GISP PREPARATION TEST 2026 QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
● A vector data model uses which of the following coordinate pair types
to build curvature within a line?
(Choose the best response)
A. Vertices
B. Points
C. Floating Points
D. Nodes. Answer: A. Vertices
● GIS differs from surveying and mapping by introducing (Choose the
best response)
A. Attribute descriptions
B. Spatial analysis
C. Location determination
D. Temporal information. Answer: B. Spatial analysis
● What is a datum? (Choose the best response)
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. The mathematical model related
to real world features
● Which method is used to align an unreferenced dataset with one that
has spatial reference information?
(Choose the best response)
A. Scaling
B. Reprojecting
C. Georeferencing
D. defining projections. Answer: C. Georeferencing
● Control points are best described as (Choose the best response)
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.
Common locations used in aligning two datasets
● In a map showing contours, the name of the darker contour lines is
(Choose the best response)
A. Index contours
, B. Key contours
C. Lines of deviation
D. Lines of Elevations. Answer: A. Index contours
● Imaginary lines on a map that represent areas of constant elevation are
(Choose the best response)
A. Bands
B. Contours
C. Digital line graphs
D. Collars. Answer: B. Contours
● The inherent ability to suggest pattern in the phenomena they
represent is a fundamental use of
(Choose the best response)
A. Maps
B. Tables
C. Layers
D. Point. Answer: A. Maps
● If you are making a web map of sampling locations, streams and
watershed areas, in what order would you
place the layers on the map? (Choose the best response)
A. Sampling locations, wetland areas, streams
AND CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
● A vector data model uses which of the following coordinate pair types
to build curvature within a line?
(Choose the best response)
A. Vertices
B. Points
C. Floating Points
D. Nodes. Answer: A. Vertices
● GIS differs from surveying and mapping by introducing (Choose the
best response)
A. Attribute descriptions
B. Spatial analysis
C. Location determination
D. Temporal information. Answer: B. Spatial analysis
● What is a datum? (Choose the best response)
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. The mathematical model related
to real world features
● Which method is used to align an unreferenced dataset with one that
has spatial reference information?
(Choose the best response)
A. Scaling
B. Reprojecting
C. Georeferencing
D. defining projections. Answer: C. Georeferencing
● Control points are best described as (Choose the best response)
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.
Common locations used in aligning two datasets
● In a map showing contours, the name of the darker contour lines is
(Choose the best response)
A. Index contours
, B. Key contours
C. Lines of deviation
D. Lines of Elevations. Answer: A. Index contours
● Imaginary lines on a map that represent areas of constant elevation are
(Choose the best response)
A. Bands
B. Contours
C. Digital line graphs
D. Collars. Answer: B. Contours
● The inherent ability to suggest pattern in the phenomena they
represent is a fundamental use of
(Choose the best response)
A. Maps
B. Tables
C. Layers
D. Point. Answer: A. Maps
● If you are making a web map of sampling locations, streams and
watershed areas, in what order would you
place the layers on the map? (Choose the best response)
A. Sampling locations, wetland areas, streams
