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GIS DAY QUIZ

Total questions: 8

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

GIS Day is observed in conjunction with

a)

Presidents’ Day.

b)

Geography Awareness Week.

c)

DDME

d)

the International Polar Year.

2.

GIS can be defined as?

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

3.

GIS deals with which kind of data

a)

Numeric data

b)

Binary data

c)

Spatial data

d)

Complex data

4.

By 'spatial data', we mean data that has

a)

Complex values

b)

Location values

c)

Graphic values

d)

Decimal values

5.

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

6.

Which of the following is NOT an end product of a GIS?

a)

Flood Zone Map

b)

Google search results

c)

Directions to the mall from your phone

d)

Weather forecast

7.

In the early days of GIS, aerial images were captured using all of the following EXCEPT...

a)

Pigeons

b)

Kites

c)

Hot air balloons

d)

Satellites

8.

GIS stands for

a)

Generic Information System

b)

Geological Information System

c)

Geographic Information System

d)

Geographic Information Sharing