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Sl. No Ultimate Environmental Planning Reviewer No. 3A Answer Correct

Here Answer
A central business district usually has a
a. High daytime population
1 b. Large concentration of office and retail activities D Correct
c. Large daily inflow and outflow of commuters
d. All of the above

It is a universal human activity that consists of making choices among options that appear to be open to
the future.
2 C Correct
a.Scheduling b. Designing c. Planning d, None of the above f. the above

A Planning process that involves a single project and predominantly physical in-nature.
a. Site Planning b. Urban Planning c. Urban & Regional Plaflning d. Urban Design
3 A Correct

Urban developm nt tends to occur along major transportation routes regions

a. Population tends to concentrate where transportation routes regions
4 b. Transportation facilities tend to service areas where there Is population C Correct
c. Both A and B

5. Is a technical and political process concerned with the U5e of land, protection and u:>e of the
environment .­public welfare, and the design of the urban environment, incll!ding air, water, and the
infrastructure passing into cind out of llrban areas such as tra_nsportation, communications, and
5 distribution_. B Correct
a. Site Planning b. Urban Planning c. Urban & Regional Planning d. Urban Design

Is the process by which communities attempt to control and/or design change and devedopment in thair
physical environments. Its also known as town planning, cit/ planning, community planning, land use
6 planning, and physical environment planning C Correct
a. Site Planning b. Urban Planning c. Urban & Regional Planning d. Urban Design

Luneta And Baquio was design by.

7 a. Daniel Burnham b:.Feliciano Palafox c. Harry T. Frost d. Louis Croft A Correct

It is used to refer to massive urban concentrations created from strong physical linkages between three
or more large cities.
8 a. Global Cify b. Great City c. Primate City d, None of the above A Wrong

The author of the book "The Citjes of Tomorrow"

9 a. Le Corbusier b. Sir Edward Lutyen c.Baron Hausmann d. Frank Lloyd Wright

The concept of Broadarces where every family must have one acre of land holding was introduce by ?
a. Le Corbusier b. Sir Edward Lutyens c. Baron Hausmann d. Frank Uoyd Wright
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Neighborhood Unit is defined as the Physical Environment wherein social, cultural, educational, and
commercial are within easy ream of each other.And this concept was introduce by.
11 a. Clarence Perry b. Ciarence Stein c. Clarence Perry and Clarence Stein d. None of the Above

The Plaza Complex being implemented during Spanish colonialization of Philippines was in accordance
with what law
12 a. Treaty of Paris b.Laws of the lndles c.Laws of King Of Spain d .None of the Above

Date where Manila was deciared as first chartered dty of the Philippines by the Americans.
13 a. July 13, 1930 b. July 31, 1930 c. July 31, 1902 d. July 13, 1903

A place oriented approach to regional analysis that can be used to supplement sectoral and technical
planning as well as people-oriented approaches to social services.
a. Approaches to.Planning
14 b. Comprehensiv.e Land Use Planning
c. Site Planning
d. Civil engineering and Architectural design

An approach based on the argument that urban growth centers, event market towns and intermed te
size cities are parasitic, that they allow town base elites, large corporations and central government
agencies to exploit the rural population and to drain rural areas of the!r resources.
a. Decentralized Territorial Approach
15 b. Growth Pole Concept
c. Site Pianning
d. Urban Renewal
 A spatial development concept that suggest that by in"'esting heavily in capital intensives industries in
the largest urban centers, government in developing countri s can stimulate economic growth that will
Spread outward to gene.rate regionai development the economies of scale found in the largest cities.
a. Growth Pole Concept
16 b. Neo Classicism
c. Gentrification
d. Sprawl

A type of ecozone that's nearby ports of entry, such as seaports and airports. Imported goods may be
unloaded, repacked, sorted a d manipulated without being subjected to import duties.
a. Tourism and Commercial
17 b. Export processing Zone
c. Freeport Zones
d. None of the-Above

Ian.Bentley's Responsive Environments describe ________ as designing the massing of the buildings
and the enclosure of public space.
18 a. Permeability b. egibility c. robustness d. personalization

