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    Loss of biodiversity is caused by

    • Deforestation
    • Pollution
    • Exploitation of species for commerce and recreation
    • Conversion of natural habitats into agricultural uses
    • Indiscriminate mining and quarrying
    • All of the above
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  • 2. 

    Which of the following results from the mis-use of wetlands?

    • Loss of habitat

    • Decreased erosion control

    • Decreased flood protection

    • Decreased biological cleaning of water

    • All of the above

    Correct Answer
    A. All of the above
  • 3. 

    What planning measures contribute to the evolution and development of a "sustainable transportation system"?

    • Reduce need to travel

    • Change people's travel behavior

    • Integrate different modes of transport

    • Give people more choices and more accessibility

    • Provide transport with new sources of energy

    • All of the choices

    Correct Answer
    A. All of the choices
  • 4. 

    Which factor increases a population's 'vulnerability' to disaster?

    • Young-age and old-age dependency

    • Lack of resources to change physical location

    • Crowding & congestion

    • Lack of information

    • Illness and disability

    • All of the choices

    Correct Answer
    A. All of the choices
  • 5. 

    Level of Service "E" is characterized as very 'heavy traffic' when 0.86-1.000 is the ratio between

    • Traffic volume to road capacity

    • Number of vehicles to length of motorway

    • Number of people to number of vehicles

    • Number of people to area of all roads

    Correct Answer
    A. Traffic volume to road capacity
  • 6. 

    What class of road is not part of a hierarchy?

    • Arterial

    • Venial

    • Collector

    • Distributor

    Correct Answer
    A. Venial
  • 7. 

    In the physical design of roads, which of the following increases the possibility of accidents and mishaps?

    • Prescribed dimensions according to hierarchy of roads

    • Conforms to natural topography

    • Conforms to BP 344 Accessibility Law

    • Blind corners

    • Moderate slope/grade

    • Adequate sight distance

    Correct Answer
    A. Blind corners
  • 8. 

    An 'avenue' is the main approach thoroughfare of most cities/towns; it is usually called a 'boulevard' when 

    • It has historic significance and symbolic function

    • It is used for ceremonial parades and functions of State

    • It has median·s which are carefully beautified

    • All of the choices

    Correct Answer
    A. All of the choices
  • 9. 

    According to RA 10121 of 2010, the following measures pursue 'disaster prevention' by taking action in advance to avoid potential adverse impacts of disaster. Which one prevents disaster the least?

    • Stockpiling and pre-positioning of relief food/goods in strategic locations before occurrence of disaster

    • Construction of dams, levees, & channel modifications as well as continuous dredging to reduce river overflow

    • Land-use regulations based on hazard maps that do not permit any settlement in high-risk zones

    • Seismic engineering designs of major structures; mandatory retrofitting of old buildings and tall houses

    • Evacuation training and rescue drills in major facilities, centers, or areas that are always full of people

    Correct Answer
    A. Stockpiling and pre-positioning of relief food/goods in strategic locations before occurrence of disaster
  • 10. 

    Which of the following will not reduce vulnerability to hazards

    • Maintaining 'healthy' natural systems

    • Restricting development in hazardous areas

    • Stockpiling emergency goodô€ƒ‡ and disaster relief

    • Requiring safer building standards

    Correct Answer
    A. Stockpiling emergency good􀃇 and disaster relief
  • 11. 

    This defines the extent of land corridor that can be used for carriageway, curb, sidewalk, drainage, canals, etc.

    • Linear easement

    • Buffer and gutter

    • Right of way

    • Setback

    Correct Answer
    A. Right of way
  • 12. 

    In water supply planning, what is the classification of water that a residential consumer should get from a faucet?

    • Class AA

    • ClassB

    • Class C

    • Class D

    Correct Answer
    A. Class AA
  • 13. 

    Under Philippine Land Capability classes by BSWM, lands that are very level and often wet such as mangrove swamps and fresh marshes are deemed appropriate for fishponds and categorized as "Class X" while lands that aô€€…e very hilly, rugged, mountainous, and generally barren are deemed fit for recreation or wildlife and categorized as 

    • Class Y

    • Class Z

    • Class W

    • Class A

    • Class H

    Correct Answer
    A. Class Y
  • 14. 

