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GIS Day Quiz: Introduction to GIS

Total questions: 8

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

GIS stands for

a)

Geographic Information System

b)

Generic Information System

c)

Geological Information System

d)

Geographic Information Sharing

2.

GIS deals with which kind of data

a)

Numeric data

b)

Binary data

c)

Spatial data

d)

Complex data

3.

What is GIS in the most encompassing sense?

a)

A software to make maps

b)

System designed to capture, store, manipulate, analyze, manage and present all types of geographic

c)

Application to collect data on the field and store in database

d)

Tool to edit and design maps for visualization

4.

By 'spatial data', we mean data that has

a)

Complex values

b)

Positional values

c)

Graphic values

d)

Decimal values

5.

What is 'Metadata'?

a)

It is 'data about data'

b)

It is 'meteorological data'

c)

It is 'oceanic data'

d)

It is 'contour data'

6.

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

7.

'Spatial databases' are also known as

a)

Geodatabases

b)

Monodatabases

c)

Concurrent databases

d)

None of the above

8.

Successful spatial analysis needs

a)

Appropriate software

b)

Appropriate hardware

c)

Competent user

d)

All of the above