GIS MIDYEAR EXAM 2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+
Science
System
Studies - The "S" in GIS stands for____
Canada Land Inventory - _____ is the pioneer of GIS
ArcGIS - The main geospatial software used in this class is____
Roger Tomlinson - Was one of the main persons involved in developing GIS in Canada
*.shx - A shapefile to open and display properly *.shp, *.dbf and _____ are required
Model - When the real world is represented in an abstract and simplified fashion, it is called
.
0 - Point (A vector model) has ______ dimensions
Geodesy - Science of measuring and monitoring size and shape of earth is _________
Yes - *.tif file format is an example for a raster file format
Geoid - ____ is the global mean sea level without ocean tides and current but affected only by
gravity.
NAD27 - _____ is a local datum based on the Clarke 1866 spheroid, with its origin at Meads Ranch in
Kansas
, Cylinder - Mississippi State Transverse Mercator projection uses _________ projection surface.
.
Projection on the Fly - ArcMap can display data stored in one projection as if it were in another
projection. This pseudo-projection is for display and query purposes only. This is known as
__________.
15 - If you are standing somewhere in between -96o and -90o longitude, you are in UTM zone
number
MARIS - ____ is the GIS data clearinghouse in Mississippi
False - State plane coordinate system in Mississippi uses Lambert Conformal Conic projection.
True - Heights above an ellipsoid are known as Spheroidal heights
NAD83 - The horizontal datum used in current US government maps is _____.
16 - Starkville is in UTM zone_____
True - Distortion increases as one moves away from a point or line of tangency between the
projection surface and the globe.
System - Geographic Information _________ focuses on the application and software. It is a
computer system for capturing, sorting, querying, analyzing, and displaying geographically reference
data
False - T/F Geodesy is a science and art of making maps
Canada Land Inventory - ________ is the pioneer of GIS
Water source, fatal cases - Dr. John Snows map which is considered as the first GIS map, overlaid
________ layer on ________ layer to find the source of cholera epidemic.
ANSWERS GRADED A+
Science
System
Studies - The "S" in GIS stands for____
Canada Land Inventory - _____ is the pioneer of GIS
ArcGIS - The main geospatial software used in this class is____
Roger Tomlinson - Was one of the main persons involved in developing GIS in Canada
*.shx - A shapefile to open and display properly *.shp, *.dbf and _____ are required
Model - When the real world is represented in an abstract and simplified fashion, it is called
.
0 - Point (A vector model) has ______ dimensions
Geodesy - Science of measuring and monitoring size and shape of earth is _________
Yes - *.tif file format is an example for a raster file format
Geoid - ____ is the global mean sea level without ocean tides and current but affected only by
gravity.
NAD27 - _____ is a local datum based on the Clarke 1866 spheroid, with its origin at Meads Ranch in
Kansas
, Cylinder - Mississippi State Transverse Mercator projection uses _________ projection surface.
.
Projection on the Fly - ArcMap can display data stored in one projection as if it were in another
projection. This pseudo-projection is for display and query purposes only. This is known as
__________.
15 - If you are standing somewhere in between -96o and -90o longitude, you are in UTM zone
number
MARIS - ____ is the GIS data clearinghouse in Mississippi
False - State plane coordinate system in Mississippi uses Lambert Conformal Conic projection.
True - Heights above an ellipsoid are known as Spheroidal heights
NAD83 - The horizontal datum used in current US government maps is _____.
16 - Starkville is in UTM zone_____
True - Distortion increases as one moves away from a point or line of tangency between the
projection surface and the globe.
System - Geographic Information _________ focuses on the application and software. It is a
computer system for capturing, sorting, querying, analyzing, and displaying geographically reference
data
False - T/F Geodesy is a science and art of making maps
Canada Land Inventory - ________ is the pioneer of GIS
Water source, fatal cases - Dr. John Snows map which is considered as the first GIS map, overlaid
________ layer on ________ layer to find the source of cholera epidemic.
