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GGH2603THE INTERPRETATION OF MAPS, AERIEL PHOTOGRAPHS AND SATELLITE IMAGES
EXAM PREPARATION
1. Which type of symbol would you use to show a road or a railway on a 1:50000 map?
a. A point
b. An area
c. A line.
d. An area without a line
2. Which one of the following listed items are all spatial or geographical variables?
a. Rainfall, temperature, land use, population, crime
b. Rainfall in millimeters, temperature in degrees Celsius, land use type
c. Rainfall, temperature, land use type, crime, crop types
d. Rainfall in millimeters, temperature, land use, crime type, crops
3. Infrared have longer/ shorter/very longer wavelengths than the wavelengths of the visible
spectrum.
a. Infrared
b. Visible spectrum
4. Contour lines are lines of _____ heights.
5. To show changes in data in a thematic map such as fortunate index or number of persons per
census QGIS, you make use of _____ symbols with a specific color ramp.
6. Which of the following is not a special purpose map?
a. Topographic map
b. Vegetation
c. Land cover map
d. Population density map
7. A cartogram is a special of……
a. A general purpose
b. Road map
c. Thematic map
d. Topographic map
, e. Physical map
8. GIS can be used to answer_____ questions.
9. Nominal symbols are….
a. Qualitative
b. Quantitative
c. Qualitative and quantitative
10. A surface geological map is a…….
a. Road map
b. Physical map
c. Topographic map
d. General purpose map
e. Thematic map
11. An aeronautical map is a ……
a. A specific purpose map
b. Road map
c. Topographic map
d. Thematic map
12. In general, a map consists of the following:
a. Area of interest, date, scale, title
b. Area of interest, projection, scale, North arrow
c. Area of interest, page number, title, scale, North arrow
d. Area of interest, title, scale, North arrow, legend
13. The purpose of a map showing the census data of persons living in a ward is for:
A determining the number of eligible voters
b. tax collection
c. to annoy the ward councilor
d. indicates broken water pipes
e. determining service delivery requirements
f. determining the head of the house
14. Aerial photographs capture ______ at a specific moment in time.
15. Simplification and classification of geographic phenomena is done through…
a. The selection of the geographic phenomena characteristics that Is to the liking of the
cartographer
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