Hidden EP Quiz No.

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 1.
A Scottish biologist who authored the masterpiece entitled "Cities in Evolution"
(1915) and who coined the terms 'folk- work-place', 'city-region' and
'conurbation' is acknowledged as the 'father of regional planning'

o A.

Sir Patrick Leslie Abercrombie

o B.

Sir Patrick Geddes

o C.

Lewis Mumford

o D.

Barry Parker

 2.
He led the crafting of the regional 'Greater London Plan of 1944', he designed
some of 30 post-war New Towns approved by the British Parliament, including
Doncaster area and East Kent, in which he used open space as structuring
element.
Discuss

o A.

Sir Patrick Leslie Abercrombie

o B.

Sir Patrick Geddes

o C.

Lewis Mumford

o D.

Charles Abrams
 3.
She was called a 'superwoman' who single handedly sparked environmental
activism in the 1960s-70s with her research ('Silent Spring) on
biomagnification of pesticides and chemicals in the human food chain; her
advocacies bore fruit in the creation of US Environmental Protection Agency
and Environmental Impact Assessment system in the 1970s.

o A.

Gro Harlem Brundtland

o B.

Catherine Bauer Wurster

o C.

Rachel Louise Carson

o D.

Marthc1 C. Nussbaum

 4.
If 'Earth Hour' is observed on the last Saturday of March, 'Earth Day USA' is
celebrated annually on April 22, 'World Town Planning Day' falls on November
8, 'World Environment Day' is marked on the 51h day of the month of

o A.

May

o B.

June

o C.

September

o D.

October

 5.
 If 'World Heritage Day' is marked each year on April 18, 'World Biodiversity
Day' is observed on May 22, 'World Ocean Day' on June 8, 'World Indigenous
Peoples Day' on August 9, 'World Animal Day' on October 4, and 'World Food
Day' on October 16, when is 'World Water Day' celebrated?
Discuss

o A.

January 13

o B.

March 22

o C.

June 24

o D.

October 31

 6.
Based on his landmark book, "Design with Nature," 'map overlay' to identify
'ecological constraints' was a tool devised in 1967 by the first modem
environmental planner.

o A.

Ian L. McHarg

o B.

Konstantinos Doxiadis

o C.

Francis Stuart Chapin Jr

o D.

Erma Bernbeck

 7.
This started as a US federal program in 1949 which aimed to rehabilitate the
outworn or decaying sections of any town by extending fund assistance to
 LGUs to undertake improvements in streetscapes, parks, green ways,
housing, community centers, etc based on anticipation that future tax
revenues from real estate will pay for present costs.

o A.

Land re-adjustment

o B.

Urban restructuring

o C.

Infill and densification

o D.

Urban renewal

 8.
As chief planner of New York City, he collaborated with Thomas Adams in
crafting the "Regional Plan of New York and its Environs 1922-1931 ;" he also
conceived, and executed public works costing $27 billion between 1324 and
1968 and was responsible for virtually every parkway, expressway, and public
housing project in New York metropolitan area.
Discuss

o A.

William Levitt

o B.

Fiorello La Guardia

o C.

Robert Murray Haig

o D.

Robert Moses

o E.

Warren Buffett
 9.
The design of this city by Lucio Costa and Oscar Niemeyer (1957) features
large open areas relating to one other to demonstrate 'freedom' and an overall
city layout resembling a 'dove in flight'.

o A.

Brasilia

o B.

Sydney

o C.

Chandigarh

o D.

Canberra

o E.

Islamabad

 10.
'Ekistics' or the 'science of human settlements' by Dr Konstantinos Doxiadis
(1951) was built upon the concept of "basic needs," which were later
categorized by Johann Galtung into "material survival & security needs,"
"social or enabling needs," and non-material "human needs". Which grouping
of needs was elaborated on by Abraham Maslow?

o A.

Food, water, clothing, shelter, sanitation, health care, energy/fuel, employment,

peace and order,

o B.

Self-expression, sex, procreation, recreation, education, communication, and

transportation

o C.

Physiological needs, physical safety, love and belongingness, esteem, self-

actualization/self-realization
 o D.

Freedom, security, identity, well-being, ecological balance

 11.
The following are the basic elements of 'human settlements' according to Dr.
Konstantinos Doxiadis. Which one pertains to the built environment or physical
capital?

o A.

