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ESRI PRO ASSOCIATE CERTIFICATION EXAM NEWEST 2025/2026
ACTUAL EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY
GRADED A+| ||PROFESSOR VERIFIED||
During a task step, the user must provide some input to run a
geoprocessing tool. After the tool runs, the user does not need to
do anything else before continuing to the next step of the task.
What step behavior is most appropriate for this task step? -
ANSWER-Auto Proceed
There is a task step where a command is run at the beginning of
the step, and then the user must complete an action before
continuing to the next step. Which step behavior would be the
most appropriate choice? - ANSWER-Auto Run
How can you make sure that the features that are selected at the
end of one step are still selected at the beginning of the next
step? - ANSWER-Save the selected features to a variable at the
end of the first step, and then select the variable at the beginning
of the second step.
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Who can create an ArcGIS Pro task? - ANSWER-Any ArcGIS Pro
user
-Database or file structure used primarily to store, query, and
manipulate spatial data
-The native data storage format for ArcGIS - ANSWER-
Geodatabase
Advantages of using a Geodatabase - ANSWER--Centralized
Repository
-Scalable Data Model
-Increased Data Integrity
-Supports Imagery
Two types of Geodatabses - ANSWER--File GDB
-Enterprise GDB
-A collection of GIS datasets and is stored in a file system folder
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-Support multiple people editing different feature classes or tables
at the same time - ANSWER-File Geodatabase
-Support versioning and replication
-Require a database management system (DBMS), such as DB2,
Informix, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, or PostgreSQL
-Support unlimited users viewing and editing the GIS database at
the same time - ANSWER-Enterprise Geodatabse
Main purpose is to store spatially related feature classes in a
common dataset for building a topology, a network dataset, a
terrain dataset, or a geometric network - ANSWER-Feature
Dataset
T/F you can store non spatial datasets within a file geodatabase -
ANSWER-True
Collection of geographic features with the same geometry type,
attributes, and spatial reference - ANSWER-Feature Class
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T/F The feature classes must have the same spatial reference as
the feature dataset they are grouped in - ANSWER-True
Which types of feature classes have both a Shape field and
Shape_Length field? - ANSWER-Polygon and line feature classes
Geodatabase Comprehensive Workflow - ANSWER--Evaluate
Data
-Create Geodatabase
-Organize Data
-Add Data
Which definition best describes a feature class? - ANSWER-A
collection of features that have the same attribute fields, geometry
type, and spatial reference
T/F A small GIS company with five users is best served by a file
geodatabase because of database size differences and editing
capabilities. - ANSWER-True
ESRI PRO ASSOCIATE CERTIFICATION EXAM NEWEST 2025/2026
ACTUAL EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY
GRADED A+| ||PROFESSOR VERIFIED||
During a task step, the user must provide some input to run a
geoprocessing tool. After the tool runs, the user does not need to
do anything else before continuing to the next step of the task.
What step behavior is most appropriate for this task step? -
ANSWER-Auto Proceed
There is a task step where a command is run at the beginning of
the step, and then the user must complete an action before
continuing to the next step. Which step behavior would be the
most appropriate choice? - ANSWER-Auto Run
How can you make sure that the features that are selected at the
end of one step are still selected at the beginning of the next
step? - ANSWER-Save the selected features to a variable at the
end of the first step, and then select the variable at the beginning
of the second step.
,2|Page
Who can create an ArcGIS Pro task? - ANSWER-Any ArcGIS Pro
user
-Database or file structure used primarily to store, query, and
manipulate spatial data
-The native data storage format for ArcGIS - ANSWER-
Geodatabase
Advantages of using a Geodatabase - ANSWER--Centralized
Repository
-Scalable Data Model
-Increased Data Integrity
-Supports Imagery
Two types of Geodatabses - ANSWER--File GDB
-Enterprise GDB
-A collection of GIS datasets and is stored in a file system folder
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-Support multiple people editing different feature classes or tables
at the same time - ANSWER-File Geodatabase
-Support versioning and replication
-Require a database management system (DBMS), such as DB2,
Informix, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, or PostgreSQL
-Support unlimited users viewing and editing the GIS database at
the same time - ANSWER-Enterprise Geodatabse
Main purpose is to store spatially related feature classes in a
common dataset for building a topology, a network dataset, a
terrain dataset, or a geometric network - ANSWER-Feature
Dataset
T/F you can store non spatial datasets within a file geodatabase -
ANSWER-True
Collection of geographic features with the same geometry type,
attributes, and spatial reference - ANSWER-Feature Class
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T/F The feature classes must have the same spatial reference as
the feature dataset they are grouped in - ANSWER-True
Which types of feature classes have both a Shape field and
Shape_Length field? - ANSWER-Polygon and line feature classes
Geodatabase Comprehensive Workflow - ANSWER--Evaluate
Data
-Create Geodatabase
-Organize Data
-Add Data
Which definition best describes a feature class? - ANSWER-A
collection of features that have the same attribute fields, geometry
type, and spatial reference
T/F A small GIS company with five users is best served by a file
geodatabase because of database size differences and editing
capabilities. - ANSWER-True
