AICP Test Questions With Correct
Answers For Exam Revision
Which of the following is 36 square miles in size?
A. Quarter Section
B. Metes and Bounds
C. Township Square
D. Section - Answer - C. Township Square
The squares you see are called "Township Squares" and are 6 miles square and contain 36 square miles.
Each township contains 36 sections. Each section is one square mile (640 acres).
Who wrote "Carrying Out the City Plan"?
A. Flavel Shurtleff
B. Nelson Lewis
C. Patrick Geddes
D. Walter Moody - Answer - A. Flavel Shurtleff
He specialized in the legal aspects of planning. He helped organize the National Conference on City
Planning and was also a charter member of the American City Planning Institute. His book, Carrying Out
the City Plan, was the guide to the legal issues, opportunities, and techniques of city planning for many
years.
Which Housing Act called for the construction of 800,00 new housing units and created the federal
urban renewal program?
A. 1949
B. 1954
C. 1951
D.1959 - Answer - A. 1949.
The Housing Act of 1949 called for the construction of 800,000 new housing units and created the
federal urban renewal program. This was the first comprehensive housing legislation passed.
, Which theory of urban development states that, as a result of transportation routes, cities developed
as a series of sectors radiating from the Central Business District?
A. Central place Theory
B. Multiple Nuclei Theory
C. Concentric Circle Theory
D. Sector Theory - Answer - D. Sector Theory.
Sector theory was a land use model proposed by Homer Hoyt to explain how cities grew.
Which city was the first to use City beautiful principles?
A. Chicago
B. San Francisco
C. New Orleans
D. Savannah - Answer - A. Chicago.
Rachel Carson wrote which of the following books?
A. The Rise of the Creative Class
B. Ladder of Participation
C. Silent Spring
D. Design with Nature - Answer - C. Silent Spring.
Where was the first historic preservation commission designated?
A. New York City
B. Savannah
C. Charleston
D. New Orleans - Answer - D. New Orleans.
In 1921, New Orleans was the first city in the United States to pass an ordinance creating a historic
district. The Vieux Carré Commission was created to preserve buildings in the French Quarter with
historic and architectural value.
In the rural-to-urban transect, T1 is know as the:
,A. Urban Core Zone
B. Urban Center Zone
C. Rural Zone
D. Natural Zone - Answer - D. Natural Zone.
Here are all the transect zones. The urban-to-rural transect is an urban planning model created by New
Urbanist Andrés Duany. The transect defines a series of zones that transition from sparse rural
farmhouses to the dense urban core.
Who is best known for developing the neighborhood unit concept?
A. James Rouse
B. Clarence Perry
C. Rexford Tugwell
D. Sir Raymond Unwin - Answer - B. Clarence Perry
He was an advocate of the neighborhood unit and early promoter of neighborhood community and
recreation centers.
What year was the National Park Service established?
A. 1814
B. 1816
C. 1916
D. 1920 - Answer - C: 1916.
The National Park Service was established with the passing of the Organic Act of 1916.
What year was the first Earth Day held?
A. 1969
B. 1970
C. 1971
D. 1921 - Answer - B. 1970.
The first Earth Day was celebrated on January 1st, 1970. Now we celebrate every year on April 22nd.
, Which city constructed America's first subway system?
A. New York City
B. Boston
C. Chicago
D. Washington, DC - Answer - B: Boston, MA.
Boston opened the country's first subway system in 1897, known as the Tremont Street subway.
Which was the first designated National Park?
A. Yosemite National Park
B. Grand Canyon National Park
C. Yellowstone National Park
D. Sequoia National Park - Answer - C. Yellowstone National Park.
Who wrote the book How the Other Half Lives?
A. Jane Jacobs
B. Jacob Riis
C. Catherine Bauer Wurster
D. Lawrence Veiller - Answer - B. Jacob Riis
Jacob Riis documented the living conditions of New York City slums in the 1880s in his book How the
Other Half Lives, originally published in 1890.
Which type of zoning allows a mixture of uses and promotes flexibility in design and density?
A. TDRs
B. Pyramid Zoning
C. Overlay Zones
D. PUD - Answer - D. PUD
A planned unit development (PUD) is a type of building development and also a regulatory process. As a
building development, it is a designed grouping of both varied and compatible land uses, such as
housing, recreation, commercial centers, and industrial parks, all within one contained development or
subdivision.
