GISP practice exam 1-25 partial Exam
and Correct Answers.
"# 1 101 The property of area for a parcel polygon may be considered (Choose the best answer)
A. Precise
B. Accurate
C. Legally correct
D. Both a and b above
" - Answer D
"# 2 102 A vector data model uses which of the following coordinate pair types to build
curvature within a line?
(Choose the best answer)
A. Vertices
B. Points
C. Floating Points
D. Nodes
" - Answer A
"# 3 103 GIS differs from surveying and mapping by introducing (Choose the best answer)
A. Attribute descriptions
B. Spatial analysis
C. Location determination
D. Temporal information" - Answer B
"# 4 104 What is a datum? (Choose the best answer)
A. A mathematical model
B. The mathematical model related to real world features
C. Real world features projected with minimum distortion from a round earth to flat map.
D. A system of coordinates." - Answer B
"# 5 105 Which method is used to align an unreferenced dataset with one that has spatial
reference information?
(Choose the best answer)
A. Scaling
, B. Reprojecting
C. Georeferencing
D. defining projections" - Answer C
"# 6 105 Control points are best described as (Choose the best answer)
A. Areas on the map where projection can easily change
B. Points on the map that do not have a spatial reference
C. Points in the data that share the same datum, no matter how the datasets are altered
D. Common locations used in aligning two datasets" - Answer D
"# 7 206 In a map showing contours, the name of the darker contour lines is (Choose the best
answer)
A. Index contours
B. Key contours
C. Lines of deviation
D. Lines of Elevations" - Answer A
"# 9 209 What do thematic maps include? (Choose the best answer)
A. Thematic content and spatial location
B. USGS
C. Elevation
D. Spatial Attributes" - Answer A
"# 12 211 When mapping sensitive data, what are some techniques that can be used to not
reveal details of the data?
(Select all that apply).
A. Show the data as a heat map
B. Show the data as a point layer
C. Label the addresses that correspond to the data
D. Aggregate the data into quantities using graduated colors, symbols or proportional symbols" -
Answer AD
"# 13 211 How does using multiple attributes by category make a map more informative?
(Choose the best answer)
A. It makes the map more colorful
and Correct Answers.
"# 1 101 The property of area for a parcel polygon may be considered (Choose the best answer)
A. Precise
B. Accurate
C. Legally correct
D. Both a and b above
" - Answer D
"# 2 102 A vector data model uses which of the following coordinate pair types to build
curvature within a line?
(Choose the best answer)
A. Vertices
B. Points
C. Floating Points
D. Nodes
" - Answer A
"# 3 103 GIS differs from surveying and mapping by introducing (Choose the best answer)
A. Attribute descriptions
B. Spatial analysis
C. Location determination
D. Temporal information" - Answer B
"# 4 104 What is a datum? (Choose the best answer)
A. A mathematical model
B. The mathematical model related to real world features
C. Real world features projected with minimum distortion from a round earth to flat map.
D. A system of coordinates." - Answer B
"# 5 105 Which method is used to align an unreferenced dataset with one that has spatial
reference information?
(Choose the best answer)
A. Scaling
, B. Reprojecting
C. Georeferencing
D. defining projections" - Answer C
"# 6 105 Control points are best described as (Choose the best answer)
A. Areas on the map where projection can easily change
B. Points on the map that do not have a spatial reference
C. Points in the data that share the same datum, no matter how the datasets are altered
D. Common locations used in aligning two datasets" - Answer D
"# 7 206 In a map showing contours, the name of the darker contour lines is (Choose the best
answer)
A. Index contours
B. Key contours
C. Lines of deviation
D. Lines of Elevations" - Answer A
"# 9 209 What do thematic maps include? (Choose the best answer)
A. Thematic content and spatial location
B. USGS
C. Elevation
D. Spatial Attributes" - Answer A
"# 12 211 When mapping sensitive data, what are some techniques that can be used to not
reveal details of the data?
(Select all that apply).
A. Show the data as a heat map
B. Show the data as a point layer
C. Label the addresses that correspond to the data
D. Aggregate the data into quantities using graduated colors, symbols or proportional symbols" -
Answer AD
"# 13 211 How does using multiple attributes by category make a map more informative?
(Choose the best answer)
A. It makes the map more colorful
