PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND ZONING
1. Who utilizes the country’s land and water resources?
a Farmer
b. Worker
c. Food security
2. What is the meaning of HLURB?
a. Housing and Land Use Regulation Board
b. Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board
c. Housing and Land User Regulatory Board
3. What is the meaning of RLUC?
a. Regional Land User Committee
b Regional Land Use Council
c. Regional Land Use Committee
4. Who will appraise the comprehensive land use plans of cities, provinces, etc.?
a. Regional land use committee
b. HLURB
c. Appraiser
5. A private commodity which can be owned, used, bought or sold?
a. Property
b. Real estate
c. Land
6. Refers to the rational and judicious approach of allocating available land resources to different
land using activities.
a. Land Planning
b. Land using plan
c. Land Use Planning
7. Key to orderly and rational land development in any local government unit.
a. Analyzing
b. Planning
c. Implementing
8. How many percent of the total land can be reclassified in the urbanized independent cities?
a. 20%
b. 30%
c. 15%
9. The acronym ADSDP means Ancestral Domain Sustainable Development Plan.
a. True
b. False
c. Maybe
10. It is mandated to promulgate zoning and other land use control standards and guidelines.
a. NHA
b. HMDF
c. Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board
11. Refers to a document embodying specific proposal for guiding, regulating growth and
development of a city or municipality
a. Land plan
b. Comprehensive Land Use Plan
c. Growth plan
12. All local plans shall be reliable with the existing national agency plans.
a. True
b. False
c. Maybe
13. Who shall regulate the right to use property among other rights?
a. Government
b. Philippines
c. State
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14. Refers to an accumulation of sand ridges of the beach formed by natural processes and usually
parallel to the shoreline
a. Shoreline
b. Dunes
c. Dike
15. Central concern of sustainable development.
a. Sustainability
b. Poverty
c. Efficiency
16. Refers to the allocation of resources on the bases of efficiency and equity to achieve balance
development.
a. Efficiency
b. Social Equity
c. Balance
17. These may be mud flats /sand flats
a. Tidal flats
b. Shoreline
c. Mud sand
18. Refers to the precondition of informal choices.
a. Motivation
b. Empowerment
c. Reason
19. It refers to the necessary precondition of empowerment.
a. Efficient service
b. Good Service
c. Effective service
20. Refers to establishing pragmatic appropriate flexible and dynamic structures that involves
participation of stakeholders.
a. People Empowerment
b. Stakeholders empowerment
c. Community empowerment
21. The path towards enhancing the integrity of the country’s ecological domain.
a. Domain integrity
b. Ecological Integrity
c. Country integrity
22. What is the meaning of PHIVOLCS?
a. Philippine Institute of Volcanist and Seismologist
b. Philippine Incorporated of Volcanology and Seismology
c. Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology
23. It ensures the proper selection of site to minimize the damage both to the environment and
human health
a. Stability and ecological integrity
b. Environmental stability and integrity
c. Environmental stability and Ecological integrity
24. Refers to the linking of the consumption and production areas through appropriate
infrastructure system.
a. Spatial Integration
b. Infrastructure integration
c. Production integration
25. Providing equal opportunities to all Filipino in the use and acquisition of land and other
resources.
a. Equitable land use
b. Equitable access to physical and natural resources
c. Equitable acquisition of land
26. It focused on the economic production from extractive to modern service sector.
a. Production land use
b. Extractive land use
c. Modern land use
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27. Refers to the improvement or restoration of identified blighted areas.
a. Restoring
b. Improvising
c. Rehabilitation
28. It deals with capital investment that supports spatial integration, production efficiency and
social service delivery.
a. Social integrity
b. Production integrity
c. Infrastructure development
29. What does NPFP mean?
a. National Physical Frame Plan
b. National Physical Framework Plan
c. National Physics Framework Plan
30. This allows collaborative partnership among the local government, business and society.
a. Local execution
b. Local implementation
c. Local Governance
31. How many years would the CLUP covers a planning period?
a. 5 years
b. 3 years
c. Minimum of 10 yrs.
