Geographic Information system

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1). GIS stands for _______.

Geographic Information system

Geographic internal system

Global Information System

None of the above

2). GIS captures and analyses ______ data.

Spatial

Geographic

Both a and b

None of the above

3). GIS applications are ________ tools.

Mobile

Computer

Machinery

None of the above

4). GIS tools allow the user to perform which of the following task?

Create searches

Store data

Edit data

All the above

5). Which of the following is a branch of the study of GIS concepts?

Geographic information science

Geographic science

Geographic data
None of the above

6). GIS represents unrelated information of location using _______.

Key index

Key index variable

Key

None of the above

7). GIS represents a location in ______ dimensional coordinates.

8). GIS represents X-coordinate in _______ direction.

Horizontal

Vertical

Tangentially

None of the above

9). GIS represents Y-coordinate in _______ direction.

Horizontal

Vertical

Tangentially

None of the above

10). GIS represents Z-coordinate in _______ direction.

Horizontal

Vertical

Tangentially

None of the above

11). Which of the following parameters using GIS are correlated to represent an earth’s physical
location?

Location
Spatial-temporal

Extent references

All the above

12). GIS was coined by ________.

Roger Tomlinson

Roger James

Richard

None of the above

13). GIS was coined in the year ________.

1986

1968

1982

1990

14). The scientist Roger Tomlinson who coined GIS was given ______ title.

Father of GIS

Father of Globe

Doctorate

None of the above

15). The scientist Roger Tomlinson firstly implemented GIS work on _______ geographic information
system.

Canada

USA

India

China

16). The scientist Roger Tomlinson created ______ for analyzing and storing a large amount of data.

Database

SD card

Pen drive

Computer
17). Modern GIS technology uses ______ type of information.

Analog

Digital

Both a and b

None of the above

18). Digital data in GIS is represented using ______ data creation methods.

Analog

Digital

Both a and b

None of the above

19). Which of the following are the digital data creation methods used for GIS data creation?

Digitization

Orthorectified imagery

Demodulation

Both a and b

20). A process where a survey plan or hard copy is a map and is represented digital medium using geo-
referencing capabilities and CAD tool is called ______ technique.

Digitization

Modulation

Demodulation

None of the above

21). The program used in the digitization technique is _________.

CAD

GPS

JAVA

22). CAD in CAD tool stands for ________.

Computer-aided design

Computer alters design

Control aided design

None of the above

23). CAD is also named as ________.

CADD

CADB

CCAD

None of the above

24). CADD is abbreviated as ________.

Computer-aided design drafting

Computer alter design drafting

Computer-aided develop drafting

None of the above

25). A CAD tool graphically represents the information in ______ dimensions.

2D

3D

Both a and b

None of the above

26). Which of the following are CAD programs?

Auto CAD

Auto CAD LT

Both a and b

None of the above

27). The process of capturing satellite image is called _______.

Orthophoto

Ortho photograph

Ortho image

All the above

28). Ortho rectified imaginary collects data from which of the following.

UAV
Helikites

Aircraft

All the above

29). UAV stands for _______.

Unmanned aerial vehicle

Uni aerial vehicle

Unmanned air vehicle

None of the above

30). Does UAV have a pilot driver?

Yes

No

Maybe

31). UAV has _______ number of major components.

32). An aircraft flies using _______ support.

Air

Water

Land

None of the above

33). Which of the following are the examples of natural satellites?

Moon

Star

Planets

All the above

34). Digitizing of ________ types.

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35). Head up digitizing traces geographical data _____ way on top of aerial imagery.

Directly

Indirectly

Separately

None of the above

36). A traditional method traces geographical form using _______.

Directly

Indirectly

Digitizing tablet

None of the above

37). Head down digitizing is also called as ________.

Digitizing tablet

Manual digitizing

Stylus

Both a and b

38). Head down digitizing tablet uses ______ component to feed information into the computer.

Stylus

Special pen

Special magnetic pen

Both a and c

39). What is the next step after feeding information to a computer in down digitizing?

It creates data

It creates an identical digital map

It creates report

None of the above

40). A digitized tablet uses which of the following peripherals to feed data?
Magnetic pen

Puck

Mouse

All the above

41). A puck has a ______ size window with crosshairs.

Big

Small

Medium

None of the above

42). A puck has small size window with _______ hairs.

Straight

Cross

Vertical

Horizontal

43). What is the function of the puck?