    United Nations defines it as "the adjustment in natural or human systems in response to actual or expected climatic stimuli or their effects, which moderates harm or exploits beneficial opportunities" 

    • Amelioration

    • Adaptation

    • Accustomization

    • Acclimatization

    Correct Answer
    A. Adaptation
  • 15. 

    In planning public facilities and utilities, 'population density' has to be rationally matched with

    • Materials & machines

    • Nuts & bolts

    • Service capacity of infrastructure

    • Investô€‚½ent of government

    Correct Answer
    A. Service capacity of infrastructure
  • 16. 

    Any system or network of pipelines, ditches, canals, channels, or conduits including pumping stations, lift stations, force mains, digestive cesspools, other devices and appliances appurtenant thereto, which involves the collection, transport, pumping and treatment of liquid waste to a point of disposal. 

    • Drainage

    • Sewage treatment plant

    • Sewerage

    • Septage

    Correct Answer
    A. Sewerage
  • 17. 

    It refers to the systematic efforts to analyze and manage the causal factors of disasters, through reduced exposure to hazards, lessened vulnerability of people and property, wise management of land and the environment, and improved preparedness for adverse events throughout a society. 

    • Disaster Management

    • Disaster Planning

    • Disaster Resolution

    • Disaster Risk Reduction

    Correct Answer
    A. Disaster Risk Reduction
  • 18. 

    For infrastructure planning by a water utility company, what is the HLURB-LWUA measure of average consumption per capita per day at Level Ill which is used to determine the company's level of service capacity? 

    • 110-150 lpcd

    • 160-200 lpcd

    • 210-250 lpcd

    • 260-300 lpcd

    Correct Answer
    A. 110-150 lpcd
  • 19. 

    A highway is a multi-lane, high-speed, controlled-access road that handles 'crosstown' or 'through-traffic' across multiple cities/towns; listed below are examples of highway except one.

    • Freeway

    • Expressway

    • Tollway

    • Causeway

    Correct Answer
    A. Causeway
  • 20. 

    This refers to population-focused planning that seeks to enhance people's capacities to meet their own needs through improvements in 'social infrastructure' such as mass shelter, schools, hospitals, daycare, rehab centers, homes for the aged, etc. and the provision of public utilities, water, power, sewerage, parks, and cemeteries. 

    • Population Management

    • Social Welfare Development

    • Infrastructure Planning

    • Social Planning

    Correct Answer
    A. Social Planning
  • 21. 

    Because 'environmental planning' as a multi-disciplinary field utilizes the methods of social sciences, the folowing research approaches are more appropriate except one:

    • Experimental

    • Correlational

    • Causal-Comparative

    • Historical-Descriptive

    Correct Answer
    A. Experimental
  • 22. 

    One of the methods of trip generation modeling, this seeks to find the best functional relationship between a dependent variable and one or more independent variables, usually assuming their relationship to be linear. 

    • Analysis of variance

    • Multiple regression

    • Category analysis

    • Polynomial equation

    Correct Answer
    A. Multiple regression
  • 23. 

    A water system composed of a source, reservoir, distribution system,and communal faucets. Usually, one faucet serves 4 to 6 households, generally suitable for rural and urban-fringe areas where houses are clustered densely to justify a simple piped-system.

    • Level I

    • Level II

    • Level III

    • Level IV

    Correct Answer
    A. Level II
  • 24. 

    Which of the following is least effective for controlling soil erosion caused by wind and water?

    • Planting windbreaks

    • Planting cover crops

    • Removing crop stubble from surface

    • Using conservation tillage

    Correct Answer
    A. Removing crop stubble from surface
  • 25. 

    'Infrastructure Planning' covers both "replacement infrastructure" and "new infrastructure for emerging areas." The following are important considerations in infrastructure planning, but which is first and foremost of all considerations?

    • Capacity of infrastructure

    • Public safety and structural integrity

    • Level of service (LOS) and quality of service

    • Age of infrastructure

    • None of the choices

    Correct Answer
    A. Public safety and structural integrity
  • 26. 

    Traffic Impact Assessment (TIA) for specific development projects is required in all but one of the following cases:

    • Condominium Tower with over 100 dwelling units

    • Factory with total gross area over 0.86 hectares

    • Day care and kindergarten of around 2,000 m2

    • Hospital with over 85 beds

    Correct Answer
    A. Day care and kindergarten of around 2,000 m2
  • 27. 

