THEORY AND PRINCIPLES OF PLANNING

REVIEW QUESTIONAIRE Lecturer: Ina. Marissa F.Castillo, uap Answer the following on the blank space provided before the number. Read each question carefully. _____1. Which of the following would probably not be considered an element of a citys image? a. A group of houses b. A freeway c. A neighborhood bar d. A rice paddies Social Contact and interaction in a pavilion would be promoted most by which of the following design decision? a. Making the dimensions of the pavilion small enough so the anticipated number of users would cross into each others personal distance, b. Designing benches around the support columns so people would have a place to sit and talk c. Organizing the cooking and servicing area distinct from the dining area and entrance d. Providing an informal variety of spaces of different sizes, locations and uses. A speculative office building probably would not be built if the developer discovered that: a. All of the catchments area was not served by arterial street. b. The site consisted of mostly sandy soil with a 6-foot top layer of expansive clay c. The vacancy rate of office space in the city was three times the national average d. The neighborhood community objected to the sight of the parking lots. Which of the following causes the foundation problems: a. Extensive underground rock formations just below the surface b. A 5-foot water table c. Expansive clay and organic soil d. All of the above In planning a new building, an architect would have to look at regulations other than the zoning ordinance to find a requirement for which of the following: a. The width of the loading berth b. The required size of utility easement c. Minimum lot size d. Parking area size e. Permissible roof covering Which of the following statement is incorrect? a. A 1 % slope is suitable for rough parking b. Landscaped areas near buildings should have a 2% slope c. A safe sidewalk would slope 2 %. d. Roads in northern climates can safely have up to 12% grade. Which of the following would result to the best site circulation? a. Planning the service entry drive separated from the automobile entry and drive

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b. Making parking areas oversize to accommodate pedestrian circulation c. Designing all two-way roads at least 24-feet wide d. Limiting parking area traffic to a single entrance away from the pedestrian walks e. Laying out walks parallel to parking areas. _____8. A property can best be described with which of the following? a. Metes and bounds b. Reference to a section and township c. Location within a subdivision d. All of the above _____9. If land is limited, which of the following is the best way to plan parking lots? a. A two-way circulation with 90-degree parking on both sides of the drive b. 30-degree parking on both sides of a one-way loop system c. Combining service circulation with parking at 45-degree angle d. 90-degree parking on one side of a one-way circulation drive. _____10. The illustration below shows a portion of a recreation area. Which area would be best for locating a restaurant and visitors center?
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Lot area is 600 x 400 _____11. The owner of the lots shown below wants to develop a building with the maximum allowable gross area. If the FAR is 2.0 and the owner builds to the setback lines, how high will the building be? 300 feet 30 rear setback _____12.
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_____13. If the contour interval is 2.0 meters and the contour distance is uniformly at 5.0 meters, what is the slope of the topography? a. 27 percent b. 53 percent c. 40 percent d. 67 percent

Matching type: _____14. _____15. _____16. _____17. _____18. _____19. _____20. _____21. _____22. _____23. Settlements during the pyramid time Greek architect and planner Greek concept of market place Earliest city of Babylon empire The eternal city that introduced urban planning also called the street grid Made possible the introduction suburbs Protects Roman cities to canons Industrial period introduced the lack of this urban component Center of most Roman cities a. agora b. Hanging garden c. Fortifications d. Gridiron e. Necropolis f. Automobiles g. Hippodamus h. Housing i. Rome j. Forum (political)

_____24. Which of the following is a long-term plan that is required of the entire local government unit in the Philippines? a. Urban plan b. Social plan c. Comprehensive development plan d. Site plan _____25. Which of the following best describe the theory of the relationship of Downtown Davao and Calinan Poblacion? a. Concentric zone b. Sector c. Multiple-nuclei theory d. Central place theory _____26. What is the land classification or land use of the Puan Area based on the approved Zoning Ordinance of Davao City? a. Residential b. Protected-water resource c. Commercial d. Industrial _____27. Which of the following best describe the setback from a water line? a. Setback b. Easement c. Right-of-way d. Crossing _____28. Which of the following best describe the existing condition of San Pedro Street? a. High density residential area b. Institutional area c. Central Business District d. Urban decay _____29. Which of the following best describes the criss-crossing of overhead highways, which sometimes presents a clover-leaf form? a. Overpass b. Flyover c. Skyway d. Sidewalk _____30. Which of the following is a best circulation design alternative for a site plan? a. Wide vehicular roads

b. Parking on the front of the site c. Provision of a porte-cochere d. Separate pedestrian and vehicular circulation systems _____31. When designing a low-cost housing project, which of the following laws would be appropriate as basis for design? a. PD 957 b. RA 7279 or UDHA c. International Law on human settlements d. BP 220 _____32. Which of the above will be needed in the design of an elite housing project? _____33. One the following is the approving government unit for subdivision project development permit. Which would that be? a. HLURB b. HIGC c. Local Government Unit (LGU) d. NHA _____34.