Final

Question 1

Who is recognized as the father of GIS?

Answer 1

Roger Tomlinson

Question 2

Which government agency developed TIGER (Topologically Integrated geographic Encoding Referencing) data?

Answer 2

US Census Bureau

Question 3

Which of the following features is an example of a discrete feature?

Answer 3

Stream

Question 4

Who is the author of Design with Nature?

Answer 4

Ian MacHarg

Question 5

Which of the following features is an example of a continuous feature?

Answer 5

Elevation

Question 6

Which of the following file formats is NOT for raster data?

Answer 6

TIN

Question 7

What ESRI product is free that reads pmf (published map files) file?

Answer 7

ArcReader

Question 8

Which is a model approximating the shape and size of the earth?

Answer 8

Spheroid and ellipsoid

Question 9

Which license level of ArcGIS Desktop do we use in our GIS Labs?

Answer 9

Advanced (ArcInfo)

Question 10

Which of the following statements is NOT true about a meridian with a scale factor of a map projection?

Answer 10

The meridian must be right on the origin of the map projection

Question 11

Which ArcGIS Desktop application allows you to manually digitize land cover type polygon of your study area?

Answer 11

ArcMap

Question 12

Which of the following statements is true?

Answer 12

A coordinate system may have more than one map projection

Question 13

Which of the following statement sis true about data format in ArcGIS?

Answer 13

Coverage and geodatabase

Question 14

Which of the following symbol properties is used for displaying quantitative attribute?

Answer 14

Size

Question 15

A map usong a color scheme to display the county population of Texas is a…

Answer 15

Thematic map and choropleth map

Question 16

when the coordinate system of a GIS dataset shows as “unkwon”, which tool is needed in order to assign spatial reference to it?

Answer 16

Define Projection

Question 17

What is the most important part of a map composition?

Answer 17

Map Body

Question 18

What is the output feature type from a line-in-polygon overlay process using Intersect tool?

Answer 18

Line

Question 19

What are the basic units of the vector data model?

Answer 19

Points and their coordinates

Question 20

Which of the following statements is NOT true about the topology in vector data?

Answer 20

Storing the spatial reference information

Question 21

Which map manipulation process aggregates features that have the same attribute value?

Answer 21

Dissolve

Question 22

Which of the following statements is true for vector data model compared with raster data model?

Answer 22

The computational efficiency is high

Question 23

What are the two components of geographically referenced data and how do they work together in georelational data model?

Answer 23

spatial data representing its location, and attribute data representing its characteristics

Question 24

What is false easting and false northing in a projected coordinate system (PCS) and what is the purpose of it?

Answer 24

False easting and northing values are usualy applied to ensure that all x and y values are positive

Question 25

Draw the three types of map projections based on the different geometric objects used with relation to the globe. Specify the name of each projection.

Answer 25

1. Conical 2. Cylindrical 3. Planar

Question 26

Terms representing raster data.

Answer 26

grid, raster map, surface cover, image

Question 27

Raster vs. Vector Data

Answer 27

``` Raster = field based Vector = object based; point, line, polygon ```

Question 28

Approximates the shape and size of the Earth

Answer 28

Spheroid/Ellipsoid (Clarke 1866, GRS 80, WGS 84)

Question 29

A mathematical model of the Earth, serves as the ref or base for geographic coordinates of a location

Answer 29

Datum (NAD 27, NAD 83, WGS 84)

Question 30

Different PCS' (statewide, nationwide, and universal)

Answer 30

TSMS, SPC, UTM

Question 31

Central vs Standard meridian

Answer 31

Central defines the origin of map projection, standard is the longitude used to scale out a map, globe or projections

Question 32

Modeling process

Answer 32

1. Define the goals of the model 2. Break down the model into elements 3. Implement and calibrate the model

Question 33

Binary vs Index model

Answer 33

Binary - uses logical expressions to select map features from a composite map or multiple grids Index - calculates the index value for each unit area and produces a ranked map based on the index value

Question 34

Join

Answer 34

Brings together two tables, given that each table has a common key

Question 35

Relate

Answer 35

Temporarily connects two tables but keeps the tables separate

Question 36

Filling each cell with the value of the corresponding cell or cells in an original grid

Answer 36

Z Resampling

Question 37

Z Resampling (nearest neighbor, bilinear interpolation, and cubic convolution)

Answer 37

NN - use the value of the nearest cell BI - fill with the weighted average of the four nearest cell values CC - fill with the weighted average of the 16 nearest cell values