Ian Bentley's Responsive Environments describe _________ as making the design encourage people to
put their own mark on the places where they live and work.
19 a. Permeability b. egibility c. robustness d. personalization

An urban form and function that characterize by a large circle with radial corridors of intense
development emanating from the center
20 a. star b. radio-centric c. rectilinear d. ring

An urban form and function that characterize by a city built around a large open space
21 a. star b. radio-centric c. rectilinear d. ring

An urban form and function that characterize by a series of nearly equal sized cities in close proximity.
a. star b. constellation c. satellite d. ring
22

An urbain form and function that characterize by a constellation of cities around a main center a.
23 star b. constellation c. satellite d: ring

The proportions beTWeen The built-aRea and the lot area

24 a. Floor Area Ratio b. Plot Ratio c. a & b d. Floor Space Index

Established by dividing the area of the total floor-space of the buildings on any by the site- area,
including half the area of any roads adjoining it
25 a. Floor Area Ratio b. Plot Ratio c. a & b d. Floor Space Index

Defined as the legal regulation of the use of land. Also allocating types of uses based on growth patterns
26 a . Land Use Planning and Zoning b. Cluster Zoning c. Incentive
Zoning d. Zoning
Creating special zoning policies and regulations for medium to large siz d contrclled developments
a. Land Use Planning and Zoning b.Cluster Zoning c. lncerrtive Zoning d. Zoning
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Protecting the environment from urban growth by restricting development in certain areas, especially in
sensitive areas sych as wetlands, coastal areas, and mountain environments
28 a . Environmental Impact Statement b. Environmental Preservation
c. Urban Renewal d. Adaptive Reuse

Converting old, usually historic buildings, sections of, or entire district, to new uses other than their
original purpose
29 a. Environmental Impact Statement b.Environmental Preservation
c. Urban Renewal d. Adaptive Reuse

A general term to describe the idea of consciously renewing the outworn areas of towns and cities;
covers most aspects of renewal, including oth redevelopment and rehabilitation.
30 a. Environmental Impact Statement b. Environmental Preservation.
c. Urban Renewal d. Adaptive Reuse

A type of urban ecological process defined as the entrance of a new population and I or facilities in an
already occupied area.
31 a. Rehabilitation b. Invasion c. Centralization d. Gentrification

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.
32 a. Adjustment b. Adaptation c. Climate Change d. None of the Above
 He initially developed the concept of "growth pole of regions"
33 a. Christaller b. Perroux c. Lennoix d. Howard

A change in climate that can' be identified by changes in the mean and/or variability of its properties and
that persists for an extended period typically decades or longer, whether due to natural variability or as a
34 result of human activity.
a. Climate Change b. Global Warming c. Climate Warming d, None of the Above

One of the following consists of an area of land, which is generally developed based on a
comprehensive plan, allocated factory buildings either sold or leased for manufacturing purposes
a. Industrial estate
35 b. Integrated area development
c. lndustria I subdivision
d. Commercial/industrial estate

In many metro-politan centers in the developing world, the largest component of urban population
growth is
a.Births
36 b. In-migration
c. Increase in t irit rial
d. None of the above

Metro Manila is considered a primate city because

a. It is the largest urban center of 'he country
b. It contains the country's primary central business district
37 c. It has a very large population compared to all other urban centers of the country
d. It is a metropolitan center

The factors for analyzing traditional location theory are:

a. The costs of marketing and advertising
38 b. Labor wages
c. The cost of transporting raw materials to the factory and ftnished goods to the market
d. None of the above

This strategy refers to a situation where an industry through the flow of goods and income timulates that
development and growth of the industries that are technicaliy related to it, and determines the prosperity
of the tertiary sector or stimulates an increase of the regional income
a. Growth pole
39 b. Industrial polarization
c. Industrial decentralization
d. lndustrial location
                   

