PnS_Quiz No.04b

1. All are considered profit-maximizers except one:

Producers

Farmers

Businessmen

Consumers

2. Refers to the methods used by the public sector to influence the distribution of people and activities in spaces of various scales; It includes all levels of land use planning including urban planning, regional planning, environmental planning, national spatial plans, and in the international levels.

Spatial Planning

Special Planning

Spacial Planning

Family Planning

3. *All are Central features of Rank Size Rule introduced by George Sipf (1949) except one:

Settlements in a given country may be ranked in order of their size

The population of settlements thus being arranged according to the series 1, ½, ¼, etc.

None of the choices

All of the choices

Explanation

All of the choices

4. Migration pertains to the movement or flow of people. As a flow of people, migration has three important dimensions.Which distinguishes temporary from permanent migration?

Direction

Magnitude

Time scale

None of the choices

(1) Temporary migration consists of the daily commuting, weekly visits, or seasonally-affected flow.
(2) Permanent migration involves change in residence and in turn resulting in change in land or house occupancy.

Explanation

(1) Temporary migration consists of the daily commuting, weekly visits, or seasonally-affected flow.
(2) Permanent migration involves change in residence and in turn resulting in change in land or house occupancy.

5. Distinguishing characteristics of 'Urban' except one:

Population size (while rural has relatively small population, usually kinship based.)

Population density (while rural population is dispersed, to be near farms and fisheries)

Cultural heterogeneity (while rural culture is rather homogenous, with strong social controls)

Multiple Functions (while rural tends to be self-contained, focused on its own people & economy)

Level of Administration (while rural is concerned only of its territory while urban administers multiple jurisdictions.)

None of the choices

All of the choices

Explanation

All of the choices

6. Are broad, long-term ends towards which a collectivity should aim; always related to community/group situation or organizational structure?

Standards

Goals

Objectives

Vision

7. Minimum population or market needed to bring about the selling of particular good or service.

Threshold population

Brink population

Verge population

Maket population

8. Theories of Spatial Equilibrium have problematic assumptions except one:

Space is homogenous; uniform topography and climate

Fertility of land is constant and uniform (yield per acre)

Price ‘p’ is the same for all producers of a given crop

Market is relatively isolated from other markets

Perfectly free market competition (goods completely sold for profit)

None of the choices

9. Bid Rent Theory introduced by William Alonso (1960), All statement true except one:

Rent is a charge of accessibility

Refers to how the price and demand for land changes as the distance from the center (CBD) increases

Different land uses will compete with one another for land close to the center

Land allocation dictated through competition or bidding process

None of the choices

All of the choices

Explanation

All of the choices

10. Migration pertains to the movement or flow of people. As a flow of people, migration has three important dimensions. Which determines whether a given place is a net in-migration or a net out-migration area?

Direction

Magnitude

Time scale

None of the choices

11. Types of change in Counterurbanuization: when change occurs in the same direction but at different rates

Absolute shifts

Relative shifts

Structural shifts

Population shifts

12. Stages of Urban Development Model: Also known as Gentrification , occurs when either the rate of population loss of the core tapers off, or the core starts regaining population with the ring still losing population.

Urbanization

Exurbanization

Disurbanization

Reurbanization

13. Is the process of obtaining technical advice or opinion which may be or may not be followed.

Consultation

Advise

Guidance

Deliberation

14. Key Principle/s of CPT except one: The larger the size of a central place,____

The greater the distance it is located from another central place of the same or larger size

The larger the trade area served by that central place

The fewer such places with smaller central places being large in numbers (many small villages)

None of the choices

All are key principles of Central Place Theory (CPT)

Explanation

All are key principles of Central Place Theory (CPT)

15. Operational reformulation of goals so that they can be doable / implementable for a defined period (e.g. project, cycle, phase, etc.)….(Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Time-Bounded or SMART)

Standards

Goals

Objectives

Vision

16. ____ is a hierarchical system of 'central places' – the centralization or convergence of multiple 'central places'.

City

Municipality

Province

Barangay

17. Stages of Urban Development Model: Occurs when certain settlements grow at the cost of their surrounding countryside.

Urbanization

Exurbanization

Disurbanization

Reurbanization

18. ____ are unique because they can only develop under those specific conditions of complementarity and balance. Big place and small place are interdependent and have a relationship of mutual interdependence with their hinterlands. They depend totally on hinterland trade.

‘Central places’

‘Spatial places’

‘General places’

‘Main places’

19. Migration pertains to the movement or flow of people. As a flow of people, migration has three important dimensions. Which defines whether a movement is an inflow of an outflow relative to a given place?

