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GEOM 109 - Lecture Focus 2

Question 1 of 76

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Which of the following least cost analysis outputs is usually the sum of different cost factors that may represent the actual or relative cost?

Select one of the following:

  • Backlink Raster

  • Cost Path

  • Origin/Destination

  • Cost Distance

  • Cost Raster

Explanation

Question 2 of 76

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Which of the following least cost analysis outputs represents the cost of moving through each cell?

Select one of the following:

  • Cost Path

  • Cost Distance

  • Backlink Raster

  • Cost Raster

  • Origin/Destination

Explanation

Question 3 of 76

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Which of the following least cost analysis outputs is usually weighted depending on the relative importance of each factor?

Select one of the following:

  • Cost Raster

  • Backlink Raster

  • Cost Distance

  • Cost Path

  • Origin/Destination

Explanation

Question 4 of 76

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Which of the following least cost analysis outputs provides a visualization of the direction associated with the cost surface?

Select one of the following:

  • Backlink Raster

  • Cost Raster

  • Origin/Destination

  • Cost Path

  • Cost Distance

Explanation

Question 5 of 76

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Which of the following least cost analysis outputs provides a visualization of the distance associated with the cost surface?

Select one of the following:

  • Cost Distance

  • Cost Path

  • Backlink Raster

  • Cost Raster

  • Origin/Destination

Explanation

Question 6 of 76

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Select the inputs required in order to perform a least cost path analysis? (select all that apply)

Select one or more of the following:

  • A cost raster

  • Cost distance measures

  • Allocation Raster

  • Algorithm for deriving the least accumulative cost path

  • Source/destination raster or feature class

Explanation

Question 7 of 76

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In the context of a least cost path analysis it is more costly to traverse laterally than diagonally.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 8 of 76

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Least Cost Path (LCP) is a procedure of identifying an optimal route based on user-defined criteria.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 9 of 76

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In the context of Least Cost Path Analysis cost can be a function of time, distance or other criteria defined by project team.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 10 of 76

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The outcome of a least cost path analysis is indirectly influenced by the cost raster, cost distance measure, and algorithm for deriving the least-cost path.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 11 of 76

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Because a cost raster represents a sum of different cost factors, the selection of cost factors and the weighting of each factor can change the least-cost path.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 12 of 76

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Select the tools that were used in Spatial Analysis II in order to perform a least cost path analysis? (select all that apply)

Select one or more of the following:

  • Weighted Sum

  • Reclassify

  • Cost Path

  • Update

  • Cost Distance

Explanation

Question 13 of 76

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Select the tools that were used in Spatial Analysis II in order to perform a least cost path analysis? (select all that apply)

Select one or more of the following:

  • Line Density

  • Polygon to raster

  • Contour

  • Euclidean Distance

  • Intersect

Explanation

Question 14 of 76

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Which of the following Spatial Interpolation techniques is a Local Deterministic method? (select all that apply)

Select one or more of the following:

  • IDW

  • Kriging

  • Splines

  • Density estimation

Explanation

Question 15 of 76

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Which of the following Spatial Interpolation techniques is a Local Stochastic method? (select all that apply)

Select one or more of the following:

  • Density estimation

  • IDW

  • Splines

  • Kriging

Explanation

Question 16 of 76

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Trend surface is a spatial interpolation technique that can be characterized by which of the following? (select all that apply)

Select one or more of the following:

  • Deterministic Method

  • Local Method

  • Stochastic Method

  • Global Method

Explanation

Question 17 of 76

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Regression is a spatial interpolation technique that can be characterized by which of the following? (select all that apply)

Select one or more of the following:

  • Local Method

  • Global Method

  • Stochastic Method

  • Deterministic Method

Explanation

Question 18 of 76

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Kriging is a spatial interpolation technique that can be characterized by which of the following? (select all that apply)

Select one or more of the following:

  • Global Method

  • Deterministic Method

  • Stochastic Method

  • Local Method

Explanation

Question 19 of 76

1

Spatial Interpolation is the process of using points with known values to estimate values at peripheral locations.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 20 of 76

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The amount and distribution of sample points can greatly influence the accuracy of spatial interpolation.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 21 of 76

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Which of the following is an inexact interpolation method that approximates points with known values using a polynomial equation?

Select one of the following:

  • Kriging

  • IDW

  • Regression Model

  • Trend Surface

Explanation

Question 22 of 76

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Which of the following measures cells densities in a raster by using a sample of known points?

Select one of the following:

  • Regression Model

  • Density Estimation

  • Trend Surface

  • Kriging

Explanation

Question 23 of 76

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Which of the following methods is a counting method?

Select one of the following:

  • Inexact Interpolation

  • Trend Surface

  • Kernel Density Estimation Method

  • Simple Density Estimation Method

Explanation

Question 24 of 76

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Which of the following methods is a local interpolation method that associates each known point with a kernel function in the form of a bivariate probability function?

Select one of the following:

  • Regression Method

  • Kernel Method

  • Trend Surface

  • Simple Method

Explanation

Question 25 of 76

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Which of the following is a spatial interpolation method that provides no assessment of errors with predicted values?

Select one of the following:

  • Global Interpolation

  • Exact Interpolation

  • Deterministic Interpolation

  • Inexact Interpolation

Explanation

Question 26 of 76

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Which of the following is a spatial interpolation method that predicts the same value as the known value at the control point?

Select one of the following:

  • Deterministic Interpolation

  • Exact Interpolation

  • Inexact Interpolation

  • Global Interpolation

Explanation

Question 27 of 76

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Which of the following is a spatial interpolation method that uses every control point available in estimating an unknown value?

Select one of the following:

  • Exact Interpolation

  • Inexact Interpolation

  • Global Interpolation

  • Deterministic Interpolation

Explanation

Question 28 of 76

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Which of the following is a spatial interpolation method that predicts a different value from the known value at the control point?

Select one of the following:

  • Global Interpolation

  • Exact Interpolation

  • Deterministic Interpolation

  • Inexact Interpolation

Explanation

Question 29 of 76

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Which of the following methods enforces the condition that the unknown value of a point is influenced more by nearby points than by those farther away?

Select one of the following:

  • Density Estimation

  • Kriging

  • IDW

  • Local polynomial interpolation

Explanation

Question 30 of 76

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Which of the following methods is a local interpolation method that uses a sample of points with known values and a polynomial equation to estimate the unknown value of a point?

Select one of the following:

  • Density Estimation

  • Kriging

  • Local polynomial interpolation

  • IDW

Explanation

Question 31 of 76

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Using the same data but different methods, we can expect to find different interpolation results.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 32 of 76

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Different predicted values can occur by using the same method but different parameter values.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 33 of 76

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Distributions are not important when modelling spatial phenomena and comparing the distributions of two different spatial phenomena.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 34 of 76

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Some interpolation and statistical techniques assume normal distributions.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 35 of 76

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Mean is often used as a measure of central tendency and is used to provide representation of the distribution.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 36 of 76

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According to the article '13 Free GIS Software Options: Map the World in Open Source' which of the following free open source software solutions is an open-access GIS and remote sensing software package that is considered to be superior for processing LiDAR data.

Select one of the following:

  • Whitebox GAT

  • QGIS

  • GeoDA

  • GV Sig

Explanation

Question 37 of 76

1

According to the article '13 Free GIS Software Options: Map the World in Open Source' which of the following free open source software solutions is a free option for performing auto-correlation, descriptive and regression statistics?

Select one of the following:

  • ILWIS

  • GeoDA

  • MapWindow

  • Whitebox GAT

Explanation

Question 38 of 76

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According to the article '13 Free GIS Software Options: Map the World in Open Source' which of the following free open source software solutions is a free option for calculating spatial statistics?

Select one of the following:

  • ILWIS

  • Whitebox GAT

  • MapWindow

  • GRASS

Explanation

Question 39 of 76

1

According to the article '13 Free GIS Software Options: Map the World in Open Source' which of the following free open source software solutions is a free option for calculating spatial statistics?

Select one of the following:

  • OpenJump

  • QGIS

  • Diva GIS

  • uDIG

Explanation

Question 40 of 76

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According to the article '13 Free GIS Software Options: Map the World in Open Source' which of the following free open source software solutions does not have strengths in cartographic design but excels primarily as a free GIS software option for analysis, image processing, digital terrain manipulation and statistics?

Select one of the following:

  • GRASS

  • OpenJump

  • Diva GIS

  • uDIG

Explanation

Question 41 of 76

1

According to the article '13 Free GIS Software Options: Map the World in Open Source' which of the following free open source software solutions is a prime choice for environmental modelling and other applications?

Select one of the following:

  • uDIG

  • SAGA

  • Diva GIS

  • OpenJump

Explanation

Question 42 of 76

1

According to the article '13 Free GIS Software Options: Map the World in Open Source' which of the following free open source software solutions has tools for image classification, enhancements and spectral band manipulation?

Select one of the following:

  • OpenJump

  • Diva GIS

  • ILWIS

  • uDIG

Explanation

Question 43 of 76

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According to the article '13 Free GIS Software Options: Map the World in Open Source' which of the following free open source software solutions specializes in mapping biological richness and diversity distribution (including DNA data) and has the capacity to extract climate data for all locations on the land?

Select one of the following:

  • uDIG

  • Diva GIS

  • ILWIS

  • GRASS

Explanation

Question 44 of 76

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According to the article '13 Free GIS Software Options: Map the World in Open Source' which of the following free open source software solutions started out primarily for terrain analysis such as hillshading, watershed extraction and visibility analysis?

Select one of the following:

  • ILWIS

  • GRASS

  • SAGA

  • uDIG

Explanation

Question 45 of 76

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According to the article, '27 Differences Between ArcGIS and QGIS – The Most Epic GIS Software Battle in GIS History' select from the following list functionality that is shared by both QGIS and ArcGIS technology.

Select one or more of the following:

  • GDAL/OGR library that reads and writed GIS data formats and supports over 70 vector formats

  • Capacity to join a table to spatial data

  • Cartographic capability

  • Coordinate systems and projections

Explanation

Question 46 of 76

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According to the article, '27 Differences Between ArcGIS and QGIS – The Most Epic GIS Software Battle in GIS History' select from the following list functionality that is shared by both QGIS and ArcGIS technology

Select one or more of the following:

  • Capacity to perform raster analysis

  • Capability to apply remote sensing techniques

  • Access to over 2887 real world datasets

  • Geostatistical Analysis

Explanation

Question 47 of 76

1

According to the article, '27 Differences Between ArcGIS and QGIS – The Most Epic GIS Software Battle in GIS History' select from the following list functionality that is shared by both QGIS and ArcGIS technology

Select one or more of the following:

  • Capability to perform network analysis

  • Mapbook generation

  • Capability to build models

  • Advanced Label Placement

Explanation

Question 48 of 76

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Which of the following choices is an acronym for Free and Open Source Software

Select one of the following:

  • OSS

  • FAOSS

  • FOSS

  • None of the choices

Explanation

Question 49 of 76

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Which of the following choices is a good all purpose application that is a cross-platform desktop geographic information system (GIS) application that provides data viewing, editing, and analysis?

Select one of the following:

  • MapServer

  • OSGIS

  • Manifold

  • QGIS

Explanation

Question 50 of 76

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Which of the following choices is a System for Automated Geoscientific Analyses that is predominantly utilized to perform raster based analyses

Select one of the following:

  • MapServer

  • Manifold

  • OSGIS

  • SAGA

Explanation

Question 51 of 76

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Which of the following choices is considered the most robust of OS GIS and is a free Geographic Information System software used for geospatial data management and analysis, image processing, graphics and maps production, spatial modelling, and visualization

Select one of the following:

  • GRASS

  • SAGA

  • MapServer

  • OSGIS

Explanation

Question 52 of 76

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Which of the following choices is an all purpose GIS designed to be an easily extensible solution, allowing continual improvement and custom made solutions

Select one of the following:

  • OSGIS

  • MapServer

  • Manifold

  • GVSig

Explanation

Question 53 of 76

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Which of the following choices is an open format, standards-based, platform-independent, portable, self-describing, compact format for transferring geospatial information?

Select one of the following:

  • GeoPackage

  • MapServer

  • OSGIS

  • Manifold

Explanation

Question 54 of 76

1

Which of the following choices is an open format open source library intended to extend the SQLite core to support fully fledged Spatial SQL capabilities

Select one of the following:

  • SQLite

  • Manifold

  • OSGIS

  • Spatialite

Explanation

Question 55 of 76

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Which of the following choices is a Cross-platform C library that implements a self-contained, embeddable, zero-configuration SQL database engine

Select one of the following:

  • OSGIS

  • Manifold

  • Spatialite

  • SQLite

Explanation

Question 56 of 76

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Which of the following choices is an object-relational database SQL database that allows storage and query of information about location and mapping by PostGIS?

Select one of the following:

  • OSGIS

  • Manifold

  • Postgres

  • SQLite

Explanation

Question 57 of 76

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Which of the following choices is an Open Source platform for publishing spatial data and interactive mapping applications to the web?

Select one of the following:

  • SQLite

  • MapServer

  • GDAL

  • Manifold

Explanation

Question 58 of 76

1

Risk analysis can be performed by free open source software solutions.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 59 of 76

1

Permeability cannot be determined by free open source software solutions.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 60 of 76

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Map Books can be generated by free open source software solutions.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 61 of 76

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Select from the following choices the pros associated with utilizing free open source software.

Select one or more of the following:

  • Customization

  • Good community support

  • Faster adaptation to changing technology and needs

  • Open source can lead to "branching"

Explanation

Question 62 of 76

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Select from the following choices the cons associated with utilizing free open source software.

Select one or more of the following:

  • Open source can lead to "branching"

  • Slow adaptation to changing technology and needs

  • Application may be discontinued at any time

  • Support can be challenging

Explanation

Question 63 of 76

1

Select from the following choices the pros associated with utilizing free open source software.

Select one or more of the following:

  • Can read all proprietary formats

  • Slow adaptation to changing technology and needs

  • Value

  • Open formats

Explanation

Question 64 of 76

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Select from the following choices the cons associated with utilizing free open source software.

Select one or more of the following:

  • Costly

  • May not be able to read proprietary formats

  • New versions - new problems

  • Slow adaptation to changing technology and needs

Explanation

Question 65 of 76

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Which of the following Open Source Software solutions was used to model the Albedo Surface shown in lecture?

Select one of the following:

  • GRASS GIS

  • QGIS

  • gvSIG

  • SAGA GIS

Explanation

Question 66 of 76

1

Which of the following Open Source Software solutions was used to perform an Object Oriented Land Use Classification shown in lecture?

Select one of the following:

  • QGIS

  • SAGA GIS

  • GRASS GIS

  • gvSIG

Explanation

Question 67 of 76

1

Which of the following Open Source Software solutions was used to model the Driving Distance Isochrones for football clubs as shown in lecture?

Select one of the following:

  • GRASS GIS

  • QGIS

  • SAGA GIS

  • gvSIG

Explanation

Question 68 of 76

1

Which of the following Open Source Software solutions was used to perform a Closest Facility Network Analysis as shown in lecture?

Select one of the following:

  • gvSIG

  • QGIS

  • GRASS GIS

  • SAGA GIS

Explanation

Question 69 of 76

1

Which of the following Open Source Software solutions was used to model UFO Sightings as shown in lecture?

Select one of the following:

  • gvSIG

  • SAGA GIS

  • QGIS

  • GRASS GIS

Explanation

Question 70 of 76

1

Which of the following Open Source Software solutions was used to model indices of Deprivation in Liverpool as shown in lecture?

Select one of the following:

  • gvSIG

  • SAGA GIS

  • QGIS

  • GRASS

Explanation

Question 71 of 76

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Which of the following Open Source Software solutions was used to model Hydrological Activity (time to outlet) as shown in lecture?

Select one of the following:

  • gvSIG

  • QGIS

  • GRASS GIS

Explanation

Question 72 of 76

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Which of the following Open Source Software solutions was used to model Flood Risk as shown in lecture?

Select one of the following:

  • SAGA GIS

  • GRASS GIS

  • QGIS

  • gvSIG

Explanation

Question 73 of 76

1

to model Human Behaviour as shown in lecture?

Select one of the following:

  • SAGA GIS

  • GRASS GIS

  • QGIS

  • gvSIG

Explanation

Question 74 of 76

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Which of the following Open Source Software solutions was used to model the Density of Archaeological Monuments in Ireland as shown in lecture?

Select one of the following:

  • GRASS GIS

  • SAGA GIS

  • QGIS

  • gvSIG

Explanation

Question 75 of 76

1

Which of the following Open Source Software solutions was used to model Crime Statistics as shown in lecture?

Select one of the following:

  • GRASS GIS

  • gvSIG

  • QGIS

  • GeoDA

Explanation

Question 76 of 76

1

Which of the following Open Source Software solutions was used to model Health Statistics as shown in lecture?

Select one of the following:

  • QGIS

  • GeoDA

  • gvSIG

  • GRASS GIS

Explanation

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