GISP Exam Latest Update - Actual Exam Questions and

GISP Exam Latest Update - Actual Exam Questions and 1.The property of area for a parcel polygon may be considered (choose best answer)

• Precise
• Accurate
• Legally correct
• Both A and B

Both A and B 2.A vector data model uses which of the following co- ordinate pairs to build curvature within a line? (best answer)

• Verticies
• Points
• Floating points
• Nodes
• Verticies

3.GIS differs from surveying and mapping by introduc- ing (best answer)

• Attribute description
• Spatial Analysis
• Location determination
• Temporal Information
• Spatial Analysis

4.What is a datum? (best answer)

• mathematical model
• The mathematical model related to a real world

feature

• Real world features projected with minimum distor-

tion from a round earth to a flat map

• A system of coordinates
• The mathemat-

ical model related to a real world fea- ture 5.Which method is used to align an un-referenced dataset with one that has spatial reference informa- tion? (best answer)

• Scaling
• Reprojecting
• Georeferencing
• defining projections
• Georeferencing

6.

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GISP Exam Latest - Control points are best described as (best answer)

• Areas on the map where projection can easily

change

• Points on the map that do not have a spatial refer-

nce

• Points in the data that share the same datum, no

matter how the datasets are altered

• Common locations used in aligning two datasets
• Common loca-

tions used in align- ing two datasets 7.In a map showing contours, the name of the darker contour lines is (best answer)

• index contours
• key contours
• Lines of deviation
• Lines of elevation
• index contours

8.Imaginary lines on a map that represent areas of con- stant elevation are (best answer)

• Bands
• Contours
• Digital line graphs
• Collars
• Contours

9.What do thematic maps include? (best answer)

• Thematic content and spatial location

B. USGS

• Elevation
• Spatial Attributes
• Thematic con-

tent and spatial lo- cation 10.If you are making a web map of sampling locations, streams and watershed areas, in what order would you place the layers on the map? (best answer)

• Sampling locations, wetland areas, streams
• Streams, wetland areas, sampling locations
• Sampling locations, streams, wetland areas
• It doesn't matter what order they are in
• Sampling lo-

cations, streams, wetland areas 11.A small scale map would show (best answer)

• A larger geographic area than a large scale map
• A smaller geographic area as a large scale map
• A larger geo-

graphic area than a large scale map

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• The same geographic area as a large scale map, just

as a smaller resolution

• The same geographic area as a large scale map, just

at a larger resolution 12.When mapping sensitive data, what are some tech- niques that can be used to not reveal details of the data? (Select all that apply).

• Show the data as a heat map
• Show the data as a point layer
• Label the addresses that correspond to the data
• Aggregate the data into quantities using graduated

colors, symbols or proportional symbols

• Show the data

as a heat map

• Aggregate the

data into quanti- ties using gradu- ated colors, sym- bols or proportion- al symbols 13.How does using multiple attributes by category make a map more informative? (Choose the best response)

• It makes the map more colorful
• It provides the reader with multiple layers of infor-

mation that are easily recognizable on the map

• It shows a high level of expertise has been obtained

by the map creator

• Multiple attributes only clutter up a map
• It provides the

reader with multi- ple layers of in- formation that are easily recogniz- able on the map 14.Which of the following data formats would most likely represent a file exported from AutoDesk-AutoCAD?(Choose the best response)

A. .SHP

B. .DXF

C. .TXT

D. .LAS

B. .DXF

15.Numerous employees in your organization need ac- cess to the streets data that your team is responsible for maintaining in an enterprise database. From the op- tions given below, what is the best way to handle access to these data? (Choose the best response)

• Set the streets layer's permissions to allow every-

one in your enterprise full control

• Set the streets layer's permission to allow full con-
• Set the streets

layer's permission to allow full control only to your team and read-only ac- cess to the re- mainder of your enterprise

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