Introduction to GIS Challenge Exam

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1) What does the acronym GIS stand for?
a. Geographic Information Services
b. Geological Information Systems
c. Geographic Information Systems
d. Geographic Intelligence Systems

2) Visualization is one of the functions of a GIS. What is meant by visualization?
a. Applying GIS tolls to answer questions and support decisions
b. Combining data to find areas that meet your criteria
c. Looking at data on a map to get information and see relationships
d. Organizing and updating geographic data to make it useful

3) A feature has a shape, a location, a symbol, and one more component. What is the
other component?
a. Attributes
b. Scale
c. Cells
d. Layer

4) Maps in which colors or other symbols are applied to features to indicate their
attributes are called _________________.
a. Attribute Maps
b. Thematic Maps
c. Symbolic Maps
d. Creative Maps

5) Which statement below is true about scale?
a. Scale is fixed on a GIS map.
b. Scale is the amount of detail shown on a map.
c. Scale changes when you pan a GIS map.
d. Scale represents the amount of reduction between a map and the real world.

6) Which one would not be a vector layer?
a. A layer showing the depth of the ocean
b. A layer of houses represented by polygons
c. A layer of lines representing rivers
d. A layer of points such as addresses

7) A polygon, a line, or a point that represents an object is a _________.
a. Raster
b. Feature
c. Surface
d. Map
Introduction to GIS Challenge Exam
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8) Coverages that hold a value associated with a raster are called _________.
a. Backgrounds
b. Features
c. Surfaces
d. Graphics

9) Rasters are _____________.
a. Thematic Maps
b. Features
c. Pictures of The Ocean
d. Graphic Blocks or Cells

10) Maps in which colors or other symbols are applied to features to indicate their
attributes are called _________________.
a. Attribute Maps
b. Thematic Maps
c. Symbolic Maps
d. Creative Maps

11) Which application is used for managing geographic data?
a. ArcCatalog
b. ArcObject
c. ArcToolbox
d. Symbology

12) What does the acronym GPS stand for?
a. Geographical Positioning System
b. Global Positioning System
c. Geographical Placement System
d. Global Point System

13) How many active satellites are in orbit and used by a GPS system?
a. 24
b. 124
c. 240
d. There are too many satellites to count.

14) What is the minimum number of satellites the GPS can communicate with to gain a 3-
D position?
a. 3
b. 4
c. 24
d. It varies depending on how strong the signal is.

15) Symbolizing features means_______________.
a. Assigning properties by which they can be recognized on a map
b. Adding labels to your map
c. Drawing circles on a map to show where cities are
d. Adding sound to your map

Introduction to GIS Challenge Exam
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16) Attributes that are measurements or counts of features are called __________.
a. Qualitative attributes
b. Categorical attributes
c. Quantitative attributes
d. Descriptive attributes

17) What are the versions of a raster dataset that assist in improving the drawing speed
of raster layers as you zoom in and out called?
a. Resolution Correctors
b. Pyramids
c. Mountains
d. Detail Builders

18) What is the term for a graduated color symbology that displays features as shades in
a range of colors?
a. Color Range
b. Color Selector
c. Color Ramp
d. Color Shades

19) This classification method breaks clusters of data into classes that have equal
amounts of features in each class.
a. The Quantile Method
b. Natural Breaks
c. Manuel Classification
d. Equal Interval

20) Cylindrical, Conic and Azimuthal are types of_________.
a. Metadata
b. Map Projections
c. Queries
d. Spatial Data

21) What is the basic component of a Raster?
a. A Point
b. A Shape
c. A Feature
d. A Cell

22) An attempt to portray the surface of the earth or a portion of the earth on a flat
surface is called ___________?
a. A Map Projection
b. Spatial Analysis
c. A Raster Dataset
d. A Geodatabase

23) Personal Geodatabases have the ability to store __________.
a. Multiple feature classes
b. Labels as annotation
c. Up to two gigabytes of data
d. All of the above
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24) To have significant control over the appearance and placement of labels, you need to
convert them to _____________.
a. Dynamic
b. Annotation
c. Interactive
d. Standard

25) A latitude and longitude point that is calculated by a GPS unit is called _______.
a. A decimal degree
b. A waypoint
c. An exact place
d. A GPS point