    Under RA 7160 Local Government Code Section 20, reclassification of agricultural land in component cities and 

    • 5%

    • 10%

    • 15%

    • 20%

    Correct Answer
    A. 10%
  • 28. 

    Dissolved Oxygen (DO) is the amount of oxygen dissolved in water and essential for healthy streams and lakes to support fish and aquatic life. When bacteria and waste decomposers abound in water, they multiply rapidly and consume so much oxygen as to lower the DO level below the national standard of

    • 5 mg/L

    • 10 mg/L

    • 15 mg/L

    • 20 mg/L

    Correct Answer
    A. 5 mg/L
  • 29. 

    Under PD198 dated May 25, 1973, if a "water district" can be created for at least one municipality or cluster of municipalities, what should be the minimum population to be serviced within a water district? 

    • 15,000

    • 25,000

    • 35,000

    • 45,000

    • 55,000

    Correct Answer
    A. 25,000
  • 30. 

    Travel Demand Management (TOM) refers to a set of 'soft' measures to influence people's travel behavior so as to reduce or redistribute transport demand. TOM includes all of the following except one: 

    • Ride Sharing and Car pooling

    • Bicycle racks on buses

    • By-pass road

    • Number-coding or Color-Coding of vehicles on national highways

    Correct Answer
    A. By-pass road
  • 31. 

    The following conditions permit the establishment of fishponds or inland fish farming, except one .

    • Land Capability 'Class X' according to BSWM

    • 0% to 3% in slope

    • Natural wetland, swamp, or marsh

    • Meet accepted criteria on elevation, soil type, soil depth,topography

    • Rivermouth estuary vegetated with rare mangrove species useful for breeding and spawning of fish and crustaceans

    Correct Answer
    A. Rivermouth estuary vegetated with rare mangrove species useful for breeding and spawning of fish and crustaceans
  • 32. 

    Which solution to reduce disaster vulnerability needs the longest-term and most comprehensive perspective?

    • Environmental safeguards and natural protection

    • Regulation of private and public infrastructure to ensure social protection

    • Safer location for settlements

    • Safer building construction

    Correct Answer
    A. Environmental safeguards and natural protection
  • 33. 

    Because of the permanent danger zone, no settlement, barangay, sitio, or purok ought to be established at the foot of an active volcano within a radius of 

    • 4 kms

    • 5 kms

    • 6 kms

    • 7 kms

    • 8 kms

    Correct Answer
    A. 4 kms
  • 34. 

    What is the mechanism that causes 'land subsidence'?

    • A reduction in subsurface fluid pressures within sedimentary layers

    • An increase in weight at the land surface

    • A heavy rainfall for a prolonged time period

    • The dissolution of soluble bedrock such as limestone exposed at the land surface

    Correct Answer
    A. A reduction in subsurface fluid pressures within sedimentary layers
  • 35. 

    The natural movement downslope of soil, regolith, or rocks under the influence of gravity without seismic motion or heavy rainfall is collectively called

    • Avalanche

    • Mass wasting

    • Crustal abrasion

    • Erosion by wind

    • Shear stress

    Correct Answer
    A. Mass wasting
  • 36. 

    This document contains an LGU's proposed schedule of infrastructure projects listed in order of construction priority usually for a timeframe of 6 years together with cost estimates. anticipated means of financing, and 

    • DOTC Plan

    • Annual Investment Plan

    • Civil Works Program

    • Capital Investment Program

    Correct Answer
    A. Capital Investment Program
  • 37. 

    It consists of strategies to improve the efficiency of transportation system through operational improvements such as bus priority or reserved lanes, signalization, access management, turn restrictions, which all seek to increase the demand that can be accommodated by the transport system. 

    • Transport Engineering

    • Transit-Oriented Development

    • Transport Infrastructure Improvement

    • Transport System Management

    Correct Answer
    A. Transport System Management
  • 38. 

    "Performance standards" refers to health, safety, and amenity as main determinants of land use while " -----" refers to determination of land use by considering time and distance as the primary units of measurement; 

    • Convenience Standards

    • Technical Standards

    • Expediency Standards

    • Contingency Standards

    Correct Answer
    A. Convenience Standards
  • 39. 

