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EnP 201-250
EnP 201-250
EnP 201-250
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
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
C. among sites previously identified in 1970 NPFP national policy on industrial dispersal
& decentralization of development
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
C.
National Framework for Physical Planning
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 productsto 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 environmentalproblems to urban-based man-made environmental
problems. Which of the following NFPP measures pertains todevelopment control and
urban growth management (UGBs)?
A.
delineate land available for or restricted from settlement expansion
C. match land uses and densities with environmental capacities and service capacities
of infrastructure
B.
develop a detailed organizational management profile
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
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
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
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
D.
land use, transport network, layout, building types, density
D. maximized space
E. efficient circulation
E.
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
E.
all of the choices
B. Miniature Forestry
C.
Urban Forestry
D. Silvicuture
E. Agro-forestry
28.This spatial strategy deliberately directs growth towards major roadways that emanate
from a center like rays of a star
A.
radial/axial/sectoral
D. concentric
B.
Concentrated Dispersion
C. Simple Concentration
D. Compact Development
30.Which of the following urban street layout creates the most severe transport
congestion?
A. grid-iron or rectilinear
C.
uni-linear or strip development
C.
agro-industrial zone
B.
commercial zone C-3
B. R-2
C. R-3
D. R-4
B. C-2
C.
C-3
D. Tourism zone
E. Financial District
36.What color is used to represent industrial areas in zoning map?
A. Black
B. Gray
C.
Violet
D. Yellow
37.What color is used to represent institutional areas in zoning map?
A. Brown
B. Beige
C.
Blue
D. Maroon
38.What color is used to represent tourism areas in zoning map?
A.
Orange
B. Red
C. Purple
D. Fuchsia
39.An example of positive easement is one that
A. preserves a certain habitat
C.
allows the right to harvest a natural crop
C.
Local Board of Zoning Appeals and Adjustments
B. telluric
C. deed of sale
D. monolithic
42.The total area of permitted building space expressed as a proportion of the total site is
known as:
A. Gross Leasable Area
C.
Floor Area Ratio
D. Location Quotient
43.When a proponent of a proposed project applies for 'locational clearance,' which
consideration is first and foremost from the perspective of the approving authority?
A. Community disruption, relocation and the required land acquisition
B.
Consistency with local land use plan and with zoning map
D. Carbon Footprint from the use of fossil fuels in power generation, company bus
shuttles, executives' luxury cars
E. Amount of tax and non-tax revenues to be received by the Local Government Unit
B.
3:1
C. 4:1
D. 5:1
E. 6:1
45.Floor Area Ratio of 1.5 and below is considered as low density. What FAR is labeled as
'very high density'?
A. 2 and above
B. 3 and above
C. 4 and above
D.
5 and above
46.This refers to a kind of ad-hoc or arbitrary zoning that allows a small piece of land to
deviate from the district or zone regulations for reasons not found in the officially-
approved CLUP.
A. flexible zoning
C. Euclidean zoning
D.
spot zoning
E. optional zoning
47.A device usually given at the enactment of Zoning Ordinance which grants property
owner relief from certain provisions of ordinance because the application of the same
would result in a particular hardship to the owner.
A. Exceptionality
B. Certificate of Non-Conformance
C. Quasi-judicial relief
D.
Variance
C. Natural Scientist
D.
Head Local Planner
E. Legislator-Sponsor
49.What document makes possible that funds for priority projects enumerated in LDIP are
budgeted and re:eased yearly?
A. Special Allotment Release Order (SARO)
C.
Annual Investment Plan
D. PBBS
E. Memorandum of Undertaking