Deck 2: How to Use Tables and Attributes in Arcgis

Question 1

What marks the difference between north and south latitude?

A)Compass Rose Line
B)Equator
C)Prime Meridian
D)International Date Line

Answer 1

B

Question 2

The shortest distance between two points on a sphere is the

A)Great Circle Distance.
B)longitude distance.
C)equatorial distance.
D)datum distance.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

The International Date Line

A)is similar to the 180th meridian but bends to accommodate geographic boundaries.
B)is similar to the Equator but bends away from it due to political boundaries.
C)marks the change from day to night.
D)exactly follows the 0 degree line of longitude.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Each UTM zone covers how many degrees of longitude wide?

A)3
B)6
C)15
D)30

Question 5

A model of Earth based on mean sea level is

A)geoid.
B)spheroid.
C)ellipsoid.
D)the Great Circle.

Question 6

Each UTM zone uses a false easting value of

A)50 miles.
B)500,000 meters.
C)10,000,000 feet.
D)15 degrees of longitude.

Question 7

Latitude and longitude is used as the measurement system for which of the following?

A)USNG
B)UTM
C)SPCS
D)GCS

Question 8

Where is the WGS84 datum used for measurements?

A)The whole world,except for the north and south poles
B)Only the entire northern hemisphere
C)At all points across the world
D)Only in North America

Question 9

What is used to ensure that UTM measurements of the southern hemisphere have a positive value?

A)A false northing value
B)A false easting value
C)A false southing value
D)A false polar value

Question 10

A datum represents

A)a reference surface used in computing coordinates.
B)a zero point from which to calculate elevations.
C)the origin point for longitude measurements.
D)the curvature of Earth,used in computing latitude and longitude.

Question 11

The origin point for 0 degrees longitude is

A)Greenwich,England.
B)Washington D.C. ,United States.
C)Paris,France.
D)San Salvador Island,the Bahamas.

Question 12

If it is 11pm Sunday night in London,England,what day and time is it in New York City,New York?

A)4am Sunday
B)6pm Sunday
C)4am Monday
D)6pm Monday

Question 13

How are SPCS zones determined?

A)Every 3 degrees of longitude and every 3 degrees of latitude indicates a new zone.
B)Every 2,000,000 feet begins a new zone.
C)The geographic boundaries of states and counties are used.
D)The states' outlines are used for the boundaries,and then each state is cut exactly in half.

Question 14

One minute of latitude is equivalent to

A)60 degrees of latitude.
B)1 degree of longitude.
C)60 seconds of latitude.
D)60 meters.

Question 15

The Mercator map projection will accurately keep which of the following throughout?

A)Shapes
B)Sizes
C)Distances
D)Directions

Question 16

What marks the change between east and west longitude?

A)Equator
B)Prime Meridian
C)Antimeridian
D)International Date Line

Question 17

A map projection is a

A)translation of locations on Earth's surface to their corresponding locations on a flat surface.
B)model of Earth with regard to size and shape of objects on Earth's surface.
C)representation of how time zones are distributed with respect to geographic boundaries.
D)system used in translating decimal degrees to other forms of measurement.

Question 18

UTM coordinates are measured in

A)degrees,minutes,and seconds.
B)miles.
C)meters.
D)feet.