FREE AICP Trivia Questions and Answers

Question 1

The Columbian Exposition at the Chicago World's Fair in 1893 served as the catalyst for this urban planning trend.

Accepted Answer

City Beautiful

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Edge City

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New Town

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Garden City

Question 2

Is it wrong to inform friends of impending changes?

Accepted Answer

No, unless you suspect that they may benefit financially from that knowledge and you withhold the same information from their competitors

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No, regardless if they may benefit financially or not from that information

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Yes, you are not to discuss any matters related to your daily work

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Yes, especially if the proposal is going through the public process

Question 3

Which sort of land use generates the most trips?

Accepted Answer

Single-family detached home

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Condominium

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Duplex

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Apartment

Question 4

The __ is involved in the Spectrum Act.

Accepted Answer

The collocation of wireless communication facilities

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Requirement for televised Planning Commission meetings

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Requirement for UV index ratings on sunblock products

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New Source Review for existing power plants

Question 5

According to this philosophy of planning, planners are political creatures.

Accepted Answer

Advocacy planning

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Radical planning

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Utopianism

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Technocratic planning

Question 6

He is recognized as the country's first professional planner.

Accepted Answer

Harland Bartholomew

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Daniel Burnham

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Patrick Geddes

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Clarence Perry

Question 7

This method of public finance establishes a geographic boundary before levying a unique tax that can only be used there.

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Special assessment

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Special tax district

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Revenue bond

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Tax Increment Financing