MAPPING CERTIFICATION EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% SOLVED|
2025/2026 UPDATE
ATTRIBUTE A TRAIT, QUALITY OR PROPERTY DESCRIDING A GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURE. A
FACT DESCRIBING AN ENTITY IN A RELATIONAL DATA MODEL, EQUIVALENT TO THE COLUMN IN
A RELATIONAL TABLE
ANNOTATION THE ALPHANUMERIC TEXT OR LABELS ON A MAP SUCH AS A STREET OR PLACE
NAME
AZIMUTH THE HORIZONTAL DIRECTION OF A VECTOR, MEASURED CLOCKWISE IN DEGREES
OF ROTATION FROM THE POSITIVE Y -AXIS, FOR EXAMPLE, A DEGREES ON A COMPASS
BASE MANUSCRIPTS A SET OF TOPOGRAPHIC DATA DISPLAYED IN MAP FORM PROVIDING A
FRAME OF REFERENCE OR CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION TO THE USER
CADASTRAL MAP A MAP SHOWING THE BOUNDARIES OF A SUBDIVISION OF LAND FOR
PURPOSES OF DESCRIBING AND RECORDING OWNERSHIP AND TAXATION
CARTOGRAPHIC MODELING METHOD OF ANALYSIS USING MAP LAYERS WHICH REPRESENT
VARIOUS GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES OF A GIVEN AREA. MAP ALGEBRA IS THEN USED TO
PERFORM OPERATIONS ON THE LAYERS. THIS IS AN APPLICATION SPECIFIC APPROACH TO MAP
ANALYSIS. DATASETS ARE DECOMPOSED INTO INDIVIDUAL ELEMENTS, WHICH CAN THEN BE
RECOMBINED TO FORM NEW DATASETS. IN THIS WAY ALL DATASETS USED ARE TREATED AS
VARIABLES WITHIN THE PROCESS. (CARTOGRAPHIC MODELING IS EFFECTIVE IN GIS
ENVIRONMENTS B/C THEY RELY HEAVILY UPON VISUALIZATION, MAKING IT EASY TO SHOW
INPUT AND OUTPUT LAYERS IN MAP FORM)
CENTRAL MERIDIAN CHOSEN MERIDIAN PLANE FROM WHICH LONGITUDE IS MEASURED.
THE CENTRAL, OR ZERO MERIDIAN, IS COMMONLY ACCEPTED SINCE 1884 AS THE GREENWICH
MERIDIAN, WHICH RUNS THROUGH GREENWICH, ENGLAND
, CENTROID IN SPATIAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS, THE CENTROID IS A POINT IN A POLYGON
TO WHICH ATTRIBUTE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT SPCIFIC AREA IS LINKED
CHECK PLOT A GRAPHIC OUTPUT USED TO VERIFY EITHER THE CONTENT OR POSTIONAL
ACCURACY OF DIGITAL DATA BY DIRECT SUPERIMPOSITION ON THE GRAPHIC ORIGINAL USED
TO CREATE THE DIGITAL RECORD
CONTOUR/ CONTOUR LINES A SET OF POINTS REPRESENTING THE SAME VALUE OF SELCTED
ATTRIBUTE AND FORMING AN IMAGINERY LINE. THE TERMS CONTOUR OR CONTOUR LINES ARE
MOSTLY COMMONLY USED FOR LINES CONNECTING POINTS ON THE GOUND HAVING THE
SAME ELEVATION
CONTROL POINT A SYSTEM OF POINTS WITH ESTABLISHED HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL
POSITIONS WHICH ARE USED AS FIXED REFERENCES IN POSITIONS AND RELATING MAP
FEATURES, AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS OR REMOTELY SENSED IMAGES
COORDINATE "X" EASTINGS
COORDINATE "Y" NORTHINGS
COORDINATE "Z" ELEVATION
COORDINATES LINEAR OR ANGULAR QUANTITIES THAT DESIGNATE THE POSITION OF A
POINT IN A GIVEN REFERENCE FRAME OR SYSTEM. ALSO USED AS A GENERAL TERM TO
DESIGNATE THE PARTICULAR KIND OF REFERENCE FRAME OR SYSTEM, SUCH AS A PLANE
RECTANGULAR COORDINATES OR SPHERICAL COORDINATES
CO-ORDINATE GEOMETRY A SET OF PROCEDURES FOR ENCODING AND MANIPULATING
BEARINGS, DISTANCES AND ANGLES OF SURVEY DATA INTO CO-ORDINATE DATA. COGO IS
