NJ Professional Planner Exam | MLUL/Professional Planner
practice exam | Questions With Complete Solutions
"Spot zoning" means:
A. zoning of an area with a pattern of mixed uses
B. zoning a single parcel or small area with a special zone not
generally found in the immediate area
C. zoning a small area in such a way as to confer a favor on a
single landowner
D. Use of spotted pattern to illustrate zoned areas Correct
Answers C. zoning a small area in such a way as to confer a
favor on a single landowner
A Licensed professional planner may:
A. Take a lead role in developing comprehensive mast plans and
related documents, plans, and studies
B. Prepare detailed site plans including on-site utility designs.
C. engage in work for both governmental agencies and private
clients where that work will be submitted to the governmental
agency, as long as there is no direct conflict in doing so and full
disclosure is made.
D. Both A and B
E. All of the above Correct Answers A. Take a lead role in
developing comprehensive mast plans and related documents,
plans, and studies
A municipal comprehensive Mast plan must include:
I. a land use element
II. a circulation element
III. a housing element
,IV. a description of floodplains, marshes & waterways
A. All of the above
B. All of the above except I
C. All of the above except II
D. All of the above except III
E. All of the above except IV Correct Answers C. All of the
above except II
A municipal subdivision ordinance must contain the following
except:
A. Streets consistent with the official map
B. Procedures for submittal and processing major and minor
subdivisions
C. Provisions for protection of potable water supplies
D. Performance guarantees Correct Answers B. Procedures for
submittal and processing major and minor subdivisions
A person not licenses as a professional planner may render
professional planning services if:
A. he or she prepared the actual planning work and it is
approved in writing by a licensed planner
B. as a paid employee representing the licensed planner at a
public hearing
C. as a paid employee representing the licensed planner at a
private meeting
D. only in an emergency situation where the licensed planner is
incapacitated
E. Never Correct Answers E. Never
A petition for substantive certification:
,A. Is often issued to halfway houses and group homes in
connection with a conditional use permit
B. Is the document a licensed surveyor submits to the
municipality for final approval of a subdivision
C. Is used by historic commission to approve restoration plans in
national register districts
D. Gives COAH jurisdiction to review a municipality fair share
plan Correct Answers D. Gives COAH jurisdiction to review a
municipality fair share plan
A professional Planners license may be suspended or revoked
for:
A. failing to pay the required renewal fee
B. any use or employment of dishonesty, fraud, deception,
misrepresentation, false promise or false pretense whether
related to the practice of professional planning or not.
C. repeated acts of malpractice, negligence or incompetence
D. All of the above
E. All of the above except for A Correct Answers D. All of the
above
A recycling plan element that incorporates state recycling plan
goals and refers to the municipal recycling ordinance must be
included in the comprehensive master plan if:
A. The municipality anticipates any residential development
over 50 units
B. The municipality anticipates any apartment development over
25 units
C. The municipality anticipates any commercial or industrial
development over 1,000 sf floor area
D. All of the above
, E. None of the above Correct Answers D. All of the above
A site plan ordinance must contain all of the following except
provisions for:
A. height, bulk and setbacks of structures.
B. Screening, landscaping and location of structures
C. preservation of existing natural resources on the site
D. Vehicular and pedestrian circulation
E. All of the above required Correct Answers A. height, bulk
and setbacks of structures.
A zoning ordinance must:
A. Provide for the regulation of land use in airport safety zones
B. Limit and restrict buildings and structures to specified district
by type of use.
