AICP Practice Exam 2 questions with
complete solutions
Green "e" - correct answer ✔✔ The voluntary labeling program that began in California to
indicate which competitive products are made using "green power"
Accessory - correct answer ✔✔ A type of land use allowed only if they are incidental to the
principle use
Environmental Assessment - correct answer ✔✔ A less extensive environmental review used by
various agencies to determine whether or not an EIS will be required
Variance - correct answer ✔✔ A form of administrative relief from an ordinance requirement
that is based upon "unnecessary hardships"
The St. Lawrence Seaway - correct answer ✔✔ Joint Canadian/American project opened in 1959
What is the Federal Property Administration Act of 1949 used primarily for? - correct answer
✔✔ The disposal of Federal Property by the US Government
Tax Increment Financing (TIF) - correct answer ✔✔ A way to pay for improvements to vacant
and underused land so that it becomes productive again
Variance (math) - correct answer ✔✔ A measure of dispersion around the mean
What type of organizations was Sherry Arnstein involved with? - correct answer ✔✔ The
different levels of citizen participation
,According to the ITE's "Parking Generation", based on the ranges of generation factors, an office
has a peak space factor of..... - correct answer ✔✔ 0.5 - 3.0 spaces per 1,000 sq. ft. of GLA
According to an EPA source cited in Planning Magazine, what State has the highest number of
endangered species? - correct answer ✔✔ Hawaii
Concurrency - correct answer ✔✔ The requirement that public facilities and services, including
roads, sewers, and schools, be available at the same time new development is completed
PERT - correct answer ✔✔ A graphic depiction of the interrelationships of the tasks that make
up the project.
Capital Improvement Program - correct answer ✔✔ It is linked to the goals of the
comprehensive plan, the annual Capital budget is the first year of usually 10-20 year programs,
and the public must be informed
What year was the Standard City Planning Enabling Act issued? - correct answer ✔✔ 1928
Revenue Bonds - correct answer ✔✔ Bonds that are often sold for projects that produce
revenue
What field was Catherine Bauer Wurster interested in? - correct answer ✔✔ Housing
TDRs - correct answer ✔✔ An economic incentive for preserving undeveloped land
Mode - correct answer ✔✔ The value of a distribution that has the most occurring frequency
, The I-35 Corridor - correct answer ✔✔ The only central interstate linking the United States,
Canada, and Mexico
MSA - correct answer ✔✔ A geographic entity defined by the federal Office of Management and
Budget for the use by federal statistical agencies that are based on the concept of a core area
with a large population nucleus
Robert Weaver - correct answer ✔✔ The first Secretary of HUD and African-American to serve a
Cabinet position
In Portland, what have city maintenance trucks done to save energy? - correct answer ✔✔ They
started to carry solar panels
What organizations merged in 1978 to become the American Planning Association? - correct
answer ✔✔ The American Society of Planning Officials and the American Institute of Planners
First English Evangelical Lutheran Church v. County of Los Angeles - correct answer ✔✔ 1987
case that decided even a temporary taking requires compensation
Green "E" - correct answer ✔✔ Voluntary labeling program that began in California to indicate
which competitive products are made using "green power"
Penn Central Transportation Co. v. CITY OF NEW YORK" 438 US 104 (1978) - correct answer ✔✔
It looked at whether a permit denial constituted a regulatory taking, looked at the character of
the governmental action, examined the economic impact of the regulation on the landowners,
and looked at the extent to which the regulation interfered with the investment-backed
expectations.
Saul Alinsky - correct answer ✔✔ Involved with an organizational approach that involves
organizations that are created when an invitation is sent out by the neighborhood or
organization and a paid organizer is then sent to the neighborhood
complete solutions
Green "e" - correct answer ✔✔ The voluntary labeling program that began in California to
indicate which competitive products are made using "green power"
Accessory - correct answer ✔✔ A type of land use allowed only if they are incidental to the
principle use
Environmental Assessment - correct answer ✔✔ A less extensive environmental review used by
various agencies to determine whether or not an EIS will be required
Variance - correct answer ✔✔ A form of administrative relief from an ordinance requirement
that is based upon "unnecessary hardships"
The St. Lawrence Seaway - correct answer ✔✔ Joint Canadian/American project opened in 1959
What is the Federal Property Administration Act of 1949 used primarily for? - correct answer
✔✔ The disposal of Federal Property by the US Government
Tax Increment Financing (TIF) - correct answer ✔✔ A way to pay for improvements to vacant
and underused land so that it becomes productive again
Variance (math) - correct answer ✔✔ A measure of dispersion around the mean
What type of organizations was Sherry Arnstein involved with? - correct answer ✔✔ The
different levels of citizen participation
,According to the ITE's "Parking Generation", based on the ranges of generation factors, an office
has a peak space factor of..... - correct answer ✔✔ 0.5 - 3.0 spaces per 1,000 sq. ft. of GLA
According to an EPA source cited in Planning Magazine, what State has the highest number of
endangered species? - correct answer ✔✔ Hawaii
Concurrency - correct answer ✔✔ The requirement that public facilities and services, including
roads, sewers, and schools, be available at the same time new development is completed
PERT - correct answer ✔✔ A graphic depiction of the interrelationships of the tasks that make
up the project.
Capital Improvement Program - correct answer ✔✔ It is linked to the goals of the
comprehensive plan, the annual Capital budget is the first year of usually 10-20 year programs,
and the public must be informed
What year was the Standard City Planning Enabling Act issued? - correct answer ✔✔ 1928
Revenue Bonds - correct answer ✔✔ Bonds that are often sold for projects that produce
revenue
What field was Catherine Bauer Wurster interested in? - correct answer ✔✔ Housing
TDRs - correct answer ✔✔ An economic incentive for preserving undeveloped land
Mode - correct answer ✔✔ The value of a distribution that has the most occurring frequency
, The I-35 Corridor - correct answer ✔✔ The only central interstate linking the United States,
Canada, and Mexico
MSA - correct answer ✔✔ A geographic entity defined by the federal Office of Management and
Budget for the use by federal statistical agencies that are based on the concept of a core area
with a large population nucleus
Robert Weaver - correct answer ✔✔ The first Secretary of HUD and African-American to serve a
Cabinet position
In Portland, what have city maintenance trucks done to save energy? - correct answer ✔✔ They
started to carry solar panels
What organizations merged in 1978 to become the American Planning Association? - correct
answer ✔✔ The American Society of Planning Officials and the American Institute of Planners
First English Evangelical Lutheran Church v. County of Los Angeles - correct answer ✔✔ 1987
case that decided even a temporary taking requires compensation
Green "E" - correct answer ✔✔ Voluntary labeling program that began in California to indicate
which competitive products are made using "green power"
Penn Central Transportation Co. v. CITY OF NEW YORK" 438 US 104 (1978) - correct answer ✔✔
It looked at whether a permit denial constituted a regulatory taking, looked at the character of
the governmental action, examined the economic impact of the regulation on the landowners,
and looked at the extent to which the regulation interfered with the investment-backed
expectations.
Saul Alinsky - correct answer ✔✔ Involved with an organizational approach that involves
organizations that are created when an invitation is sent out by the neighborhood or
organization and a paid organizer is then sent to the neighborhood
