WorksheetsGIS
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
What does GIS stand for?
Geospatial Infographic System
Geological Intel Standard
Geographic Information System
Giraffe Intelligence Spray
Who is the father of GIS?
Roger Tomlinson
Winsor McCay
Walt Disney
Ivan Sutherland
What is NOT an example of a GIS map?
GPS
Weather Radar
Elevation Map
Pollution Map
A 3D printer
Which tables give data unique characteristics?
Data
Attributes
Raster
Excel
What are the two general data formats used in GIS?
Vector and Raster
Points and Lines
Features and Attributes
Digital and Paper Maps
What are the three type groups of vector data?
Points, lines, and imagery
Points, Lines, and Polygons
Points, Polygons, and Imagery
Points, Lines, Polygons, and Imagery
What do we call the ratio of the size of an image to the number of grids per unit?
Resolution
Image Size
Dots per inch. (DPI)
Pixels per meter.
Which of the following is not a hardware component of GIS?
A computer screen
GPS coordinates
A plotter
A scanner
An orthophoto is an example of ...
raster data
vector data
The conventional sign for cultivated land on a topographic map is an example of ...
point data
line data
polygon data
Meta data would describe....
who collected a set of data.
how the data was collected.
when the data was collected.
all of the above are true.
Attribute data could be collected via a survey.
True
False
By ‘spatial data’ we mean data that has:
Complex values
Location/coordinate values
Graphic values
Decimal values
What is meant by GIS?
It is an identification of earth system.
It is an information about the places on earth surface features
It contains only attribute data
It contains only spatial data
Vector data is easier to store on a computer as it takes less file space.
TRUE
FALSE
Meta data would describe....
who collected a set of data.
how the data was collected.
when the data was collected.
all of the above are true.
Google maps is an example of a GIS.
True
False
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
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
