GIS exam 1 UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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GIS
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GIS
GIS exam 1 UPDATED Exam Questions
and CORRECT Answers
According to the course syllabus, how many projects will you work on in this class through
the semester? - Correct Answer- 3
According to the course syllabus, which GIS software package will be used in this class? -
Correct Answer- ArcGIS...
GIS exam 1 UPDATED Exam Questions
and CORRECT Answers
According to the course syllabus, how many projects will you work on in this class through
the semester? - Correct Answer- 3
According to the course syllabus, which GIS software package will be used in this class? -
Correct Answer- ArcGIS Pro
Who is considered as the Father of GIS? - Correct Answer- Roger Tomlinson who led the
Canadian GIS project
Which of the following organization developed the TIGER files? - Correct Answer- US
Census Bureau
Which of the following statements regarding GIS is correct? - Correct Answer- A GIS has
many functions, which can aid in the collection, maintenance, storage, analysis, output, and
distribution of spatial data and information
A figure composed of ordered x-y coordinates with two endpoints is called a ________. -
Correct Answer- line or poly line
You are planning a hike. You measure the trail on a 1:24,000 scale map and discover that it is
30 cm long. How long is the hike in kilometers? - Correct Answer- 7.2 kilometers
Which one of the following statements is true? - Correct Answer- Although it is possible to
display a 1:1000 and a 1:1 million scale map together in a GIS, it is often not advisable to do
so.
The original scale from which a data set was developed is known as the ____. - Correct
Answer- source scale
Which of the following aspects of the data quality concept describes the issue of the number
of significant digits used to store a measurement? - Correct Answer- precision
, You have two feature classes, one containing city roads and one containing county roads.
Some roads are in both feature classes, but their locations are slightly different from each
other. You are dealing with the data quality issue of ____. - Correct Answer- geometric
accuracy
A raster portraying a ____ is an example of continuous data. - Correct Answer- precipitation
map
The basic element of data storage in a raster is called a ______. - Correct Answer- either cell
or pixel
Which of the following geographic phenomena would be considered to be discrete data rather
than continuous data? - Correct Answer- lake
Which one of the following ArcGIS Pro graphic user interface (GUI) elements would NOT
be found in a view? - Correct Answer- a ribbon
Which of the following map variables would benefit from a divergent color ramp (e.g., blue-
yellow-red color ramp)? - Correct Answer- percent growth or decline of county populations
The number of points earned on a final exam is an example of ___ data. - Correct Answer-
ratio
When the local meteorologist reported the temperature today, he or she was presenting _____
data. - Correct Answer- interval
Categorical data are usually mapped using a _____ map type. - Correct Answer- unique
values
What is the key benefit of using an unclassed map like a proportional symbol or a dot density
map? - Correct Answer- The map is less likely to be biased by the user's choice of
classification method.
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