Allows greater precision

Pinpoints map features

Both a and b

None of the above

44). Which type of head digitizing is most commonly used?

Heads up

Heads down

Head vertical

None of the above

45). Which type of head digitizing is rarely used?

Heads up

Heads down

Head vertical

None of the above

46). Which of the following digitizing provides poor quality?

Heads up

Heads down

Head vertical

None of the above

47). Which of the following is a GIS operation?

Geodata

Geoprocessing

Global processing

None of the above

48). What is the function of geoprocessing?

Manipulates global data

Manipulates spatial data

Manipulates local data

None of the above

49). The input to geoprocessing is _______.

Datasheet

Alphanumeric

Numeric

Alphabets

50). Geoprocessing operation includes which of the following process?

Defining

Management

Analyses information

All the above

51). What is the first step of geoprocessing?

Processes

Management

Analyses information
All the above

52). GIS uses ______ as a key index variable for all other information.

Space time

Spatio temporal

Both a and b

Space

53). A rational database contains ________.

Numbers

Texts

Images

Both a and b

54). GIS either unrelated or relates location information using ________.

Index

Key Index variable

Index pointer

None of the above

55). The key index is the extent in ______ time.

Space

Orbit

Satellite

Earth

56). Earths location can be recorded in terms of _______ parameters.

Date

Time

Calendar

Both a and b

57). Earth’s location recorded in terms of time and date parameters are based on which of the
following reference.

Latitude
Longitude

Elevation

All the above

58). A GIS coordinates can represent which of the following systems?

Highway mile marker

Surveyor benchmark

Entrance gate

All the above

59). GIS accuracy depends on _______.

The encoded process

Source data

Both a and b

Location

60). Which of the following surveys provided high accuracy with GPS derived positions?

Land

Water

Farm areas

None of the above

61). Which of the following are considered while developing a digital topographic database for GIS?

Aerial photography

Satellite imagery

Topographical maps

All the above

62). Topography deals with _______ of earth surface.

Shape

Characteristic

Location

Both a and b

63). Topographic map is also called _________.

Topographic sheet

Topographic module

Topographic paper

None of the above

64). Aerial photography is also called as ________.

Airborne imagery

Airborne sheet

Air imagery

All the above

65). What is the function of airborne imagery?

Takes photographs from aircraft

Observes aircraft

Monitors data

All the above

66). Airborne imagery takes aerial photographs using _________ resources.

Balloons

Aircrafts

Blimps

All the above

67). __________ can remotely trigger special photographs.

Mounted cameras

Cameras

Digital device

None of the above

68). Is air-to-air photography and aerial photography similar?

Yes

No

Mybe

69). _______ determines the fidelity of the represented colors in raster graphics.
Color depth

Color brightness

Color dimensions

All the above

70). _______ determines the range of the color coverage in raster graphics.

Color space

Color brightness

Color dimensions

All the above

71). Air to air photography uses _________ number of aircraft.

1 or more

72). A chase plane is a _______.

Satellite

Aircraft

Boat

None of the above

73). Which of the following are the types of aerial photography?

Oblique

Vertical

Horizontal

Both a and b

74). Oblique photographs are taken in an _______ direction.

Horizontal

Vertical

Angled

None of the above

75). If an oblique photograph is taken at a low angle relative then it is called as ________ oblique.

High

Low

Perpendicular

None of the above

76). If an oblique photograph is taken at a high angle relative then it is called as ________ oblique.

High

Low

Perpendicular

None of the above

77). A high oblique is also called _________.

Steep oblique

Evaluate oblique

Upper oblique

Both a and b

78). Vertical photographs are taken in ________ direction.

Straight up

Straight down

Vertically

Horizontally

79). Which of the following are the applications of vertical photography?

Photogrammetry

Image interpretation

Both a and b

None of the above

80). ______ is technology and science of obtaining reliable information regarding environment and
physical objects.

Photogrammetry

Image interpretation
Both a and b

None of the above

81). Which of the following process are included in photogrammetry?

Recording

Measuring

Interpreting

All the above

82). Photogrammetry interprets which of the following data?

EM radiation

Photographic images

Both a and b

Radiation

83). Photogrammetry was proposed by __________.

F. Arago

Flemings

Harvard

Henry

84). F. Arago was a _______ surveyor.

French

German

Indian

Dutch

85). Photogrammetry methods include which of the following data _______.

Projective

Optics

Geometry

All the above

86). 3D coordinates defines object location in ______ space.

3D
2D

1D

Both a and b

87). _______ orientation of camera defines the space location and view direction.