FREQUENTLY A SUBSYSTEM OF GIS
2025/2026 UPDATE
ATTRIBUTE A TRAIT, QUALITY OR PROPERTY DESCRIDING A GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURE. A
FACT DESCRIBING AN ENTITY IN A RELATIONAL DATA MODEL, EQUIVALENT TO THE COLUMN IN
A RELATIONAL TABLE
ANNOTATION THE ALPHANUMERIC TEXT OR LABELS ON A MAP SUCH AS A STREET OR PLACE
NAME
AZIMUTH THE HORIZONTAL DIRECTION OF A VECTOR, MEASURED CLOCKWISE IN DEGREES
OF ROTATION FROM THE POSITIVE Y -AXIS, FOR EXAMPLE, A DEGREES ON A COMPASS
BASE MANUSCRIPTS A SET OF TOPOGRAPHIC DATA DISPLAYED IN MAP FORM PROVIDING A
FRAME OF REFERENCE OR CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION TO THE USER
CADASTRAL MAP A MAP SHOWING THE BOUNDARIES OF A SUBDIVISION OF LAND FOR
PURPOSES OF DESCRIBING AND RECORDING OWNERSHIP AND TAXATION
CARTOGRAPHIC MODELING METHOD OF ANALYSIS USING MAP LAYERS WHICH REPRESENT
VARIOUS GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES OF A GIVEN AREA. MAP ALGEBRA IS THEN USED TO
PERFORM OPERATIONS ON THE LAYERS. THIS IS AN APPLICATION SPECIFIC APPROACH TO MAP
ANALYSIS. DATASETS ARE DECOMPOSED INTO INDIVIDUAL ELEMENTS, WHICH CAN THEN BE
RECOMBINED TO FORM NEW DATASETS. IN THIS WAY ALL DATASETS USED ARE TREATED AS
VARIABLES WITHIN THE PROCESS. (CARTOGRAPHIC MODELING IS EFFECTIVE IN GIS
ENVIRONMENTS B/C THEY RELY HEAVILY UPON VISUALIZATION, MAKING IT EASY TO SHOW
INPUT AND OUTPUT LAYERS IN MAP FORM)
CENTRAL MERIDIAN CHOSEN MERIDIAN PLANE FROM WHICH LONGITUDE IS MEASURED.
THE CENTRAL, OR ZERO MERIDIAN, IS COMMONLY ACCEPTED SINCE 1884 AS THE GREENWICH
MERIDIAN, WHICH RUNS THROUGH GREENWICH, ENGLAND
, CENTROID IN SPATIAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS, THE CENTROID IS A POINT IN A POLYGON
TO WHICH ATTRIBUTE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT SPCIFIC AREA IS LINKED
CHECK PLOT A GRAPHIC OUTPUT USED TO VERIFY EITHER THE CONTENT OR POSTIONAL
ACCURACY OF DIGITAL DATA BY DIRECT SUPERIMPOSITION ON THE GRAPHIC ORIGINAL USED
TO CREATE THE DIGITAL RECORD
CONTOUR/ CONTOUR LINES A SET OF POINTS REPRESENTING THE SAME VALUE OF SELCTED
ATTRIBUTE AND FORMING AN IMAGINERY LINE. THE TERMS CONTOUR OR CONTOUR LINES ARE
MOSTLY COMMONLY USED FOR LINES CONNECTING POINTS ON THE GOUND HAVING THE
SAME ELEVATION
CONTROL POINT A SYSTEM OF POINTS WITH ESTABLISHED HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL
POSITIONS WHICH ARE USED AS FIXED REFERENCES IN POSITIONS AND RELATING MAP
FEATURES, AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS OR REMOTELY SENSED IMAGES
COORDINATE "X" EASTINGS
COORDINATE "Y" NORTHINGS
COORDINATE "Z" ELEVATION
COORDINATES LINEAR OR ANGULAR QUANTITIES THAT DESIGNATE THE POSITION OF A
POINT IN A GIVEN REFERENCE FRAME OR SYSTEM. ALSO USED AS A GENERAL TERM TO
DESIGNATE THE PARTICULAR KIND OF REFERENCE FRAME OR SYSTEM, SUCH AS A PLANE
RECTANGULAR COORDINATES OR SPHERICAL COORDINATES
CO-ORDINATE GEOMETRY A SET OF PROCEDURES FOR ENCODING AND MANIPULATING
BEARINGS, DISTANCES AND ANGLES OF SURVEY DATA INTO CO-ORDINATE DATA. COGO IS
FREQUENTLY A SUBSYSTEM OF GIS
