OCE552 GIS MODEL EXAM 1

GIS deals with which kind of data

• A) Numeric data

• B) Binary data

• C) Spatial data

• D) Complex data

What are the two general data formats used in GIS?

• A) Vector and raster

• B) Points and lines

• C) Features and attributes

• D) Digital and paper maps

GIS stands for

• A) Geographic Information System

• B) Generic Information System

• C) Geological Information System

• D) Geographic Information Sharing

What is ‘Metadata’ ?

• A) It is ‘ data about data’

• B) It is ‘meteorological data’

• C) It is ‘oceanic data’

• D) It is ‘contour data’

Key components of ‘spatial data’ quality include

• A) Positional accuracy

• B) Temporal accuracy

• C) Lineage and completeness

• D) Logical consistency

• E) All of the above

SDI stands for

• A) Spatial Data Interface

• B) Spatial Data Infrastructure

• C) Spatial Data Intention

• D) Spatial Data International

SDI stands for

• A) Spatial Data Interface

• B) Spatial Data Infrastructure

• C) Spatial Data Intention

• D) Spatial Data International

Mapmakers use GIS to

• A) store geographic information

• B) use geographic informatio

• C) view geographic information

• D) store, use and view geographic information

GIS uses the information from which of the following sources?

• a) Non- spatial information system

• b) Spatial information system

• c) Global information system

• d) Position information system

Among the following ____________ can be expressed as an example of hardware component.

• a) Keyboard

• b) Arc GIS

• c) Auto CAD

• d) Digitalization