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1) The acceptable form of security furnished by a contractor of a public project as a guarantee

of good faith on his/her part to execute the contracted work in accordance with the terms of
the approved contract. 
 

  A. Insurance

  B. Collateral

  C. Performance Bond

  D. Retention or Retained Earnings  

  E. Surety Bond

  F. Completion Guarrantee

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2) Which of the following is most useful in an EIA study? 
 
  A. Performance standards
  B. 'LOS' or 'accommodation' standards
  C. Design standards
  D. Convenience standards
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3) A housing developer contacts you with an opportunity to use your expertise as a paid
consultant in a matter not pertaining to your employer's jurisdiction. You would work only
on your off-days and holidays. You should 
 

  A. Report the housing developer for unethical behavior  

  B. Make courtesy notification to your immediate supervisor

  C. Decline the offer

  D. Keep quiet about it

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4) Under RA 9184 Government Procurement Reform Act of 2002, what is the most preferred
manner of government procurement of goods and services? 
 

  A. Selective bidding or limited source bidding

  B. Negotiated procurement

  C. Single source procurement or direct contracting  

  D. Competitive bidding
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5) Which of the following conditions requires the most serious consideration in the EIA of a
major Sanitary Landfill for any city or urban LGU? 
 

  A. Around 20 kilometers from the city

  B. Has an in-take capacity of 6 years only

  C. About 100 meters from a river used for water supply

  D. About 1000 meters from an active geologic fault line  

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6) According to the 1997 Code of Ethics for Environmental Planners in the Philippines, Sec.11,
the "primary obligation of the Environmental Planner is to" 
 
A. Contribute to the incessant development of the profession by sharing and improving
 
knowledge.
  B. Strive for high standards of professional integrity, proficiency, and knowledge
C. Develop and enhance a healthy professional relationship with colleagues and other
 
professionals  
  D. Serve the country and in so doing safeguard public interest

  E. Maintain a harmonious working relationship with client or partner in a noble undertaking.

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7) Which of these projects should be subjected to Initial Environmental Examination (IEE) by

DEN R's regional field units? 
 

  A. 30 sq.m. DOST field instruments station on the slopes of Mount Apo national park
B. 5,000 sq.m. viewdeck for tourists and watchers of migratory birds in Candaba swamps,
 
Pampanga
  C. Six-classroom extension of an existing public elementary school

  D. Beach house measuring 400 sq.m near world-famous Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte  
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8) You are the Local Planning and Development Coordinator of an LGU. Which of the
following does NOT constitute a conflict of interest? 
 

  A. Accepting a monetary gift from a local building firm

B. Working for a developer who has an action before the Local Board of Zoning Appeals
 
and Adjustment
C. Applying for business permit and health clearance to operate a private fruit stand in
 
Farmers' Market
  D. Processing a rezoning application of your own property  
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9) In cases where open public biddings have failed on two (2) consecutive occasions and no
suppliers have qualified to participate or win in the bidding, LGUs, through the local chief
e􀂭xecutive with the approval of the Sanggunian may undertake procurement of supplies and
services without public bidding through: 
 

  A. Selective bidding or limited source bidding

  B. Negotiated procurement

  C. Single source procurement or direct contracting

  D. Competitive bidding
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10) Which category of industries tend to be generally 'non-pollutive and non-hazardous'?
 

  A. Transient and fleeting

  B. Light

  C. Cyber-spatial

  D. Medium

  E. Heavy  
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11) As per RA 7718 BOT Law, a Build-Operate-Transfer undertaking at the local level with
value between PhP 200M- 300M has to be approved by what government body? 
 

  A. Local Development Council

  B. Regional Development Council

  C. Cabinet Committee or Cabinet Cluster  

  D. Investment Coordination Committee

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12) Under RA 9184 Government Procurement Reform Act, Sec 5i, government may hire
Consulting Services for the following functions, broadly matching the competencies of
Registered EnPs. For which function are Environmental Planners generally least prepared? 
 
