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Introduction to Geospatial

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Chapter 5
Working with Digital Geospatial Data and GIS

1. The term used for a computer-based set of hardware and software that captures, analyzes,
manipulates, and visualizes spatial information is:
a. DLG.
b. NLCD.
c. NAVSTAR.
*d. GIS.

2. The information handled by GIS is primarily:


a. financial.
b. personal.
*c. spatial.
d. comparative.

3. By its nature, GIS is 100% computer-based.


*a. True
b. False

4. GIS is unable to use non-spatial data.


a. True
*b. False

5. Which country implemented CGIS, the first known use of the term GIS?
a. The United States
b. China
*c. Canada
d. Cambodia
6. A ___________ represents, simplifies, or generalizes reality.
a. radio frequency
b. satellite
c. vector
*d. model

7. In general, a computer model represents, simplifies, or generalizes real-world information.


*a. True
b. False

8. Which of the following is NOT used by GIS systems that utilize the discrete object view?
*a. angles
b. polygons
c. points
d. lines

9. In a vector data model of a fairly small geographic area, such as a U.S. state, county boundaries would
likely be represented as:
a. angles.
*b. polygons.
c. points.
d. lines.

10. When adapting the discrete object view of the world to a data motel, which of the following is
generally used to represent two-dimensional objects?
a. angles
*b. polygons
c. points
d. lines

11. The creation of vector objects through sketching or tracing representations from a map or image
source is called:
a. vectoring.
*b. digitizing.
c. objectifying.
d. typologizing.

12. The term used to describe how vector objects connect to one another (in terms of adjacency,
connections, containment, and so forth) independent of the objects’ coordinates is:
a. topography.
b. taxonomy.
*c. topology.
d. typology.

13. Which of the following is NOT a feature of the digital line graphs (DLGs) created from the U.S.
Geologic Survey?
*a. houses
b. rivers and streams
c. streets and highways
d. state and county boundaries

14. The model used to represent continuous fields in GIS is the _________, which represents data in a
set of ________.
a. vector data model; polygons
*b. raster data model; grid cells
c. infinity model; coordinates
d. trilateration model; time zones

15. Which of the following is NOT a form of attribute data in GIS?


a. nominal data
b. ordinal data
*c. cardinal data
d. ratio data

16. Into which category would a person’s weight fall?


a. nominal data
b. ordinal data
c. interval data
*d. ratio data

17. In which type of data set is there no fixed zero point?


a. nominal data
b. ordinal data
*c. interval data
d. ratio data

18. Suppose two data tables have a common field. That common field is known as the:
a. CF.
*b. key.
c. legend.
d. join.

19. A set of information about your data, often found in a separate file, is called:
a. join data.
b. spreadsheet data.
*c. metadata.
d. uberdata.

20. According to the Federal Geographic Data Committee, metadata for GIS data should ideally include
all of the following, EXCEPT:
*a. financial information.
b. spatial reference information.
c. time period information.
d. contact information.

21. The continuous field view of the world is best modeled in a GIS using the vector data model.
a. True
*b. False

22. Vector polygon objects are composed of grid cells.


a. True
*b. False

23. If an attribute is used to store numbers, but differences between those numbers are not meaningful
(e.g. telephone numbers), what type of data is being used?
*a. nominal
b. ordinal
c. interval
d. ratio

24. The rows of an attribute table are called:


a. fields
b. rasters
*c. records
d. attributes

25. You wish to combine two non-spatial tables using a common field. The operation to do this is called
a:
*a. Join
b. Collapse
c. Splice
d. Table-Link

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