Inner orientation

Exterior orientation

Both a and b

None of the above

88). ______ orientation defines geometric parameters of the imaging process.

Inner orientation

Exterior orientation

Both a and b

None of the above

89). ______ is a case of estimating 3D coordinates of points on an object employing measurements

made in 2 or more photographic images taken from different positions.

Stereophotogrammetry

Geometry

Coordinate photogrammetry

All the above

90). Which of the following are the applications of stereophpotogrammetry?

Culture heritage

Police investigation

Architecture engineering

All the above

91). Which of the following are the applications of web mapping?

Google maps

Bing maps

Open street Maps

All the above

92). GIS represents data of ________.

Trees

Water bodies

Lands

All the above

93). Do GIS represent a non existing object?

Yes

No

Maybe

94). Which of the following are traditional methods to store GIS data?

Vector graphics

Raster images

Both a and b

None of the above

95). Raster graphic in GIS represents data in _______ data structure.

Plane matrix

Dot-matrix

Continuous matrix

None of the above

96). Raster graphic in GIS represents data in ______ grid of pixels.

Circular

Rectangular

Square

All the above

97). Raster graphic in GIS stores image files with varying _______ formats.

Dimensions

Generation

Production

All the above

98). Which of the following industries knows raster graphic as contones?

Prepress

Printing

Trading

Both a and b

99). A bitmap image is represented as ________ grid.

Circular

Rectangular

Square

All the above

100). Which of the following are common pixel formats in Raster graphics?

Grayscale

Full colored

Palettized

All the above

Geographic positioning system

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1). GNSS systems are _______________.

GPS

GLONASS

Galileo

All the above

2). During which year the project on GPS was launched?

1970

1971

1972

1973

3). Who are the members involved in the success of GPS invention?
Roger L. Easton

Ivan A. Getting

Bradford Parkinson

All the above

4). A test on General Relativity was proposed by ____________.

Roger L. Easton

Ivan A. Getting

Bradford Parkinson

Friedwardt Winterberg

5). Global Positioning System (GPS) is operated by _______?

Russian Space Force

China Space Force

United States Space Force

French Air and Space Force

6). A receiver at GPS calculates the self time and position basing on the received data from the
different ___________.

Satellites

Radio waves

Atomic clocks

None of the above

7). ___________ is present on the satellites of GPS to contribute the accurate time information.

Antenna

Transponder

Atomic clock

All the above

8). How many minimum satellites are operational in the constellation of GPS?

24

25

26
27

9). The degradation in the quality of GPS by the government of the U.S. discontinued by whom?

Ivan A. Getting

Bradford Parkinson

Friedwardt Winterberg

Bill Clinton

10). Which country developed GLONASS in contemporary with the GPS?

China

India

Nepal

Russia

11). Galileo system for Navigation is operated by ________.

China

India

Europe

Russia

12). Compass satellite system of navigation is operated under __________ government.

Chinese

Indian

European

Russian

13). The GPS operated by Indians is ____________.

Compass

GLONASS

Galileo

NavIC

14). Once the Selective Availability got lifted the accuracy of GPS was for __________ meters.

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15). The mathematical principle involved in GPS is _________?

Graphical Resection

Analytical Resection

Trilateration

Triangulation

16). The services offered by GPS ________?

Positioning, Navigation and Timing

Pollution, Navigation and Temperature

Position, Navigation and Temperature

Position, Network and Timing

17). The satellites placed in the constellation of GPS arranged into _______ orbital are surrounded to
Earth?

Five

Six

Seven

Eight

18). The term ‘Epoch’ in GPS is a coded sequence of _________.

Time of Departure

Time of Closure

Time of Arrival (TOA)

None of the above

19). The two satellites and its extensions connecting line forming the axis of _______.

Parabola

Hyperboloid

Ellipse

None of the above

20). Based on ___________ a receiver of GPS indicates how far the satellite located is.
Time Difference

Time of Arrival

Time of Departure

Both b & c

21). The satellites meant for GPS orbits in _______________.

Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Medium Earth Orbit (MEO)

Geosynchronous Orbit (GSO)

Geostationary Equatorial Orbit (GEO)

22). How many satellites on the surface of Earth are used so that the location can be produced?

Three

Four

Five

Six

23). A device altitude can be measured using __________ satellite.

First

Second

Third

Fourth

24). How many satellites are required to measure 2-D position i.e., the longitude and the latitude?

