GIS EXAM 1

Which of the following representative fractions would indicate the largest scale map?

1:1

Polygons are __________ objects.

2-dimensional

Which component of ArcGIS Desktop is used for viewing and analyzing data?

ArcMap

Which ArcGIS component is used to manage your available GIS data?

Catalog

The shortest path between an origin and other nodes on a network can be determined with:

Dijkstra's algorithm.

When modeling the world in GIS and all features are treated as objects with definite locations and boundaries, what is being described?

Discrete Object View of the world

Which of the following is NOT a capability of a file geodatabase?

Each feature dataset in the file geodatabase can hold a maximum of 5 TB.

__________ describes when an action is taken to a dataset that results in a new dataset being created.

Geoprocessing

A graphical representation of the orientation of a map can best be shown with a:

North arrow.

Which of the following queries will select all housing parcels classified as "residential" (from a layer called PARCELS) that are also considered to be "seasonal" homes (from a layer called STATUS)?

PARCELS = "residential" AND STATUS = "seasonal"

Which of the following queries will select all counties that have a population with more than 100,000 persons (from a layer called POP) as well as all counties that have more than 100,000 housing units (from a layer called HOUSES)?

POP > 100000 OR HOUSES > 100000

Which programming language is used for writing scripts in ArcGIS?

Python

Which of the following GIS software programs can be downloaded for free?

QGIS

A "neutral" file format used for geospatial data was:

SDTS.

Which of the following data formats will result in the LEAST loss of data of a map graphic?

TIFF

Two tables may be joined together if which of the following conditions are met?

The two tables have a common field.

TIGER files are created and maintained by:

U.S. Census Bureau.

A small scale map would show:

a larger geographic area than a large scale map.

In a GIS network, an "edge" represents:

a link on the network.

Which of the following is an example of a thematic map?

a map of a neighborhood showing which houses are rentals and which are not

Which of the following is NOT an example of a thematic map?

a map of the Las Vegas strip, showing the location of each casino resort, along with the number of slot machines in each establishment

Which of the following is an example of a reference map?

a map showing the lakes in Ohio and the number of fishing days per lake

A map template provides:

a pre-arranged way of placing elements on a map.

A series of files (with extensions such as .shp, .shx, and .dbf) that make up one-vector data layer refers to:

a shapefile.

A set of steps used in a process designed to solve a particular type of problem (for example, the steps used in computing a shortest path) describes a(n):

algorithm

In a GIS network, a "junction" represents:

an intersection on the network.

Geoprocessing describes:

applying an action to one dataset that results in a new dataset being created.

In the raster data model,:

areas are modeled using equally spaced and equally sized grid cells.

Non-spatial data in a GIS are referred to as:

attributes.

Multiple addresses can be geocoded at once via:

batch geocoding.

An area of spatial proximity around a point refers to which GIS operation?

buffer

The simplification of representing items on a map refers to:

cartographic generalization.

The art and science of making maps describes:

cartography.

A single layer in a geodatabase refers to a feature:

class

Metadata refers to:

descriptive information about the data.

MCE is used in GIS modeling to:

determine the suitability of a site.

Site suitability analysis is used to:

determine which areas are "useful" or "not useful" in spatial analysis.

In "Heads-Up" digitizing:

digitizing is performed on a computer screen using an image as a backdrop.

Which of the following operations would best be used to combine a map of county boundaries into a single map of a state boundary?

dissolve

Which of the following data classification methods selects class break levels by taking the complete range of values and dividing by the desired number of classes?

equal interval

Who makes ArcGIS?

esri

Which of the following boolean operators would be used to determine which parcels of land in a database have an assessed value of more than $100,000 and are also zoned as "residential" areas, but not parcels that meet both of these criteria?

exclusive or

The use of different-sized symbology to convey thematic information on a map refers to:

graduated symbology

In GIS terms, "topology" describes:

how objects are connected to one another independently of their coordinates.

