AICP Practice Exam Questions and Answers

In what year did the Bay Area Rapid Transit System (BART) begin?

Which best describes Urban Service Areas?

Who was the father of modern ecology?

Where was the first historic preservation ordinance enacted?

What percentage of urban residing American’s live in poverty, according to the 2000 Census?

Who designed Riverside, Illinois, the first model for all future American suburban land planning?

What is the programming period for a CIP?

Which of the following cases was found to violate the first amendment’s freedom of speech?

Scenario

You are a planner in a city that has recently opened a new shelter for homeless people. The shelter opens each evening during the winter and provides a place for people to sleep during the night in dormitory-style rooms with cots. Some community members would like the shelter closed because they feel that the large number of people who congregate on the sidewalks near the shelter as they wait for it to open pose a threat to public safety. Your planning director decides to address these concerns by classifying the shelter as a hotel. The planning director knows that the zoning ordinance specifies that a hotel must provide private sleeping quarters, which the shelter does not. By classifying the shelter as a hotel, the planning director is taking steps to close the shelter based on the ground that it is in violation of the zoning ordinance. Suppose you have reviewed the situation carefully and believe that the director made an unethical decision. What might you do?

What organization did Peter Calthorpe found?

What concept is Ebenezer Howard Associated with?

When did Ebenezer Howard write “Tomorrow: A peaceful path to real reform”?

What economic analysis is being referenced in question 55?

Transportation Demand Management strategies include all but?

Who is known for Management by Objective (MBO)?

Scenario

You are a planner for a city planning department and you have an old friend who runs a planning consulting firm in the same city. Your friend submits a competitive proposal to work as a consultant for your department to you on Friday and while in your office, asks you to be her guest for dinner at a very fancy restaurant on Saturday evening. What might you do if you actually have no influence about awarding the contract?

Echo Boomers (aka: Generation Y) are those born between the years of?

Which of the following is Peter Drucker associated?

Scenario

You are a planner in a community with a new sign ordinance that prohibits banners from being strung across the road. The ordinance was adopted in response to several unattractive advertising banners that had frequently been strung across local roads and often become entangled with electrical wires. On your way to work one morning, you see that a community group has strung a banner across the main street that advertises an upcoming charity event that will generate thousands of dollars for needy families. You know that the money is greatly needed and that local officials and residents support the event. What might be your first reaction?

A MSA includes: