Hidden EP Quiz No.05
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- 1.Because of public need for salvage zone, how far should a residential property be from the banks of rivers, streams and waterways in a rural farming area?
- A.
5 meters
- B.
20 meters
- C.
40 meters
- D.
100 meters
- 2.What would be the most suitable land use of geologic fault with buffer strip of at least 5 m on both sides from the line?
- A.
Aqueduct or tunnel
- B.
Floodway
- C.
Venice-like canals
- D.
Open space or farm
- E.
Wildlife refuge
- 3.What kind of use would be most compatible around a huge oil depot and Petrol-LPG gas depository?
- A.
Transport terminals
- B.
Commercial
- C.
BPO call centers
- D.
Open space
- E.
Hospitals
- 4.The following data help planners identify the appropriate industrial areas in an LGU, except one.
- A.
Indicated as Class A in SAFDZ/NPAAAD maps of the Bureau of Soils and Water Management
- B.
Part of growth area or growth corridor as stated in the Medium-Term National Development Plan
- C.
Among sites previously identified in 1970 NPFP national policy on industrial dispersal & decentralization of development
- D.
already surveyed and positively evaluated by PEZA under RA 7916
- 5.Which of the following is not a factor to determine suitability of land for heavy industrial use?
- A.
Load-bearing capacity
- B.
Location
- C.
Slope
- D.
Soil characteristics
- 6.Which of the following is not considered a criterion to select industrial estates in the Philippines?
- A.
Presence of natural resources
- B.
Physical boundary
- C.
Availability of labor
- D.
Existing infrastructure and utilities
- E.
Logistics or efficient movement of goods and products
- 7.This document serves as basis for adopting land use and physical planning-related guidelines and standards to guide the formulation of long-term framework plans and particularly city/municipal land use plans and zoning ordinances.
- A.
Long-Term Philippine Investment Plan
- B.
Medium-Term Philippine Development Plan
- C.
National Framework for Physical Planning
- D.
Regional Physical Framework Plan
- 8.In the National Framework for Physical Planning 2001-2030, "Settlements","Production","Protection," and "Infrastructure" are discussed as
- A.
Key Economic Functions of any Local Government Unit
- B.
Land Use Zones that exclude one another
- C.
Land Use Policy Areas whose functional relationships have to be fleshed out at the local level
- D.
Primary Districts in urban design that have to be delineated in each town or city
- 9.One goal of land use planning as stated in the 'National Framework for Physical Planning 2001-2030' is the utilization of the country's land and water resources in a manner that provides sufficient and affordable food products to all Filipinos of the present and future generations through local production and/or importation.
- A.
"Green Revolution"
- B.
"Agricultural Development"
- C.
"Food Security"
- D.
"Self-Sufficiency in Grains"
- 10.'National Framework for Physical Planning 2001-2030' notes a shift from rural resource-based environmental problems to urban-based man-made environmental problems. Which of the following NFPP measures pertains to development control and urban growth management (UGBs)?
- A.
Delineate land available for or restricted from settlement expansion
- B.
Identify and manage environmentally critical areas
- C.
Match land uses and densities with environmental capacities and service capacities of infrastructure
- D.
Encourage appropriately planned mixed use developments, transit use, pedestrianization and cultural/ historical preservation in large urban centers
- 11.Which of the following is not a basic step in preparing a CLUP?
- A.
Identify stakeholders and analyze the situation
- B.
Develop a detailed organizational management profile
- C.
Formulate goals and translate them into strategies
- D.
Anticipate economic trends and build scenarios
- E.
Identify the needed infrastructure and utilities
- F.
Involve participants in Goals Achievement Matrix
- 12.Which of the following steps are common to both CLUP and Comprehensive Development Plan?
- A.
Urban morphology and physiognomy
- B.
Data collection, problem analysis, sectoral forecasting, formulation of overall vision, goals, objectives
- C.
Investment programming, zero-based budgeting, earmarking and appropriation
- D.
Community-based monitoring system, local government poverty monitoring system
- 13.All of the following tools are relevant to land use planning but one is least used in land use allocation?
- A.
Land Use Accounting
- B.
Scenario Analysis
- C.
Life Cycle Analysis
- D.
Spatial Modeling
- 14.In Ernesto Serote's land use accounting, the following measures increase overall land supply for planning, except one.
- A.
Reclamation of coastal area
- B.
Infill and densification
- C.
Urban renewal and redevelopment
- D.
NPAAAD
- 15.In Ernesto Serote's method of estimating land supply, the following are deducted from total, except one.
- A.
Environmentally critical areas
- B.
Grasslands and idle lands
- C.
High-risk geohazard zones
- D.
Military and civil reservations
- 16.UN-FAO standards state that at least 5.7 hectares of aggregate urban land (residential, commercial, industrial, etc) and 6 hectares of farmland need to be reserved for every 1,000 population. How much urban land is needed for a town of 22,000?
- A.
62.7 hectares
- B.
125.4 hectares
- C.
220 hectares
- D.
11.4 hectares
- 17.UN-FAO standards state that at least 0.60 hectares should be devoted to educational space (public and private) per thousand population. How much combined area of schools is the minimum for a town of 40,000 people?
- A.
40 hectares
- B.
24 hectares
- C.
10 hectares
- D.
240 hectares
- 18.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?
- A.
200 hectares
- B.
400 hectares
- C.
500 hectares
- D.
2,500 hectares
- 19.Like a mould needed to control shape, the spatial strategy in CLUP is the creative physical arrangement of space- using activities used to influence the shape, direction, and intensity of the built environment so as to preserve and conserve the unbuilt environment.
- A.
City Image
- B.
City Metaphor
- C.
Spatial Modeling
- D.
Urban Form
- E.
Urban Template
- 20.According to Kevin Andrew Lynch (1961), a good 'urban design' is one where residents and visitors can use a 'cognitive image' or 'mental map' of the city as they navigate through the territory in the process of 'wayfinding·. He identified the elements of legibility of place as:
- A.
Circumferentials, arterials, radials, crossroads
- B.
Skyscrapers, skyways, multi-nodals, junctions
- C.
Arched gateways, waterfronts, boulevards, anci promenades
- D.
Paths, edges, nodes, districts, and landmarks
- 21.Under the design elements of Kevin Lynch, 'Quiapo church' would be a landmark while Divisoria would be termed as
- A.
Flea Market
- B.
Icon
- C.
District
- D.
Nodule
- E.
Transshipment
- 22.Under Kevin Lynch's scheme (1961), what would best describe Rockwell Makati and Ortigas Center?
- A.
Landmark
- B.
Cosmopolitan
- C.
District
- D.
Downtown
- E.
Estate
- 23.What are the elements of 'urban form'?
- A.
Infill, densification, property conversion, retro-fitting
- B.
Vertical, horizontal, diagonal, curvilinear
- C.
Beauty, amenity, safety, convenience, functionality
- D.
Land use, transport network, layout, building types, density
- 24.Which the following indicates good site planning?
- A.
Best orientation to sun, sea and wind
- B.
Congruence and compability with its surrounding
- C.
Proactive features to anticipate possibility of disaster
- D.
Maximized space
- E.
Efficient circulation
- F.
All of the choices
- 25.'Smart Growth USA,' with its ten declared principles, deliberately combats 'amorphic sprawl' by means of
- A.
Mixed use zoning rather than conventional exclusionary zoning
- B.
Design of walkable, bikable, sociable, health-oriented settlements
- C.
Residential, commercial, institutional uses are integrated & clustered
- D.
Interconnected modes of transport
- E.
Compact development through infill in๔
- F.
All of the choices
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