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BASIC CPTED EXAM Flashcards

1
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  1. Know the premise of CPTED
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“The proper design and effective use of the built environment can lead to a reduction in the incidence and fear of crime and to an improvement in the quality of life”

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  1. What is the 3-D concept of CPTED?
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Designated, definitions and designs.
All human space has some designated purpose.
All human space has social, cultural, legal, or physical definitions (see slide for rest of it)

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  1. Be able to identify examples of CPTED strategies.
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Answer is: Clear t4ansistion zones, safe activities in unsafe activities. Clear boarder definitions.

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  1. Is perception of crime unimportant when designing our environment?
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Answer? False

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  1. What are some example of an organized Crime Prevention options?
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Answer: Security, neighborhood watch

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  1. CPTED strategies are intended to focus on the behavior and perceptions of which of the groups?
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Answer : normal user abnormal user and observer user.

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  1. CPTED stands for
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Answer: Crime prevention th rough environmental design

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  1. ____________________coined the phrase CPTED?
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Answer: C. Ray Jeffrey

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  1. “Eyes on the street” is a term that was used by ____________
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Jane Jacobs

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  1. What is Natural Surveillance?
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Answer: where people and their activities are naturally (readily) observered.

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  1. What is the use of sidewalks, paving materials, lighting, landscaping, fencing, public art, and colorful design elements to guide or allow access to the site?
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Answer: access control

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  1. What is the use of pavement treatments, landscaping, art, signage, screening, and fences to define and outline ownership of property?
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Answer: Territorial reinforcement

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  1. What are Transition zones?
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Answer: public, semi public and private

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  1. What areas are they used to separate?
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Answer: public, semi public and private areas

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  1. Under the CPTED model what is design defined?
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Includes physical, social management, and directives that seek to affect positively. Human behavior as people interact with their environment.

Normal users (outnumber 100 to 1 of abnormal users)
Abnormal users
Observers

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  1. Under the CPTED model what is environment defined?
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Answer: people and social surroundings

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  1. In CPTED, windows on the exterior of a building are an example of what?
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Answer natural surrounding

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18
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  1. When CPTED strategies cannot be applied, should physical security applications be taken into consideration?
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Answer: True

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  1. What are the three crime prevention options typically available to control criminal behavior?
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Answer: organized, mechanical and natural

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  1. CPTED places the greatest emphasis on which crime prevention option?
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Answer: Natural

21
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  1. Landscaping an important element when applying CPTED concepts?
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Answer: True

22
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  1. Is maintenance plan essential in landscaping?
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Answer: Yes, a maintenance plan is essential.

23
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  1. From a CPTED standpoint landscaping should not disrupt critical areas of natural surveillance. What are examples where natural surveillance is critical?
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Answer: parks and trails, travel paths and parking lots

24
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  1. In landscaping, what is the two-foot-six-foot rule?
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exceed 6 foot rule for a canopy or low ground cover be less than 2 feet in height.

25
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  1. Can landscaping, when used properly, do all the following?
    a. Define territory
    B. Control access
    C. Create ownership of a site
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Answer: All True

26
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  1. In considering placement of a fence or wall, what would the CPTED benefits be?
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Answer: Allow transparency for surveillance; create a sense of community; provide character for the area.

27
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  1. Lighting has two purposes within the CPTED model.
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Answer: A. The primary purpose is for the illumination of human activity.
B. The secondary purpose of lighting is for security.

28
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  1. What lighting option offers the best color rendering?
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Answer: LED

29
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  1. ________________is a measure of light striking a surface one square foot in area on which one unit of light is uniformly rendering?
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Answer: Footcandle

30
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  1. What is the single most cost-effective deterrent to night crime?
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Answer: is lighting

31
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  1. What should be considered in evaluating lighting for a site?
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Answer: Size of the area to be illuminated. Amount of light needed to illuminate uniformalley. Type and nature of the facility.

32
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  1. Which is the best lamp for the illumination of human activity?
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Answer: LED

33
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  1. What is traffic Calming?
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A combination of mainly physical measures that seeks to:

 1. Reduce the negative effect of motor vehicle use
 2. Later driver behavior
 3. Improve conditions for non-motorized street users
34
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  1. What are the objectives of traffic calming?
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Answer: Traffic calming is the combination of mainly physical measures that. Reduce the negative effects of motor vehicle us, alter driver behavior, and improve conditions for non-motorized street users. Increase safe driver speeds. Reduce the need for police enforcement.

35
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  1. What are speed bumps and what are they effective in doing?
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Answer: A round raised platform on the street designed to reduce travel speeds.

36
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  1. Does cut through traffic add to the safety of a neighborhood by providing more surveillance?
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Answer: False because it’s cut through traffic.

37
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  1. Will closing streets stop all crime problems?
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Answer: No.

38
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  1. What are some of the benefits of Mandatory CPTED site reviews?
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Answer: Gives the CPTED reviewer to comment on potential public safety concerns regarding a proposed project. To apply CPTED standards uniformity

39
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  1. In conducting a neighborhood CPTED site review, an inventory of the neighborhood should include what?
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Answer: demographics, safe and unsafe places, land use.

40
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  1. What are CPTED site reviews used for?
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Answer: The purpose of the review is to ensure conformity with land development regulations.

41
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  1. Another term for an outline drawing between the CPTED designer and the client is a _____________.
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Answer: schematic.

42
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  1. What are completed site plan drawings that have yet to receive the necessary governmental approvals to become “Final Site Plans?”
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Answer: Preliminary site plans.

43
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  1. When designing and planning a site, it is. Important to know the use of the surrounding land adjacent the project?
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Answer: yes (adjoining land use).

44
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  1. When designing and planning a site, is it important to know the use of the surround land adjacent the project?
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Answer: design phase.

45
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  1. When dealing with zoning issues utilizing CPTED, what elements are essential?
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Answer: yard setbacks, location and amount of parking, development density.

46
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  1. In conducting a CPTED security survey there are several categories to consider.
    1. What are examples of Organized Security?
    2. What are examples of Mechanical Security?
    3. What are examples of Natural Security?
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Answer: 1. Neighborhood watch

  1. Alarms. Camera,
  2. CPTED
47
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  1. For crime analysis purposes, a __________year review of crime is recommended.
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Answer: 5. Year study of crime.

48
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  1. Why is it important to have written documentation

of the CPTED security survey?

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Answer: Provides for a record of performance, a record of recommendations, record of liability issues, ends the opportunity for a denial that information was given, (miscommunication).

49
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  1. A vital part of the CPTED security survey is a ‘Disclaimer’ which should be approved by who?
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Answer: The agency’s legal department.

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