GIS Final Exam with Accurate
Solutions
(1-5) The GEOID assumes that: - ANS-1. There are no tides
2. There are no currents
3. The earth is totally covered by water
(1-5) What is the distance (in miles) to the horizon I can see if I am at the top of a
building and my eyes are 175 feet above the ground? (upto 2 decimal places is fine) -
ANS-16.14
(1-5) Geospatial Intelligence fuse together multiple types of intelligence including the
following: (that we discussed in the class) **Partial credit - ANS-SIGNIT
MASNIT
HUMANIT
TECHINT
(1-5) Who formulated "first law of geography" - ANS-Waldo Tobler
(1-5) The following activities are recognized as requiring spatial thinking skills in
humans - ANS-reading and interpreting images
reading maps
driving from one location to another
(1-5) Jack Dangermond and his wife Laura founded: - ANS-Environmental Systems
Research Institute (ESRI)
(1-5) The first law of geography is: - ANS-Everything is related to everything else, but
near things are more related than distant things
(1-5) An ellipse with a major axis of 100 inches has a flattening of 1/100. The minor axis
length is _____inches. - ANS-99
(1-5) Isaac Newton proposed a flattening of _________ based on the gravitational pull
and on _________ force. - ANS-1/230
centrifugal
(1-5) Today in GIS we organize a lot of the data with which we work daily by: - ANS-
spatial location
, (6/7) A decimal system uses 10 parts per unit. A sexagesimal system like geographic
coordinates on maps uses _____ parts per unit. - ANS-60
(6/7) Geographic Coordinate Systems measure locations in ______ from the equator
and prime meridian. - ANS-angles
(6/7) Cartesian Coordinates measure location as _______ from an arbitrary origin. -
ANS-distances
(6/7) All Parallels are not loxodromes - ANS-False
(6/7) As discussed in the class, what is the accuracy of State Plane Coordinate System
(SPCS)? - ANS-1:10,000
(6/7) Which two of the following are used as developable surfaces in the production of
projections? - ANS-Cylinder
Cone
(6/7) ___ provides a base value that enables elevation on the ground or altitude in the
air to be determined and is tied to the concept of mean sea level - ANS-vertical datum
(6/7) The Universal Transverse Mercator Coordinate System has the whole earth
divided into ___ zones - ANS-60
(6/7) As discussed in class, on the map below, the black line (arc of a great circle) is a
shorter path to travel on Earth. - ANS-true
(6/7) Maps that maintain area correctly are called: - ANS-NOT conformal
Either: equivalent, equilateral, or equidistant
(8-9) A map that has conformality will show _____ for Tissot's indicatrix throughout the
map. - ANS-NOT squares **
Either: ellipses, rhombuses or circles
(8-9) Projections are: - ANS-two dimensional representations of a three dimensional
Earth
(8-9) The brightness (lightness) of a color is called - ANS-value
(8-9) As discussed in the class, the map elements should be arranged so that they
balance visually around the geometric center not optical center - ANS-False
(8-9) The map shown is a poorly designed equal area map. Which of the parallels listed
is a standard parallel on this map? - ANS-NOT 30N***
Either: 10N or 50N
Solutions
(1-5) The GEOID assumes that: - ANS-1. There are no tides
2. There are no currents
3. The earth is totally covered by water
(1-5) What is the distance (in miles) to the horizon I can see if I am at the top of a
building and my eyes are 175 feet above the ground? (upto 2 decimal places is fine) -
ANS-16.14
(1-5) Geospatial Intelligence fuse together multiple types of intelligence including the
following: (that we discussed in the class) **Partial credit - ANS-SIGNIT
MASNIT
HUMANIT
TECHINT
(1-5) Who formulated "first law of geography" - ANS-Waldo Tobler
(1-5) The following activities are recognized as requiring spatial thinking skills in
humans - ANS-reading and interpreting images
reading maps
driving from one location to another
(1-5) Jack Dangermond and his wife Laura founded: - ANS-Environmental Systems
Research Institute (ESRI)
(1-5) The first law of geography is: - ANS-Everything is related to everything else, but
near things are more related than distant things
(1-5) An ellipse with a major axis of 100 inches has a flattening of 1/100. The minor axis
length is _____inches. - ANS-99
(1-5) Isaac Newton proposed a flattening of _________ based on the gravitational pull
and on _________ force. - ANS-1/230
centrifugal
(1-5) Today in GIS we organize a lot of the data with which we work daily by: - ANS-
spatial location
, (6/7) A decimal system uses 10 parts per unit. A sexagesimal system like geographic
coordinates on maps uses _____ parts per unit. - ANS-60
(6/7) Geographic Coordinate Systems measure locations in ______ from the equator
and prime meridian. - ANS-angles
(6/7) Cartesian Coordinates measure location as _______ from an arbitrary origin. -
ANS-distances
(6/7) All Parallels are not loxodromes - ANS-False
(6/7) As discussed in the class, what is the accuracy of State Plane Coordinate System
(SPCS)? - ANS-1:10,000
(6/7) Which two of the following are used as developable surfaces in the production of
projections? - ANS-Cylinder
Cone
(6/7) ___ provides a base value that enables elevation on the ground or altitude in the
air to be determined and is tied to the concept of mean sea level - ANS-vertical datum
(6/7) The Universal Transverse Mercator Coordinate System has the whole earth
divided into ___ zones - ANS-60
(6/7) As discussed in class, on the map below, the black line (arc of a great circle) is a
shorter path to travel on Earth. - ANS-true
(6/7) Maps that maintain area correctly are called: - ANS-NOT conformal
Either: equivalent, equilateral, or equidistant
(8-9) A map that has conformality will show _____ for Tissot's indicatrix throughout the
map. - ANS-NOT squares **
Either: ellipses, rhombuses or circles
(8-9) Projections are: - ANS-two dimensional representations of a three dimensional
Earth
(8-9) The brightness (lightness) of a color is called - ANS-value
(8-9) As discussed in the class, the map elements should be arranged so that they
balance visually around the geometric center not optical center - ANS-False
(8-9) The map shown is a poorly designed equal area map. Which of the parallels listed
is a standard parallel on this map? - ANS-NOT 30N***
Either: 10N or 50N
