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GIS Exam Questions And Answers 2025
Update.
GIS software is only one of the components of a GIS.
True
False - Answer✔True
Which of the following features would be better
represented using the Vector Data Model?
a. Precipitation
b. Elevation
c. Roads
d. None of the above. - Answer✔c. Roads
Roads are spatially discrete features that are well represented by the vector data model
Which of the following features are continuous?
a. Precipitation
b. Elevation
c. Land use
d. All of the above
e. a and b only - Answer✔e. a and b only
Both precipitation and elevation are continuous features that are usually represented by using
the Raster Data Model
One can use both vector data and raster data in a GIS project.
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True
False - Answer✔True
One would normally begin with __________ in a GIS project:
a. data display
b. database construction
c. data analysis
d. data exploration - Answer✔b. database construction
Though the 3 other steps cannot be easily sorted and often happen together, gathering data
and constructing a database is always the first step in a GIS project
Which of the following applications in ArcGIS Desktop is designed for data management?
a. ArcMap
b. ArcCatalog - Answer✔b. ArcCatalog
Dedicated to data management while ArcMap is dedicated to data display and analysis
Which of the following activities cannot use a GIS?
a. Crime mapping
b. interactive mapping
c. transportation planning
d. none of the above - Answer✔d. none of the above
All these activities can use (and do use most of the time)
Nowadays, most GIS software can display together layers with different coordinate systems,
but some geoprocesses still require that all layers align spatially.
True
False - Answer✔True
Map projection is a process of converting from:
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GIS Exam Questions And Answers 2025
Update.
GIS software is only one of the components of a GIS.
True
False - Answer✔True
Which of the following features would be better
represented using the Vector Data Model?
a. Precipitation
b. Elevation
c. Roads
d. None of the above. - Answer✔c. Roads
Roads are spatially discrete features that are well represented by the vector data model
Which of the following features are continuous?
a. Precipitation
b. Elevation
c. Land use
d. All of the above
e. a and b only - Answer✔e. a and b only
Both precipitation and elevation are continuous features that are usually represented by using
the Raster Data Model
One can use both vector data and raster data in a GIS project.
1
, ©THEBRIGHT 2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 11:11AM.
True
False - Answer✔True
One would normally begin with __________ in a GIS project:
a. data display
b. database construction
c. data analysis
d. data exploration - Answer✔b. database construction
Though the 3 other steps cannot be easily sorted and often happen together, gathering data
and constructing a database is always the first step in a GIS project
Which of the following applications in ArcGIS Desktop is designed for data management?
a. ArcMap
b. ArcCatalog - Answer✔b. ArcCatalog
Dedicated to data management while ArcMap is dedicated to data display and analysis
Which of the following activities cannot use a GIS?
a. Crime mapping
b. interactive mapping
c. transportation planning
d. none of the above - Answer✔d. none of the above
All these activities can use (and do use most of the time)
Nowadays, most GIS software can display together layers with different coordinate systems,
but some geoprocesses still require that all layers align spatially.
True
False - Answer✔True
Map projection is a process of converting from:
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