Advanced GIS Exam 1 ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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Advanced GIS
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Advanced GIS
Advanced GIS Exam 1 ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Geographic data model - CORRECT ANSWER- structure for organizing geospatial data
Object Class - CORRECT ANSWER- collection of objects in tabular format
Feature Class - CORRECT ANSWER- collection of Geographic Objects in tabular
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Advanced GIS Exam 1 ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Geographic data model - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- structure for organizing geospatial data
Object Class - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- collection of objects in tabular format
Feature Class - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- collection of Geographic Objects in tabular
format that have the same behavior and attributes and geometry
relationship - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- association between two objects in a database
network - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- set of edges and junctions that are topologically
connected
edge - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- lines that end in junctions
junction - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- points that are the ends of edges
GIS - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Geographic Information Systems
the person, the data, the software
georeferencing - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- placing a raster on in a map document by
anchoring it to the map using real life coordinates
coverage - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- type of storage for GIS data. complex, store in
information tables, stored partially in its own folder and an info folder, and stores common
boundaries.
shapefile - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- type of storage for GIS data. simple, .dbf files, stored
in 3-5 files and stores full geometry
, .shp, .dbf, .shx
types of databases - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- personal, workshop, enterprise
geodatabase - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- relational database that stores geographic
information
feature dataset - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- collection of feature classes that share the same
spatial reference frame
catalog - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- previews, view data, meta data, tables
floating point - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- part of raster - continuous data
cell value assignment methods - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- predominant type, center of cell,
weighted features
topology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the way geographical features are related to one
another
digital ortho quads - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- aerial photos with all spatial error corrected
UTM - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- advantages: area preserved
disadvantages: different origins, not global
conic - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- advantages: small areas
disadvantages: not good for large areas
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