GIST 8100 Final

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Which is NOT a type of location-allocation problem type?

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costdf = e(λ * impedancedf)
This equation represents which impedance transformation in location-allocation?

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In some location-allocation problems one must locate a new facility amongst existing, non competing facilities that provide the same service. These existing facilities are referred to as _____ in the model.

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A Network Dataset is ideal but not required to run a location-allocation model.

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Competitor facilities are specific to the maximize market share and target market share problem types.

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The Huff Model is an established business tool used to describe the interaction between consumer and facility.

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Which type of problem type can be used to locate candidate facilities that are near competitor facilities.

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People or things that require a facility are termed

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There are at least two iterations within the Teitz and Bart Heuristic. The first iteration…

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Spatial Autocorrelation gives a measure of dispersion and how data is distributed

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Moran’s I is based on a connectivity matrix and a proximity matrix

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Rook’s method of determining adjacency used diagonal connectivity

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All spatial autocorrelation measures are based on cross product statistics

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Which is an alternative to Moran’s I?

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What does n represent?

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After performing the Moran’s I calculation, you will have:

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What does this image indicate?

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Who’s first law forms the basis of spatial autocorrelation?

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What is one of the primary limitations of Moran’s I

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The GRASS algorithm is an example of a probability analysis tool

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Fuzzy Viewshed Tools return a raster of exclusively 1’s and 0’s

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Intervisibility assumes that if an object is in the viewshed of a tower, the tower is also in that object’s viewshed.

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The quality of a probability analysis improves with more input binary rasters.

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The Following is NOT a type of Viewshed Analysis:

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Which of the following fields does NOT use Viewshed:

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What does a Probable Viewshed Analysis take into account?:

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What does a Fuzzy Viewshed Analysis take into account?

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Fuzzy Viewshed Analysis does NOT require this as an input:

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What is NOT a limitation of a Binary viewshed

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You are safe from tracking if you turn off the GPS in your phone.

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The three techniques of using Wi-fi positioning system is cell identification and forward link

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What are not the concerns of geotagging?

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What is not a way to geotag a location?

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We used FME Workbench to extract geotagged data as point?

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The full power of ArcGIS can be used on extracted geotagged photos?

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How accurate is the location information of geotagged photos?

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What tool was used to extract the points from the geotagged photos?

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In AGPS which technique has the receiver still communicating with the satellites?

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GeoServer is open source.

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GeoServer is OGC compliant.

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Secured Socket Layer utilizes port #443.

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GeoServer can only be installed on a virtual server.

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Which of the following ports are not neccessary for a PostGIS enabled database and GeoServer system?

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What is the Debian command that corresponds to Linux command-line command ‘yum’?

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What file has to be modified to allow remote access to the PostgreSQL database?

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Which one of the following formats can NOT be used with GeoServer?

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Which one of the following must be up and running before you install Tomcat?

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Which one of the following is not a strength of GeoServer?

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Which is a source of error

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The accuracy of the Monte Carlo method is inversely related to the square root of the number of runs N?

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What does ‘g’ represent in the following formula?

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Which error propagation technique is an approximation of things based on samples?

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Uncertainty cascades through a sequence of operations in spatial GIS data

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Error propagation can only be used once the input errors to the analysis are available

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What is the most important thing to take into account when running a Monte Carlo method?

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What is the aim of the Taylor series approximation method?

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Which of the following is not a cause of errors in GIS

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When no record is kept of the accuracy of intermediate results, it become extremely difficult to evaluate the accuracy of the final results.

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In Step 1 of Dijkstra’s algorithm, when setting tentative distances, the source node should be set to zero and all other nodes to infinity

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The CCRP method is MORE ACCURATE that the linear programming algorithm

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What is the name of the set.list created after the source node is set as "current"?

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Which of the following is NOT true of the Game Theory approach to Dijkstra’s algorithm?

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What is the basic purpose of Dijkstra’s algorithm?

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During the algorithms calculation, each node in the network is continuously revisited

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Dijkstra’s algorithm was formulated in 1956 and published in 1958

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Which of the following are variants of Dijkstra’s algorithm?

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Why can a game theory approach to routing provide better results for each traveller compared to a naive approach?

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What is a real life application of Game theory approach to routing?

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R is an implementation of which language ?

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R is best suited for

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Which package was used to read in a shapefile?

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Which R package provides the left_join() function?

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Which publications is using R to create award winning data visualizations?

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How many packages are available for R?

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R supports 3-Dimensional Arrays

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You can use <= to assign variable values.

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R can be run with single commands in the console.

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One can implement Colorbrewer palettes within R.

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The two main sections of Lidar data are Airborne and Terrestrial

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All of these can process Lidar data except:

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A user can import .las files from the “add data tool” in ArcMap

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Which of the following is not included in the UG survey Lidar rules:

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Sources of uncertainty in extracting vector features from LIDAR data can be found in…

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How many returns does a LIDAR pulse produce?

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From the 31 classifications in the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, many of them are placeholders for future classifications

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ArcToolbox in ArcGIS has a Change Vector Analysis tool.

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CVA is a change detection technique that can be used on multispectral datasets.

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Sector codes may be used to interpret what type of change is occurring.

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The algorithms used within CVA are based on the Pythagorean Theorem and the cosine function.

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Before CVA can be conducted, what needs to be done to the input images?

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What is a limitation of using CVA for change detection?

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Which of the following is not a common change detection technique?

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What datasets are appropriate for CVA?

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Which of the following is an output of CVA?

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If change magnitude = 0, what does this indicate?

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What is NOT a method of calculating a Voronoi Diagram?

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When could you use a Voronoi Diagram?

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What method of Voronoi Diagram calculation is more time efficient?

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A Voronoi diagram divides the drawing into regions around each point that are shaped so that the borders of the regions are equidistant from the two nearest points.

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Voronoi Diagrams first use was linked to Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet in 1705

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What is euclidean geometry?

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A half-space is:

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Convex polygons:

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Sweep line algorithms can be used for generating Voronoi Diagrams

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The point between three Voronoi points is a vertices or node

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Which is NOT the type of geometries that form a multipatch?

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ArcScene and ArcGlobe can be used display and analyse 3D models

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Which tool is used for storing Multipatch data?

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ArcGIS does not have tools for applying Multipatch textures

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Which of the following is not true?

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What is the data type of this structure? (0, 1, 2), (0, 2, 3), (0, 3, 4), (0, 4, 5)?

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5 points can form triangle-structured a multipatch

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Inner ring-structure should be counter-clockwise direction

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What feature class is needed for executing Intersect 3D analysis?

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What attributes can be added with Add Z Information tool?

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What data format is not recommended for
temporal Data?

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A model that uses 12 layers representing Saskatchewan's monthly precipitation values in 2010 is an example of which data model?

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What is the difference between real time and
near real time data?

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What toolbar is used to create Keyframes?

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What needs to be enabled in order to use the Time Slider?

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A model that uses 1 layer with a Date field
within the attributes is an example of which
data model.

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Event Based Spatiotemporal Data Model best
represents Vector Data.

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The Snapshot Data Model, which timestamps
layers, has issues with data redundancy

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ArcGIS has the ability to convert Strings into
Date field types

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Weather Stations are a good example of
discrete temporal entity.

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What is NOT an example of a fractal mathematical set?

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As the length of a measuring stick is scaled smaller, the measured perimeter of a coastline decreases

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Benoit coined the term fractal

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What does the diamond step of the diamond-square algorithm do?

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What does the square step of the diamond square algorithm do?

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In GRASS GIS, which of the following is NOT a parameter that can be specified when running r.surf.fractal?

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A theoretical ideal cube has how many fractal dimensions?

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With the correct parameters set, r.surf.fractal can produce an aspect raster.

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The rougher a surface is, the fewer fractal dimensions the surface has.

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GRASS GIS uses the following method to create a fractal surface

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What is self-similarity

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The diamond square algorithm was introduced at the Special Interest Group on Graphics and Interactive Techniques (SIGGRAPH)

Presentation questions from GIST 8100 2015.

GIST 8100 Final

GIST 8100 Final

Which is NOT a type of location-allocation problem type?

costdf = e(λ * impedancedf) This equation represents which impedance transformation in location-allocation?

In some location-allocation problems one must locate a new facility amongst existing, non competing facilities that provide the same service. These existing facilities are referred to as _____ in the model.

A Network Dataset is ideal but not required to run a location-allocation model.

Competitor facilities are specific to the maximize market share and target market share problem types.

The Huff Model is an established business tool used to describe the interaction between consumer and facility.

Which type of problem type can be used to locate candidate facilities that are near competitor facilities.

People or things that require a facility are termed

There are at least two iterations within the Teitz and Bart Heuristic. The first iteration…

Spatial Autocorrelation gives a measure of dispersion and how data is distributed

Moran’s I is based on a connectivity matrix and a proximity matrix

Rook’s method of determining adjacency used diagonal connectivity

All spatial autocorrelation measures are based on cross product statistics

Which is an alternative to Moran’s I?

What does n represent?

After performing the Moran’s I calculation, you will have:

What does this image indicate?

Who’s first law forms the basis of spatial autocorrelation?

What is one of the primary limitations of Moran’s I

costdf = e(λ * impedancedf)
This equation represents which impedance transformation in location-allocation?