Anthropos

o B.

Nature

o C.

Shells and networks

o D.

Society

o E.

Social structure

 12.
What is the smallest unit in the 'human settlements planning' or Ekistics by Dr
Konstantinos Doxiadis (1951 )?

o A.

House

o B.

Anthropos

o C.

Organism

o D.
 Neighborhood

o E.

Hamlet

 13.
Which of the following is not part of typology of cities under Ekistics school of
Dr Konstantinos Doxiadis (1951 )?

o A.

ecumenopolis

o B.

Megalopolis

o C.

Metropolis

o D.

Agropolis

o E.

Eperopolis

 14.
In "Death and Life of Great American Cities" (1961) and "Economy of Cities"
(1969), this planner maintains that 'diversity' promotes innovation among
proximate firms and spurs the growth of cities, thus s/he advocated
for heterogeneity, variety, and mixture in the geographic clustering of firms as
well as in the composition of city districts and neighborhoods.

o A.

Herbert Gans

o B.

James Howard Kunstler

o C.
 Joel Garreau

o D.

Jane Jacobs

 15.
An approach in urban planning that puts premium on people and nature by
building upon the historic city or traditional neighborhood in such a way that
workplaces, shops, and homes would be within walking distance of each
other.

o A.

Nee-Populism

o B.

Eco-Village

o C.

New Urbanism

o D.

Dynapolis

o E.

Transit-Oriented Development

 16.
All of the following schemes are associated with 'New Urbanism' except:

o A.

Mixed Use Zoning

o B.

Neo-Traditional Design

o C.

Exclusionary Zoning
 o D.

Pedestrianization

 17.
Because Pre-Spanish aboriginal communities in the Philippines were relatively
small and based on kinship relations, the most common practice of land
tenure in pre-colonial society, wherein one would merely enjoy the 'fruits' of
land, was called

o A.

Primitive communism

o B.

Islamic feudalism

o C.

Usufruct

o D.

Tenancy

o E.

Swidden slash-and-burn

 18.
This was the Spanish spatial strategy of forming dense settlements from
scattered dwellings for purposes of greater, military defense and political
control - literally bringing together dispersed population within hearing distance
of church bells -- which policy was applied on most Spanish colonies from
16th to18th centuries.

o A.

El Alcance del Campanario

o B.

Presidio y Fortaleza

o C.
 Reduccion

o D.

Evangelizacion

 19.
Under the plaza complex pattern described in 'Le yes de las lndias' ( 1573),
what would be located next to each other around a Greco-Roman quadrangle
of a Spanish colonial settlement?

o A.

Garden, fountains, monuments, statues, gallery and promenade

o B.

Governor's mansion, bishop's palace, general's manor, hacendero's villa, military

garrison

o C.

Church, town hall, school, public market

o D.

Houses of peninsulares, insulares, creoles, mestizos, principales and ilustrados

 20.
Through Presidential Letter of Instruction 367 in 1950 combining National
Urban Planning Commission, Real Property Board, and Capital City Planning
Commission, the government created this first physical planning body.

o A.

National Planning Commission

o B.

National Disaster Coordinating Council

o C.

National Environmental Protection Agency

o D.
 Human Settlements Regulatory Commission

 21.
In 1964, Republic Act 4341 established this center to create a pool of
professional planners in the Philippines.

o A.

Local Government Academy

o B.

Development Academy of the Philippines

o C.

Institute of Planning

o D.

UPLB Institute of Environmental Science and Management

 22.
Presidential Decree No. 01 Integrated Reorganization Plan on September 24,
1972 increased the number of Philippine regions to 11, regionalized key
ministries and line departmerts, and created a major planning agency of
government which is known today as
Discuss

o A.

Philippine Economic Zone Authority

o B.

National Land Use Committee

o C.

Congressional Planning and Budget Office

o D.

National Economic and Development Authority

 23.
In 2012, how many administrative regions does the Philippines have?

o A.

13

o B.

15

o C.

16

o D.

17

 24.
Under RA 7160 LGC Sec. 25, which of the following is not among the types of
cities in the Philippines.

o A.

Highly Urbanized Cities

o B.

Independent Cities

o C.

Megacities

o D.

