FREE AICP MCQ Questions and Answers

Question 1

In which of the following situations was it determined that the right to free speech was violated?

Accepted Answer

Metromedia v City of San Diego

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City of Renton v Playtime

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Young v. American Mini Theaters

Answer

Mugler v Kansas

Question 2

Which of the following had the greatest density of people in 2000?

Accepted Answer

New York

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San Francisco

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Dallas

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Los Angeles

Question 3

In 1909, which of the following took place?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Answer

Daniel Burnham completed the first regional comprehensive plan for Chicago

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Wisconsin passed the first state enabling legislation permitting cities to plan

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Los Angeles was the first city to apply zoning to undeveloped lands

Question 4

The book "Tomorrow: A peaceful path to true reform" by Ebenezer Howard was published when?

Accepted Answer

1898

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1888

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1998

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1988

Question 5

Who and when created the Sierra Club?

Accepted Answer

John Muir, 1892

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John Muir, 1893

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Jacob Riis, 1893

Answer

Jacob Riis, 1892

Question 6

What two railroads merged to construct the first transcontinental railroad at Promontory Point, Utah?

Accepted Answer

Union Pacific and Central Pacific

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Northern Pacific and Central Pacific

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Northern Pacific and South Pacific

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Union Pacific and Northern Pacific

Question 7

Who coined the phrase "megalopolis"?

Accepted Answer

Jean Gottmann

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Saul Alinsky

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Paul Dividoff

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Sherry Arnstein