AICP exam prep questions with
complete solutions17
What does the first section of the AICP Code of Ethics cover? - ANSWERS-Principles to which we
aspire
What does the second section of the AICP Code of Ethics cover? - ANSWERS-Our rules of
conduct
What does the third section of the AICP Code of Ethics cover? - ANSWERS-Our code procedures
What does the fourth section of the AICP Code of Ethics cover? - ANSWERS-Planners convicted
of serious crimes - automatic suspension of certification
How many sections does the AICP Code of Ethics have? - ANSWERS-4
How many aspirational principles are there in the AICP Code? - ANSWERS-3
How many rules of conduct are there in the AICP Code? - ANSWERS-26
How many code procedures are there? - ANSWERS-17
How many points are there under part 4 of the code? - ANSWERS-4
What do the code's aspirational statement address? - ANSWERS-1. responsibility to the public
2. responsibility to clients and employers
,3. responsibility to profession and colleagues
What is a Metes and Bounds survey - ANSWERS-A system or method of describing land from
English Common Law that uses physical features of the local geography, along with directions
and distances, to define and describe the boundaries of a parcel of land. The boundaries are
described in a running prose style, working around the parcel in sequence, from a point of
beginning, returning back to the same point. (The term "metes" refers to a boundary defined by
the measurement of each straight run, specified by a distance between the terminal points, and
an orientation or direction. A direction may be a simple compass bearing, or a precise
orientation determined by accurate survey methods. The term "bounds" refers to a more
general boundary description, such as along a certain watercourse, a stone wall, an adjoining
public road way, or an existing building.)
What is 'satisficing'? - ANSWERS-A decision-making strategy that attempts to meet criteria for
adequacy, rather than to identify an optimal solution. Satisficing occurs in consensus building
when the group looks towards a solution everyone can agree on even if it may not be the best.
Housing Act of 1934 - ANSWERS-Created the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) and the
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation. Part of the New Deal, designed to stop the tide
of bank foreclosures on family homes. (Also known as the Capehart Act)
Housing Act of 1937 - ANSWERS-Tied slum clearance to public housing. Povided for subsidies to
be paid from the U.S. government to local public housing agencies (LHA's) to improve living
conditions for low-income families. (Also known as the Wagner-Steagall Act).
Housing Act of 1949 - ANSWERS-Created the Urban Redevelopment Agency and gave it the
authority to subsidize three fourths of the cost of local slum clearance and urban renewal.
-Provided federal financing for slum clearance programs associated with urban renewal projects
in American cities (Title I),
-Increased authorization for the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) mortgage insurance (Title
II),
-Extending federal money to build more than 800,000 public housing units (Title III)
, -Fund research into housing and housing techniques
-Permitting the FHA to provide financing for rural homeowners.
Housing Act of 1954 - ANSWERS-Modified urban redevelopment and renewal by requiring
communities engaged in such activities to adopt code enforcement, relocation, and other
measures that would prevent the further spread of urban blight.
Popularized the phrase "urban renewal"; made these projects more enticing to developers, by
among other things, providing FHA-backed mortgages.
Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 - ANSWERS-Established the Cabinet-level
Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Hoshin planning - ANSWERS-Strategic planning/strategic management methodology, used at
Toyota, HP, etc.
Who designed Columbia, MD? - ANSWERS-James Rouse, 1967; planned community that
consists of ten self-contained villages
US Population in 2000 - ANSWERS-281,421,906
The Council of Government movement started... - ANSWERS-In Detroit in 1954
Oligotrophic lakes - ANSWERS-Deep lakes with low supply of nutrients and thus little organic
matter
Dissimilarity Index - ANSWERS-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"
complete solutions17
What does the first section of the AICP Code of Ethics cover? - ANSWERS-Principles to which we
aspire
What does the second section of the AICP Code of Ethics cover? - ANSWERS-Our rules of
conduct
What does the third section of the AICP Code of Ethics cover? - ANSWERS-Our code procedures
What does the fourth section of the AICP Code of Ethics cover? - ANSWERS-Planners convicted
of serious crimes - automatic suspension of certification
How many sections does the AICP Code of Ethics have? - ANSWERS-4
How many aspirational principles are there in the AICP Code? - ANSWERS-3
How many rules of conduct are there in the AICP Code? - ANSWERS-26
How many code procedures are there? - ANSWERS-17
How many points are there under part 4 of the code? - ANSWERS-4
What do the code's aspirational statement address? - ANSWERS-1. responsibility to the public
2. responsibility to clients and employers
,3. responsibility to profession and colleagues
What is a Metes and Bounds survey - ANSWERS-A system or method of describing land from
English Common Law that uses physical features of the local geography, along with directions
and distances, to define and describe the boundaries of a parcel of land. The boundaries are
described in a running prose style, working around the parcel in sequence, from a point of
beginning, returning back to the same point. (The term "metes" refers to a boundary defined by
the measurement of each straight run, specified by a distance between the terminal points, and
an orientation or direction. A direction may be a simple compass bearing, or a precise
orientation determined by accurate survey methods. The term "bounds" refers to a more
general boundary description, such as along a certain watercourse, a stone wall, an adjoining
public road way, or an existing building.)
What is 'satisficing'? - ANSWERS-A decision-making strategy that attempts to meet criteria for
adequacy, rather than to identify an optimal solution. Satisficing occurs in consensus building
when the group looks towards a solution everyone can agree on even if it may not be the best.
Housing Act of 1934 - ANSWERS-Created the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) and the
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation. Part of the New Deal, designed to stop the tide
of bank foreclosures on family homes. (Also known as the Capehart Act)
Housing Act of 1937 - ANSWERS-Tied slum clearance to public housing. Povided for subsidies to
be paid from the U.S. government to local public housing agencies (LHA's) to improve living
conditions for low-income families. (Also known as the Wagner-Steagall Act).
Housing Act of 1949 - ANSWERS-Created the Urban Redevelopment Agency and gave it the
authority to subsidize three fourths of the cost of local slum clearance and urban renewal.
-Provided federal financing for slum clearance programs associated with urban renewal projects
in American cities (Title I),
-Increased authorization for the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) mortgage insurance (Title
II),
-Extending federal money to build more than 800,000 public housing units (Title III)
, -Fund research into housing and housing techniques
-Permitting the FHA to provide financing for rural homeowners.
Housing Act of 1954 - ANSWERS-Modified urban redevelopment and renewal by requiring
communities engaged in such activities to adopt code enforcement, relocation, and other
measures that would prevent the further spread of urban blight.
Popularized the phrase "urban renewal"; made these projects more enticing to developers, by
among other things, providing FHA-backed mortgages.
Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 - ANSWERS-Established the Cabinet-level
Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Hoshin planning - ANSWERS-Strategic planning/strategic management methodology, used at
Toyota, HP, etc.
Who designed Columbia, MD? - ANSWERS-James Rouse, 1967; planned community that
consists of ten self-contained villages
US Population in 2000 - ANSWERS-281,421,906
The Council of Government movement started... - ANSWERS-In Detroit in 1954
Oligotrophic lakes - ANSWERS-Deep lakes with low supply of nutrients and thus little organic
matter
Dissimilarity Index - ANSWERS-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"
