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AICP EXAM AND STUDY GUIDE NEWEST 2025/2026
TEST BANK| COMPLETE 1500 REAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(VERIFIED ANSWER) GRADED A+| AICP EXAM PREP
2025 (MOST RECENT!!)
As the planner responsible for a neighborhood planning process you
have undertaken a participatory process that allows the participants to
assess project alternatives by weighing the alternatives according to a
group of citizen goals. This is known as a:
A. Delphi Technique
B. Planning Cell
C. Charrette
D. Coffee Klatch - Correct Answer -A planning cell allows citizens to
learn about, assess and choose between multiple alternatives. Planning
cells is a method for deliberation developed by Dr. Dienel, and is
designed to be a "micro-parliament." In a planning cell, approximately
twenty five people from various backgrounds work together to develop a
set of solutions to a problem delegated to the participants by a
commissioning body.
You are leading a visioning process early on in the planning process to
encourage citizen involvement and you want to encourage everyone in
the community to participate. To have a highly successful visioning
process which of the following is critical?
A. Media involvement
B. Surveys people can complete
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C. Child care for participants
D. Staff buy-in - Correct Answer -Media involvement will be critical for
getting the word out and encouraging inclusive participation. While the
other factors are important and should be part of a public engagement
process, media attention is the most critical factor to encourage
participation and publicize the ongoing effort, according to Local
Planning: Contemporary Principles and Practices
Which of the following books did James Kunstler write?
A. Plan for Chicago
B. The Death and Life of Great American Cities
C. The Geography of Nowhere
D. How the Other Half Lives - Correct Answer -The Geography of
Nowhere
Which of the following people is associated with Transactive Planning?
A. Davidoff
B. Krumholz
C. Simon
D. Friedmann - Correct Answer -Friedmann
What is the purpose of the State Standard Enabling Act?
a. to provide a regulatory framework for adoption by communities
b. to provide specific requirements for zoning districts
c. to provide a basic foundation for zoning in the United States
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d. to provide prescriptive requirements for planning commission -
Correct Answer -The standard state enabling act published by the US
Department of Commerce in the 1920s sought to provide a basic
foundation for zoning in the United States. In many states this standard
act still supplies the institutional structure.
Which of the following is the author of Cities in Evolution?
A. Frederick Law Olmsted
B. Lewis Mumford
C. Patrick Geddes
D. Christopher Alexander - Correct Answer -Patrick Geddes was a town
planner who introduced the concept of region and coined the term
conurbation. He published Cities in Evolution in 1915.
In what year did the Panama Canal open?
A. 1941
B. 1962
C. 1904
D. 1914 - Correct Answer -1914
Who wrote "The Geography of Nowhere," a book about suburban
sprawl and its impact on American communities?
A. Thomas Friedman
B. Richard Sennett
C. Robert Putnam
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D. James Kunstler - Correct Answer -James Kunstler
Who was the first full-time planner for a United States city?
A. Harland Bartholomew
B. Frederick Law Olmstead, Jr
C. Jane Jacobs
D. Daniel Burnham - Correct Answer -Newark hired Bartholomew,
making him at age twenty-four the first full-time municipally employed
city planner in the United States.
Which of the following is associated with Charles Lindblom?
a. Incremental Planning
b. Communicative Planning
c. Rational Planning
d. Transactive Planning - Correct Answer -Charles Lindblom created
incremenetalism which is the recognition that while we may have long
range plans the are largely implemented in incremental steps.
In 1898, Ebenezer Howard wrote an influential book that presented the
___________________ concept that influenced the development of
cities across the world.
A. Garden Cities
B. Capital Improvement Program
C. Planned Unit Development
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AICP EXAM AND STUDY GUIDE NEWEST 2025/2026
TEST BANK| COMPLETE 1500 REAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(VERIFIED ANSWER) GRADED A+| AICP EXAM PREP
2025 (MOST RECENT!!)
As the planner responsible for a neighborhood planning process you
have undertaken a participatory process that allows the participants to
assess project alternatives by weighing the alternatives according to a
group of citizen goals. This is known as a:
A. Delphi Technique
B. Planning Cell
C. Charrette
D. Coffee Klatch - Correct Answer -A planning cell allows citizens to
learn about, assess and choose between multiple alternatives. Planning
cells is a method for deliberation developed by Dr. Dienel, and is
designed to be a "micro-parliament." In a planning cell, approximately
twenty five people from various backgrounds work together to develop a
set of solutions to a problem delegated to the participants by a
commissioning body.
You are leading a visioning process early on in the planning process to
encourage citizen involvement and you want to encourage everyone in
the community to participate. To have a highly successful visioning
process which of the following is critical?
A. Media involvement
B. Surveys people can complete
pg. 1
,Page 2 of 299
C. Child care for participants
D. Staff buy-in - Correct Answer -Media involvement will be critical for
getting the word out and encouraging inclusive participation. While the
other factors are important and should be part of a public engagement
process, media attention is the most critical factor to encourage
participation and publicize the ongoing effort, according to Local
Planning: Contemporary Principles and Practices
Which of the following books did James Kunstler write?
A. Plan for Chicago
B. The Death and Life of Great American Cities
C. The Geography of Nowhere
D. How the Other Half Lives - Correct Answer -The Geography of
Nowhere
Which of the following people is associated with Transactive Planning?
A. Davidoff
B. Krumholz
C. Simon
D. Friedmann - Correct Answer -Friedmann
What is the purpose of the State Standard Enabling Act?
a. to provide a regulatory framework for adoption by communities
b. to provide specific requirements for zoning districts
c. to provide a basic foundation for zoning in the United States
pg. 2
,Page 3 of 299
d. to provide prescriptive requirements for planning commission -
Correct Answer -The standard state enabling act published by the US
Department of Commerce in the 1920s sought to provide a basic
foundation for zoning in the United States. In many states this standard
act still supplies the institutional structure.
Which of the following is the author of Cities in Evolution?
A. Frederick Law Olmsted
B. Lewis Mumford
C. Patrick Geddes
D. Christopher Alexander - Correct Answer -Patrick Geddes was a town
planner who introduced the concept of region and coined the term
conurbation. He published Cities in Evolution in 1915.
In what year did the Panama Canal open?
A. 1941
B. 1962
C. 1904
D. 1914 - Correct Answer -1914
Who wrote "The Geography of Nowhere," a book about suburban
sprawl and its impact on American communities?
A. Thomas Friedman
B. Richard Sennett
C. Robert Putnam
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D. James Kunstler - Correct Answer -James Kunstler
Who was the first full-time planner for a United States city?
A. Harland Bartholomew
B. Frederick Law Olmstead, Jr
C. Jane Jacobs
D. Daniel Burnham - Correct Answer -Newark hired Bartholomew,
making him at age twenty-four the first full-time municipally employed
city planner in the United States.
Which of the following is associated with Charles Lindblom?
a. Incremental Planning
b. Communicative Planning
c. Rational Planning
d. Transactive Planning - Correct Answer -Charles Lindblom created
incremenetalism which is the recognition that while we may have long
range plans the are largely implemented in incremental steps.
In 1898, Ebenezer Howard wrote an influential book that presented the
___________________ concept that influenced the development of
cities across the world.
A. Garden Cities
B. Capital Improvement Program
C. Planned Unit Development
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