Hidden EP Quiz No.6

1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. What class of road is not part of a hierarchy?

Arterial

Venial

Collector

Distributor

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

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

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

10. Which of the following will not reduce vulnerability to hazards

Maintaining 'healthy' natural systems

Restricting development in hazardous areas

Stockpiling emergency good􀃇 and disaster relief

Requiring safer building standards

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

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

13. 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

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

Materials & machines

Nuts & bolts

Service capacity of infrastructure

Invest􀂽ent of government

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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 a􀀅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

20. 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

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

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

23. '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

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

25. 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

26. 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

27. 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

28. 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

29. 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

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

5%

10%

15%

20%

31. 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

32. 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

33. 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

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

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

36. 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

37. "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

38. 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

39. 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

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

Tarns

Non-meandered water bodies

Loch

Coves

Puddles

41. 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

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

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

44. 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

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 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.

46. 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

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

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

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

50. Of the following cases of land conversion, which one needs to prove that the land has ceased to be "economically feasible and sound for agricultural purposes," to be certified by the Secretary of Agriculture?

Conversion of cropland into irrigation facility

Conversion of cropland into national RROW

Conversion of cropland into protected area foi- rare species

Conversion of cropland into heritage site and ecotourist spot