Direction

Magnitude

Time scale

None of the choices

20. Weaknesses of Range and Threshold Theory except one:

Assumes uniform distribution of population

Consumers to patronize nearest centers from relevant centers

Static & Problem of ranking central places

Distribution due to domination of large cities

None of the choices

All of the choices

Explanation

All of the choices

21. Is an element or sub-system of a whole having coherent functions and subject to common-thematic type of planning?

Sector

Program

Project

Values

22. Stages of Urban Development Model: Also known as Counterurbanization , occurs when the population loss of the urban core exceeds the population gain of the ring, resulting in deconcentration.

Urbanization

Exurbanization

Disurbanization

Reurbanization

23. Distance which consumers are willing to travel to reach the services or acquire the goods

Market range

Market distance

Market travel

Market trip

24. Weaknesses of CPT except one:

Does not consider the temporal aspect in the development of central places

Ignores variable topography

Ignores inﬂuence of manufacturing industry

Did not consider growth of industrial suburbs

Did not consider eﬀect upon the size of towns of large in-migration and labor

Provides framework for understanding regional spatial structure

Production of goods and services for other areas not considered; local specialization

Usefulness of CPT: Provides framework for understanding regional spatial structure

Explanation

Usefulness of CPT: Provides framework for understanding regional spatial structure

25. Is a series of written statements accompanied by maps, illustrations and diagrams which describe what the community wants to become and how it wants to develop. It is essentially composed of community goals, objectives, policies, programs and a land use/physical development plan which translates the various sectoral plans.

Concept Plan

Development Plan

Preliminary Plan

Schematic Plan

26. Is a broad value-based notions that are stated in a way that they can serve to regulate behavior?

Values

Principles

Norms

Traditions

27. Are principles and norms formulated in such a way that they can be measured. They are accepted criteria or established measures for determining or evaluating performance?

Standards

Goals

Objectives

Vision

28. Man as "homo economus" is said to driven only by the pursuit of profit

Economic Determinism

Profit Determinism

Goal Determinism

Economy Determinism

29. Stages of Urban Development Model: Also known as Suburbanization, occurs when the urban ring (commuters' zone) grow at the expense of the urban core (physically built-up city)

Urbanization

Exurbanization

Disurbanization

Reurbanization

30. Something that is prized or held dear, such as core beliefs of person or group in which they have an emotional investment?

Values

Principles

Norms

Traditions

31. Transportation costs are proportional to distance and invariant to direction; Space can be travelled equally in every direction from the market place.

"friction of distance"

"length of distance"

"cost of distance"

"markets of distance"

32. Requirements of Sustainable Urbanization except one:

Equity, social justice and human rights

Basic human needs such as jobs, food, clothing, shelter, health care and community protection

Social, ethnic self-determination & Environmental awareness and integrity

Tempo of Urbanization

33. Is a self-contained unit of investment aimed at developing resources and facilities within a limited area within a given time period? It deals with goods and services significant to the accomplishment of national, regional and local development plans.

Activity

Program

Project

Task

34. Is the output of the first stage activities in the preparation of a development plan? It consists of an overall growth pattern, strategy, sectoral policies and population and employment target and forecasts.

Concept Plan

Development Plan

Preliminary Plan

Schematic Plan

35. *Range and Threshold Theory - Distribution of central places controlled by the concepts of "range and threshold"

Johann Heinreich von Thunen

Walter Christaller

George Kingsley Zipf

Brian Berry and William Garrison

William Alonso & Richard E. Muth)

(1) Range of Good/Services extent of the good’s market area; distance by which people are willing to travel to obtain the product (2) Threshold – refers to the minimum amount of purchasing power necessary to support the supply of goods /services from a central place.

Explanation

(1) Range of Good/Services extent of the good’s market area; distance by which people are willing to travel to obtain the product (2) Threshold – refers to the minimum amount of purchasing power necessary to support the supply of goods /services from a central place.

36. Is a collection of complementary projects/activities formulated to achieve the functions/objectives of a sector. Describe in detail the kind and quantities of resources to be used?

Activity

Program

Project

Task

37. Agricultural Land Rent Introduced by Johann Heinreich von Thünen, 1826, 1842.All are true statement except one:

Land use diminishes intensely in inverse relationship with distance from the market center

Intensity of production and type of land use varies with increasing distance from the market

Concentric rings around the market center could be defined and organized according to the prevailing production techniques

Different land uses will compete with one another for land close to the center

Bid Rent Theory: Different land uses will compete with one another for land close to the center

Explanation

Bid Rent Theory: Different land uses will compete with one another for land close to the center

38. Is an axiomatic statements of how values are related and ranked in relation to other values?

Values

Principles

Norms

Traditions

39. Theories of Spatial Equilibrium except one:

Agricultural Land Rent (Johann Heinreich von Thunen, 1826, 1842)