32. Refers to the graphic presentation of the zone classification and designation
a. Zoning Map
b. Classification man
c. Zone graphic
33. A comprised detailed documents of the sectoral studies conducted that provide the bases for
the preparation of the CLUP.
a. Category studies
b. Sectoral studies
c. Documental studies
34. Refers to areas containing deposits of metallic and non-metallic minerals
a. Mineralized areas
b. Metallic areas
c. Deposits area
35. A body of water where seawater of oceanic origin is diluted by freshwater from land drainage
areas.
a. River
b. Estuary
c. Seashore
36. Economic sector covers health, education and sports.
a. True
b. False
c. Maybe
37. The important first step to take before doing the actual plan preparation activities
a. Setting objective
b. Getting organized
c. Monitoring
38. The planning team must have planning core group assisted by technical working groups.
a. True
b. False
c. Maybe
39. Refers to the planning process that ensures the involvement of all stakeholders.
a. Stakeholders participation
b. Stakeholders planning
c. Identifying stakeholders
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40. Who plays an important role in decision making and give significant impact to the plan
a. Implementer
b. Stakeholders
c. Planner
41. What is DBM?
a. Department of Budget Management
b. Department of Budget and Management
c. Department of Budget Manager
42. Refers to the clarity of its spatial organizations and ease with which people can read its
structure.
a. Readability
b. Legibility
c. Easiness
43. Legislators, employee’s local executives are considered stakeholders
a. True
b. False
c. Maybe
44. Refers to a participative process whereby the municipalities and cities define its future that it
wants.
a. Planning
b. Setting the Vision
c. Organizing
45. What method of land survey is done through riding a vehicle?
a. Car survey
b. Vehicle survey
c. Windshield survey
46. What is the best way to perform actual ground survey and ground truthing?
a. Measuring
b. Surveying
c. Global Positioning System (GPS)
47. Refers to a synthetic perceptual measure based on resident ratings of local trends of change
over time.
a. Population
b. Quality of Life
c. Income
48. Refers to an area contains a woodland ecosystem
a. Woodland zone
b. Forest area
c. Forest zone
49. This needs to be formulated in a participatory manner and arrived at in a consensus.
a. Vision
b. Organizing
c. Monitoring
50. Refers to a land usually bounded by streets.
a. Division
b. Block
c. Street division
51. What method where members of the group allow sharing their ideas in a non-confrontational
manner.
a. Open forum
b. Brainstorming
c. Discuss method
52. What is the most extensive flood
a. Extensive flood
b. Maximum probable flood
c. Remote flood
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53. Refers to an effective way of building group consensus and moving it to joint resolve and action.
a. Workshop method
b. Participatory method
c. Cooperation method
54. Refers to building of concrete plan and initiate group action
a. Initiating method
b. Building method
c. Action Planning Method
55. Which of the following serves as the transition zone between coral reefs and mangroves
a. Shore
b. Sea grass bed
c. Sandy areas
56. Marginal land is lands subject to flooding, over 15% in slope.
a. True
b. False
c. Maybe
57. Refers to a fourth step of planning process where assessment involves technical and
participatory methods
a. Processing the situation
b. Analyzing the Situation
c. Selecting the situation
58. Data on vacant lands can be presented through maps and statistical tables.
a. True
b. False
c. Maybe
59. It is applied to calculate frontage distance for each structure in the block/zone being surveyed.
a. Landline
b. Lot line
c. Pace Factor
60. Refers to lines that form the boundary between the land and water, especially or sea or ocean.
a. Shore
b. Sand
c. Coastline
61. What type of marine lands where we culture fishes/aquatic species?
a. Fresh water fishpond
b. Brackish water fishpond
c. Pure water fish pond
62. An expert who studies the flooding areas.
a. Environmentalist
b. Forestry
c. Hydrologist
63. Its purpose is to identify Indigenous Knowledge Systems and practices.
a. Analyzing the situation
b. Identifying IP
c. Knowledge of IP
64. What method of land use survey done by walking
a. Pace survey
b. Foot survey
c. Actual survey
65. An urban renewal action that refers to rebuilding and clearance of areas.
a. Renovation
b. Improvement
c. Redevelopment
66. Refers to an in-design evaluation method for planning areas that retain important natural
environmental features.
a. Land applicability
b. Land Suitability Analysis
c. Land retainability
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67. What process is use to project future land development?
