What is urban planning?
A) The design and regulation of the uses of space
B) The management of public transportation systems
C) The development of rural areas
D) The regulation of the entertainment industry in urban areas
Answer: A
Which of the following is not a role in urban planning?
A) The decision-makers
B) The technicians
C) The environmentalists
D) The public Answer: C
What does the term "spatial" mean?
A) Relating to space
B) Relating to time
C) Relating to culture
D) Relating to politics Answer: A
What is urbanization?
A) The movement of population from urban to rural
areas
B) The movement of population from one country to
another
C) The movement of population from rural to urban
areas
D) The movement of goods and services from one place to
another
Answer: C
What is a theory?
A) An organized system of accepted knowledge
B) An opinion without any basis
C) A random idea
D) A prediction with certainty Answer: A
What percentage of the world's population was urbanized in 1950?
A) 10%
B) 30%
C) 50%
D) 70%
Answer: B
Who is considered the father of urban planning?
A) Hippodamus of Miletus
B) Sir Ebenezer Howard
C) Le Corbusier
D) Patrick Geddes Answer: A
What was the first recorded description of urban planning?
A) The Epic of Gilgamesh
B) The works of Aristotle
C) The Bible
D) The Quran
Answer: A
Which city plan is based on angles and measurements?
A) The grid model/Hippodamian plan
B) The garden city plan
C) The radiant city plan
D) The concentric zone theory Answer: A
What was the Parks Movement motivated by?
A) Concerns about air pollution
B) Concerns about water pollution
C) Concerns about sewage handling
D) Concerns about public health Answer: D
Who wrote the book "Hygeia, City of Health"?
A) Sir Ebenezer Howard
B) Le Corbusier
C) Benjamin Ward Richardson
D) Patrick Geddes Answer: C
Which planning model was the most potent in Western urban planning?
A) Linear city
B) Garden city
C) Radiant city
D) Concentric zone theory Answer: B
What was Sir Ebenezer Howard's vision for a Garden City?
A) An ideal, self-contained community of pre-determined area and
population surrounded by a greenbelt.
B) A high-density city with skyscrapers.
C) A multi-level traffic system to manage the intensity of traffic.
D) A city where all services were channeled along the street.
Answer: A
Who introduced the notion of a region in urban planning?
A) Hippodamus of Miletus
B) Sir Ebenezer Howard
C) Le Corbusier
D) Patrick Geddes Answer: D
What is conurbation?
A) An aggregation of continuous network of urban communities
B) A type of housing design
C) A transportation system
D) A planning technique Answer: A
Who is considered the founding father of the modernist movement?
A) Sir Ebenezer Howard
B) Le Corbusier
C) Patrick Geddes
D) Benjamin Ward Richardson Answer: B
What is the density of skyscrapers proposed in Le Corbusier's Radiant City?
A) 500 people per acre
B) 1,200 people per acre
C) 2,000 people per acre
D) 3,000 people per acre Answer: B
What is the Linear City?
A) A town for 30,000 people based upon the principal transport route
which is 100 meters wide of infinite length depending upon urban growth.
B) A city designed for high-density living in skyscrapers.
C) A self-contained community surrounded by a greenbelt.
D) A city plan based on concentric zones.
Answer: A
Who proposed the idea of the Linear City?
A) Don Asturo Soria Y Mata
B) Sir Ebenezer Howard
C) Le Corbusier
D) Patrick Geddes Answer: A
Which planning theory was proposed by Walter Christaller?
A) The Garden City
B) The Radiant City
C) The Central Place Theory
D) The Concentric Zone Theory Answer: C
Who proposed the Neighborhood Unit Theory?
A) Le Corbusier
B) Patrick Geddes
C) Clarence Perry
D) Frank Lloyd Wright Answer: C
What is the Region City Theory?
A) It introduced the notion of a region and the concept of conurbation.
B) It proposed the creation of garden cities to solve urban and rural
problems.
C) It proposed the creation of a linear city based on the principal
transport route.
D) It proposed a city plan based on concentric zones.
Answer: A
What was the goal of the Broadacre City plan proposed by Frank Lloyd
Wright?
A) To create a high-density city in skyscrapers
B) To create a self-contained community surrounded by a greenbelt
C) To create a city based on concentric zones
D) To create a decentralized, low-density community where each family
would have an acre of land
Answer: D
Which planning theory proposed the concept of multiple nuclei in a city?
A) The Garden City
B) The Linear City
C) The Central Place Theory
D) The Multiple Nuclei Theory Answer: D
Who proposed the Concentric Zone Theory?
