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AICP Exam Prep Questions and Answers 100% PassWho designed Columbia, MD? -Answer James Rouse, 1967; planned community that
consists of ten self-contained villages
US Population in 2000 -Answer 281,421,906
The Council of Government movement started... -Answer In Detroit in 1954
Oligotrophic lakes -Answer Deep lakes with low supply of nutrients and thus little organic
matter
Dissimilarity Index -Answer measures the intensity of segregation of two groups of people
across space (typically for a city or metro area suing census tracts or block groups). Value
between 0 and 1 (or 100), "the percent of people from group A that would have to move to
another tract in order for the proportion of residents in all tracts to equal the proportion in
the
metro area as a whole"
Isolation Index -Answer Measures the percentage of the same-group population in the
census tract where the average member of a racial/ethnic group lives (the probability that a
member of one group will meet another member of the same group in their census tract).
Value
,between 0 and 100 (higher = more segregation)
Exposure Index -Answer Measures the percentage of other-group population in the census
tract where the average member of a racial/ethnic group lives (% of average race A's
neighbors
are race B)
Entropy Index -Answer Compares the composition of all groups (more than 2) at the same
time, ranges from 0 to 1 (or 100) compares the actual distribution in a tract or city to an
abstract situation of complete diversity across all groups
Simpson's D -Answer Also known as the 'index of diversity', ranges from 0 (complete
homogeneity) to 1 (complete evenness); only maximizes to 1 if you have infinite numbers of
categories. Considered roughly comparable to the entropy index
Gini coefficient -Answer Measure of inequality - can be used to measure the distribution of
nearly any variable. Based on the Lorenz curve, which relates the cumulative distribution of
the
variable of interest on the Y-axis to the cumulative distribution of social units of observation
(e.g. households) on the X-axis. The Gini Coefficient is the ratio of the area above the curve
and
below the diagonal to the whole triangle
, Cohort-Component Method -Answer Population projection method using birth, death, and
migration rates. Steps:
1. calculate death rates
2. project survivors
3. project births
4. project migration
What does the first section of the AICP Code of Ethics cover? -Answer Principles to which
we
aspire
What does the second section of the AICP Code of Ethics cover? -Answer Our rules of
conduct
What does the third section of the AICP Code of Ethics cover? -Answer Our code
procedures
What does the fourth section of the AICP Code of Ethics cover? -Answer Planners convicted
of serious crimes - automatic suspension of certification
How many sections does the AICP Code of Ethics have? -Answer 4
How many aspirational principles are there in the AICP Code? -Answer 3
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