Geographic Data Management Test Bank
Course Introduction
Geographic Data Management explores the principles and practices involved in collecting, storing, analyzing, and disseminating spatial information. The course covers essential topics such as data models (vector and raster), database design, spatial data structures, metadata standards, and data quality assessment. Students learn to use database management systems (DBMS) in geographic contexts, understand protocols for data sharing and interoperability, and apply techniques for managing large and complex geospatial datasets. Practical exercises focus on using geographic information systems (GIS) software to organize, query, and maintain data, preparing students for advanced spatial analysis and decision-making in diverse domains such as urban planning, environmental science, and resource management.
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Introduction to Geospatial Technologies 1st Edition by Bradley Shellito
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Chapter 1: Its A Geospatial World Out There
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Q1) Describe three fields in the public sector that utilize geospatial technology.
Answer: There are many possible answers to this question,as geospatial technologies are used in such a large variety of fields.From information presented in the chapter,geospatial technologies can be used for the following three fields;1)homeland security,2)law enforcement,and 3)public health and human services.
Q2) Imagery that you can see in Google Earth
A)represents one "snapshot" in time from when the image was acquired.
B)is updated via a live link to a Google satellite in orbit.
C)represents the current satellite image from when you start Google Earth.
D)is not updated-you must use the Keyhole Viewer program to see current imagery. Answer: A
Q3) Acquiring real-time location information from a series of satellites in orbit best describes
A)a geographic information system.
B)a global positioning system.
C)remote sensing.
D)satellite imagery.
Answer: B
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Q1) The shortest distance between two points on a sphere is the A)great-circle distance.
B)longitude distance.
C)equatorial distance.
D)datum distance.
Answer: A
Q2) A datum represents
A)a reference surface used in computing coordinates.
B)a zero point from which to calculate elevations.
C)the origin point for longitude measurements.
D)the curvature of the Earth,used in computing latitude and longitude.
Answer: A
Q3) UTM coordinates are measured in A)degrees,minutes,and seconds.
B)miles.
C)meters.
D)feet.
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Getting Your Data to Match the Map
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Q1) Which of the following would be the least desirable location for a control point?
A)A cleared area in a construction zone
B)The intersection of two streams
C)The crossing of two roads
D)The location where a driveway meets a street
Answer: A
Q2) Which method is used to align an unreferenced dataset with one that has spatial reference information?
A)Scaling
B)Reprojecting
C)Georeferencing
D)Defining projections
Answer: C
Q3) Which method is used to change data from one map projection to another?
A)Georeferencing
B)Scaling
C)Defining projections
D)Reprojecting
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: Finding Your Location With the Global
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Q1) The use of a base station or other Earth-bound source to transmit a correction signal to a GPS receiver refers to
A)CORS.
B)DGPS.
C)WAAS.
D)MSAS.
Q2) When the correct satellite position is not being sent,what type of error is being encounted?
A)PDOP
B)Selective availability
C)Multipath
D)Ephemeris
Q3) The European equivalent of GPS is A)Merlin.
B)Galileo.
C)Copernicus.
D)Timation.
Q4) Explain why a minimum of three satellites is necessary to determine a receiver's position using GPS.Also,describe why a fourth satellite is used in position determination.
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Chapter 5: Working With Digital Spatial Data and GIS
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Q1) Metadata refers to
A)descriptive information about the data.
B)data automatically created by the GIS during the digitizing process.
C)the "meta" or "control" points used in digitizing.
D)data manually imported into the GIS.
Q2) Topology (in GIS terms)describes
A)the landforms on the Earth's surface.
B)how objects are connected to one another independently of their coordinates.
C)how grid cells are set up adjacent to one another.
D)how grid cells are contained within a larger raster data model.
Q3) Polygons are
A)0-dimensional objects.
B)1-dimensional objects.
C)2-dimensional objects.
D)3-dimensional objects.
Q4) In the raster data model
A)areas are modeled using equally spaced and equally sized grid cells.
B)polygon objects are used for modeling large geographic areas.
C)continuous fields are modeled using points and lines.
D)multiple types of grid resolutions can be used in the same data set.
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Q1) Which of the following boolean operators would be used to determine which parcels of land in a database have an assessed value of more than $100,000 and are also zoned as "residential" areas,but not parcels that meet both of these criteria?
A)Negation
B)Intersection
C)Exclusive Or
D)Union
Q2) An area of spatial proximity around a point refers to which GIS operation?
A)Spatial join
B)Buffer
C)Closed circle
D)Union
Q3) Which geoprocessing operation will select all areas from the first dataset and also all areas from the second dataset?
A)Intersect
B)Union
C)Symmetrical difference
D)Identity
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Chapter 7: Using GIS to Make a Map
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Q1) A small-scale map would show
A)a larger geographic area than a large-scale map.
B)a smaller geographic area than a large-scale map.
C)the same geographic area as a large-scale map,just at a smaller resolution.
D)the same geographic area as a large-scale map,just at a larger resolution.
Q2) Which of the following data classification methods selects class break levels by searching for spaces in the data values?
A)Standard deviation
B)Natural breaks
C)Equal interval
D)Quantiles
Q3) Which of the following representative fractions would indicate the largest scale map?
A)1:1
B)1:0
C)1:1000000
D)1:24000
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Chapter 8: Getting There Quicker With Geospatial Technology
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Q1) A major road (such as Virginia Beach Blvd)would be represented in a GIS as A)a single record.
B)multiple records,with each representing one piece of the road.
C)two records,each representing half of the road's distance.
D)one file entitled "FENAME = 'Virginia Beach Blvd'."
Q2) Multiple addresses can be geocoded at once via A)address standardization.
