Deck 5: How to Obtain Online Gis Data and Use Them in Arcgis Pro

Question 1

Layers such as digitized contours, water bodies, and railroads from USGS topographic maps are used in GIS as:

A) Digital Line Graphs
B) US Topos
C) NHD datasets
D) Digital Raster Graphics

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Which of the following is a source for obtaining TIGER/Line files?

A) U.S. Census Bureau
B) The National Map
C) Geoplatform.gov
D) Tiger.com

Answer 2

A

Question 3

VGI represents which of the following?

A) ArcGIS data provided by Esri
B) Free data from a government source
C) Premium (i.e., subscription level) content from ArcGIS Online
D) User-generated geospatial content

Answer 3

D

Question 4

SDTS represents:

A) Line coverages directly readable by a GIS
B) A "neutral" file format used for data storage and portability
C) A "universal" file format in which a single file is readable by any GIS
D) A compressed version of a shapefile

Question 5

One or more data layers can be contained inside a:

A) App Package
B) Tool Package
C) Layer Package
D) Data Package

Question 6

Which of the following is an example of VGI?

A) OpenStreetMap
B) Google Maps
C) The National Map
D) Garmin roads data

Question 7

Descriptive information about GIS data refers to:

A) Metadata
B) Autodata
C) XML data
D) Manual data

Question 8

Metadata refers to:

A) Descriptive information about the data
B) Data automatically created by the GIS during the digitizing process
C) The "meta" or "control" points used in digitizing
D) Data manually imported into the GIS

Question 9

International metadata standards that have been adopted in North America are:

A) FGDC
B) ISO 19115
C) CSDGM
D) EU-META

Question 10

Which of the following is not a type of data available through ArcGIS Online?

A) Model
B) Basemap
C) Map Package
D) Layer Package

Question 11

Requesting one county's worth of transportation data from The National Map will result in what extent of data being obtained?

A) Transportation data for each individual township that makes up the county
B) Transportation data for only the requested county
C) Transportation data for all counties in the state
D) Transportation data for the entire country

Question 12

How are geodatabases currently obtained via The National Map?

A) Data must be purchased using PayPal or a credit card and then will be downloaded in stages.
B) Data will be e-mailed directly to a user.
C) Data are directly downloaded from the National Map.
D) An order is placed and then an e-mail containing a download link is sent to a user.

Question 13

The National Map is operated by:

A) USGS
B) U.S. Census Bureau
C) NASA
D) Esri

Question 14

Which of the following types of data is not available through the National Map?

A) US Topos
B) National Land Cover Database
C) NHD
D) 3D Buildings

Question 15

Which of the following basemaps is not available through ArcGIS Online?

A) Oceans
B) Land cover
C) Topographic
D) Imagery

Question 16

Digital Line Graphs of all states can be accessed via:

A) EarthExplorer
B) The National Map
C) AmericaView
D) Geoplatform.gov

Question 17

Which of the following is a source for obtaining Digital Raster Graphics?

A) Landfire
B) Libremap
C) The National Map
D) Data.gov