AICP exam prep - review questions &
answers III)13
Which of the following is true of Harland Bartholomew? - ANSWERS-(all of the following)
I. First full-time planner for a city
II. Wrote the comprehensive plan for St. Louis
III. Owned a planning consulting firm
You recently read about a community in Colorado that used a meeting in a box technique where
the public was provided with a box filled with discussion questions, popcorn, and paper and
pencils to take note. The idea was to have people get together with neighbors and then mail
back their boxes. You want to undertake a similar approach that will allow you to interact in
small informal discussions with neighborhood residents to discuss traffic calming approaches.
Which of the following techniques best meets your needs: - ANSWERS-Coffee Klatch
(A coffee klatch is a small, informal discussion with a group of people in a private home with
light refreshments. The planner typically has a short presentation followed by questions and
discussion.)
Shift-Share analysis involves which of the following? - ANSWERS-(all of the following)
I. Evaluating the performance of an individual industry
II. Evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of an industry
III. Evaluating the region's mix of industries
The City has just put in place a new floor area ratio of 0.5. A developer is interested in
developing an office building on a 1/2-acre site. What is the maximum size this office building
could be? - ANSWERS-10,890 square feet
(The lot size is 1/2 an acre which is half of 43,560 and equals 21,780 square feet.
An FAR of .5 allows you to build 50% of the lot area. 50% of 21,780 equals 10,890 square feet.)
, You live in a riverfront community and in the last ten years, there has been a proliferation of
docks and boats on waterfront properties. Water quality has been declining. As part of your
comprehensive planning for the community, you want to engage with regulatory authorities
about ways to improve water quality on the river. Who should you engage? - ANSWERS-US
Environmental Protection Agency AND Army Corp of Engineers
(The Clean Water Act of 1972 exercised its power to regulate interstate commerce by
prohibiting discharges into the nation's navigable waters. If the body of water can be used to
transport goods from one state to another it is covered by the Clean Water Act. The
Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corp of Engineers have the regulatory power to
prepare rules for navigable waters.)
As the senior planner, you are leading a university master planning process. You have a senior
leadership group, made up of administrators in the University, that is guiding the work on
campus. You are the staff representative to the committee meetings. The committee has
worked for the last six months, making solid progress on issues as wide-ranging as
modernization of residence halls, enhancement of parkland along the river, connectivity
between the campus and an outlying research park. Your biggest challenge is that the
committee does not want to talk about campus crime. You believe that the campus would
benefit from a campus-wide discussion on Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design and
the ways it could be used to enhance the safety of the entire campus community. The steering
group doesn't want to open this conversation over concern about talking about incidences of
crime on campus. They believe this is a - ANSWERS-You should advise the Trustees that you are
reaching out to all key stakeholder groups. With campus safety being just one element of the
overall master plan.
"No government shall impose or implement a land use regulation in a manner that imposes a
substantial burden on the religious exercise of a person, including a religious assembly or
institution, unless the government demonstrates that imposition of the burden on that person,
assembly, or institution" is part of which of the following acts? - ANSWERS-The Religious Land
Use and Institutionalized Persons Act offers protection against land use regulations that impose
a burden on religious exercise.
answers III)13
Which of the following is true of Harland Bartholomew? - ANSWERS-(all of the following)
I. First full-time planner for a city
II. Wrote the comprehensive plan for St. Louis
III. Owned a planning consulting firm
You recently read about a community in Colorado that used a meeting in a box technique where
the public was provided with a box filled with discussion questions, popcorn, and paper and
pencils to take note. The idea was to have people get together with neighbors and then mail
back their boxes. You want to undertake a similar approach that will allow you to interact in
small informal discussions with neighborhood residents to discuss traffic calming approaches.
Which of the following techniques best meets your needs: - ANSWERS-Coffee Klatch
(A coffee klatch is a small, informal discussion with a group of people in a private home with
light refreshments. The planner typically has a short presentation followed by questions and
discussion.)
Shift-Share analysis involves which of the following? - ANSWERS-(all of the following)
I. Evaluating the performance of an individual industry
II. Evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of an industry
III. Evaluating the region's mix of industries
The City has just put in place a new floor area ratio of 0.5. A developer is interested in
developing an office building on a 1/2-acre site. What is the maximum size this office building
could be? - ANSWERS-10,890 square feet
(The lot size is 1/2 an acre which is half of 43,560 and equals 21,780 square feet.
An FAR of .5 allows you to build 50% of the lot area. 50% of 21,780 equals 10,890 square feet.)
, You live in a riverfront community and in the last ten years, there has been a proliferation of
docks and boats on waterfront properties. Water quality has been declining. As part of your
comprehensive planning for the community, you want to engage with regulatory authorities
about ways to improve water quality on the river. Who should you engage? - ANSWERS-US
Environmental Protection Agency AND Army Corp of Engineers
(The Clean Water Act of 1972 exercised its power to regulate interstate commerce by
prohibiting discharges into the nation's navigable waters. If the body of water can be used to
transport goods from one state to another it is covered by the Clean Water Act. The
Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corp of Engineers have the regulatory power to
prepare rules for navigable waters.)
As the senior planner, you are leading a university master planning process. You have a senior
leadership group, made up of administrators in the University, that is guiding the work on
campus. You are the staff representative to the committee meetings. The committee has
worked for the last six months, making solid progress on issues as wide-ranging as
modernization of residence halls, enhancement of parkland along the river, connectivity
between the campus and an outlying research park. Your biggest challenge is that the
committee does not want to talk about campus crime. You believe that the campus would
benefit from a campus-wide discussion on Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design and
the ways it could be used to enhance the safety of the entire campus community. The steering
group doesn't want to open this conversation over concern about talking about incidences of
crime on campus. They believe this is a - ANSWERS-You should advise the Trustees that you are
reaching out to all key stakeholder groups. With campus safety being just one element of the
overall master plan.
"No government shall impose or implement a land use regulation in a manner that imposes a
substantial burden on the religious exercise of a person, including a religious assembly or
institution, unless the government demonstrates that imposition of the burden on that person,
assembly, or institution" is part of which of the following acts? - ANSWERS-The Religious Land
Use and Institutionalized Persons Act offers protection against land use regulations that impose
a burden on religious exercise.
