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Which three of the following questions may be best answered using a GIS?

Where is a particular feature found? Where do certain conditions apply? How does a process operate? What geographical patterns exist? What is the relationship between two variables?

Which of the following are key application disciplines for GIS?

Civil engineering. Physics and chemistry. Commerce and business. Astronomy. Environmental sciences. Transport.

A GIS is 'a set of tools for collecting, storing, retrieving at will, transforming, and displaying spatial data from the real world for a particular set of purposes' is a well used definition of a GIS provided by:

Mike Goodchild (1997). Roger Chorley (1987). Peter Burrough (1986). David Rhind (1991).

Which of the following list is the key area of GIS functionality missed out by the above definition?

Analysis. Mapping. Collation. Re-projection.

Which of the following is not a key concept that is part of our definition of GIS?

People are an important part of GIS. GIS technologies include GPS and remote sensing. GIS can be used in all areas of modern science. GIS includes both computer systems (hardware) and computer programs (software)

Which of the following are essential components of a GIS?

Appropriate GIS software.

A visual display unit capable of high resolution colour graphical display as well as text. Data input and output devices such as digitizers/scanners and printer/plotters. A computer with sufficient memory and processing power to run the software. A fast Internet connection. Spatial data.

Which of the following is not an example of spatial data?

Points showing location of discrete objects. Polygons showing the area occupied by a particular land use or variable. Lines showing the route of linear objects. Times of particular events

Aronoff (1989) classifies GIS analysis procedures into which of the following?

Decision making and support procedures.

Those used for storage and retrieval. Modelling procedures or functions for the prediction of what data might be at a different time and place. Constrained queries that allow the user to look at patterns in their data. Those used to display spatial data for end-user visualization.

Spatial referencing is the process of which of the following?

Computing the reference between items in databases. Establishing the topology of spatial objects. Combing attribute values with locational information. Referencing geo-relational tables.

Geographical Information Science (GISc) can be defined as:

the science behind GIS. the use of GIS to solve physical problems.

the application of GIS to a range of scientific disciplines.

the epistemological study of GIS

Performing the same analysis in two different GIS software packages will always give the same results. True False

Human factors influence the success of GIS as a decision support tool. True False

Reality can be represented in GIS as a series of layers or as objects. True False

Attribute data are one type of spatial data.

True False

. What does GIS stand for? Generalized Information System Geographic Information Standards Global Interaction Society Geographic Information Systems 2. What Is a GIS A computer software that makes maps A database containing information about different geographic locations in the world. A computer based tool for mapping and analyzing things and events that happen on earth. A business application to find the best geographic areas for new expansion.

3. What are the main components of a GIS? Processors, printers and published materials Technicians, hardware and data Hardware and software Hardware, software, data, people and methods 4. What are the two main types of data in a GIS? Environmental and Engineering Vector and Raster Tables and Maps Pictures and Graphics

5. Which one of the following is considered as vector data? Points, lines and polygons Air photographs and satellite images Vegetation and land use maps Postal codes and addresses