GEOM1000 PASS Week 13 (Past Exam Question Mashup)

Temperature in degrees centigrade is an example of which measurement scale?

• Nominal

• Ordinal

• Interval

• Ratio

What measurement scale are student identification numbers (nominal, ordinal, interval, ratio)?

• Interval

• Ordinal

• Nominal

• Ratio

In the raster data model:

• multiple types of grid resolutions can be used in the same dataset.

• continuous fields are modelled using points and lines

• areas are modelled using equally spaced and equally sized grid cells.

• polygon objects are used for modelling large geographic areas.

What was the name of the first GIS?

• GGIS

• CGIS

• ArcGIS

• ArcInfo

• QGIS

To georeference a location on a map using a UTM projection, one needs to quote the coordinates as well as the grid zone reference to unqiuely identify its location on the Earth's surface. If you do not do this it will results in multiple locations having the same coordinates

• TRUE

• FALSE

Which type of map projection was used to produce the map shown below?

• Azimuthal

• Oblique

• Conical

• Cylindrical

A small map scale map would likely show:

• The same geographic area as a large-scale map, just at a larger resolution.

• A larger geographic area than a large-scale map.

• A smaller geographic area than a large-scale map.

• The same geographic area as a large-scale map, just at a smaller resolution.

Uniform cell size is a description of:

• A polygon data structure

• A raster data structure

• A vector data structure

• A point data structure

A grouping of layers in a geodatabase refers to a feature

(a)  

What form of electromagnetic energy has the shortest wavelength?

• Ultraviolet light

• Radio waves

• Microwaves

• Near infrared light