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GEOM1000 PASS Week 13 (Past Exam Question Mashup)

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Temperature in degrees centigrade is an example of which measurement scale?

a)

Nominal

b)

Ordinal

c)

Interval

d)

Ratio

2.

What measurement scale are student identification numbers (nominal, ordinal, interval, ratio)?

a)

Interval

b)

Ordinal

c)

Nominal

d)

Ratio

3.

In the raster data model:

a)

multiple types of grid resolutions can be used in the same dataset.

b)

continuous fields are modelled using points and lines

c)

areas are modelled using equally spaced and equally sized grid cells.

d)

polygon objects are used for modelling large geographic areas.

4.

What was the name of the first GIS?

a)

GGIS

b)

CGIS

c)

ArcGIS

d)

ArcInfo

e)

QGIS

5.

To georeference a location on a map using a UTM projection, one needs to quote the coordinates as well as the grid zone reference to unqiuely identify its location on the Earth's surface. If you do not do this it will results in multiple locations having the same coordinates

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

6.

Which type of map projection was used to produce the map shown below?

a)

Azimuthal

b)

Oblique

c)

Conical

d)

Cylindrical

7.

A small map scale map would likely show:

a)

The same geographic area as a large-scale map, just at a larger resolution.

b)

A larger geographic area than a large-scale map.

c)

A smaller geographic area than a large-scale map.

d)

The same geographic area as a large-scale map, just at a smaller resolution.

8.

Uniform cell size is a description of:

a)

A polygon data structure

b)

A raster data structure

c)

A vector data structure

d)

A point data structure

9.

A grouping of layers in a geodatabase refers to a feature

(a)  

10.

What form of electromagnetic energy has the shortest wavelength?

a)

Ultraviolet light

b)

Radio waves

c)

Microwaves

d)

Near infrared light

11.

What does the following definition refer to?

Web applications that combine interactive maps with multimedia content (photos, videos, audio) with text to tell stories about the world.

a)

Web map

b)

Web GIS

c)

Story Map

d)

ArcGIS Online

12.

What does the following definition refer to?

ESRI's cloud-based GIS platform

a)

Web map

b)

Web GIS

c)

Story Map

d)

ArcGIS Online

13.

What does the following definition refer to?

An interactive online representation of geospatial data which can be accessed via a web browser

a)

Web map

b)

Web GIS

c)

Story Map

d)

ArcGIS Online

14.

What does the following definition refer to?

A type of distributed information system, comprising at least a GIS server and a client.

a)

Web map

b)

Web GIS

c)

Story Map

d)

ArcGIS Online

15.

What geoprocessing overlay method will select all areas that both the first dataset and all areas that the second dataset have in common?

a)

identity

b)

union

c)

symmetrical difference

d)

intersect

16.

Which of the following queries will select all housing parcels classified as "residential" (from a layer called PARCELS) that are also considered to be "seasonal" homes (from a layer called STATUS)?

a)

PARCELS = "residential" OR STATUS = "seasonal"

b)

PARCELS = "residential" AND STATUS = "seasonal"

c)

PARCELS = "residential" XOR STATUS = "seasonal"

d)

PARCEL <> "residential" AND STATUS <> "seasonal"

17.

What does the term 'GIS' stand for?

a)

Geographic Information System

b)

Global Information System

c)

Geospatial Intelligence System

d)

Geological Information System

18.

Secondary data can be extracted from the census data collected by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Is this statement true or false?

a)

True

b)

False

19.

Which of the following best describes where the WGS84 datum is used for measurements?

a)

The whole world, except for the North and South poles.

b)

Across the entire Northern hemisphere

c)

At all points across the world

d)

Only on the moving continent of Australia

20.

Imagery that you can see in Google Earth Pro:

a)

represents current satellite imagery

b)

is never updated

c)

is updated via a live link of satellite in orbit

d)

represents one snapshot in time from when the image was aquired

21.

Energy passing through a target describes:

a)

absorption

b)

reflection

c)

scattering

d)

transmission

22.

An area of spatial proximity around a point refers to which GIS operation?

a)

Union

b)

Spatial join

c)

Symmetrical difference

d)

Buffer

23.

What map projection has been used to create this map?

(a)  

24.

The term for the technologies that use signals from satellites to find locations on Earth’s surface is:

a)

NAVSTAR 3D

b)

GlobalNav

c)

GNSS

d)

GPS

25.

The Mercator map projection will accurately keep ______ throughout.

a)

areas

b)

shapes

c)

distances