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| In terms of project management when should the Functional Requirements necessary for the creation of a GIS project be evaluated? | Project Planning
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| In terms of project management when should the written report for the project be completed? | Project Presentation
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| In terms of project management when should the results of the project be offered to project stakeholders? | Project Presentation
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| In terms of project management when should stakeholders be identified? | Project Planning
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| In terms of project management when should analysis take place? | Project Implementation
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| In terms of project management when should data collection take place? | Project Implementation
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| The part of GIS project development when a geographic dilemma is considered for study is called | Problem identification
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| The part of GIS project development when data manipulation and analysis takes place is called | Project implementation
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| In terms of project management when should the project objective be developed? | Project Planning
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| During which of the following project management stages would it be best to collect the data necessary for the project? | Project Implementation
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| Which of the following is the best example of a stakeholder for a project determining the best site for a new business? | Business owner
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| During which stage of developing a GIS project would it be best to outline the requirements of the system? | Project Planning
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| During which stage of developing a GIS project would it be best to evaluate if the GIS has met organizational needs? | Project Presentation
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| The process or art of making maps is also called | Cartography
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| How things are located on the Earth’s surface is called | Spatial
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| Graphical images on maps that are used to represent actual geographic features in the environment are called | Features
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| Types of information that describe geographic features are called | Attributes
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| Maps that show elevation contour lines as well as geographic feature data are called | Topographic maps
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| Maps that are used to show how to travel from one place to another are called | Road maps
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| Maps that show how the surface of the land looks if sunlight were shining from a particular direction are called | Shaded relief maps
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| The graphical key used on maps that lists the entity representations is called the | Legend
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| Special purpose maps that convey information about a particular topic are called | Thematic maps
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| Parallels that circle the globe from east to west measure | Latitude
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| Meridians that run north to south on the globe measure | Longitude
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| What is the point of reference for measuring latitude? | Equator
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| Where something is located in relation to something else is its | Relative location
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| The absolute location of Washington DC is approximately | 74o W 38o N
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| In what state would you be if your absolute location was 107.5o W 37.5o S? | Colorado
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| In order to represent a three-dimensional world on a sheet of paper cartographers must use | Map projections
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| A model used to describe the shape of the Earth is called a(n) | Datum
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| Methods used so that every point on the surface of the Earth can be designated as an X Y location on a grid are called | Coordinate systems
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| The coordinate system that divides the Earth into zones and measures location using meters as the unit of measure is called the | Universal Transverse Mercator
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| How a mapped area relates to the area of the Earth it represents is called the | Map Scale
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| Maps that plot a relatively small geographic area and provide more feature detail are | Large scale maps
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| Maps that plot a larger geographic area and provide less feature detail are | Small scale maps
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| What are the three basic shapes used to map landscape features? | Points Lines Polygons
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| List three sources of geographic data. | USGS ESRI Local Tax Collector Office Terra Server FGDC US Census Soil Maps Vegetation Maps Historical Maps
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| List three types of industries/community organizations that use GIS technology. | emergency response services economic planners school districts wildlife management business locators transportation car manufacturers hikers/campers
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| List three types of maps. | Political Physical Cultural Relative Location Shaded Relief Road Topographic
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| 90.5153 35.2597 | 90o30’55” E 35o15’35” N
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| 35.8361 -90.0389 | 35o50’10” E 90o2’20” S
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| -35.7653 90.7847 | 35o45’55” W 90o47’5” S
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| -90.5153 35.2597 | 90o30’55” W 35o15’35” N
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| -90.2944 35.8472 | 90o17’40” W 35o50’50” N
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| 90.2944 -35.8472 | 90o17’40” E 35o50’50” S
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| 35.7653 90.7847 | 35o45’55” E 90o47’5” N
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| Which of the following map types would be best to read the elevation of a specific location? | Topographic map
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| Which of the following is the best example of a small-scale map? | Your state map
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| Which of the following is the best example of a large-scale map? | Your street map
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| Which of the following entities is an example of the type of data that should be represented as a point on a large-scale map? | Fire hydrants
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| Which of the following entities is an example of the type of data that should be represented as a point on a small-scale map? | Buildings
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| Which of the following graphic representations would best illustrate forested areas on a map? | Polygons
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| Which of the following graphic representations would best illustrate cities on a large-scale map? | Polygons
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| Which of the following graphic representations would best illustrate county divisions on a map? | Polygons
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| True or False: Lines of latitude run north to south and are measured from the starting point at the International Date Line. | False Longitude runs north to south
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| Geography is defined as the act of producing a map. | False. Cartography produces maps
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| Orthogonal viewpoint means viewing something from above. | 1
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| On a small scale map small cities would most likely be represented by polygons. | False points would be more likely.
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| There are many different types of map projections that are used for geographic study because | the map projection that should be used depends on which is best for the geographic area of study.
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| The same land feature may be represented as a point on one map and a polygon on another map because | changing map scales affects how features are represented.
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| On a small-scale map less detail is shown because | a larger geographic area is represented.
