1.

All of the following schemes are associated with “New Urbanism” except:

A. Neo-Traditional Design
B. Pedestrianization
C. Exclusionary Zoning
D. Mixed Use Zoning
1. All of the following schemes are associated with “New Urbanism” except:

A. Neo-Traditional Design
B. Pedestrianization
C. Exclusionary Zoning
D. Mixed Use Zoning
2. For his grid-iron design of ancient Greek settlements such as Priene, Piraeus and Rhodes, he
is acknowledge as the “ Father of town Planning” in western civilization.

A. Hippodamus Miletus
B. Ptolemy
C. Vitruvius of Rome
D. Appolodorus of Damascus
2. For his grid-iron design of ancient Greek settlements such as Priene, Piraeus and Rhodes, he
is acknowledge as the “ Father of town Planning” in western civilization.

A. Hippodamus Miletus
B. Ptolemy
C. Vitruvius of Rome
D. Appolodorus of Damascus
3. The Garden City Movement in the United Kingdom directly addressed large-scale problems
caused by the

A. British-American War of Independence

B. Industrial Revolution
C. World War II and the Holocaust
D. The Scientific Revolution
3. The Garden City Movement in the United Kingdom directly addressed large-scale problems
caused by the

A. British-American War of Independence

B. Industrial Revolution
C. World War II and the Holocaust
D. The Scientific Revolution
4. This was the spanish spatial strategy of forming dense settlements from scattered
dwellings for puroposes of great military defense and political control-literaly bringing
together dispersed population within hearing distance of church bells-which policy as
applied on most Spanish colonies from 16th to 18th centuries.

A. Evangelizacion
B. Reduccion
C. El Alcance del Campanario
D. Presidio y Fortaleza
4. This was the spanish spatial strategy of forming dense settlements from scattered
dwellings for puroposes of great military defense and political control-literaly bringing
together dispersed population within hearing distance of church bells-which policy as
applied on most Spanish colonies from 16th to 18th centuries.

A. Evangelizacion
B. Reduccion
C. El Alcance del Campanario
D. Presidio y Fortaleza

Note: From 1589 onwards, the Spanish religious orders sought to bring the dispersed
native communities “under the bells” (debajo de las camapanas) resulting in about 695
reducciones (community consolidation) of six million souls.
5. Don Arturo y Mata, a Spanish engineer, suggested that the logic of utility
connections (electricity, sewer, telephone lines, gas and water pipes) be the basis of
city lay-out; thus he considered the impact of technology in his concept of an
elongated urban from running from Cadiz, Spain up to St. Peterburg, Russia.

A. Ciudad larga
B. Ciudad Lineal
C. Ciudad Elonda
D. Ciuddad Conectada
5. Don Arturo y Mata, a Spanish engineer, suggested that the logic of utility
connections (electricity, sewer, telephone lines, gas and water pipes) be the basis of
city lay-out; thus he considered the impact of technology in his concept of an
elongated urban from running from Cadiz, Spain up to St. Peterburg, Russia.

A. Ciudad larga
B. Ciudad Lineal
C. Ciudad Elonda
D. Ciuddad Conectada
6. The following are characteristic of a “central busness district:. Which one increase
the LGU responsibility to safeguard the well-being of people, often beyond the
capacities of a single local authority?

A. Significantly large number of tertiary and service jobs generated

B. High price of land forces property-owners to build high
C. Large concentration of office and retail activities
D. Large regular inflow and outflow of motorist; daytime population higher than night-
time population
6. The following are characteristic of a “central busness district:. Which one increase
the LGU responsibility to safeguard the well-being of people, often beyond the
capacities of a single local authority?

A. Significantly large number of tertiary and service jobs generated

B. High price of land forces property-owners to build high
C. Large concentration of office and retail activities
D. Large regular inflow and outflow of motorist; daytime population higher than night-
time population
7. Under the plaza complex pattern describe in “Leyes de las Indias” (1573), what would
be located next to each other around a Greco-Roman quadrangle of a Spanish colonial
settlement?

