AICP PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT FOR EXAMS| ACTUAL PAST EXAM QUESTIONS SCORED A+
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The period between 1860 and 1870 in the US saw the beginning of suburbanization, with the
creation ofsmallsettlements beyond large cities. Which of the following cities exemplifiesthis
early American sub...
AICP PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
FOR 2024-2025 EXAMS| ACTUAL PAST EXAM
QUESTIONS SCORED A+
The period between 1860 and 1870 in the US saw the beginning of suburbanization, with the
creation of small settlements beyond large cities. Which of the following cities exemplifies this
early American suburbanization? a) Radburn, New Jersey b) Riverside, Illinois c) Lake Forest,
Illinois - Answer✅ B
Which system may be used for legal description purposes? a) US Government Survey b) Metes
and Bounds c) Lot, block, and tract d) All of the above - Answer✅ D
Fred French Co. v. City of new York introduced for the first time the concept of? a) Plnned unit
development b) Transfer of development rights c) Eminent domain d) Open space zoning -
Answer✅ A
Which of the following would most appropriately be the function of a state government rather
than the local or federal governments? a) Aesthetics regulations b) Historic properties
designation c) Redevelopment d) Scenic rivers designation - Answer✅ D
Among the many projects during the early years of the New Deal Era, what was a major regional
development program that became known as? a) The Tenessee Valley Authority b) The USHA
Program c) The Greenbelt Towns d) The PWA Program - Answer✅ A
Which "Great Expediter" said, "If the ends don't justify the means, then what the hell does"? a)
Daniel Burnham b) Mike Waiczis c) Robert Moses d) Adolph Hitler - Answer✅ C
Courts have ruled that rezoning does NOT constitute spot zoning if? a) The rezoning is adopted
by unanimouse vote of the legislative body. b) The rezoning is not appealed. c) The rezoning is
enacted in accordance with a comprehensive plan. d) The rezoning allows for special permit or
special exception waivers. - Answer✅ C
"Amortization" as it applies to zoning practice refers to? a) The prohibition of expanding non-
conforming uses. b) The determination of the remaining useful life of a pre-existing non-
conforming use. c) The purchase of property for public use. d) Eminent domain. - Answer✅ B
,In 1880, George Pullman designed and built the Town of Pullman, a model industrial town in the
state of? a) New York b) Ohio c) Illinois d) Michigan - Answer✅ C
Initiated in 1969, the "A-95" clearinghouse review process was responsible for? a) Massive
eminent domain suits. b) The creation of regional planning agencies. c) The recession in the
midwest. d) Construction of affordable housing in the northeast. - Answer✅ B
"The Baltimore Plan" refers to? a) Baltimore's 1895 master plan. b) Balitmore's 1985 master
plan. c) The cleaning up of various cities in the 1950s. d) Construction of affordable housing in
the northeast. - Answer✅ C
This 1915 zoning case involved the operation of a brickyard within metropolitan Los Angeles.
Name it. a) Hadachek v. Sebastian b) Euclid v. Ambler Realty c) Jones v. Los Angeles d) Nectow v.
Cambridge - Answer✅ A
Of the following techniques for preserving agricultural land, which would be the MOST
effective? a) Transfer of Development Rights. b) No growth policy. c) Building permit
moratorium. d) Righ to farm ordinance. - Answer✅ B
What is satisficing? a) A term menaing that an applicant is satisfied with the approval of his
project. b) Accepting policy options short of maximizing goal attainament. c) Accepting policy
options short to attaining 100% consensus. d) Both B and C. - Answer✅ D
Transportation Systems Management (TSM) includes all of the following EXCEPT? a) Carpooling
and vanpooling incentives. b) Major new transportation facilities. c) Improved transit service. d)
Staggered work schedules. - Answer✅ B
A county planner leaves the public sector to become a consultant. How long should she wait
before representing a private client in any action before the county she may have influenced
before leaving public employment. The planner is a member of AICP. a) 1 year b) 2 years c) 3
years d) Never - Answer✅ A
Which of the following statements are NOT true? I. As activities become more complex, an
organization tends to grow downward at a rapid rate. II. Horizontal growth may occur only at
,the top level of an organization. III. Public information and technical assistance are examples of
specialized staff activities. IV. The three basic line functions can be applied to departmental
structure as well as to the organization itself. a) I and IV b) I and III c) II and IV - Answer✅ C
2. You are working at the public counter when an angry citizen begins to yell at you. How do you
handle this situation? I. Tell him you will meet him in the parking lot in 10 minutes. II. Insist that
the gentleman calm down so you can assist him. III. Invite him into the office with another staff
member to discuss his problem on an individual basis. IV. Call the police and have him arrested.