  A. Advisory and review services
  B. Pre-investment or feasibility studies, special studies
  C. Design
  D. Construction supervision
  E. Management-related service􀂜 and technical services
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13) Except one, the following are considered environmentally-critical areas where all major
projects are subject to IEE 
 

  A. Tubattaha Reef

  B. Chocolate Hills  

  C. Mount Banahaw

  D. Tawi-tawi Seaweed Farms

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14) According to RA 9003, segregation of 'solid wastes' into bio-degradable and non-
biodegradable should be done 
 

  A. At the factory level

  B. At source

  C. At the end of production/consumption

  D. At the option of family concerned  

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15) Which project in a declared tribal land does not require a full-blown Environmental Impact
Assessment?
 

  A. Mining  

  B. Dam for reservoir & hydroelectric power

  C. Sericulture & vermi-composting

  D. National highway

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16) You are the Local Planning and Development Coordinator of an LGU. Your wedded spouse
runs the recreational Country Club and applies for a permit to construct an Olympic size
swimming pool that would utilize water from a public spring. What is the most rational
action for you to do? 
 

  A. Hire an independent consultant for an objective analysis of the application

  B. Ask for job transfer or reassignment  

  C. Just keep quiet about it.

  D. File for divorce.

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17) According .to RA 9003, which three 'environmentally sensitive resources' should a Sanitary
Landfill be most concerned about? 
 

  A. Bionetwork, germplasm, and wildlife habitats

  B. Aquifer, groundwater reservoir, watershed area

  C. Flora, fauna, and biota  

  D. Landscapes, seascapes, and viewscapes

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18) The use of a set of scientific methods to define the probability and magnitude of potentially
adverse effects which can result from exposure to toxic and hazardous materials,
compounds, and substances is called 
 
  A. Chemical Containment and Control  

  B. Toxic Prevention Protocol

  C. Environmental Risk Assessment

  D. Strategic Environmental Assessment

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19) Which of the following ethical principles directly pertains to a planner's responsibility to
his/her private client? 
 

  A. Do not plagiarize.

  B. Do not accept work that cannot be performed in a timely fashion

  C. Do not coerce others to reach findings which are not supported by evidence
D. Do not disclose, without sufficient legal cause, privileged information clearly kept
 
restricted by concerned party
E. When in authority and facilitating public hearings, do not make secret deals with
 
participants.
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20) Under RA 7160 Sec. 107, who should prepare the multi-sectoral development plan at the
village level? 
 

  A. Sangguniang Barangay

  B. Lupong Tagapamayapa ng Pook

  C. Federation of Village Neighborhood and Homeowners Associations

  D. Barangay Development Council

 
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Reference: RA 7160 Sec. 107b
  Barangay Development Council is composed of members of Sangguniang Barangay, Representative of Congressman,
Representative or NGOs operating in the Barangay not less than 1/4 of the members of the Council.
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21) Which act of the planner is not enumerated as punishable under PD 1308 of 1978,
"Regulating the Practice of Environmental Planning in the Philippines"? 
 
A. Having his/her professional seal done by informal businesses along CM Recto Ave.,
 
Manila
B. Engaging in tha practice of environmental planning in the Philippines without having
 
been registered
 C. Assuming, using or advertising any title or description tending to convey the impression
 
that he is an environmental planner without holding a valid certificate of registration
  D. Environmental planner without holding a valid certificate of registration
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22) Under the rule cited in immediately-preceding question, which of the following should not
chair the Bids and Awards Committee? 
 
  A. Chief of Administrative Division
  B. Audio-Visual Technician
  C. Head of Engineering Section
  D. Planning Officer V
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23) As in the case of the ZTE-National Broadband Network deal, when a joint venture or
negotiated contract at the national level exceeds the value of PhP 300M, the approving
government body is 
 

  A. Cabinet of the President

  B. Council of State

  C. Investment Coordination Committee  

  D. NEDA Board

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24) These projects need not submit an Environmental Impact Statement but one has to submit a
simple Project Description. 
 

