UP PLANO ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING BOARD 6.

Which of the following is not considered a criticism

REVIEW SESSION of rational-adaptive-comprehensive or synoptic
Diagnostic Exam (March 5, 2017) planning?
a. Massive, extensive, voluminous data
NAME: _____________________________________ b. Long and tedious process
SCORE: _________ c. Has no window for participation
AFFILIATION: _______________________________ d. Tends to be utopian

7. Cities were planned to decongest the entire city by

Direction: Please CIRCLE the corresponding letter of
increasing density at the core.
your answer
a. Ebenezer Howard’s Garden City
b. Le Corbusier’s Radiant City
1. In the old definition of urban areas in the Philippines
c. Frank Lloyd Wright’s Broadacre City
used since the 1970 census, the minimum population
d. Arturo Soria y Mata’s Linear City
required for a barangay to be considered urban is
______. However according to the updated 8. Popularized the planning method “Survey-Analysis-
definition (NSCB Board Resolution No. 9, s 2003), if a Plan” and introduced the concept of “region” to
barangay has a population size of _______ or more, planning.
it is considered urban. a. Sir Leslie Patrick Abercrombie
a. 500 ; 3000 b. Lewis Mumford
b. 500 ; 5000 c. Benton MacKaye
c. 1000 ; 3000 d. Sir Patrick Geddes
d. 1000 ; 5000
9. Refers to the low density fragmented use of land for
2. A city is a significantly large urban area which has: urban purposes at a scale expanded faster than what
a. a rectilinear street design is required occurring along the margins of existing
b. a legal proclamation or charter metropolitan areas in a generally formless manner.
c. a cluster of tall buildings a. Amorphic sprawl
d. a public transport terminal / seaport / airport b. Leapfrog development
c. Suburbanization
3. Refers to activities concerned with the management d. Premature urbanization
and development of land, as well as the preservation,
conservation and rehabilitation of the human 10. This model recognizes the influence of
environment. transportation on land use such that growth occurs
a. Urban planning along major transport routes and that higher levels
b. Environmental planning of access meant higher land values.
c. Land use planning a. Concentric Ring Model of Ernest Burgess
d. Environmental management b. Sector Model of Homer Hoyt
c. Multiple Nuclei Model by Chauncey Harris and
4. He is the father of Town Planning. Edward Ullman
a. Hippodamus d. Galactic Model by Peirce Lewis
b. Hippocrates
c. Hipparchus 11. The science of human settlements
d. Herodotus a. Urban design
b. Site Planning
5. This ancient city did not excel in philosophy and c. Ekistics
science but excelled in engineering such as in civil d. Urban planning
works, road building, hydraulics, water provision and
sewerage. 12. Which of the following is arranged in increasing
a. Rome population?
b. Athens a. Eperopolis, metropolis, ecumenopolis,
c. Babylon megalopolis
d. Miletus b. Metropolis, megalopolis, eperopolis,
ecumenopolis
c. Ecumenopolis, eperopolis, metropolis,
megalopolis
d. Metropolis, ecumenopolis, megalopolis,
eperopolis
13. Which among the five basic elements of the city by 20. This pattern is similar to the native settlements prior
Kevin Lynch are strategic spots which an observer to coming of the Spanish colonizers – very small
can enter? cluster of huts in widely scattered barangays.
a. Paths a. Galaxy of settlements
b. Edges b. Dispersed sheet
c. Nodes c. Urban star
d. Landmarks d. Urban ring

