Planning 3 Reviewer Compilation (GRP7)

PLANNING 03 – QUESTIONNAIRE
1. He was known as the “father of Greek urban planning” and the first author who wrote upon
the theory of government, without any knowledge of practical affairs. His plans of Greek
cities were characterized by order and regularity in contrast to the intricacy and confusion
common to cities of that period, even Athens.
a. Pythagoras c. Mnesikles
b. Hippodamus d. Ictinus
2. The ideal of a planned residential community, as devised by the English town planner
Ebenezer Howard. His plan for this was a response to the need for improvement in the
quality of urban life, which had become marred by overcrowding and congestion due to
uncontrolled growth since the Industrial Revolution.
a. Robert Owen c. Ebenezer Howard
b. Titus Salt d. William Lever
3. His most outstanding contribution on urban planning as a thinker and writer was an urban
planner on the grand scale. The most notable are his Unite’ d’ Habitation (1946-52) at
Marseilles in France, and his grand project for the capital city of Punjab at Chandigarh
(1950-7).
a. Le Corbusier c. Renzo Piano
b. Ieoh Ming Pei d. Norman Foster
4. It is a type of planning typology in which the planner prescribes both the goals of the plan
and the means of attaining them. It assumes planner is bias-free.
a. Democratic c. Equity/ Advocacy
b. Traditional d. Incremental/ Non-planning
5. It is a type of planning typology which advocates a switch in planning from a “top-down” to
a participatory process and usually sides with the underdog.
6. It is a type of planning typology which emphasizes substance of programs; participatory
process and the planner promotes a wider range of choices for those residents of have few
i.e., interests of the poor/ ethnic minorities.
7. It is a type of planning typology which works through the mechanism of “partisan mutual
adjustment” and successive approximations or “increments” rather than long-range
objectives.
8. It is a type of political theory which obtains power and benefit for the poor within an
existing democratic capitalist society. Belief in equality with the democrat’s faith in
government by the people.
a. Democratic theory and c. Socialist theory and equity
democratic planning planning
b. Technocratic theory and d. Liberal theory and
traditional planning Incrementalism
9. It is a type of political theory which represents faith in progress through science and
rationality (technology and the power of the plan) and social change must be initiated by
the upper class.
10. It is a type of political theory which maximizes individual freedom, the obligation of the
government is to guarantee the rule of law and must not address social inequity.
11. It is a type of political theory which believes in the equality of all and the sovereignty of the
majority.
12. This can be used for scientific investigations, resource management, asset management,
development planning, cartography, and route planning.
a. 3-D Virtual Reality c. SWOT Analysis
b. Geographic Information System d. Goals Achievement Matrix
(GIS)
13. It is a type of instrumental model which is a prediction of future scenarios and alternative
strategies/ advisory in nature, i.e., traditional local master planning.
a. Indicative Planning c. Innovative Planning
b. Imperative Planning d. Comprehensive Planning
14. Which is a part of the Economic Sector?
a. Health c. Transportation
b. Housing d. Forestry
15. Which is a part of the Social Sector?
a. Health c. Agriculture
b. Power d. Tourism
16. Which is a part of the Infrastructure and Utilities Sector?
a. Environmental management c. Industry
b. Communication d. Education
17. Which is a part of the Physical Sector?
a. Drainage and Sewerage c. Land Use planning
b. Commerce and Trade d. Protective services
18. Which is not a part of the Social Sector?
a. Social Welfare Services c. Protective Services
b. Sports and Recreation d. Commerce and Trade
19. Which is not a part of the Economic Sector?
a. Tourism c. Industry
b. Water d. Forestry
20. Which is not a part of the Infrastructure and Utilities Sector?
a. Communication c. Protective Services
b. Drainage and Sewerage d. Solid Waste Management
21. It is a technical and political process that focuses on the planning and design of land use
and the built environment, including air, water, and infrastructure that flows into and out of
