Course Introduction
Geography Exam Preparation Guide
Geography is the study of the Earth's landscapes, environments, and the relationships between people and their environments. This course explores both physical geography including landforms, climate, natural resources, and ecosystems and human geography, which examines population, culture, urban development, and the ways societies interact with and impact their surroundings. Students will develop analytical skills by interpreting maps, spatial data, and case studies to better understand global and local issues such as environmental change, resource management, and urbanization.
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Introduction to Geospatial Technologies 2nd Edition by Bradley A. Shellito
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Chapter 1: How to Use Geospatial Data and Arcgis
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Q1) Environmental conditions for the planet Earth can be monitored by which of the following?
A)Remote sensing
B)Global Positioning Systems
C)Non-spatial data
D)Tabular data
Answer: A
Q2) Which of the following is an example of non-spatial data?
A)List of addresses for a delivery truck to visit
B)Parcel database of all residential developments in a neighborhood
C)Digital map of all roads in a township
D)Map of locations of emergency phones on a college campus
Answer: A
Q3) Google Earth is an example of a A)social map.
B)satellite map.
C)virtual globe.
D)GPS.
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: How to Use Tables and Attributes in Arcgis
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Q1) If it is 11pm Sunday night in London,England,what day and time is it in New York City,New York?
A)4am Sunday
B)6pm Sunday
C)4am Monday
D)6pm Monday
Answer: B
Q2) UTM coordinates are measured in A)degrees,minutes,and seconds.
B)miles.
C)meters.
D)feet.
Answer: C
Q3) The origin point for 0 degrees longitude is A)Greenwich,England.
B)Washington D.C. ,United States.
C)Paris,France.
D)San Salvador Island,the Bahamas.
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: How to Create a Map Layout With Arcgis
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Q1) Calculating new locations and new pixel values for an image refers to A)skewing.
B)translation.
C)affining.
D)resampling.
Answer: D
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: How to Create a Web Map and Share Data
Online With Arcgis
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Q1) The Russian equivalent of GPS is A)COMRADE.
B)GLONASS.
C)RODINA.
D)REDSTAR.
Q2) Selective availability describes which of the following?
A)Incorrect data deliberately transmitted from GPS satellites
B)Why GPS does not function underground
C)"Dead zones" where GPS cannot function at all
D)Using a U.S.Coast Guard Beacon to get a better position determination
Q3) Describe the basic operation of an SBAS in increasing the accuracy of GPS.
Q4) The datum used by GPS is
A)NAD27.
B)NAD83.
C)WGS84.
D)NADCON.
Q5) 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: How to Obtain and Use Online Data With Arcgis
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Q1) The acronym "GIS" first started being used in the
A)1950s with Harvard's GIS Labs (SYGIS).
B)1960s with Canada's CGIS.
C)1970s with the CIA's Automap GIS.
D)1980s with the development of Esri's ArcGIS.
Q2) Which of the following GIS software programs can be downloaded for free?
A)ArcGIS Basic
B)ArcGIS Standard
C)ArcGIS Advanced
D)ArcGIS Explorer
Q3) Which ArcGIS function is used to manage your available GIS data?
A)ArcMap
B)Catalog
C)ArcToolbox
D)Info
Q4) Non-spatial data in a GIS are referred to as A)attributes.
B)tables.
C)points.
D)layers.
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Chapter 6: How to Create Geospatial Data With Arcgis
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Q1) Describe two applications of spatial analysis using GIS (to solve real-world problems or concerns).
Q2) 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 or are also zoned as "residential" areas?
A)Negation
B)Union
C)Exclusive Or
D)Intersection
Q3) Which of the following queries will select all counties that have a population with more than 100,000 persons (from a layer called POP)as well as all counties that have more than 100,000 housing units (from a layers called HOUSES)?
A)POP > 100000 AND HOUSES > 100000
B)(POP AND HOUSES)> 100000
C)POP > 100000 OR HOUSES > 100000
D)POP > 100000 XOR HOUSES =< 100000
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Chapter 7: How to Edit Data With Arcgis
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Q1) Which of the following data classification methods uses the average distance to the mean value of the dataset in determining class break levels?
A)Equal Interval
B)Quantiles
C)Natural Breaks
D)Standard Deviation
Q2) On a very small scale map,cities would likely be shown as A)points.
B)polygons.
C)individual lines.
D)grid cells.
Q3) 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.
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Chapter 8: How to Perform Spatial Analysis in Arcgis
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Q1) What are two ways of finding a shortest path between stops in a GIS?
Q2) Multiple addresses can be geocoded at once via A)address standardization.
B)batch geocoding.
C)Dijkstra's Algorithm.
D)standard geocoding.
Q3) The number of units to travel along a link of a network is A)link speed.
B)transit cost.
C)travel vector.
