Week 3 GIS Quiz
1.
What is a Geographic Information System
C. A computer system capable of assembling, storing, manipulating, and
displaying geographically referenced information
2.
The two types of spatial data in a geographic information system are vector data and
descriptive data
False
3.
The three types of spatial objects used to describe positional information are points,
lines and polygraphs
True
4.
Raster Data Consists of grid cells with values
True
5.
Topology is the spatial relationship among positional features
True
6.
The six fundamental components of a GIS are capture, store, edit, analysis,display, and
output
True
7.
Geoprocessing is a geographic is a geographic information system set of analitical
tools that edits tabular data
False
8.
. A Geographic Information System provides tools to display mapping data and allows
the user to visually analyze geographic relationships
True
9.
The two main goals of mapping are problem solving and decision making
True
10. Computer cartography makes geographic knowledge available to the broad community
of map users
True
