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GIS Fundamentals and Spatial Data Concepts

The document is an exam for a Geographic Information Systems course covering key concepts in GIS. It contains 25 multiple choice questions testing students' knowledge of topics like: 1. The basic definition of GIS and what types of data it deals with (spatial, geographic data). 2. Important GIS capabilities and components like metadata, spatial data quality and accuracy, spatial databases. 3. Concepts important to spatial analysis and how information is entered and stored in GIS using layers. 4. Common coordinate systems, the basic ideas behind GIS, and data types used. 5. Fundamental spatial concepts like data dimensions and continuities, as well as Stevens and Roberts data levels.

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GIS Fundamentals and Spatial Data Concepts

The document is an exam for a Geographic Information Systems course covering key concepts in GIS. It contains 25 multiple choice questions testing students' knowledge of topics like: 1. The basic definition of GIS and what types of data it deals with (spatial, geographic data). 2. Important GIS capabilities and components like metadata, spatial data quality and accuracy, spatial databases. 3. Concepts important to spatial analysis and how information is entered and stored in GIS using layers. 4. Common coordinate systems, the basic ideas behind GIS, and data types used. 5. Fundamental spatial concepts like data dimensions and continuities, as well as Stevens and Roberts data levels.

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  • GIS Exam Questions

REG.

NO
QP CODE: 8395/1/A

SRIRAM ENGINEERING COLLEGE


B.E/[Link]. OBJECTIVE TYPE EXAMINATION – UNIT 1
III Year/ V Semester
DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
OCE552-GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM
(Regulations 2017)

TIME: 30 min Answer ALL questions Maximum: 50


Marks
(TICK THE CORRECT ANSWER)

Part-A(25 x 2=50 Marks)

1. GIS stands for

a) Geographic Information System


b) Generic Information System
c) Geological Information System
d) Geographic Information Sharing

2. GIS deals with which kind of data

a) Numeric data
b) Binary data
c) Spatial data
d) Complex data

3. Which of the following statements is true about the capabilities of GIS

a) Data capture and preparation


b) Data management, including storage and maintenance
c) Data manipulation and analysis
d) Data presentation
e) All of the above

4. By ‘spatial data’ we mean data that has

a) Complex values
b) Positional values
c) Graphic values
d) Decimal values

5. What is ‘Metadata’ ?

a) It is ‘ data about data’


b) It is ‘meteorological data’
c) It is ‘oceanic data’
d) It is ‘contour data’

6. Key components of ‘spatial data’ quality include

a) Positional accuracy
b) Temporal accuracy
c) Lineage and completeness
d) Logical consistency
e) All of the above

7. ‘Spatial databases’ are also known as

a) Geodatabases
b) Monodatabases
c) Concurrent databases
d) None of the above

8. Successful spatial analysis needs

a) Appropriate software
b) Appropriate hardware
c) Competent user
d) All of the above

9. User can use GIS to make

a) complex analyses only


b) display maps only
c) complex analyses and display maps
d) none of these

10. Information in GIS is entered and stored as

a) panels
b) layers
c) single panel
d) dual-panel

[Link] are the two common types of coordinate systems used in GIS

a. Global or spherical coordinate system & Projected coordinate system

[Link] coordinate system & map coordinate system

c. Eclipse coordinate system & map coordinate system

d. Global coordinate & Projected map system

[Link] Information Systems really comes down to just 4 simple ideas:


[Link] manage ,sort & store

[Link] ,Store,Process & Analyze

c. Create ,Manage, analyze & Display

13. The two types of data used in GIS are:

a. Spatial data and Image data [Link] data & Tabular data

c. Tabular & Graphical data d. Graphical & Text data

14. Point, Line, Area, Volume (Text) are called as

a. Data Dimension [Link] continuity

[Link] Creation [Link] modification

15. Discrete, Point, Polygon: Continuous are called as

a. Data Dimension b. Data modification

[Link] Continuity [Link] Creation

16. Nominal, Ordinal, Interval, Ratio are called as

a. Stevens data level [Link] data level

[Link] data level c. Data creation

17. 1 st GIS ever Produced was Produced in the country.

[Link] States [Link] Kingdom

[Link] [Link]

18. LIS is called as

[Link] Information System [Link] Information System

[Link] Infrastructure System d. Land Infrastructure System

19. Zero degree longitude which divides the earth into two halves–Eastern and Western
hemisphere is called as.

a. Prime Meridian [Link]

[Link] Meridian and Projection [Link] Meridian


20. The coordinates allow locations or devices with the geographical locations to be tracked
and located is called as

[Link] Coordinates [Link] coordinates

[Link] coordinates [Link] Meridian

21. Mapmakers use GIS to

a) store geographic information


b) use geographic information
c) view geographic information
d) store, use and view geographic information

22. Which of the following is Processed and Presented in a particular way.

[Link] based features b. Map Information

[Link] Operations [Link] features.

[Link] many concepts and models are present in basic spatial concepts.

a.8,2 b.6,4 c.7,3 d.5,5

[Link] model is called as

[Link] [Link] model

c. Continuous Model [Link] Model

[Link] of the following files define geometry and attributes of map features in three
basic files.

[Link] files [Link]-ordinate files

[Link] files [Link] files

Ans

1.a

2.c

3.e

4.b

5.a

6.e
7.a

8.d

9.c

10.b

11.a

12.c

13.c

14.a

15.c

16.a

17.d

18.a

19.a

20.c

21.d

22.b

23.a

24.d

25.d

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