QUESTION 21 When referring to geographic space, any map projection is most accur
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QUESTION 21
When referring to geographic space, any map projection is most accurate ______.
directly along the standard parallel
many hundreds of miles from the standard line
close to the standard parallel
both A and B correct
QUESTION 22
The UTM system uses this map projection to represent the 60 north-south zones that help to represent the Earth.
conic
transverse cylindrical
polar
oblique
QUESTION 23
When using a spaghetti model, this term describes information stored in a table related to feature classes.
equivalent
conformal
objects
attributes
QUESTION 24
A scanned USGS paper map produces essentially the same map, but in digital format. Select the term for this type of product where different numbers represent the colors of landscape features.
digital raster graphic (DRG)
resampling routines
cell-by-cell encoding
run-length encoding
QUESTION 25
Which of the following rasters represents the coarsest resolution?
1 meter raster
1 kilometer raster
10 meter raster
50 meter raster
QUESTION 26
Situation: a cartographer decides to stylize the outline of a chain of lakes to make room for a railroad running through the map. This choice to stylize is best known as:
scaling
generalization
RMS error removal
sourcing
QUESTION 27
Information about the data set including where it came from, how it was developed, and how precise it is.
resolution accuracy
geometric accuracy
metadata
NIMBY statement
QUESTION 28
The area of ArcMap where map layouts including essential map elements are constructed and designed.
Layout View
Data View
ArcGIS mapping area
Table of Contents
QUESTION 29
No spaces are allowed in GIS files. If a space is desired in a GIS file, this character is the only acceptable option.
underscore
ampersand
pound sign
equal sign
QUESTION 30
This type of file in GIS work typically combines many individual files into a single file and compresses the information to use less file storage space. The file must be extracted prior to use.
ArcMap file
zipped file
ArcInfo file
shapefile
directly along the standard parallel
many hundreds of miles from the standard line
close to the standard parallel
both A and B correct
Explanation / Answer
21-d.close to the standard parallel
22-transverse cylindrical
28-table of contents
29-equal sign
30-shapefile
29-
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