GISP Exam Questions
Jeremiah
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The property of area for a parcel polygon Both A and B
may be considered (choose best answer)
A. Precise
B. Accurate
C. Legally correct
D. Both A and B
A vector data model uses which of the A. Verticies
following coordinate pairs to build curvature
within a line? (best answer)
A. Verticies
B. Points
C. Floating points
D. Nodes
GIS differs from surveying and mapping by B. Spatial Analysis
introducing (best answer)
A. Attribute description
B. Spatial Analysis
C. Location determination
D. Temporal Information
What is a datum? (best answer) B. The mathematical model related to a real world feature
A. mathematical model
B. The mathematical model related to a real
world feature
C. Real world features projected with
minimum distortion from a round earth to a
flat map
D. A system of coordinates
Which method is used to align an un- C. Georeferencing
referenced dataset with one that has spatial
reference information? (best answer)
A. Scaling
B. Reprojecting
C. Georeferencing
D. defining projections
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Control points are best described as (best D. Common locations used in aligning two datasets
answer)
A. Areas on the map where projection can
easily change
B. Points on the map that do not have a
spatial refernce
C. Points in the data that share the same
datum, no matter how the datasets are
altered
D. Common locations used in aligning two
datasets
In a map showing contours, the name of the A. index contours
darker contour lines is (best answer)
A. index contours
B. key contours
C. Lines of deviation
D. Lines of elevation
Imaginary lines on a map that represent B. Contours
areas of constant elevation are (best answer)
A. Bands
B. Contours
C. Digital line graphs
D. Collars
What do thematic maps include? (best A. Thematic content and spatial location
answer)
A. Thematic content and spatial location
B. USGS
C. Elevation
D. Spatial Attributes
If you are making a web map of sampling C. Sampling locations, streams, wetland areas
locations, streams and watershed areas, in
what order would you place the layers on
the map? (best answer)
A. Sampling locations, wetland areas,
streams
B. Streams, wetland areas, sampling
locations
C. Sampling locations, streams, wetland
areas
D. It doesn't matter what order they are in
A small scale map would show (best answer) A. A larger geographic area than a large scale map
A. A larger geographic area than a large
scale map
B. A smaller geographic area as a large scale
map
C. The same geographic area as a large
scale map, just as a smaller resolution
D. The same geographic area as a large
scale map, just at a larger resolution
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