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| On a large-scale map more detail is shown because | a smaller geographic area is represented.
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| The technology involved with gathering data about an object from a distance is called | Remote Sensing
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| Remotely-sensed images that show objects’ levels of emitted heat radiation are called | Infrared images
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| In an infrared image healthy vegetation appears | Red
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| The US satellite system that is used to gather environmental data about the Earth is called | Landsat
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| The arrangement of radiation in terms of energy level is called | electromagnetic spectrum
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| The Landsat band that is best for viewing water depth is | Band 1 (blue)
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| The Landsat band that is best for viewing plant life is | Band 2 (green)
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| The Landsat band that is best for viewing distinction between soil and plants is | Band 3 (red)
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| How much land area is represented as one pixel in an image is called | Resolution
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| How many single band images make up a color composite satellite image? | 3
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| The worldwide satellite navigation constellation is called | Global Positioning System
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| The technique that requires at least three (3) satellites to determine position on the surface of the Earth is called | Triangulation
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| A newer technique that uses satellites with ground stations to obtain more accurate GPS position data is called | Wide Area Augmentation
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| The altitude above sea level of a particular position or location is called | Elevation
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| Positions that can be taken with a GPS unit are called | Waypoints
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| A group of waypoints in their navigational order is called | Route
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| A high-tech game of hide-and-seek that uses GPS technology is called | Geocaching
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| When making a digital map from an aerial photo which of the following basic shapes would be best to use to map dense forest areas? | Polygons
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| When making a digital map from an aerial photo which of the following basic shapes would be best to use to map trash cans on the school campus? | Points
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| Which of the following would be the least effective remote sensing method to acquire data about single-family homes in an area? | Landsat satellite image
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| Which of the following would be the most effective remote sensing method for acquiring data about an approaching hurricane? | Landsat satellite image
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| Remotely sensed data is very valuable in collecting geographic feature data because | data layers can be drawn or traced using air photos or satellite images
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| Remotely sensed data is very valuable in collecting land use data because | data can be initially collected for large areas without having to send personnel to “ground truth.”
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| The Landsat satellite collects in seven bands of the electromagnetic spectrum because | each band is better at collecting certain land features and land cover types.
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| When dealing with satellites in orbit a ground station that transmits commands to the satellite is known as a | Facility
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| When dealing with satellites in orbit the location of a recent natural disaster that needed to be imaged is known as a | Target
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| A satellite that constantly orbits above the same point on the Earth’s surface is called | Geostationary
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| The amount of time that a satellite has contact with a facility or target is called the | Access
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| A limitation on the amount of time that a satellite has contact with a facility or target is called a(n) | Constraint
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| The area the satellite sensor covers on the ground is called a(n) | Swath
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| A constraint decreases the access time between a satellite and a facility or target because | the constraint adds certain restrictions to the time of access such as minimum ground elevations.
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| An ArcMap file that contains data frames layouts scripts and sometimes charts is called a | Map Document
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| The ArcGIS program that allows you to view and analyze geographic data is called | ArcMap
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| The ArcGIS program that allows you to preview and create new data files is called | ArcCatalog
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| The ArcGIS program that allows you to change data projections and convert data files from one type to another is called | ArcToolbox
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| A component of an ArcMap project that contains layers that form interactive maps is called a | Data frame
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| A component of an ArcGIS project that displays data about map features in tabular form is called a | Attribute Table
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| Collections of geographic data that are alike are called | Layers
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| A component of an ArcGIS project that displays data frames charts reports and other graphic elements that may be printed is called a | Layout
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| Programs written in Visual Basic programming language that allow you to customize ArcView GIS are called | Scripts
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| Add-on software products that run with ArcGIS to enhance its capabilities are called | Extensions
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| Satellite images scanned data and photographs are examples of what type of data? | Image data
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| Data represented as points lines and polygons are of what type of data? | Feature data
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| How would data that lists the addresses of all restaurants in your county appear in an ArcGIS attribute table? | Column
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| How would data that lists the name address and phone number of one restaurant in your county appear in an ArcGIS attribute table? | Row
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| Where do you find spatial characteristics about a data file in ArcCatalog? | Metadata display
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| What ArcGIS function allows you to navigate more quickly to data storage locations? | Connect to folder
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| What ArcCatalog function allows you to find other data layers that have the same geographic extent? | Search
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| Where can the coordinate system for a map display be specified in ArcMap? | Data Frame Properties
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| Where can the display units for a map display be specified in ArcMap? | Data Frame Properties
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| Where can the data source for a data file be specified in ArcMap? | Layer Properties
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| Where can the symbology for a data file be specified in ArcMap? | Layer Properties
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| The display that is used to show the distribution of pixel values in a data layer is called a | Histogram
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| The process that allows dynamic labels placed on a map display to be moved or edited is called | Annotation
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| What is the technique that can be used to attach features to elements such photos documents and web pages so that by clicking on a feature the element can be opened and viewed? | Hyperlinking
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| The process of reducing the amount of detail in a layer by removing boundaries of areas with the same attribute value is called | Dissolving features
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| The process of cropping the extent of one layer to the extent of another layer is called | Clipping features
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| An area that is drawn at a uniform distance around a feature is called a | Buffer
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| When using data with differing coordinate systems which coordinate system is used when ArcMap reprojects data “on-the-fly?” | The projection of the first layer added to ArcMap
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| Which ArcGIS program must be used to permanently reproject a data layer? | ArcToolbox
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| What is the data file extension of an ArcMap project file? | .mxd
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| The act of using computer drawing tools to draw feature data using remotely sensed image data is called | Heads-up digitizing
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| To create a new data layer from selected records in an existing data layer what ArcMap option must you use? | Export data
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| The process of creating map features from a table of addresses is called | Geocoding
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| What must be created in ArcCatalog to perform geocoding? | Geocoding service
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| In order to display data from a table of longitude/latitude coordinates in ArcMap what option must be used? | Display X Y Data
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| The process of aligning an image to another image or feature data layer is called | Georeferencing
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| The default classification method ArcMap uses to automatically group data values is | Natural Breaks
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| The various models that are used to approximate the shape of the Earth are called | Datums
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| Locations of interest that can be taken with a GPS unit are called | Waypoints
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| If you could not find the exact school that you were looking for on an ArcMap map display what would be the best (quickest) way to find it? | Open the school table click on the record then look for the selected school on the map.
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| What would be the best legend type to use on an ArcView map layout to plot ballparks in a county? | Single symbol
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| What would be the best legend type to use on an ArcMap map layout to plot world cities with varying populations? | Graduated symbol
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| What would be the best legend type to use on an ArcMap map layout to plot per capita income in various areas of a county? | Graduated color
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| What would be the best legend type to use on an ArcMap map layout to plot all of the states in the U.S. (with a different color representing each state)? | Unique value
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| What would be the best attribute-related query expression to use if you wanted to find all elementary schools in Smith county? | (([County_Name] = Smith) and (([School_Type] = “Elementary”))
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| What would be the best attribute-related query expression to use if you wanted to find all areas in the county with per capita income of at least $15 000? | ([PerCapInc] > 15000)
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| What would be the best zoom function to use if you wanted to get a closer look at some selected records on the map? | Zoom to Selected Features
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| What would be the best way to go to a specific area of interest within a layer in a map quickly? | Bookmark
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| What would be the best expression to use in Select By Location query to find where all railroad crossings were located in the county? | Streets that intersect railroads
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| Which of the following is an example of a quantitative attribute? | Population
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| Which of the following is an example of a legend type that is best used to display a quantitative attribute? | Graduated color
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| Which of the following is an example of a Select by Attribute query? | Selecting all census tracts with a per capita income less than $15 000
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| Which of the following is an example of a Select by Location query? | Selecting all schools located inside the city limits
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| Joining tables is a very important feature in ArcView because | data needed for analysis may be contained in two tables.
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| Surfaces are better types of data layers to be used for continuous data than features because | because every point on the Earth has a specific temperature elevation rainfall etc. associated with it.
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| A layer data file differs from a shapefile because | a layer file retains its symbology properties and a shapefile does not.
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| Data frame properties differ from layer properties because | data frame properties affect all of the data layers in a data frame and layer properties only affect a particular layer.
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| In creating overlays a union differs from an intersect because | a union contains overlapping and non-overlapping areas from each data set.
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| A query performed using the Definition Query in Layer Properties differs from a Select by Attribute query because | only the features meeting the query criteria will display in the map.
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| Different map projections are used for different GIS projects because | the map projection that is best for the study area should be used.
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| Using degrees for distance measurement in GIS analysis is not recommended because | degrees of longitude differ because they do not have constant distance between them as you move from equator to pole.
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| Measurements taken in GIS analysis may differ based on the coordinate system and map projection used because | different map projections have different degrees of distortion.
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| A shapefile differs from a geodatabase because | a shapefile can contain a single feature class and a geodatabase can contain multiple feature classes.
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| Map elements such as a legend scale bar north arrow etc. are needed for a map layout because | otherwise the data contained in the map cannot be fully understood.
