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GIS Quiz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the two general format used in GIS?

a)

Vector and raster

b)

Points and lines

c)

Features and attributes

d)

Digital and paper maps

2.

What is the main component for the successful GIS?

a)

Hardware

b)

Method

c)

Data

d)

People

3.

GIS stands for...

a)

Geographic Information System

b)

Generic Information System

c)

Geological Information System

d)

Geographic Information Sharing

4.

GIS deals with which kind of data

a)

Numeric data

b)

Binary data

c)

Spatial data

d)

Complex data

5.

Which of the following statements is not true about the capabilities of GIS?

a)

Data capture and preparation

b)

Data management, including storage and maintenance

c)

Data manipulation and analysis

d)

All of the above

6.

By 'spatial data' we mean data that has...

a)

Complex values

b)

Positional values

c)

Graphic values

d)

Decimal values

7.

Which of the following is not an example of spatial data?

a)

Times of particular events

b)

Polygons showing the area occupied by a particular land use or variable

c)

Lines showing the route of linear objects

d)

Points showing location of discrete objects

8.

GIS maps can:

a)

Tell us where something is

b)

Help us visualize information

c)

Help us compare information

d)

All of the above

9.

What is not GIS?

a)

Data has a spatial component

b)

A seamless operation linking the information to the geography

c)

Just software and tool for making maps

d)

Data can be used to symbolize

10.

What is structural of vector data?

a)

A series of x,y coordinates

b)

Grid and cells

c)

For continuous data such as elevation, slope, surfaces

d)

All of the above