American Planning Association AICP Exam Practice Test Instant Access

Question 1

Scenario

The local YMCA is proposing to build a swimming pool next to their existing facility in your medium-sized town. You are a planner and must review the development proposal. The wife of one of the senior planners is the YMCA director. The husband of the planning director is the Chair of the Board of Directors for the YMCA. Everybody on the YMCA board is a family friend to both the senior planner and the planning director. What might you do?

AYou have a job to do, and you are not tainted with the conflict of interest. It is important to be as open and transparent in review of the proposal as you would be with any other proposal. You are fortunate in that, according to the scenario, you have not been asked to favor the proposal. Proceed with your analysis and make a recommendation on the proposal as usual. You might disclose the potential conflicts that do exist in your report. You might have your work reviewed by an outside consultant rather than by the planning director. You might ask that all those personally involved in the situation recuse themselves from making the final decision about the proposal. Your only conflict might be in displeasing your boss. If you are going to shade the results in order to please your boss, then you have a problem.

BYou have a job to do, and you are not tainted with the conflict of interest. It is important to be as open and transparent in review of the proposal as you would be with any other proposal. You are fortunate in that, according to the scenario, you have not been asked to favor the proposal. Proceed with your analysis and make a recommendation on the proposal as usual. You might disclose the potential conflicts that do exist in your report. You might have your work reviewed by an outside consultant rather than by the planning director.

Answer : A

Question 2

Scenario

You are a planner in a city that has recently opened a new shelter for homeless people. The shelter opens each evening during the winter and provides a place for people to sleep during the night in dormitory-style rooms with cots. Some community members would like the shelter closed because they feel that the large number of people who congregate on the sidewalks near the shelter as they wait for it to open pose a threat to public safety. Your planning director decides to address these concerns by classifying the shelter as a hotel. The planning director knows that the zoning ordinance specifies that a hotel must provide private sleeping quarters, which the shelter does not. By classifying the shelter as a hotel, the planning director is taking steps to close the shelter based on the ground that it is in violation of the zoning ordinance. What might you do first?

AYou might gather additional information about the situation to be sure you fully understand it. You might find out if alternative locations for the shelter are feasible and if the shelter operators are aware of these alternatives. For example, you might locate a space where people may wait indoors until the shelter opens. You also might talk to the planning director about the situation so that you understand the reasoning behind the decision. You base your next move on your findings

BYou might gather additional information about the situation to be sure you fully understand it. You might find out if alternative locations for the shelter are feasible and if the shelter operators are aware of these alternatives. You also might talk to the planning director about the situation so that you understand the reasoning behind the decision.

Answer : A

Question 3

Which Act created the HOME program?

AStewart McKinney Act (1987)

BLow Income Housing Tax Credit (1986)

CFair Housing Amendments (1988)

DCranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (1990)

Answer : D

Question 4

Which Housing Act allowed for funds to be used for comprehensive planning for metro, state and regional levels?

AHousing Act of 1954

BHousing Act of 1959

CHousing Act of 1964

DHousing Act of 1965

Answer : B

Question 5

Which Housing Act allowed for Section 701 funds (funds to be used for comprehensive planning for communities less than 25,000)?

AHousing Act of 1954

BHousing Act of 1959

CHousing Act of 1964

DHousing Act of 1965

Answer : A

Question 6

What percentage of urban residing American's live in poverty, according to the 2000 Census?

A10%

B15.9%

C20%

D24%

Answer : B

Question 7

Who wrote ''Edgeless City in 2002?

ARobert Lang

BJoel Garreau

CAllan Jacobs

DAndres Duany

Answer : A

B . wrote Edge Cities in 1991

C . wrote Making City Planning Work in 1985

D . advocate for new urbanism or neotraditional design

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