NR 658 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND 1005 CORRECT ANSWERS|LATEST 2025/2026|GRADED A+

GIS - B



ANSWER
B Geographic Information System: A system of computer hardware, software, a B B B B B B B B B



nd people used for entering, storing, manipulating, analyzing, and displaying geographic or sp
B B B B B B B B B B B B



atial data. B




What is the most important component in a GIS? - ANSWER
B B B B B B B B B B People



5 Core components of GIS - ANSWER
B B B B B B People: most important, develop procedures
B B B B




Data: needed, accuracy can affect results
B B B B B




Hardware: processing sped and capabilityB B B B




Software: GIS, database, drawing,
B B B




statistical, imaging and other packages
B B B B




Procedures: requires well defined, consistent B B B B




methods, to produce correct and reproducible
B B B B B




results



Map - ANSWER B B -Cartographic representation of geographic reality B B B B




-model of locations and distributions of geographic features
B B B B B B B




-dimensionally proportional to reality. B B B




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, Characteristics of a map - ANSWER B B B B B extent

legend

scale

projection

coordinate system B




datum



GIS also explained by having these 3 elements -
B B B B B B B B



B ANSWER Geometry, Attributes, Behavior B B




Geometry - ANSWER B B Represent geographic features
B B




associated real-world locations B B




Attributes - ANSWER B B The descriptive characteristics
B B




of the geographic features
B B B




Behavior - ANSWER B B Geographic features can be B B B




made to allow certain types of
B B B B B




editing, display, or analysis,
B B B




depending on what the user B B B B




defines



How long has GIS been around? -
B B B B B B



B ANSWER Since ancient cave drawings (~3,000 yrs ago), Stone Age
B B B B B B B B




What was the first nation to develop a GIS? - ANSWER
B B B B B B B B B B Canada: analyze data
B B




collected by the Canada Land B B B B




Inventory (CLI) to produce B B B




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