AICP Test Prep 2024
Chicago Metropolis 2020 - answer Group of professional staff to create a new
regional plan to address growth issues between city and suburbs
Hawaii - answer The most endangered species of any state
Regression - answer The statistical technique which provides an estimate of one
variable based on the linear function of another
Metes and Bounds - answer Oldest type of legal description, uses a POB, has
monuments, has the words "more or less"
UrbanSim - answer Software-based simulation model for integrated planning and
analysis of urban development that incorporates the interactions between land use,
transportation, and public policy
Zoning Hearing Master - answer Person who presides over rezoning proceedings
that are treated as quasi-judicial actions
Southern Burlington County NAACP v. Township of Mt. Laurel II (1983) - answer
Court case dealt with affordable housing; issue of municipalities building their "fair
share" of affordable housing
Paul Davidoff - answer Dealt with Advocacy planning
Sherry Arnstein - answer Dealt with Ladder of Citizen Participation; the different
levels of citizen participation
First state to adopt state-wide zoning - answer Hawaii
Housing Act of 1937 - answer Tied slum clearance to public housing
Young v. American Minitheatres - answer Dealt with the issue of adult uses
Goals-Achievement Matrix - answer Method of assessing project alternatives by
weighing these alternatives according to a group of citizen goals
, Baby Boomer Generation - answer 1946 and 1964
C Service Road - answer Stable flow, moderate delays, and the speed is determined
by traffic
CCA - answer Community Character Act
2 DU/acre - answer zoning to allow a two home subdivision, both having 7,000 sq.ft.
lots with the rest of the land left as open space
Daniel Burnham's Plan of Chicago - answer Published in 1909
Planner's Obligation - answer To serve the public interest
PUD - answer Allows for a mixture of uses, creativity in design, flexibility in density
Herbert Hoover - answer Passed the Standard State Zoning Enabling Act in 1922
Section 1 - APA Code of Ethics - answer Aspirations
Panama Canal - answer Opened in 1914; opened the world to global commerce
Fishbowl Planning - answer Through workshop formats people work through
proposals
Oligotrophic Lakes - answer Deep lakes that have a low supply of nutrients and thus
contain little organic matter
F Service Road - answer Very low speeds, frequent stoppages, volume is greater
than capacity
Variance - answer A form of relief from requirements of an ordinance based upon
"unnecessary hardships"
Zero-Based Budget - answer A budget that is broken up into "decision packages,
starts from scratch, and are tied to long range plans
ISTEA - answer Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act - passed in 1991
TIF - answer A way for a City to pay for improving a vacant or underused piece of
land so that it becomes productive again
City of Renton v. Playtime Theaters Inc. - answer Court case dealt with issue of adult
uses and zoning
Chicago Metropolis 2020 - answer Group of professional staff to create a new
regional plan to address growth issues between city and suburbs
Hawaii - answer The most endangered species of any state
Regression - answer The statistical technique which provides an estimate of one
variable based on the linear function of another
Metes and Bounds - answer Oldest type of legal description, uses a POB, has
monuments, has the words "more or less"
UrbanSim - answer Software-based simulation model for integrated planning and
analysis of urban development that incorporates the interactions between land use,
transportation, and public policy
Zoning Hearing Master - answer Person who presides over rezoning proceedings
that are treated as quasi-judicial actions
Southern Burlington County NAACP v. Township of Mt. Laurel II (1983) - answer
Court case dealt with affordable housing; issue of municipalities building their "fair
share" of affordable housing
Paul Davidoff - answer Dealt with Advocacy planning
Sherry Arnstein - answer Dealt with Ladder of Citizen Participation; the different
levels of citizen participation
First state to adopt state-wide zoning - answer Hawaii
Housing Act of 1937 - answer Tied slum clearance to public housing
Young v. American Minitheatres - answer Dealt with the issue of adult uses
Goals-Achievement Matrix - answer Method of assessing project alternatives by
weighing these alternatives according to a group of citizen goals
, Baby Boomer Generation - answer 1946 and 1964
C Service Road - answer Stable flow, moderate delays, and the speed is determined
by traffic
CCA - answer Community Character Act
2 DU/acre - answer zoning to allow a two home subdivision, both having 7,000 sq.ft.
lots with the rest of the land left as open space
Daniel Burnham's Plan of Chicago - answer Published in 1909
Planner's Obligation - answer To serve the public interest
PUD - answer Allows for a mixture of uses, creativity in design, flexibility in density
Herbert Hoover - answer Passed the Standard State Zoning Enabling Act in 1922
Section 1 - APA Code of Ethics - answer Aspirations
Panama Canal - answer Opened in 1914; opened the world to global commerce
Fishbowl Planning - answer Through workshop formats people work through
proposals
Oligotrophic Lakes - answer Deep lakes that have a low supply of nutrients and thus
contain little organic matter
F Service Road - answer Very low speeds, frequent stoppages, volume is greater
than capacity
Variance - answer A form of relief from requirements of an ordinance based upon
"unnecessary hardships"
Zero-Based Budget - answer A budget that is broken up into "decision packages,
starts from scratch, and are tied to long range plans
ISTEA - answer Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act - passed in 1991
TIF - answer A way for a City to pay for improving a vacant or underused piece of
land so that it becomes productive again
City of Renton v. Playtime Theaters Inc. - answer Court case dealt with issue of adult
uses and zoning