Answers For Exam Revision
Which of the following is 36 square miles in size?
A. Quarter Section
B. Metes and Bounds
C. Township Square
D. Section - Answer - C. Township Square
The squares you see are called "Township Squares" and are 6 miles square and contain 36 square miles.
Each township contains 36 sections. Each section is one square mile (640 acres).
Who wrote "Carrying Out the City Plan"?
A. Flavel Shurtleff
B. Nelson Lewis
C. Patrick Geddes
D. Walter Moody - Answer - A. Flavel Shurtleff
He specialized in the legal aspects of planning. He helped organize the National Conference on City
Planning and was also a charter member of the American City Planning Institute. His book, Carrying Out
the City Plan, was the guide to the legal issues, opportunities, and techniques of city planning for many
years.
Which Housing Act called for the construction of 800,00 new housing units and created the federal
urban renewal program?
A. 1949
B. 1954
C. 1951
D.1959 - Answer - A. 1949.
The Housing Act of 1949 called for the construction of 800,000 new housing units and created the
federal urban renewal program. This was the first comprehensive housing legislation passed.
, Which theory of urban development states that, as a result of transportation routes, cities developed
as a series of sectors radiating from the Central Business District?
A. Central place Theory
B. Multiple Nuclei Theory
C. Concentric Circle Theory
D. Sector Theory - Answer - D. Sector Theory.
Sector theory was a land use model proposed by Homer Hoyt to explain how cities grew.
Which city was the first to use City beautiful principles?
A. Chicago
B. San Francisco
C. New Orleans
D. Savannah - Answer - A. Chicago.
Rachel Carson wrote which of the following books?
A. The Rise of the Creative Class
B. Ladder of Participation
C. Silent Spring
D. Design with Nature - Answer - C. Silent Spring.
Where was the first historic preservation commission designated?
A. New York City
B. Savannah
C. Charleston
D. New Orleans - Answer - D. New Orleans.
In 1921, New Orleans was the first city in the United States to pass an ordinance creating a historic
district. The Vieux Carré Commission was created to preserve buildings in the French Quarter with
historic and architectural value.
In the rural-to-urban transect, T1 is know as the:
,A. Urban Core Zone
B. Urban Center Zone
C. Rural Zone
D. Natural Zone - Answer - D. Natural Zone.
Here are all the transect zones. The urban-to-rural transect is an urban planning model created by New
Urbanist Andrés Duany. The transect defines a series of zones that transition from sparse rural
farmhouses to the dense urban core.
Who is best known for developing the neighborhood unit concept?
A. James Rouse
B. Clarence Perry
C. Rexford Tugwell
D. Sir Raymond Unwin - Answer - B. Clarence Perry
He was an advocate of the neighborhood unit and early promoter of neighborhood community and
recreation centers.
What year was the National Park Service established?
A. 1814
B. 1816
C. 1916
D. 1920 - Answer - C: 1916.
The National Park Service was established with the passing of the Organic Act of 1916.
What year was the first Earth Day held?
A. 1969
B. 1970
C. 1971
D. 1921 - Answer - B. 1970.
The first Earth Day was celebrated on January 1st, 1970. Now we celebrate every year on April 22nd.
, Which city constructed America's first subway system?
A. New York City
B. Boston
C. Chicago
D. Washington, DC - Answer - B: Boston, MA.
Boston opened the country's first subway system in 1897, known as the Tremont Street subway.
Which was the first designated National Park?
A. Yosemite National Park
B. Grand Canyon National Park
C. Yellowstone National Park
D. Sequoia National Park - Answer - C. Yellowstone National Park.
Who wrote the book How the Other Half Lives?
A. Jane Jacobs
B. Jacob Riis
C. Catherine Bauer Wurster
D. Lawrence Veiller - Answer - B. Jacob Riis
Jacob Riis documented the living conditions of New York City slums in the 1880s in his book How the
Other Half Lives, originally published in 1890.
Which type of zoning allows a mixture of uses and promotes flexibility in design and density?
A. TDRs
B. Pyramid Zoning
C. Overlay Zones
D. PUD - Answer - D. PUD
A planned unit development (PUD) is a type of building development and also a regulatory process. As a
building development, it is a designed grouping of both varied and compatible land uses, such as
housing, recreation, commercial centers, and industrial parks, all within one contained development or
subdivision.
