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Question 1

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The area to the left was digitized by a “GIS Intern” and you were asked to “build” the topology. The software informs you that there is a label error. The label error could be the result of one of two things. Examine the diagram and choose one of the two possible errors.
Answer
  • Upper case text not allowed
  • Polygon with two labels not allowed
  • Unsnapped vertices
  • Incorrect polygon geometry

Question 2

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A street would be an example of what kind of data type?
Answer
  • Point
  • Line
  • Polygon
  • Raster

Question 3

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96º 30' 00” is an example of what coordinate format?
Answer
  • Degrees minutes seconds
  • Decimal degrees
  • Decimal minutes
  • State plane

Question 4

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A map projection is intended to
Answer
  • Correct for errors between the WGS 84 and Clark 1866 ellipsoids
  • Correct for errors when transforming spherical to planar coordinates
  • Correct for errors when converting between raster and vector data
  • Correct for errors in the digitizing process

Question 5

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A fire hydrant would be an example of what kind of data type?
Answer
  • Point
  • Line
  • Polygon
  • Raster

Question 6

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The following Venn diagrams illustrate the three Boolean operators common to GIS overlay operations. Match the operation name with the graphic it corresponds to.
Answer
  • Intersection
  • Union
  • Exclusive-or [XOR]

Question 7

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A City council district would be an example of what kind of data type
Answer
  • Point
  • Line
  • Polygon
  • Raster

Question 8

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96º 32.00' is an example of decimal minutes coordinate format.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 9

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You have been asked to find address points within 100 feet of a fire hydrant. What kind of GIS operation would you perform?
Answer
  • Spatial join
  • Buffer
  • Thiessen
  • Clip

Question 10

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96.500º is an example of what coordinate format?
Answer
  • Degrees Minutes seconds (DMS)
  • Decimal Degrees
  • Decimal minutes
  • State Plane

Question 11

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The two common data models used in GIS are raster and vector. Below are a list of advantages and disadvantages of each data type. Select the characteristics that describe the RASTER data model below.
Answer
  • Large storage requirements
  • High spatial variability efficiently represented
  • Better suited to image manipulation
  • Smaller storage requirements
  • Better suited to network analysis
  • Poorly represents high spatial variability

Question 12

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The two common data models used in GIS are raster and vector. Below are a list of advantages and disadvantages of each data type. Select the characteristics that describe the VECTOR data model below.
Answer
  • Large storage requirements
  • High spatial variability efficiently represented
  • Better suited to image manipulation
  • Smaller storage requirements
  • Better suited to network analysis
  • Poorly represents high spatial variability
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