Kevin Lynch stresses

a. A conceptual system focusing on urban form
b. A communications theory approach to urban growth
40 c. Accessibility concepts and t;rban structure
d. Urban spatial structure in the framework of equilibrium theory (an economic model ofspatial structure)

It is a concept of spatial development that well-articulated and integrated system of growth centers of
different sizes and functional characteristics can piay an important role in facilitating more widespread
regional development.
a. Growth pole concept
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b. Decentralized territorial approach
c. Functional-spatial integration
d. Smart growth concept

Perroux is to Growth Pole Theory as Doxiadis is to:

a. Industrial Location Theory
b. Patterns of Human Settlements
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c. Short-Run regional Change
d. None of the above

43. The pattern of urban settlement of man is as follows:

a. Urban region, megalopolis, metropolis
b. Village, megalopolis, town
43 c. Villag , city, urban region
d. None of the Above

Which of the foll wing forces co_n ribute/s to changes in the global system of cities: a.Competition_
among cities, technical change
b. Globaiization; informational economy
c. Environment; demography
44 d. Privatization; deregulation
e. All of the Above
f. None of the Above
 What is meant by "Growth Corridors"?
a. A pa rticu lar form of de-concentration
b. Cities immedi::itely below the global level
45 c. Global Cities
d. None of the Above

What is/are elements of Human Settlements?

a. Micro-space, middle-scale, macro-scale
b. Nature, man, society, shells, networks
46 c. Production, mobility, communication
d. None of the Above.

Ekistics as developed_ by Doxiadis refers to t e science of:

a. Uban Planning
b. Regional Planning
47 c. Comprehensive land use planning
d. Human Settlements

The degree to which the elements at risk are likei'j to experience hazard events of different magnitudes.
a. Hazard b. Mitigation c. Exposure d:.Geographic lnfomation System
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A database which contains, among others, geo-hazard assessments, information on climate change,
and climate risk reduction and m nagement.
49 a. Hazard b. Mitigation c. Exposure d. Geographic Information System

A structural and non-structural measures undertaken to limit the adverse impact of natural hazards,
environmental degradation, and technological hazards and to ensure the ability of at-risk communities to
address vulnerabilities aimed at minimizing the Impact of disasters. Such measures Include, but are not
limited to, hazard­resistant construction and engineering works, the formulation and implementation of
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plans, programs, projects and activities, awareness raising, knowledge management, policies on land-
use and resource management, as well as the enforcement of comprehensive land-use planning,
building and safety standar.ds, and legislation.
a. Hazard b. Mitigation c. Exposure d. Geographic Information System

Measures that ensure the ability of affected communities/areas to restore their normal level of
functioning by rebuilding livelihood and damaged infrastructures and increasing the communities'
51 organizational capacity.
a.Resilence b. Rehabilitation c. Post-Disaster Recovery d. Risk Assessment
The ability of a system, community or society exposed to hazards to resist, absorb, accomodate and
recover from the effects of a hazard in a timely and efficient manner, including through the preservation
52 and restoration of its essential basic structures and functions
a. Resilience b. Rehabilitation c. Post-Disaster Recovery d. Risk Assessment

The Neocolonial-Dependence Model refers to:

a. Inappropriate advised of foreign experts
b. Divergence between the rich and poor
53 c. Unequal power relationship between developed countries and LDC's
d. All of the Above

The systematic approach and practice.of managing uncertainty to minimize potential harm and loss. It
comprises risk assessment and analysis, and the implementation of strategies and specific actions to
control, reduce and transfer rislts. It is widely prac.ticed by organizztions to minimize risk in investment
decisions and to address operational risks such as those of blisiness disruption, production failure,
54 environmental damage, social impacts and damage from fire and natural hazards.
a. Risk Management b. Risk Transfer c. State of Calamity d. Vulnerability

The characteristics and circumstances of a community, system or asset that make it susceptible to the
damaging effects of a hazard. Vulnerability may arise from various physical, social. economic, and
environmentai factors such as poor design and construction of buildings, inadequate protection of
55 assets, lack of public information a d awareness, imited official recognition of risks an preparedness
measures, and disregard for wise environmental management.
a. Risk Management b. isk Transfer c. State: of Calamity d. Vulnerability

