GEOG 341 GIS Exam 1 Reviewed
Questions with Latest 2025/2026
Correct Answers Solved
1. Concerning the Architecture and Construction career cluster, which
of the following is not a use for geospatial technologies
- ANS - All of the choices concern geospatial technologies
2. The television program entitled, "Bar Rescue" uses GIS to do what?
- ANS - Conduct a submarket analysis using data available in the
ESRI tapestry database
3. How did the UWSP GIS Center use GIS in the Hospitality and tourism
career cluster?
- ANS - Created a story map to map tourism assets available on
computers, tablets, and smartphones
4. Which of the following is NOT one of the 9 components of a GIS
- ANS - Cartographic contexts
5. Regarding precision agriculture, GIS data is used to produce
agronomic recommendations to the farmer. Instructions are then
networked to GPS guided tractors and implements to execute the
agricultural best practices
- ANS - True
,6. Concerning the Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics career
cluster, what role does GIS play? There are multiple correct
answers. Select more than 1.
- ANS - -Location-Based-Service to track packages from origin to
destination.
7. -Optimize routes traveled.
8. Pixar and Disney studios use GIS (Esri's City Engine) to build
artificial environments, such as for Cars 2 and Zootopia.
- ANS - True
9. What is Geography?
10. Select the best response.
- ANS - A science that deals with the description, distribution, and
interaction of the diverse physical, biological, and cultural features
of the earth's surface.
11. What did the UW-Stevens Point GIS Center use geospatial
techniques for in partnership with the Marshfield Clinic?
- ANS - Modeled the distance along a network from where a patient
lived, to where a patient received their mammogram.
12. What is the difference between Geographic Information
Systems (GIS) and Geographic Information Science (GISc)?
13. Select the best response.
- ANS - GIS are computer-based systems for storing and processing
geographic information. GISc is concerned with the scientific
contexts and underpinnings of GIS.
, 14. Legal and ethical issues are Tier 4 competencies in the
Geospatial Competency Model.
- ANS - True
15. Switching from one coordinate system to another is an
example of which GIS function?
- ANS - Transformation
16. Learning about professional, scientific, trade, and standards
organizations related to the geospatial industry is a Tier 4
competency listed in the Geospatial Competency Model.
- ANS - True
17. Using the Department of Labor's Geospatial Competency
Model, determine which of the following is not a Tier 4: Industry-
Wide Technical Competency.
18. Note: The responses use the exact language from the
Geospatial Competency Model document Tier 4 categories. There is
significant language sharing from Tier 4 to Tier 5 competencies,
though the learning outcomes are more significant in tier 5.
- ANS - Software and Application Development
19. Which of the following choices offers a good example of the
GIS function named, "Store and Structure."
- ANS - Publishing a feature class to the cloud.
Questions with Latest 2025/2026
Correct Answers Solved
1. Concerning the Architecture and Construction career cluster, which
of the following is not a use for geospatial technologies
- ANS - All of the choices concern geospatial technologies
2. The television program entitled, "Bar Rescue" uses GIS to do what?
- ANS - Conduct a submarket analysis using data available in the
ESRI tapestry database
3. How did the UWSP GIS Center use GIS in the Hospitality and tourism
career cluster?
- ANS - Created a story map to map tourism assets available on
computers, tablets, and smartphones
4. Which of the following is NOT one of the 9 components of a GIS
- ANS - Cartographic contexts
5. Regarding precision agriculture, GIS data is used to produce
agronomic recommendations to the farmer. Instructions are then
networked to GPS guided tractors and implements to execute the
agricultural best practices
- ANS - True
,6. Concerning the Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics career
cluster, what role does GIS play? There are multiple correct
answers. Select more than 1.
- ANS - -Location-Based-Service to track packages from origin to
destination.
7. -Optimize routes traveled.
8. Pixar and Disney studios use GIS (Esri's City Engine) to build
artificial environments, such as for Cars 2 and Zootopia.
- ANS - True
9. What is Geography?
10. Select the best response.
- ANS - A science that deals with the description, distribution, and
interaction of the diverse physical, biological, and cultural features
of the earth's surface.
11. What did the UW-Stevens Point GIS Center use geospatial
techniques for in partnership with the Marshfield Clinic?
- ANS - Modeled the distance along a network from where a patient
lived, to where a patient received their mammogram.
12. What is the difference between Geographic Information
Systems (GIS) and Geographic Information Science (GISc)?
13. Select the best response.
- ANS - GIS are computer-based systems for storing and processing
geographic information. GISc is concerned with the scientific
contexts and underpinnings of GIS.
, 14. Legal and ethical issues are Tier 4 competencies in the
Geospatial Competency Model.
- ANS - True
15. Switching from one coordinate system to another is an
example of which GIS function?
- ANS - Transformation
16. Learning about professional, scientific, trade, and standards
organizations related to the geospatial industry is a Tier 4
competency listed in the Geospatial Competency Model.
- ANS - True
17. Using the Department of Labor's Geospatial Competency
Model, determine which of the following is not a Tier 4: Industry-
Wide Technical Competency.
18. Note: The responses use the exact language from the
Geospatial Competency Model document Tier 4 categories. There is
significant language sharing from Tier 4 to Tier 5 competencies,
though the learning outcomes are more significant in tier 5.
- ANS - Software and Application Development
19. Which of the following choices offers a good example of the
GIS function named, "Store and Structure."
- ANS - Publishing a feature class to the cloud.
