Urban Planning 100 FINAL UPDATED
Actual Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
In 1800, about 3% of the world's population lived in cities. Today, that proportion is: -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔about 55%
The United Nations now recognizes a new category of city size: metacities. What is a
metacity? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔an urban agglomeration with over 20 million
inhabitants
The world's three most populous urban agglomerations are located on what continent? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Asia
In which of the following regions would less than three-quarters of the population live in
urban areas? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Southeast Asia
The world's first cities appeared where? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Middle East and North
Africa
According to the geographer Peter Hall, "the first great city in world history" was: -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Rome
Which one of the following is the most accurate statement about mercantilism? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔Trade subsidies and trade monopolies were essential to mercantilistic
enterprise.
After the collapse of the Roman Empire, European cities declined, but in East Asia at least
one city stood at over a million residents. What was that city? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Changan (now Xi'an), China
,What industry transformed the following cities: Adelaide, Australia; Tolliati, Russia; Turin,
Italy; Detroit, USA? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔automobile industry
Cities where raw materials or semi-finished products are transferred from one-mode of transit
to another are categorized as: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔transportation centers
Which one of the following cities would be most likely to fit the principles of central place
theory? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Decatur, Illinois, an agricultural service center
Large cities are fewer in number and farther apart than medium-sized cities; medium-sized
cities are fewer in number and farther apart than small cities. What theory accounts for the
regularities of size and spacing of cities as market centers? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔central place theory
Textile manufacturing would be illustrative of which sector of a city's economy? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔secondary sector
Which one of the following jobs would most likely be classified as part of a city's informal
economy? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔street vendor
Which one of the following is an example of a non-basic economic activity? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔strip mall in Kalamazoo, Michigan
Which of the following associations is not correct? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔concentric
zone model - pie cut into many pieces
The influence of the Central Business District (CBD) is least important in which of the
traditional models of city structure? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Harris and Ullman's
multiple nuclei model
In the mid-20th century, London and New York came to exemplify the most polluted cities in
the world. What two large cities, today, might be chosen to exemplify the most polluted? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Delhi and Beijing
,They are called by many local names: bidonvilles, bustees, gecekondu, favelas, barriades.
What are they? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔squatter settlements
Because of persecution, war, or violence, over 25 million people in the world have taken
refuge in other countries. Eighty-five percent of these refuges have relocated to the countries
of: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Global South
"The movement of products, money, information, and human talent around the world in ever
larger quantities, at ever lower costs, and in ever less time." What is it? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔globalization
Consequences of traffic congestion in cities include: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔pollution,
social stress, and respiratory ailments
Urban areas often cannot solve the problems that confront them because: - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔all of the above
"Loci of national sovereignty with landscapes that are charged with the symbols of solidarity
(real or imagined) and museums that are the attics of the nation." To what category of cities
does this description apply? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔capital cities
In the United States, which one of the following would have the largest population? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The Omaha Metropolitan Area
Which one of the following concepts is not paired with an appropriate example? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔megacity - Jerusalem
A new town is: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔comprehensively planned to be as self-contained
as possible
Post-industrial cities are likely to have their employment base concentrated in what sectors of
the economy? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔tertiary and quaternary
, Montreal was founded on the banks of the St. Lawrence River where the Lachine Rapids
impeded upstream navigation. This is a description of Montreal's: - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔site
What U.S. city grew in population because of a superior situation that was enhanced by the
opening of the Erie Canal in 1825? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔New York City
Cities in which of the following countries would be classified as post-socialist cities? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Russia
Regardless of how large a settlement is, it does not become truly urban until: - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔it has a workforce divorced from the soil
Which one of the following terms is best used to refer to "a city and its suburbs"? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔urban area
For a place to be classified as urban by the U.S. Census Bureau, it must have at least how
many inhabitants? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔2,500
Climate refugees: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔include migrants from low-lying islands
whose homes are impacted by sea level rise.
