

The goals of the planning experiments of the last century have not been met

Cities should be designed in a way that fosters economic, social, cultural and environmental integration.

49. In the following formal statement on population policy(2010-2016) from President Benigno Simeon Aquino 111, which statement pertains to the States obligation to inform its citizens of all family planning alternatives from A to Z.

" ... I am against abortion as outlawed by the Philippine Constitution.

50. PD 705 Revised Forestry Code Section 16 affirms that, after a salvage zone of 40 meters from the high tide mark or shoreline, there shall be protective strips of mangroves or swamps along the coast with width of at least

20 meters

25 meters

30 meters

35 meters

40 meters