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GIS - Coordinate Systems

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Definition of GIS

a)

computer system for processing, analyzing and displaying stored data

b)

computer system for capturing and editing images.

c)

computer system for capturing, storing, querying, analyzing and displaying geospatial data

d)

information system for querying, analyzing the text data

2.

Applications of GIS

a)

disaster management

b)

Telecom and Network Services

c)

Environmental Impact Analysis

d)

All the Above

e)

None of the above

3.

In case study, Earthquake in Japan triggers

a)

Flood

b)

Soil erosion

c)

Heavy Rainfall

d)

Tsunami

4.

What are the characteristics of Road?

a)

Time, work

b)

length, name, speed limit, and direction

c)

Bridges, Maintenance work

d)

Survey by civil engineer

5.

The first operational GIS is developed by

a)

David Harvey

b)

Halford Mackinder

c)

William Morris Davis

d)

Roger Tomlinson

6.

The coordinate system provides

a)

spatial reference

b)

reference data

c)

Relationship among the data

d)

None of the above

7.

Geographic coordinate system expressed in

a)

Maps

b)

Satellite Images

c)

longitude and latitude values

d)

Numerical Values

8.

The process of projection transforms the Earth’s surface to a

a)

Plane Surface

b)

Spherical Surface

c)

Elliptical Surface

d)

Statistical Data

9.

Which of the statement is / are correct?

a)

Latitude: the angle north or south of the equatorial plane

b)

Longitude: the angle east or west of the equatorial plane

c)

Longitude: the angle east or west from the prime meridian

d)

Latitude: the angle north or south from the prime meridian

10.

Based on preserved property, map projections are classified into how many classes

a)

3

b)

4

c)

5

d)

6