A. Church, town hall, school, public market

B. Garden, fountains, monuments, statues, gallery and promenade
C. Governor’s mansion, bishop’s palace, general’s manor, hacendero’s villa, millitary
garrison
D. Houses of peninsulares, insulares, creoles, mestizos, principales and ilustrados
7. Under the plaza complex pattern describe in “Leyes de las Indias” (1573), what would
be located next to each other around a Greco-Roman quadrangle of a Spanish colonial
settlement?

A. Church, town hall, school, public market

B. Garden, fountains, monuments, statues, gallery and promenade
C. Governor’s mansion, bishop’s palace, general’s manor, hacendero’s villa, millitary
garrison
D. Houses of peninsulares, insulares, creoles, mestizos, principales and ilustrados
8. The US Supreme Court’s decision in 1926 to uphold the power of an LGU to regulate
Land Use through ordinance in the landmark case of “Village of Euclid vs. Ambler Realty
Company” is reckoned as the watershed moment for

A. Regional City Movement

B. City Efficient Movement
C. City Beautiful Movement
D. City Functional Movement
8. The US Supreme Court’s decision in 1926 to uphold the power of an LGU to regulate
Land Use through ordinance in the landmark case of “Village of Euclid vs. Ambler Realty
Company” is reckoned as the watershed moment for

A. Regional City Movement

B. City Efficient Movement
C. City Beautiful Movement
D. City Functional Movement
9. According to Dr. Ernesto Pernia (1983), the major blunder in the Philippines
economic policy and industrialization strategy occured in the latter period of American
colonial rule when

A. Progress of Philippine agricultural regions was directly tied to fluctuation of

American market during Great Depression instead of Filipino production being
responsive to domestic demand by interlinking Philippine regions with one another
B. Post-war import sustitution policy beginning in 1947 focused on capital-intensive
urban consumer goods raher than on resource-based agro-industrialization in
provincial centers utilizing agricultural surplus
C. Free trade agreement with USA narrowed Philippine agricultural output to cash
crops for export such as sugar, tobacco, hemp, coconut, palm, rice and timber
D. All of the choices
9. According to Dr. Ernesto Pernia (1983), the major blunder in the Philippines
economic policy and industrialization strategy occured in the latter period of American
colonial rule when

A. Progress of Philippine agricultural regions was directly tied to fluctuation of

American market during Great Depression instead of Filipino production being
responsive to domestic demand by interlinking Philippine regions with one another
B. Post-war import sustitution policy beginning in 1947 focused on capital-intensive
urban consumer goods raher than on resource-based agro-industrialization in
provincial centers utilizing agricultural surplus
C. Free trade agreement with USA narrowed Philippine agricultural output to cash
crops for export such as sugar, tobacco, hemp, coconut, palm, rice and timber
D. All of the choices
10. This started as a US federal program in 1949 which aimed to rehabilitate the
outworn or decaying sections of any town by extending fund assisstance to LGUs to
undertake improvements in streetscapes, park, greenways, housing, community
centers, etc based on anticipation that future tax revenues from real estate will pay for
present costs.

A. Urban restrcturing
B. Urban renewal
C. Land re-adjustment
D. Infill and densification
10. This started as a US federal program in 1949 which aimed to rehabilitate the
outworn or decaying sections of any town by extending fund assisstance to LGUs to
undertake improvements in streetscapes, park, greenways, housing, community
centers, etc based on anticipation that future tax revenues from real estate will pay for
present costs.

A. Urban restrcturing
B. Urban renewal
C. Land re-adjustment
D. Infill and densification
11. Tony Garnier (1917) conceptualized a lush green city of about 35,000 inhabitants
where “man would rule by himself”, thus there would be no police, no churches, no rigid
forms of social control in this Utopian place complete with landscaped homes, factories,
trade schools, transport and leisure facilities.

A. Linear industrial city

B. Esplanade
C. Post-industrial motor city
D. Axle industrielle
11. Tony Garnier (1917) conceptualized a lush green city of about 35,000 inhabitants
where “man would rule by himself”, thus there would be no police, no churches, no rigid
forms of social control in this Utopian place complete with landscaped homes, factories,
trade schools, transport and leisure facilities.