  A. An urban grocery store of around 2,500 sq.m. total area  

  B. Cluster of stalls selling goto, lugaw, arrozcaldo, and pares in historic lntramuros, Manila

  C. Palay marketing warehouse of Samahang Nayon or rural farmers' cooperative

  D. Home-based aquaculture using drums, metal tanks, and concrete ponds

 
Feedback
  as per PD2146, B. Environmental Critical Areas, No. 2 & 4.
Keyword = "Historic"
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25) It is the process of predicting the likely environmental consequences of implementing a

project or undertaking and then designing appropriate preventive, protective, mitigating,
 and enhancement measures. 
 

  A. Environmental Risk Assessment  

  B. Environmental Impact Assessment

  C. Environmental Accounting and Audit

  D. Strategic Environmental Assessment

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26) Which of these projects should submit a full-blown Environmental Impact Statement? 
 

  A. Tree planting on urban parks by 6,000 students

B. High-end residential subdivision of more than 10 hectares with additional area for golf
 
course
  C. Rain-fed farming of around 50 hectares  

  D. Hydroponic and aeroponic farming inside greenhouse tents and cages

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27) If excessive amounts of hot water are discharged into a lake in a case of 'thermal pollution',
the immediate result will most likely be 
 

  A. An increase in the sewage content of the lake

  B. A decrease in amount of dissolved oxygen in the lake

  C. An increase in the amount of PCB pollution in the lake

  D. A decrease in the amount of phospates in the lake  

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28) A contractual arrangement whereby a project proponent undertakes the financing of
construction of a given infrastructure or development facility and after its completion turns
it over to the government agency or local government unit concerned, which shall pay the
proponent on an agreed schedule its total investments expended on the project, plus a
reasonable rate of return thereon. 
 

  A. Build and transfer

  B. Build, own and operate

  C. Build, transfer and operate

  D. Develop, operate and transfer

 
Feedback
  Reference: RA7188 (BOT Law) Sec.2c
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29) Which would not be a priority for EIA investigation of a proposed limestone quarrying-
cement production complex? 
 
A. Environmental Justice, impacts on sensitive communities, critical habitats, heritage
 
sites, and endangered species
B. Management of water quality, air quality, noise, traffic, common industrial wastes, and
 
toxic/hazardous wastes
  C. Consumption of electricity, water, and other utilities  

  D. Company policies on 'hiring and firing' and management training

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30) A part of BOT, it is a contractual arrangement whereby the supplier of equipment and
machinery for a given infrastructure facility, if the interest of the Government so requires,
operates the facility providing in the process technology transfer and training to Filipino
nationals .
 
  A. Purchase and activate
  B. Supply and operate
  C. Canvass, Procure and Install
  D. PBAC - prequalify, bid-out and award
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31) Which of the following is the best example of 'environmental remediation'? 

 

  A. A species of trout becomes extinct in a eutrophic lake.

  B. The annual volume of sewage flowing into a stream is decreased by one half.

  C. The height of a factory smokestack is increased.

  D. PCB-consuming bacteria are sprayed on an area that has soil contaminated with PCBs.

  E. A parcel of forest land is declared a state park.  

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32) A Highly-Urbanized City (HUG) bids out in transparent manner the revision of its CLUP-
ZO for an approved budget of contract (ABC) of 6 million. Four companies participated in
open bidding. In the BAC evaluation of technical proposals, Company A got 89 points,
Company B earned 64 points, Company C, 78 points, and Company D, 42 points as the last
company missed out on the required GIS-RS component. After technical examination, the
sealed financial proposals were opened and the bid amounts were revealed as follows:
Company A = 6.3 million; Company B = 6.2 million; Company C = 5.9 million; and
Company D = 4.5 million. Overall, which company offered the "most 
responsive bid" or "lowest calculated complying bid" and should receive the Notice of
Award of Contract from the head of agency. 
 

