A Practical Introduction to GIS

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This is a short quiz to test your understanding of GIS fundamentals. The lecture is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfLjnK569XY

- Each question carries 1 point.
- You may attempt the quiz as many times as you like.
- You will see the results immediately after submitting the quiz.

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Which of the following is NOT a Vector data format? *

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Shapefile

GeoPackage

GeoTIFF

CSV

GIS refers to the software tools used for *

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Creating Maps

Viewing geospatial data

Analyzing spatial data

Building spatial data pipelines

All of the above

You are tasked with creating a map of Africa - which of the following Projected CRSs are appropriate? (Select all that apply) *

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Africa Lambert Conformal Conic

Africa Albers Equal Area

Equal Earth

WGS84 Lat/Lon

Required

Which of the following data types can be used to represent groundwater levels? *

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Point Vector Layer showing water levels at each sampling location

Raster Layer showing interpolated water level at each pixel for the entire region

Line Vector Layer showing water table contour lines

All of the above

City of Bangalore's coordinates are 12.9716° N, 77.5946° E in WGS84 datum. Which of these is the Y coordinate? *

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12.9716

77.5946

Guess the city from the GPS coordinates 35.6762° N, 139.6503° E *

Hint: You don't need to look it up. Just apply the deduction technique to find the best match

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Sydney - Australia

Tokyo - Japan

Rio de Janeiro - Brazil

Vancouver, Canada

When you refer to a CRS like 'EPSG:4326' - What does EPSG stands for? *

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European Petroleum Survey Group

Earth Projection Standard Group

European Projection Survey Group

A conformal projection (such as Mercator) preserves which of the following properties? *

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Shape

Area

Distance

All of the above

What is the UTM Zone designation for the region highlighted in the map below? *

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34S

34N

34J

Select the statement(s) that are true for 'Geoid' *

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It approximates the mean-sea-level surface of the earth

It is a surface used for accurate surface elevation measurements

It is a mathematical surface derived using gravity measurements

All of the above

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