On the other hand, the Dualistic-Development Thesis refers to:

a. Inappropriate advised ef foreign experts _
b. Divergence between the rich and poor
56 c. Unequal power.relationship between developed countries and LDC's
d. All of the Above
 This pertains to the process wherein large numbers of people, driven by demographic factors, live
together in important locations - a proces that is always aa:ompanied by economic agglomeration,
spatial alteration, and socio-cultural change.
a. lndustrialization
57 b. Urbanization
c. Social Transformation
d. Modernization

This refers to the unprecedented phenomenon occurring in mega-cities wherein the rate of increase of
local population overwhelms the natural 'carrying capacity' of cities as ecosystems and outpaces the
'caring capacity' of city institutions in terms of resources and personnel to address complex problems.
a. Metopolitanization
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b. Ccnurbation
c. Hyper-Urbanization
d. False or Pseudo-Urbanization

What distinct nuclei is the Heavy manufacturihg area in Mu!tiple Nucli ModeI?
59 a. 9 b. 8 c. 7 d. 6

A direct result of "leapfrog" or "checkerboad' developmen", this phenomenon irreversibly converts rural
space or to urban space even before the populations meant to use it could be present.
a. Anticipatory Deveiopment
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b. Conurbation
c. Hyper-Urbanization
c. False or Pseudo-Urbanization

In a causal order, which should come first in this series or chain of intertwined, multi-dimensional
problems?
a. Climate Change and Environmental Degradation
b. Unmanaged Population
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c. Poverty
d. Land use Changes
e. Pollution
f. Carbon rootprint

According to David Satterthwaite, 95% of deaths and serious irojuries from major disasters in the period
1950- 2007 occurred in low-income to middle-income countries, and 90% of these deaths happened to
the poorest people. Wh ic:i conclusion is supported by this information?
a. Poverty, which means low income and low education, is the major use of disaster
b.Countries in typhoon belts and Ring-of-Fire region of the world tend to. be poor because of frequent
disasters
62 c. Poverty and its physical dimension, i.e. location of homes and livelihoods, increase people's
vulnerability to disaster
d. The poorer a country, the higher the illiteracy_ rate, hence the less informed and less prepared people
tend to be

Settlements in high-risk zones; buildings on natural wetlands; rivers and waterways used as sewers;
recurrent shortages of food, water and power; segments of idle prime land.pockmark the city center; lack
of distinctive city image and ooherent urban fonn, all taken together, are manifest:ition of-•

63 a. Population Explosion
b. Disaster Management
c. Splattered Development
d. Unmanaged Urbanization

This refers to low-density urban use of land expanded faster than population growth requires and
occurring in anamorphic manner at the margins of existing urban centers. Over time, more and more
houses are built far from urban centers that would require more energy use per person and more
government resources to provide piecemeal extensions of roads and utilities.
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a. Decentralization
b. Dispersion
c. Exurbanization
d. Sprawl

In Michael P. Todaro's Labor Migration Model of Urbanization (1976), the central pull factor or main
attraction of Third World cities to rural migrants even when these cities are unprepared to accept
migration, is
a. "bright lights effect" or lure of city life and neon-lit entertainment
b. Possible benefits derived from-proximity to seat of power and prestige of centra Icity address
65 c. Abundance and plenitude in cities versus hunger and famine due to insurgency wars in the
countryside
d. Substantial wage differentials between urban labor and rural labor for the same level of skill, task, or
occupation
 Dr. Edward L. Glaeser of Harvard University (1995, 2003} correlates 'urban development' with
'democratization' in the following observations. Which statement pertain the most to so-called
'annihililtion of space' In urban areas?
a. Information travels at high-speed in cities; transactions between producers and consumers are faster;
cities practically eliminate the transport cost of moving ideas, goods, and people
b. Cities facilitate human contact and social connection; the demand for the cities is fueled by the
demand for
interaction,
66 c. Because people in cities have high level of awareness, it is much harder for rules to be despotic or
tyrrannical.
d. Ineffective governments find it 1"1Uch harder to ignore mass poverty & other social problems in cities
than in
countryside
e. Revolutions, labor uprising, and riots are usua!ly horn and bred in cities