Central Place Theory (Walter Christaller, 1933)

Rank-Size Rule (George Kingsley Zipf)

Range and Threshold by (Berry and Garrison)

Urban Bid-Rent Theory (William Alonso & Richard E. Muth)

Theory of Cumulative Causation (Gunnar Myrdal, 1957)

40. Defined Urbanization as "Process whereby a place becomes urban, i.e., it ceases to be rural experiences a large concentration of population that is changing from rural to urban way of life"

Chadwick

Friedman

Palen

Chapin

41. All are true statements regarding "Spatial Equilibrium" except one:

Cities are believed to be structured in a hierarchical system that is spatially balanced

Equilibrium – big places are balanced by smaller places; big places feed on small places and vice versa.

Centralized goods and services would be distributed evenly in a systematic pattern. Distribution is due to domination by large centers.

A state in which opposing forces or influences are balanced.

42. While modern concept of "city" is defined by charter or Legal Act after complying with income, territorial size, population, referendum requirements._____ is determined by physico-spatial, economic, demographic and cultural characteristics.

Urban

City

Rural

Municipality

43. Usefulness of CPT except one:

Stresses relevance of market area to the size of a town’s population

Introduces urban hierarchy

Led to the introduction of the rank-size rule

Basis for administering urban regions and for allocating resources (for investment decisions)

Evenly distributed population and resources

Provides framework for understanding regional spatial structure

Main Assumption of CPT: Evenly distributed population and resources

Explanation

Main Assumption of CPT: Evenly distributed population and resources

44. Defined Urbanization as "Process by which rural areas become transformed into urban areas; Demographically, an increase in population concentration (numbers and density); movement of people to cities, other densely settled areas"

Chadwick

Friedman

Palen

Chapin

45. Central Place Theory introduced by (Walter Christaller, 1933). All are true statement except one:

Towns as centers (nodes) of communities and function as central

Each service activity would have a threshold population and a market range

Settlements in a given country may be ranked in order of their size

Low order goods/services – groceries, bakeries, post oﬃces
High order goods/services – large shopping arcades and malls

Explanation

Low order goods/services – groceries, bakeries, post oﬃces
High order goods/services – large shopping arcades and malls

46. Defined Urbanization as "Geographic concentration of population and non-agricultural activities in urban environments of varying size and form."

Chadwick

Friedman

Palen

Chapin

47. All statements are true regarding Basic Functions of Urbanization except one:

Provides more access to a wide range of products and services to consumers and businesses

Provides physical and service requirements of international trade in least developed countries

Movement of people from rural to urban places, where they engage in primarily non-rural occupations.

Phase of Urbanization: (1)Movement of people from rural to urban places, where they engage in primarily non-rural occupations. (2)Change in lifestyle that results from living in cities.

Explanation

Phase of Urbanization: (1)Movement of people from rural to urban places, where they engage in primarily non-rural occupations. (2)Change in lifestyle that results from living in cities.

48. Definition of an Urban Place as per NSCB Res. No.9 except one:

If a barangay has a population size of 5,000 or more, then a barangay is considered urban, or

If a barangay has at least one establishment with a minimum of 100 employees, a barangay is considered urban, or

All barangays in the National Capital Region be automatically classified as urban;

The answer is as per UDHA

Explanation

The answer is as per UDHA

49. Types of change in Counterurbanuization: When the directions of population change in the core and ring differ

Absolute shifts

Relative shifts

Structural shifts

Population shifts

50. Main Assumptions of CPT except one:

Consumers visit the nearest central places that provide the function they demand but minimize the distance to be traveled

Consumers are of the same income level and same shopping behavior

Perfect competition and all sellers prefer to maximize proﬁt

Even distribution of centralized services

All settlements are equidistant

Production of goods and services for other areas not considered; local specialization

Evenly distributed population and resources

Weakness of CPT: Production of goods and services for other areas not considered; local specialization

Explanation

Weakness of CPT: Production of goods and services for other areas not considered; local specialization

51. *Weaknesses of of Rank Size Rule except one:

In most countries, the largest city is larger than the rule would suggest

Does not usually hold in newly settled areas

Model for future planning, in the allocation of resources and in administration

None of the choices

Usefulness of Rank Size Rule: Model for future planning, in the allocation of resources and in administration

Explanation

Usefulness of Rank Size Rule: Model for future planning, in the allocation of resources and in administration

Pns_quiz No.04b

1. All are considered profit-maximizers except one:

2.

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

3. *All are Central features of Rank Size Rule introduced by George Sipf (1949) except one:

4. Migration pertains to the movement or flow of people. As a flow of people, migration has three important dimensions.Which distinguishes temporary from permanent migration?