a) I only b) I and II c) IV only d) II and III - Answer✅ D
A principal planner of a large metropolitan area is responsible for facilitating the organization of
a parks and open space advisory committee for the county. Representatives from which of the
following groups should be considered for the committee? I. Stockbrokers, bankers, real estate
brokers. II. Landscape architects, private citizens, and law enforcement. III. Chamber of
commerce, building industry, farmers. IV. Environmentalist group, small business operator,
school district. a) I an IV b) II and III c) I, II, and IV d) All of the above - Answer✅ D
Which of the following cour cases FIRST established the concept of "public welfare"? a) Village
of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co. b) Golden v. Planning Board of Ramapo. c) Southern Burlington
County NAACP v. Township of Mount Laurel. d) Necton v. City of Cambridge. - Answer✅ A
Edward M. Bassett 1863-1948 - Answer✅ Father of Zoning. Helped shape Standard City
Enabling Act - 1928
Who was Alfred Bettman? What were his positions? What did he influence? What did he play a
key role in? - Answer✅ *Cincinatti Lawyer & 1st President of the American Society of Planning
Officials *Planning Law *Played key role in Cincinatti Plan - 1925; Euclid v. Amber (1926)
Who is Daniel Hudson Burnham? What is he known as? What is he known for? What is his
quote? - Answer✅ *Father of city planning in US. *1909 "Plan for Chicago" that gave birth to
modern city planning. *His White City at the Columbian Expo inspired the City Beautiful
Movement. *Make no small plans: they have no magic to stir men's (or women's) blood.
Who was Clarence Stein? What did he desing? What did he Chair? - Answer✅ Co-designed
Radburn, NJ NY Commission of HOusing
, The primary purpose of the census, as indicated in the US Constitution is to provide the basis
for? a) Fair apportionment among the states of seats in the US House of Representatives. b) The
districbution of federal funds to state and local governments. c) The distribution of state funds
to local governments. d) The fair apportionment among the states of seats in the US Senate. -
Answer✅ A
The "Zoning Game" was written by? a) Richard Babcock b) Jane Jacobs c) Lewis Mumford d) Ian
McHarg - Answer✅ A
Which of the following would most appropriately be the function of the federal government? a)
Aesthetics regulations b) Air pollution control c) Zoning d) School planning - Answer✅ B
The 1858 design of the Central Park of New York City was prepared by? a) Fredrick Olmsted Law
Sr and Calvert Vaux b) Tony Dowe and Jerry Mathers c) Andrew Jackson Downing d) Theodora
Kimball and William C. Bryant - Answer✅ A
When testing statistical hypotheses, results that are unlikely to have occurred by chance are
called? a) Random b) Significant c) Normal d) Critical - Answer✅ B
Which of the following would be primarily a local government function? a) River basin
management. b) Air pollution abatement. c) Zoning d) Critical environmental areas designation.
- Answer✅ C
The American "Greenbelt" towns were built in the 1930s by? a) The City Housing Corporation b)
The Resettlement Administration of the US Dept of Agriculture c) The Dept of Housing and
Urban Development d) The PWA Housing Division - Answer✅ B
The difference between the use of police power and eminent domain in environmental and land
use regulation is that? a) Eminent domain requires compensation. b) Police power requires
compensation. c) Eminent domain is a power of the federal government only. d) Police power
cannot be exercised by local government. - Answer✅ A
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