GI ATI Questions With All Correct Answers

GIS Questions With All Correct Answers

Which of the following is another name for a line of longitude?
Parallel
Small Circle
LAtitude
Meridian correct answer -Meridian

An ellipsoid that apprx the shape of a sphere is called a spheriod.
True/False correct answer -True

Which of the following spheroids is now regarded as the best model of the
earth for the region of North America?
Clarke 1866
International 1924
Bessel 1841
GRS80 correct answer -GRS80

Different spheriods are used throughout the world to account for local
irregularities in the shape of the earth.
True/False correct answer -True

Which lines on the graticule run N-S, converge at the poles, and mark angular
distance E-W of the prime meridian?
Major axis
Lines of Lat
Lines of Long
Parallels correct answer -Lines of Long

The earth's spherical coord. sys is an angular coord. sys.
True/False correct answer -True

The distance between meridians is a constant value
True/False correct answer -False

After converting from DMS to DD, the point location for a spot in Southern
California ended up in China. What happened?
Calculations failed to account for axial precession

,It was the result of continental drift
The coord for long needs to be neg
The calculator needs to be in deg mode instead of dms correct answer -
The coord for long needs to be neg.

With GIS data, which format is appropriate for recording a geographic
location?
42.944, -122.172
42 deg, 16 min, 23 sec
Broadway and Lexington
380 New York Street correct answer -42.944, -122.172

When people say that meta data is data about data, what do they mean?
Metadata distinguishes between vector and raster data
Metadata is data that describes data
Metadata lists the data's data
Metadata is commonly used tautology correct answer -Metadata is data
about the data

You are creating a streets dataset. You want to constrain the Types field to
local rods, highways, and off-ramps. Which data behavior would you use?
Networking
Domains
Subtypes
Topology correct answer -Domains

Which three statements describe common editing tasks with spatial data?
Convert Features to raster
Transform the coordinate system
Create a new feature
Modify an existing feature
Delete a feature correct answer -Create a new feature
Modify an existing feature
Delete a feature

Which three items can vector data be?
Lines
Points
Polygons

, Cells
Matrices correct answer -Lines
Points
Polygons

Which two formats are for vector data?
Raster Datasets
TIFF files
Point feature classes
Shape files correct answer -PFC
Shape files

You have a spreadsheet with information that includes customer addresses
and purchases for the past year, and you want to determine which
demographic groups spent the most on a particular product. How would you
structure your analysis? Put the following steps in order. correct answer -
Map spreadsheet data
Update metadata
Enhance the layer in the map with demographic data

Which three sources are potential sources of GIS data?
Microsoft Excel spreadsheets
Oracle databases
Business intelligence databases
MP3
MP4 correct answer -Microsoft Excel spreadsheets
Oracle databases
Business intelligence databases

ArcOnline provides which four data products and services?
Imagery
Deriving coordinate systems
Registries
Extracting metadata
Demographic data
Data enhancement
Basemaps correct answer -Imagery
Demographic data
Data enhancement