cities, such as transportation, communications, and distribution networks, as well as their
accessibility.
a. Regional Planning c. Urban Planning
b. City Planning d. Rural Planning
22. An independent cabinet-level agency of the Philippine government responsible for
economic development and planning.
a. NEDA c. PSA
b. AYDA d. PIDS
23. First launched in 2008, it is part of Nippon Paint’s vision to nurture the next generation of
Architectural and Interior Design talents.
a. NEDA c. Pritzker Award
b. AYDA d. RIBA International Awards
24. Is a design exercise that uses the land use plan as a framework to propose the optimal
physical infrastructure for a settlement or area, including infrastructure for public services,
transport, economic activities, recreation, and environmental protection.
a. Physical Planning c. Allocative Planning
b. Economic Planning d. Innovative Planning
25. One of the most important books in the history of urban planning? A book by the British
urban planner Ebener Howard.
a. The BLDG-BLOG book d. The Garden City of
b. Triumph of the City Tomorrow
c. Walkable City
26. The city planner who prepared the Greater London Plan in 1944.
a. Christopher Alexander c. Ebenezer Howard
b. Patrick Abercrombie d. William Lever
27. "Broadacre City” each home would be surrounded by an acre of land enough to grow
crops, homes would be connected by superhighways giving easy and fast travel by car to
any direction.
a. Frank Lloyd Wright c. Frank Gehry
b. Ebenezer Howard d. Patrick Abercrombie
28. It is a town in Hertfordshire, England, noted for being the first garden city?
a. Letchworth Garden City c. Welwyn Gaden City
b. Hemel Hempstead d. Stevenage
29. He conceptualizes of the neighborhood unit evolved out of an earlier idea of his, to
provide a planning formula for the arrangement and distribution of playgrounds in the
New York region.
a. George Cadbury c. Clarence Perry
b. William Lever d. Titus Salt
30. He is an American literary critic, historian, sociologist, and philosopher of technology. He
was a prolific writer who was most known for his studies of cities and urban design.
a. George Cadbury c. Robert Owen
b. Lewis Mumford d. Titus Salt
31. He was a Scottish biologist, sociologist, Comtean positivist, geographer, philanthropist and
pioneering town planner. He is known for his innovative thinking in the fields of urban
planning and sociology.
a. Patrick Geddes c. Clarence Perry
b. Lewis Mumford d. Christopher Alexander
32. planning begins with some dissatisfaction with the status quo; if there were problems,
there would be no need for action.
a. Goal Articulation c. Alternative Development
b. Prediction and Projection d. Problem Identification
33. forecasting the outcome based on the desired goal/objectives.
34. one of the most difficult in planning is the translation of vague, incoherent and general
goals into operational objectives.
35. Was a noted architect and city planner. He was most active in his hometown of Lyon.
produced a design for an industrial city (Cite Industrielle). He is considered the forerunner
of 20th century French architects.
a. Arturo Soria b. Le Corbusier
c. Tony Garnier d. Ernst May
36. City planner and architect developed a series of satellite towns (Trabantenstadte) on open
land outside the built-up limits and separated from the city proper by a green belt.
a. Arturo Soria c. Tony Garnier
b. Le Corbusier d. Ernst May
37. Developed by Le Corbusier during the 1920s and 1930s, idea of a city with very high local
concentrations of populations in tall buildings, which would allow most ground spaces to
be left open.
a. The Radiant City c. Letchworth Garden City
b. United Habitation d. Welwyn Garden City
38. Various evaluation methods are used but the most common criteria used is efficiency, i.e.,
cost-benefit analysis, cost efficiency analysis, etc., to aid in the decision-making process.
a. Implementation c. Alternative Development
b. Evaluation d. Prediction and Projection
39. A strong political commitment is necessary, but not always sufficient, condition for the
successful implementation of projects.
a. Implementation c. Alternative Development
b. Evaluation d. Prediction and Projection
40. The art and science of ordering the land uses and siting the buildings and communication
routes to secure the maximum level of economy, convenience, and beauty.
a. Town Planning c. Urban Planning
