1.

A Scottish biologist who authored the masterpiece entitled "Cities in Evolution" (1915)
and who coined the terms 'folk- work-place', 'city-region' and 'conurbation' is acknowledged
as the 'father of regional planning'
A. Sir Patrick Leslie Abercrombie

B.
Sir Patrick Geddes

C. Lewis Mumford

D. Barry Parker
2.He led the crafting of the regional 'Greater London Plan of 1944', he designed some of 30
post-war New Towns approved by the British Parliament, including Doncaster area and
East Kent, in which he used open space as structuring element.
A.
Sir Patrick Leslie Abercrombie

B. Sir Patrick Geddes

C. Lewis Mumford

D. Charles Abrams
3.She was called a 'superwoman' who single handedly sparked environmental activism in
the 1960s-70s with her research ('Silent Spring) on biomagnification of pesticides and
chemicals in the human food chain; her advocacies bore fruit in the creation of US
Environmental Protection Agency and Environmental Impact Assessment system in the
1970s.
A. Gro Harlem Brundtland

B. Catherine Bauer Wurster

C.
Rachel Louise Carson

D. Marthc1 C. Nussbaum
4.If 'Earth Hour' is observed on the last Saturday of March, 'Earth Day USA' is celebrated
annually on April 22, 'World Town Planning Day' falls on November 8, 'World Environment
Day' is marked on the 51h day of the month of
A. May

B.
June

C. September

D. October
5.If 'World Heritage Day' is marked each year on April 18, 'World Biodiversity Day' is
observed on May 22, 'World Ocean Day' on June 8, 'World Indigenous Peoples Day' on
August 9, 'World Animal Day' on October 4, and 'World Food Day' on October 16, when is
'World Water Day' celebrated?
A. January 13

B.
March 22

C. June 24

D. October 31
6.Based on his landmark book, "Design with Nature," 'map overlay' to identify 'ecological
constraints' was a tooldevised in 1967 by the first modem environmental planner.
A.
Ian L. McHarg

B. Konstantinos Doxiadis

C. Francis Stuart Chapin Jr

D. Erma Bernbeck
7.This started as a US federal program in 1949 which aimed to rehabilitate the outworn or
decaying sections of any town by extending fund assistance to LGUs to undertake
improvements in streetscapes, parks, green ways, housing, community centers, etc based
on anticipation that future tax revenues from real estate will pay for present costs.
A. land re-adjustment

B. urban restructuring

C. infill and densification

D.
urban renewal

8.As chief planner of New York City, he collaborated with Thomas Adams in crafting the
"Regional Plan of New York and its Environs 1922-1931 ;" he also conceived, and executed
public works costing $27 billion between 1324 and 1968 and was responsible for virtually
every parkway, expressway, and public housing project in New York metropolitan area.
A. William Levitt

B. Fiorello La Guardia

C. Robert Murray Haig

D.
Robert Moses

E. Warren Buffett
9.The design of this city by Lucio Costa and Oscar Niemeyer (1957) features large open
areas relating to one other to demonstrate 'freedom' and an overall city layout resembling
a 'dove in flight'.
 A.
Brasilia

B. Sydney

C. Chandigarh

D. Canberra

E. Islamabad
10.'Ekistics' or the 'science of human settlements' by Dr Konstantinos Doxiadis (1951) was
built upon the concept of "basic needs," which were later categorized by Johann Galtung
into "material survival & security needs," "social or enabling needs," and non-material
"human needs". Which grouping of needs was elaborated on by Abraham Maslow?
A. food, water, clothing, shelter, sanitation, health care, energy/fuel, employment, peace
and order,

B. self-expression, sex, procreation, recreation, education, communication, and

transportation

C. physiological needs, physical safety, love and belongingness, esteem, self-

actualization/self-realization

D. freedom, security, identity, well-being, ecological balance

11.The following are the basic elements of 'human settlements' according to Dr.
Konstantinos Doxiadis. Which one pertains to the built environment or physical capital?
A. anthropos

B. nature

C.
shells and networks

D. society

E. social structure
12.What is the smallest unit in the 'human settlements planning' or Ekistics by Dr
Konstantinos Doxiadis (1951 )?
A. house

B.
anthropos

C. organism

D. neighborhood

E. hamlet
13.Which of the following is not part of typology of cities under Ekistics school of Dr
Konstantinos Doxiadis (1951 )?
A. ecumenopolis
 B. megalopolis

C. metropolis

D.
agropolis

E. eperopolis
14.In "Death and Life of Great American Cities" (1961) and "Economy of Cities" (1969), this
planner maintains that 'diversity' promotes innovation among proximate firms and spurs
the growth of cities, thus s/he advocated forheterogeneity, variety, and mixture in the
geographic clustering of firms as well as in the composition of city districts and
neighborhoods.
A. Herbert Gans

B. James Howard Kunstler

C. Joel Garreau

D.
Jane Jacobs

15.An approach in urban planning that puts premium on people and nature by building
upon the historic city or traditional neighborhood in such a way that workplaces, shops,
and homes would be within walking distance of each other.
A. Nee-Populism

B. Eco-Village

C.
New Urbanism

D. Dynapolis

E. Transit-Oriented Development
16.All of the following schemes are associated with 'New Urbanism' except:
A. Mixed Use Zoning

B. Neo-Traditional Design

C.
Exclusionary Zoning

D. Pedestrianization
17.Because Pre-Spanish aboriginal communities in the Philippines were relatively small
and based on kinship relations, the most common practice of land tenure in pre-colonial
society, wherein one would merely enjoy the 'fruits' of land, was called
A. primitive communism

B. islamic feudalism
 C.
usufruct

D. tenancy

E. swidden slash-and-burn
18.This was the Spanish spatial strategy of forming dense settlements from scattered
dwellings for purposes of greater, military defense and political control - literally bringing
together dispersed population within hearing distance of church bells -- which policy was
applied on most Spanish colonies from 16th to18th centuries.
A. El Alcance del Campanario

B. Presidio y Fortaleza

C.
Reduccion

D. Evangelizacion
19.Under the plaza complex pattern described in 'Le yes de las lndias' ( 1573), what would
be located next to each other around a Greco-Roman quadrangle of a Spanish colonial
settlement?
A. garden, fountains, monuments, statues, gallery and promenade

B. governor's mansion, bishop's palace, general's manor, hacendero's villa, military

garrison

C.
church, town hall, school, public market

D. houses of peninsulares, insulares, creoles, mestizos, principales and ilustrados

20.Through Presidential Letter of Instruction 367 in 1950 combining National Urban
Planning Commission, Real Property Board, and Capital City Planning Commission, the
government created this first physical planning body.
A.
National Planning Commission

B. National Disaster Coordinating Council

C. National Environmental Protection Agency

D. Human Settlements Regulatory Commission

21.In 1964, Republic Act 4341 established this center to create a pool of professional
planners in the Philippines.
A. Local Government Academy

B. Development Academy of the Philippines

C.
Institute of Planning

D. UPLB Institute of Environmental Science and Management

22.Presidential Decree No. 01 Integrated Reorganization Plan on September 24, 1972
increased the number of Philippine regions to 11, regionalized key ministries and line
departmerts, and created a major planning agency of government which is known today
as
A. Philippine Economic Zone Authority

B. National Land Use Committee

C. Congressional Planning and Budget Office

D.
National Economic and Development Authority

23.In 2012, how many administrative regions does the Philippines have?
A. 13

B. 15

C. 16

D.
17

24.Under RA 7160 LGC Sec. 25, which of the following is not among the types of cities in
the Philippines.
A. Highly Urbanized Cities

B. Independent Cities

C.
Megacities

D. Component Cities
25.In 2011, which Philippine city had the biggest population,net income and IRA?
A. City of Manila

B. Makati City

C.
Quezon City

D. Cebu City
26.This 1997 document is the Philippines' official response to 1992 'UNCED Earth Summit'
and contains a policy framework that redefines development as the 'drawing out of full
human potential' according to the 'appropriate productivity' of nature, rather than optimal
or maximum exploitation of natural resources to achieve GDP growth.
A. Philippine Strategy for Sustainable Development

B. Philippine Philippine Strategy Covenant for on Total Sustainable Human Development

Development

C. Strategic national Action program

 D.
Philippine Agenda 21

27.This School of Thought holds that the settlements form in a balanced manner; they
tend to be spread evenly and symmetrically in isotropic space, displaying both hierarchy
and equilibrium arising from the interdependence between big and small settlements and
from the complementation between their respective scope of functions
A. Galaxy of Settlements Theory

B.
Central Place Theory

C. Geographic Determinism

D. Dependency Theory
28.This School of Thought maintains that cities are 'theaters of capital
accumulation',largely a consequence of class-based struggle among groups for strategic
dominance and control surplus. Such conflict is usually won by the rich and powerful
through agents of capital such as multi-national corporations which use the city to amass
wealth by raising property values through commercialization, gentrification, manipulation,
and land speculation.
A. Capital Theoretic Model

B.
Political Economy

C. Natural Capitalism

D. David Harvey's Circuit of Capital

29.This School of Thought describes a borderless global economy characterized by free
trade and free movement of capital wherein nation-states would have 'lean and mean'
governments which pursue policies of liberation, deregulation, privatization, de-
bureaucratization,'unbundling', 'de-coupling', and similar structural adjustments.
A. World Systems Theory

B. State Corporatism

C.
Neo-Liberalism

D. Liberal Democracy
30.Johann Heinreich von Thunen's theory of agricultural rent is symbolized as "LR=Y(p-c)-
Ytd' where "Y" is yield or total harvest, "P" is price of crop, "C"is production cost of crop, "t"
is transport cost and "D" is distance to market. If yield of palay is 3,500 kgs,NFA buying
price is P17.00 per kilo, distance is 5km., given farmer's gross production cost of 45 cents
per square meter per day for unit production cost of P12.00 per kilo,would palay
cultivation be profitable at this specific farm location if transport cost is P1.00 per kilo of
palay?
 A. Yes

B.
No

C. It depends on the weather

D. It depends on quality of road & capacity of vehicle

31.In Walter Christaller's Central Place Theory, The catchment area of a central place
takes the shape of a hexagon rather than a perfect circle. If a particular service or function
such as elementary school enrolment is represented by the formula,"C=2.6r2d," what
would be the catchment area of elementary school if its radius is 0.50km and diameter is
one km?
A.
0.65 sq.km

B. 0.75 sq.km

C. 0.85 sq.km

D. 0.95 sq.km
32.In Walter Christaller's Central Place Theory (1933), neighborhood store is an example of
first- order services while grocery store, gas station, furniture shop, and post office are
examples of
A.
secondary services

B. tertiary services

C. quaternary services

D. quinary services
33.In central place theory (1933), this refers to the minimum population required to make
a 'service' viable.
A. resident population

B. captive market

C.
threshold population

D. population explosion
34.A chart-like tool to measure 'centrality' of a place particularly its range of economic and
social functions, is called
A. Matrix

B. lsotims

C. lsodapanes
 D.
Scalogram

35.All of the following are practical applications of Central Place Theory in the Philippines,
except one.
A. location of health centers

B. location of trial courts

C.
location of beach resorts

D. location of police stations

36.What Christallerian principles form the basis why a state university, a consumer mall, a
huge sports stadium, or a tertiary-level hospital can not be established in each and every
Philippine municipality?
A. spatial equity and bio-geographic equity

B. specialization and concentration

C.
market range and threshold population

D. profitability and pecuniary interest

37.The 'hierarchy of settlements' in Walter Christaller's Central Place Theory is
characterized by
A. equally-sized large cities in every region

B. only one large city, many small settlements

C. only medium-sized and small settlements

D.
a few large cities, some medium cities, many small settlements

38.According to the Chicago school of human ecology, 'Invasion' refers to how pioneers
and opportunists push the'land frontier' farther out; when immigrants settle in waves, they
define new land uses for themselves in a process called
A. 'evolution'

B. 'co-location'

C.
'succession'

D. 'acclimatization'

E. 'cohabitation'
39.In the model of mono-centric cities, it is assumed that manufacturers locate close to
transportarteries, blue-collar workers locate close to their jobs, while traders and retailers
pay higherfor choice locations in city center to have command of the market.This pattern
of land use isexplained better by which theory of spatial planning?
 A.
Urban Bid-Rent by Alonso, Muth, and Mills

B. Cumulative Causation by Gunnar Myrdal

C. Urban Land Nexus Theory by David Harvey

D. City as Growth Machine by John Logan & Harvey Molotch

40."When all land is identical and there is perfect competition among profit-maximizing
firms, land is sold to the highestwilling bidder. As a firm moves closer to the center of a
place, transport costs fall which increases the amount a firm is willing to pay for land.
Thus,land at the center always has has the highest value.
A. Johann Henreich von Thunen, Walter Christaller, and George Kingsley Zipf

B.
William Alonso, Richard E. Muth and Edwin S. Mills

C. Alfred Weber, August Losch, and Walter lsard

D. Roderick D. McKenzie, Amos H. Hawley, Robert Park

41.In William Alonso's Bid-Rent Theory (1960), the most appropriate use of the innermost
circle in the diagram is
A. farming of the most expensive crops

B. terminal for commuters, central rail station

C. central park

D.
shopping & retail services

42.It in 'Ernest Burgess' concentric Model (1925), factories and work-shops would most
likely locate in
A. the innermost circle,

B. the outermost circle

C.
the second circle from the center

D. the third circle from the center

43.It in Homer Hoyt's model (1939), where would the elite class place their high-end
subdivisions?
A. section 'A'

B. section 'B1'

C. section 'C'

D.
section 'D'
44.'Leapfrog development' and 'sprawl' are what you commonly see inwhat Peirce F. Lewis
calls
A. Circumferential City

B. Multi-cellular city

C. Stellar City

D.
Galactic City

45.The 'multiple nuclei' model of Harris and Ullmann (1945) posits that
A. Cities have varied natural res.ources that stimulate progress in different locations

B.
Diversified economic functions of cities cluster around several points of growth

C. Zoning of cities closely follows the flow or 'circuits of capital'

D. Air transport, sea transport, land transport facilities are the logical growth zones of
cities
46.'Urban development' tends to occur along major transportation routes because
A. power/water connections and other utilities are naturally linear

B. business can not take place without roads and vehicles

C. migration usually occurs lineally from point A to point B such as in exodus,

processions, or diasporas

D. people tend to locate where exchange, interchange, and access to other land
uses are at maximum
47.Which theorist of urban land use states categorically that land use follows transport in
the same manner that both population and business follow roads?
A. Ernest Burgess

B.
Homer Hoyt

C. Chauncey Harris & Edward Ullman

D. Peirce Lewis
48.Which of the following land-use models describes the pattern of radial or axial growth
along lines of least resistance?
A. Multiple Nuclei

B. Concentric Zone

C.
Sector Model

D. Polycentric Model
49.In the model of Homer Hoyt, the sections of urban land with the highest values are
those:
A. downtown sections facing seas, lakes & near waterfronts

B. on top of hills and elevated areas called 'uptowns'

C. immediately around public offices I institutional sector

D.
along major roadways

50.The original concept of 'megalopolis' as an extended or super-sized urban area is

attributed to
A.
Jean Gettman

B. Konstantinos Doxiadis

C. Dennis Rondinelli

D. Andreas Faludi