DIAGNOSTIC TEST – 01

FOR En. P. BOARD LICENSURE EXAMINATION

1. Responsible for hearing minor zoning permits, and considers variances and conditional use permits and may
interpret the provisions of the zoning ordinance when question arise.

a) Zoning inspector d) Building official

b) Zoning administrator e) Local zoning board
c) Building inspector

2. A cessation of the use of the property by the owner without intent to transfer the property to another or resume
the use of the property.

a) Abandonment d) donation to the government

b) Relinquishment title e) declaration of void ownership
c) Re-acquisition

3. It is a way of approaching or entering a property.

a) Main entrance d) access

b) Main ingress e) right of way
c) Emergency way

4. A division of a municipality or city by legislative regulations into areas, or zones, that specify allowable uses
for real property and size restrictions for building within these areas; a program that implements policies of the
general plan.

a) Zoning d) comprehensive plan

b) Subdivision e) detailed plan
c) Master plan

5. The open space between a lot line and the buildable area within which no structure may be located, except as
provided in the zoning ordinance.

a) Gap d) dead space

b) Easement e) yard
c) Marginal space

6. A development approach in which a building is sited on one or more lot lines. The intent is to allow more
flexibility in site design and to increase the amount of usable open space on the lot.

a) Maximize approach d) multi-facet development

b) Optimize approach e) usual and regular development approach
c) Zero lot line

7. The reuse of resources, such as those present in solid wastes or sewerage. The conversion of areas mandated by
water or subject to periodic flooding for agriculture or other uses.

a) Recycle of resources d) back filling

b) Reclamation e) land stabilization
c) Embankment

8. An official certification that a building or place conforms to the provisions of the zoning and building codes,
and therefore may be used or occupied.

a) Certificate of compliance d) zoning certification

b) Building permit e) as built certification
c) Certificate of occupancy

9. An official certification that a building or place had already completed, the required modification or measured
to be undertaken, as a condition in the issuance of building permit or zoning locational clearance.

a) Certificate of occupancy d) re-issuance of zoning clearance

b) Certificate of compliance e) as built certification
c) Re-issuance of building permit

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10. The level of land use, human activity, or development for a specific area that can be accommodated permanently
without an invisible change in the quality of air, water, land.

a) Maximum density d) actual occupancy

b) Average human settlement e) optimum occupancy
c) Carrying capacity

11. A short street or alley with only a single means of ingress and ingress at one end and with a large turn around
at its end.

a) Rotunda d) road widening

b) Cul-de-sac e) traffic re-route lane
c) Alternative route

12. In urban areas, open space, entry points, and pathways configured to provide maximum opportunities to rightful
users and /or residents to defend themselves against intruders and criminal activity.

a) Open space d) defensible space

b) Buffer zone e) parks and monument
c) Easement

13. The amount of development per area permitted on a parcel under the applicable zoning.

a) Density d) development plan

b) Buildable space e) total number of development/ investment cost per area
c) Number of area per housing development

14. The minimum distance required by zoning to be maintained between two structures or between a structure and
a property line.

a) Easement d) parking space

b) Setback e) walkway
c) Open space

15. The right of a land owner to make use of the water in river or stream on or bordering a property.

a) Easement right d) right of way

b) Setback right e) ownership of naked right
c) Riparian right

16. A strip of land occupied or intended to be occupied by certain transportation and public use facilities, like roads,
rail roads, and utility lines.

a) Innocent passage way d) marginal space way

b) Right of way e) service lines
c) Travelled way

17. The distance between different land use such as residential and commercial.

a) Accessibility d) distance legality

b) Serviceability e) proximity
c) Affordability

18. The movement of soil and/or rock down a slope, which typically occurs during an earthquake or following
heavy rainfall or during prolong rainfall.

a) Soil erosion d) soil settlement

b) Soil slip e) soil formation
c) Landslide

19. A building site, object, structure or significant tree having historical architectural social or cultural significance
which is usually prominent.

a) Landmark d) preservation site

b) Heritage site e) development site
c) Reservation site

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20. It is the variety of life and its process; and it includes the variety of living organisms, the genetic differences
among them and the communities and ecosystems in which they occur.

a) Genetic Variation d) Ecosystem Diversity

b) Biological Diversity e) Genetic Diversity
c) Species Diversity

En.P MANUEL “MAWEL” P. DELICA

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