UST COURSE QUESTIONS AND SCENARIO
BASED EXAM PREP 2026.
◍ The meaning of being white has depended on identifying another
as black. Answer: True
◍ Greenfield development results from a change in land use where
areas that were once considered rural become part of the metropolitan
area. Answer: True
◍ In which US Census were Americans first able to designate
themselves as belonging to more than one racial or ethnic group or as
biracial. Answer: 2000
◍ Which area is not part of the metropolitan region? Answer: Exurbs
◍ What exacerbated the Great Recession of 2008-2012? Answer:
House Foreclosure Crisis
◍ Adoption of the McCormick reaper across the upper Midwest in the
mid-19th century fueled agricultural production. Answer: True
◍ What public policy has most contributed to the development of the
suburbs? Answer: National Highway System
,◍ The population moving from the inner to out concentric rings is
known as: Answer: White Flight
◍ Suburbs are low-density, single family, residential areas built
between 1950-1969. Answer: False
◍ Race is a concept that is socially constructed. Answer: True
◍ The American city was, from its beginning, multicultural. Answer:
True
◍ I (Prof. Long) have lived in which city? Answer: Boston
◍ Growth from 1950 to 2010 was rapid — the global population
nearly tripled, and the U.S. population doubled. Answer: True
◍ The movement of African Americans from the South to the
Northeast and Midwest is known as: Answer: The Great Migration
◍ What did not contribute to the development of cities? Answer:
Good Housing Supply.
◍ Suburb describes fast-growing areas in the urban hinterland,
beyond the outer suburban rings. Answer: False
, ◍ Which is true of the "urban enclave"? Answer: all of the above
◍ There was a growth of cities along the Mississippi River and the
Great Lakes basin as grain was shipped to coastal ports and then the
world. Answer: True
◍ The legal segregation faced by African Americans was very much
the same as faced by other immigrants. Answer: True
◍ The economic gap between inner & outer ring suburbs is
decreasing. Answer: False
◍ Inner ring suburbs are increasingly vulnerable to economic decline.
Answer: True
◍ There is not currently a stark difference between central cities &
inner ring suburbs. Answer: True
◍ What are the components of the Cuban Ethnic Enclave? Answer:
All of the Above
◍ In the Cuban enclave, workers strive to make enough money to
enable themselves and their families to move out of the enclave
Answer: False
BASED EXAM PREP 2026.
◍ The meaning of being white has depended on identifying another
as black. Answer: True
◍ Greenfield development results from a change in land use where
areas that were once considered rural become part of the metropolitan
area. Answer: True
◍ In which US Census were Americans first able to designate
themselves as belonging to more than one racial or ethnic group or as
biracial. Answer: 2000
◍ Which area is not part of the metropolitan region? Answer: Exurbs
◍ What exacerbated the Great Recession of 2008-2012? Answer:
House Foreclosure Crisis
◍ Adoption of the McCormick reaper across the upper Midwest in the
mid-19th century fueled agricultural production. Answer: True
◍ What public policy has most contributed to the development of the
suburbs? Answer: National Highway System
,◍ The population moving from the inner to out concentric rings is
known as: Answer: White Flight
◍ Suburbs are low-density, single family, residential areas built
between 1950-1969. Answer: False
◍ Race is a concept that is socially constructed. Answer: True
◍ The American city was, from its beginning, multicultural. Answer:
True
◍ I (Prof. Long) have lived in which city? Answer: Boston
◍ Growth from 1950 to 2010 was rapid — the global population
nearly tripled, and the U.S. population doubled. Answer: True
◍ The movement of African Americans from the South to the
Northeast and Midwest is known as: Answer: The Great Migration
◍ What did not contribute to the development of cities? Answer:
Good Housing Supply.
◍ Suburb describes fast-growing areas in the urban hinterland,
beyond the outer suburban rings. Answer: False
, ◍ Which is true of the "urban enclave"? Answer: all of the above
◍ There was a growth of cities along the Mississippi River and the
Great Lakes basin as grain was shipped to coastal ports and then the
world. Answer: True
◍ The legal segregation faced by African Americans was very much
the same as faced by other immigrants. Answer: True
◍ The economic gap between inner & outer ring suburbs is
decreasing. Answer: False
◍ Inner ring suburbs are increasingly vulnerable to economic decline.
Answer: True
◍ There is not currently a stark difference between central cities &
inner ring suburbs. Answer: True
◍ What are the components of the Cuban Ethnic Enclave? Answer:
All of the Above
◍ In the Cuban enclave, workers strive to make enough money to
enable themselves and their families to move out of the enclave
Answer: False
