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ESRI Certification Guide. Ch 1-4What is a Geodatabase schema? - answer the structure or design of the geodatabase
(eg. structure of feature datasets, relations/joins between fields, symbology, labels, etc)
Define a layer - answer it references a data source and specifies how that dataset is
portrayed using symbols and text labels
ArcGIS for server is used to...? (3) - answer Publish info and maps as web services
Access services through web apps
Manage data in an enterprise geodatabase
ArcGIS Online can be used for...? (2) - answer creating and sharing maps accessible by
browser, mobile device, ArcGIS for desktop, or custom app
accessing content shared by others
ArcGIS for mobile can be used to...? (2) - answer provide data collection apps for
smartphones and tablets
sync with ArcGIS server to make data and maps availabe to field staff
What three programs make up ArcGIS for mobile suite? – answer Arc Pad
ArcGIS for windows mobile
Apps for smartphone and tablet
What are the two apps that make up ArcGIS Explorer, and what are they used for? -
answer ArcGIS Explorer Desktop: can access ready to use basemaps and layers
ArcGIS Explorer Online: browser based - for viewing and creating simple maps from
already available stuff
ArcGIS Spatial Analyst is used for...? - answercreating, querying and analyzing cell
based raster data (eg calculate hillshade, cost of travel analysis)
ArcGIS Geostatistical Analyst is...? - answeran extension of AG Spatial Analyst - there
are more in-depth interpolation, statistical, and optimization analysis tools available
, AG 3D Analyst is used for...? Includes...(2)? - answerworking with 3d data - and
extension of ArcMap and Catalog
includes ArcGlobe (large scale) and ArcScene (site-level) viewing apps
AG Network Analyst used is for...? - answeranalysis of transportation networks
AG schematics is used for...? - answera representation of a network in a schematic
diagram (eg electric power network, the path food takes from farm to fork)
AG tracking analyst is used for...? - answerspatial patterns and trends in the context of
time (eg tracking hurricanes in real time)
AG Publisher is used for...? - answersharing and distributing maps, globes and data
(creates PMF files, doesn't have to be online) (can be read with *free* app ArcReader)
What is an ArcSDE geodatabase used for? (3 specific functions?) - answera
geodatabase that can be used by many people at the same time (versioning, scalability,
SQL access)
What is a feature class?
What is a feature dataset, and why use it? - answerCollection of point/line/polygon
features with the same set of attributes and spatial reference
stores feature classes that are thematically and topologically related.
-Used to provide structure for advanced database functions (like topologies, geometric
networks...)
3 kinds of vector data? 2 kinds of geometry they can have? - answerpoint, line, polygon
single part, multi-part
A shapefile is...? When to use it? - answera feature class outside a geodatabase, stored
in 3 file format
-used when a lightweight data format is needed (eg ArcGIS online), or for non ESRI GIS
software
What is a coverage? When to use it? - answera collection of feature classes from older
versions of ESRI Arc software
-mostly used in legacy datasets
What is a CAD dataset? When to use it? - answerdrawing files from other software (like
AutoCAD)
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