Deck 18: Heritage and Historic Preservation

Question 1

The National Trust for Historic Preservation is vested with the authority to advise the president and Congress on historic preservation matters.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

To be placed on the National Register of Historic Places a building must be of National importance.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Only buildings are eligible to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Any federal undertaking that affects a property eligible for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places must submit to the same statutory review process as those listed properties.

Question 5

The Transportation Act protects any properties deemed historically significant by officials.

Question 6

Tax incentives lead to the rehabilitation of some 21,000 historic buildings in the 1970s and 80s.

Question 7

Historic preservation was dealt a blow by the Supreme Court's decision in the Penn Central case.

Question 8

The scope of historic preservation has dramatically widened over time.

Question 9

Tourism serves as one of the objectives of historic preservation

Question 10

The scope of the provisions of the Transportation Act is much broader than that of the NHPA

Question 11

Which of the following is a transportation demand management tool?

A) Speed Humps
B) Traffic Circles
C) Chicanes
D) High Occupancy Vehicle Lanes

Question 12

Downs' principle of 'triple convergence' explains why…

A) Why Mixed-use reduces traffic.
B) How free parking increases single occupancy vehicle traffic.
C) How land use and transportation are linked.
D) Why increased road space eventually fills with increased traffic

Question 13

Which piece of transportation related legislation reinforced the importance of metropolitan transportation planning in addition to resurrecting the MPO?

A) Urban Mass Transportation Act (UMTA)
B) Federal Aid Highway Act
C) Intermodal Surface and Transportation Efficiency ACT (ISTEA)
D) Transportation Equity Act for the Twenty-First Century (TEA-21)

Question 14

Multimodal transportation consists of

A) Highways
B) Transit Facilities
C) Bicycle Paths
D) All of the Above

Question 15

What is difficult to capture in terms of transportation statistics and impacts?

A) Public Transit
B) Telecommuting
C) Single Occupant Vehicle Travel
D) Rail Travel

Question 16

A difficulty associated with the land use and transportation relationship is

A) Land use agencies have little or no transportation responsibility
B) The separatism of both types of agencies is reinforced by the different skills and interests of planners and transportation engineers
C) The independence of local governments
D) All of the above

Question 17

Which is a benefit of a transit-oriented development (TOD)?

A) Enhanced transit ridership
B) Automobile dependence
C) Increased parcel size
D) None of the above

Question 18

Speed humps, traffic circles and chicanes are examples of

A) Transit-oriented developments (TODs)
B) Transport Demand Management (TDM)
C) Traffic Calming
D) Congestion Charging

Question 19

The idea that every driver seeks the easiest route is an illustration of

A) Transport demand management
B) Congestion Equity
C) Traffic calming
D) Downs' principle of 'triple convergence'

Question 20

Using parking as a policy instrument is an effective tool of

A) Transport demand programs
B) Traffic Calming
C) Road pricing
D) Automobile Dependence

Question 21

What tool directly works to shift rush hour highway travel to other transportation modes or to off-peak periods?

A) Downs' principle of 'triple convergence'
B) Congestion pricing
C) Traffic calming
D) All of the above

Question 22

The National Register of Historic Places was established by which of the following Acts?

A) The Antiquities Act of 1906
B) Historic Sites, Buildings and Antiquities Act of 1935
C) National Historic Preservation Act of 1966
D) Transportation Act of 1966

Question 23

The primary concept used to evaluate a cultural resource is?

A) Age
B) Significance
C) Popularity
D) Appearance

Question 24

Which of the following is not one of the taxation methods used to encourage historic preservation?

A) All of the aforementioned methods are used to encourage historic preservation.
B) Sales Tax Relief
C) Exemption
D) Credit for Rehabilitation
E) Income Tax Deductions

Question 25

Which of the following tools is used both to protect undeveloped lands and historic properties?

A) Smart Growth
B) Impact Fees
C) Transfer of Development Rights
D) Urban Growth Boundaries

Question 26

What piece of legislation represented one of the early cornerstones of the American conservation effort?

A) The National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA)
B) The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP)
C) The National Environmental Policy Act
D) The Antiquities Act of 1906

Question 27

Which piece of legislation had nothing to do with heritage and historic preservation?

A) Economic Recovery Tax Act (1981)
B) Tax Reform Act of 1976
C) Farmland Protection Policy Act
D) National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

Question 28

Who nominates properties to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP)

A) States
B) Local Governments
C) Federal Government
D) Local historic preservation associations

Question 29

The procedure for a local government to be certified in for participating in national historic preservation programs is

A) Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO)
B) Certified Local Government (CLG)
C) Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
D) None of the above

Question 30

Which piece of legislation established a national policy of environmental protection in 1969?

A) National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
B) Model Cities Act
C) National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA)
D) Antiquities Act

Question 31

Which two laws work to reinforce each other and can be used together effectively?

A) Antiquities Act and NEPA
B) Model Cities Act and NEPA
C) NHPA and NEPA
D) Model Cities Act and NHPA

Question 32

Which is not a requirement of each State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO)?

A) Identify and inventory historic properties in the state.
B) Preserve and enhance the natural beauty of lands crossed by transportation lines.
C) Nominate eligible properties to the National Register.
D) Prepare and implement a statewide historic preservation plan.

Question 33

Finding new uses for old buildings is referred to as

A) Redevelopment
B) New Urbanism
C) Transfer of Development Rights
D) Adaptive Reuse