5. Distinguishing characteristics of 'Urban' except one:

6. Are broad, long-term ends towards which a collectivity should aim; always related to community/group situation or organizational structure?

7. Minimum population or market needed to bring about the selling of particular good or service.

8. Theories of Spatial Equilibrium have problematic assumptions except one:

9. Bid Rent Theory introduced by William Alonso (1960), All statement true except one:

10. Migration pertains to the movement or flow of people. As a flow of people, migration has three important dimensions. Which determines whether a given place is a net in-migration or a net out-migration area?

11. Types of change in Counterurbanuization: when change occurs in the same direction but at different rates

12. Stages of Urban Development Model: Also known as Gentrification , occurs when either the rate of population loss of the core tapers off, or the core starts regaining population with the ring still losing population.

13. Is the process of obtaining technical advice or opinion which may be or may not be followed.

14. Key Principle/s of CPT except one: The larger the size of a central place,____

15. Operational reformulation of goals so that they can be doable / implementable for a defined period (e.g. project, cycle, phase, etc.)….(Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Time-Bounded or SMART)

16. ____ is a hierarchical system of 'central places' – the centralization or convergence of multiple 'central places'.

17. Stages of Urban Development Model: Occurs when certain settlements grow at the cost of their surrounding countryside.

18. ____ are unique because they can only develop under those specific conditions of complementarity and balance. Big place and small place are interdependent and have a relationship of mutual interdependence with their hinterlands. They depend totally on hinterland trade.

19. Migration pertains to the movement or flow of people. As a flow of people, migration has three important dimensions. Which defines whether a movement is an inflow of an outflow relative to a given place?

20. Weaknesses of Range and Threshold Theory except one:

21. Is an element or sub-system of a whole having coherent functions and subject to common-thematic type of planning?

22. Stages of Urban Development Model: Also known as Counterurbanization , occurs when the population loss of the urban core exceeds the population gain of the ring, resulting in deconcentration.

23. Distance which consumers are willing to travel to reach the services or acquire the goods

24. Weaknesses of CPT except one:

26. Is a broad value-based notions that are stated in a way that they can serve to regulate behavior?

27. Are principles and norms formulated in such a way that they can be measured. They are accepted criteria or established measures for determining or evaluating performance?

28. Man as "homo economus" is said to driven only by the pursuit of profit

29. Stages of Urban Development Model: Also known as Suburbanization, occurs when the urban ring (commuters' zone) grow at the expense of the urban core (physically built-up city)

30. Something that is prized or held dear, such as core beliefs of person or group in which they have an emotional investment?

31. Transportation costs are proportional to distance and invariant to direction; Space can be travelled equally in every direction from the market place.

32. Requirements of Sustainable Urbanization except one:

33. Is a self-contained unit of investment aimed at developing resources and facilities within a limited area within a given time period? It deals with goods and services significant to the accomplishment of national, regional and local development plans.

34. Is the output of the first stage activities in the preparation of a development plan? It consists of an overall growth pattern, strategy, sectoral policies and population and employment target and forecasts.

35. *Range and Threshold Theory - Distribution of central places controlled by the concepts of "range and threshold"

36. Is a collection of complementary projects/activities formulated to achieve the functions/objectives of a sector. Describe in detail the kind and quantities of resources to be used?

37. Agricultural Land Rent Introduced by Johann Heinreich von Thünen, 1826, 1842.All are true statement except one:

38. Is an axiomatic statements of how values are related and ranked in relation to other values?

39. Theories of Spatial Equilibrium except one:

40. Defined Urbanization as "Process whereby a place becomes urban, i.e., it ceases to be rural experiences a large concentration of population that is changing from rural to urban way of life"

41. All are true statements regarding "Spatial Equilibrium" except one:

42. While modern concept of "city" is defined by charter or Legal Act after complying with income, territorial size, population, referendum requirements._____ is determined by physico-spatial, economic, demographic and cultural characteristics.

43. Usefulness of CPT except one:

44. Defined Urbanization as "Process by which rural areas become transformed into urban areas; Demographically, an increase in population concentration (numbers and density); movement of people to cities, other densely settled areas"

45. Central Place Theory introduced by (Walter Christaller, 1933). All are true statement except one:

46. Defined Urbanization as "Geographic concentration of population and non-agricultural activities in urban environments of varying size and form."

47. All statements are true regarding Basic Functions of Urbanization except one:

48. Definition of an Urban Place as per NSCB Res. No.9 except one:

49. Types of change in Counterurbanuization: When the directions of population change in the core and ring differ

50. Main Assumptions of CPT except one:

51. *Weaknesses of of Rank Size Rule except one: