ZIMSEC Form 3 Mapwork and Geographical Information Systems Questions
Paper Geography
Revision Exercises
Multiple Choice Questions
1. A GPS consists of three segments and these are __________.
A. control segment, light segment, and space segment
B. control segment, space segment, and user segment
C. location segment, space segment, space segment and tracking segment
D. tracking segment, light segment, and monitoring segment
2. The following are uses of GPS except __________.
A. tracking B. map creation
C. surveying D. imagining
3. Which type of electromagnetic wave has the smallest wavelength?
A. Radio waves B. X-rays
C. Gamma rays D. Visible light
4. Which type of electromagnetic wave have the longest wavelength?
A. Radio waves B. Microwaves
C. Gamma rays D. X-rays
5. Which of the following is the use of X-rays?
A. Seeing B. Body Scanning
C. Communication D. Warmth
6. Which of the following has the highest frequency?
A. X-rays B. Gamma rays
C. Microwaves D. Radio waves
7. Which of the following has the lowest frequency?
A. X-rays B. Gamma rays
C. Infra-red rays D. Radio waves
8. Which of the following waves are used to cook food?
A. Microwaves B. Visible light
C. Radio waves D. Ultraviolet rays
9. Which of the following rays are emitted by the sun and over exposure to these
rays can burn the skin
and cause skin cancer?
A. Gamma rays B. Visible light
C. Radio-waves D. Ultraviolet rays
10. Which part of the electromagnetic spectrum are our eyes able to see waves?
A. Visible light B. Gamma rays
C. Microwaves D. Infra-red rays
11. A plane leaves an airport at 10am on Tuesday and flies eastwards nonstop
across the International Date
Line to land at another airport 4 hours later. What will be the local time at this
second airport?
A. 2 pm on Wednesday B. 10 am on Monday
C. 6am on Tuesday D. 2pm on Tuesday
12. What is the local time in Harare, Longitude 300E, when it is noon at longitude
1050W?
A. 9 pm B. 7 am
C. 9 am D. 7 pm
13. A television viewer in London, longitude 00 is watching a live soccer match
from Cape Town, South
Africa, longitude 180E at 1500 hrs. What time is it in London?
A. 1200 hours B. 1300 hours
C. 1400 hours D. 1500 hours
14. A television viewer in Alaska (1650W) is watching a live soccer match of the
Africa Nations Cup
tournament from Bamako in Mali 00 at 11.00hrs Greenwich meantime on Sunday
10 February. At what
local time and day is another viewer in Siberia (1650E) watching the same game?
A. 1100 hours, Saturday 9 February B. 2300 hours, Sunday 10 February
C. 0900 hours, Monday 11 February D. 2300 hours, Tuesday 12 February
15. A line which when a traveller crosses eastward or westward in a period of 24
hours and loses or gains a
day is called ___________.
A. Equator B. Greenwich Meridian
C. International Date Line D. Tropic of Cancer
Structured Questions
1. (a) (i) Define Electromagnetic spectrum. [2]
(ii) Describe the electromagnetic waves that make up the electromagnetic
spectrum. [7]
(b) Draw a well labelled structure of a wave. [5]
(c) How does a GPS work to give correct location of an object on the earth’s
surface? [5]
(d) Describe how a GPS can be used to carry out the following;
(i) Tracking. [2]
(ii) Mining. [2]
(iii) Hiking. [2]
2. (a) (i) Define the term remote sensing. [2]
(ii) Describe the remote sensing process. [6]
(b) (i) Describe the three components of a GPS. [6]
(ii) Describe any five uses of a GPS. [5]
(c) Describe any two sources of GPS error in GIS and remote sensing. [4]
(d) Describe what happens when white light is split. [2]
