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1) Under RA 9175 Chainsaw Act of 2002, one of the following does not possess a chainsaw in a
legal manner. 
 
A. Has a subsisting timber license agreement, production sharing agreement, or a private land
 
timber permit
  B. Is duly elected official of upland barangay
  C. Is an orchard and fruit tree farmer
  D. Is a licensed wood processor who cuts only timber that has been legally sold
  E. Is an industrial tree farmer
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2) Republic Act that provides for "conservation and protection of wildlife resources and their
habitats" is numbered as 
 

  A. RA 9147

  B. RA 9714  

  C. RA 4791

  D. RA147􀀟

 
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3) This broad category refers to land deliberately kept undeveloped for its contribution to the
amenity value of the environment. It offers opportunities for adventure recreation or passive
leisure at low-cost, and at the same time, serves as protection buffer around sensitive areas and
hazardous installations.
 

  A. Wilderness

  B. Tourism & Recreation Zone  

  C. Rangeland

  D. Open Space
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4) Which is not considered 'production land' in a Philippine LGU? 
 
  A. Agro-industrial estate

  B. Cropland  

  C. Orchard

  D. Fishpond

  E. Fishpen
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5) What rational tool do planners use in selecting from alternative land use schemes? 
 

  A. Checklist of criteria

  B. Linear programming  

  C. Cost-benefit analysis

  D. Computer simulation
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6) This document consists of specific proposals to guide growth in a locality including statements
about community goals, priorities, strategies, and socially-desired mix of resource uses. These
are illustrated by maps,diagrams,charts,tables that show a coherent spatial framework for
environment protection, economic production, settlements, and infrastructure.
 

  A. Charrette

  B. Chatroulette

  C. Comprehensive Land Use Plan

  D. Strategic Plan

  E. Framework Plan  
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7) Which is not a benefit from having large greenspace in cities? 

 

  A. Absorbs air pollution  

  B. Gives off oxygen

  C. Cools the air as water transpires

  D. Provides habitat to wild beasts

  E. Provides shade with 1ess electricity required

  F. Muffles noise and creates an island of peace

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8) In agricultural land use planning, the soil characteristics of solum depth and clay-silt fraction
that would ensure good plant growth are
 

  A. <50 cm and <80%

  B. >100 cm and >80%

  C. 50-100 cm and 40-80%  

  D. 10-50 cm and 10-40%

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9) What is the percent slope of a land parcel that has a change in elevation ('rise') of 8 meters and
is 160 meters long?
 

  A. 8%

  B. 7%

  C. 6%

  D. 5%

  E. 4%  

 
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10) Under RA 7586, these are identified portions of land and water, remarkable areas,
biogeographic zones, habitats of rare and endangered species- all set aside by reason of their
unique physical and biological significance, to be managed to enhance biological diversity, and
to be secured from destructive human exploitation. 
 

  A. National Heritage Parks and Reservations

  B. Resource Reserve

  C. Ecological Zones  

  D. Protected Areas
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11) This type of land regulation says that man-made structures should be of such height,bulk, or
design so as not to upstage, play down, or draw attention away from a landmark (e.g. Rizal
Monument ), natural landscape, or character of place
 
  A. Design Aesthetics
  B. Architectural Masterplan
  C. Cultural Mapping
  D. Form-Zoning
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12) In HLURB Guidelines for CLUP, which of the following does not fall under the 'economic
sector'?
 

  A. Housing

  B. Mining

  C. ICT and Business Process Outsourcing

  D. Mariculture

  E. Small Scale Industries  

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13) The recommended map scale for provinces is 1:50,000 while that for town/city CLUP should
be at least
 

  A. 1 :200,000  

  B. 1:100,000

  C. 1:25,000

  D. 1:10,000
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14) PD 705 Revised Forestry Code Section 16 affirms that, after a salvage zone of 40 meters from
the hightide-mark or shoreline, there shall be protective strips of mangroves or swamps along
the coast with width of at least 
 

  A. 20 meters

  B. 25 meters

  C. 30 meters

  D. 35 meters

  E. 40 meters  
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15) In HLURB Guidelines for CLUP, which of the following does not fall under the 'social sector'?
 
  A. Education
  B. Tourism
  C. Health
  D. Police Protective Services
  E. Sports and Recreation
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16) An innovation in land-use regulation in which the right to develop a property can be separated
or severed from ownership of land in a particular zoning district, then sold or passed on to
another property owner, and exercised in connection with the development of land in some
other part of the jurisdiction.
 

  A. Market-based instrument  

  B. Commutation of Rights

  C. Property Conversion

  D. Transfer of Oeve!opment Rights

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17) According to RA 8749, this geographic-based document integrates primary data and
information on natural resources and anthropogenic activities on the land as evaluated using
various risk assessment and forecasting methodologies, and evaluates environment quality and
carrying capacity of an area in such a way that enables planners and government decision-
makers to anticipate the type of development control necessary in the planning area.
 
