Multiple Choice Quiz

Please answer all questions


1	Currently in the United States, about 47% of the land is used for crops and livestock.
		A)	True
		B)	False


2	Which of the following is an historical factor that has shaped land use in the United States?
		A)	industrial growth
		B)	waterways
		C)	immigration
		D)	availability of natural resources
		E)	all of the above


3	Which of the following is not a significant cause of urban sprawl?
		A)	agricultural farmland is lost
		B)	population increases in the city
		C)	rail transport and the automobile
		D)	high land prices in the city
		E)	none of the above contributed to urban sprawl


4	Ribbon sprawl consists of commercial and industrial buildings and results from businesses and developers responding to high costs for utilities extensions and other public services.
		A)	True
		B)	False


5	Which of the following is not a problem associated with unplanned urban growth?
		A)	loss of farmland
		B)	increased floodplain problems
		C)	increased recreational centers
		D)	wetland loss
		E)	all of the above are associated with unplanned growth


6	Which of the following is not associated with wetland misuse?
		A)	loss of habitat
		B)	decreased erosion control
		C)	decreased flood protection
		D)	decreased biological cleaning of water
		E)	all of the above are associated with wetland misuse


7	Zoning is a land-use regulation that designates a specific use to a specific parcel of land.
		A)	True
		B)	False


8	Zoning determinations and land-use plans are not often altered or influenced by various interest groups such as realtors and local business people.
		A)	True
		B)	False


9	Which of the following does not represent a significant way that government has subsidized automobile use in the United States?
		A)	energy policy
		B)	low level of support for most forms of mass transit
		C)	highway construction
		D)	alternative fuels research grants
		E)	all of the above are subsidies


10	Due to the great need for regional planning, many local governments have worked together to set up regional planning agencies that have the power to implement their long range plans.
		A)	True
		B)	False


11	Which of the following uses is not mandated for the national forests as part of the 1960 Multiple Use Sustained Yield Act?
		A)	recreational uses
		B)	watershed protection
		C)	lumbering
		D)	wildlife and habitat protection
		E)	all of the above are to be managed for under the Act


12	In 1995, wilderness, primitive, or natural areas comprised the majority of all of the United States Federal Recreation Lands and, as a result, are off limits for any other kind of use.
		A)	True
		B)	False

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