A. Linear industrial city

B. Esplanade
C. Post-industrial motor city
D. Axle industrielle
12. The Garden City Movement shaped the British policy of “urban containment”, with
following features, except one:

A. Homestead of about one acre per family

B. Greenbelts, green girdles, and clear edges for all cities
C. Mass transit to link “mother city” with “garden cities”
D. Preservation of more farmland & open space
12. The Garden City Movement shaped the British policy of “urban containment”, with
following features, except one:

A. Homestead of about one acre per family

B. Greenbelts, green girdles, and clear edges for all cities
C. Mass transit to link “mother city” with “garden cities”
D. Preservation of more farmland & open space
13. Ebenezer Howard, the most influential among the Great Thinkers in modern urban
and regional planning, wrote this famous book, first published in 1898.

A. Cities of Tommorow
B. Tommorow
C. Garden Cities
D. Tommorow’s Cities
13. Ebenezer Howard, the most influential among the Great Thinkers in modern urban
and regional planning, wrote this famous book, first published in 1898.

A. Cities of Tommorow
B. Tommorow
C. Garden Cities
D. Tommorow’s Cities
14. Considered as the father of wildlife ecology, he advocated in 1948 a “personal land
ethic” for humans to become “stewards of the land” and member-citizens of land-
community rather than its conquerors or dominators.

A. Henry Wright
B. Ralph Waldo Emerson
C. Karol Wojtyla or John Paul II
D. Aldo Leopold
14. Considered as the father of wildlife ecology, he advocated in 1948 a “personal land
ethic” for humans to become “stewards of the land” and member-citizens of land-
community rather than its conquerors or dominators.

A. Henry Wright
B. Ralph Waldo Emerson
C. Karol Wojtyla or John Paul II
D. Aldo Leopold
15. They were considered the earliest regional planners in history (27 BC – 410 AD)
because they pland their cities and settlements with transport network, civil works,
utilities, and military defense, foremost in their minds?

A. Romans under the dictatorial Emperors

B. Egyptians under Ramses, Thutmoses, and Nefertiti
C. Persians under Cyrus the Great
D. Macedonian Greeks under Alexander the Great
15. They were considered the earliest regional planners in history (27 BC – 410 AD)
because they pland their cities and settlements with transport network, civil works,
utilities, and military defense, foremost in their minds?

A. Romans under the dictatorial Emperors

B. Egyptians under Ramses, Thutmoses, and Nefertiti
C. Persians under Cyrus the Great
D. Macedonian Greeks under Alexander the Great

Note: Romans as engineers built aqueducts (serving cities), elaborate plumbing

systems for public baths, networks of paved roads(covering 50,000 miles), drainage
systems, large open interiors for public gatherings. Romans incorporated public works
and arts into city designs.
Romans as conquerors-built forum after forum
16. A town is a tool for free man to overcome chaos and lack or order ... A city is the grip
of man upon nature... Geometry is the means whereby we perceive the external world
and express the world within us... Geometry is the foundation...Machinery is the result
of geometry. The age in which we live is therfore essentially a geometric one... Town
Planning demands uniformity in detail and a sense of movement in general layout...

A. A Gordin Cullen
B. Thomas Sharp
C. Roy Worskett
D. Aldo Rossi
E. LE Corbusier
16. A town is a tool for free man to overcome chaos and lack or order ... A city is the grip
of man upon nature... Geometry is the means whereby we perceive the external world
and express the world within us... Geometry is the foundation...Machinery is the result
of geometry. The age in which we live is therfore essentially a geometric one... Town
Planning demands uniformity in detail and a sense of movement in general layout...