A) Le Corbusier
B) Patrick Geddes
C) Ernest Burgess
D) Frank Lloyd Wright Answer: C
What is the Concentric Zone Theory also known as?
a) The Central Place Theory
b) The Garden City Theory
c) The Multiple Nuclei Theory
d) The Bull's Eye Model Answer: d) The Bull's Eye Model
Who created the Concentric Zone Theory?
a) Walter Christaller
b) Clarence Perry
c) Ernest Burgess
d) Chauncy Harris Answer: c) Ernest Burgess
What is located in the Central Business District (CBD)?
a) Industry and poor-quality housing
b) Modest older houses occupied by stable, working-class families
c) Non-residential areas and businesses
d) Spacious and newer houses
Answer: c) Non-residential areas and businesses
Which zone of the city contains industry and has poorer-quality housing
available?
a) Zone of Transition
b) Zone of the Working Class
c) Zone of Better Residence
d) Commuter's Zone/Suburbs Answer: a) Zone of Transition
In the Neighbourhood Design Principles, what is the size of the
neighborhood unit related to?
a) The catchment area of a primary school
b) The availability of public transport
c) The number of local shops
d) The number of parks in the area
Answer: a) The catchment area of a primary school
What is the Broadacre City Theory?
a) A high-density, pedestrian-oriented city
b) A low-density, car-oriented city
c) A city with a strong focus on public transport
d) A city built around a central park Answer: b) A low-density, car-
oriented city
Who designed the 1000-hectare Broadacre City?
a) Walter Christaller
b) Ernest Burgess
c) Clarence Perry
d) Frank Lloyd Wright Answer: d) Frank Lloyd Wright
Who developed the Sector Theory?
a) Chauncy Harris and Edward Ullman
b) Walter Christaller
c) Clarence Perry
d) Ernest Burgess Answer: c) Homer Hoyt
Which theory is based on the idea that people have greater movement due to
increased car ownership?
a) The Central Place Theory
b) The Multiple Nuclei Theory
c) The Neighbourhood Unit Theory
d) The Concentric Zone Theory Answer: b) The Multiple Nuclei Theory
What is the Multiple Nuclei Model?
a) A model of the internal structure of cities based on the distribution
patterns, size, and number of cities and towns
b) A model of the distribution of social groups in a city
c) A model of the social and economic relationships in a city
d) A model of the geographical principles of a city
Answer: a) A model of the internal structure of cities based on the
distribution patterns, size, and number of cities and towns
What is the main focus of the Concentric Zone Theory?
A) To explain the reasons behind the distribution patterns, size, and
number of cities and towns
B) To conceptualize the neighbourhood unit
C) To portray how cities social groups are spatially arranged in a series
of rings
D) To explain the importance of transportation corridors
Answer: C) To portray how cities social groups are spatially arranged in a
series of rings
Who developed the Neighbourhood Unit Theory?
A) Walter Christaller
B) Ernest Burgess
C) Clarence Perry
D) Homer Hoyt
Answer: C) Clarence Perry
What is the main objective of the Neighbourhood Design Principles?
A) To promote urban decentralization
B) To explain the internal structure of cities
C) To maintain, enhance, and improve areas for inhabitants
D) To create multi nucleated cities
Answer: C) To maintain, enhance, and improve areas for inhabitants
Who designed the Broadacre City?
A) Homer Hoyt
B) Edward Ullman
C) Chauncy Harris
D) Frank Lloyd Wright Answer: D) Frank Lloyd Wright
What is the Sector Theory?
A) A model of the internal structure of cities
B) An ecological model of city growth
C) A theory explaining urban social structures
D) A low-density, car-oriented city model
Answer: A) A model of the internal structure of cities
Who developed the Multiple Nuclei Theory?
A) Walter Christaller
B) Homer Hoyt
C) Chauncy Harris and Edward Ullman
D) Clarence Perry
Answer: C) Chauncy Harris and Edward Ullman
What is the main assumption of the Multiple Nuclei Theory?
A) People will always purchase goods from the closest place
B) Cities social groups are spatially arranged in a series of rings
C) Cities grow from several independent points rather than from one central
business district
D) Humans will socialize with one another within the neighbourhood unit
Answer: C) Cities grow from several independent points rather than from one
central business district
What is the main criticism of the Multiple Nuclei Theory?
A) No consideration of influence of physical relief and government policy
B) Not applicable to oriental cities with different cultural, economic,
and political backgrounds
C) Each zone displays a significant degree of internal heterogeneity, and
not homogeneity
D) Theory is based on 20th century and does not take into account cars
which make commerce easier
Answer: B) Not applicable to oriental cities with different cultural,
economic, and political backgrounds.
Mary is a city planner who is developing a new neighborhood. She wants to
ensure that the neighborhood provides a safe and healthy environment for
the residents. Which of the following neighborhood design principles should
she consider?
a) No through traffic
b) Segregation of residential areas from main roads
c) Ample parks and play areas
d) All of the above
Answer: d) All of the above. Mary should consider all of these neighborhood
design principles to ensure that the neighborhood provides a safe and healthy
environment for the residents.
John is a real estate developer who is planning to build a new housing
community. He wants to attract families in the middle-class to live in the
community. Which of the following zones should he focus on according to the
Concentric Zone Theory?
a) Zone of Transition
b) Central Business District
c) Zone of better residence
d) Commuter's Zone/Suburbs
Answer: c) Zone of better residence. According to the Concentric Zone
Theory, the Zone of better residence contains newer and more spacious
houses, and mostly families in the middle-class live in this zone.
Therefore, John should focus on this zone to attract families in the
middle-class to live in the community.