b. City Planning d. Rural Planning
41. This shall mean the rational use of land for development purposes.
a. Physical Planning c. Environmental Planning
b. Social planning d. Economic Planning
42. It refers to those activities concerned with uplifting the quality of life and income levels of
the population through assessment of advantages from economic activities in either
agriculture, industry, tourism, services, etc.
43. It refers to activities concerned with the management and development of land, as well as
the preservation, conservation, and rehabilitation of the human environment.
44. Whatever the purpose may be, the ____________________ generally includes a set of
activities that remain invariant across different planning philosophies.
a. Design c. Process
b. Layout d. Planning Process
45. It is a branch of land use planning and deals with the efficient placement of land use
activities, infrastructure, and settlement growth across a significantly larger area of land
than an individual city or town.
a. Town Planning c. City Planning
b. Regional Planning d. National Planning
46. It refers to the methods used by the public sector to influence the distribution of people
and activities in spaces of various scales.
a. Spatial Planning c. Economic Planning
b. Town Planning d. Environmental Planning
47. It is a technical term from Ancient Greek. It is derived from "theoria", meaning "a looking at,
viewing, beholding", and refers to contemplation or speculation, as opposed to action.
a. Hypothesis c. Theory
b. Thesis d. Theology
48. In philosophy in general, rationalism is the foundation and embodiment of the scientific
method. It serves the same role in planning theory.\
a. Incrementalism c. Impressionism
b. Advocacism d. Synoptic Rationalism
49. It accurately describes what occurs in most planning offices on a daily basis.
50. This theory abandons the objective, non-political view of planning contained in rationalism.
51. Espouses planning as a decentralized function based on face-to-face contacts,
interpersonal dialogues, and mutual learning.
a. Physical Planning c. Transactive Planning
b. social planning d. Economic Planning
52. This theory takes transactivism to its logical extreme. It hates hierarchical bureaucracies,
centralized planning, and domineering professional planners.
a. Radicalism c. Impressionism
53. This theory believes that planning is most effective when it proposes sweeping changes
that capture the public imagination.
a. Radicalism c. Utopianism
54. This theory addresses situations in which the planning techniques that should be used are
known, but the ends that should be achieved by these techniques are not. Such a situation
would be making a population projection just to have it handy when it is needed.
a. Radicalism c. Utopianism
b. Methodism d. Synoptic Rationalism
55. It is a term used in the United States by land use planners to describe a process that
determines community goals and aspirations in terms of community development.
b. Town Planning d. Comprehensive Planning
56. It is the systematic assessment of land and water potential, alternatives for land use, and
economic and social conditions in order to select and adopt the best land-use options.
b. Land Use Planning d. Comprehensive Planning
57. It is a legal regulatory tool to implement the land use plan.
a. Zoning c. Mapping
b. Land Use d. Region
58. A reduced and simplified model of reality containing geographic information. It is a
graphic depiction of all or part of a geographic realm where the real-world features have
been replaced with symbols in their correct spatial location at a reduced scale.
a. Zoning c. Mapping
b. Land Use d. Region
59. It shows simple properties of map data. Example: world map, road map, sketch map.
a. Thematic maps c. World map
b. Reference map d. Base map
60. It depicts one single feature of the earth's surface representing one or two themes.
a. Thematic maps c. World map
b. Reference map d. Base map
61. He gave planning a logical structure where human geography was to provide the basis of
planning.
a. Patrick Abercrombie c. Clarence Perry
b. Robert Owen d. Patrick Geddes
62. _____ type of planning where the planner promotes wider range of choices for the
residents who have few.
a. Equity/Advocacy c. Democratic
b. Traditional d. None of those
mentioned
63. What Planning Model does Social Planning belong?