  A. Natural Resources Inventory

  B. Environmental Accounting

  C. Biogeographic Compendium  

  D. Eco-Profile
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18) An 'analytical' map is a composite or overlay of two or more 
 

  A. Base maps  

  B. Thematic maps

  C. Aspect maps

  D. Choropleth maps
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19) This process defines the physical platform of development at the local level, and proceeds by
systematically evaluating alternative patterns of resource use,choosing that use which meets
specified goals, and drawing-up appropriate policies and programs, directed to the best use of
land in view of accepted objectives, and of environmental and societal opportunities and
constraints.
 

  A. Framework Planning

  B. Strategic Planning  

  C. Land Use Planning

  D. Development Planning
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20) A 'drainage basin' is the total land area that contributes runoff to a given stream. What
characteristic of a drainage basin causes it to have an 'efficient' response to rainfall? 
 
  A. Sloping topography in bowl-like formation
  B. Permeable soils
  C. Plasticity of clay bottom
  D. Filtration by its wetlands
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21) Which type of land use is not described as 'urban'? 
 
  A. Residential
  B. Institutional
  C. Industrial
  D. Mineral
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22) Under RA 7586, poor communities occupying sections of forestland continuously for at least 5
years prior to legal proclamations, who are dependent on the forest for subsistence, are
considered "tenured migrant communities" and are engaged by government to undertake
reforestation and upland management under this specific program. 
 

  A. Agro-Forestry  

  B. Sloping Agricultural Land Technology

  C. Integrated Social Forestry

  D. Industrial Forestry
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23) A 'watershed' is principally a source of 

 

  A. Timber for processing into lumber, shelter materials, paper

  B. Charcoal for grill requirements of five-star restaurants

  C. Food and prey for biodiverse species in rivers, streams  

  D. Water for humans, animals, plants, and other species

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24) This refers to aerial photographs that have been rectified to produce an accurate image of the
Earth by removing tilt of planet, relief displacements, and topographic distortions which
occurred when the photo was taken from an airplane 
 

  A. Photogrammetry

  B. Orthophotography

  C. Remote sensing

  D. Geomatics  
  E. Geodetics

 
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that the scale is uniform: the photo has the same lack of distortion as a map.(Source: Wikipedia)
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25) An essential part of land-use planning, this activity occurs after strategic planning but before
the detailed layout  of location, and aims to characterize and design a parcel of land or specific
section of town so that it can function effectively in relation to the complexity and scale of
proposed development and the range of land uses around it.
 

  A. Estate Planning

  B. Wards and Precincts Planning

  C. Parcellary Planning  

  D. Site Planning

  E. Project Planning
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26) PD 1067 Water Code of 1976 Article 51 requires a three-meter easement from the banks of
creeks, canals, and esteros, in urban areas, but MMDA Resolution 3 s. 1996, has expanded the
easement for Metro Manila areas adjoining water bodies as measured from the banks of Pasig
River, tributary streams and the shoreline, to be at least 
 
  A. 10 meters
  B. 20 meters
  C. 40 meters
  D. 5 meters
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27) This refers to the division of a community into districts or sections according to present and
potential uses of land in order to maximize, regulate, and direct their use and development.
 

  A. Wards & Precincts Planning

  B. Subdivision Plats

  C. Land Allocation and Apportionment  

  D. Zoning
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28) By taking into account both quantitative values and non-quantitative values, 'Planning Balance
Sheet' is an 'extended' 'multiple-criteria' form of 
 
  A. Cost-revenue analysis
  B. Cost-benefit analysis
  C. Cost-effectiveness analysis
  D. Cost-estimate analysis
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29) Which of those listed below is not a 'thematic' map? 

 

  A. Political - administrative boundaries

  B. NPAAAD map  

  C. Slope map

  D. Forest cover map

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30) Under RA 8371, this refers to "all areas generally belonging to ICCs/lPs comprising lands,
inland waters, coastal areas, and natural resources therein, held under a claim of ownership,
occupied or possessed by ICCs/lPs, by themselves or through their ancestors, since time
immemorial, continuously up to the present." 
 

  A. Tribal land  

  B. Cultural heritage

  C. Autonomous region

  D. Ethnic realm

  E. Ancestral domain
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31) These are geometric coordinates for designating the location of places on the surface of the
Earth; the First gives the location of a place above or below the equator, expressed by angular
measurements ranging from 0° at the equator to 90° at the poles, while the Second gives the
location of a place east or west of an upright line called the prime meridian, and is measured in
angles ranging from 0° at the prime meridian to 180° at the International Date Line.
 

  A. Landmass and ocean

  B. Cartesian x,y, points

  C. North pole & south pole  

  D. Latitude and longitude

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32) 'Contour lines' on a topographic map indicate 
 

  A. Soil classes

  B. Layers of vegetative cover  

  C. Demarcation lines

  D. Elevation intervals
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33) These are lands capable of intensive use or cultivation over time and can sustain the
productivity levels of crops in a given climatic region without adversely affecting the
immediate or adjoining environment.
 

  A. Agro-industrial estate  

  B. Prime agricultural land

  C. Alluvial fans

  D. Icefields or mud paddies

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34) It is a computer system consisting of software and hardware components that are used to
organize, store, process, analyze and display multiple layers of spatially-referenced
information about geographically located features. 
 

