Exam 1 Flashcards
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The Planning Director of a large city resigns to start a small consulting firm. After becoming frustrated with the way the planning commission votes, the former director asked to be appointed to the commission. The City Council approves the appointment. Is this a violation of the AICP Code of Ethics?
Does not violate the AICP Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct
As an AICP planner, you are interviewing a candidate for a planner position with your consulting firm. The candidate holds an AICP certification. As part of the interview, he notes a series of requests for proposals that the city will likely issue in the next six months for which the firm could be competitive. He tells you that he has saved to his personal computer files related to the RFPs that he could share to provide the ability to begin drafting responses immediately. What should you do?
Explain to the candidate that it would be unethical to share this information
With whom should a charge of misconduct against an AICP member should be filed?
The Executive Director of APA and AICP ethics officer
As a transportation planner in a consulting firm, you are working on a traffic impact assessment for a new regional shopping center. You have determined that extensive improvements will be needed. The city code requires the developer to incur the expense of transportation improvements required to service new development. Your supervisor tells you that he thinks you are overestimating the daily traffic counts and asks you to revise your estimates so that fewer transportation upgrades will be required. What is your next step?
Check your work and prepare a memo to your supervisor outlining your method and your findings, confirming that the results you shared earlier are accurate
Recently you had an issue arise at a planning commission meeting where you believe a commissioner engaged in an activity that was not ethical. What would be the most appropriate course of action?
Have a frank and open discussion around the ethical issue in a closed door session with the commissioners. And follow this with training on ethics
Which of these is NOT an evaluation design option for assessing the effectiveness and lessons learned from community engagement?
Ripple Effect Mapping (REM)
What is the primary question that outcome evaluation answers in the community engagement process?
To what extent are people in the community engaged?
You are in an agricultural county that is beginning to experience exurban development pressure. There have been a number of development requests for large lot subdivisions with lots sizes ranging from two to ten acres. The County Commissioners have recognized that this is the beginning of a trend. They have asked you as the County Planner to bring forward one or more strategies that would protect agriculture in the county. Which of the following would best protect and preserve agricultural land?
Adoption of an agricultural zoning district
Which city was the first to adopt a comprehensive plan?
Alfred Bettman collaborated with Ladislas (Laci) Segoe on executing the studies for the Plan of Cincinnati.
In addition to transect-based code and transit oriented development, a community built following the principals of New Urbanism would use which of these?
form-based zoning
According to the Highway Capacity Manual, if a roadway has a service level of B it can be described as:
Stable flow, short delays, and speed somewhat restricted
You work for a large city with 100 people on your staff, split across code enforcement, development, long-range planning, environmental compliance, and neighborhood relations. You have been asked to reorganize the department, which approach would be most appropriate?
Vertical