14. This theory introduces a hierarchy in services such 21. What are the two components of the local planning
that there are “low order” services which is found in structure?
every center and “higher order” services which are a. Political and technical
found only in major cities. b. Sectoral and functional
a. Central Place Theory c. Sanggunian and the local development council
b. Growth Pole Theory d. Government and civil society
c. Location Theory
d. Urban Bid Rent Theory 22. Which highest policy making body is principally
responsible for the CLUP?
15. Which of the following is not part of Clarence Stein’s a. Local Development Council
Six Principles of New Towns? b. Office of the Mayor
a. Plan simply, but comprehensively c. City/Municipal Planning and Development
b. Bring private and public land into relationship Department
c. Put factories and other industrial buildings d. Sanggunian
where they can be used without wasteful
transportation of people and goods 23. This consolidates the programs and projects
d. Provide ample roads for cars on the street necessary to carry out the objectives of the diferent
development sectors.
16. A propulsive urban center of a region possessing a a. CLUP
complex of expanding industries where the b. CDP
agglomeration of activities induces growth in its c. ELA
surrounding hinterland. d. AIP
a. Growth Pole
b. Growth Center 24. Which of the following is not considered an authority
c. Central Place lever to implement the CLUP?
d. City capital a. Real property tax
b. Public capital investments
17. Spontaneous and inevitable process of development c. LDIP
of backward areas because of pulls in input demand d. Eminent domain proceedings
from developed regions.
a. Backwash effect 25. Representatives of NGOs operating in the city or
b. Spread effect municipality shall constitute not less than ______%
c. Trickle down effect of the members of the local development council.
d. Polarization effect a. 10%
b. 20%
18. Proponent of Growth Pole Theory c. 25%
a. Francois Perroux d. 30%
b. Jacques Boudeville
26. Who is not included in the barangay development
c. Gunnar Myrdal
council?
d. Johann Heinrich von Thunen
a. Members of the sangguniang barangay
b. Chairman of the committee on appropriations
19. A movement that promotes walkable, mixed use
c. A representative of the congressman
neighborhoods and transit oriented development,
d. Representatives of NGOs operating in the brgy
seeking to end suburban sprawl and promote
community interaction.
a. City Beautiful Movement
b. City Functional Movement
c. City Efficient Movement
d. New Urbanism
27. The NSO defines a _________ as consisting of a different land uses and varying intensities of land
person living alone or a group of persons who sleep development.
in the same housing unit and have a common a. Amenity
arrangement for the preparation and consumption b. Economy
of food. c. Convenience
a. Home d. Accessibility
b. Family
c. Domicile 34. Which of the following is not listed as a principle of
d. Household the National Framework for Physical Planning (2010
– 2030)?
28. Formula for sex ratio a. Social justice
a. (No of males / Population) * 100 b. People empowerment
b. (No of females / Population) * 100 c. Spatial integration
c. (No of males / No of females) * 100 d. Publlic-private sector partnership
d. (No of females / No of males) * 100
35. Which of the following measures are considered as
29. A broader base of the population pyramid indicates land demand management strategies?
what? a. Infilling
a. Higher fertility b. Densification
b. Lower fertility c. Relocation or resettlement
c. A stationary population d. Agricultural land conversion
d. A constructive population
36. Which of the following evaluation methods used in
30. Location quotient is an indicator of the relative planning presents not only the tangible costs and
importance of an area in terms of selected industry benefits but also the intangible and unmeasured
types or sectors. Suppose we are comparing the costs and benefits for different affected groups?
employment in agriculture between Town A and its a. Cost benefit analysis
mother province, Province B, what does a location b. Planning balance sheet
quotient greater than 1.0 imply? c. Goal achievement matrix
a. The activity is equally important in both the town d. Vision-reality gap analysis
and the province.