26) Polygons that can be drawn at a constant distance around every feature in a layer, or
at a distance that varies according to attribute values are called_________?
a. Overlays
b. Queries
c. Buffers
d. Boundaries

27) What does the acronym SQL stand for?
a. Structured Query Language
b. System Query Language
c. Supporting Query Language
d. Selecting Query Language

28) In a join, the tables on the disk are _________.
a. Changed
b. Not changed
c. Exported
d. Corrupted

29) You can permanently append attributes of a join by _________.
a. Doing nothing, your data is permanently altered as soon as you join tables.
b. You cant make it permanent; a join only exists within the map document.
c. Exporting the joined layer as a new data set.
d. Saving your map.

30) The Query Builder in ArcMap is used to:
a. Write a SQL statement to create a definition query.
b. Write a SQL statement to run an analysis
c. Write metadata.
d. All of the above

31) What is the difference between a join and a relate?
a. There is no difference, they both have a one to many relationship.
b. A relate has a one to one relationship, and a join has a one to many relationship.
c. A join has a one to one relationship, and a relate has a one to many relationship.
d. There is no difference; they both have a one to one relationship.

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32) What is a Domain?
a. A list or range of valid values for a feature
b. A list or range of valid values for a field
c. A list or range of valid values for an attribute
d. A list or range or valid values for a website

33) A summary document providing content, quality, type, creation and spatial
information about a data set is called __________?
a. Metadata
b. A world file
c. A query
d. Spatial Data

34) A shapefile is a __________.
a. A single feature class
b. A set of feature classes
c. A raster dataset
d. A geodatabase

35) What format does ESRI create metadata in?
a. SQL Format
b. ESRI Format
c. XML Format
d. UTM Format

36) What you would use to modify a feature in ArcMap?
a. The Editor Toolbar.
b. The Drawing Toolbar.
c. The Spatial Analyst Toolbar.
d. You cant modify a feature in ArcMap.

37) What task would you use to divide a feature in ArcMap?
a. Create New Feature.
b. Cut Polygon Features
c. Modify Feature
d. You cant modify a feature in ArcMap.

38) If you want to find out what is happening inside a buffer zone, you can:
a. Use visual overlay to visualize and explore what is occurring inside
b. Use location query to select what is inside
c. Use overlay to combine the buffer with another layer
d. All of the above

39) Suppose you have a habitat layer and a landcover layer and you want to know which
landcover types exist in a particular habitat and how much of each type. Which of the
following GIS operations would you perform?
a. Buffer operation
b. Attribute query
c. Location query
d. Overlay operation
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40) To add fields to an attribute table, you can use_____________.
a. either ArcCatalog or ArcMap
b. either ArcCatalog or ArcToolbox
c. ArcCatalog only
d. ArcMap only

41) Which one of the following is an example of a category attribute?
a. A field containing ranks
b. A field containing names
c. A field containing percentages
d. A field containing population values

42) An attribute query is made up of an attribute field, an attribute value, and one more
component. What is the other component?
a. A location relationship
b. A number value
c. A text value
d. An operator

43) What is the process of creating map features from addresses, place names, or similar
information called?
a. Geocoding
b. Address Coding
c. Locating Waypoints
d. Pinpointing

44) What helps the reader understand what to look for in the map?
a. The north arrow and scale bar
b. The legend, and scale bar
c. The title and subtitle
d. The Legend and north arrow

45) When creating a map, what two objects provide geographic orientation?
a. The north arrow and scale bar
b. The legend, and scale bar
c. The title and subtitle
d. The Legend and north arrow

46) A map layout should always include which one of the following elements?
a. Logo
b. Map body
c. North arrow
d. Text explaining the map data

TRUE OR FALSE:

47) The two types of information that a GIS stores are features and attributes.
a. True
b. False

Introduction to GIS Challenge Exam
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48) The distances of a degree of latitude at the 28th parallel the same as a degree at the
52nd parallel.
a. True
b. False

49) The result of an attribute query is a set of selected features and records.
a. True
b. False

50) A feature class is a dataset that can be represented as a layer on a GIS map
a. True
b. False




























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