What does the first section of the AICP Code of Ethics cover? – ANSWER-Principles to
which we aspire
What does the second section of the AICP Code of Ethics cover? – ANSWER-Our rules
of conduct
What does the third section of the AICP Code of Ethics cover? – ANSWER-Our code
procedures
What does the fourth section of the AICP Code of Ethics cover? – ANSWER-Planners
convicted of serious crimes – automatic suspension of certification
How many sections does the AICP Code of Ethics have? – ANSWER-4
How many aspirational principles are there in the AICP Code? – ANSWER-3
How many rules of conduct are there in the AICP Code? – ANSWER-26
How many code procedures are there? – ANSWER-17
How many points are there under part 4 of the code? – ANSWER-4
What do the code’s aspirational statement address? – ANSWER-1. responsibility to the
public
- responsibility to clients and employers
- responsibility to profession and colleagues
What is a Metes and Bounds survey – ANSWER-A system or method of describing land
from English Common Law that uses physical features of the local geography, along
with directions and distances, to define and describe the boundaries of a parcel of land.
The boundaries are described in a running prose style, working around the parcel in
sequence, from a point of beginning, returning back to the same point. (The term
“metes” refers to a boundary defined by the measurement of each straight run, specified
by a distance between the terminal points, and an orientation or direction. A direction
may be a simple compass bearing, or a precise orientation determined by accurate
survey methods. The term “bounds” refers to a more general boundary description,
such as along a certain watercourse, a stone wall, an adjoining public road way, or an
existing building.)
What is ‘satisficing’? – ANSWER-A decision-making strategy that attempts to meet
criteria for adequacy, rather than to identify an optimal solution. Satisficing occurs in
consensus building when the group looks towards a solution everyone can agree on
even if it may not be the best.
Housing Act of 1934 – ANSWER-Created the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) and
the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation. Part of the New Deal, designed
to stop the tide of bank foreclosures on family homes. (Also known as the Capehart Act)
Housing Act of 1937 – ANSWER-Tied slum clearance to public housing. Povided for
subsidies to be paid from the U.S. government to local public housing agencies (LHA’s)
to improve living conditions for low-income families. (Also known as the WagnerSteagall Act).
Housing Act of 1949 – ANSWER-Created the Urban Redevelopment Agency and gave it
the authority to subsidize three fourths of the cost of local slum clearance and urban
renewal.
-Provided federal financing for slum clearance programs associated with urban renewal
projects in American cities (Title I),
-Increased authorization for the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) mortgage
insurance (Title II),
-Extending federal money to build more than 800,000 public housing units (Title III)
-Fund research into housing and housing techniques
-Permitting the FHA to provide financing for rural homeowners.
Housing Act of 1954 – ANSWER-Modified urban redevelopment and renewal by
requiring communities engaged in such activities to adopt code enforcement, relocation,
and other measures that would prevent the further spread of urban blight.
Popularized the phrase “urban renewal”; made these projects more enticing to
developers, by among other things, providing FHA-backed mortgages.
Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 – ANSWER-Established the Cabinet-level
Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Hoshin planning – ANSWER-Strategic planning/strategic management methodology,
used at Toyota, HP, etc.
Who designed Columbia, MD? – ANSWER-James Rouse, 1967; planned community
that consists of ten self-contained villages
US Population in 2000 – ANSWER-281,421,906
The Council of Government movement started… – ANSWER-In Detroit in 1954
Oligotrophic lakes – ANSWER-Deep lakes with low supply of nutrients and thus little
organic matter
Dissimilarity Index – ANSWER-measures the intensity of segregation of two groups of
people across space (typically for a city or metro area suing census tracts or block
groups). Value between 0 and 1 (or 100), “the percent of people from group A that