Geographic Information System (GIS)
Geography · 50 practice questions
Components, techniques, data sources (land surveying, remote sensing, map digitizing, map scanning) and applications (defence, agriculture, rural development, etc.) of GIS.
- Understand GIS and its uses, basic concepts and components.
- Express locations using latitudes, longitudes and zip codes.
- Explain areas of GIS use.
- Identify problems with GIS in Nigeria.
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- Practice question 1
GIS is applied in environmental management for tasks such as tracking deforestation and monitoring changes in
- A.political party membership over time
- B.currency exchange rates over time
- C.land cover over time
- D.a factor entirely unrelated to the environment
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C. land cover over time
Tracking deforestation and land cover change over time is a well-established GIS application in environmental management.
- Practice question 2
A Global Positioning System (GPS) is often used alongside GIS to provide
- A.only historical, archival map data with no current positioning
- B.precise location data for mapping and data collection
- C.no useful data of any kind relevant to mapping
- D.only weather forecast data with no positioning capability
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B. precise location data for mapping and data collection
GPS specifically supplies the precise location data that feeds directly into GIS mapping and data collection work.
- Practice question 3
A location on the earth's surface can be expressed using GIS through coordinates such as
- A.only a street address, with no other coordinate system
- B.only a postal code, with no other coordinate system
- C.latitude and longitude
- D.a system entirely unrelated to any geographic coordinate
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C. latitude and longitude
Latitude and longitude are the standard geographic coordinates used to pinpoint locations within a GIS.
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