A. A Gordin Cullen
B. Thomas Sharp
C. Roy Worskett
D. Aldo Rossi
E. LE Corbusier
17. At the start of 19th century industrialization in England before the emergence of full-
pledged proffessional planners, who were the earliest urban planning practitioners who
addressed city wide problems including germ versus filth dilemma

A. Industrial engineers, machine engineers, civil engineers

B. Shelter specialist, housing developers, contractors
C. Doctors, epidemiologist, sanitarians, public health person
D. Microbiologist, biochemist, pharmacist
17. At the start of 19th century industrialization in England before the emergence of full-
pledged proffessional planners, who were the earliest urban planning practitioners who
addressed city wide problems including germ versus filth dilemma

A. Industrial engineers, machine engineers, civil engineers

B. Shelter specialist, housing developers, contractors
C. Doctors, epidemiologist, sanitarians, public health person
D. Microbiologist, biochemist, pharmacist
18. According to M. White (1987), the more economically complex a city, the more
varied would be the number of high growth points, the more socially complex it
becomes, and the stronger is its tendency towards differentiation such as in the case of
residents segregating themselves into ‘enclaves’ according to economic level, social
status, or ethnicity.

A. Urban Land Nexus Theory

B. Palimpsest or Mosaic Model
C. Bi-polar Model
D. Multiple Nuclei
18. According to M. White (1987), the more economically complex a city, the more
varied would be the number of high growth points, the more socially complex it
becomes, and the stronger is its tendency towards differentiation such as in the case of
residents segregating themselves into ‘enclaves’ according to economic level, social
status, or ethnicity.

A. Urban Land Nexus Theory

B. Palimpsest or Mosaic Model
C. Bi-polar Model
D. Multiple Nuclei

Note: Cities grow around certain discrete nuclei rather than around a single center
19. Frank Lloyd Wright proposed an alternative (1932) to the congestion in huge
metropolis by way of urban decentralization wherein each American family would be
granted at least one acre of federal land in a self-contained, agro-industrial settlement.

A. Exurbia
B. Micropolis
C. Broadacre City
D. Suburbia
E. Eco-city
19. Frank Lloyd Wright proposed an alternative (1932) to the congestion in huge
metropolis by way of urban decentralization wherein each American family would be
granted at least one acre of federal land in a self-contained, agro-industrial settlement.

A. Exurbia
B. Micropolis
C. Broadacre City
D. Suburbia
E. Eco-city
20. In urban land use models of the Chicago school of human ecology, the affluent and
middle classes are inclined to move away from downtown and inner – city in favor of
suburban locations and this process result in a paradox or “spatial mismatch” as
regards labor.

A. Lower-classes who cannot create employment by themeselves are left to occupy

high-priced land in the inner core of cities
B. Blue-colar workers are creed to accept low-skill jobs as maids, yayas, gardeners in
affluent suburban subdivisions
C. Non-tax paying people in the informal sector are closer to the seat of government
than the landed gentry
D. Sophisticated upper classes locate in the city-edges with semi-rural conditions
where no employment is available
20. In urban land use models of the Chicago school of human ecology, the affluent and
middle classes are inclined to move away from downtown and inner – city in favor of
suburban locations and this process result in a paradox or “spatial mismatch” as
regards labor.

A. Lower-classes who cannot create employment by themeselves are left to occupy

high-priced land in the inner core of cities
B. Blue-colar workers are creed to accept low-skill jobs as maids, yayas, gardeners in
affluent suburban subdivisions
C. Non-tax paying people in the informal sector are closer to the seat of government
than the landed gentry
D. Sophisticated upper classes locate in the city-edges with semi-rural conditions
where no employment is available
21. Before the rise of ‘scientific socialism’ based on concept of class-strugle, ‘normative
or Utopian socialism’ based on Christian values was showcased by this philanthropist in
New Lanark, Scotland(1799) where excellent working conditions, decent housing, and
cheap services for the working class increased productivity and profit. Its founder was
later acknowledged as the father of cooperative movement.

A. James Buckingham
B. Sir Christopher Wren
C. John Cadbury
D. Robert Owen
21. Before the rise of ‘scientific socialism’ based on concept of class-strugle, ‘normative
or Utopian socialism’ based on Christian values was showcased by this philanthropist in
New Lanark, Scotland(1799) where excellent working conditions, decent housing, and
cheap services for the working class increased productivity and profit. Its founder was
later acknowledged as the father of cooperative movement.

