REE 3043 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH
CERTIFIED ANSWERS
Elements of traditional zoning include all except:
a. Bulk limits
b. Performance standards
c. Setback requirements
d. Land use categories - Answer-Performance standards
Externalities in land use include all except:
a. Increase storm runoff from paving
b. Traffic congestion
c. Leap-frog development
d. Inability to judge the quality of a structure, once built - Answer-Inability to judge the
quality of a structure, once built
Development taking place in rural areas well beyond the urban fringe is commonly
referred to as:
a. urban sprawl
b. holdout
c. urban service areas
d. homestead - Answer-urban sprawl
Growth management laws at the state level require local jurisdictions to plan for and
meet certain requirements. One such requirement prohibits local development unless
adequate infrastructure, schools, police/fire protection, and social services have been
put in place first. This requirement is referred to as the:
a. concurrency requirement
b. economic and environmental impact requirement
c. extraterritorial jurisdiction requirement
d. affordable housing requiremen - Answer-concurrency requirements
A contemporary planning movement that explicitly advocates a traditional grid pattern of
development designed to give pedestrian life priority over motor vehicles (e.g., including
narrowed streets with houses close to the street and garage access through side alleys)
is commonly referred to as:
a. new urbanism
b. urban sprawl
c. traditional residential planning
d. urban service area - Answer-new urbanism
Which of the following tools of public land use control represents the earliest method of
police power to regulate land use? (Hint: Standards for energy efficiency and
sustainability are the most recent trends in the application of this land use control)
, a. Building Codes
b. Zoning
c. Subdivision regulation
d. Planned Unit Developments - Answer-Building codes
When a zoning ordinance is revised, some existing land uses then fall outside the new
zoning classification. These land uses are referred to as:
a. nonconforming uses
b. special uses
c. exclusionary uses
d. conforming uses - Answer-nonconforming uses
State and federal control of land uses has increased greatly over the past 40 years due
in part to an increased awareness of environmental hazards. Which of the following
federal environmental control laws was responsible for establishing the "Superfund" to
finance emergency responses and cleanups of abandoned and unregulated waste
dumps?
a. Toxic Substances Control Act
b. Clean Water Act
c. Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
d. Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act - Answer-
Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA)
Negative externalities can diminish a property's value by imposing costs on the
community at large. In order to offset this detrimental impact, economists advocate
"internalizing" these externalities by implementing:
a. planned unit developments
b. performance standards
c. growth moratoriums
d. impact fees - Answer-impact fees
A major problem in buildings constructed prior to the early 1970's, which of the following
environmental hazards commonly associated with insulation has been the focus of
costly cleanups at many public buildings, especially schools?
a. PCBs (Polychlorinated biphenyls)
b. Radon
c. Asbestos
d. LUSTs (leaking underground storage tanks) - Answer-Asbestos
The right of government to acquire private property, without the owner's consent, for
public use in exchange for just compensation is referred to as:
a. dedication
b. regulatory taking
c. inverse condemnation
d. eminent domain - Answer-eminent domain
Given the following information, compute the taxable value for the particular piece of
property in dollar terms. Market value of property: $500,000, Assessed value of
property: 85 % of the market value of the property, Exemptions: $50,000, Taxes paid:
$8,250.
a. $425,000
CERTIFIED ANSWERS
Elements of traditional zoning include all except:
a. Bulk limits
b. Performance standards
c. Setback requirements
d. Land use categories - Answer-Performance standards
Externalities in land use include all except:
a. Increase storm runoff from paving
b. Traffic congestion
c. Leap-frog development
d. Inability to judge the quality of a structure, once built - Answer-Inability to judge the
quality of a structure, once built
Development taking place in rural areas well beyond the urban fringe is commonly
referred to as:
a. urban sprawl
b. holdout
c. urban service areas
d. homestead - Answer-urban sprawl
Growth management laws at the state level require local jurisdictions to plan for and
meet certain requirements. One such requirement prohibits local development unless
adequate infrastructure, schools, police/fire protection, and social services have been
put in place first. This requirement is referred to as the:
a. concurrency requirement
b. economic and environmental impact requirement
c. extraterritorial jurisdiction requirement
d. affordable housing requiremen - Answer-concurrency requirements
A contemporary planning movement that explicitly advocates a traditional grid pattern of
development designed to give pedestrian life priority over motor vehicles (e.g., including
narrowed streets with houses close to the street and garage access through side alleys)
is commonly referred to as:
a. new urbanism
b. urban sprawl
c. traditional residential planning
d. urban service area - Answer-new urbanism
Which of the following tools of public land use control represents the earliest method of
police power to regulate land use? (Hint: Standards for energy efficiency and
sustainability are the most recent trends in the application of this land use control)
, a. Building Codes
b. Zoning
c. Subdivision regulation
d. Planned Unit Developments - Answer-Building codes
When a zoning ordinance is revised, some existing land uses then fall outside the new
zoning classification. These land uses are referred to as:
a. nonconforming uses
b. special uses
c. exclusionary uses
d. conforming uses - Answer-nonconforming uses
State and federal control of land uses has increased greatly over the past 40 years due
in part to an increased awareness of environmental hazards. Which of the following
federal environmental control laws was responsible for establishing the "Superfund" to
finance emergency responses and cleanups of abandoned and unregulated waste
dumps?
a. Toxic Substances Control Act
b. Clean Water Act
c. Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
d. Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act - Answer-
Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA)
Negative externalities can diminish a property's value by imposing costs on the
community at large. In order to offset this detrimental impact, economists advocate
"internalizing" these externalities by implementing:
a. planned unit developments
b. performance standards
c. growth moratoriums
d. impact fees - Answer-impact fees
A major problem in buildings constructed prior to the early 1970's, which of the following
environmental hazards commonly associated with insulation has been the focus of
costly cleanups at many public buildings, especially schools?
a. PCBs (Polychlorinated biphenyls)
b. Radon
c. Asbestos
d. LUSTs (leaking underground storage tanks) - Answer-Asbestos
The right of government to acquire private property, without the owner's consent, for
public use in exchange for just compensation is referred to as:
a. dedication
b. regulatory taking
c. inverse condemnation
d. eminent domain - Answer-eminent domain
Given the following information, compute the taxable value for the particular piece of
property in dollar terms. Market value of property: $500,000, Assessed value of
property: 85 % of the market value of the property, Exemptions: $50,000, Taxes paid:
$8,250.
a. $425,000
