10) Geoprocessing Tools

Question 1

________ provides a framework and tools for performing analysis and managing geographic data.

Answer 1

Geoprocessing

Question 2

________ performs specific task or chain sequences of tools.

Answer 2

Geoprocessing

Question 3

7 GIS Geoprocessing Tools Every GIS Analyst Should Know

Answer 3

1. The Clip Tool
2. The Intersect Tool
3. The Union Tool
4. The Merge Tool
5. The Dissolve Tool
6. The Buffer Tool
7. The Erase Tool

Question 4

This tool extracts a subset of one feature class using one or more of the features in another feature class.

Answer 4

The Clip Tool

Question 5

This tool is an overlay function that cuts out an input layer with the extent of a defined feature boundary.

Answer 5

The Clip Tool

Question 6

Features or portions of features which overlap in all layers and/or feature classes will be written to the output feature class using this tool.

Answer 6

The Intersect Tool

Question 7

This tool is similar to the clip tool except that it preserves attributes from all the data sets that overlap each other in the output,

Answer 7

The Intersect Tool

Question 8

This tool is used when you want to know the area in common among multiple feature classes.

Answer 8

The Intersect Tool

Question 9

This tool maintains all input features boundaries and attributes in the output feature class, which means it preserves features from both layers at the same extents.

Answer 9

The Union Tool

Question 10

This tool is useful when your input datasets have different attribute
structures.

Answer 10

The Union Tool

Question 11

This tool combines multiple input feature classes of the same data type into a single, new output feature class.

Answer 11

The Merge Tool

Question 12

This tool is useful when your input feature classes have the same attribute structure.

Answer 12

The Merge Tool

Question 13

This tool unifies boundaries based on common attribute values or merges neighboring boundaries if the neighbors have the same attributes.

Answer 13

The Dissolve Tool

Question 14

This tool creates an area around input features to a specified distance.

Answer 14

The Buffer Tool

Question 15

This tool is a proximity function that creates a polygon at a set distance surrounding the features.

Answer 15

The Buffer Tool

Question 16

This tool determines what to erase and removes features that overlap the erase features.

Answer 16

The Erase Tool