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GIS exam prep Questions and Answers with
Solutions UPDATED!!!
Which model represents the height of ground surface including
the objects on the surface? - ANSWER Digital surface model
(DSM)
Geocoding is the process of: - ANSWER Finding geographic
coordinates for spatial data
Which of the following is a passive remote sensing system? -
ANSWER Thermal imaging
Which operation/function below is NOT used in raster data
analysis? - ANSWER Field calculator
You are looking for places within 1 kilometre of a river where
there are habitats of numerous animal species. Which geo-
processing tool would you use to combine features from
multiple layers (such as the habitat data with the river buffer) to
output only those habitats located within the 1-kilometre buffer
zone? - ANSWER Clip
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The output of Map Algebra is a statistics table. - ANSWER False
Which of the following statements about raster data analysis
operations are not true? - ANSWER A simple map algebra task is
a type of zonal operation
"Intersect" and "Clip" create similar spatial results, but what is
the main difference between these two geoprocessing tools? -
ANSWER Intersect combines attributes from all inputs, whereas
Clip retains attributes from only the input layer.
When choosing a map projection, which of the following
questions should you ask? (choose three) - ANSWER a. What is
the map's theme or subject matter?
b. What region of the world is being mapped?
c. What scale is being mapped?
Healthy green vegetation tends to have the maximum
reflectance of electromagnetic radiation in which of the
following spectral band? - ANSWER Near infrared
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Which of the following degrees/minutes/seconds values is
equivalent to the decimal degrees location -106.76528? -
ANSWER 106°45'55" W
Data that is mapped at which of the following scales is likely to
be the most detailed? - ANSWER 1:1,000
Choose the correct attribute query to select all retail stores with
at least $1,000,000 of annual revenue. - ANSWER Store_Type =
Retail AND Revenue >= 1000000
The spatial resolution of remotely sensed images does not
affect the accuracy of digitization. - ANSWER False
Which one of the following statements regarding the vector
data structure is NOT true? - ANSWER Vector data suffers from
the mixed pixel problem
Is the following statement true or false?
GIS exam prep Questions and Answers with
Solutions UPDATED!!!
Which model represents the height of ground surface including
the objects on the surface? - ANSWER Digital surface model
(DSM)
Geocoding is the process of: - ANSWER Finding geographic
coordinates for spatial data
Which of the following is a passive remote sensing system? -
ANSWER Thermal imaging
Which operation/function below is NOT used in raster data
analysis? - ANSWER Field calculator
You are looking for places within 1 kilometre of a river where
there are habitats of numerous animal species. Which geo-
processing tool would you use to combine features from
multiple layers (such as the habitat data with the river buffer) to
output only those habitats located within the 1-kilometre buffer
zone? - ANSWER Clip
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The output of Map Algebra is a statistics table. - ANSWER False
Which of the following statements about raster data analysis
operations are not true? - ANSWER A simple map algebra task is
a type of zonal operation
"Intersect" and "Clip" create similar spatial results, but what is
the main difference between these two geoprocessing tools? -
ANSWER Intersect combines attributes from all inputs, whereas
Clip retains attributes from only the input layer.
When choosing a map projection, which of the following
questions should you ask? (choose three) - ANSWER a. What is
the map's theme or subject matter?
b. What region of the world is being mapped?
c. What scale is being mapped?
Healthy green vegetation tends to have the maximum
reflectance of electromagnetic radiation in which of the
following spectral band? - ANSWER Near infrared
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Which of the following degrees/minutes/seconds values is
equivalent to the decimal degrees location -106.76528? -
ANSWER 106°45'55" W
Data that is mapped at which of the following scales is likely to
be the most detailed? - ANSWER 1:1,000
Choose the correct attribute query to select all retail stores with
at least $1,000,000 of annual revenue. - ANSWER Store_Type =
Retail AND Revenue >= 1000000
The spatial resolution of remotely sensed images does not
affect the accuracy of digitization. - ANSWER False
Which one of the following statements regarding the vector
data structure is NOT true? - ANSWER Vector data suffers from
the mixed pixel problem
Is the following statement true or false?