Related to Thomas Malthus' concept of 'k' as the popu1'1ticn site constrained b'i whatever resl)urce is in
shortest supply, this principles refers to "the maximum population of a given species that can be
supported indefinitely in a defined habitat without causing negative impacts that permanently irnpair the
prodl•ctivity of that same habitat."
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a. Limits to growth
b. Tipping point
c. Range and threshold
d. Carrying capacity

Is traditionally a straight road with a line of trees or shrubs running along each side, which emphasize
arrival at a landscape or architectural feature. .
68 a. Street b. Road c,.Avenue d. Boulevard

ls usually a widened, multi:-lane arterial street with a median and landscaping between the curbs and
sidewalk on either side.
69 a. Street b. Road c,.Avenue d. Boulevard

According to Max Weber in The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism (1904), what was the key
factor in transition from the mercantile economies controlled by European monarchies to profit-driven
individual enterprise or laissez faire?

a. Endemic corruption in highly structured Catholic society made people less imaginative and less
entrepreneurial
b. Early Protestants generally emphasized hard-work, simplicity, thrift, discipline, savings, & re-
70 investment of savings
c. Royal treasuries went bankrupt due to Catholics culture of excess, lavish celebrations, overindulgence

d. Protestant work without the baggage of Seven Capital Sins such as greed, avarice, envy,
lust, gluttony etc.

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,
park, greenways, housing, community centers, etc based on anticipation that future t:ax revenues from
real estate will pay for present's costs.
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a. Land re-adjustment
b. Urban Restructuring
c. Infill and densification
d..Urban Renewal

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.
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a. Herbert Gans
b. James Howard
c. Joel Garreau
d. Jane Jacobs

The major objective of 'New Urbanism' movement identified with Jane Jacobs, Leon Krier, Andres
Duany, Eiizabeth Plater-Zyberk, et.al. is to
a. Re-build the architectural.facade of old cities using post-modem methods and technologies
b. Revitalize urban communities by creating 'centers' and by reviving traditional civic values
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c. Design gated subdivisions as urban college and multi-ethnic tapestry
d. . Integrate development of both urban and rural areas in order to save as much farmland as possible
 The critique of 'New Urbanism' against so-called 'Gentrification' or up scaling of inner-city neighborhoods
was
a. The latter is more interested in new business than in community re-building; hence soul less and ce
ter less
74 b..The latt r leads to the exclusion of low-income groups
c, The latter does not create mixed communities of varied socio-economic & demographic groups
d. All of the above

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

a. Mixed Use Zoning

75 b. Neo-traditipnal Design
c. Exdusionary Zoning
d. Pedestrianization

The following planners were most concerned about "human scale and the social usage of urban space"
a. Davide Harvey, Manuel Castells, Ray Pahl
b. Jane Jacobs, Kevin Lynch, Wil!iam H. Whyte
76 c. Robert Moses, William Levitt, Richard King Mellon
d. TJ Kent, Edwin C. Banfield, Albert Z. Guttenberg

This school of thought claims that cities or human settlements can be studied as thcugh they are
biological organism subject to laws of evolution, natural selection, competition, adaptation, survival of
the fittest, dedine and death.
a. Dialectical Historical Materialism
77 b. Anarcho-Syndlcalism by Sa•JI Dav!d Alinsky
c. Frankfurt School of Social Critical Theory
d. Chicago school of human ecology

This school of thought holds that settiements form in a balanced manner; they tend to be spread evenly
and symmetrical in isotropic space; displaying both hierarchy and equilibrium arising from the
interdependence between big and small settlements and from the complementation between their
respective scoped of functions ..
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a. Galaxy of Settlements Theory
b. Central Place Theory
c. Geographic Determinism
d. Dependency Theory