b. The town is more specialized than the province 37. What is the duration of the LGU’s Executive –
in that type of activity. Legislative Agenda (ELA)?
c. The town is less specialized than the province. a. 1 year
d. The activity is not important in both the town b. 3 years
and the province. c. 6 years
d. 9 years
31. Which type of economic linkage is characterized by
two or more firms that produce complete products 38. This comprises the operational components of a long
that are complementary in use? term plan and may cover a period of 3 to 6 years. It
a. Backward defines a particular clientele and their priority needs
b. Forward and breaks down the strategic decisions in a plan into
c. Vertical different components which are tactical or short
d. Horizontal term in nature.
a. Program
32. The SMART test, which stands for Specific, b. Project
Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Time c. Activity
Bounded, is applied to __________. d. Task
a. Goals
b. Objectives 39. A state of change over a reference point (baseline or
c. Norms time period) arising from the production and
d. Standards utilization of project outputs.
a. Project result
33. According to the universal concept of public interest, b. Project outcome
_____ is a function of proper positional c. Project impact
arrangements and relationships between and among d. Project effect
40. It is an organized way of collecting information at the 46. The primary planning area for the CLUP is defined by
local level. It was designed to address existing data the cities/municipalities’ political boundaries which
gaps for diagnosing the extent of poverty at the local includes all component barangays and city/municipal
level and formulating appropriate responses to waters extending up to how many kilometers from
problems. shoreline for coastal LGUs?
a. Local Governance Performance Monitoring a. 10 kilometers
System (LGPMS) b. 15 kilometers
b. Community-based Monitoring System c. 25 kilometers
(CBMS) d. 30 kilometers
c. Local Level Poverty Monitoring System (LLPMS)
d. KALAHI-CIDSS Project 47. The 2014 HLURB CLUP Manual identifies 12 steps in
the CLUP preparation process. What is the first step?
41. Proportion of the total number of persons, male and a. Identify stakeholders
female in the labor force to the total population 15 b. Organize
years old and over. c. Problem Finding
a. Employment Rate d. Set the vision
b. Labor force rate
c. Unemployment rate 48. Which is not considered one of the five determinants
d. Labor force participation rate of urban land value according to Eugene F. Brigham?
a. Convenience
42. Class of surface water which is intended for primary b. Accessibility
contact recreation such as bathing, swimming, ski c. Topography
diving etc., particularly those designated for tourism d. History
purposes.
a. Class A 49. Intensity of a particular use in which a land unit can
b. Class B be put without causing significant damage to the
c. Class C land resource
d. Class D a. Economic use capacity
b. Land use capacity
43. This is the percentage of urban population to the c. Carrying capacity
total population in the area. d. Economic use capacity
a. Urbanization level
b. Rate of urbanization 50. Types of zoning practice that are derived from the
c. Tempo of urbanization concept of compatibility
d. Urban population density a. Exclusionary zoning
b. Mixed use zoning
44. According to the Philippine National Police, what is c. Both a and b
the ideal police-to-population ratio? d. Neither a nor b
a. 1:1
b. 1:100 51. Process of examining the degree to which a system is
c. 1:500 susceptible to.
d. 1:1000 a. Risk assessment
b. Vulnerability assessment
45. Which of the following is not listed as a principle or c. Adaptive capacity assessment
approach adopted in the CLUP preparation process? d. Environmental assessment
a. Inclusive and expansive governance
b. Integration of barangay development plans 52. Which of the following agencies are both in the RLUC
(bottom-up approach) and PLUC?
c. Top-to-bottom approach a. NEDA
d. Market orientation b. DAR
c. DOTr
d. DA
53. Deviation from allowable use provisions stated in the 60. Adaptablity of a given land for a specific kind of land
Zoning Ordinance are called: use
a. Variance a. Land capability
b. Non-conformance b. Land suitability
c. Exception c. Land capacity
d. Exemption d. Carrying capacity