Component Cities

 25.
In 2011, which Philippine city had the biggest population,net income and IRA?

o A.

City of Manila
 o B.

Makati City

o C.

Quezon City

o D.

Cebu City

 26.
This 1997 document is the Philippines' official response to 1992 'UNCED
Earth Summit' and contains a policy framework that redefines development as
the 'drawing out of full human potential' according to the 'appropriate
productivity' of nature, rather than optimal or maximum exploitation of natural
resources to achieve GDP growth.

o A.

Philippine Strategy for Sustainable Development

o B.

Philippine Philippine Strategy Covenant for on Total Sustainable Human

Development Development

o C.

Strategic national Action program

o D.

Philippine Agenda 21

 27.
This School of Thought holds that the settlements form in a balanced manner;
they tend to be spread evenly and symmetrically in isotropic space, displaying
both hierarchy and equilibrium arising from the interdependence between big
and small settlements and from the complementation between their respective
scope of functions

o A.

Galaxy of Settlements Theory

 o B.

Central Place Theory

o C.

Geographic Determinism

o D.

Dependency Theory

 28.
This School of Thought maintains that cities are 'theaters of capital
accumulation',largely a consequence of class-based struggle among groups
for strategic dominance and control surplus. Such conflict is usually won by
the rich and powerful through agents of capital such as multi-national
corporations which use the city to amass wealth by raising property values
through commercialization, gentrification, manipulation, and land speculation.

o A.

Capital Theoretic Model

o B.

Political Economy

o C.

Natural Capitalism

o D.

David Harvey's Circuit of Capital

 29.
This School of Thought describes a borderless global economy characterized
by free trade and free movement of capital wherein nation-states would have
'lean and mean' governments which pursue policies of liberation, deregulation,
privatization, de- bureaucratization,'unbundling', 'de-coupling', and similar
structural adjustments.

o A.

World Systems Theory

 o B.

State Corporatism

o C.

Neo-Liberalism

o D.

Liberal Democracy

 30.
Johann Heinreich von Thunen's theory of agricultural rent is symbolized as
"LR=Y(p-c)-Ytd' where "Y" is yield or total harvest, "P" is price of crop, "C"is
production cost of crop, "t" is transport cost and "D" is distance to market. If
yield of palay is 3,500 kgs,NFA buying price is P17.00 per kilo, distance is
5km., given farmer's gross production cost of 45 cents per square meter per
day for unit production cost of P12.00 per kilo,would palay cultivation be
profitable at this specific farm location if transport cost is P1.00 per kilo of
palay?
Discuss

o A.

Yes

o B.

No

o C.

It depends on the weather

o D.

It depends on quality of road & capacity of vehicle

 31.
In Walter Christaller's Central Place Theory, The catchment area of a central
place takes the shape of a hexagon rather than a perfect circle. If a particular
service or function such as elementary school enrolment is represented by the
formula,"C=2.6r2d," what would be the catchment area of elementary school if
its radius is 0.50km and diameter is one km?
 Discuss

o A.

0.65 sq.km

o B.

0.75 sq.km

o C.

0.85 sq.km

o D.

0.95 sq.km

 32.
In Walter Christaller's Central Place Theory (1933), neighborhood store is an
example of first- order services while grocery store, gas station, furniture shop,
and post office are examples of

o A.

Secondary services

o B.

Tertiary services

o C.

Quaternary services

o D.

Quinary services

 33.
In central place theory (1933), this refers to the minimum population required
to make a 'service' viable.

o A.

Resident population
 o B.

Captive market

o C.

Threshold population

o D.

Population explosion

 34.
A chart-like tool to measure 'centrality' of a place particularly its range of
economic and social functions, is called

o A.

Matrix

o B.

lsotims

o C.

Lsodapanes

o D.

Scalogram

 35.
All of the following are practical applications of Central Place Theory in the
Philippines, except one.

o A.

Location of health centers

o B.

Location of trial courts

o C.
 Location of beach resorts

o D.

Location of police stations

 36.
What Christallerian principles form the basis why a state university, a
consumer mall, a huge sports stadium, or a tertiary-level hospital can not be
established in each and every Philippine municipality?
Discuss

o A.

Spatial equity and bio-geographic equity

o B.

Specialization and concentration

o C.

