ArcGIS Exam Study Guide with
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layers - Answer-collections of geographic objects that look alike and may contain features and
surfaces
features - Answer-a polygon, line or point. the geographic objects in a layer. vector data
surfaces - Answer-measurable values for any particu...
geodatabase - Answer✔✔-contains many different objects including feature classes, networks, tables,
rasters,
feature class - Answer✔✔-a combination of like objects
layer file - Answer✔✔-references a feature class and stores information about its properties and how it
should be displayed. will come up with the exact same symbols and look when saved here
shapefile - Answer✔✔-old data, contains a feature class
nominal data - Answer✔✔-names or uniquely identified objects
ex: state names, owner of parcel
single symbol map - Answer✔✔-all features displayed with the same label
categorical data - Answer✔✔-places features into a defined number of distinct categories
- text or numeric
- different symbol for each category
unique values map - Answer✔✔-different symbol for each category or value
ordinal data - Answer✔✔-ranks categories on a arbitrary scale,
ex graduated color map
can be showed using symbol, size or color
interval data - Answer✔✔-values placed along a regular numeric scale
ex: temperature, pH
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