54. Proportion of families whose annual per capita 61. Characterized by the segregation of land uses into
income falls below the annual per capita food specific geographical zones with provisions on
threshold to the total number of families. limitations of activities within each type of zone.
a. Poverty incidence a. Euclidean zoning
b. Poverty gap b. Performance zoning
c. Subsistence incidence c. Incentive zoning
d. Subsistence gap d. Form-based zoning

55. An index of income distribution that indicates the 62. Who is the chairman of the Local Zoning Board of
level of inequality between incomes Appeals?
a. Poverty index a. SP/SB Committee Chairperson on Land
b. Gini coefficient Use/Zoning
c. Human development index b. City or Municipal Planning and Development
d. Income distribution coefficient Coordinator
56. Expansion of assets and capabilities of poor people c. City or Municipal Legal Officer
to participate in, negotiate with, influence, control d. City or Municipal Mayor
and hold accountable institutions that affect their
lives (World Bank) 63. How many public hearings for the CLUP are
a. Human capital recommended?
b. Social capital a. At least 1 for component cities and municipalities
c. Equality (CCMs), at least 2 for highly urbanized cities
d. Empowerment (HUCs) and independent component cities (ICCs)
b. At least 2 for all CCMs, HUCs and ICCs.
57. Whole complex of socioeconomic and legal c. At least 2 for CCMs, 3 for HUCs and ICCs.
prescriptions that dictate how the land and the d. At least 3 for all CCMs, HUCs and ICCs.
benefits from the land are to be allocated.
a. Land policy 64. In Input-Output Analysis, this shows the flows of
b. Land administration dollars/pesos between industries in the production
c. Land management of output for a sector.
d. Land use planning a. Transactions table
b. Direct requirements table
58. Local government’s authority to enact and apply c. Total requirements table
zoning regulations is derived from the state’s d. Input-output table
exercise of which great power with respect to land?
a. Police power 65. This type of data values represent categories with no
b. Taxation intrinsic order.
c. Eminent domain a. Nominal
d. Escheat b. Ordinal
c. Ratio
59. Which plan defines the priority programs and d. Scale
projects of the LGU that will be financed through its
20% development fund? 66. What is the easement requirement for urban areas
a. CDP
according to the Philippine water code?
b. LDIP
a. 1 meter
c. AIP
d. ELA b. 3 meters
c. 5 meters
d. 7 meters
67. Percentage of required area reserved for open 74. A document that describes the nature, configuration,
spaces in subdivision projects use of raw materials and natural resources,
a. 20% production system, waste or pollution generation
b. 25% and control and the activities of a proposed project.
c. 30% a. Project Description
d. 50% b. Environmental Impact Assessment
c. Environmental Impact Statement
68. Where there are threats of serious or irreversible d. Initial Environmental Examination
damage, lack of full certainty shall not be used as a
reason for postponing cost-effective measures to 75. Which of the following requires an Environmental
prevent environmental degradation. Compliance Certificate (ECC)?
a. Precautionary principle a. Projects enhancing environmental quality or
b. Responsibility for transboundary harm address existing environmental problems
c. Common but differentiated responsibilities b. Projects located in Environmentally Critical
d. Intra-generational equity Areas
c. Both a and b
69. This 1987 protocol sets forth a timetable for the d. Neither a nor b
reduction of controlled substances which deplete the
ozone layer. 76. A tract of land subdivided and developed according
a. Kyoto Protocol to a comprehensive plan under a unified continuous
b. Montreal Protocol management and with provisions for basic
c. Stockholm Protocol infrastructure and utilities for the use of the
d. Geneva Protocol community of industries.
a. Special Economic Zone
70. No state can exercise sovereignty over the area b. Industrial Estate
(seabed etc.) and all rights are vested on humanity. c. Export Processing Zone
a. Duty not to cause harm d. Free Trade Zone
b. Responsibility for transboundary harm
c. Common but differentiated responsibilities 77. A relatively small area focused on protection of small
d. Common heritage of humankind features to protect or preserve nationally significant
natural features on account of their special interest
71. PA 21 defines this as harmonious integration of a or unique characteristic
sound and viable economy, responsible governance, a. National park
social cohesion and ecological integrity, to ensure b. Strict nature reserve
that development is a life sustaining process c. Natural park
a. Social equity d. Natural monument
b. Social justice
c. Sustainability 78. A slope of _____ should not be classified as alienable
d. Sustainable development and disposable land and should be considered as
