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Contents

1 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

1.1 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
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SYSTEMS

1.1 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS

1. What is a GPS used for? 1 degree equals 60 minutes and 1 minute
equals 60 seconds.
A. Navigation
A. Degrees-minutes-seconds (DAIS) sys-
B. Resource Distribution
tem
C. Irrigation B. Decimal degrees (DD) system
D. Energy Tracking C. WMS
2. Local series of projections designed primar- D. Datum
ily for collecting survey data in the Philip-
5. How the raster data are made of
pines.
A. Images
A. Luzon 1911
B. Maps
B. PRS92 or the Philippine Reference Sys-
C. Grid cells
tem of 1992
D. None of the above
C. PTM or Philippine Transverse Merca-
tor 6. what do you know about this?
D. none of above

3. Coordinate systems used to represent the

locations of geographic features, imagery,
and observations such as GPS locations
within a common geographic framework
A. True A. a basic table which explain about posi-
tion enhancement in GIS
B. False
B. a table which provide relative position
4. A measuring system for longitude and lat- of an object which can be replaced de-
itude values such as 42◦ 30’00”, in which pends on the purpose

1. A 2. C 3. B 4. A 5. C 6. C
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C. it’s an attribute table in GIS C. Global information system

D. it’s an essential part of GIS to provide D. Position information system

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hierarchy

7. Today we use to solve the problem of 12. One type of map projection that retains
navigation. certain accurate directions
A. Conformal projection
B. Central lines
C. Cylindrical projection
D. Azimuthal projection
A. A sextant
13. Lucy, Brian, and Juan are working on
B. Global Positioning System (GPS) a community service project. They are
C. Our heads tasked with analyzing the town’s geo-
D. Birds graphical features, climate patterns, de-
mographic trends, and the interactions be-
8. The entire earth surface is divided into tween residents and their environment.
zones in which type of map projection? What is the field of study that encom-
A. Polyconic projection system passes these areas?
B. Cylindrical projection A. Data Science
C. Lambert-Azimuthal equal area projec- B. Spatial Analysis
tion
C. Cartography
D. UTM projection
D. Geography
9. loads and unloads ODBC drivers on be-
half of an application 14. If you were looking to find out how much
A. Device Manager rainfall different areas receive, what type
B. JDBC Manager of map would be best?

C. ODBC Driver Manager

D. None of the above

10. GIS stands for

A. Geographic Information System
B. Generic Information System
C. Geological Information System
D. Geographic Information Sharing
A. climate map
11. GIS uses the information from which of the
B. political map
following sources?
A. Non-spatial information system C. physical map
B. Spatial information system D. population map

7. B 8. D 9. C 10. A 11. B 12. D 13. D 14. A 15. E

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15. Which of the following statements is true 20. Which of the following lists all of the types
about the capabilities of GIS? of maps you learned about this week?
A. Data capture and preparation
B. Data management, including storage
and maintenance
C. Data manipulation and analysis
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E. All of the above

16. What does it mean if you are located in

longitude 0◦ ?
A. I am in the Equator line A. Topical, Geographic, Climate, Physical
B. I am located in Greenwich line or B. Climate, Geographic, Meridian, Physi-
prime meridian cal
C. I am located nowhere C. Cartographic, Physical, Primary, Politi-
cal
D. I am located in the artic circle
D. Political, Physical, Population, Climate
17. This is an example of an RDBMS.RDBMS is
a relational storage concept for data. A re- 21. Which of the following statements are
lational database contains tables that hold NOT true about the ‘temporal dimension’?
records. Each record holds fields contain- A. Valid time (or world time) is the time
ing data for that record. when an event really happened, or a string
A. TRUE of events took place.
B. FALSE B. Time can be represented as ‘absolute’
or ‘relative’
C. NOT DEFINED
C. Time can be considered to be ‘linear’
D. none of above
extending from past to the present (‘now’),
18. What are the two general data formats & into the future
used in GIS? D. Time cannot be measured along a ‘dis-
A. Vector and raster crete’ or ‘continuous’ scale.
B. Points and lines E. When measuring time, we speak of
granularity as the precision of a time
C. Features and attributes value in a GIS or database.
D. Digital and paper maps
22. What would be the best legend type to use
19. Which among the following is a server on an ArcMap map layout to plot world
based hardware platform of GIS? cities with varying populations?
A. Autodesk Revit A. Graduated symbol
B. STAAD Pro B. Unique value
C. Arcgis C. Graduated color
D. Google-maps D. Single symbol

16. B 17. A 18. A 19. D 20. D 21. D 22. A 23. C

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23. What ArcGIS function allows you to nav- 27. The degree of details that are displayed on
igate more quickly to data storage loca- a uniform space.
tions?

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A. Data Completeness
A. Add Data B. Data Precision
B. Windows folder explorer C. Data Accuracy
C. Connect to folder D. Data Consistency
D. Add New data frame
28. Which of the following is used to extract
24. What is a datum? features and their attributes from one
layer using a polygon from another as the
A. A mathematical model
boundary of the output?
B. The mathematical model related to
A. Join
real-world features
B. Merge
C. Real-world features are projected
with minimum distortion from the round C. Union
earth to a flat map. D. Clip
D. A system of coordinates. 29. What is the data stream?
25. What information cannot be found by read- A. The process by which maps are trans-
ing this map? ferred between GIS platforms.
B. The flow of data from producer to GIS.
C. The process by which raw spatial
data is processed into an integrated GIS
database.
D. The flow of data from one user to an-
other.
30. Which of the following is true about ‘Ordi-
A. The location of major bodies of water nal Data Values’
in and around the United States. A. They are date values that can be put
in some natural sequence but that do not
B. The location of mountain ranges in the
allow any other type of computation
United States.
B. An example of Ordinal data value is
C. The location of the capital of the United
classifying household income as ‘low’, ‘av-
States.
erage’ or ‘high’
D. The location of countries neighboring
C. None of the above
the United States.
D. Bothe ‘1’ & ‘2’
26. Which among the following is not related
to GIS software’s? 31. These are correct GIS Data Source:
A. Tally A. Remote sensing data, Field data, Map /
map data, Statistics, GPS data, Interview.
B. ArcGIS
B. Remote Geodata, FieldMap data, Map
C. Surfer / map data, Statistics, GPS Logger data,
D. QGIS Interview.

24. D 25. C 26. A 27. B 28. D 29. C 30. D 31. A

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C. Remote sensing data, Field Detection C. vector data

data, Map / map data, Statistics, UTM D. Complex data
data, Interview.
35. coordinate point is
D. Remote sensing data, Field Detection
data, Map / map data, Statistics, Gratic- A. The point that crosses the continent
ule data, Interview. B. points based on the latitude and longi-
tude lines of an area
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type of data is correct if
A. Data obtained directly through obser- D. none of above
vations in the field 36. Among the following, which do not come
B. Obtained from private institutions or under the components of GIS?
official government agencies, such as the A. Hardware
Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS)
B. Compiler
C. Data recorded on paper or filmExam-
C. Software
ple:*geological map*soil type map
etc D. Data
D. Data in the form of imagery, aerial pho- 37. GIS deals with which kind of data
tographs or non-photographs etc
A. NUMERIC
33. When converting Degrees/Minutes/Seconds B. BINARY
of latitude in the Northern Hemisphere to C. SPATIAL
decimal degrees
D. COMPLEX
A. Add the three values together
and divide the sum by 3600, i.e., 38. The scanner head contains
(Deg+Min+Sec)/3600 A. charged-couple device
B. Subtract the seconds from the min- B. couple charged device
utes, then the minutes from the degrees
C. Contact lens sensor
i.e. (Deg-(Min-Sec))
D. All the above
C. Divide the Seconds by 3600, di-
vide the Minutes by 60, then add 39. The data stored by a GIS is made up of
those values to the degrees, i.e. different
(Deg+(Min/60)+(Sec/3600)) A. layers
D. Multiply the Minutes by 60, mul- B. zones
tiply the seconds by 3600 and
then add all to the degrees, i.e., C. sectors
(Deg+(Min*60)+(Sec*3600)) D. precincts

34. Digitizing in GIS is the process of convert- 40. Numerous employees in your organization
ing geographic data either from a hardcopy need access to the streets data that your
or a scanned image into team is responsible for maintaining in an
enterprise database. From the options
A. Simple image given below, what is the best way to han-
B. Raster data dle access to these data?

32. D 33. C 34. C 35. B 36. B 37. C 38. A 39. A

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A. Set the streets layer’s permissions to 45. A data set is characterized by the use of
allow everyone in your enterprise full con- sequential points or vertices to define a lin-
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B. Set the streets layer’s permission to al- A. Vector Data
low full control only to your team B. Raster Data
C. Set the streets layer’s permission to al- C. Numerical Data
low full control only to your team and read-
D. Attribute data
only access to the remainder of your en-
terprise 46. Raster data tends to require large
D. Set up a download site for everyone in amounts of computer memory.
your enterprise. Direct access to these A. True
data will be restricted to your team only.
B. False
41. Which of the following formats can be 47. Which of the following can be used for rep-
used for GIS output? resenting a real world feature on two di-
A. DXF mensional surfaces?
B. PDF A. Plan
C. GIF B. Drawing
D. HTML C. Scale
D. Map
42. The model of data capture and rep-
resentation represents objects in the real 48. A ground-measured spheroid, which is the
world as data stores in pixels basis for the North American Datum of
A. vector 1927 (NAD27).
A. Datum
B. path
B. Clarke 1866
C. raster
C. WMS
D. grid
D. None of the above
43. GML standard is used to
49. What does ‘spatial’ refer to in GIS?
A. To serve maps
A. Pertaining to space or the distribution
B. To serve coverage of objects in space
C. To serve remote processing services B. Raw facts and figures that can be pro-
D. To store geographical information cessed and interpreted
C. A single, specific location in space de-
44. The following are some of the software fined by its coordinates
tools used in GIS, except?
D. A recognizable arrangement or se-
A. OAR quence of objects or events
B. ESRI
50. Which type of map can explain a particular
C. SPACE feature in detail?
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B. Topographic map B. Area

C. Thematic map C. 3D area
D. Geographic map D. Volume

51. Paty, Juan, and Lucy are on a geocaching 55. Scanning automatically captures
adventure. They have a GPS device with A. overlay
coordinates (latitude and longitude). In B. map features
GIS, what is the term for the single, spe-
C. sensors

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cific location they are trying to find?
D. All the above
A. Trend
56. Problems in Data Encoding
B. Line
A. re-projection of data
C. Polygon
B. generalization of complex data
D. Point
C. matching and joining of adjacent map
52. Sliver polygons are formed due to sheets
A. Small areas resulting from spatial D. All the above
overlays 57. Which of the following statements is true
B. Small areas resulting from Grid based about the capabilities of GIS
analysis methods A. Data capture and preparation
C. Small areas resulting from Non-Spatial B. Data management, including storage
and spatial data intersection and maintenance
D. Interpolation of contour lines while C. Data manipulation and analysis
DEM generation D. Data presentation
53. Rows in an attribute can have relation- E. All of the above
ships with spatial features. There are 58. What is the main advantage of satellite im-
three types of relationships: ages over aerial photographs?
A. 1. One-to-one relationship2. One-to- A. They can be analyzed with geospatial
many relationship3. Many-to-many rela- techniques
tionship
B. They provide a more detailed view
B. 1. 1-to-1 relationship2. 1-to-infinite re-
C. They can be combined with other lay-
lationship3. Many-to-many relationship
ers of information in a GIS
C. 1. One-to-one relationship2. one-to- D. They show global changes in the geo-
infinite relationship3. Many-to-many rela- graphic space
tionship
59. What are spatial databases in GIS?
D. 1. One-to-one relationship2. One-to-
many relationship3. infinite-to-infinite re- A. Spatial databases provide a founda-
lationship tion for accessing, micro-managing, and
creating your spatial data workflow.
54. The point data feature can be used to rep- B. Spatial databases provide a strong
resent foundation for accessing, storing, and
A. Location managing your spatial data workflow.

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C. Spatial databases provide a heavy

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D. Spatial databases enhance a strong
correlation for accessing, storing, and
managing your spatial GIS.

60. A geodetic datum first defined in 1911 and

is suitablefor use in Philippines onshore.
A. Luzon 1911
A. Geographic Tools
B. PRS92 or the Philippine Reference Sys-
B. Geographic Information
tem of 1992
C. PTM or Philippine Transverse Merca- C. Cartographer
tor D. none of above
D. none of above
65. Which among the following is not related
61. What is datum? to GIS software’s?
A. A mathematical model A. CAD
B. The mathematical model related to B. Arcgis
real-world features
C. Arc View
C. A system of coordinates.
D. STAAD Pro
D. Real-world features are projected
with minimum distortion from the round
66. Lucy, Juan, and Brian are analyzing urban
earth to a flat map
growth patterns in their GIS class. They
62. What is GIS/GIS? encounter the term ‘spatial’. In the con-
text of their project, what does ‘spatial’
A. Geospatial Internet Systems refer to?
B. Sistem Intra Geology A. Relating to space
C. Geographic Information Systems
B. Time management
D. none of above
C. Software tools
63. Data Encoding means D. Historical events
A. process of getting from computer
67. The act of using computer drawing tools to
B. process of moving data into the scan-
draw feature data using remotely sensed
ner
image data is called
C. process of getting data into the com-
puter A. Dissolving

D. All the above B. Clipping

C. Georeferencing
64. Any data that describes characteristics of
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68. A powerful type of spatial interpolation A. True

that uses complex mathematical formu- B. False
las to estimate values at unknown points
based on the values at known points. 74. What type of information can be obtained
A. Intersection from meteorological satellites?

B. Kriging A. State of the atmospheric weather

B. Trayectories of storms and hurricanes
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C. Levels of pollution and climate change
D. Spline Interpolation
effects
69. If you wanted to explain how GPS works, D. Locations of hydrocarbon and mineral
you should probably show a deposits
A. locator map
75. The detail with which a map shows the lo-
B. key for a population map cation and shape of a feature is the
C. physical map showing North America A. spatial aspect
D. diagram showing the parts of the GPS B. spatial component
70. Fields can be C. spatial resolution

A. Discrete only D. spatial revolution

B. Continuous only 76. Which geographic tool is taken from a cam-

C. Discrete or continuous era mounted in an object that is orbiting
the earth?
D. None of the above

71. A component of an ArcGIS project that

displays data frames, charts, reports
and other graphic elements that may be
printed is called a
A. Layout
B. Table
C. Extension
D. Script

72. Which of the following is not a hardware A. satellite imagery

component of GIS? B. map projection
A. A computer screen C. globe
B. GPS coordinates D. none of above
C. A plotter 77. To create a new data layer from selected
D. A scanner records in an existing data layer, what Ar-
cMap option must you use?
73. Reference system enable geographic
datasets to use common locations for inte- A. Rectify Data
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78. There are two coordinates in geography, 83. What year did the GPS get developed?
namely? A. 1973
A. Raster and map B. 1978
B. Raster and spatial C. 1962
C. vectors and maps D. 1963
D. Raster and vector 84. Meta data would describe
A. who collected a set of data.
79. The process of capturing satellite image is
called B. how the data was collected.
A. Orthophoto C. when the data was collected.
B. Ortho photograph D. all of the above are true.

C. Ortho image 85. a satellite system based in space that finds

absolute location and time anywhere on
D. All the above
Earth
80. *Data resulting from statistical records in A. absolute location
the form of tables, reports, field surveys, B. Global Positioning System (GPS)
and population censuses etc.*Obtained
from private institutions or official govern- C. Geographic Information System (GIS)
ment agencies, such as the Central Bureau D. spatial thinking
of Statistics (BPS)*Statistical data is sec-
86. Which of the following is true about ‘Dis-
ondary data that has undergone further
crete fields’?
processing in statistical books.
A. Discrete fields divide the study space
A. Field data (terrestrial)
in mutually exclusive, bounded parts, with
B. Map Data(map) all locations in one part having the same
C. Statistic data field value

D. Remote sensing data (remote sensing) B. ‘Land classification’ is an example of

discrete fields
81. What can be determined from aerial pho- C. Discrete fields make use of ‘bounded’
tographs without special equipment? features
A. Distribution and characteristics of re- D. All of the above
lief
87. How can comparing old and new maps be
B. Activities and infrastructure useful?
C. Vegetation and bodies of water
D. All of the above

82. why the Use of GIS is necessary

A. Saves Times
B. Handle large datasets

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A. People can see how an environment B. The units of measurement would be

has grown, changed, and developed over different.
the years. It can show changes in the land- C. Different map projections have differ-
forms, population, roads, landscape, and ent degrees of distortion.
so forth.
D. The features being measured would
B. People can see how families have
probably differ
grown when comparing old and new maps.
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adults. using pictures or symbols?
C. People can see how building struc- A. GIS
tures have changed over the years when
comparing old and new maps. B. Information graphics

D. Comparing old and new maps is never C. Satellite photograph

useful. Old maps are so outdated that they D. Aerial photograph
look nothing like new maps.
92. A GIS coordinates can represent which of
88. The process of drawing a zone of a spe- the following systems?
cific distance around a particular feature is
A. Highway mile marker
known as
A. bordering B. Surveyor benchmark

B. trimming C. Entrance gate

C. edging D. All the above
D. buffering 93. Successful spatial analysis needs
89. You are on a geography field trip and have A. Appropriate software
been given the task of finding out how B. Appropriate hardware
much time individual shoppers have spent
inside of the mall. Which of the follow- C. Competent user
ing data collection techniques do you feel D. All of the above
would be most appropriate to find out his
information? 94. Which of the following is not a component
of ArcGIS Enterprise?
A. Photographing people shopping
A. ArcGIS Server
B. Sketching the mall layout
B. Portal for ArcGIS
C. A questionnaire survey of customers
leaving the mall C. ArcGIS Desktop
D. Interviews with store managers D. ArcGIS Web Adapter
E. Sending a letter to the mall’s owners
95. Among the following can be expressed
90. Measurements taken in GIS analysis may as an example of hardware component.
differ based on the coordinate system and A. Keyboard
map projection used because
B. Arcgis
A. Locations on the face of the Earth
are constantly changing making accurate C. Auto CAD
measurement impossible. D. Digitalization

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96. Which of the following is not a category of 101. Interpolation is made possible by a prin-
error? ciple called

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A. Change in format A. Spatial Autocorrelation
B. Areal cover B. Spatial auto-correction
C. Thematic Autocorrelation
C. Map scale
D. Thematic auto-correction
D. Density of observation
102. An orthophoto is an example of
97. North American Datum of 1927, which is
A. raster data
based on the Clarke 1866 spheroid and
has its center at Meades Ranch, Kansas. B. vector data

A. pulse88 103. Same as the scale of the reference globe.

Projected coordinate system:A plane coor-
B. Nadah
dinate system that is based on a map pro-
C. We revise jection.
D. . Club 1927 A. Projection
B. Principal scale
98. Vector data is easier to store on a com-
puter as it takes less file space. C. Spatial Scale
D. Vector Scale
A. TRUE
B. FALSE 104. What is a single, specific location in space
defined by its coordinates (latitude and
99. What is the purpose of a stereoscope in longitude) in GIS?
photointerpretation? A. Point
A. To see two flat images of an object in B. Map
3D C. Polygon
B. To analyze the distribution and charac- D. Pattern
teristics of relief
105. Spatial databases’ are also known as
C. To obtain and interpret information
A. Geodatabases
from aerial photographs
B. Monodatabases
D. To create a mosaic of a place
C. Concurrent databases
100. Which of the following data collection D. None of the above
methods would be the BEST choice for
someone looking to open up a new fast 106. A GIS package cannot be called full-
food restaurant based on location? fledged if the following capabilities are
missing
A. Informal Observations
A. Data capture and preparation
B. Census Data
B. Data storage
C. Formal Observations C. Presentation of spatial data
D. Interviews D. Data analysis
E. Experiments E. All of the above

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107. Which of the following best describes 110. Which of the following is not a valid vec-
how geographic information systems tor file format?
would be utilized by urban planners? A. KML
A. To take satellite images of undevel- B. GML
oped regions outside of a city.
C. TIFF
B. To determine the exact locations of un- D. SHP
derground electrical and sewage lines.
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C. To map current roadways and traffic
DBMS?
flows to determine where to build a new
highway onramp. A. A DBMS provides a high-level, ‘decla-
ration query language’
D. To print paper maps to help tourists
find locations in the city. B. A DBMS supports the use of a ‘data
model’
E. To locate the street addresses of low-
income families within a city. C. A DBMS includes ‘data backup’ and ‘re-
covery’ functions to ensure data availabil-
108. To control land, water, soil, plants and an- ity at all times
imals, with a particular focus on how man- D. A DBMS allows the control of ‘data re-
agement affects the quality of life for both dundancy’
present and future generations. E. All of the above

112. Map-making done with a computer that

allows you to change the level of detail
shown, like Google Maps

A. natural resource management

B. reduce
C. conserve A. Computer Assisted Mapping (CAM)
B. Geographic Information Systems
D. recycle
(GIS)
109. What is the study of the Earth’s physical C. Aerial Photograph
features, climate, population, and the rela- D. none of above
tionships between human beings and their
environments? 113. What can be determined from color aerial
photographs?
A. Map
A. All of the above
B. Data
B. Identification of vegetation and bodies
C. Spatial of water
D. Geography C. Location of constructions and roads

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D. Distribution and characteristics of re- C. single panel

lief D. dual-panel

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114. Calculations (sum, average, median, etc.) 120. A component of an ArcMap project that
can’t be performed on this type of field contains layers that form interactive maps
A. Character is called a
B. Integer A. Data Frame
C. Floating B. View
D. BLOB C. Attribute Table
D. Chart
115. Any valuable material of geologic origin
that can be extracted from the earth 121. Paty, Brian, and Lucy are working on a
A. fossil resources project in their Environmental Science class
where they analyze satellite images to
B. carbon resources
monitor deforestation. They observe a dis-
C. natural resources tinct arrangement of trees that appears
D. renewable resources consistently across the region. What is
this arrangement referred to in GIS termi-
116. What is ‘Attribute data’? nology?
A. Specifies characteristics at that loca- A. Map
tion, natural or human-created
B. Pattern
B. Can be stored in a database table
C. Point
C. Both A and B D. Polygon
D. None of the above
122. What rule can be applied to remove the
117. GIS deals with which kind of data error in the above spatial data?
A. Numeric data
B. Binary data
C. Spatial data
D. Complex data

118. The term define angular distance from

equator to poles?
A. Latitude
B. Longitude
C. Coordinate System
D. none of the above

119. The information in GIS is entered and A. Must not overlap

stored as B. Must not self overlap
A. panels C. Must not intersect
B. layers D. Must not self intersect

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123. The range of wavelengths a device is able 128. flatbed scanner is also known as
to capture is called the A. Handheld scanner
A. temporal resolution B. Light weight scanner
B. spatial resolution C. Desktop scanner
C. spectral resolution D. Portable scanner
D. none of above
129. Passive sonar transducers emit an acous-

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124. Which of the following is not a use of a tic signal or pulse of sound into the water.
GIS? A. True
A. Store Prices B. False
B. Mapping
130. What is the ordered pair of pointE?
C. Network Services
D. Urban Planning

125. What are photographs taken from space?

A. Globe
B. Aerial photograph
C. Satellite photograph
D. GIS

126. Vector data model is usually used to rep- A. (2, 5)

resent spatial data.
B. (-5, 2)
A. Continuous
C. (5, 2)
B. Discrete
D. (5, -2)
C. Binary
131. Spatial data is organised in 3 types
D. Analog
A. points, arrows and polygons
127. A shapefile differs from a geodatabase
B. points, lines and polygons
because
C. points, levels and shapes
A. A shapefile cannot be created in Arc-
Catalog but a geodatabase can. D. positions, ranks and shapes
B. A shapefile can contain only point, 132. A value applied to the origin of a coor-
line or polygon feature types but a geo- dinate system to change the y-coordinate
database can use other geometric types. readings.
C. A shapefile is the only data format that A. False tasting
can be viewed in ArcCatalog.
B. False Easting
D. A shapefile can contain a single fea-
ture class and a geodatabase can contain C. False northing
multiple feature classes. D. None of the above

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133. The person who decides what projection 137. GPS can also be known as
and what colors, fonts and symbols should A. GOS
go on a map is the

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B. Arcgis
C. GIS
D. NavStar

138. -Objects, Object Classes-Features, Fea-

ture Classes-Feature Datasets-Validation
Rules, Domains-Relationships, Rela-
tionship Classes-Spatial References-
Geometric NetworksWhat are these?
A. Elements of a database

A. geologist B. Composure of a Geodatabase

C. Composite of a Geodatabase
B. photographer
D. Elements of a Geodatascience
C. geographer
E. Elements of a Geodatabase
D. cartographer
139. What is a GIS Database ?
134. A geodetic datum for Topographic map- A. Data are facts that are collected,
ping; References the Clarke 1866 ellipsoid recorded, stored and processed by infor-
and the Greenwich prime meridian. mation systems which contain geographic
A. Luzon 1911 spatial information
B. PRS92 or the Philippine Reference Sys- B. Data are facts that are combined, Re-
tem of 1992 placed, Edited and processed by informa-
tion systems which contain geographic
C. PTM or Philippine Transverse Merca- spatial information
tor
C. Geodata are facts that are collected,
D. none of above recorded, stored and processed by infor-
mation systems which contain geographic
135. Study of geometric objects will come un- Special information
der the category of
D. GeoData are facts that are combined,
A. Surveying Replaced, Edited and processed by infor-
B. Cartography mation systems which contain geographic
Special information
C. Surface geometry
D. Topology 140. What is an advantage to using a globe
instead of a map?
136. Bathymetric LIDAR uses water penetrat-
ing green light to also measure seafloor
and riverbed elevations.
A. True
B. False

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A. It is portable. 144. What is the main advantage of satellite

images over aerial photographs?
B. It is inexpensive.
A. They provide a more detailed view
C. It gives a more accurate representa-
tion of the Earth. B. They can be analyzed with geospatial
techniques
D. It shows things in greater detail.
C. They can be combined with other lay-
141. In ArcGIS Online, you can create web ers of information in a GIS

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maps using vectors published online in the D. They show global changes in the geo-
form of graphic space
A. hosted feature layer 145. Which of the following data formats
B. digital photographs would most likely represent a file ex-
ported from AutoDesk-AutoCAD?
C. satellite images
A. .SHP
D. none of above
B. .DXF
142. The network of satellites that communi- C. .TXT
cate with receivers on the ground to iden- D. .LAS
tify its latitude, longitude, and elevation
is known as 146. Which one is not a DEM data?
A. ASTER
B. sottom
C. Landsat
D. Alos Pulsar

147. Overlay of vector data combine

A. Point
B. Line
C. Polygon
A. GIS-Geographic Information Systems D. All the above
B. GPS-Global Positioning System 148. The objects vector data uses to represent
C. DTV-Direct TeleVision spatial features include
D. none of above A. cells.
B. points, lines, and polygons.
143. Which of the satellite are used for land
use land cover mapping? 149. What can be done with Geographic Infor-
mation Systems (GIS)?
A. Resourcesat
A. All of the above
B. LISS III
B. Evaluating and prospecting the geo-
C. LISS IV graphic space
D. All of the above C. Analyzing population distribution

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D. Sharing georeferenced information in 154. Which one of the following is a Open

real-time Source GIS Software?

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A. ArcGIS
150. What is the main purpose of GPS re-
ceivers? B. AutoCAD MAP
A. Locating objects or living beings with a C. ILWIS
GPS chip D. SURFER
B. Analyzing spatial data in a GIS 155. Output from GIS, except?
C. Generating digital maps A. Table
D. Calculating distances, speeds, and B. Peta
routes
C. Globe
151. What is the main advantage of digital D. Satellite image
maps generated by a GIS?
156. Which of the following industries knows
A. All of the above raster graphic as contones?
B. Identifying agricultural, industrial, and A. Prepress
commercial areas
B. Printing
C. Designing emergency service routes
C. Trading
D. Understanding and solving various sit-
D. Both a and b
uations
157. Satellite images, scanned data and pho-
152. Data represented as points, lines, and tographs are examples of what type of
polygons are of what type of data? data?
A. Continuous data A. Image Data
B. Raster data B. Vector Data
C. Feature data C. Feature Data
D. Image data D. Theme

153. The 3 steps to use with a geographic tool 158. The following are components of GIS, ex-
are:1) Gather, 2) Process and 3) the cept?
information. A. Basis Data
B. user
C. Raster
D. Motode
159. What is data or information that is en-
tered into a system called in GIS?
A. Answer A. Attribute
B. Report B. System
C. Summarize C. Input
D. none of above D. Information

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160. Any useful material that is found in na-

ture:
A. Natural Resource
B. Human Resource
C. Plants
D. none of above A. GIS-Geographic Information Systems

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161. What is processed or organized data that B. GPS-Global Positioning System
provides meaningful context in GIS? C. MG-Maps and Globes
A. Input D. none of above
B. Attribute 165. The user can use GIS to make
C. System A. complex analyses only
D. Information B. display maps only

162. What are photographs taken from the C. complex analyses and display maps
sky and used to take measurements or cre- D. none of these
ate maps?
166. Key components of ‘spatial data’ quality
A. Information Graphics include
B. GIS (Geographic Information System) A. Positional accuracy
C. Satellite photographs B. Temporal accuracy
D. Aerial photographs C. Lineage and completeness
D. Logical consistency
163. “E-Marketing” is the practice of market-
ing E. All of the above

167. Which of the following indicate topologi-

cal primitive?
A. Poly line
B. Point
C. Node
D. Polygon

168. is information about geographic loca-

A. online tions that can be stored in and used with
B. in person a geographic information system
C. door to door A. Georate
D. none of above B. Geodate
C. Geodataum
164. The people, data, and tools that are used
to make maps that display geospatial data D. Geodatabase
are known as E. Geodata

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169. The discrepancy between the actual at- 173. Among the following, which do not come
tributes value and coded attribute value. under the components of GIS?

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A. Data Completeness A. Hardware
B. Data Precision B. Software
C. Data Accuracy C. Compiler
D. Data Consistency D. Data
170. A (geographic) field is a geographic phe- 174. What can be determined by crossing in-
nomena for which, for every point in the formation from different layers in a GIS?
study area
A. Distribution of urban zones
A. A value can be determined
B. Areas affected by disasters
B. A value cannot be determined
C. Population and road networks
C. A value is not relevant
D. All of the above
D. A value is missing
175. GPS Stands for:Global Positioning Sys-
171. Which of the following is true about tem
‘Nominal Data Values’
A. True
A. They are values that provide a name or
identifier so that we can discriminate be- B. False
tween different values
176. The vector data model is based on which
B. True computations cannot be done of the following?
with these values
A. Raster
C. When the values assigned are sorted
B. Grid
according to some set of non-overlapping
categories, they are called ‘categorical C. Coordinates system
data’ D. Pixcel
D. All of the above
177. It is the measure of totality of features.
172. A map that is compiled from several dif- A. Data Completeness
ferent sources, a composite map, is what
kind of source? B. Data Precision
C. Data Accuracy
D. Data Consistency

178. In the process of GIS, digitalization is

done for better output.
A. True
B. False
A. primary 179. Spatial relationship can be established by
B. secondary using GIS.
C. cartographer A. False
D. tertiary B. True

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180. Geodata can be stored in a database, geo- 185. The ‘boundary model’ is sometimes also
database, shapefile, coverage, raster im- called
age, or even a dbf table or Microsoft Excel A. Topological data model
spreadsheet
B. Temporal data model
A. False
C. Topological discrete model
B. True
D. Temporal discrete model
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D. none of above 186. What is an example of modern mapmak-
ing?
181. Which of the following is an example of
a quantitative attribute?
A. Name
B. Telephone Number
C. Population
D. Address
A. Mapmakers using repeated, first-hand
182. “Human Resources” deals with
experience of the landscape to create a
map.
B. Mapmakers and scientists using pho-
tos from airplanes or satellites to create
a map.
C. Mapmakers and scientists using his-
toric and modern data by traveling on foot.
A. the hiring, administration, and training
of personnel D. Mapmakers using pictures taken when
traveling to create a map of the land-
B. allinformation systems scape.
C. dealing with or controlling things or
people 187. What is the process of providing refer-
ences in geography called?
D. none of above
A. Georeferencing
183. The use of science and math to find solu-
B. GeoProcessing
tions to a problem.
A. Technology C. Geospatial

B. Engineering D. Geothermal

C. Science 188. GIS represents a location in dimen-

D. Trade-off sional coordinates.
A. 2
184. If the number on scale is less then it rep-
resents a large scale map. B. 3
A. True C. 4
B. False D. 5

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189. Imaginary lines that runs vertically and 194. Which of the following acts a benefit of
also known as meridians. GIS?

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A. Latitude A. Maintaining geo spatial data
B. Longitude B. Data sharing
C. Accurate data information
190. Lucy, Brian, and Juan are collaborating on
an urban planning project. They have gath- D. Presence of data retrieval service
ered extensive raw data about city infras- 195. The equipotential surface of the Earth’s
tructure. What can these raw data be pro- gravity field which best fits, in a least
cessed and interpreted in GIS as? squares sense, global mean sea level is
A. Data called
B. Spatial A. Equator
C. Map B. Datum
D. Geography C. geoid
D. World Coordinate System
191. Google earth images are taken from
196. The higher the spatial resolution the
A. high flying aircraft
the image
B. satellites A. clearer and more detailed
C. the space shuttle B. smaller and less detailed
D. all answers are correct C. smaller and less inclusive

192. Which of the following are the 4 key com- D. clearer and more inclusive
ponents of SIG
197. TIN stands for
A. Software, data management, data in- A. Traffic Internet Network
put
B. Temporal Interest Network
B. Data input, data management, data
manipulation and analysis, data output C. Triangulated Irregular Network
D. Temperature Interface Node
C. Termanil interactive, bigiterzers, text
files, scanners 198. They converge at the poles and are
D. geographic data, human hardware, widest at the equator (69 miles or 111
software, apart).
A. Latitude
193. Satellites that collect data that con-
stantly radiates from Earth is known as B. Longitude

199. Which is correct features of DBMS in

A. active remote sensing GIS?
B. passive remote sensing A. -Concurrency control-Backup and
recovery-Provides a Concept for the cre-
C. orbiting remote sensing
ation and querying of the Images.-A lan-
D. satellite remote sensing guage for writing application programs

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B. -Concurrency control-Backup and B. population maps

recovery-Provides a language for the cre- C. a large globe
ation and querying of the database.-A Pro-
gram for writing application System D. none of above

C. -Currency control-Backup and 204. Which of the following belong to the

recovery-Provides a language for the cre- eight spatial relationships?
ation and querying of the database.-A lan- A. Disjoint, meets, equals
guage for writing application programs
B. Inside, covered by

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D. -Concurrency control-Backup and
C. Contains, covers, overlaps
recovery-Provides a language for the cre-
ation and querying of the database.-A lan- D. All of the above
guage for writing application programs 205. What is a visual representation of an
200. Spatial data is area that may show the physical features,
cultural features, and other relevant infor-
A. data that describes the shape and lo- mation in GIS?
cation on an entity.
A. Pattern
B. data that describes the characteristics
of an entity. B. Point
C. Map
201. Which of the following are full-fledged
D. Polygon
GIS packages
A. ILWIS 206. Among the available formats, which are
most commonly used in case of GIS?
B. GeoMedia
A. GIF
C. ArcGIS
B. TIFF
D. Corp
C. JPEG
E. All of the above
D. DXF
202. Keyboard entry is no longer used in GIS
207. Which of the following is true about ‘ Ra-
projects.
tio Data Values’
A. True
A. They allow most, if not all, forms of
B. False arithmetic computation

203. Which geographic tool might best help ge- B. Multiplication & division of values are
ographers track the coastal erosion over possible
time of a coastline? C. They have a natural zero value
D. Continuous fields can have ratio data
values
E. All of the above
208. Number of course certifications done by
students is
A. Quantitative
A. satellite images B. Qualitative

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209. An Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) B. vector

is an interface that allows applications to C. attribute
access data in database management sys-

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tems (DBMS) using D. none of above
A. Structural language 214. What does ‘pattern’ refer to in GIS?
B. DML A. Pertaining to space or the distribution
C. SQL of objects in space
D. All the above B. A recognizable arrangement or se-
quence of objects or events
210. The ArcGIS program that allows you to
C. A single, specific location in space de-
view and analyze geographic data is called
fined by its coordinates
A. ArcMap
D. A closed geometric shape with three
B. ArcCatalog or more sides
C. ArcToolBox
215. The conventional sign for cultivated land
D. None of the above on a topographic map is an example of
211. Model based on the notion of real-world A. point data
entities and relationships among them B. line data
A. interstellar Model
C. polygon data
B. Topology Model
D. none of above
C. Entity Relationship Model
216. When converting Degrees/Minutes/Seconds
D. Spaghetti models
of latitude in the Northern Hemisphere to
212. A data model that incorporates the use decimal degrees
of a grid-cell data structure where the geo- A. Add the three values together
graphic area is divided into cells identified and divide the sum by 3600, i.e.,
by row and column (Deg+Min+Sec)/3600
A. Attribute Data B. Subtract the seconds from the min-
B. Vector Data utes, then the minutes from the degrees
C. Raster Data i.e. (Deg-(Min-Sec))

D. Numerical Data C. Multiply the Minutes by 60, mul-

tiply the seconds by 3600 and
213. Is the image a representation of the then add all to the degrees, i.e.,
data? (Deg+(Min*60)+(Sec*3600))
D. Divide the Seconds by 3600, di-
vide the Minutes by 60, then add
those values to the degrees, i.e.
(Deg+(Min/60)+(Sec/3600))

217. What does ‘WGS’ in WGS84 stands for?

A. World Geodetic System
A. Raaster B. World Geographic System

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C. World Geocoordinate System

D. World Grid System

218. The entire earth surface is divided into

zones in which type of map projection?
A. Poly conic projection system

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B. Cylindrical projection
C. UTM projection
D. Lambert-Azimuthal equal area projec- A. Pseudo node
tion B. Arc node
C. Dangle node
219. Raw materials supplied by nature
D. Polygon node

222. Swiss Alps farming can be monitored by

using
A. Revit
B. Remote sensing
C. GIS
D. Auto CAD

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

A. Positional values
A. Agriculture
B. Complex values
B. Population
C. Decimal values
C. Natural Resources D. Graphic values
D. none of above 224. What can be analyzed using satellite im-
ages and GIS?
220. The ‘boundary model’ is sometimes also
A. Epidemic propagation
called
B. All of the above
A. Temporal data model
C. Impacts of disasters
B. Temporal discrete model D. Transportation and communication
C. Topological discrete model networks

D. Topological data model 225. It is a local projection designed specifi-

cally for the Philippines and primarily used
221. The node (2) in the above topology can for surveying political boundaries.
be called as A. Luzon 1911

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B. PRS92 or the Philippine Reference Sys- rare flower on a map. To record that in-
tem of 1992 formation precisely, you should stand over
the flower with a

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C. PTM or Philippine Transverse Merca-
tor
D. none of above

226. A process where a survey plan or hard

copy is a map and is represented digital
medium using geo-referencing capabilities
and CAD tool is called technique.
A. Digitization A. Map Scale
B. Modulation B. GPS Receiver
C. Demodulation C. Compass Rose
D. None of the above D. World Map
227. What is the main use of satellite images? 231. A map or parts of a map can show
A. All of the above one or more, but never all of the follow-
ing:True Directions, True Distances, True
B. Measuring deforestation Areas, True Scales.
C. Creating maps A. True
D. Analyzing the effects of earthquakes B. False

228. Which of the following sets represent the 232. The display that is used to show the dis-
correct set of map classification? tribution of pixel values in a data layer is
A. Cadastral, thematic called a
A. Attribute table
B. Thematic, geographic
B. Layer Properties
C. Cadastral, geographic
C. Histogram
D. Geographic, topographic
D. Data Frame Properties
229. The fundamental principle which refers to
the fact that locations that are closer to- 233. A buffer zone is called a it it shows
gether are more likely to have similar val- the people and places most affected by a
ues than locations that are far apart, is feature (e.g.an airport).
commonly referred to as A. circle of affluence
A. Tobler’s first low of Geography B. circle of influence
B. Anthony’s first law of Geography C. sphere of influence
C. Kepler’s first law of Geography D. sphere of affluence
D. Thompson’s first law of Geography 234. Area-on-area overlay is also called as

230. You are a scientist who wants to mark A. Point in polygon

the latitude, longitude, and elevation of a B. Polygon in polygon

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C. Line in polygon 239. What do white or light gray tones rep-

resent in black and white aerial pho-
D. none of above
tographs?
235. What is located at (5, 3)? A. None of the above
B. Constructions or roads
C. Bodies of water, vegetation, or depres-
sions

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D. Snow, built spaces, or crop fields

240. DBMS stands for

A. Database Management System
B. Database Monitoring System
C. Database Manufacturing System
A. The park D. Database Mixing Station
B. Nothing 241. Topographic LIDAR typically uses a near
C. Point A infrared laser tomap the land.

D. Point B A. True
B. False
236. Which type of map projection is used in
the preparation of atlas? 242. Which of the following acts as a key to
GIS?
A. Cylindrical projection
A. Topology
B. Lambert-Azimuthal equal area projec-
tion B. Platform
C. Poly conic projection system C. Software
D. UTM projection D. Land

237. radio wave travel 243. Which phrase best describes ArcGIS On-
line?
A. in circles
A. A localized geographic information sys-
B. around the hills tem
C. throught object B. A cloud-based geographic information
D. in a straight line system
C. A mobile device-based geographic in-
238. An ESRI data format for topological vec- formation system
tor data.
D. A desktop-based geographic informa-
A. coordinate system tion system
B. Coverage
244. The point data feature can be used to rep-
C. Segmentation model resent
D. None of the above A. Location

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B. Area 249. Reduces distortion by creating a series of

C. 3D Area central meridians.

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A. Luzon 1911
D. Volume
B. PRS92 or the Philippine Reference Sys-
245. GIS data helps us understand and meet tem of 1992
global challenges. As GIS technology
C. PTM or Philippine Transverse Merca-
rapidly advances, there are various in-
tor
novative applications in the planning sec-
tor. GIS tools can be used to integrate D. none of above
geographic intelligence into planning pro-
250. SDI stands for
cesses, and have the potential to change
how we think and behave.Which is more A. Spatial Data Interface
related to these information? B. Spatial Data Infrastructure
A. Surveying C. Spatial Data Intention
B. Assets Management and Maintenance D. Spatial Data International
C. Dairy Industry 251. What is ‘Metadata’?
D. Planning and Community Development A. It is ‘ data about data’
E. Navigation B. It is ‘meteorological data’
246. What is a set of interacting or interdepen- C. It is ‘oceanic data’
dent components forming an integrated D. It is ‘contour data’
whole in GIS?
252. Which model is used to represent the
A. Input
earth’s surface and where that model is
B. System positioned relative to the surface?
C. Information A. Map Projections
D. Attribute B. Universal Traverse Mercator
C. Geodetics
247. Which type of data set is not used in GIS
related software’s? D. Datum
A. Vertex 253. How are the vertical and horizontal lines
B. Point called in a map?
C. Poly line A. Latitude and Longitude

D. polygon B. Longitude and Latitude

C. Equator and Greenwich
248. a map feature that explains the meaning
D. UK and USA
of colors and symbols used on a map
A. map content 254. Using degrees for distance measurement
in GIS analysis is not recommended be-
B. map glossary
cause
C. map key A. Degrees differ based on the elevation
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B. Degrees of longitude differ because Each table may contain numerous fields
they do not have constant distance be- (attributes).
tween them as you move from equator to
pole. 258. The absence of conflicts in a particular
C. Degrees differ based on the tempera- database.
ture of a region. A. Data Completeness
D. Degrees are not used for identifying lo- B. Data Precision
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C. Data Accuracy
255. GPS provides data of the highest ac-
curacy D. Data Consistency

A. Man marking 259. Which of the following is not one of the

B. surveying and mapping software’s of GIS?
C. Modeling A. Arc GIS
D. utility B. RS GIS
256. Interpolation is made possible by a prin- C. QGIS
ciple called
D. Super GIS
A. Spatial auto-correction
B. Spatial Autocorrelation 260. What is the data file extension of an Ar-
cMap project file?
C. Thematic Autocorrelation
D. Thematic auto-correction A. .doc
B. .prj
257. Object-relational databases have become
the cornerstone of modern GIS. These C. .mxd
databases can be best described in which
D. .shp
of the following ways:
A. Each database contains one table and 261. What are raw facts and figures that can
one GIS layer be processed and interpreted in GIS called?
B. The database contains one attribute A. Geography
table for each GIS layer. The attribute
table may contain numerous fields (at- B. Map
tributes) C. Spatial
C. The database will contain many GIS D. Data
layers, each with an attribute table. The
attribute table may contain numerous 262. Which feature of GIS can share the bound-
fields (attributes) ary of the polygon?
D. The database will contain many GIS
A. Polygons
layers, each with an associated attribute
table. In addition, other tables may exist B. Poly lines
that further describe specific characteris-
C. Dongle nodes
tics of the GIS layer and are associated
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263. A coordinate system that specifies each 269. What is a computer based program used
point uniquely by a pair of numerical coor- to store, manage, and analyze data?
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A. GIS
the point from two fixed perpendicular ori-
ented lines, measured in the same unit of B. Information graphics
length. C. Satellite photograph
A. Cartesian coordinate system
D. Aerial photograph
B. Geographic Coordinate system
C. A World Coordinate system 270. The polygonal data feature uses which of
the following data format?
D. none of the above
A. Scientific character
264. A component of an ArcGIS project that
B. Math
displays data about map features in tab-
ular form is called a C. Character
A. ArcCatalog D. Integer
B. Attribute Data
271. Imaginary lines that runs horizontally;
C. Layout Degrees latitude are numbered from 0 to
D. Feature Class 90 north and south.

265. Mapmakers use GIS to A. Latitude

A. store geographic information B. Longitude

B. use geographic informatio 272. Active sonar systems are used primarily
C. view geographic information to detect noise from marine objects (such
as submarines or ships) and marine ani-
D. store, use and view geographic infor-
mals like whales.
mation
A. True
266. Today GPS is used for only one purpose.
B. False
A. True
B. False 273. A rasters regular grid is made up of

267. Also known as parallels since they are A. rows, columns, and cells.
parallel and are equal distant from each B. just rows.
other (69 miles or 111 km apart).
C. just columns.
A. Latitude
D. points, lines, and polygons.
B. Longitude
274. Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) is
268. Data Capture includes
a standard application programming inter-
A. Scanning face (API) for accessing database manage-
B. Digitizing ment systems (DBMS)
C. Data Transfer A. False
D. All the above B. True

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275. Which of the following acts as a source 280. Map making with a computer program
of inaccuracy? that allows you to view many layers of
geographic information on the same map
A. Format of data
B. Format of data
C. Unclosed polygon
D. Dongle nodes

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276. What map feature can help you deter-
mine the approximate distance between
two locations?
A. map scale
B. key
C. title
D. distance calculator
A. Geographic Information Systems
277. Which of the following doesn’t determine
(GIS)
the capability of GIS?
B. Computer Assisted Mapping (CAM)
A. Defining a map
C. Aerial Photograph
B. Representing cartographic feature
D. none of above
C. Retrieving data
D. Transferring data 281. What is a closed geometric shape with
three or more sides used to represent ar-
278. Manual digitizers may be used in eas or regions on a map in GIS?
A. Line mode A. Polygon
B. Area mode B. Spatial
C. Square mode C. Geography
D. Either point or stream mode D. Data

279. On a topographic map, which of these is 282. A homogeneous national network of

the lowest in elevation? geodetic control points (GCPs), marked by
concrete monuments or mojons, that has
been established using Global Positioning
System (GPS) technology.
A. Luzon 1911
B. PRS92 or the Philippine Reference Sys-
A. hills
tem of 1992
B. rivers
C. PTM or Philippine Transverse Merca-
C. mountains tor
D. plains D. none of above

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283. The process of creating map features 287. Juan, Lucy, and Paty are collaborating on
from a table of addresses is called an urban planning project. They need to
develop a detailed visual representation of

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A. Geocoding
their metropolitan area that illustrates its
B. Georeferencing topography, urban landmarks, and various
significant elements using GIS technology.
C. Geomonitoring
What is this type of representation com-
D. Geofencing monly known as?
A. Polygon
284. What rule can be applied for removing
the errors in the above spatial data? B. Pattern
C. Map
D. Point

288. The first attempt of GIS was done in

which countries
A. USA
B. CANADA
C. INDIA
A. Must be covered by
D. Both A & B
B. Must cover each other
289. A value applied to the origin of a coor-
C. Must not overlap dinate system to change the y-coordinate
D. Must not overlap with readings.
A. False Easting
285. Data can be shared in the process of GIS.
B. False Nothing
A. True C. Datum
B. False D. None of the above

286. Engineers are people who design and 290. You can add information onto a GIS map
build things to solve by
A. Choosing different layers
B. Choosing different laminates
C. Adding data from a table
D. Researching from the internet

291. How many stages are followed when dig-

itizing a paper map
A. riddles A. 3
B. puzzles B. 5
C. crosswords C. 7
D. problems D. 4

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292. What is the main purpose of aerial pho- some known values with corresponding
tographs? weighted values.Statement 2:Inverse dis-
A. To measure crop fields tance weighted (IDW) interpolation ex-
plicitly makes the assumption that things
B. To create maps that are close to one another are more
C. To detect illegal logging alike than those that are farther apart.
D. To analyze the effects of hurricanes To predict a value for any unmeasured
location, IDW uses the measured values
293. The various models that are used to ap- surrounding the prediction location.

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proximate the shape of the Earth are called A. Statement 1 is Correct and 2 is Wrong
A. Ellipsoids
B. Statement 2 is Correct and 1 is Wrong
B. Spheres
C. Both Statements are correct
C. The date
D. Both Statements are wrong
D. Coordinates
296. Statement 1:A Geographic Coordinate
294. Which of the following is a common System defines where the data is located
database program? on the earth’s surface. Statement 2:A Pro-
A. Access jected Coordinates System tells the data
B. Excel how to draw on a flat surface, like on a
paper map or a computer screen.Which of
C. InDesign the statements are true?
D. Mostly
A. Only Statement 2 is true
295. Statement 1:Inverse Distance Weighted B. Only Statement 1 is True
interpolation is a deterministic spa-
tial interpolation approach to estimate C. Both the Statements are true
an unknown value at a location using D. None of the statements are true

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