One

Two

Three

Four

25). The components partitioned in GPS are known as ______.

Segments

Frames

Partitions

Packets
26). The current GPS consists of ______ major segments.

Two

Three

Four

Five

27). The segments present in GPS are __________.

Space

Ground control

User equipment

All the above

28). The US Space Forces maintains, develops and operates _______ segments.

Space and User

Control and User

Space and Control

Space and User

29). The space segment consists of _________ number of satellites.

16 to 32

24 to 32

16 to 24

24 to 48

30). How many ground antennas are present in the control segment?

Three

Four

Five

Six

31). _____________ tracks the satellites as they are passed over.

Master Control Stations

Monitor stations

Ground Antennas
None of the above

32). The observations collected by the monitor stations are fed to ________.

Master Control Stations

Monitor stations

Ground Antennas

None of the above

33). Global monitoring station is used in _____________.

Master Control Stations

Monitor stations

Ground Antennas

None of the above

34). An alternate Master Control station is present in ________.

Space segment

Control segment

User segment

Both a & c

35). How many AFSCN’s are present in the ground antennas category?

Five

Six

Seven

Eight

36). AFSCN stands for _______.

Air Force Satellite Control Network

Air Force Satellite Communication for Navigation

Air Force Social Communication Network

None of the above

37).Telemetry is collected by ________.

Master Control Stations

Monitor stations
Ground Antennas

None of the above

38). How many types of observable are present in GPS?

One

Two

Three

Four

39). How many methods used by the surveyors in the measurement of GPS?

One

Two

Three

Four

40). ______________ method is used in finding the exact coordinates for the surveying points.

Static GPS Baseline

Real-Time Kinematic Observations

Continuously Operating Reference Stations

All the above

41). Static GPS Baseline technique makes use of ________ receivers of GPS.

One

Two

Three

Four

42). The distance between base station and the second receiver is calculated by using ________
technique.

Static GPS Baseline

Real-Time Kinematic Observations (RTK)

Continuously Operating Reference Stations

All the above

43). ___________ technique uses the multiple numbers of points during the period of measurement
and used as the surveyed data.

Static GPS Baseline

Continuously Operating Reference Station

Real-Time Kinematic (RTK) Observations

None of the above

44). RTK observations technique limited to ____________ (Kms) range.

10

20

30

40

45). For the smaller areas ________ technique is used in gathering the surveying data quickly.

Static GPS Baseline

Real-Time Kinematic (RTK) Observations

Continuously Operating Reference Stations

All the above

46). CORS stands for ______________.

Continuously Operating Reference Station

Connection-Oriented Reference Station

Continuously Operating Reference Switching

None of the above

47). ________ technique offers installation of a base station in the location known and that is
permanent.

Static GPS Baseline

Real-Time Kinematic (RTK) Observations

Continuously Operating Reference Stations

All the above

48). The Engineering projects which require surveying continuously over a longer duration prefer
which technique?

Static GPS Baseline

Real-Time Kinematic (RTK) Observations

Continuously Operating Reference Stations

All the above

49). The benefits of using GPS in surveying are ___________.

Flexibility

Mobility

Speed

All the above

50). In _____________ the constellation of GPS expanded from 24-slots to 27.

May 2011

June 2011

July 2011

August 2011

GPS Question & Answers

51). A group formed with four of the satellites is known as __________.

Constellation

Segment

Frame

Epoch

52). The orbital period for every satellite is on average about ___________ hours.

12

13

14

24

53). The codes used in GPS are ________.

Coarse Acquisition code

Precise code

Both a & b
None of the above

54). The satellite transmitting signals are modulated with _____________ bit sequences.

Pseudo random Code

Precise Code

Coarse Acquisition Code

Y Code

55). The L1 signal modulated by _________ Mbps Pseudorandom sequence.

1.012

1.022

1.021

1.023

56). The L2 signal modulated by ___________Mbps sequence of pseudorandom.

10.23

10.24

10.25

10.26

57). Which GPS code is utilized by public?

Pseudo random Code

Precise Code

Coarse Acquisition Code

Y Code

58). Which code is preferred in Military applications?

Pseudo random Code

Precise Code

Coarse Acquisition Code

Hamming Code

59). The services offered by GPS are _________.

Precise Positioning Service (PPS)

Standard Positioning Service (SPS)

Both a and b

None of the above

60). Which receivers keep track of both the GPS codes?