Which geoprocessing operation will select all areas from the first dataset and also the areas that a second dataset has in common with them?

identity

Which geoprocessing operation will select all areas that the first dataset and all areas that the second dataset have in common?

intersect

Which of the following Boolean operators would be used to determine which parcels of land in a database have an assessed value of more than $100,000 and also are zoned as "residential" areas?

intersection

The temperature measured in degrees Celsius represents what type of data?

interval

A key to what the various symbols on a map represent can be found in the map's:

legend.

Combining datasets together using simple mathematical operations is:

map algebra.

A basic representation of spatial data refers to a(n):

map.

A very large scale map would likely show:

more detail than a very small scale map.

A major road (such as Virginia Beach Blvd) would be represented in a GIS as:

multiple records, with each representing one piece of the road.

Which of the following data classification methods selects class break levels by searching for spaces in the data values?

natural breaks

Which of the following boolean operators would be used to determine which parcels of land in a database have an assessed value of more than $100,000 but are also zoned as something other than "residential" areas?

negation

A parcel map of Mahoning County listing the owner of each land parcel would mean those polygons are representing what type of data?

nominal

A person's social security number represents what type of numerical data?

nominal

Having all count values of the data brought to the same level describes:

normalization.

TIGER files typically contain all of the following data except:

number of houses per street.

A map showing the locations of the top tourist destinations in Florida, ranked by the number of tourists that visited them in 2011, is showing what type of data?

ordinal

Linear interpolation is used in geocoding to:

place a point an approximate distance along a line.

In the vector data model, all items are represented as:

points, lines, and polygons.

On a very small scale map, cities would likely be shown as:

points.

Which of the following data classification methods attempts to place an equal number of data values in each class?

quantiles

What type of data is NLCD?

raster

A chart showing the amount of money earned by each of the top 10 movies of the week is an example of which type of data?

ratio

A map showing streams in Ohio, displaying the number of available fishing days for each stream is showing line data of which type?

ratio

In an attribute table, each object is stored as a:

record.

The base network data used for geocoding is referred to as:

reference database.

A graphical representation of the equivalent distances on a map can best be shown with a:

scale bar.

Address parsing is done to:

separate the parts of an address.

The "information" being handled by GIS refers to __________ information.

spatial

Utilizing John Snow's 1854 cholera map to see the connection between cholera death locations and well pumps is an example of:

spatial analysis.

Selecting objects from one layer based on their spatial relationship with another layer describes a:

spatial query.

Which of the following data classification methods uses the average distance to the mean value of the dataset in determining class break levels?

standard deviation

Setting up the components of an address in a regular format describes:

standardization

Destinations to visit on a network are referred to as:

stops

A file containing line segments representing roads is a __________ file.

street centerline

The tool used for viewing imagery at a particular location on a road is:

street view

A "ranking" of various sites as the result of examining certain criteria to determine their usefulness or non-usefulness describes a:

suitability index.

Which geoprocessing operation will select all areas from the first dataset and all areas from the second dataset EXCEPT those areas they have in common?

symmetrical difference

The term "GIS" first started being used in:

the 1960s with Canada's CGIS.

If an address is matched to the correct street segment but the wrong location on that street, the problem could be:

the address ranges in the reference database do not match the actual street address ranges in the real world.

In order to match an address to a particular street location, what fields are necessary to have in the reference database?

the address ranges on the right and left side of the street

In a TIGER 2000 file, the FEDIRP field refers to:

the direction of the prefix of a street.

The number of units to travel along a link of a network is:

transit cost.

Which geoprocessing operation will select all areas from the first dataset and also all areas from the second dataset?

union

Which of the following boolean operators would be used to determine which parcels of land in a database have an assessed value of more than $100,000 or are also zoned as "residential" areas?

union

What type of data is NHD?

vector

How features are displayed on a map to emphasize their level of prominence describes:

visual hierarchy.

The NHD contains GIS data for:

water bodies.