This school of thought describes a borderless global economy characterized by free trade and free
movement of capital wherein nation-stated would have 'lean and mean' governments which pursue
policies of liberalization, deregulation, privatization, de-bureucratization, 'unbundiing,' 'de-coupling', and
similar structural adjustments.
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a. Word Systems Theory
b. State Corporatism
c. Neo-Liberalism
d. Liberal Democracy

All of the following are practical applications of Central Place Theory in the Philppines, except one.
a. Location of health centers
b. Location of trial courts
80 c. Location of beach resorts
d. Location of police stations

What Christallerian principles from the basis why a state university, a consumer mall, a huge sports
stadium, or a tertiay-level hospital cannot be establ shed in each and every Philippines municipality?•
a. Spatial equity and bio-geography equity
b. Specialization and concentration
81 c. Market range and threshold population
d: Profitability and.pecu_niary interest

The 'hierarchy of settlements' in Walter Chirstaller's Central Place theory is characterized.by

a. Equally-sized large cities in every region
b. Only one large city, many small settlements
82 c. Only medium-sized and small settlements
d. a few large cities, some medium cities, many small settlements

Central Place Theory was found faulty in assuming uniform topography, flat featureless terrain, ease of
travel in all directions, and ubiquity or all-around presence of economic resources, but its major strength
lies in characterizing the locational advantages ofone place in ;elation to another, a geographic concept
called -
a. Surrounding
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b. Standing
c. Situation
d. State
 The weakness of applying Central Place Theory in a simplistic way on the Philippines is that
a. Unlike other countries, Philippines does not have compact land mass with homogenous features
b. Archipelagic nature creates natur;:il discontinuities that render movement & economic exchange
difficult
84 c. Spaitial integration between urban and rural areas is imped d by poor transport that infiates prices
d. All of the above

.In the modef of mono-cent ic 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?
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a. Urban Bid-Rent by Alonso, Muth and Mills
b. Cumulative Causation by Gunnar Myrdal
c. Urban Land Nexus Theory by David Harvey
d. City as Growth Machine by John Logan & Harvey Molotcin

"When all land is identical and there is perfect competition among profit-maximizing firms, land is sold to
the highest 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 the highest vaiue."
a. Johann Henreich von Thunen, Walter Christaller and George Kingsley Zipf
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b. William Alonso, Richard E. Muth and Edwin S. Mills
c. Alfred Weber, August Losch and Wa1ter_Jsard
d. Rodt!rick D .McKenzie, Amos H. Hawley, Hebert Park

In urban land use models of the Chicago schcol of human eoology, the affluent and middle classes arc
inclined to move away from downtown and inner-city in favo of suburban locations and this process
results in a paradox or "spatial mismatch" as regards labor.
a. Sophisticated upper classes locate in city-edges with semi-rural conditions where no employment is
available
b. Lower-classes who cannot create employment by themseives are left to occupy high-priced land in
tile inner core of cities.
87 c. Blue-collar worker ar forced to accep low- skill jobs as maids, yayas, and gardeners in affluent
suburban_ subdivisions
d. Non-tax paying people in the informal sector are doserto the seat of government than the landed
gentry

Urban development' tends to occur along major transportation routes because

a. Power/water connections and other utilities etc are naturally linear •
b. Busines cannot take place without roads and vehicles
c. Migration usually occurs linearly from A to point B such as in exodus, processions or diasporas
88 d. People tend tc locate where exchange, interchange and acc:ess to other land uses are at maximum

Which theorist of urban land use states categorically that land use follows transport in the same manner
that both population and business follow roads?
a. Ernest Burgess
89 b. Homer Hoyt
c. Chauncey Harris & Edward Ullman
d. Peirce Lewis

Which of the following land-use models describes the pattern of radial or axial growth along lines of
least resistance?
a . Multiple nuclei
90 b. Concentric zone
c. Sector model
d. Polycentric model

In the model of Homer Hoyt, the sections of urban land with the highest values are those:
a. Downtown sections facing seas, lakes & near waterfronts
. b. On top of hills a.nd elevated areas called 'uptowns'
91 c. Immediately ar und public offices/ hsti utional sector
d. Along maJor roadways