D)via points.
Q4) Describe two reasons why an address may be geocoded in an incorrect location?
Q5) The shortest path between an origin and other nodes on a network can be determined with A)Dijkstra's Algorithm. B)network junctions.
C)address standardization.
D)impedance values.
Q6) Describe a real-world application of using geocoding in a business or service?
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Chapter 9: How to Perform Geoprocessing in Arcgis
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Q1) The physical arrangement of items in an aerial image refers to A)pattern.
B)texture.
C)site.
D)tone.
Q2) Photogrammetry describes the A)method of changing an orthophoto to a non-orthophoto.
B)process of obtaining measurements from an aerial photo.
C)scale of an aerial photo.
D)interpretation of items in an aerial photo.
Q3) A digital orthophoto quad (DOQ)covers
A)3.75 minutes of latitude by 3.75 minutes of longitude of distance.
B)the size of one-quarter of the distance shown on a DOQQ.
C)15 minutes of latitude by 15 minutes of longitude of distance.
D)the size of four times the distance shown on a DOQQ.
Q4) Aerial photography was first obtained from an aircraft in A)1903,from the first flight at Kitty Hawk.
B)1908,from a Wright Brothers plane.
C)1914,from a German World War I reconnaissance plane.
D)1940,from a British reconnaissance mission.
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Chapter 10: How to Perform Geocoding in Arcgis
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Q1) Describe the relationship between frequency and wavelength (of radiated waves of electromagnetic energy)and explain why they have this relationship.
Q2) Molecular level particles that cause scattering in the atmosphere are an example of
A)Mie scattering.
B)Rayleigh scattering.
C)non-selective scattering.
D)spectral scattering.
Q3) A narrow range of wavelengths describes a A)band.
B)frequency.
C)electromagnetic spectrum.
D)nanometer.
Q4) NDVI utilizes which two bands?
A)Red and green
B)Red and NIR
C)NIR and thermal
D)Green and NIR
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Chapter 11: How to Perform Network Analysis in Arcgis
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Q1) The specific bands and wavelengths that a sensor can measure defines its
A)temporal resolution.
B)radiometric resolution.
C)spatial resolution.
D)spectral resolution.
Q2) A sensor that will be measuring only one wide band of wavelengths is which type of sensor?
A)Panchromatic sensor
B)Multispectral sensor
C)Hyperspectral sensor
D)Radiometric sensor
Q3) The first man-made satellite to successfully orbit Earth was
A)Explorer I.
B)Sputnik.
C)Eagle I.
D)Zenit.
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Chapter 12: How to Use Raster Data in Arcgis
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Q1) The purpose of Aqua is to
A)study Earth's water cycle.
B)monitor atmospheric chemistry.
C)monitor landforms on Earth's surface.
D)study fires and emerging thermal properties of the planet.
Q2) Which of the following instruments is used for monitoring the hole in the ozone layer by examining ultraviolet radiation?
A)TES
B)HIRDLS
C)MLS
D)OMI
Q3) Which instrument measures pollution levels in the lower atmosphere?
A)MOPITT
B)ASTER
C)MISR
D)CERES
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Chapter 13: How to Use Remotely Sensed Imagery in Arcgis
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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 measurement of the rate of elevation change at a location is
A)viewshed.
B)slope aspect.
C)slope.
D)perspective.
Q3) The current generation of topographic maps produced by the USGS are
A)printed 1:24000 topoquads.
B)GeoPDF versions of US Topos.
C)high-resolution DRG products.
D)3D contours available via a mobile app.
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Chapter 14: How to Perform Spatial Interpolation With Arcgis
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Q1) Describe the basics of how a GeoWall system enables the user to see images in stereoscopic 3D.
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) Which of the following operations would best allow you to place 3D buildings at their proper height on the terrain (e.g. ,the terrain is 900 ft above sea level,you want the building to sit on the terrain,not float above or below it)?
A)Extrusion
B)Offsetting
C)Applying base heights
D)Vertical exaggeration
Q4) Describe the steps involved with designing a 3D structure in SketchUp and then placing it into its correct location in Google Earth.
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Chapter 15: How to Work With Digital Elevation Models in Arcgis
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Q1) Numerous types of geospatial datasets can be downloaded via the resources at A)National Map.
B)SATELLITES.
C)AAG.
D)Geospatial Unlimited Servers.
Q2) Combining several geospatial data layers together will create a A)wiki.
B)API.
C)mashup.
D)SaaS.
Q3) Earth Observation Day showcases A)remote sensing.
B)Geographic Information System.
C)Global Positioning System.
D)online mapping.
Q4) Which of the following is NOT an example of a basemap?
A)Digital versions of topographic maps
B)TIGER/line files
C)High-resolution aerial imagery
D)A digital graphic of streets
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