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| You store 3D Data in DBMS through: |
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| A list of polygons & multipolygons |
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| What is one disadvantage for storing 3D data as a list of polygon and multipolygons? |
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| You need longitude, altitude, and latitude in that order to store 3D geographic coordinates in a KML file |
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| Which of the following is not a common nested element in the KML file structure? |
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| You can store 3D model data in a KML file structure |
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| Atmospheric scientists want to use GIS because they like making maps |
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| What array of dimensions would you use to represent humidity varying with time over an area? |
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| NetCDF allows only one unlimited dimension? |
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| Atmospheric profiles require _______________ and ______________ data |
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| What is NetCDF short for? |
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| d) Network Common Data Form |
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| Which of the following is not a likely use of Bathymetric LiDAR? |
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| Mapping deep sea shipwrecks |
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| The near-infrared wavelength measures the distance to the surface of the water and the green wavelength measures the distance to the seabed |
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| Which of the following is the ‘best’ algorithm to use when trying to integrate topographic and bathymetric LiDAR? |
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| Least Squares Collocation (LSC) |
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| The main difference between Least Squares Collocation and the other 3 integration methods discussed is that LSC uses the raw data and the other methods use the DEM data |
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| What is the most significant limitation in bathymetric LiDAR systems? |
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| Which one of the following is a true issue regarding implementation of HTML5 |
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| JS programmers hesitant to switch over |
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| Which of the following are false regarding the Canvas element? |
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| The new Google Maps uses WebGL and is based on the HTML5 canvas element |
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| Which of the following is not an improvement on GoogleMaps via MapsGL |
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| Measure distances on the canvas |
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| The Geolocation API uses location information from: |
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| GPS and IP Address and RFID and MAC Address |
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| The Fowler and Little algorithm make use of the local interpolator and they proposed that positive points should be connected to negative points. |
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| The Distance Ordering method to triangulate a TIN model produces thin triangles |
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| Which option is true about the Delaunay Triangulation? |
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| It partitions the map by assigning all locations to the nearest vertex |
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| Why does the GIS community use TIN? |
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| a) it is accurate in drawing linear geographic features such as streams and ridges and Less points are needed to represent therefore less hard disk space needed and You can perform mathematical analysis |
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| What are 3 methods to select points for a TIN model? |
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| Fowler/Little Algorithm, Drop heuristic, very important points algorithm |
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| A complex temporal event is made up of which two components |
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| The Time slider is new to ArcGIS 10.0 |
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| The date data type is the recommended format for storing temporal data in GIS |
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| To get time stored in a record format when it is stored in columns, you use what tool? |
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| If you have your data in MM/DD/YYYY hh:mm:ss what tool would you use to put it into the required format? |
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| ESRI’s Web Application Developer Framework uses Java |
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| For each of the discussion topics, which is the correct chronological order (first to last)? |
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| ADF, API, Feature Service |
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| Which of these is NOT an intended use of the Feature Service? |
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| Digitizing road centerlines |
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| API for Javascript relies on SOAP to communicate with ArcGIS Server |
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| Which of the following is a reason for using API for JavaScript |
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| Compatible with most browsers and no plug-ins needed |
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| All inputs in our CEM model have a time component as a parameter |
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| How many wave-cut notches would you expect to see in a bedrock profile over time when erosion is only due to general wave action? |
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| Generally, which of the following model input has direct human interference? |
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| Watershed and erosion transport |
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| What is a component of a littoral cell? |
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Farfield Grid, Control Cells
and Littoral sub-cells |
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| CEM can be applied to coastlines with beaches and sea cliffs |
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| Which of the following is not a Location-Allocation Problem type? |
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| When Performing Location-Allocation analysis, the best location is the same for all types of facilities |
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| In location-allocation, the algorithms assign the demand points to only one specific facility |
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| Which of these is not a location-allocation complexity factor |
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| different type of surfaces |
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| Which of these should be executed in your preliminary process? |
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| In order to solve Fire Response Zones, which service (solver/tool) should be used? |
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| A simple network consist of Edges, Junctions and Turns |
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| A transportation network is uni-directional |
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| For emergency vehicle dispatch which service (solver/tool) should be used? |
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| Who introduced and defined the term REST? |
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| Stateless in REST refers to the fact that all information are carried with the transfer |
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| What does REST stand for? |
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| Representational State Transfer |
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| What is the default output format when using ArcGIS Server REST API? |
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| What is an R-Tree used for? |
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| When was the R-tree proposed? |
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| R-Trees are optimum for data sets with heavy updating |
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| Objects are bound at what level of the R-Tree |
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| Which of these is not a disadvantage of using an R-Tree when editing data? |
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| Threshold value is important when using Supervised Techniques? |
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| Which techniques did we cover? |
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| Image differencing, Change vector analysis and Post classification comp. |
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| One of the most important factors in determining which method to use is? |
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| The Vector Change Analysis is primarily measuring the Euclidean Distance between the location of the pixels |
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| Which of the following is NOT an algorithm belonging to the Supervised Technique category? |
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| The advantages of Cloud computing are so glaringly obvious that all businesses should adopt cloud systems immediately! |
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| One of the following options is NOT an advantage of IaaS… which one? |
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| Which of the following is not a cloud service supported by ESRI? |
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| ArcGIS Server on Microsoft Azure |
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| It is the client’s responsibility to understand public and private keys in conjunction with encryption when using cloud services |
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| Which of the following is a disadvantage for cloud computing in small to medium businesses? |
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| Systematic errors are caused because of: |
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| It is not an error when maps are generalized for display |
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| In cadastral surveying, parcel fabrics are made up of: |
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| line points and control points and parcel polygons |
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| Control point data in GIS software are used to correct for error |
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| When is multi-beam sonar most effective for collecting bathymetry data? |
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| The initial ESRI model for hydrology data storage was a raster based model |
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| What issues have prevented Hydrological modeling from being implemented in Large River Systems/basins |
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| data storage, complexity and data collection |
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| In the raster series data model the catalog table stores a typeID attribute |
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| The three methods that are used to collect high resolution bath data are: |
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| Interferometric sonar, LiDAR, multibeam sonar |
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| A web application requires a separate version for each different device/platform |
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| Which of the following is not an advantage of a native application? |
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| users don’t have to download your app |
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| Native Apps have full access to the operating system API |
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| Which apps require the use of a bridge technology |
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| What type of app is best for collecting data in a remote location without network access |
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| A modified version of an SQL statement must be used to access PostgreSQL data from R |
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| Which of the following is a PostGIS function? |
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| Running stats is often a cumbersome process and requires manual effort? |
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| Which of the following input model parameters are considered to be dynamic |
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| Which of the following does not directly access data through GeoServer |
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