FOREST BIOMETRICS TEST PAPER FULL
SOLUTION QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
●● 5 Stages for Data Collection Projects
Answer: 1. Planning, 2. Preparation, 3. Digitizing/Collection, 4.
Editing/Improvement, 5. Evaluation
●● 4 Components of a GIS
Answer: 1. Data Input, 2. Database Management, 3. Spatial Analysis, 4.
Data Output
●● 5 Questions a GIS can help to answer
Answer: 1. Location, 2. Condition, 3. Trends, 4. Patterns, 5. Modeling
●● 5 Layers in BC TRIM Data
Answer: 1. Digital Elevation Model (Points), 2. Hydrography (Water), 3.
Transportation (Roads), 4. Culture (Buildings), 5. Land Cover (Wooded
areas)
●● Essential Map Elements
Answer: Title, Legend, Scale (Bar or Ratio), North Arrow, Metadata
(Data source, date, projection)
, ●● 4 Distortions in Map Projections (S.A.D.D.)
Answer: Shape (Conformal), Area (Equivalent), Distance (Equidistant),
Direction (Azimuthal)
●● 3 Main Projection Surfaces
Answer: Cylindrical (e.g. UTM), Conic (e.g. BC Albers),
Azimuthal/Planar
●● 3 Mapping Coordinates in BC
Answer: UTM (Regional/Large scale), BC Albers (Province-wide),
Geographic (Lat/Long)
●● 3 Methods of Resampling
Answer: Nearest Neighbor (Discrete/forest types), Bilinear Interpolation
(Continuous/smooth), Cubic Convolution (Sharpest/complex)
●● 2 GIS Data Capture Methods
Answer: Primary (Direct: GPS, LIDAR, Surveying), Secondary
(Indirect: Digitizing paper maps, Scanning)
●● 4 Boolean Operators
Answer: AND (Intersection), OR (Union), NOT (Exclusion), XOR
(Exclusive Or)
SOLUTION QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
●● 5 Stages for Data Collection Projects
Answer: 1. Planning, 2. Preparation, 3. Digitizing/Collection, 4.
Editing/Improvement, 5. Evaluation
●● 4 Components of a GIS
Answer: 1. Data Input, 2. Database Management, 3. Spatial Analysis, 4.
Data Output
●● 5 Questions a GIS can help to answer
Answer: 1. Location, 2. Condition, 3. Trends, 4. Patterns, 5. Modeling
●● 5 Layers in BC TRIM Data
Answer: 1. Digital Elevation Model (Points), 2. Hydrography (Water), 3.
Transportation (Roads), 4. Culture (Buildings), 5. Land Cover (Wooded
areas)
●● Essential Map Elements
Answer: Title, Legend, Scale (Bar or Ratio), North Arrow, Metadata
(Data source, date, projection)
, ●● 4 Distortions in Map Projections (S.A.D.D.)
Answer: Shape (Conformal), Area (Equivalent), Distance (Equidistant),
Direction (Azimuthal)
●● 3 Main Projection Surfaces
Answer: Cylindrical (e.g. UTM), Conic (e.g. BC Albers),
Azimuthal/Planar
●● 3 Mapping Coordinates in BC
Answer: UTM (Regional/Large scale), BC Albers (Province-wide),
Geographic (Lat/Long)
●● 3 Methods of Resampling
Answer: Nearest Neighbor (Discrete/forest types), Bilinear Interpolation
(Continuous/smooth), Cubic Convolution (Sharpest/complex)
●● 2 GIS Data Capture Methods
Answer: Primary (Direct: GPS, LIDAR, Surveying), Secondary
(Indirect: Digitizing paper maps, Scanning)
●● 4 Boolean Operators
Answer: AND (Intersection), OR (Union), NOT (Exclusion), XOR
(Exclusive Or)