    Which law exempts, in Section 20, cremation, siga, bonfires, traditional cu!tural practices, etcetera from the total ban on incineration?

    • RA 8749

    • RA 9003

    • RA 6969

    • RA 9275

    Correct Answer
    A. RA 8749
  • 40. 

    These are water bodies legally considered as "land" and can be claimed for private ownership. 

    • Tarns

    • Non-meandered water bodies

    • Loch

    • Coves

    • Puddles

    Correct Answer
    A. Non-meandered water bodies
  • 41. 

    I n the equation, Disaster = (Hazard ) x ( Exposure  ) x ( Vulnerability ) 'disaster ' can be reduced by                                                 Hazard         Coping Capacity

    • Decreasing vulnerability by eliminating hazard

    • Training people to cope and cope unceasingly

    • Preparing people to anticipate and to equip themselves constantly

    • Changing the equation of exposure by creating a risk-free world

    Correct Answer
    A. Preparing people to anticipate and to equip themselves constantly
  • 42. 

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

    • DAR (8) Land Registration Authority

    • Department of Agriculture

    • Land Management Bureau

    • HLURB

    Correct Answer
    A. DAR (8) Land Registration Authority
  • 43. 

    Performance Zoning' can be described as a tool that

    • Allows property owners with limited development rights to buy_ additional rights from another property owner

    • 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

    Correct Answer
    A. Regulates the character and quality of the use instead of simply regulating the mere use itself
  • 44. 

    RA 9729 'Climate Change Act of 2009' created a Climate Change Commission composed of a commission-er and two deputy commissioners whose principal planning function, among other functions, is to 

    • Ascade policies & programs to LG Us with respect to climate change preparation, risf: mitigation, resilience etc

    • Undertake scientific studies and similar projects to support proposed legislation

    • Conduct capacity-building activities to vulnerable local communities

    • Formulate a Framework Program on Climate Change

    Correct Answer
    A. Formulate a Framework Program on Climate Change
  • 45. 

    Of the five correct criteria for conversion of farmland into non-agricultural uses, which criterion is within the control of the investor or project proponent, in terms of production activity, design, selection and mobilization of men, money. materials, and machines? 

    • The reclassification of land use must be consistent with the natural expansion of the municipality or city, as contained in their approved land use plan;

    • The area to be reclassified in use is not the only remaining food production area of the community;

    • Areas with lower crop productivity will be accorded priority for land use conversion;

    • The land use reclassification shall not hamper the availability of irrigation or the productivity of nearby farms;

    • The proposed project is supportive of agro-industrial development, and will generate alternative livelihood opportunities for the affected community.

    Correct Answer
    A. The proposed project is supportive of agro-industrial development, and will generate alternative livelihood opportunities for the affected community.
  • 46. 

    To this category belongs an LGU water system which has a source, a reservoir, piped distribution network, where homes have individual connections or household taps, and is appropriate in densely populated areas. 

    • Level I

    • Level II

    • Level III

    • Level IV

    Correct Answer
    A. Level III
  • 47. 

    As a serious disruption of the functioning of a community or society involving widespread human, material, economic or environmental losses and impacts, 'disaster' is caused by the following, except one. 

    • Exposure to natural or environmental hazards

    • Conditions of vulnerability, and Jack of human preparedness

    • Insufficient capacity of community to reduce or cope with the negative consequences of hazards

    • Low level of nominal literacy, functional literacy and numeracy of people affected by calamities

    Correct Answer
    A. Low level of nominal literacy, functional literacy and numeracy of people affected by calamities
  • 48. 

    The DENR Environmental Management Bureau (2006) classified 525 of approximately 840 rivers and freshwater bodies in the Philippines, of which 50 were biologically dead, 18 below Class C, 5 were Class AA, 203 were Class A. Which class of water is suitable for irrigation, livestock watering, farm operations, but not for human drinking? 

    • Class B

    • Class C

    • Class D

    • Class E

    Correct Answer
    A. Class C
  • 49. 

    The classic 4-step model of Transport Planning integrated with Land Use has all but one of the following phases:

    • Activity Systems

    • Trip Generation & Trip Distribution

    • Modal Split

    • Traffic Assignment

    Correct Answer
    A. Activity Systems

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