FNRM 3131 READING QUIZZES
(I LOATHE GIS) WITH 100%
APPROVED SOLUTIONS
2026/2027 STUDY SET
TRUE/FALSE: SPATIAL DATA ARE OFTEN STORED AS THEMATIC LAYERS.
TRUE.
TRUE/FALSE: BOTH CARTESIAN AND SPHERICAL COORDINATE SYSTEMS USES RIGHT-ANGLE
MEASUREMENTS TO SPECIFY POSITIONS ON A SPHERE.
FALSE.
THE FOLLOWING IS AN ILLUSTRATION OF A RASTER DATA MODEL.
TRUE.
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS ABOUT TOPOLOGICAL DATA MODELS ARE FALSE?
-TOPOLOGY IS THE STUDY OF GEOMETRIC PROPERTIES THAT DO NOT CHANGE WITH
BENDING, STRETCHING OR SIMILAR TRANSFORMATIONS.
-TOPOLOGY MAY INCLUDE REPRESENTATIONS OF ADJACENCY AND CONNECTIVITY.
-PLANAR TOPOLOGY ALLOWS OVERLAPS.
-TOPOLOGICAL MODELS ARE MORE COMPLICATED BUT MORE USEFUL THAN SPAGHETTI
VECTOR MODELS.
PLANAR TOPOLOGY ALLOWS OVERLAPS.
, TRUE/FALSE: THE SAME DATA LAYER MAY BE REPRESENTED IN MULTIPLE DATA MODELS.
TRUE.
INDICATE WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ARE FALSE:
-RASTERS ARE USUALLY LESS COMPLEX THAN VECTOR.
-RASTERS ARE BETTER THAN VECTOR DATA MODELS FOR REPRESENTING VARIABLES THAT
CHANGE CONTINUOUSLY..
-RASTERS TYPICALLY SPECIFY A LIMIT ON SPATIAL PRECISION.
ALL OF THE ABOVE.
WHICH OF THESE ARE TRUE? (ONLY ONE):
-THE EARTH'S TRUE SHAPE IS MOST LIKE A SPHEROID.
-THE EARTH'S TRUE SHAPE IS MOST LIKE A ELLIPSOID.
-THE EARTH'S TRUE SHAPE IS MOST LIKE A GEOID.
-NONE OF THE ABOVE.
THE EARTH'S TRUE SHAPE IS MOST LIKE A GEOID.
TRUE/FALSE: DIFFERENT DATUMS ARE SOMETIMES DEFINED BECAUSE THEY ARE BASED ON
DIFFERENT SETS OF MEASUREMENTS.
TRUE.
TRUE/FALSE: DATUM SHIFTS ARE BECOMING LARGER THROUGH TIME.
FALSE.
TRUE/FALSE: MAP PROJECTIONS ALWAYS DISTORT GEOMETRY OVER THEIR ENTIRE SURFACE.
FALSE.
(I LOATHE GIS) WITH 100%
APPROVED SOLUTIONS
2026/2027 STUDY SET
TRUE/FALSE: SPATIAL DATA ARE OFTEN STORED AS THEMATIC LAYERS.
TRUE.
TRUE/FALSE: BOTH CARTESIAN AND SPHERICAL COORDINATE SYSTEMS USES RIGHT-ANGLE
MEASUREMENTS TO SPECIFY POSITIONS ON A SPHERE.
FALSE.
THE FOLLOWING IS AN ILLUSTRATION OF A RASTER DATA MODEL.
TRUE.
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS ABOUT TOPOLOGICAL DATA MODELS ARE FALSE?
-TOPOLOGY IS THE STUDY OF GEOMETRIC PROPERTIES THAT DO NOT CHANGE WITH
BENDING, STRETCHING OR SIMILAR TRANSFORMATIONS.
-TOPOLOGY MAY INCLUDE REPRESENTATIONS OF ADJACENCY AND CONNECTIVITY.
-PLANAR TOPOLOGY ALLOWS OVERLAPS.
-TOPOLOGICAL MODELS ARE MORE COMPLICATED BUT MORE USEFUL THAN SPAGHETTI
VECTOR MODELS.
PLANAR TOPOLOGY ALLOWS OVERLAPS.
, TRUE/FALSE: THE SAME DATA LAYER MAY BE REPRESENTED IN MULTIPLE DATA MODELS.
TRUE.
INDICATE WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ARE FALSE:
-RASTERS ARE USUALLY LESS COMPLEX THAN VECTOR.
-RASTERS ARE BETTER THAN VECTOR DATA MODELS FOR REPRESENTING VARIABLES THAT
CHANGE CONTINUOUSLY..
-RASTERS TYPICALLY SPECIFY A LIMIT ON SPATIAL PRECISION.
ALL OF THE ABOVE.
WHICH OF THESE ARE TRUE? (ONLY ONE):
-THE EARTH'S TRUE SHAPE IS MOST LIKE A SPHEROID.
-THE EARTH'S TRUE SHAPE IS MOST LIKE A ELLIPSOID.
-THE EARTH'S TRUE SHAPE IS MOST LIKE A GEOID.
-NONE OF THE ABOVE.
THE EARTH'S TRUE SHAPE IS MOST LIKE A GEOID.
TRUE/FALSE: DIFFERENT DATUMS ARE SOMETIMES DEFINED BECAUSE THEY ARE BASED ON
DIFFERENT SETS OF MEASUREMENTS.
TRUE.
TRUE/FALSE: DATUM SHIFTS ARE BECOMING LARGER THROUGH TIME.
FALSE.
TRUE/FALSE: MAP PROJECTIONS ALWAYS DISTORT GEOMETRY OVER THEIR ENTIRE SURFACE.
FALSE.
