Raster data analysis

1. Raster data consists of:

A. Points, lines, polygons

B. Cells in a grid
C. Nodes and edges
D. Both A and C
Answer: B

2. Vector data represents spatial features as:

A. A continuous grid
B. Raster bands
C. Points, lines, polygons
D. Pixels
Answer: C

3. Local raster operation means:

A. Uses immediate neighborhood

B. Uses entire dataset
C. Applies to each cell individually
D. Aggregates by zones
Answer: C

4. Focal raster operation means:

A. Cell by cell ignoring neighbors

B. Summarizes within a neighborhood window
C. Zone-based aggregation
D. Global maximum value
Answer: B

5. Zonal raster operation involves:

A. Entire dataset
B. Defined zones (polygons)
C. Single-cell changes
D. Raster resampling
Answer: B

6. Global raster operation:

A. Only affects edge cells
B. Calculates across whole raster
C. Requires vector overlay
D. Uses local neighborhood
Answer: B

7. Which is NOT a raster operation type?

A. Local
B. Focal
C. Topological
D. Global
Answer: C

8. Vector spatial joins are most similar to which raster operation?

A. Local
B. Focal
C. Zonal
D. Global
Answer: C

9. Raster analysis is ideal for:

A. Network routing
B. Terrain modeling
C. Address geocoding
D. Topology checking
Answer: B

10. Vector analysis is ideal for:

A. Pixel-based land cover classification

B. Surface hydrology modeling
C. Road network shortest path
D. Raster map algebra
Answer: C

11. Map algebra operates:

A. Only on vector data

B. Using algebraic/boolean operations on rasters
C. Using SQL queries
D. Editing attribute tables
Answer: B
12. Raster neighborhood analysis includes:

A. Spatial join
B. Buffering
C. Slope calculation
D. Merge polygons
Answer: C

13. Which raster operation would compute slope?

A. Local
B. Focal
C. Global
D. Zonal
Answer: A

14. Which raster operation computes mean elevation in 3×3 window?

A. Local
B. Focal
C. Zonal
D. Map algebra
Answer: B

15. Which operation identifies highest value in the entire raster?

A. Local
B. Zonal
C. Global
D. Buffer
Answer: C

16. Resampling raster changes:

A. Vector to raster
B. Cell size or alignment
C. Attribute fields
D. Polygon geometry
Answer: B

17. Combining two rasters cell-by-cell uses:

A. Zonal
B. Focal
C. Local (map algebra)
D. Topology tool
Answer: C

18. Raster "focal sum" calculates:

A. Individual cell value

B. Sum over each cell's neighborhood
C. Sum across entire raster
D. Zonal statistics
Answer: B

19. Raster "zonal mean" requires:

A. Neighborhood definition
B. Zone map and value map
C. Elevation grid
D. Raster metadata only
Answer: B

20. Raster "flow direction" tool is:

A. Local
B. Focal
C. Zonal
D. Global
Answer: B

21. Raster "viewshed analysis" is:

A. Local
B. Global
C. Focal
D. Zonal
Answer: B

22. Vector buffering is similar to raster:

A. Local operation
B. Zonal operation
C. Focal operation
D. Global operation
Answer: C

23. In raster, cell size determines:

A. Data resolution
B. Projection
C. Attribute types
D. Feature IDs
Answer: A

24. In vector, coordinate precision determines:

A. Cell resolution
B. Node placement accuracy
C. Number of layers
D. Raster cell values
Answer: B

25. Raster analysis struggles with:

A. Continuous surfaces
B. Network connectivity
C. Distance measurement
D. Area calculation
Answer: B

26. Vector analysis struggles with:

A. Complex attribute queries

B. Topology errors
C. Continuous surface generation
D. SQL spatial joins
Answer: C

27. Which supports multi-band data natively?

A. Raster
B. Vector
C. Both
D. None
Answer: A

28. Zonal histogram of elevation requires:

A. Local operation
B. Map algebra
C. Zonal operation
D. Reclassification
Answer: C
29. Raster global operation example:

A. Euclidean distance
B. Focal mean
C. Zonal sum
D. Local cell formula
Answer: A

30. Vector buffering produces:

A. Raster grid
B. New polygon features
C. Cell-based output
D. Slope grid
Answer: B

31. Raster reclassification is a:

A. Local map algebra

B. Zonal aggregate
C. Spatial join
D. Raster-to-vector conversion
Answer: A

32. Raster mask operation is:

A. Local
B. Focal
C. Zonal
D. Global
Answer: A

33. Which vector tool finds shortest path?

A. Map algebra
B. Zonal statistics
C. Network analyst
D. Focal statistics
Answer: C

34. Which raster tool finds watershed boundaries?

A. Slope
B. Flow accumulation
C. Buffer
D. Multipart dissolved
Answer: B

35. Raster “moving window” is what?

A. Global
B. Local
C. Focal
D. Vector merge
Answer: C

36. Advantages of raster include:

A. Simpler overlay operations

B. Precise attribute storage
C. Finer representation of discrete objects
D. High accuracy linear features
Answer: A

37. Disadvantages of vector include:

A. Poor topology
B. Difficulty modeling continuous phenomena
C. Hard overlay logic
D. No attribute fields
Answer: B

38. Which format suits DEM?

A. Shapefile
B. GeoTIFF
C. KML
D. CSV
Answer: B

39. Vector data is stored in:

A. Pixels
B. Features with attributes
C. Grid cells
D. Continuous surfaces
Answer: B

40. Raster "zone transfer" means:

A. Changing zone labels
B. Polygon union
C. Raster clipping
D. Cell-by-cell multiplication
Answer: A

41. Raster can store index like NDVI in:

A. SDE
B. Multi-band raster
C. Shapefile
D. CSV
Answer: B

42. Difference: raster vs vector storage:

A. Raster uses vectors

B. Vector stores geometry explicitly
C. Raster uses nodes
D. Vector uses cells
Answer: B

43. Vector topology rules ensure:

A. No overlaps/gaps in polygons
B. Uniform cell size
C. Map algebra operations
D. 3D surface interpolation
Answer: A

44. Raster scaling changes:

A. Feature count
B. Cell resolution
C. Topology
D. Tabular fields
Answer: B

45. Which is better for analysis of temperature variation?

A. Vector
B. Raster
C. Neither
D. Both equal
Answer: B
46. Which is better for street network routing?

A. Raster
B. Vector
C. Grid
D. DEM
Answer: B

47. Global raster operations can compute:

A. Standard deviation of all cell values

B. Slope per cell
C. Neighbor average
D. Zone count
Answer: A

48. Raster local logical (">") is:

A. Zonal mean
B. Map algebra comparison
C. Buffer creation
D. Stream delineation
Answer: B

49. Vector overlay (union) produces:

A. Raster with cell counts

B. Combined feature geometries
C. Raster map algebra
D. Cell filter
Answer: B

50. Converting DEM to contours is:

A. Raster operation
B. Vectorization
C. Global analysis
D. Map algebra
Answer: B