GISP Exam Questions & Answers 2024/2025
The property of area for a parcel polygon may be considered (choose best answer)
A. Precise
B. Accurate
C. Legally correct
D. Both A and B - ANSWERSBoth A and B
A vector data model uses which of the following coordinate pairs to build curvature wi...
The property of area for a parcel polygon may be considered (choose best answer)
A. Precise
B. Accurate
C. Legally correct
D. Both A and B - ANSWERSBoth A and B
A vector data model uses which of the following coordinate pairs to build curvature within a line? (best
answer)
A. Verticies
B. Points
C. Floating points
D. Nodes - ANSWERSA. Verticies
GIS differs from surveying and mapping by introducing (best answer)
A. Attribute description
B. Spatial Analysis
C. Location determination
D. Temporal Information - ANSWERSB. Spatial Analysis
What is a datum? (best answer)
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 - ANSWERSB. The mathematical model related to a real world feature
,Which method is used to align an un-referenced dataset with one that has spatial reference information?
(best answer)
A. Scaling
B. Reprojecting
C. Georeferencing
D. defining projections - ANSWERSC. Georeferencing
Control points are best described as (best 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 - ANSWERSD. Common locations used in aligning two
datasets
In a map showing contours, the name of the darker contour lines is (best answer)
A. index contours
B. key contours
C. Lines of deviation
D. Lines of elevation - ANSWERSA. index contours
Imaginary lines on a map that represent areas of constant elevation are (best answer)
A. Bands
B. Contours
C. Digital line graphs
D. Collars - ANSWERSB. Contours
What do thematic maps include? (best answer)
A. Thematic content and spatial location
B. USGS
, C. Elevation
D. Spatial Attributes - ANSWERSA. Thematic content and spatial location
If you are making a web map of sampling 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 - ANSWERSC. Sampling locations, streams, wetland areas
A small scale map would show (best answer)
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 - ANSWERSA. A larger
geographic area than a large scale map
When mapping sensitive data, what are some techniques that can be used to not reveal details of the
data? (Select all that apply).
A. Show the data as a heat map
B. Show the data as a point layer
C. Label the addresses that correspond to the data
D. Aggregate the data into quantities using graduated colors, symbols or proportional symbols -
ANSWERSA. Show the data as a heat map
D. Aggregate the data into quantities using graduated colors, symbols or proportional symbols
How does using multiple attributes by category make a map more informative? (Choose the best
response)
A. It makes the map more colorful
B. It provides the reader with multiple layers of information that are easily recognizable on the map
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