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ESRI Certification Guide: Ch 1-4
Questions With Correct Answers.

What is a Geodatabase schema? Answer- the structure or design of the
geodatabase (eg. structure of feature datasets, relations/joins between fields,
symbology, labels, etc)

Define a layer Answer- it references a datasource and specifies how that dataset is
portrayed using symbols and text labels

ArcGIS for server is used to...? (3) Answer- Publish info and maps as web services

Access services through web apps

Manage data in an enterprise geodatabase

ArcGIS Online can be used for...? (2) Answer- creating and sharing maps
accessible by browser, mobile device, arcGIS for desktop, or custom app

accessing content shared by others

ArcGIS for mobile can be used to...? (2) Answer- provide data collection apps for
smartphones and tablets

sync with arcGIS server to make data and maps availabe to field staff

What three programs make up ArcGIS for mobile suite? Answer- ArcPad

ArcGIS for windows mobile

Apps for smartphone and tablet

What are the two apps that make up ArcGIS Explorer, and what are they used for?
Answer- ArcGIS Explorer Desktop: can access ready to use basemaps and layers

ArcGIS Explorer Online: browser based - for viewing and creating simple maps from
already available stuff

ArcGIS Spatial Analyst is used for...? Answer- creating, querying and analyzing cell
based raster data (eg calculate hillshade, cost of travel analysis)

ArcGIS Geostatistical Analyst is...? Answer- an extension of AG Spatial Analyst -
there are more in-depth interpolation, statistical, and optimization analysis tools
available

, AG 3D Analyst is used for...? Includes...(2)? Answer- working with 3d data - and
extension of ArcMap and Catalog

includes ArcGlobe (large scale) and ArcScene (site-level) viewing apps

AG Network Analyst used is for...? Answer- analysis of transportation networks

AG schematics is used for...? Answer- a representation of a network in a schematic
diagram (eg electric power network, the path food takes from farm to fork)

AG tracking analyst is used for...? Answer- spatial patterns and trends in the context
of time (eg tracking hurricanes in real time)

AG Publisher is used for...? Answer- sharing and distributing maps, globes and data
(creates PMF files, doesn't have to be online) (can be read with *free* app
ArcReader)

What is an ArcSDE geodatabase used for? (3 specific functions?) Answer- a
geodatabase that can be used by many people at the same time (versioning,
scalability, SQL access)

What is a feature class?

What is a feature dataset, and why use it? Answer- Collection of point/line/polygon
features with the same set of attributes and spatial reference

stores feature classes that are thematically and topologically related.
-Used to provide structure for advanced database functions (like topologies,
geometric networks...)

3 kinds of vector data? 2 kinds of geometry they can have? Answer- point, line,
polygon

single part, multi-part

A shapefile is...? When to use it? Answer- a feature class outside a geodatabase,
stored in 3 file format

-used when a lightweight data format is needed (eg ArcGIS online), or for non ESRI
GIS software

What is a coverage? When to use it? Answer- a collection of feature classes from
older versions of ESRI Arc software

-mostly used in legacy datasets

What is a CAD dataset? When to use it? Answer- drawing files from other software
(like AutoCAD)

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