URBS 310 - Growth and Sustainable Development of Cities » 2019 » Week 14 Quiz

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Question #1
The purpose for the creation of the Federal Housing Authority (FHA) was __________.
A.   to insure home loans
B.   to encourage middle-class movement into the inner city
C.   to create low income housing
D.   All of the above
Question #2
FHA subsidies had the effect of subsidizing white suburbanization
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #3
The practice of refusing to make loans in minority or mixed race areas is called __________.
A.   rent control
B.   racial covenants
C.   redlining
D.   intrusion
Question #4
The Housing Act of 1949 provided for the use of public funds to buy, clear and improve land in the central city and then give ownership back to the private sector.       
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #5
The greatest, most glaring weakness of urban renewal programs was __________.
A.   the displacement of low income families
B.   the slow pace of rebuilding
C.   the poor quality of sites
Question #6
Urban renewal programs have __________.
A.   had a mixed record of success and failure
B.   been a total disaster
C.   generally included considerable public housing
Question #7
According to the text, the most glaring weakness of urban renewal programs in the United States was that they displaced large numbers of low-income families without adequate provision for their relocation.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #8
The 1968 Fair Housing Act __________.
A.   declared racial covenants illegal
B.   provided for urban redevelopment
C.   was designed to hold middle-class families in the city
D.   put the government into the housing business
Question #9
Government housing policies of the 1940s and 1950s encouraged racial integration and fair housing.       
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #10
The Section 8 Program has largely replaced public housing programs.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #11
Regarding growth control, the text claims that, to date, __________.
A.   the vast majority of Americans support “no growth”
B.   only a limited number of environmentally active communities have actually tried to stop growth
C.   given recent court decisions it is now possible for towns to ban all growth
D.   municipal zoning and other techniques to control growth have been very effective
Question #12
Approximately ______ of young males aged 18–24 live at home with their parents.
A.   21 percent
B.   41 percent
C.   11 percent
D.   61 percent
Question #13
As a result of uncontrolled urban sprawl, the average US driver spends the equivalent of __________ eight-hour workdays behind the wheel each year.
A.   35
B.   55
C.   25
D.   45
Question #14
In the 1950s, the average 30-year-old male worker could carry a mortgage on a medium-priced home for 14 percent of his gross earnings. Thirty years later, it would take __________ percent of his earnings to do so.
A.   30
B.   44
C.   7
D.   21
Question #15
Smart growth assumes that low-density suburbs sprawl and “leapfrog” development is inevitable.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #16
Population growth in the Los Angeles region during the next 10 years will
A.   it is too difficult to predict
B.   declined
C.   remain about the same
D.   grow
Question #17
The average size of the average home in the U.S. since 1950 has
A.   it is too difficult to know
B.   grown
C.   remained about the same
D.   declined
Question #18
Which of the following policies can help to alleviate urban sprawl
A.   transportation oriented development
B.   mixed-use development
C.   High density housing
D.   all of the above
Question #19
The term smart growth covers a variety of efforts to shape growth so sprawl is limited.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE

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