Question 1

What is NOT one of the forms of housing tenure, or terms of occupancy?

Accepted Answer

A)  social housing 
B)  owner-occupied housing 
C)  private renting 
D)  government-rented housing 
A)  social housing 
B)  owner-occupied housing 
C)  private renting 
D)  government-rented housing D

Question 2

How many years on average do building cycles occur?

Accepted Answer

A)  5-7 
B)  10-12 
C)  15-17 
D)  18-20 
A)  5-7 
B)  10-12 
C)  15-17 
D)  18-20 D

Question 3

What is the visible legacy of each past building cycle in a city?

Accepted Answer

A)  architecture style 
B)  transportation modes 
C)  parks and greenspaces 
D)  commemorative statues 
A)  architecture style 
B)  transportation modes 
C)  parks and greenspaces 
D)  commemorative statues A

Question 4

What characterizes most of the self-build housing across the world?

Accepted Answer

A)  structures do not meet building codes 
B)  dwellings were built on land with no legal title 
C)  housing has no address and receives no services 
D)  all of these 
A)  structures do not meet building codes 
B)  dwellings were built on land with no legal title 
C)  housing has no address and receives no services 
D)  all of these

Question 5

What describes speculative building?

Accepted Answer

A)  contracted builders that construct custom-designed dwellings 
B)  purchasing land and constructing dwellings to sell 
C)  amateur builders that construct custom-designed dwellings 
D)  purchasing land and building massive housing blocks 
A)  contracted builders that construct custom-designed dwellings 
B)  purchasing land and constructing dwellings to sell 
C)  amateur builders that construct custom-designed dwellings 
D)  purchasing land and building massive housing blocks

Question 6

What rates of return will attract investment and capital flows into the building of a city?

Accepted Answer

A)  low 
B)  stable 
C)  high 
D)  variable 
A)  low 
B)  stable 
C)  high 
D)  variable

Question 7

What has historically been associated with the upswing of a building cycle?

Accepted Answer

A)  transportation improvements 
B)  new political leadership 
C)  industrial innovation 
D)  population boom 
A)  transportation improvements 
B)  new political leadership 
C)  industrial innovation 
D)  population boom

Question 8

What has led to the increase of household family size in richer countries?

Accepted Answer

A)  expensive housing 
B)  shifting cultural norms 
C)  improving job market 
D)  lack of social security 
A)  expensive housing 
B)  shifting cultural norms 
C)  improving job market 
D)  lack of social security

Question 9

What is redlining?

Accepted Answer

A)  Financial institutions expand mortgage allocations to low income minority borrowers. 
B)  Financial institutions restricted mortgage access of low income minority borrowers. 
C)  Financial institutions approve all mortgages, sell to investors, and go bankrupt. 
D)  Financial institutions identified areas for conservation, banning lending there. 
A)  Financial institutions expand mortgage allocations to low income minority borrowers. 
B)  Financial institutions restricted mortgage access of low income minority borrowers. 
C)  Financial institutions approve all mortgages, sell to investors, and go bankrupt. 
D)  Financial institutions identified areas for conservation, banning lending there.

Question 10

What is public housing?

Accepted Answer

A)  accommodations intended only for emergency shelter 
B)  accommodations rented out to individual households 
C)  accommodations available on a first-come, first-serve basis 
D)  accommodations provided by government agencies 
A)  accommodations intended only for emergency shelter 
B)  accommodations rented out to individual households 
C)  accommodations available on a first-come, first-serve basis 
D)  accommodations provided by government agencies

Question 11

What type of housing is typically produced by institutional contract?

Accepted Answer

A)  custom-designed dwellings 
B)  vast self-built neighborhoods 
C)  large public housing projects 
D)  neighborhoods of the very rich 
A)  custom-designed dwellings 
B)  vast self-built neighborhoods 
C)  large public housing projects 
D)  neighborhoods of the very rich

Question 12

What model of the city as residence is a more recent composite of a previous model by incorporating both rings and pockets into a complex, heterogeneous metropolitan area that better reflects an urban reality of today?

Accepted Answer

A)  Murdie model 
B)  Hanlon-Short-Vicino model 
C)  Burgess model 
D)  Hoyt model 
A)  Murdie model 
B)  Hanlon-Short-Vicino model 
C)  Burgess model 
D)  Hoyt model

Question 13

What variable has been correlated with the location of hazardous waste sites in the United States?

Accepted Answer

A)  race 
B)  religion 
C)  political power 
D)  economic wealth 
A)  race 
B)  religion 
C)  political power 
D)  economic wealth

Question 14

What is an example of what households might consider undesirable or a "public bad"?

