NALP Landscape Industry Certified
Technician Exam QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS WITH
RATIONALES JUST RELEASED .pdf
Industrialization - answer- the development of industries in a country or region on a wide
scale.
Agglomeration - answer- A process involving the clustering or concentrating of people
or activities. The term often refers to manufacturing plants and businesses that benefit
from close proximity because they share skilled-labor pools and technological and
financial amenities.
Bid rent theory - answer- geographical economic theory that refers to how the price and
demand on real estate changes as the distance towards the Central Business District
(CBD) increases.
Break-of-bulk point - answer- A location where large shipments of goods are broken up
into smaller containers for delivery to local markets.
Carrier efficiency - answer- the ratio of output to input for a given carrier
comparative advantage - answer- the ability of an individual, a firm, or a country to
produce a good or service at a lower opportunity cost than competitors
cumulative causation - answer- A process through which tendencies for economic
growth are self-reinforcing; an expression of the multiplier effect, it tends to favor major
cities and core regions over less-advantaged peripheral regions
Deglomeration - answer- the process of deconcentration; the location of industrial or
other activities away from established agglomerations in response to growing costs of
congestion, competition, and regulation
Deindustrialization - answer- process by which companies move industrial jobs to other
regions with cheaper labor, leaving the newly deindustrialized region to switch to a
service economy and to work through a period of high unemployment
Economic Sectors - answer- primary (taking raw materials from earth - agriculture,
mining), secondary (manufacturing - textile or auto industries), tertiary (providing goods
or services)
Technician Exam QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS WITH
RATIONALES JUST RELEASED .pdf
Industrialization - answer- the development of industries in a country or region on a wide
scale.
Agglomeration - answer- A process involving the clustering or concentrating of people
or activities. The term often refers to manufacturing plants and businesses that benefit
from close proximity because they share skilled-labor pools and technological and
financial amenities.
Bid rent theory - answer- geographical economic theory that refers to how the price and
demand on real estate changes as the distance towards the Central Business District
(CBD) increases.
Break-of-bulk point - answer- A location where large shipments of goods are broken up
into smaller containers for delivery to local markets.
Carrier efficiency - answer- the ratio of output to input for a given carrier
comparative advantage - answer- the ability of an individual, a firm, or a country to
produce a good or service at a lower opportunity cost than competitors
cumulative causation - answer- A process through which tendencies for economic
growth are self-reinforcing; an expression of the multiplier effect, it tends to favor major
cities and core regions over less-advantaged peripheral regions
Deglomeration - answer- the process of deconcentration; the location of industrial or
other activities away from established agglomerations in response to growing costs of
congestion, competition, and regulation
Deindustrialization - answer- process by which companies move industrial jobs to other
regions with cheaper labor, leaving the newly deindustrialized region to switch to a
service economy and to work through a period of high unemployment
Economic Sectors - answer- primary (taking raw materials from earth - agriculture,
mining), secondary (manufacturing - textile or auto industries), tertiary (providing goods
or services)
