GIS Question Bank 2020 Solution
Multiple Choice
1. __________ is NOT maintained with a Mercator projection.
a. True size
b. True shape
c. True compass bearing
d. True location
2. Maximum longitude is:
a. 180° E
b. 180° W
c. 90° N
d. 180° E and 180° W
3. The major problem encountered in map making is that:
a. it is tedious and time consuming
b. there is a lack of international standardization
c. it is impossible to show true size and true shape on the same map
d. There are no major problems.
4. Earth's two fixed reference points are:
a. the North and South Poles
b. the North Star and Southern Cross
c. the Tropics of Capricorn and Cancer
d. all of these
5. The computer-based technology that represents a “marriage” between
computer cartography and database management is:
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, a. spatial analysis
b. geographic information system (GIS)
c. spectral analysis
d. multi-spectral scanning
6. A map capable of showing true direction is called a(n):
a. focal map
b. planar map
c. Mercator map
d. Azimuthal map
7. Perhaps the most important development in remote sensing techniques in
the last 40 years has been:
a. aerial photography
b. SONAR
c. Earth-orbiting satellites
d. Side-looking RADAR (SLAR)
8. Cartography is the science of:
a. surveying
b. navigation
c. map making
d. data collection
9. Maximum latitude is reached at the:
a. Prime Meridian
b. North and South Poles
c. Tropics of Capricorn and Cancer
d. Equator
10. The circle of illumination divides Earth into two hemispheres known as:
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, a. east and west
b. north and south
c. day and night
d. summer and winter
11. The Mercator map is actually a __________ type of projection that has been
mathematically derived.
a. conical
b. cylindrical
c. planar
d. interrupted
12. A small-scale map:
a. shows small areas of Earth's surface
b. includes greater detail
c. has a small denominator in its representative fraction
d. all of these
e. none of these
13. Latitude measurement __________ as one moves away from the equator.
a. increases
b. decreases
c. does not vary
d. none of these
14. Contour maps:
a. provide the reader with an idea of the lay of the land
b. are also referred to as "dot maps"
c. show distribution of any feature on Earth's surface
d. are used to show lines of equal temperature
15. A degree of latitude is subdivided into:
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Multiple Choice
1. __________ is NOT maintained with a Mercator projection.
a. True size
b. True shape
c. True compass bearing
d. True location
2. Maximum longitude is:
a. 180° E
b. 180° W
c. 90° N
d. 180° E and 180° W
3. The major problem encountered in map making is that:
a. it is tedious and time consuming
b. there is a lack of international standardization
c. it is impossible to show true size and true shape on the same map
d. There are no major problems.
4. Earth's two fixed reference points are:
a. the North and South Poles
b. the North Star and Southern Cross
c. the Tropics of Capricorn and Cancer
d. all of these
5. The computer-based technology that represents a “marriage” between
computer cartography and database management is:
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, a. spatial analysis
b. geographic information system (GIS)
c. spectral analysis
d. multi-spectral scanning
6. A map capable of showing true direction is called a(n):
a. focal map
b. planar map
c. Mercator map
d. Azimuthal map
7. Perhaps the most important development in remote sensing techniques in
the last 40 years has been:
a. aerial photography
b. SONAR
c. Earth-orbiting satellites
d. Side-looking RADAR (SLAR)
8. Cartography is the science of:
a. surveying
b. navigation
c. map making
d. data collection
9. Maximum latitude is reached at the:
a. Prime Meridian
b. North and South Poles
c. Tropics of Capricorn and Cancer
d. Equator
10. The circle of illumination divides Earth into two hemispheres known as:
10
, a. east and west
b. north and south
c. day and night
d. summer and winter
11. The Mercator map is actually a __________ type of projection that has been
mathematically derived.
a. conical
b. cylindrical
c. planar
d. interrupted
12. A small-scale map:
a. shows small areas of Earth's surface
b. includes greater detail
c. has a small denominator in its representative fraction
d. all of these
e. none of these
13. Latitude measurement __________ as one moves away from the equator.
a. increases
b. decreases
c. does not vary
d. none of these
14. Contour maps:
a. provide the reader with an idea of the lay of the land
b. are also referred to as "dot maps"
c. show distribution of any feature on Earth's surface
d. are used to show lines of equal temperature
15. A degree of latitude is subdivided into:
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