a. Contextual Models c. Substantive Models
b. Instrumental Models d. None of those
mentioned
64. What Planning Model does Development Planning/Innovative Planning belong?

mentioned
65. What Planning Model does Comprehensive Planning belong?

mentioned
66. One of the proponents of the ‘City Beautiful Movement, his “White City” of the Columbiam
Exposition in 1893, showed classical buildings, expansive esplanades, promenades, great
avenues, and open spaces.
a. Frank Lloyd Wright c. Daniel Burnham
b. Pierre L’Enfant d. Le Corbusier
67. Roman military cities followed a master plan where the square pattern is dominated by
religious buildings.
a. True
b. False
68. Planning is defined as the deliberate social or organizational activity of developing an

optimal strategy of the future action to achieve a desired set of goals, for solving novel
problems in complex contexts, and attended by the power and intention to commit
resources and to act as necessary to implement the chosen tragedy.
a. True
b. False
69. Identify which sector Tourism belong to.

a. Social Sector c. Physical Sector
b. Infrastructure and Utilities Sector d. Economic Sector
70. Identify the political theory: Social change must be initiated by the upper class, Identify the
political theory.
a. Socialist Theory and Equity Planning c. Technocratic Theory and Traditional
Planning
b. Liberal Theory and Incrementalism d. Democratic Theory and
Democratic Planning
71. Identify the political theory. Maximize individual freedom.

a. Socialist Theory and Equity Planning c. Technocratic Theory and
Traditional Planning
b. Liberal Theory and Incrementalism d. Democratic Theory and
Democratic Planning
72. ____ coined the term Ekistics in 1968.

a. Constantinos Doxiadis c. Patrick Geddes
b. Ebenezer Howard d. Hippodamus
73. Ancient Babylonia was the oldest recorded city that had houses, granary, baths assembly
halls and towers.
a. True
b. False
74. Which Planning Tool is represented by Design Charette?

a. Participation Technique c. Evaluation Tools
b. Implementation Tools d. None of the mentioned
75. Doxiadis is known as the Father of Town Planning and introduced the gridiron pattern of
streets.
a. True
b. False
76. He designed the ‘Neighborhood Unit’ in 1920

a. Patrick Abercrombie c. Clarence Perry
b. Robert Owen d. Patrick Geddes
77. His ‘Broadacre City’ showed superhighways for automobiles for interconnectivity.
a. Frank Lloyd Wright c. Daniel Burnham
b. Pierre L’Enfant d. Le Corbusier
78. Planner’s role that enforces the rules/framework.

a. Mobilizer c. Entrepreneur
b. Mediator/Umpire d. Economic Planner
79. Planner’s role that gives allocation of scares resources (urban land, services, and goods)
80. Planner’s role that gathers resources/ funds, get approvals and political support to
implement plans.
81. Under human settlements, what inhabitants of human settlements do not have the means
to satisfy their needs; are homeless citizens or live in houses of very low quality?
a. Economical realities c. Political realities

b. Social realities d. Technical realities
82. Under human settlements, appears lost in the big cities; the man appears abandoned by
progress in many small towns and villages.
83. Under human settlements, new types of people: marginalized people displaced people
poor refugees, etc.
84. Under human settlement, this is most settlements do not have the facilities indispensable to
their proper functioning in spite of the technological achievements of our era new types of
people: marginalized people displaced people poor refugees, etc.
85. Under human settlement, that needs only to look around at the ugliness of human
settlements of the present to be convinced.
a. Aesthetic realities c. Political realities
86. What planning typology prescribes both the goals of the plan and the means of attaining
them?
a. Traditional c. Democratic
b. Equity/Advocacy d. Incremental
87. What planning typology advocates a switch in planning from a “top-down” to a

