Deck 5: Working With Digital Spatial Data and GIS

Question 1

Polygons are

A)0-dimensional objects.
B)1-dimensional objects.
C)2-dimensional objects.
D)3-dimensional objects.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

In the raster data model

A)areas are modeled using equally spaced and equally sized grid cells.
B)polygon objects are used for modeling large geographic areas.
C)continuous fields are modeled using points and lines.
D)multiple types of grid resolutions can be used in the same data set.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Topology (in GIS terms)describes

A)the landforms on the Earth's surface.
B)how objects are connected to one another independently of their coordinates.
C)how grid cells are set up adjacent to one another.
D)how grid cells are contained within a larger raster data model.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

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

A)Nominal
B)Ordinal
C)Interval
D)Ratio

Question 5

The term "GIS" first started being used in

A)the 1950s with Harvard's GIS Labs (SYGIS).
B)the 1960s with Canada's CGIS.
C)the 1970s with the CIA's Automap GIS.
D)the 1980s with the development of Esri's ArcGIS.

Question 6

In the vector data model,all items are represented as

A)equally spaced and sized grid cells.
B)points,lines,and polygons.
C)directional lines.
D)digitizing sketches.

Question 7

The new file format developed for ArcGIS was

A)coverage.
B)shapefile.
C)geodatabase.
D)grid.

Question 8

The "information" being handled by GIS refers to

A)spatial information.
B)tabular information.
C)visual information.
D)non-spatial information.

Question 9

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

A)The two tables have a common record.
B)The two tables have a common field.
C)The two tables contain the same data layers.
D)The two tables' data covers the same geographic area.

Question 10

Which of the following software programs has the greatest amount of functionality?

A)ArcGIS ArcView 10
B)ArcGIS ArcEditor 10
C)ArcGIS ArcInfo 10
D)ArcGIS Explorer 10

Question 11

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

A)Continuous field view of the world
B)Discrete object view of the world
C)Ellipsoid component view of the world
D)Geographic view of the world

Question 12

The digitized features from USGS topographic maps are

A)digital line graphs.
B)national land cover data.
C)connectivity graphs.
D)digital vector objects.

Question 13

In "heads-up" digitizing

A)"meta" (or "control")points must be set up at the edges of the map before beginning.
B)digitizing is performed on a computer screen using an image as a backdrop.
C)a mouse is moved across the mesh of a map taped to a digitizing table to capture points.
D)only lines and polygons can be created; points must therefore be created using tabular x/y data.

Question 14

Non-spatial data in a GIS are referred to as

A)attributes.
B)tables.
C)points.
D)layers.

Question 15

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

A)Nominal
B)Ordinal
C)Interval
D)Ratio

Question 16

Metadata refers to

A)descriptive information about the data.
B)data automatically created by the GIS during the digitizing process.
C)the "meta" or "control" points used in digitizing.
D)data manually imported into the GIS.

Question 17

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

A)Nominal
B)Ordinal
C)Interval
D)Ratio

Question 18

The temperature (measured in degrees Celsius)would represent what type of data?

A)Nominal
B)Ordinal
C)Interval
D)Ratio

Question 19

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

A)Nominal
B)Ordinal
C)Interval
D)Ratio

Question 20

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

A)Nominal
B)Ordinal
C)Interval
D)Ratio