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AICP Exam Prep ExamFiscal Impact Analysis - answer A tool that compares the local government revenues
associated with development policies and projects
Collector Road - answer A low-to-moderate capacity road which serves to move
traffic from local streets to arterial roads; they are designed d to provide access to
residential properties.
Arterial Road - answer A high-capacity urban road; delivers traffic from collector
roads to freeways or expressways, and between urban centers at the highest level of
service possible
Local roads - answer Roads with the lowest speed limits and carries low volumes of
traffic and maybe unpaved in some areas
Cost-effectiveness Analysis - answer Compares the relative costs and outcomes of
different courses of action; it assigns a monetary value to the measure of effect.
Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) - answer A systematic approach to estimate the
strengths and weaknesses of alternatives; it is used to determine options that provide
the best approach to achieve benefits while preserving savings
Development Agreement - answer A voluntary contract between a local jurisdiction
and a person who owns or controls property within the jurisdiction detailing the
obligations of both parties and specifying the standards and conditions that will govern
development of the property.
Special Use permit - answer A permit that allows for a specific exemption to zoning
regulations for a particular piece of land in a location that has a particular zoning
characteristic.
Impact fee - answer A fee charged by a community and paid by a developer that is
commensurate with the externalities created by a development. Intended to cover the
development's impact on such things as roads, sewer systems, schools, and police and
fire protection.
, Subdivision Regulation - answer the standards and procedures that regulate the
subdivision of land for development and sale
City Beautiful Movement - answer A turn-of-the-twentieth-century movement that
advocated landscape beautification, playgrounds, and more and better urban parks.
City Efficient Movement - answer A major movement in the U.S., Britain and other
industrial nations in the early 20th century that sought to identify and eliminate waste in
all areas of the economy and society, and to develop and implement best practices
Public Health Movement - answer an effort to remedy the high disease and mortality
rate that occurred in cities
Garden City - answer A self-contained planned town combining work, residential,
agricultural, and recreational facilities, and surrounded by a rural belt.
Audience Response System - answer Computer application that enables voting and
then collects and displays the results, simplifying decision-making among event
participants.
Visual Preference Survey - answer a technique that can be used to assist citizens in
evaluating physical images of natural and built environments. Citizens are asked to view
and evaluate a wide variety of pictures depicting houses, sites, building styles,
streetscapes, etc. Scores are used to indicate whether a design is what a citizen sees
as appropriate for their community.
Dot Voting - answer write ideas on a large board, have people vote by putting a dot
by it
Design Charette - answer an intense period of design or planning activity.
random sample - answer a sample in which every element in the population has an
equal chance of being selected
stratified sample - answer a sample drawn in such a way that known subgroups
within a population are represented in proportion to their numbers in the general
population
cluster sample - answer obtained by selecting all individuals within a randomly
selected collection or group of individuals
Nominal Group Technique - answer A decision-making technique in which group
members write down ideas and solutions, read their suggestions to the whole group,
and discuss and then rank the alternatives.
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