participatory process?
88. What planning typology promotes a wider range of choices for those residents who have
few, i.e., interests of the poor /ethnic minorities?
89. What planning typology works through the mechanism of “partisan mutual adjustment”?
90. What political theory, is in progress through science and rationality (technology & the
power of the plan)?
a. Technocratic Theory and Planning c. Social Theory
b. Democratic Theory and Planning d. Liberal Theory
91. What political theory, maximizes individual freedom; human beings as rational actors who
are the best judges of their own private interests?
92. What political theory, that belief in equality of all; sovereignty of the majority?
93. What political theory, that obtain power & benefit for the poor within an existing
democratic capitalist society?
94. This is a type of historical settlement in 2150-1750 B.C. that had houses, a granary, baths,
assembly halls, and towers.
a. Mohenjo-Daro c. Roman Camp
b. Ancient Babylonia d. Greek Cities
95. Who was the most outstanding contribution as a thinker and writer was an urban planner
on a grand scale, the most notable is his Unite’ d’ Habitation (1946-52) at Marseilles in France,
and his grand project for the capital city of Punjab at Chandigarh (1950-7)?
a. Tony Garnier c. Le Corbusier
b. Daniel Burnham d. Patrick Geddes
96. Who was a Scottish biologist, sociologist, Comtean positivist, geographer, philanthropist,
and pioneering town, planner. He is known for his innovative thinking in the fields of urban
planning and sociology.
97. Who was an American architect and urban designer. A proponent of the Beaux-Arts
movement, he may have been, "the most successful power broker the American architectural
profession has ever produced."?
98. This type of urban planning focuses on setting high-level goals and determining desired
areas of growth for a city or metropolitan area.
a. Land-use Planning c. Environmental Planning
b. Strategic Urban Planning d. Master Planning
99. This type of urban planning largely concerns legislation and policy, adopting planning
instruments like governmental statutes, regulations, rules, codes, and policies to influence land
use.
100. This type of urban planning typically used for greenfield development projects or building
on undeveloped land—instead of modifying pre-existing structures or spaces, you’re starting
from scratch.

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PLANNING 03 – QUESTIONNAIRE

63. What Planning Model does Social Planning belong?

64. What Planning Model does Development Planning/Innovative Planning belong?

65. What Planning Model does Comprehensive Planning belong?

68. Planning is defined as the deliberate social or organizational activity of developing an

69. Identify which sector Tourism belong to.

71. Identify the political theory. Maximize individual freedom.

72. ____ coined the term Ekistics in 1968.

74. Which Planning Tool is represented by Design Charette?

76. He designed the ‘Neighborhood Unit’ in 1920

78. Planner’s role that enforces the rules/framework.

a. Economical realities c. Political realities

a. Economical realities c. Political realities

b. Social realities d. Technical realities

a. Economical realities c. Political realities

b. Social realities d. Technical realities

a. Economical realities c. Political realities

b. Social realities d. Technical realities

a. Aesthetic realities c. Political realities

b. Social realities d. Technical realities

87. What planning typology advocates a switch in planning from a “top-down” to a

a. Technocratic Theory and Planning c. Social Theory

b. Democratic Theory and Planning d. Liberal Theory

a. Technocratic Theory and Planning c. Social Theory

b. Democratic Theory and Planning d. Liberal Theory

a. Technocratic Theory and Planning c. Social Theory

b. Democratic Theory and Planning d. Liberal Theory

a. Technocratic Theory and Planning c. Social Theory

b. Democratic Theory and Planning d. Liberal Theory

a. Mohenjo-Daro c. Roman Camp

b. Ancient Babylonia d. Greek Cities

a. Tony Garnier c. Le Corbusier

b. Daniel Burnham d. Patrick Geddes

a. Tony Garnier c. Le Corbusier

b. Daniel Burnham d. Patrick Geddes

b. Daniel Burnham d. Patrick Geddes

a. Land-use Planning c. Environmental Planning

b. Strategic Urban Planning d. Master Planning

a. Land-use Planning c. Environmental Planning

b. Strategic Urban Planning d. Master Planning

a. Land-use Planning c. Environmental Planning

b. Strategic Urban Planning d. Master Planning

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