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| Using a GPS point log is important when collecting waypoints because | it will allow the user to provide a description of what is actually at that location
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| Satellite images made up of three or more bands of data area called | Multispectral images
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| A “clipped” portion of an original image data layer is called a(n) | Subset image
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| The process of joining together two or more georeferenced image data layers into a single data layer is called | Mosaicking
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| What Image Analysis tool is used for feature extraction? | Seed tool
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| What type of analysis allows you to find all areas of an image that have the same pixel characteristics? | Supervised classification
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| The process of examining infrared satellite images to determine regions of vegetation health and stress is called | Change detection
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| The process of dividing pixel values in an image into a specified number of classes is called | Unsupervised classification
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| The process of reorganizing a histogram range in order to emphasize or de-emphasize land features in an image is called | Histogram stretch
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| The process of reversing the pixel values of an image to create a negative of the original image is called a(n) | Invert stretch
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| The process of applying a filter to an image to make it appear clearer is called | Sharpening
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| The process of applying a filter to an image to lesson the amount of speckle is called | Smoothing
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| What is the best example of when feature extraction analysis would be needed? | To identify the extent of an oil spill in the ocean
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| What is the best example of when supervised categorization analysis would be needed? | To identify the locations of all wetlands in a county
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| What is the best example of when unsupervised categorization analysis would be needed? | To identify land cover types in a county
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| What is the best example of when change detection analysis would be needed? | To identify the loss of wetlands in a county
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| What is the best example of when using an invert stretch on an image would be needed? | When only a photograph negative is available
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| Orthorectification differs from rectification because | orthorectification uses elevation data to account for the natural variation in the Earth’s surface.
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| When performing orthorectification geocorrection properties must be entered with regard to the camera used for data collection because | cameras or sensors have a certain amount of error or discrepancy related to them.
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| When orthorectifying an image it is best to select control points that are not clustered together because | the portion of the image where the control points are located would be closely aligned and the rest of the image would be highly distorted.
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| When orthorectifying an image with a geographic extent that extends beyond one quarter quadrangle of area you may need to mosaic the digital elevation models (DEMs) to use for the analysis because | the geographic extent of the elevation data must be at least that of the study area.
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| Specifying a larger seed radius in Seed Tool Properties typically causes a larger polygon to be drawn because | the seed radius specifies the number of pixels that can be used to establish the range of pixel values that will be used to draw the polygon.
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| Clicking a single pixel rather than dragging a box when using the Seed Tool typically causes a smaller polygon to be drawn because | the number of pixels used to build the pixel value range would be smaller.
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| A resolution merge can greatly enhance an image because | it can use the real color of a low-resolution image to enhance a monochromatic high-resolution image.
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| The ArcGIS extension program that is designed to display elevation and other data layers that have Z values associated with the features is called | 3D Analyst
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| The ArcGIS program used to view three-dimensional data with 3D Analyst is called | ArcScene
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| The option included in Scene Properties that allows you to amplify the variations in elevation of a surface to make the variation more noticeable is called | Vertical Exaggeration
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| A data format that displays elevation data using nodes lines and faces is called | Triangulated Irregular Network
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| The most common type of elevation data used in 3D display and analysis is | DEMs
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| The option that allows you to “pull” features up to a certain height in a 3D scene by assigning a Z value in Layer Properties is called | Extrusion
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| Feature data layers that have Z values (height or elevation) included in their attributes are called | 3D Shapefiles
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| The interpolation method that selects the closest nodes that form a convex hull around the interpolation point and then weights their values by the proportionate area is called | Natural Neighbors Method
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| Lines created that represent elevation by connecting points with the same elevation values are called | Contours
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| The incline of a surface is called | Slope
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| The direction of the slope of a surface is called | Aspect
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| The appearance of three-dimensional relief created by applying the effect of a light source is called | Hillshade
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| In ArcGlobe the type of layer that is laid over the elevation layer and provides visual enhancement to the display is called a | Draped layer
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| In ArcGlobe the type of layer that provides terrain to the global surface is the | Elevation layer
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| Which of the following 3D Analyst conversion options would be used to convert grid data to a TIN? | Raster to TIN
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| Which of the following 3D Analyst conversion options would be used to convert elevation point data to a TIN? | Create TIN from Features
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| If you were draping an air photo and feature data layers on a 3D surface in ArcScene what would you assign as the Base Height? | TIN
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| Which of the following would be the best example of an extrudable shapefile that could be viewed using 3D Analyst? | Light poles
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| TINs differ from 3D shapefiles because | 3D shapefiles represent features three-dimensionally and a TIN represents a surface three-dimensionally.
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| 2D shapefiles differ from 3D shapefiles because | 3D shapefiles have a Z value (height or elevation) associated with them.
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| A system of interconnected lines is called a | Network
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| River systems streets rail systems and other geographic features that | Geospatial networks
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| Systems of line features that are connected to one another and through which flow can be modeled is called | Geospatial Networks
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| The network analysis that determines the optimum route to take to travel to various stops is called | Best Route Analysis
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| The network analysis that determines the closest location of a particular geographic feature to a given incident location is called | Closest Facility Analysis
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| The network analysis that establishes zones that correspond with facilities in a network is called | Service Area Analysis
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| Restrictions to normal navigation in a network are called | Barriers
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| The data layer type that must be used for network analysis is called a | Network dataset
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| Network datasets are created in | ArcCatalog
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| The total distance or time it takes to navigate a route in a network is called | Travel costs
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| What is the point where two sections of a network are joined called? | Junction
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| Properties dealing with how the segments of a network attach to one another is called | Connectivity
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| The endpoints of the different line segments and how they connect to one another is called | Connectivity
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| Which of the following is the file extension used for filenames of a network dataset? | .ND
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| Network datasets that are built using multiple networks data layers are called | Multimodal network datasets
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| Which field is the default field in a TIGER line data layer that contains segment lengths in miles that can be used as a cost attribute in creating a network dataset? | Length
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| A location that you want to include in a Best Route routing calculation is called a | Stop
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| A line data layer that symbolizes flow or navigation through a network is called a | Route
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| Temporary blockages in the network caused by road construction road repair or weather-related scenarios are called | Barriers
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| The attribute used for calculating the cost of travel for a route in a network is called | Impedance
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| What does the Reorder Stops to Find Optimal Route option do? | It arranges the order of the stops in the route so that the route is shortest in terms of travel costs.
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| What do stops on a network designated with red exclamation marks represent? | Unlocated stops
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| In order to use the Find method of locating stops in a network an address locator must first be created in | ArcCatalog
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| The method that provides universal rules for turns and can be used to model turns when a turn data source is unavailable is called | Global Turns
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| The Service Area option that creates only one service area assigned to each facility is called | Single Break Value
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| The Service Area option that creates more than one service area assigned to each facility is called | Multiple Break Value
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| A data layer created in network analysis that estimates the travel cost from facility locations to destinations and displays these costs in the map as straight lines from facilities to destinations is called a | Origin-Destination Cost Matrix
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| Which values must be used in the appropriate field to designate one-way streets in a network? | FT or TF
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| Which of the following is not the best example of a geospatial network? | A computer lab network
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| Which of the following types of network analysis that would be most useful in determining the optimum path to take to travel from your house to the mall? | Best Route Analysis
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| Point analysis data can be added by all of the following except | Loading the points from a point file.
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| Which of the following types of network analysis that would be most useful in determining the closest emergency vehicle dispatch to an automobile accident? | Closest Facility Analysis
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| Which of the following types of network analysis that would be most useful in determining attendance zones for schools in a school district? | Service Area Analysis
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| In emergency response situations | travel time is more important than travel distance in routing
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| Which of the following best illustrates stops that could be used in network analysis for Best Route analysis? | Antebellum homes for a tour company
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| Which of the following best illustrates facilities that could be used in network analysis for Closest Facility analysis? | Ambulance locations for a 911 emergency dispatch company
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| Which of the following best illustrates polygons that would be created from network analysis to determine service areas? | School zones for a school district
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| Which of the following best illustrates incidents that would be used in network analysis to determine closest facility? | Fire locations needing emergency response
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| Travel costs in network analysis are typically expressed in each of the following units except | Dollars
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| Which of the following data types cannot be used to create a network dataset? | Shapefile with point features
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| Which of the following would be the best type of data layer to use to determine a best route in a system that included streets subways and bus lines as options for travel? | Multimodal network dataset
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| Which of the following would be the best example of the field equation used to calculate the travel time cost for each street segment in a street network? | [Length]/[Speed_Limit]
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|
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| To add point data layers needed for network analysis from an existing shapefile which option would be best to use? | Load Locations from the shapefile
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| Which of the following is not an option for adding point data layers needed for network analysis? | Load Locations from an image of the geographic area of study
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| Which cost attribute would be best to use to analyze the best route from an emergency response facility to an accident location? | Minutes
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| Which of the following scenarios best illustrates a barrier that could be used in network analysis? | Closed street
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|
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| Which of the following scenarios best illustrates a restriction that could be used in network analysis? | One-way street
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| Which of the following is not a good example of a scenario that could benefit from the Reorder Stops to Find Optimal Route option in network analysis? | Determining the routes of ambulances to multiple incident locations
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| In order to properly model real-world traffic flow barriers must be used in analysis because | barriers represent real world situations such as closed streets or other scenarios that affect traffic flow.
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| Multimodal network datasets must be created using a geodatabase because | multiple network data layers are needed to create a multimodal network dataset.
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| When dealing with multimodal network datasets evaluators may need to | be assigned for certain cost attributes because
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| Best Route analysis in the same geographic area may result in more than one route identified because | the route may differ based on the cost attribute used for the analysis.
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| Layer Properties for analysis layers in network analysis differs from Layer Properties of data layers not involved in network analysis because | analysis Layer Properties deal with properties related strictly to the network analysis being performed.
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| The Best Route in a network using miles as the cost attribute will always be the same as the Best Route in the same network using kilometers as the cost attribute because | regardless of the unit of measure the best route using distance as the cost attribute is the same.
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|
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| The Best Route in a network using time as the cost attribute will not always be the same as the Best Route in the same network using miles as the cost attribute because | depending on the speed limit on streets in the network the shortest distance may not be the quickest route.
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|
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| Route layers generated from network analysis must be exported as a new data layer in order to be used in other project applications because | the route analysis data layer is stored only in the map document that is created in unless it is exported.
🗑
|
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| In order to model restricted access streets in a network values may need to be changed in the appropriate restriction field because | Network Analyst only recognizes traffic flow direction of restricted streets in relation to the direction the data layer was digitized.
🗑
|
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| A route from a facility to an incident location may differ from the route returning to a facility location from an incident location because | restrictions concerning travel direction of streets and barriers may result in a different route.
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|
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| Describe a “real world” scenario that would benefit from Best Route network analysis. | A retail company would benefit from the use of Best Route network analysis in scheduling delivery of products to customers. Best Route analysis would determine the optimum route given a list of
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|
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| Speculate on which method of relocating “unlocated” network stops would be most accurate for analysis purposes. | Increasing the Search Tolerance for establishing a location in the network would probably be the most accurate. The other option is to manually move a location closer to a network segment in the map. The manual method relies on user ability to relocate
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|
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| Explain the importance of having speed limit data to be used in network analysis. | The inclusion of speed limit data in a network data layer allows for travel costs in terms of time to be included in analysis. Speed limit data can be used with network segment length to determine the travel time for each line segment in a network. This
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|
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| A system of interconnected lines is called a | Network
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|
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| River systems streets rail systems and other geographic features that can be navigated are called | Geospatial networks
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|
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| Systems of line features that are connected to one another and through which flow can be modeled is called | Geospatial Networks
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|
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| The network analysis that determines the optimum route to take to travel to various stops is called | Best Route Analysis
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|
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| The network analysis that determines the closest location of a particular geographic feature to a given incident location is called | Closest Facility Analysis
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|
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| The network analysis that establishes zones that correspond with facilities in a network is called | Service Area Analysis
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|
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| Restrictions to normal navigation in a network are called | Barriers
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|
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| Network datasets are created in | ArcCatalog
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|
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| The total distance or time it takes to navigate a route in a network is called | Travel costs
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|
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| What is the point where two sections of a network are joined called? | Junction
🗑
|
||||
| Properties dealing with how the segments of a network attach to one another is called | Connectivity
🗑
|
||||
| The endpoints of the different line segments and how they connect to one another is called | Connectivity
🗑
|
||||
| Which of the following is the file extension used for filenames of a network dataset? | ND
🗑
|
||||
| Network datasets that are built using multiple networks data layers are called | Multimodal network datasets
🗑
|
||||
| Which field is the default field in a TIGER line data layer that contains segment lengths in miles that can be used as a cost attribute in creating a network dataset? | Length
🗑
|
||||
| A location that you want to include in a Best Route routing calculation is called a | Stop
🗑
|
||||
| A line data layer that symbolizes flow or navigation through a network is called a | Route
🗑
|
||||
| Temporary blockages in the network caused by road construction road repair or weather-related scenarios are called | Barriers
🗑
|
||||
| The attribute used for calculating the cost of travel for a route in a network is called | Impedance
🗑
|
||||
| What does the Reorder Stops to Find Optimal Route option do? | It arranges the order of the stops in the route so that the route is shortest in terms of travel costs.
🗑
|
||||
| What do stops on a network designated with red exclamation marks represent? | Unlocated stops
🗑
|
||||
| In order to use the Find method of locating stops in a network an address locator must first be created in | ArcCatalog
🗑
|
||||
| The method that provides universal rules for turns and can be used to model turns when a turn data source is unavailable is called | Global Turns
🗑
|
||||
| The Service Area option that creates only one service area assigned to each facility is called | Single Break Value
🗑
|
||||
| The Service Area option that creates more than one service area assigned to each facility is called | Multiple Break Value
🗑
|
||||
| A data layer created in network analysis that estimates the travel cost from facility locations to destinations and displays these costs in the map as straight lines from facilities to destinations is called a | Origin-Destination Cost Matrix
🗑
|
||||
| Which values must be used in the appropriate field to designate one-way streets in a network? | FT or TF
🗑
|
||||
| Which of the following is not the best example of a geospatial network? | A computer lab network
🗑
|
||||
| Which of the following types of network analysis that would be most useful in determining the optimum path to take to travel from your house to the mall? | Best Route Analysis
🗑
|
||||
| Point analysis data can be added by all of the following except | Loading the points from a point file.
