WorksheetsGIS Day Quiz: Introduction to GIS
Total questions: 8
Worksheet time: 4mins
GIS stands for
Geographic Information System
Generic Information System
Geological Information System
Geographic Information Sharing
GIS deals with which kind of data
Numeric data
Binary data
Spatial data
Complex data
What is GIS in the most encompassing sense?
A software to make maps
System designed to capture, store, manipulate, analyze, manage and present all types of geographic
Application to collect data on the field and store in database
Tool to edit and design maps for visualization
By 'spatial data', we mean data that has
Complex values
Positional values
Graphic values
Decimal values
What is 'Metadata'?
It is 'data about data'
It is 'meteorological data'
It is 'oceanic data'
It is 'contour data'
Key components of 'spatial data' quality include
Positional accuracy
Temporal accuracy
Lineage and completeness
Logical consistency
All of the above
'Spatial databases' are also known as
Geodatabases
Monodatabases
Concurrent databases
None of the above
Successful spatial analysis needs
Appropriate software
Appropriate hardware
Competent user
All of the above
