Spatial Analysis Exam ACTUAL UPDATED
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
What types of questions can GIS be used to answer? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Location:Where is it?
Identification:What is it?
Condition: What state is it in?
Trend:What has changed?
Routing: How is it arranged (spatially and temporally, perhaps)?
Pattern: Which way is best?
Modeling: What if?
PDOP - CORRECT ANSWER - positional dilution of precision
Do you want a low or high PDOP? - CORRECT ANSWER - low for the highest accuracy
data
What is GIS? - CORRECT ANSWER - Understand Places, Detect Patterns
Determine Relationships. Find Locations
Make Predictions
What are the primary components of a GIS? - CORRECT ANSWER - Analysis:
Algorithms, Models, Processes
Systems: computer software, hardware & infastructure
Information: spatial or geographical
How can it be used to answer spatial questions about natural resources management? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Calculating the area of a timber sale unit to estimate board feet
, • Calculating the number of feet of fencing that will be required for a new pasture or a change in
the grazing allotment boundary
• Mapping a wildfire perimeter and calculating area burned
• Calculating the increase in number of miles of spawning
habitat when an old dam or fish barrier is removed
• Identifying potential habitat for a conservation purchase for
an endangered species that migrates
• Quantifying the number of homes impacted by a fuel
treatment designed to reduce wildfire behavior and risk of
loss
• Determining the density of user impacts in a wilderness area
what is a computerized tool for solving geographic problems, spatial decision support system,
mechanized inventory of geographically distributed features and facilities, method for revealing
patterns and processes in geographic information, collection of computer hardware, software,
and geographic data for capturing, managing, analyzing, and displaying all forms of
geographically referenced information? - CORRECT ANSWER - GIS
What does GIS stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER - Geographic Information
System/Science/Studies
How did Dr. Snow use geospatial information to solve the case of the 1854 London cholera
outbreak? - CORRECT ANSWER - Dr. Snow began to plot the locations of cholera cases
on a paper map and quickly realized that the outbreaks were cluster around the Broad Street
Water Pump
How does GIS affect your everyday life today? - CORRECT ANSWER - GPS, Smart
Phones, and Location Services
What kinds of technologies do you most commonly use that have GIS and geospatial information
embedded in them? - CORRECT ANSWER - Google Earth and Google Maps
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
What types of questions can GIS be used to answer? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Location:Where is it?
Identification:What is it?
Condition: What state is it in?
Trend:What has changed?
Routing: How is it arranged (spatially and temporally, perhaps)?
Pattern: Which way is best?
Modeling: What if?
PDOP - CORRECT ANSWER - positional dilution of precision
Do you want a low or high PDOP? - CORRECT ANSWER - low for the highest accuracy
data
What is GIS? - CORRECT ANSWER - Understand Places, Detect Patterns
Determine Relationships. Find Locations
Make Predictions
What are the primary components of a GIS? - CORRECT ANSWER - Analysis:
Algorithms, Models, Processes
Systems: computer software, hardware & infastructure
Information: spatial or geographical
How can it be used to answer spatial questions about natural resources management? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Calculating the area of a timber sale unit to estimate board feet
, • Calculating the number of feet of fencing that will be required for a new pasture or a change in
the grazing allotment boundary
• Mapping a wildfire perimeter and calculating area burned
• Calculating the increase in number of miles of spawning
habitat when an old dam or fish barrier is removed
• Identifying potential habitat for a conservation purchase for
an endangered species that migrates
• Quantifying the number of homes impacted by a fuel
treatment designed to reduce wildfire behavior and risk of
loss
• Determining the density of user impacts in a wilderness area
what is a computerized tool for solving geographic problems, spatial decision support system,
mechanized inventory of geographically distributed features and facilities, method for revealing
patterns and processes in geographic information, collection of computer hardware, software,
and geographic data for capturing, managing, analyzing, and displaying all forms of
geographically referenced information? - CORRECT ANSWER - GIS
What does GIS stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER - Geographic Information
System/Science/Studies
How did Dr. Snow use geospatial information to solve the case of the 1854 London cholera
outbreak? - CORRECT ANSWER - Dr. Snow began to plot the locations of cholera cases
on a paper map and quickly realized that the outbreaks were cluster around the Broad Street
Water Pump
How does GIS affect your everyday life today? - CORRECT ANSWER - GPS, Smart
Phones, and Location Services
What kinds of technologies do you most commonly use that have GIS and geospatial information
embedded in them? - CORRECT ANSWER - Google Earth and Google Maps