🗑
|
||||
| Which of the following types of network analysis that would be most useful in determining the closest emergency vehicle dispatch to an automobile accident? | Closest Facility Analysis
🗑
|
||||
| Which of the following types of network analysis that would be most useful in determining attendance zones for schools in a school district? | Service Area Analysis
🗑
|
||||
| In emergency response situations | travel time is more important than travel distance in routing
🗑
|
||||
| Which of the following best illustrates stops that could be used in network analysis for Best Route analysis? | Antebellum homes for a tour company
🗑
|
||||
| Which of the following best illustrates facilities that could be used in network analysis for Closest Facility analysis? | Ambulance locations for a 911 emergency dispatch company
🗑
|
||||
| Which of the following best illustrates polygons that would be created from network analysis to determine service areas? | School zones for a school district
🗑
|
||||
| Which of the following best illustrates incidents that would be used in network analysis to determine closest facility? | Fire locations needing emergency response
🗑
|
||||
| Travel costs in network analysis are typically expressed in each of the following units except | Dollars
🗑
|
||||
| Which of the following would be the best type of data layer to use to determine a best route in a system that included streets subways and bus lines as options for travel? | Shapefile with point features
🗑
|
||||
| Which of the following would be the best type of data layer to use to determine a best route in a system that included streets subways and bus lines as options for travel? | Multimodal network dataset
🗑
|
||||
| Which of the following would be the best example of the field equation used to calculate the travel time cost for each street segment in a street network? | [Length]/[Speed_Limit]
🗑
|
||||
| To add point data layers needed for network analysis from an existing shapefile which option would be best to use? | Load Locations from the shapefile
🗑
|
||||
| Which of the following is not an option for adding point data layers needed for network analysis? | Load Locations from an image of the geographic area of study
🗑
|
||||
| Which cost attribute would be best to use to analyze the best route from an emergency response facility to an accident location? | Minutes
🗑
|
||||
| Which of the following scenarios best illustrates a barrier that could be used in network analysis? | Closed street
🗑
|
||||
| Which of the following scenarios best illustrates a restriction that could be used in network analysis? | One-way street
🗑
|
||||
| Which of the following is not a good example of a scenario that could benefit from the Reorder Stops to Find Optimal Route option in network analysis? | Determining the routes of ambulances to multiple incident locations
🗑
|
||||
| In order to properly model real-world traffic flow barriers must be used in analysis because | barriers represent real world situations such as closed streets or other scenarios that affect traffic flow.
🗑
|
||||
| Multimodal network datasets must be created using a geodatabase because | multiple network data layers are needed to create a multimodal network dataset.
🗑
|
||||
| Best Route analysis in the same geographic area may result in more than one route identified because | the route may differ based on the cost attribute used for the analysis.
🗑
|
||||
| Layer Properties for analysis layers in network analysis differs from Layer Properties of data layers not involved in network analysis because | analysis Layer Properties deal with properties related strictly to the network analysis being performed.
🗑
|
||||
| The Best Route in a network using miles as the cost attribute will always be the same as the Best Route in the same network using kilometers as the cost attribute because | regardless of the unit of measure the best route using distance as the cost attribute is the same.
🗑
|
||||
| The Best Route in a network using time as the cost attribute will not always be the same as the Best Route in the same network using miles as the cost attribute because | depending on the speed limit on streets in the network the shortest distance may not be the quickest route.
🗑
|
||||
| Route layers generated from network analysis must be exported as a new data layer in order to be used in other project applications because | the route analysis data layer is stored only in the map document that is created in unless it is exported.
🗑
|
||||
| In order to model restricted access streets in a network values may need to be changed in the appropriate restriction field because | Network Analyst only recognizes traffic flow direction of restricted streets in relation to the direction the data layer was digitized.
🗑
|
||||
| A route from a facility to an incident location may differ from the route returning to a facility location from an incident location because | restrictions concerning travel direction of streets and barriers may result in a different route.
🗑
|
||||
| An ArcMap file that contains data frames layouts scripts and sometimes charts is called a | Map Document
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|
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| The ArcGIS program that allows you to view and analyze geographic data is called | ArcMap
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|
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| The ArcGIS program that allows you to preview and create new data files is called | ArcCatalog
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|
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| The ArcGIS program that allows you to change data projections and convert data files from one type to another is called | ArcToolbox
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|
||||
| A component of an ArcMap project that contains layers that form interactive maps is called a | Data frame
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|
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| A component of an ArcGIS project that displays data about map features in tabular form is called a | Attribute Table
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|
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| Collections of geographic data that are alike are called | Layers
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|
||||
| A component of an ArcGIS project that displays data frames charts reports and other graphic elements that may be printed is called a | Layout
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|
||||
| Programs written in Visual Basic programming language that allow you to customize ArcView GIS are called | Scripts
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|
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| Add-on software products that run with ArcGIS to enhance its capabilities are called | Extensions
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|
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| Satellite images scanned data and photographs are examples of what type of data? | Image data
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|
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| Data represented as points lines and polygons are of what type of data? | Feature data
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| How would data that lists the addresses of all restaurants in your county appear in an ArcGIS attribute table? | Column
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|
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| How would data that lists the name address and phone number of one restaurant in your county appear in an ArcGIS attribute table? | Row
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|
||||
| Where do you find spatial characteristics about a data file in ArcCatalog? | Metadata display
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|
||||
| What ArcGIS function allows you to navigate more quickly to data storage locations? | Connect to folder
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|
||||
| What ArcCatalog function allows you to find other data layers that have the same geographic extent? | Search
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|
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| Where can the coordinate system for a specific map display be specified in ArcMap? | Data Frame Properties
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|
||||
| Where can the display units for a specific map display be specified in ArcMap? | Data Frame Properties
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|
||||
| Where can the data source for a specific data file be specified in ArcMap? | Layer Properties
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|
||||
| Where can the symbology for a specific data file be specified in ArcMap? | Layer Properties