B)batch geocoding.
C)Dijkstra's Algorithm.
D)standard geocoding.
Q3) In a TIGER file,the FEDIRP field refers to A)the name of the street.
B)the direction of the prefix of a street.
C)the direction of the suffix of a street.
D)the type of road.
Q4) What are two ways of finding a shortest path between stops in a GIS?
Q5) Describe two reasons why an address may be geocoded in an incorrect location.
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Q6) Describe a real-world application of using geocoding in a business or service.
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Chapter 9: Remotely Sensed Images From Above
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Q1) Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)are flown
A)at more than 80,000 feet above the ground.
B)at the edge of the Earth's atmosphere.
C)via remote control from the ground.
D)by a robot system at the controls.
Q2) A digital orthophoto quad (DOQ)
A)covers 3.75 minutes of latitude by 3.75 minutes of longitude of distance.
B)covers the size of one-quarter of the distance shown on a DOQQ.
C)covers 15 minutes of latitude by 15 minutes of longitude of distance.
D)covers the size of four times the distance shown on a DOQQ.
Q3) What is the difference between an orthophoto and a regular aerial photo?
Q4) What type of aerial photo is taken when the camera is placed at an angle?
A)Photogrammetric photo
B)Rectified photo
C)Oblique photo
D)Nadir photo
Q5) Explain how the height of a flagpole (falling on level terrain)can be calculated by measuring the length of its shadow in an aerial photo.
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Chapter 10: How Remote Sensing Works
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Q1) Sensing in the "green" portion of the EM spectrum means sensing energy wavelengths of
A)0.7\(\mu\)m-0.98\(\mu\)m.
B)0.4\(\mu\)m-0.5\(\mu\)m.
C)0.6\(\mu\)m-0.7\(\mu\)m.
D)0.5\(\mu\)m-0.6\(\mu\)m.
Q2) Energy that is trapped an held by a surface has been A)transmitted.
B)absorbed.
C)reflected.
D)incidented.
Q3) We see the sky as blue in the middle of the day because of A)nonselective scattering.
B)atmospheric transmittance.
C)Rayleigh scattering.
D)atmospheric absorption.
Q4) Describe the steps in the remote sensing process,starting with the sun as a source of energy and ending with the energy being received at a sensor (so it can be converted into an image).
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Chapter 11: Images From Space
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Q1) The ground size of one pixel's worth of imagery is a measure of A)radiometric resolution.
B)spectral resolution.
C)temporal resolution.
D)spatial resolution.
Q2) The specific bands and wavelengths that a sensor can measure defines its
A)temporal resolution.
B)radiometric resolution.
C)spatial resolution.
D)spectral resolution.
Q3) A typical Landsat TM scene measures about
A)170 * 183 km.
B)16 * 16 km.
C)181 * 197 km.
D)7.5 km * 7.5 km.
Q4) An 11-bit sensor can measure how many levels?
A)11
B)121
C)256
D)2048
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Chapter 12: Studying the Environment From Space
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Q1) Which of the Aqua instruments are frequently used together as a sounding system?
A)CERES,MODIS,and AMSR-E
B)AMSU-A,HSB,and AIRS
C)AIRS,CERES,and AMSR-E
D)HSB,MODIS,and AMSU-A
Q2) Which of the following NASA resources will allow you to download EOS imagery directly into Google Earth?
A)Visible Earth
B)NEO
C)Earth Observatory
D)World Wind
Q3) Which of the following instruments is best used to measure air quality of cities?
A)HIRDLS
B)OMI
C)TES
D)MLS
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Chapter 13: Digital Landscaping
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Q1) By applying vertical exaggeration to a model,which of the following will occur?
A)The elevation values are adjusted to fit with the different elevation values of the NED.
B)The horizontal scale of the model is altered to accommodate the scale of related satellite imagery.
C)A satellite image is draped over the terrain,making it appear more realistic.
D)The vertical scale is made larger than the horizontal scale.
Q2) A 1:24000 scale topographic map will show how much geographic area?
A)7.5 minutes of latitude by 7.5 minutes of longitude
B)24,000 feet by 24,000 feet
C)15 miles by 15 miles
D)8000 meters by 8000 meters
Q3) In a digital terrain model,values for elevation are given as A)E.
B)H.
C)T.
D)Z
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Chapter 14: See the World in 3D
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Q1) Many 3D models are available to use in Google Earth and Google SketchUp via the A)3D Hawaii.
B)3D Warehouse.
C)3D Buildings Layer.
D)3D Thematic Mapper.
Q2) Which of the following operations would best allow you to model a feature such as an elevated walkway joining two buildings over a busy city?
A)Extrusion
B)Offsetting
C)Applying base heights
D)Vertical exaggeration
Q3) Graphics that can be applied to the faces of an object to provide a more realistic appearance are
A)smartshapes.
B)omni-objects.
C)textures.
D)links.
Q4) Describe the steps involved with designing a 3D structure in Google SketchUp and then placing it into its correct location in Google Earth.
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Chapter 15: Whats Next for Geospatial Technology
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Q1) Describe the basics of how a GeoWall system enables the user to see images in stereoscopic 3D.
Q2) A national organization dedicated to geographic education is A)OGC.
B)ASPRS.
C)AAG.
D)NCGE.
Q3) The concept of individuals contributing spatial data and knowledge to a database best describes
A)volunteered geographic information.
B)wiki spatial data.
C)StateView-sponsored information.
D)open geospatial consortiums.
Q4) Numerous types of geospatial datasets can be downloaded via the resources at A)the National Map.
B)SATELLITES.
C)SDTS.
D)Geospatial Unlimited Servers.
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