Accepted Answer

A)  good schools 
B)  clean water 
C)  motorways 
D)  electricity 
A)  good schools 
B)  clean water 
C)  motorways 
D)  electricity

Question 15

Why do certain groups tend to cluster together in the same residential neighborhood?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is a choice to live among similar people. 
B)  It is a result of constraint through some type of discrimination. 
C)  It is both choice and constraint, depending on the group and the city. 
D)  It is neither choice nor constraint, but random factors. 
A)  It is a choice to live among similar people. 
B)  It is a result of constraint through some type of discrimination. 
C)  It is both choice and constraint, depending on the group and the city. 
D)  It is neither choice nor constraint, but random factors.

Question 16

Since housing is more expensive than average income, what is a requirement for mass homeownership?

Accepted Answer

A)  education 
B)  credit 
C)  employment 
D)  lottery 
A)  education 
B)  credit 
C)  employment 
D)  lottery

Question 17

What is NOT one of the three types of protest?

Accepted Answer

A)  call for goods and services 
B)  households can move away 
C)  expression of cultural identity 
D)  demand for political power 
A)  call for goods and services 
B)  households can move away 
C)  expression of cultural identity 
D)  demand for political power

Question 18

What is NOT an example of residential clustering by cultural group?

Accepted Answer

A)  sexual identity 
B)  religion 
C)  ethnic identity 
D)  education 
A)  sexual identity 
B)  religion 
C)  ethnic identity 
D)  education

Question 19

What term represents how rowdy behavior is considered permissible in New Orleans during Mardi Gras?

Accepted Answer

A)  spaced times 
B)  holiday 
C)  gentrification 
D)  time and place 
A)  spaced times 
B)  holiday 
C)  gentrification 
D)  time and place

Question 20

What is NOT part of a building cycle?

Accepted Answer

A)  trough 
B)  peak 
C)  recession 
D)  crash 
A)  trough 
B)  peak 
C)  recession 
D)  crash

What is NOT one of the forms of housing tenure, or terms of occupancy?

How many years on average do building cycles occur?

What is the visible legacy of each past building cycle in a city?

What characterizes most of the self-build housing across the world?

What describes speculative building?

What rates of return will attract investment and capital flows into the building of a city?

What has historically been associated with the upswing of a building cycle?

What has led to the increase of household family size in richer countries?

What is redlining?

What is public housing?

What type of housing is typically produced by institutional contract?

What model of the city as residence is a more recent composite of a previous model by incorporating both rings and pockets into a complex, heterogeneous metropolitan area that better reflects an urban reality of today?

What variable has been correlated with the location of hazardous waste sites in the United States?

What is an example of what households might consider undesirable or a "public bad"?

Why do certain groups tend to cluster together in the same residential neighborhood?

Since housing is more expensive than average income, what is a requirement for mass homeownership?

What is NOT one of the three types of protest?

What is NOT an example of residential clustering by cultural group?

What term represents how rowdy behavior is considered permissible in New Orleans during Mardi Gras?

What is NOT part of a building cycle?

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Exam 18: The Internal Structure of the City

What is NOT one of the forms of housing tenure, or terms of occupancy?

How many years on average do building cycles occur?

What is the visible legacy of each past building cycle in a city?

What characterizes most of the self-build housing across the world?

What describes speculative building?

What rates of return will attract investment and capital flows into the building of a city?

What has historically been associated with the upswing of a building cycle?

What has led to the increase of household family size in richer countries?

What is redlining?

What is public housing?

What type of housing is typically produced by institutional contract?

What model of the city as residence is a more recent composite of a previous model by incorporating both rings and pockets into a complex, heterogeneous metropolitan area that better reflects an urban reality of today?

What variable has been correlated with the location of hazardous waste sites in the United States?

What is an example of what households might consider undesirable or a "public bad"?

Why do certain groups tend to cluster together in the same residential neighborhood?

Since housing is more expensive than average income, what is a requirement for mass homeownership?

What is NOT one of the three types of protest?

What is NOT an example of residential clustering by cultural group?

What term represents how rowdy behavior is considered permissible in New Orleans during Mardi Gras?

What is NOT part of a building cycle?

The Home Planet

The Nature of Geography

Population Dynamics

Population and Food

Population and Resources

People and the Environment

The Geography of Three Economic Sectors

The Economic Geography of Uneven Development

The Geography of Population

The Geography of Religion

The Geography of Language

Creating a Global Economy

The Global Geography of Culture

World Orders

The Nation-State

The Urban Transformation

Networks of Cities

Filters