Real Estate Economics – 5th Edition - by Huber, Messick, and Pivar
Chapter 4 Bonus Quiz
Copyright January 2011, Educational Textbook Company
1. A city that grows out in all directions from a core area with less intensive uses further
from the core, would have a growth pattern best described as:
a. strip development.
b. finger development.
c. concentric circle development.
d. axial growth.
2. A city that grows out from the core following transportation routes would have a
growth pattern described as:
a. axial growth.
b. sector growth.
c. concentric circle development.
d. strip development.
3. “Gentrification” refers to:
a. the aging of the population.
b. back to city movement of affluent singles and couples.
c. graffiti problem.
d. the demolition process.
4. An area of social conformity would be a(n):
a. megalopolis.
b. new city.
c. new town.
d. neighborhood.
5. New expensive homes built in an area resulted in more modest homes increasing in
value. This is an example of the:
a. principle of competition.
b. principle of progression.
c. principle of regression.
d. principle of first choice.
6. The most important reason for the founding of New York, Boston, and San Francisco
was:
a. mining.
b. lumbering.
c. religion.
d. harbors.
7. An example of a company town would be:
a. Hershey, Pennsylvania.
b. Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
c. New York, New York.
d. Los Angeles, California.
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8. The name “Del Webb” is associated with:
a. our monetary policy.
b. Lake Havasu.
c. retirement communities.
d. agriculture.
9. Philadelphia was planned and developed by:
a. John Havasu.
b. William Penn.
c. Richard Hurd.
d. Heinrich Von Thunen.
10. A combination of cities that form an uninterrupted mass of development would be
described as a:
a. new town.
b. leap frog development.
c. megalopolis.
d. neighborhood.
11. The fact that a location will go to the user who will pay the most for it is the principle
of:
a. first choice.
b. competition.
c. regression.
d. progression.
12. Six homes on a single block were foreclosed and later vandalized. The remaining
homes dropped significantly in value. This is an example of the principle of:
a. progression.
b. regression.
c. conformity.
d. first choice.
13. Skyscrapers were made possible by:
a. low land values.
b. the electric elevator and structural steel.
c. the invention of the automobile.
d. Fulton’s steam engine.
14. A city laid out in rectangular parcels is said to follow the:
a. gridiron plan.
b. sector plan.
c. strip development plan.
d. multiple nuclei plan.
15. Adding adjoining areas to a city for growth purposes is known as:
a. up growth.
b. filling in.
c. leap frog development.
d. annexation.
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Real Estate Economics – 5th Edition - by Huber, Messick, and Pivar
Chapter 4 Bonus Quiz Answers
Copyright January 2011, Educational Textbook Company
1. c (p145)
2. a (p147)
3. b (p152)
4. d (p153)
5. b (p155)
6. d (p137)
7. a (p138)
8. c (p139)
9. b (p143)
10. c (p153)
11. a (p156)
12. b (p155)
13. b (p150)
14. a (p143)
15. d (p150)
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