GISP Exam Questions with
answers
The property of area for a parcel polygon may be
considered (choose best answer)
A. Precise
B. Accurate
C. Legally correct
D. Both A and B - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Both A
and B
A vector data model uses which of the following
coordinate pairs to build curvature within a line?
(best answer)
A. Verticies
B. Points
C. Floating points
D. Nodes - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A. Verticies
GIS differs from surveying and mapping by
introducing (best answer)
A. Attribute description
,B. Spatial Analysis
C. Location determination
D. Temporal Information - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔B.
Spatial Analysis
What is a datum? (best answer)
A. mathematical model
B. The mathematical model related to a real world
feature
C. Real world features projected with minimum
distortion from a round earth to a flat map
D. A system of coordinates - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔B. The mathematical model related to a real
world feature
Which method is used to align an un-referenced
dataset with one that has spatial reference
information? (best answer)
A. Scaling
B. Reprojecting
C. Georeferencing
D. defining projections - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔C.
Georeferencing
,Control points are best described as (best answer)
A. Areas on the map where projection can easily
change
B. Points on the map that do not have a spatial
refernce
C. Points in the data that share the same datum,
no matter how the datasets are altered
D. Common locations used in aligning two datasets
- CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔D. Common locations used
in aligning two datasets
In a map showing contours, the name of the darker
contour lines is (best answer)
A. index contours
B. key contours
C. Lines of deviation
D. Lines of elevation - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A.
index contours
Imaginary lines on a map that represent areas of
constant elevation are (best answer)
A. Bands
B. Contours
C. Digital line graphs
, D. Collars - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔B. Contours
What do thematic maps include? (best answer)
A. Thematic content and spatial location
B. USGS
C. Elevation
D. Spatial Attributes - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A.
Thematic content and spatial location
If you are making a web map of sampling locations,
streams and watershed areas, in what order would
you place the layers on the map? (best answer)
A. Sampling locations, wetland areas, streams
B. Streams, wetland areas, sampling locations
C. Sampling locations, streams, wetland areas
D. It doesn't matter what order they are in -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔C. Sampling locations,
streams, wetland areas
A small scale map would show (best answer)
A. A larger geographic area than a large scale map
B. A smaller geographic area as a large scale map
C. The same geographic area as a large scale map,
just as a smaller resolution
answers
The property of area for a parcel polygon may be
considered (choose best answer)
A. Precise
B. Accurate
C. Legally correct
D. Both A and B - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Both A
and B
A vector data model uses which of the following
coordinate pairs to build curvature within a line?
(best answer)
A. Verticies
B. Points
C. Floating points
D. Nodes - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A. Verticies
GIS differs from surveying and mapping by
introducing (best answer)
A. Attribute description
,B. Spatial Analysis
C. Location determination
D. Temporal Information - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔B.
Spatial Analysis
What is a datum? (best answer)
A. mathematical model
B. The mathematical model related to a real world
feature
C. Real world features projected with minimum
distortion from a round earth to a flat map
D. A system of coordinates - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔B. The mathematical model related to a real
world feature
Which method is used to align an un-referenced
dataset with one that has spatial reference
information? (best answer)
A. Scaling
B. Reprojecting
C. Georeferencing
D. defining projections - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔C.
Georeferencing
,Control points are best described as (best answer)
A. Areas on the map where projection can easily
change
B. Points on the map that do not have a spatial
refernce
C. Points in the data that share the same datum,
no matter how the datasets are altered
D. Common locations used in aligning two datasets
- CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔D. Common locations used
in aligning two datasets
In a map showing contours, the name of the darker
contour lines is (best answer)
A. index contours
B. key contours
C. Lines of deviation
D. Lines of elevation - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A.
index contours
Imaginary lines on a map that represent areas of
constant elevation are (best answer)
A. Bands
B. Contours
C. Digital line graphs
, D. Collars - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔B. Contours
What do thematic maps include? (best answer)
A. Thematic content and spatial location
B. USGS
C. Elevation
D. Spatial Attributes - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A.
Thematic content and spatial location
If you are making a web map of sampling locations,
streams and watershed areas, in what order would
you place the layers on the map? (best answer)
A. Sampling locations, wetland areas, streams
B. Streams, wetland areas, sampling locations
C. Sampling locations, streams, wetland areas
D. It doesn't matter what order they are in -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔C. Sampling locations,
streams, wetland areas
A small scale map would show (best answer)
A. A larger geographic area than a large scale map
B. A smaller geographic area as a large scale map
C. The same geographic area as a large scale map,
just as a smaller resolution
