Get All Weeks Introduction to GIS Mapping Coursera Quiz Answers
Introduction to GIS Mapping Coursera Quiz Answers
Week 1
Quiz 1: GIS Software needed for this course
Q1. GIS software is no longer provided for this course. Esri provided a limited supply of licenses, and those have all been used. This quiz does not apply to your grade for the course.
- I have access to the software already
- I plan to purchase the software
- Other
Quiz 2: Week 1 Quiz
Q1. What does a GIS do with geospatial data? (there is more than one correct answer)
- Captures
- Stores
- Queries
- Analyzes
- Explains
Q2. Which of the following are examples of geospatial data?
- Longitude and latitude
- Area code of a phone number
- Street address
- All of the above
Q3. The first GIS was created to help with the land inventory of which country?
- United States of America
- Australia
- Canada
- United Kingdom
Q4. Which of the following are components of a GIS? (there is more than one correct answer)
- Hardware
- Software
- Geospatial data
- Cost
Q5. ArcGIS Online is available for free
- True
- False
Week 2
Quiz 1: Week 2 Quiz
Q1. When new geographic features become visible as you zoom in on a web map, this is referred to as:
- zoom layering
- scale layering
- flexible focus
- geographic reveal
Q2.When working with ArcGIS Desktop, you will generally want to create this type of “container” for the feature classes you will be working with:
- File geodatabase
- Personal geodatabase
- Shapefile
Q3. A file geodatabase can contain which of the following: (there is more than one correct answer)
- .mxd (map document) files
- Shapefiles
- Raster datasets
- Feature datasets
- Feature classes
Q4. A map document (.mxd) file contains all of the following:
what data to display
where the data are located
how to display the data (including layout and symbology)
a copy of the GIS data used to create the map
- True
- False
Q5. If the actual distance between two points on the ground is 1 km, what is the distance between these same two points on a map that has a scale of 1:100,000?
- 1 cm
- 10 cm
- 100 cm
- 1000 cm
Q6. What is the length of one side of a web map tile?
- 50 pixels
- 100 pixels
- 256 pixels
- 512 pixels
Q7. In ArcMap, specifying the minimum and maximum map scales at which a map layer can be displayed is referred to as:
- Scale range
- Display limits
- Scale parameters
Q8. ArcGIS Online allows you to set an exact map scale.
- True
- False
Q9. The style of the way geographic features are displayed on a map (for example, colour or line thickness) is referred to as the:
- Look and feel
- Artwork
- Symbology
Q10. Map scale is a ratio of:
- Page size to feature size
- Map distance to ground distance
- Ground distance to map distance
Week 3
Quiz 1: Week 3 Quiz
Q1. Put simply, a GIS is like linking a __ to a map.
- database
- chart
- picture
Q2. In an attribute table, each vertical column is referred to as a:
- file geodatabase
- record
- data model
- field
Q3. You will generally want to create this type of “container” for the feature classes you will be working with:
- file geodatabase
- personal geodatabase
- raster
- vector
Q4. A file geodatabase can contain which of the following: (there is more than one correct answer)
- feature datasets
- map documents (.mxd files)
- shapefiles
- feature classes
- raster datasets
- layer (.lyr) files
Q5. A data model is:
- a way of organizing map data
- either a discrete or continuous phenomenon
- a record in an attribute table for a particular feature class
- a file geodatabase or a personal geodatabase
Q6. For the same spatial area, a raster file with a spatial resolution of 30 m has a __ data volume than does a raster file with a spatial resolution of 15 m.
- 4x smaller
- 4x larger
- 2x smaller
- 2x larger
Q7. A map document (.mxd) file contains all of the following:
what data to display
where the data is located
how to display the data (including layout, symbology, etc.)
a copy of the map data
- True
- False
Week 4
Quiz 1: Week 4 Quiz
Q1. Geodetic latitude refers to which of the following:
- the angle between a given point and the Prime Meridian
- the angle between the parallel on which a point sits and the center of the Earth
- the distance from a given point to the Equator
- the angle between the parallel on which a point sits and a plane running through the Equator
Q2. “Geoid height” refers to which of the following:
- the distance between the geoid and the reference ellipsoid
- the elevation of a location on the Earth’s surface above mean sea level
- the distance between the geoid and mean sea level
- the relative gravitational strength
Q3. Which of the following lists the approximate coordinates for A, B, C, and D correctly?
- A: 51, -108
- B: 22° S, 60° W
- C: 13° N, 15° E
- D: -27, 129
- A: -27, 129
- B: 13° N, 15° E
- C: 22° S, 60° W
- D: 51, -108
- A: 22° S, 60° W
- B: 51, -108
- C: -27, 129
- D: 13° N, 15° E
Q4. Which of the following is an ellipsoid?
- UTM
- Clark 1866
- NAD83
Q5. A geographic coordinate system includes which of the following?
- planar coordinates
- projection
- datum
Week 5
Quiz 1: Week 5 Quiz
Q1. True of false: a tangent case projection will always have two standard lines
- true
- false
Q2. In which part of the map will the scale factor be less than 1?
- A
- B
- C
- A and C
Q3. Where on the reference globe will there be the most distortion?
- at the standard lines
- at the Equator
- there is no distortion on the reference globe
- at the poles
Q4. Indicate which route from New York to London is the longest:
A:
B:
C or D (see labels in the image below)
- A is the longest path
- B is the longest path
- C is the longest path
- D is the longest path
Q5. Consider a World map that includes a Tissot’s Indicatrix, and that and in the image of a Tissot circle below are local longitudinal and latitudinal scale factors, respectively.
- What does it mean if a x b ≠ 1?
- the projection does not preserve area (that is, it is not an equal-area map)
- the projection does not preserve shape
- the projection distorts both shape and area
Get All Course Quiz Answers of GIS, Mapping, and Spatial Analysis Specialization
Introduction to GIS Mapping Coursera Quiz Answers
GIS Data Acquisition and Map Design Coursera Quiz Answers
Spatial Analysis and Satellite Imagery in a GIS Coursera Quiz Answers