"Social status declines with increasing distance from the center of the city" is a proposition about poor
Third World countries that contradict:; the original land use models from the Chicago schoCJI of human
ecology.
a. Donut model
92 b. Core-Periphery Dependency model
c. Polycentric model
d. Inverse Concentric
 According to M. White (1987), the more economically complex city, the more varied would be the
number of high growth points, the more socially complex it becomes, and the stronger is its tendency
towards differentiation such as in the case of residents segregating themselves into 'en laves' acc?rding
to economic level, social status_ or ethnicity.
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a. Bi-polar Model
b. Palimpsest or Mosaic Model
c. Multiple Nuclei
d. Urban Land Nexus Theory

Advancements in transportation and communication technologies have affected many cities in such-a
way that information-based production can be done by anyone, anywhere at any time regardless of
distance from city center: Which of the following- is the likely spatial form arising from these economic
trends? -
a. Cyber-city sends alI dirty smokestack industries to remote regions.
94 b. CBD becomes an elongated corridor or sµine following the lines of telecommunications & electronic
services
c. Suburban subdivisions form a belt-like edge or natural perimeter around the mo er city
d. Edge cities, office parks and techn -poles develop in various parts of a complex mother city ..

According to Willbur Richard Thompson (1965), once a city reaehe.s a. resident Population of 250,000,
jt attains pemianence. Certain city sections may suffer decay and dedine, but the city as a whole will
survive because of sheer size and strength of tertiary economy, inherent capacity to diversify and its
political weight vis-a-vis other settlements.
95 a. Urban Land Lexus
b. Urban Ratchet Theory
c. Urban Spiral Economy
d. Urban Force Momentum

Not all megacities become 'world cities'. According to David Simon in World City Hypothesis (1996), the
following criteria determine how a city reaches Tier 1 status. Which criterion is pursued as cities 'de-
industrialize' by banishing dirty smokestack industries from their territories in the contest to achieve
"greater globa I competitiveness"
96 a. "exrstence of a sophisticated financial and service complex serving a global clientele
b. "level of international networks of capital information and communication flows
c. "large number of headquarters of intemationaI institutions
d. "quality of life conductive to attracting investors and retaining skilled international migrants

Which thrust of regional planning addresses core-periphery, center-hinterland economic exchange &
spatial integration?

a. Enforce urban growth control such as greenbelts or analogous schemes to protect the natural
environment
b. Cultivate a role for each component-settlemennt such as administrative center, manufacturing hub,
97 tourism zone, etc
c. Develop transport corridors in 'hub and spokes design' with major infrastructure reaching out to
population centers
d. Resist development in flood plains or on earthquake fault zones by utilizing these areas as parks,
farms, buffers, etc.

In John Friedman's (1966, 1973) taxonomy of regions according to economic condition, which refers to
'laggin regions'?
a. Core regions
b. Upward transitional areas
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c. Resource frontier areas
d. Downward trarsitional area:;
e. Special problem areas
f. Latifundio-minifundio

The phenomenon of 'urban primacy' mostly the Third World countries wherein a single metropolis
corners a disproportionate share of a country's population, resources and investments by reason of
historical or political preceder.ee or as a •result of foreign colonial influence, is also called "Manila
imperialism" in the Philippines. -

a. It is desirable because of the efficient use of space and economies of seal .

99 b. It proves that benefits fr m agglomeraticn outweigh the disbenefits from congestion and over
concentration
c. It demonstrates that Third World countries remain as colonies of Western imperialist powers.
d. It shows polarization within a country and siphoning off of economic assets and human talent from
'hinterland'

The impact of a •person or community-on the environment, expressed as the amount of land required to
sustain their.use of natural resources.
100 a. Sustainable Foorprint b. Biological Footprint c. Conurbation d..Ecological Footprint

Engr. Juanito C. Ricohermoso, CE, EnP, ASEAN Eng.

Total
7.00% Score:
7