C. Regulate the height, bulk and orientation of buildings
D. Provide performance standards for classes of uses
E. All of the above Correct Answers A. Provide for the
regulation of land use in airport safety zones
Activities that are not regulated in designated freshwater
wetland areas include all of the following except:
A. Normal maintenance
B. Minor and temporary disturbances
C. Temporary structures of less that 150 sf in area
D. Minor excavation or disturbance of soil
E. All of the above are permitted Correct Answers D. Minor
excavation or disturbance of soil
practice exam | Questions With Complete Solutions
"Spot zoning" means:
A. zoning of an area with a pattern of mixed uses
B. zoning a single parcel or small area with a special zone not
generally found in the immediate area
C. zoning a small area in such a way as to confer a favor on a
single landowner
D. Use of spotted pattern to illustrate zoned areas Correct
Answers C. zoning a small area in such a way as to confer a
favor on a single landowner
A Licensed professional planner may:
A. Take a lead role in developing comprehensive mast plans and
related documents, plans, and studies
B. Prepare detailed site plans including on-site utility designs.
C. engage in work for both governmental agencies and private
clients where that work will be submitted to the governmental
agency, as long as there is no direct conflict in doing so and full
disclosure is made.
D. Both A and B
E. All of the above Correct Answers A. Take a lead role in
developing comprehensive mast plans and related documents,
plans, and studies
A municipal comprehensive Mast plan must include:
I. a land use element
II. a circulation element
III. a housing element
,IV. a description of floodplains, marshes & waterways
A. All of the above
B. All of the above except I
C. All of the above except II
D. All of the above except III
E. All of the above except IV Correct Answers C. All of the
above except II
A municipal subdivision ordinance must contain the following
except:
A. Streets consistent with the official map
B. Procedures for submittal and processing major and minor
subdivisions
C. Provisions for protection of potable water supplies
D. Performance guarantees Correct Answers B. Procedures for
submittal and processing major and minor subdivisions
A person not licenses as a professional planner may render
professional planning services if:
A. he or she prepared the actual planning work and it is
approved in writing by a licensed planner
B. as a paid employee representing the licensed planner at a
public hearing
C. as a paid employee representing the licensed planner at a
private meeting
D. only in an emergency situation where the licensed planner is
incapacitated
E. Never Correct Answers E. Never
A petition for substantive certification:
,A. Is often issued to halfway houses and group homes in
connection with a conditional use permit
B. Is the document a licensed surveyor submits to the
municipality for final approval of a subdivision
C. Is used by historic commission to approve restoration plans in
national register districts
D. Gives COAH jurisdiction to review a municipality fair share
plan Correct Answers D. Gives COAH jurisdiction to review a
municipality fair share plan
A professional Planners license may be suspended or revoked
for:
A. failing to pay the required renewal fee
B. any use or employment of dishonesty, fraud, deception,
misrepresentation, false promise or false pretense whether
related to the practice of professional planning or not.
C. repeated acts of malpractice, negligence or incompetence
D. All of the above
E. All of the above except for A Correct Answers D. All of the
above
A recycling plan element that incorporates state recycling plan
goals and refers to the municipal recycling ordinance must be
included in the comprehensive master plan if:
A. The municipality anticipates any residential development
over 50 units
B. The municipality anticipates any apartment development over
25 units
C. The municipality anticipates any commercial or industrial
development over 1,000 sf floor area
D. All of the above
, E. None of the above Correct Answers D. All of the above
A site plan ordinance must contain all of the following except
provisions for:
A. height, bulk and setbacks of structures.
B. Screening, landscaping and location of structures
C. preservation of existing natural resources on the site
D. Vehicular and pedestrian circulation
E. All of the above required Correct Answers A. height, bulk
and setbacks of structures.
A zoning ordinance must:
A. Provide for the regulation of land use in airport safety zones
B. Limit and restrict buildings and structures to specified district
by type of use.
C. Regulate the height, bulk and orientation of buildings
D. Provide performance standards for classes of uses
E. All of the above Correct Answers A. Provide for the
regulation of land use in airport safety zones
Activities that are not regulated in designated freshwater
wetland areas include all of the following except:
A. Normal maintenance
B. Minor and temporary disturbances
C. Temporary structures of less that 150 sf in area
D. Minor excavation or disturbance of soil
E. All of the above are permitted Correct Answers D. Minor
excavation or disturbance of soil