  A. Company A

  B. Company B

  C. Company C

  D. Company D  

 
Feedback
RA9184 Government Procurement Reform Act of 2002 Art.10 Sec. 34.
Interpretation: 6 Million Contract
  Company A =89 pts (Highest Rated Bid=OK)/6.8M (Bid exceed=DQ); Company B= 64 pts/6.2M (Bid exceed=DQ);
Company C= 78pts(Rate OK)/5.9M (Bid OK); Company D= 42 pts (requirement not met=DQ)/ 4.2 M (Lowest
Calculated Bid=OK)
Therefore, Project to be awarded to Company C for not having DQs.
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33) In emergency cases such as typhoon or earthquake damage where the need for supplies and
services is exceptionally urgent or absolutely indispensable and inorder to prevent
imminent danger to, or loss of, life or property, LGUs may make emergency purchases or
place repair orders, without open public bidding, provided 
 
A. Public safety and vital public services, infrastructure and utilities, would be endangered
 
if contracts are rescinded, abandoned, terminated, or not taken over,
B. It is the best offer and most advantageous price among quotations submitted by at least
  three pre-selected suppliers kept in the database of the government agency as having
reliable, positive track record  
C. Amount is within the range of 50,000-250,000 or even higher according to ceilings
 
previously approved by the Government Procurement Policy Board
D. Goods and commodities of any amount are procured from another government agency
 
under LOI 755 and E0359
  E. All of the choices

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34) Under RA 9184 Government Procurement Reform Act of 2002, the Bids and Awards
Committee with five to seven members has to be headed by 
 

  A. Chief of procuring entity

  B. Resident Ombudsman

  C. Resident auditor detailed by COA  

  D. At least third ranking permanent official

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35) A reduction in overall water quality due to an increase in the concentration of chemical
nutrients in a waterbody would be an example of 
 

  A. Osmosis

  B. Hypoalimentation

  C. Eutrophication

  D. Fertilization

  E. Denitrofication
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36) According to RA 9367 Renewable Energy Act of 2006, what are the 'additives' to gasoline
that are harmful to both people and nature? 
 
  A. Methyl tertiary butyl ether
  B. Isooctane and heptane
  C. Molybdenum oxide
  D. tetraethyl
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37) What are the proper sections of a Project Description for projects seeking Certificate of
Non-Coverage? 
 
A. Proponent, Goals, Key Result Areas, Project Mechanics, Resources Needed, Loans to
 
be contracted, Expected ROI
B. Rationale, Location & Area, Development Plan & Phases, Alternatives, Manpower
 
Requirements, Cost, Duration & Schedule
C. Description of Land, Capital, Machines, Materials, Manpower, Management. and
 
Marketing
D. Objectives, Scope, Methodology, Program of Work, Resource Requirements,
 
Participating Entitites  
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38) This principle encourages shared responsibility between government and the private sector
in infrastructure development and management through joint venture schemes such as BOT,
BTO, BLT, BOO, and the like. 
 

  A. GO-NGO Cooptation

  B. Rapprochement

  C. Detente  

  D. Public-Private Partnership

  E. State & Non-State Collaboration

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39) Which of the following is unethical practice of a registered environmental planner? 

 

  A. Falsely injures the practice of other environmental planners

  B. Provides unjust compensation to colleagues and subordinates

  C. Affixes signature on plans he did not prepare or supervise  

  D. Enters competitions where s/he has direct involvement in program formulation

  E. All of the above

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40) RA 8749 Clean Air Act, Sec. 20, generally bans burning which results in poisonous and and
toxic fumes, but with a  few exceptions. What agency oversees cremation and incineration of
pathological, biological, contagious wastes?
 

  A. Bureau of Fire Protection  

  B. Department of Interior and Local Government

  C. Philippine Hospitals Association

  D. Department of Health
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41) Which of the following is an actual conflict of interest? 
 