permanent forests according to PD 705.
72. Exclusive economic zone is defined is the area up to a. 12% and above
____ nautical miles from a state’s shore in which b. 15% and above
states are given the sovereign right to manage all c. 16% and above
natural resources. d. 18% and above
a. 100 nautical miles
b. 150 nautical miles 79. Housing programs and projects covering houses and
c. 200 nautical miles homelots only undertaken by the government or the
d. 250 nautical miles private sector for the underprivileged and homeless
citizens.
73. Which of the following is not considered an a. Balanced housing
environmentally critical project according to b. Socialized housing
Proclamation 2146 of 1981? c. Low cost housing
a. Smelting plant d. Resettlement housing
b. Golf course
c. Fishpond development
d. Reclamation projects
80. Which of the following agencies is not a key housing 87. Who has the power or function to formulate the
agency in the Housing and Urban Development NDRRM Plan under RA 10121?
Coordinating Council? a. NEDA
a. Home Development Mutual Fund b. OCD
b. Home Mortgage Finance Corporation c. DENR
c. Social Housing Finance Corporation d. DSWD
d. Home Guaranty Corporation
88. This is the transfer of powers and authorities to units
81. When is World Environment Day as instituted by the not within the purview of government and involves
United Nations Environment Programme civil society organizations.
celebrated? a. Decentralization
a. March 22 b. Debureaucratization
b. September 16 c. Deconcentration
c. June 5 d. Devolution
d. April 22
89. In the computation of the share of each province, city
82. Which article of the 1987 classifies the lands of public and municipality to the IRA, which criterion has the
domain into agricultural, forest or timber, mineral largest percentage?
lands and national parks ? a. Population
a. Article I. National Territory b. Land area
b. Article II. Declaration of Principles and State c. Equal sharing
Policies d. Income
c. Article XII. National Economy and Patrimony
d. None of the above 90. What is the limit for reclassification of lands for
Bolinao, Pangasinan, a first class municipality?
83. Which of the following laws prohibits “siga”? a. 10% of total agricultural land
a. RA 9003 (Ecological Solid Waste Management b. 15% of total agricultural land
Act) c. 20% of total agricultural land
b. RA 8749 (Philippine Clean Air Act) d. 25% of total agricultural land
c. Both a and b
d. Neither a nor b 91. What is the requisite for the creation of barangays
outside Metro Manila and HUCs according to RA
84. Which of the following agencies has jurisdiction in 7160?
protecting the animal “dugong” according to RA a. Income of 100,000 pesos
9147? b. 10 square meter contiguous land area
a. DENR c. 2,000 inhabitants
b. DA d. None of the above
c. Both a and b
d. Neither a nor b 92. Who is not a member of the Sangguniang Bayan?
a. mayor
85. All areas belonging to IPs comprising lands, inland b. vice mayor
waters, coastal areas, natural resources and worship c. president of the municipal chapter of the liga ng
areas. mga barangay
a. Ancestral Lands d. president of the pambayang pederasyon ng mga
b. Ancestral Properties Sangguniang Kabataan
c. Ancestral Domain
d. Ancestral Resources 93. What is the allotment of LGUS on internal revenue
taxes?
86. The public sector contracts out such that the a. 30%
contractor builds the facility on a turn-key basis and b. 40%
operates the facility on behalf of the implementing c. 50%
agency. d. 60%
a. Build, operate and transfer
b. Build own and operate
c. Build and transfer
d. Build transfer and operate
94. Which of the following officials is optional for
provincial, city and municipal governments as per RA
7160?
a. Secretary to the Sanggunian
b. Planning and Development Coordinator
c. Health Officer
d. Environment and Natural Resources Officer

95. What is RA 8371?

a. Act Regulating the Practice of Environmental
Planning
b. National Integrated Protected Areas System Act
c. Urban Development and Housing Act
d. Indigenous People’s Rights Act

96. How many members should the bids and awards

committee established by the procuring entity have?
a. 3 to 5 members
b. 4 to 6 members
c. 5 to 7 members
d. 6 to 8 members

97. What is the decision rule in using benefit-cost ratio?

a. Accept the project if BCR > 1, otherwise reject
b. Accept the project if BCR < 1, otherwise reject
c. Accept the project if BCR = 1, otherwise reject
d. Accept the project if BCR = 0, otherwise reject

98. Defined as all those costs incurred on the project

prior to the preparation of the feasibility study.
a. Fixed costs
b. Sunk costs
c. Variable costs
d. Capital costs

99. How many are the members of the Professional

Regulatory Board of Environmental Planning
including its Chairperson?
a. 3
b. 5
c. 7
d. 10

100. To pass the environmental licensure exam, each

person must obtain a weighted average of not less
than ____ and a rating of not less than 50% in any
examination subject?
a. 50%
b. 60%
c. 70%
d. 80%