Final

Question 1

Which items below do not provide symbology information for a layer?

A layer file (.lyr) 

A shapefile in disk. 

A feature class in a geodatabase. 

A layer object obtained with the ListLayers function from the mapping function. 

A layer object obtained from a lyr file.

Answer 1

A shapefile in disk, a feature class in a GDB

Question 2

What function from ArcPy do you use in a script to collect information passed as a parameter from a script tool?

Answer 2

GetParameterAsText

Question 3

When converting a standalone script to a script that is part of a tool in ArcGIS Pro, what could you replace the print statements with?

Answer 3

AddMessage, AddWarning, AddError

Question 4

For each of the following scenarios below, where you must write a Python script, specify if you absolutely need an ArcGIS Project file to perform the operation:

A script that uses a SelectLayerByLocation function.

Answer 4

No

Question 5

For each of the following scenarios below, where you must write a Python script, specify if you absolutely need an ArcGIS Project file to perform the operation:

A script that merges two feature classes.

Answer 5

No

Question 6

For each of the following scenarios below, where you must write a Python script, specify if you absolutely need an ArcGIS Project file to perform the operation:

A script that uses a SelectLayerByLocation function, and that exports a map showing the selected features.

Answer 6

Yes

Question 7

For each of the following scenarios below, where you must write a Python script, specify if you absolutely need an ArcGIS Project file to perform the operation:

A script that uses the Walk method to send to the printer already created maps in PDF format in a specific folder.

Answer 7

No

Question 8

What is the correct sequence of functions to access the text elements of a layout in an ArcGIS Project?

listProjects, listLayers, listElements. 

listMaps, listLayouts, listElements. 

ArcGIS Project, listMaps, listLayers, listElements. 

ArcGIS Project, listLayouts, listElements

Answer 8

project -> layouts -> elements

Question 9

What arcpy module do you have to use to access the map elements of an ArcGIS Project?

Answer 9

mp

Question 10

What data type for a yes/no answer?

Answer 10

boolean

Question 11

What data type for a number without decimals?

Answer 11

long

Question 12

What data type for a number with decimals?

Answer 12

float

Question 13

What data type for a path?

Answer 13

folder/workspace

Question 14

What datatype for the name of a shapefile?

Answer 14

string

Question 15

To restrict the input from the user on a script tool parameter, what property is needed?

Answer 15

filter

Question 16

In the update cursor for loop above, what would you type if you wanted to set the value of the field par_no equal to the value from the field parcel_no?

s_cursor = arcpy.da.SearchCursor(fc, [“parcel_no”, “owner”, “type”], q)
for s_row in s_cursor:
u_cursor = arcpy.da.UpdateCursor(table, [“block”, “tract”, “par_no”])
for u_row in u_cursor:
YOUR ANSWER
u_cursor.updateRow(u_row)
del u_row
del u_cursor

Answer 16

u_row[2] = s_row [0]

Question 17

declare the variable alist as an empty list.

Answer 17

alist = []

Question 18

add a string “point” to teh variable alist

Answer 18

alist.append(“Point”)

Question 19

declare the variable D as a dictionary

Answer 19

D = {}

Question 20

add the value pair “MUSYM” : 123 to the dictionary D

Answer 20

D[“MUSYM”] = 123

Question 21

From the dictionary below, save the value of the “Cleveland” key in variable X.
statelookup = {“Austin”:”Texas”, “Baltimore”:”Maryland”, “Cleveland”:”Ohio”, “Denver”:”Colorado”}

Answer 21

x = statelookup[“Cleveland”]

Question 22

Based on the code lines below,

aSeq = range(5) 
for anItem in aSeq: 
    print (f"Starting process with element {anItem}...") 
    .......         
    ....... How many times will the loop iterate? What will be the value of anitem in the third iteration?

Answer 22

5 times,
anItem = 2

Question 23

Based on the code lines below,

aSeq = range(5) 
for anItem in aSeq: 
    print (f"Starting process with element {anItem}...") 
    .......         
    .......  Will the value of aSeq change as the loop is processing?

Answer 23

No

Question 24

Based on the code lines below,

aList = [134, 8, 'X', 'B', 9, aLayer] 
for x in aList: 
    print (f"Starting process with element {x}...") 
    .......         
    .......  How many times will the loop iterate? What will be the value of the variable x in the third iteration?

Answer 24

6 times,
x = ‘X’

Question 25

If you want to extract the substring “2019” from the sp variable below using string slicing, which indexes would you use in the blanks? sp = "IL_2019_fall.shp" sub = sp[ x : y ]

Answer 25

3:7

Question 26

You have the raster file c:\temp\multi_band.tif. This raster dataset has 6 bands with names Band_1, Band_2, all the way to Band_6. You want to create a new raster from Band_4. To achieve this, what value would you assign to the variable raster_dataset in the code below? raster_dataset = output_one_band = r’d:\temp\one_band.tif’ arcpy.CopyRaster_management(raster_dataset, output_one_band)

Answer 26

raster_dataset = r“c:\temp\multi_band.tif\Band_4”