A. Voting in a public election on an environmental issue that directly affects your
 
consulting services
B. Making official government recommendations on a site plan that you developed when
 
previously employed in the private sector
C. Accepting souvenir gifts from a housing developer at the vendors' and sponsors' area of
 
a planners' convention
D. Reporting to PRC an act of dishonesty by a planner about his supposed work experience
 
in a job originally occupied by you.  
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42) What are the basic elements of an EIA study? 
 
A. Market Aspect, Technical Aspect, Social Aspect, Financial Aspect, Economic Aspect,
 
and Institutional Aspect
B. Problem, Objectives, Review of Lit, Conceptual Framework, Methods, Analysis of Data,
 
Conclusions, Recommendations
C. Location & Area, Characteristics of Project Undertaking, Magnitude of Impact, Spatial
 
Extant. Duration, and Complexity
D. Baseline Data, Mid-stream Data, Operational Conditions, Control Interventions, Post
 
Implementation  
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43) All of these projects, except one, need not submit Project Description, or Environmental
Impact Statement but need only to comply with registration and documentary requirements
of city, town or barangay. 
 

  A. Municipal waterworks system

  B. Sari-sari or neighborhood variety store  

  C. Backyard fowl-raising of less than 10 heads

  D. Private-practice office in home garage with 5 employees

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44) Under PD 1308, a consulting firm, partnership, or company of registered environmental
planners should have 
 
A. At least 75% of entire membership and 75% of capitalization owned by registered
 
environmental planners
 B. At least 50% of entire membership and 50% of capitalization owned by registered
 
environmental planners
  C. The fifty-plus-one rule of membership and capitalization

  D. 60%-40% combination of licensed planners and unlicensed planners.

 
Feedback
  Reference: PD1308 Sec.20a
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45) What type of bond guarantees payment on all obligations arising from a contract? 
 

  A. Surety

  B. Assurance

  C. Performance

  D. Warranty

  E. Reparation
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46) The following are generally non-pollutive and non-hazardous except one. 
 
  A. Manufacture of bread, pastries, cakes, donuts, biscuits, hopia, and noodles
B. Assembly and repair of personal computers, home electronic devices, appliances, and
 
appurtenances
C. Manufacture of paints, paint removers, solvents, lacquers, varnishes, shellac, coating
 
materials
D. Manufacture of small leather goods such as handbags, luggage, wallets, belts, shoes, and
 
sandals
E. Publishing and printing of school books, pamphlets, flyers, receipts, greeting cards, social
 
communications
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47) In a case of sexual harassment in a planning consulting company, the following ethical
principles apply except one. 
 
A. A planner should not be penalized for sexual urges that have nothing to do with his/her
 
profession.
B. A planner must not commit a deliberately wrongful act, which reflects adversely on the
 
planner's professional fitness
  C. A planner must respect the rights of others and must not discriminate.  
D. A planner must have special concern for the long-range consequences of present
 
actions.
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48) Which environment assessment methodology addresses long-term frameworks, policies, and
regulatory regimes more substantively than project impacts and activity outcomes? 
 

  A. Environmental Risk Assessment  

  B. Environmental Impact Assessment

  C. Environmental Accounting and Audit

  D. Strategic Environmental Assessment

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49) The following are all examples of environmentally-critical projects (ECPs) except one: 
 

  A. Laiban Dam, Kaliwa River, Tanay, Rizal  

  B. Ring Dike - Circumferential around Laguna de Bay

  C. Petrol Refineries & Oil Depots in Batangas City

  D. Perimeter work on centuries-old Plazu Miranda

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50) This is a garbage recycling center in a village, or for a cluster of villages, which also serves as
drop-off center for sorted wastes, composting center, and processing center to consolidate
segregated recyclables for remanufacturing. 
 
  A. Barangay Waste Recycling Center
  B. Community Junk Shop
  C. Waste Exchange Facility
  D. Materials Recovery Facility