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IT SEM VI GIS MCQ-Unit-1

Q 1. Which system is designed to capture, store, manipulate, analyse, manage and present spatial or
geographic data_______?
A. Satellite
B. WEB
C. Database
D. GIS
Ans. D
Q 2. What are the two abstractions of Real Objects in GIS______?
A. Discrete, continuous
B. Integer, float
C. Char, String
D. CLOB,BLOB
Ans. A
Q 3. GIS stands for___________.
A. Generic Information System
B. Geographic Information System
C. Geological Information System
D. Geographic Information Sharing
Ans. B
Q 4. GIS deals with which kind of data___________.
A. Numeric data
B. Binary data
C. Spatial Data
D. Complex data
Ans. C
Q 5. By spatial data we mean data that has__________.
A. Complex values
B. Positional values
C. Graphic values
D. Decimal values
Ans. B
Q 6. Which of the following is related to GIS___________?
A. Euclidean Space
B. Ramanujan Space
C. Pythagorean Space
D. Einstein space
Ans. A
Q 7. Among the following which do not come under the components of GIS?
A. Hardware
B. Software
C. Data
D. Compiler
Ans. D

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Q 8. Which talks about scientific discipline of study in academia__________?
A. GIS science
B. GPS
C. Computer Science
D. Data Science
Ans. A
Q 9. Which are the two types of spatial data__________?
A. Integer, Char
B. float, string
C. BLOB,CLOB
D. Raw,Dervied
Ans. D
Q 10. What is DEM?
A. Discrete Elevation model
B. Data Elevation Model
C. Digital Elevation Model
D. Decision Enterprise Model
Ans. C
Q 11. A reference tool showing the outlines of selected natural and man-made features of the Earth
is___________.
A. Topographic Map
B. Thematic Map
C. World Map
D. Digital Map
Ans. A
Q 12. Which Database system offers the underlying database technology for geographic information
systems and other applications___________?
A. Relational DataBase System
B. Object Oriented DataBase System
C. Spatial Data Base System
D. Object Relational DataBase System
Ans. C
Q 13. What is SDT?
A. Special Data Types
B. Spatial data types
C. Specific Data types
D. selective Data Types
Ans. B
Q 14. Which are not phases of Spatial data base design__________?
A. Requirement Analysis
B. Logical Design
C. Physical Design
D. Manipulation of data
Ans. D

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Q 15. GIS uses the information from which of the following sources?
A. Non-spatial Information System
B. Spatial information System
C. Global Information System
D. Position Information System
Ans. B
Q 16. Which of the following doesn't determine the capability of GIS?
A. Defining a map
B. Representing cartographic feature
C. Retrieving data
D. Transferring data
Ans. D
Q 17. How many types of Geographic Phenomena are there?
A. one
B. two
C. three
D. Four
Ans. C
Q 18. Which of the following is an example of Human Geographical phenomena?
A. River Overflow
B. Volcano eruption
C. Plague deforestation
D. Construction of Roads
Ans. D
Q 19. Properties of matter that are formed at scales below that of human perception, such as
temperature and soil moisture are known as____________.
A. Natural fields
B. Artificial fields
C. Aggregate fields
D. Fields of potential
Ans. A
Q 20. Tiling of the plane is a collection of plane figures that fills the plane with no overlaps and no
gaps are known as______________.
A. Topographic
B. Tessellation
C. contour
D. boundary
Ans. B
Q 21. Equilateral triangles, squares and hexagons are examples of___________.
A. irregular tessellations
B. Regular tessellations
C. Boundaries
D. Land parcels
Ans. B

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Q 22. Which data is comprised of lines or arcs__________?
A. Raster data
B. vector data
C. Raw data
D. discrete data
Ans. B
Q 23. In vector data, the basic units of spatial information are___________.
A. points, lines(arcs) and polygons
B. integer,float,char
C. sets, bags and Array
D. tuples,tables,structure
Ans. A
Q 24. Which is used to represent area?
A. ARC
B. line
C. point
D. polygon
Ans. D
Q 25. Which is fuzzy boundary between two ecological communities?
A. Ecotone
B. Temperature
C. Rainfall
D. elevations
Ans. A
Q 26. Which is a key GIS requirement for data management and integrity?
A. DBMS
B. RDBMS
C. TOPOLOGY
D. QUERY Management
Ans. C
Q 27. What is NHD in terms of spatial database__________?
A. Native hydro dataset
B. National Hydrography Dataset
C. Natural Hydrography Dataset
D. Numeric Hydrography Dataset
Ans. B
Q 28. Which are the two approaches to represent GIS___________?
A. Layer-Based, Feature-Based
B. Map based, boundary based
C. Line Based, Polygon based
D. Vector based, Raster Based
Ans. A