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|
||||
| The display that is used to show the distribution of pixel values in a data layer is called a | Histogram
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|
||||
| The process that allows dynamic labels placed on a map display to be moved or edited is called | Annotation
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|
||||
| What is the technique that can be used to attach features to elements such photos documents and web pages so that by clicking on a feature the element can be opened and viewed? | Hyperlinking
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|
||||
| The process of reducing the amount of detail in a layer by removing boundaries of areas with the same attribute value is called | Dissolving features
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|
||||
| The process of cropping the extent of one layer to the extent of another layer is called | Clipping features
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|
||||
| An area that is drawn at a uniform distance around a feature is called a | Buffer
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|
||||
| When using data with differing coordinate systems which coordinate system is used when ArcMap reprojects data “on-the-fly?” | The projection of the first layer added to ArcMap
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|
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| Which ArcGIS program must be used to permanently reproject a data layer? | ArcToolbox
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|
||||
| What is the data file extension of an ArcMap 9.1 project file? | .mxd
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|
||||
| The act of using computer drawing tools to draw feature data using remotely sensed image data is called | Heads-up digitizing
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|
||||
| To create a new data layer from selected records in an existing data layer what ArcMap option must you use? | Export data
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|
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| The process of creating map features from a table of addresses is called | Geocoding
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|
||||
| In order to display data from a table of longitude/latitude coordinates in ArcMap what option must be used? | Display X Y Data
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|
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| The process of aligning an image to another image or feature data layer is called | Georeferencing
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|
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| The default classification method ArcMap uses to automatically group data values is | Natural Breaks
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| The various models that are used to approximate the shape of the Earth are called | Datums
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| Locations of interest that can be taken with a GPS unit are called | Waypoints
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| If you could not find the exact school that you were looking for on an ArcMap map display what would be the best (quickest) way to find it? | Open the school table click on the record then look for the selected school on the map.
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| What would be the best legend type to use on an ArcView map layout to plot ballparks in a county? | Single symbol
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||||
| What would be the best legend type to use on an ArcMap map layout to plot world cities with varying populations? | Graduated symbol
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| What would be the best legend type to use on an ArcMap map layout to plot per capita income in various areas of a county? | Graduated color
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||||
| What would be the best legend type to use on an ArcMap map layout to plot all of the states in the U.S. (with a different color representing each state)? | Unique value
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|
||||
| What would be the best attribute-related query expression to use if you wanted to find all elementary schools in Smith county? | (([County_Name] = Smith) and (([School_Type] = “Elementary”))
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|
||||
| What would be the best attribute-related query expression to use if you wanted to find all areas in the county with per capita income of at least $15 000? | ([PerCapInc] > 15000)
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|
||||
| What would be the best way to go to a specific area of interest within a layer in a map quickly? | Zoom to Selected Features
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|
||||
| What would be the best way to go to a specific area of interest within a layer in a map quickly? | Bookmark
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|
||||
| What would be the best expression to use in Select By Location query to find where all railroad crossings were located in the county? | Streets that intersect railroads
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|
||||
| Which of the following is an example of a quantitative attribute? | Population
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|
||||
| Which of the following is an example of a legend type that is best used to display a quantitative attribute? | Graduated color
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|
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| Which of the following is an example of a Select by Attribute query? | Selecting all census tracts with a per capita income less than $15 000
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|
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| Which of the following is an example of a Select by Location query? | Selecting all schools located inside the city limits
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| Joining tables is a very important feature in ArcView because | data needed for analysis may be contained in two tables.
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||||
| Surfaces are better types of data layers to be used for continuous data than features because | because every point on the Earth has a specific temperature elevation rainfall etc. associated with it.
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| A layer data file differs from a shapefile because | a layer file retains its symbology properties and a shapefile does not.
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| Data frame properties differ from layer properties because | data frame properties affect all of the data layers in a data frame and layer properties only affect a particular layer.
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| In creating overlays a union differs from an intersect because | a union contains overlapping and non-overlapping areas from each data set.
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||||
| A query performed using the Definition Query in Layer Properties differs from a Select by Attribute query because | only the features meeting the query criteria will display in the map.
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| Different map projections are used for different GIS projects because | spherical coordinate systems are the best systems to use for GIS analysis.
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|
||||
| Using degrees for distance measurement in GIS analysis is not recommended because | degrees of longitude differ because they do not have constant distance between them as you move from equator to pole.
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||||
| Measurements taken in GIS analysis may differ based on the coordinate system and map projection used because | different map projections have different degrees of distortion.
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|
||||
| Measurements taken in GIS analysis may differ based on the coordinate system and map projection used because | different map projections have different degrees of distortion.
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||||
| A shapefile differs from a geodatabase because | a shapefile can contain a single feature class and a geodatabase can contain multiple feature classes.
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||||
| Map elements such as a legend scale bar north arrow etc. are needed for a map layout because | otherwise the data contained in the map cannot be fully understood.
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| Using a GPS point log is important when collecting waypoints because | it will allow the user to provide a description of what is actually at that location
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