APA American Institute of Certified Planners - AICP Exam Practice Test

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A developer applies to a municipality for a change of zoning designation to build a large office complex. The zoning board schedules a public hearing to hear the case. When the board listens to this application, it should be concerned primarily with:

"The concept of the public welfare is sufficiently broad to uphold ... desire to preserve its small town character, its open spaces and low density of population, and to grow at an orderly and deliberate pace." The quotation above is taken from which of the following United States Supreme Court landmark cases?

The city manager has directed that the city will initiate a Capital Improvement Program (CIP) and that the planning department will coordinate and prepare the CIP. A CIP committee is formed and includes the city manager, the city treasurer, a city engineer, and the planning director. The planning director has been assigned the responsibility for preparing the CIP. The next step in this process is to:

To determine infrastructure needs and to plan for financing, most communities use:

One of Frederick Law Olmsted's contributions to city design in the late nineteenth century was the:

Under the "New Deal," the Federal Housing Administration facilitated segregation efforts by refusing to insure mortgages in African-American neighborhoods while simultaneously subsidizing builders who were mass-producing subdivisions for whites. What is this policy known as?

After issuance of a complaint under the AICP Code of Ethics, a settlement can be negotiated solely between the:

The key distinction between estimates and forecasts is that estimates:

The following building heights (in feet) are given: 50, 60, 55, 40, 45, 55, 55, 45, 50, 40, 45, 45, 50, 50, 55, 55,
55, 60. What is the median value of the building heights, in feet, above?