Depending on the psychogeography of city streets, some actions by pedestrians are "seen"
and some go "unseen." Which of the following behaviors would most likely be "seen"? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔doing headstands and rolling around on the ground
Given the present state of technology, where would be the worst location for an EV charging
station? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔commercial intersection
Which one of the following would be categorized as an urban environmental risk at the local
scale with a short-term impact? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔increasing litter
Actual Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
In 1800, about 3% of the world's population lived in cities. Today, that proportion is: -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔about 55%
The United Nations now recognizes a new category of city size: metacities. What is a
metacity? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔an urban agglomeration with over 20 million
inhabitants
The world's three most populous urban agglomerations are located on what continent? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Asia
In which of the following regions would less than three-quarters of the population live in
urban areas? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Southeast Asia
The world's first cities appeared where? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Middle East and North
Africa
According to the geographer Peter Hall, "the first great city in world history" was: -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Rome
Which one of the following is the most accurate statement about mercantilism? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔Trade subsidies and trade monopolies were essential to mercantilistic
enterprise.
After the collapse of the Roman Empire, European cities declined, but in East Asia at least
one city stood at over a million residents. What was that city? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Changan (now Xi'an), China
,What industry transformed the following cities: Adelaide, Australia; Tolliati, Russia; Turin,
Italy; Detroit, USA? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔automobile industry
Cities where raw materials or semi-finished products are transferred from one-mode of transit
to another are categorized as: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔transportation centers
Which one of the following cities would be most likely to fit the principles of central place
theory? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Decatur, Illinois, an agricultural service center
Large cities are fewer in number and farther apart than medium-sized cities; medium-sized
cities are fewer in number and farther apart than small cities. What theory accounts for the
regularities of size and spacing of cities as market centers? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔central place theory
Textile manufacturing would be illustrative of which sector of a city's economy? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔secondary sector
Which one of the following jobs would most likely be classified as part of a city's informal
economy? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔street vendor
Which one of the following is an example of a non-basic economic activity? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔strip mall in Kalamazoo, Michigan
Which of the following associations is not correct? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔concentric
zone model - pie cut into many pieces
The influence of the Central Business District (CBD) is least important in which of the
traditional models of city structure? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Harris and Ullman's
multiple nuclei model
In the mid-20th century, London and New York came to exemplify the most polluted cities in
the world. What two large cities, today, might be chosen to exemplify the most polluted? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Delhi and Beijing
,They are called by many local names: bidonvilles, bustees, gecekondu, favelas, barriades.
What are they? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔squatter settlements
Because of persecution, war, or violence, over 25 million people in the world have taken
refuge in other countries. Eighty-five percent of these refuges have relocated to the countries
of: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Global South
"The movement of products, money, information, and human talent around the world in ever
larger quantities, at ever lower costs, and in ever less time." What is it? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔globalization
Consequences of traffic congestion in cities include: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔pollution,
social stress, and respiratory ailments
Urban areas often cannot solve the problems that confront them because: - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔all of the above
"Loci of national sovereignty with landscapes that are charged with the symbols of solidarity
(real or imagined) and museums that are the attics of the nation." To what category of cities
does this description apply? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔capital cities
In the United States, which one of the following would have the largest population? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The Omaha Metropolitan Area
Which one of the following concepts is not paired with an appropriate example? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔megacity - Jerusalem
A new town is: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔comprehensively planned to be as self-contained
as possible
Post-industrial cities are likely to have their employment base concentrated in what sectors of
the economy? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔tertiary and quaternary
, Montreal was founded on the banks of the St. Lawrence River where the Lachine Rapids
impeded upstream navigation. This is a description of Montreal's: - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔site
What U.S. city grew in population because of a superior situation that was enhanced by the
opening of the Erie Canal in 1825? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔New York City
Cities in which of the following countries would be classified as post-socialist cities? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Russia
Regardless of how large a settlement is, it does not become truly urban until: - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔it has a workforce divorced from the soil
Which one of the following terms is best used to refer to "a city and its suburbs"? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔urban area
For a place to be classified as urban by the U.S. Census Bureau, it must have at least how
many inhabitants? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔2,500
Climate refugees: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔include migrants from low-lying islands
whose homes are impacted by sea level rise.
Depending on the psychogeography of city streets, some actions by pedestrians are "seen"
and some go "unseen." Which of the following behaviors would most likely be "seen"? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔doing headstands and rolling around on the ground
Given the present state of technology, where would be the worst location for an EV charging
station? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔commercial intersection
Which one of the following would be categorized as an urban environmental risk at the local
scale with a short-term impact? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔increasing litter
