URBAN AND RURAL LAND USE

1. The law providing for a comprehensive urban and housing program in the Philippines, RA
7279 is called

a. Urban Development and Housing Act of 1992

b. Urban Development Act
c. Urban Renewal and Development Act of 1992
d. Urban and Housing Development Act

2. It refers to the most reasonable price of land and shelter based on the needs/financial
capability of Program beneficiaries under RA 7279

a. Economic housing
b. Affordable cost
c. Socialized housing cost
d. Low cost

3. They refer to the 244 areas in Metro Manila specifically described and identified in
Proclamation 1967, and other sites later identified and proclaimed

a. Areas of Land reform

b. Areas for priority development
c. Urban reform zones
d. Urban areas for priority development

4. A term used interchangeably or alternatively to refer to areas for priority development

a. Urban Land Reform Zones

b. Urban Priority areas
c. Urban Land Priority Zones
d. Urban Land priority areas

5. How many APDs/ULRZs are there at present covered by proclamation and NHA?

a. 110
b. 244
c. 284
d. 302

6. The rational approach of allocating available land resources as equitably as possible among
competing user groups and for different

a. Land resource plan

b. Land use plan
c. Land identification and segregation plan
d. Zoning plan
7. The acquisition of lots or varying ownership through purchase or expropriation for the
purpose of planned and rational development and socialized housing programs without
individual property boundary restrictions

a. Land banking
b. Land assembly
c. Land acquisition
d. Land collection

8. It refers to process of upgrading and rehabilitation or bighted and slum urban areas with a
view of minimizing displacement of dwellers in said areas

a. On site development
b. Slum development
c. Slum upgrading
d. On site upgrading

9. It refers to those whose only real property consists of residential lands not exceeding eight
hundred square meters (800 sq. m.) in other urban areas

a. Medium property owner

b. Small property owner
c. Urban property owner
d. Rural property owner

10. The acquisition of land at values based on existing use in advance of actual need to promote
planned development and socialized housing programs

a. Land consolidation
b. Land use plan
c. Land banking
d. Land forecasting

11. The process of land acquisition by exchanging land for another piece of land of equal value,
or for shares of stock in a government or quasi-government corporation, for the purpose of
planned and rational development and provision for socialized housing

a. Land banking
b. Land acquisition
c. Land swapping
d. Land exchange
12. They are referred to as individuals or groups who occupy land without the express consent
of the landowner and who have sufficient income foe legitimate housing

a. Squatters
b. Informal settlers
c. Slum dwellers
d. Professional Squatters

13. A person is given this degree of protection afforded to qualified Program beneficiaries
against infringement or unjust, unreasonable and arbitrary eviction or disposition

a. Security of tenure
b. Right of first refusal
c. Priority in right
d. First preference

14. The areas identified by the appropriate national agency or by the local government unit with
respect to areas within its jurisdiction, which shall be used for the relocation of the
underprivileged and homeless citizens

a. Resettlement areas
b. Relocation areas
c. Redeployment areas
d. Off site relocation

15. The program of the NHA of upgrading and improving blighted squatter areas outside of
Metro Manila pursuant to existing statutes and pertinent executive issuances

a. Slum Improvement Program

b. Slum Improvement and Resettlement Program
c. Slum resettlement and community program
d. Slum resettlement program

16. The process of land acquisition by exchanging land for another piece of land of equal value
or for shares of stock in a government or quasi-government corporation, for the purpose of
planned and rational development and provision for socialized housing

a. Land banking
b. Land acquisition
c. Land swapping
d. Land exchange
17. “Small property owners” refers to those whose only real property consists of residential
lands in highly urbanized cities not exceeding

a. 120 square meters

b. 200 square meters
c. 300 square meters
d. 400 square meters

18. If the land of a person is in an area other than highly urbanized cities, or in other urban
areas, a small property owner is one whose only real property consists of residential lands
not exceeding

a. 600 square meters

b. 800 square meters
c. 1,000 square meters
d. 5,000 square meters

19. This refers to groups of persons engaged in the business of squatter housing for profit or
gain

a. Professional squatters
b. Informal settlers
c. Slum syndicates
d. Squatting syndicates

20. Beneficiaries of this Act and to individuals or families residing in urban and urbanizable
areas whose income or combined household income falls within the poverty threshold as
defined by the NEDA and who do not own housing facilities

a. Blighted families
b. Underprivileged and homeless citizens
c. Slum families
d. Families in Areas for Priority Development

21. Urban areas under RA 7279 refers to all cities regardless of their population density and to
municipalities with a population density of at least

a. 500 persons per square kilometer

b. 1,000 persons per square kilometer
c. 1,500 persons per square kilometer
d. 5,000 persons per square kilometer
22. Sites and lands which, display marked and great potential of becoming urban areas within
the period of five (5) years

a. Potential urban areas

b. Future urban areas
c. Urbanizable areas
d. Identified urban areas

23. The Urban an Development Housing Program does not cover the following

a. Areas for priority development

b. Lands in urbanizable areas
c. Resettlement sites
d. Sites used or set aside for parks, reserves for flora and fauna

24. For planning purposes, the Housing and urban Development Coordinating Council shall be
furnished by each local government unit a copy of its inventory which shall be updated
every

a. 2 years
b. 3 years
c. 5 years
d. 10 years

25. Land for socialized housing under RA 7279 shall be prioritized for acquisition with the last in
the order of acquisition are

a. Privately owned lands

b. Government lands
c. Abandoned and idle lands
d. Bliss sites

26. In acquisition of land, this shall be resorted to only when other modes of acquisition have
been exhausted

a. Community mortgage
b. Expropriation
c. Land swapping
d. Negotiated purchase

27. Land valuation guidelines for socialized housing shall be set on the basis of the market value
reflected in the zonal valuation, or in its absence, on the latest real property tax declaration
by this agency

a. Department of Finance
b. Housing Urban and Development Coordinating Council
c. City Assessor
d. BIR Technical valuation committee
28. Should the beneficiary unlawfully sell, transfer, or otherwise dispose of his lot he shall also
lose his right to the land, and shall be barred from the benefits under this Act from date of
violation for a period of

a. 5 years
b. 10 years
c. 15 years
d. 25 years

29. To qualify for socialized housing program, a beneficiary must not be

a. A Filipino citizen
b. Underprivileged and homeless
c. Landless
d. Member of squatting syndicate

30. For developers of proposed subdivision project, it shall be required to develop an area for
socialized housing equivalent of the total subdivision are or total subdivision project at least

a. 10%
b. 15%
c. 20%
d. 30%

31. To encourage greater private sector participation in socialized housing and further reduce
the cost of housing units for the benefits of the underprivileged and homeless, the following
incentives shall be extended to the private sector for socialized housing under RA 7279,
except

a. Capital gains tax on raw lands use for the project

b. Value-added tax for the project concerned
c. Transfer tax for both raw and completed projects
d. Exemption from paying local real estate taxes

32. Socialized housing or resettlement areas shall be provided by NHA or

a. HUDCC
b. Department of Housing
c. Local government unit
d. Private developers

33. This shall be implemented whenever possible in order to ensure minimum movement of
occupants of blighted lands and slum areas

a. Temporary shelter
b. New resettlement
c. On-site development
d. On-site relocation
34. Professional squatters or members of squatting syndicates shall be imposed the penalty of
imprisonment of

a. 3 years
b. 5 years
c. 6 years
d. 10 years

35. Professional squatters or members of squatting syndicates shall be imposed the penalty of a
fine of not less than

a. P 60,000 but not more than P 100,000

b. P 50,000 but not more than P 100,000
c. P 100,000 but not more than P 200,000
d. P 20,000 but not more than P 50,000

36. Eviction or demolition as a practice shall be discouraged. Eviction or demolition, however,

may be allowed under the following situations but not

a. When persons or entities occupy danger areas such as esteros, railroad tracks
b. When there is a court order for eviction and demolition
c. When government infrastructure projects with available funding are about to be
implemented
d. When the private owner needs the land

37. In the execution of eviction or demolition orders involving underprivileged and homeless
citizens, the following shall be mandatory, except

a. Execution of eviction or demolition only during regular office hours from Mondays to
Fridays
b. Execution of eviction or demolition only during good weather, unless the affected
families consent otherwise
c. Adequate permanent relocation
d. Presence of local government officials or their representatives during eviction or
demolition

38. Should relocation provided under RA 7279 not be possible within the said period, financial
assistance in the amount equivalent to the prevailing minimum daily wage multiplied

a. 30 days
b. 60 days
c. 90 days
d. 15 days
39. In cases of eviction or demolition, relocation shall be undertaken by the local government
unit concerned and the NHA with the assistance of other government agencies from service
of notice of final judgment by the court, within

a. 30 days
b. 45 days
c. 60 days
d. 90 days

40. It shall be unlawful for any person to construct any structure in areas mentioned below,
except

a. Esteros
b. Railroad tracks
c. Riverbanks
d. Leased land

41. It is a mortgage financing program of the NHMFC which assists legally organized associations
of underprivileged and homeless citizens to purchase and develop a tract of land under the
concept of community ownership

a. Community mortgage program

b. Community housing program
c. Socialized community housing
d. Community housing for underprivileged

42. To encourage greater participation, participants in the CMP shall be granted with the
following privilege or incentive of exemption from

a. Percentage tax
b. Capital gains tax
c. Income tax
d. Real estate taxes

43. Beneficiaries of CMP shall not be evicted of their lands unless they have incurred arrearages
in payments of amortization for

a. 2 months
b. 3 months
c. 120 days
d. 6 months

44. Under RA 7279, this government agency shall administer the Community Mortgage Program

a. Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board

b. Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council
c. National Home Mortgage Finance Corporation
d. National Housing Authority
45. With the constitutional principle that the ownership and enjoyment of property’s social
function and to raise funds, all local government units are authorized to impose an
additional real estate tax on land of

a. 1% of the assessed value

b. 1/2 of 1% of the assessed value
c. 3/4 of 1% of the assessed value
d. 2% of the assessed value

46. The additional real estate taxes that may be imposed on urban lands under RA 7279 shall
only be applied to lands with assessed value over

a. P 50,000.00
b. P100,000.00
c. P150,000.00
d. P200,000.00

47. Any person who violates any provision of RA 7279 shall be imposes the penalty of
imprisonment of not more than

a. 3 years
b. 5 years
c. 6 years
d. 12 years

48. Under Section 18 of RA 7279, the following are covered for the 20% requirement for
socialized housing

a. Residential subdivisions
b. Townhouse projects
c. Condominium projects
d. Office condominium projects

49. Any person who violates any provision of RA 7279 may also be imposed the penalty of fine
of not less than

a. P 5,000.00 but not more than P 100,000

b. P10,000.00 but not more than P 100,000
c. P20,000.00 but not more than P 100,000
d. P50,000.00 but not more than P 100,000

50. The following shall be responsible for the implementation of RA 7279 in their respective
localities

a. HMDF
b. NHA
c. Local government units
d. Presidential Commission on Urban Poor