Market range and threshold population

o D.

Profitability and pecuniary interest

 37.
The 'hierarchy of settlements' in Walter Christaller's Central Place Theory is
characterized by

o A.

Equally-sized large cities in every region

o B.

Only one large city, many small settlements

o C.

Only medium-sized and small settlements

o D.
 A few large cities, some medium cities, many small settlements

 38.
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

o A.

'evolution'

o B.

'co-location'

o C.

'succession'

o D.

'acclimatization'

o E.

'cohabitation'

 39.
In the model of mono-centric cities, it is assumed that manufacturers locate
close to transport arteries, blue-collar workers locate close to their jobs, while
traders and retailers pay higher for choice locations in city center to have
command of the market.This pattern of land use is explained better by which
theory of spatial planning?

o A.

Urban Bid-Rent by Alonso, Muth, and Mills

o B.

Cumulative Causation by Gunnar Myrdal

o C.

Urban Land Nexus Theory by David Harvey

 o D.

City as Growth Machine by John Logan & Harvey Molotch

 40.
"When all land is identical and there is perfect competition among profit-
maximizing firms, land is sold to the highest willing bidder. As a firm moves
closer to the center of a place, transport costs fall which increases the amount
a firm is willing to pay for land. Thus,land at the center always has has the
highest value.
Discuss

o A.

Johann Henreich von Thunen, Walter Christaller, and George Kingsley Zipf

o B.

William Alonso, Richard E. Muth and Edwin S. Mills

o C.

Alfred Weber, August Losch, and Walter lsard

o D.

Roderick D. McKenzie, Amos H. Hawley, Robert Park

 41.
In William Alonso's Bid-Rent Theory (1960), the most appropriate use of the
innermost circle in the diagram is

o A.

Farming of the most expensive crops

o B.

Terminal for commuters, central rail station

o C.

Central park

o D.
 Shopping & retail services

 42.
It in 'Ernest Burgess' concentric Model (1925), factories and work-shops would
most likely locate in

o A.

The innermost circle,

o B.

The outermost circle

o C.

The second circle from the center

o D.

The third circle from the center

 43.
It in Homer Hoyt's model (1939), where would the elite class place their high-
end subdivisions?

o A.

Section 'A'

o B.

Section 'B1'

o C.

Section 'C'

o D.

Section 'D'

 44.
'Leapfrog development' and 'sprawl' are what you commonly see in what
Peirce F. Lewis calls
 o A.

Circumferential City

o B.

Multi-cellular city

o C.

Stellar City

o D.

Galactic City

 45.
The 'multiple nuclei' model of Harris and Ullmann (1945) posits that
Discuss

o A.

Cities have varied natural res.ources that stimulate progress in different locations

o B.

Diversified economic functions of cities cluster around several points of growth

o C.

Zoning of cities closely follows the flow or 'circuits of capital'

o D.

Air transport, sea transport, land transport facilities are the logical growth zones
of cities

 46.
'Urban development' tends to occur along major transportation routes
because

o A.

Power/water connections and other utilities are naturally linear

o B.
 Business can not take place without roads and vehicles

o C.

Migration usually occurs lineally from point A to point B such as in exodus,

processions, or diasporas

o D.

People tend to locate where exchange, interchange, and access to other land
uses are at maximum

 47.
Which theorist of urban land use states categorically that land use follows
transport in the same manner that both population and business follow roads?

o A.

Ernest Burgess

o B.

Homer Hoyt

o C.

Chauncey Harris & Edward Ullman

o D.

Peirce Lewis

 48.
Which of the following land-use models describes the pattern of radial or axial
growth along lines of least resistance?

o A.

Multiple Nuclei

o B.

Concentric Zone

o C.

Sector Model
 o D.

Polycentric Model

 49.
In the model of Homer Hoyt, the sections of urban land with the highest values
are those:

o A.

Downtown sections facing seas, lakes & near waterfronts

o B.

On top of hills and elevated areas called 'uptowns'

o C.

Immediately around public offices I institutional sector

o D.

Along major roadways

 50.
The original concept of 'megalopolis' as an extended or super-sized urban
area is attributed to

o A.

Jean Gettman

o B.

Konstantinos Doxiadis

o C.

Dennis Rondinelli

o D.

Andreas Faludi