Free American Institute of Certified Planners AICP Exam Practice Test

Which of the following is not part of the AICP Code of Ethics?

• Assist in the clarification of community goals, objectives and policies in plan-making.
  
• A planner must have special concern for the long range consequences of present actions.
  
• A planner must strive to expand choice and opportunity for all persons, recognizing a special responsibility to plan for the needs of disadvantaged groups and person, and must urge the alteration of policies, institutions and decisions which oppose such needs.
  
• A planner must strive to give citizens the opportunity to have a meaningful impact on the development of plans and programs. Participation should be broad enough to include people who lack formal organization or influence.
  

The Burnham Plan for Chicago was released in what year?

• 1900
  
• 1908
  
• 1909
  
• 1912
  

What is the purpose of the 100th meridian?

• A longitudinal line
  
• A latitudinal line
  
• The equator
  
• Separates east and west by rainfall
  

What is the largest tribal land holding in acres? (note for all others that are not the answer they are the answer to other questions that you should know).

• 40 Million
  
• 52 Million
  
• 191 Million
  
• 16 Million
  

Which is Burgess associated with?

• Sector
  
• Concentric ring
  
• Multi-nuclei
  
• Central place
  

A MSA includes:

• At least 2,500 but less than 50,000 and a population density of 1,000 persons per square mile
  
• Urban nucleus of 50,000 or more with a core density of 1,000 persons per square mile
  
• Population of 2,000 to 8,000 people
  
• At least one city with 50,000 or more and a total metropolitan population of 100,000
  

ScenarioYou 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. Suppose you have reviewed the situation carefully and believe that the director made an unethical decision. What might you do?

• See the solution below
  If the director is a member of the AICP, then you might discuss the situation with the AICP Ethics Officer (Procedures 2 and 3) You may decide to file a charge of unethical conduct with the AICP ethics Officer (Procedure 5).
  
• See the solution below
  If the director is a member of the AICP, then you might discuss the situation with the AICP Ethics Officer (Procedures 2 and 3) You may decide to file a charge of unethical conduct with the AICP ethics Officer (Procedure 5). Beware that this course of action will probably result in a tense work environment and should only be followed after careful consideration.
  

Who was the father of regional planning?

• Edward Bassett
  
• Daniel Burnham
  
• Ian McHarg
  
• Patrick Geddes
  

Who designed Riverside, Illinois, the first model for all future American suburban land planning?

• Jacob Riis
  
• John Wesley Powell
  
• Ebenezer Howard
  
• Frederick Law Olmstead Sr.
  

Where was the first urban growth boundary established in the US?

• Portland, Oregon
  
• Lancaster, Pennsylvania
  
• Los Angeles, California
  
• Lexington, Kentucky