WEB MAPPING AND GIS EXAM SCRIPT
WITH VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
●● The primary purpose of a web map showing hotels in a city is ____.
Answer: locating
●● The primary purpose of a map showing correlations between
smoking and lung cancer rates is ____.
Answer: convincing
●● A web map should typically be designed to ____.
Answer: show one thing quickly and easily
●● Which item is most important to include in a map for collecting field
data on a smartphone?
Answer: strong bold symbols that show up well
●● Which one of the following elements is always required to be in a
map?
Answer: a map frame
, ●● As a general rule, most first drafts of maps ____.
Answer: have too many layers
●● Cartographic generalization techniques are typically used to ____.
Answer: display large scale data at small scales
●● Which one of the following cartographic generalization techniques
falsifies map information rather than merely simplifying it?
Answer: typify
●● Which one of the following cartographic generalization techniques
merely simplifies map information instead of falsifying it?
Answer: classify
●● Negative space in a map design is often helpful as a replacement for
____.
Answer: neatlines
●● Which one of the following exemplifies a map that has good
balance?
Answer: The map does not appear to have any overly cluttered areas or
empty areas.
WITH VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
●● The primary purpose of a web map showing hotels in a city is ____.
Answer: locating
●● The primary purpose of a map showing correlations between
smoking and lung cancer rates is ____.
Answer: convincing
●● A web map should typically be designed to ____.
Answer: show one thing quickly and easily
●● Which item is most important to include in a map for collecting field
data on a smartphone?
Answer: strong bold symbols that show up well
●● Which one of the following elements is always required to be in a
map?
Answer: a map frame
, ●● As a general rule, most first drafts of maps ____.
Answer: have too many layers
●● Cartographic generalization techniques are typically used to ____.
Answer: display large scale data at small scales
●● Which one of the following cartographic generalization techniques
falsifies map information rather than merely simplifying it?
Answer: typify
●● Which one of the following cartographic generalization techniques
merely simplifies map information instead of falsifying it?
Answer: classify
●● Negative space in a map design is often helpful as a replacement for
____.
Answer: neatlines
●● Which one of the following exemplifies a map that has good
balance?
Answer: The map does not appear to have any overly cluttered areas or
empty areas.