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Q 29. Which data is the change in characteristic of a place over time___________?
A. Discrete data
B. Raw data
C. Vector data
D. temporal data
Ans. D
Q 30. What is Metadata?
A. It is "data about data"
B. It is "meteorological data"
C. It is " oceanic data"
D. It is "contour data"
Ans. A
Q 31. House with respect to GIS is referred to as ____________.
A. Discrete objects
B. Continuous fields
C. Geographic object
D. GIS object
Ans. A
Q 32. Elevations with respect to GIS are referred to as___________.
A. Discrete Objects
B. Continuous fields
C. Geographic object
D. GIS object
Ans. B
Q 33. Which is the application of GIS?
A. Map generalisation
B. Banking Management
C. Hospital Management
D. Manufacturing Company Management
Ans. A
Q 34. A _________ might be interested in the impact of slash-and-burn practices on the populations of
amphibian species in the forests of a mountain range to obtain a better understanding of long-
term threats to those populations
A. biologist
B. geologist
C. gynaecologist
D. data analyst
Ans. A
Q 35. A _____ might want to identify the best localities for constructing buildings in an earthquake-
prone area by looking at rock formation characteristics
A. data engineer
B. geological engineer
C. builder
D. architect
Ans. B

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Q 36. The fundamental problem that we face in many uses of GIS is that of understanding_________.
Phenomena that have a ______ dimension, as well as a temporal dimension____________.
A. temporal
B. data
C. spatial or geographic
D. attribute
Ans. C
Q 37. A ____ is a computer-based system that provides the following four sets of
capabilities to handle georeferenced data:
1. Data capture and preparation
2. Data management, including storage and maintenance
3. Data manipulation and analysis
4. Data presentation
A. KIS
B. BIS
C. MIS
D. GIS
Ans. D
Q 38. ______is the scientific field that attempts to integrate different disciplines studying the methods
and techniques of handling spatial information.
A. Geo-Information Science
B. Geo-Information System
C. Geology Science
D. Life Science
Ans. A
Q 39. ____ is a computerized system that facilitates the phases of data entry, data management, and
data analysis and data presentation specifically for dealing with georeferenced data.
A. Geo-Information Science
B. geology science
C. geographic information system
D. Life Science
Ans. C
Q 40. The discipline that deals with all aspects of the handling of spatial data and Geoinformation is
called ____.
A. geographic life science
B. geographic information science
C. geographic information system
D. geographic information processing
Ans. B
Q 41. ____ contains positional values such as (x,y) co-ordinate values
A. Numeric
B. Spatial
C. Attribute
D. Metadata
Ans. B

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Q 42. The technique which refers to the spatial data which is geo-referenced is called as ____
A. geo-referenced data
B. geo-spatial data
C. geo-attribute data
D. meta data
Ans. A
Q 43. _____ is a specific type of information resulting from the interpretation of spatial data.
A. geo-referenced data
B. geospatial
C. Geoinformation
D. numeric data
Ans. C
Q 44. A representation of some part of the real world can be considered a _____ because the
representation will have certain characteristics in common with the real world.
A. Attribute
B. Data
C. Model
D. Metadata
Ans. C
Q 45. A _____ is a miniature representation of some part of the real world.
A. Model
B. Data
C. Attribute
D. Map
Ans. D
Q 46. _______models (as in a database or GIS) have enormous advantages over paper models (such as
maps).
A. Structural
B. Digital
C. Analog
D. data
Ans. B
Q 47. _____ is the science and art of map making, functions as an interpreter, translating real world
phenomena (primary data) into correct, clear and understandable representations for our use.
A. Cartography
B. Photography
C. Data Analyst
D. biologist
Ans. A
Q 48. A ______ is a repository for storing large amounts of data
A. structure
B. database
C. data
D. information
Ans. B

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Q 49. Spatial databases’ are also known as________.
A. Geodatabases
B. Monodatabases
C. Concurrent databases
D. Single database
Ans. A
Q 50. House, Rainfall amount_______.
A. Examples of Discrete objects
B. Examples of Continues objects
C. Examples of Real Objects
D. Examples of Unreal Objects
Ans. C

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