  A. Geodesy and Geodetics  

  B. Global Positioning System

  C. Electronic Cadastral System

  D. Geographic Information System
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35) In a computer graphics/mapping system, this is a data structure for representing point and line
data by means of x,y,z geometric coordinates; it can also be a set of line segments joined end-
to-end to make a curved path in space. 
 

  A. Vector

  B. Raster  

  C. Curvature

  D. Field

  E. Node
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36) Under Executive Order 26 series of 2011 which declared the National Greening Program as
DA-DAR-DENR Convergence Initiative, how many tree seedlings should each government
employee plant each year, a requirement that also applies to students identified by DEPED and
CHED? 
 

  A. 10

  B. 20  

  C. 25

  D. 30

  E. 35
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37) Which type of land use is most easily reversible or convertible to its original state? 
 
  A. Forest land
  B. Memorial park
  C. Infrastructure land
  D. Commercial
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38) This is the scientific term for old-growth forest in tropical countries that is dominated by
 broad-leaf trees which form thick canopy thus allowing little sunlight on the forest floor, and
includes much-prized hardwood species such as red lauan, white lauan, red narra, tanguile,
tiaong, almon, bagtikan, apitong, kamagong, yakal, and mayapis. 
 

  A. Dipterocarp Forest

  B. Deciduous Forest

  C. Coniferous or 'Pine' Forest

  D. Tropical Scrub Forest

  E. Mossy Forest

  F. Sub-marginal Forest  

  G. Mangrove Forest

  H. Ever-green Forest

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39) This concerns the arrangement, appearance and functionality of a whole town or city, in
particular the shape and form of the city blocks, the uses of public space, the articulation of
physical features in three dimensions, so that residents and visitors alike can make high-quality
connections between people, places and buildings.
 
  A. Architectural Master Plan
  B. Cityscape and Streetscape
  C. Urban Design
  D. Form and Style
  E. Visual Panorama
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40) Under Executive Order 23 dated February 1,2011 declaring "moratorium on the cutting and
harvesting of timber," which of the following is exempted from the total log ban until the year
2016? 
 

  A. Concessions signed by DENR secretary

  B. Conversion of mangrove forests  

  C. Selective or rotational harvesting in industrial and commercial plantations

  D. Small-scale tree cutting, 'carabao logging,' and kaingin

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41) Prior to the development of computer mapping software in the mid-1970s, spatial analysis was
done manually by overlaying different thematic maps of the same scale, principally to
determine 
 

  A. Geohazards and physical constraints  

  B. Areas that are ideal for urban development

  C. Critical areas for rehabilitation or intervention

  D. All of the choices

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42) This refers to the wise and prudent use of any resource that is held in trust. 
 
  A. Technocracy
  B. Shepherding
  C. Protectionism
  D. Championing
  E. Stewardship
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43) All but one of the following are sub-categories of Forest Reserve. 
 
  A. Permanent Forest
  B. Critical River Watershed
  C. Mangrove Forest
  D. Military and Civil Reservations
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44) Which of the following is not a factor to determine suitability of land for agricultural use? 
 

  A. Climate and rainfall

  B. Soil quality  

  C. Geologic fault lines

  D. Slope
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45) This is the legal term for forest at 1,000 meters elevation or more or with steep gradients at
50% or more, which perform vital ecological functions and must therefore be kept perpetually
 in natural state and free from human intrusion. 
 
  A. Everlasting Forest
  B. Permanent Forest
  C. Virginal Fores!
  D. Primeval Forest
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46) In all but one of the following measures, Land Use Planning works with Nature by conserving
natural resources. 
 

  A. Interconnect open space and greenways to provide corridors and refuge for wildlife  

  B. Delineate clear town edges or greenbelts to protect surrounding farmland

  C. Encourage quarrying near main rivers to generate substantial revenues for the municipality

  D. Create neighborhood pocket-parks and urban mini-forests to serve as lungs of the city/town
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47) In slope analysis, land with slope 0% to 3% is described as 

 
  A. Even and smooth
  B. Flat to gently sloping
  C. Level to nearly level
  D. Gently to moderately undulating
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48) It is an integrated development scheme wherein a defined area is comprehensively planned as a
unitary entity such that innovations in site design and building design are rewarded by
government with some flexibility in zoning, usually relaxation of standards or their replacement
with negotiated agreement between the developer and the LGU.
 
  A. Enterprise Zone
  B. Sites and Services model
  C. Zonal Improvement Program
  D. Planned Unit Development
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49) Which of the following soil types has the greatest permeability, and hence has the least
nutrient-holding capacity? 
 
  A. Sand
  B. Clay
  C. Silt
  D. Loam
  E. Humus
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50) According to Prof. Ernesto Serote, this is the process of putting two or more thematic maps on
top of each other to determine areas of convergence of certain features of land contributing to
the suitability of the area to a particular purpose, and conversely, to eliminate or screen out
areas that are not suitable for that purpose. 
 
  A. Thematic superimposition  
  B. Cartographic merging
  C. Sieve analysis
  D. Spatial modeling