A. James Buckingham
B. Sir Christopher Wren
C. John Cadbury
D. Robert Owen

Note: Robert Owen(New Lanark Mills, Machester, England). Design for 800 to
1200persons. Built factories in rural lands and houses the labor force outside the city.
With agricultural, light industrial, educational, and recreational facilities.
22. The major objective of ‘New Urbanism’ movement identified with Jane Jacobs, Leon
Krier, Andres Duany, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, te.al. Is to

A. Re-build the architectural facade of old cities using post-modern methods and
technologies
B. Intergrate development of both urban and rural areas in order to save as much
farmland as possible
C. Design gated subdivisions as urban collage and multi-ethnic tapestry
D. Revitalize urban communities by creating ‘centers’ and by reviving traditional civic
values
22. The major objective of ‘New Urbanism’ movement identified with Jane Jacobs, Leon
Krier, Andres Duany, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, te.al. Is to

A. Re-build the architectural facade of old cities using post-modern methods and
technologies
B. Intergrate development of both urban and rural areas in order to save as much
farmland as possible
C. Design gated subdivisions as urban collage and multi-ethnic tapestry
D. Revitalize urban communities by creating ‘centers’ and by reviving traditional civic
values
23. 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. Strategic National Action Program

B. Philippine Covenant on Total Human Development
C. Philippine Agenda 21
D. Philippine Strategy fo Sustainable Development
23. 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. Strategic National Action Program

B. Philippine Covenant on Total Human Development
C. Philippine Agenda 21
D. Philippine Strategy fo Sustainable Development
24. 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 Disaster Coordinationg Council

B. National Environmental Protection Agency
C. Human Settlements Regulatory Commission
D. National Planning Commission
24. 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 Disaster Coordinationg Council

B. National Environmental Protection Agency
C. Human Settlements Regulatory Commission
D. National Planning Commission

Note: In 1950 the National Planning Commission(Later on as NEDA) was establised.

Function of NPC:
-formulation of plans for all municipalities/cities/regions;
-prepare zoning ordinances and subdivision regulations
-draft a uniform building code
25. In 1954, Reorganization Plan 53-A of Government Survey and Reorganization
Commission delineated regions.

A. Six-representing possible component units of a federal system

B. Eight-representing major ethno-liguistic groups
C. Nine-representing 9 rays of the sun Philippine flag or 9 historic territories which
fought Spain
D. Four-representing major island-groupings plus Muslim territories
25. In 1954, Reorganization Plan 53-A of Government Survey and Reorganization
Commission delineated regions.

A. Six-representing possible component units of a federal system

B. Eight-representing major ethno-liguistic groups
C. Nine-representing 9 rays of the sun Philippine flag or 9 historic territories which
fought Spain
D. Four-representing major island-groupings plus Muslim territories
26. According to Max Weber in The Protestant Ethnic and the Spririt of Capitalism
(1904), what was the key factor in transition from the mercantile economies controlled
by European monarchies to profit-driven individual enterprise or laissez faire?

A. Royal treasuries went bankrupt due to Catholics culture of excess, lavish

celebrations, overindulgence, etc.
B. Early Protestants generally emphasized hardwork, simplicity, thrift, discipline,
savings, & re-investment of savings.
C. Protestants work without the baggage of Seven Capital Sins such as greed, avarice,
envy, lust, gluttony, etc.
D. Endemic corruption is highly structured Catholic society made people less
imaginative and less entrepreneurial
26. According to Max Weber in The Protestant Ethnic and the Spririt of Capitalism
(1904), what was the key factor in transition from the mercantile economies controlled
by European monarchies to profit-driven individual enterprise or laissez faire?

A. Royal treasuries went bankrupt due to Catholics culture of excess, lavish

celebrations, overindulgence, etc.
B. Early Protestants generally emphasized hardwork, simplicity, thrift, discipline,
savings, & re-investment of savings.
C. Protestants work without the baggage of Seven Capital Sins such as greed, avarice,
envy, lust, gluttony, etc.
D. Endemic corruption is highly structured Catholic society made people less
imaginative and less entrepreneurial
27.