Precise Positioning Service (PPS)

Standard Positioning Service (SPS)

Both a and b

None of the above

61). Which receivers track only Coarse Acquisition codes?

Precise Positioning Service (PPS)

Standard Positioning Service (SPS)

Both a and b

None of the above

62). Satellites are provided with a unique sequence of binary code known as _________.

Pseudo random Code

Precise Code

Coarse Acquisition Code

Gold Code

63). Which antennas are used in the receivers of GPS?

Patch

Quad helix

Both a & b

Modular

64). ____________ antennas are known for amplifying the signals before transmitting it to GPS
receiver.

Active

Passive

Both a & b

None of the above

65). Less power is utilized by GPS because of _______ antennas.

Active

Passive

Both a & b

None of the above

66). A message of navigation broadcasted on L1and the L2 frequencies at ___________ bit rate.

50 bits/sec

40 bits/sec

30 bits/sec

10 bits/sec

67). The basic message format consists of ________ bits.

1000

1250

1500

1750

68). Each frame consists of ______ sub frames.

69). Week number and the timings are encoded in _____ sub frame.

First

Second

Third

Fourth

70). What does second & third sub frame consists of?

Week number

Timings

Almanac

Ephemeris
71). What information do the fourth and the fifth sub frames hold?

Week number

Timings

Almanac

Ephemeris

72). The time taken by the Almanac to update is _________.

24 hrs

36 hrs

48 hrs

72 hrs

73). GPS is accurate within ___________ meters.

74). DOP stands for __________.

Dilution of Performance

Dedication over Precision

Dilution of Precision

None of the Above

75). If the satellites used in tracking are evenly spread then the accuracy of position gets _________.

Decreased

Increased

Balanced

Unbalanced

GPS Quiz Questions

76). If the strength of the signal is high the reception of signal status is __________.

Stable
Unstable

Upgraded

Degraded

77). Location caching done in detection of GPS increases ________ of the system.

Accuracy

Flexibility

Speed

Capacity

78). _________ is the lock of GPS in which previous info used to calculate the newer position.

Hot start

Warm start

Cold start

Semi start

79). Which is the quickest lock of GPS?

Semi start

Warm start

Cold start

Hot start

80). Which lock doesn’t keep the satellites viewing information?

Semi start

Warm start

Cold start

Hot start

81). The lock in which all the information dumped is______.

Semi start

Warm start

Cold start

Hot start

82). Which is the longest lock?

Semi start

Warm start

Cold start

Hot start

83). The principle of Doppler shift used in GPS to measure ________.

Accuracy

Flexibility

Speed

Capacity

84). What are the sources of errors in GPS?

Signal Multi path

Orbital errors

Shading

All the above

85). What is GPS-ICD-200?

Only satellites information

Only user information

Interfacing information of user and satellites

None of the above

86). ICD is an acronym for _______.

Interface Control Document

Inter Communication Dilution

Inter Control Document

International Classification of Disease

87). ____________ category GPS receivers are used in the vehicles to achieve address to address
information of navigation to the drivers.

Recreation Grade

Map Grade

Survey Grade
Both a & b

88). _______________ category receivers offer the users accuracy in position.

Recreation Grade

Map Grade

Survey Grade

Both a & b

89). __________ type receiver requires ‘Post Processing Software’.

Recreation Grade

Map Grade

Survey Grade

Both a & b

90). __________ tells the receiver at what time the satellite should be at what place?

Hyperboloid

Ellipse

Ephemeris

DOP

91). The accuracy of DGPS is ____cm.

10

20

30

40

92). DGPS stands for _________.

Differential Global Positioning System

Differential Global Positioning Survey

Digital Global Partitioning System

Differential Global Partitioning System

93). Modified version of GPS used to approach precision in the military applications is known as
____________.

GPS
CGPS

PGPS

DGPS

94). In the year 2021 by January 9th how many satellites were operational?

28

29

30

31

95). In mapmaking the presence of GPS is to verify _________.

Towns

Roads

Boundaries

None of the above

96). Which country has the accurate GPS in comparison to all the regional GPS launched?

U.S

India

China

Russia

97). The handset with the integration of GPS was launched in _________.

1990s

1980s

1970s

1960s

98). Cell phones with the receivers of GPS will communicate with ______________ GPS satellites.

30

33

24

22

99). LPS stands for__________.

Land Positioning System

Local Positioning System

Limited Purchasing Scheme

None of the Above

100). In LPS to determine the location, signals are collected from __________.

Cell towers

Towns

Roads

Boundaries