a. Market forecast
b. Project forecast
c. Land forecast
68. What is a process to determine the best location for new site and service scheme?
a. Location mapping
b. Site mapping
c. Suitability mapping
69. Is enacted into zoning ordinance for purposes of enforcement
a. CLUP
b. Zoning plan
c. Land use plan
70. Refers to the division of a community into zones or districts.
a. Street
b. Zoning
c. Purok
71. Refers to an area within a city or municipality intended for cultivation and pastoral activities.
a. Agricultural zone
b. Pastoral zone
c. Cultivation zone
72. Refers to an area within the city for dwelling /housing purposes.
a. Dwelling
b. Housing
c. Residential
73. CLUP and ordinances serves as primary reference documents in land use conversation.
a. True
b. False
c. Maybe
74. Where to find particular information needed for analysis purposes?
a. Analysis map
b. Aspect map
c. Information map
75. A tool used for the recording of all sectoral group scores.
a. Sectoral analysis
b. Matrix
c. Recording analysis
76. Goal-achievement analysis refers to approach use to determine goals and objectives
a. True
b. False
c. Maybe
77. Who will prepare a detailed proposal?
a. LGU
b. Government
c. Office of the city/municipal planning and development coordinator
78. Getting organized ensures needed resources for the activities readily available.
a. True
b. False
c. Maybe
79. What is the meaning of CENRO?
a. Community Environment and Natural Resourcing office
b. Community Environment and Natural Resources office
c. Community Environment and Natural Resources officer
80. This base on factual data from the surveys.
a. Data assessment
b. Technical assessment
c. Survey assessment
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81. Refers to the area available within the city/municipalities for expansion.
a. Land area
b. Area availability
c. Land supply
82. Refers to a tip of land alternately covered and uncovered by the tidal movements.
a. Sandy areas
b. Dike
c. Foreshore area
83. The purpose of this step is to establish a preferred land use alternative.
a. Establishing the Thrust and Spatial Strategies
b. Establishing the Development Thrust and Spatial Strategies
c. Establishing the Development and Spatial Strategies
84. This is needed in order to address the dependence of communities on forest resources.
a. Forest management
b. Community-based Forest management
c. Forest dependency
85. This analysis mainly concerned with the strategy effects on the welfare of the community rather
than any smaller group.
a. Social cost –benefit analysis
b. Economic analysis
c. Cost benefit analysis
86. Who are the participants in conducting Goal-achievement analysis?
a. People
b. Stakeholders
c. Citizen
87. Deals with determining accurate information about the supply of available lands.
a. Land analysis
b. Land information analysis
c. Developability analysis
88. The important aspects that deals with how an individual’s respond to urban initiatives.
a. Responsiveness
b. Initialibility
c. Attractiveness
89. Refers to the meanings that people attach to various parts of urban area.
a. Map
b. Symbolism
c. Picture
90. What are the basis for projecting demand for urban land
a. Agricultural land
b. For industrial, residential, institutional and commercial use
c. Commercial land
91. Refers to a statement that indicates guidelines and rules.
a. Laws
b. Policy
c. Rules
92. Its purpose is to develop other development controls to ensure an objective implementation of
the CLUP
a. Zoning ordinance
b. Ordinance approval
c. Drafting the Zoning ordinance
93. What is the meaning of MZO?
a. Model Zoning organizing
b. Model zonal ordinance
c. Model Zoning Ordinance
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94. An area within the city intended primarily for integrated farm operations and related product
processing activities
a. Agro- industrial
b. Large agriculture
c. Economic agriculture
95. An area designed for open space recreational facilities and maintenance of ecological balance in
the community
a. Park
b. Recreation areas
c. Park and other recreation
96. A provision stipulating the compliance of environmentally critical projects
a. Environmental Compliance Certificate
b. Environmental compliance
c. Environmental certificate
97. Its purpose is to encourage ownership of the plan and gain support for plan implementation.
a. Forum
b. Final hearing for the CLUP
c. Approving
98. LCE means Local Chief Execution.
a. Yes
b. No, LOCAL CHIEF EXECUTIVE
c. Maybe
99. Land use planning helps to conserve areas of ecological, aesthetic, historical and cultural
significance
a. True
b. False
c. Maybe
100. Review and approve CLUP of component cities.
a. DENR
b. HLURB
c. DAR
101. Shall continue to formulate and update their CLUP.
a. Barangay
b. Province
c. Cities and municipalities
102. Provide technical support services in the preparation of CLUP.
a. Municipal engineer
b. MPDC
c. Assessor
103. Who shall assess the Sanggunian Panlalawigan in reviewing CLUP.
a. Provincial Land Use Committee
b. Provincial CLUP committee
c. Provincial Planning Office
104. Issue guidelines for the implementation of EO 124.
a. DENR and DAR
b. DENR and DILG
c. DAR and NEDA
105. Authorizing Cities/Municipalities to Reclassify Lands into Non-Agricultural Uses.
a. MC 50
b. MC 90
c. MC 54
