GISP EXAM AND STUDY GUIDE EXAM NEWEST

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GISP EXAM AND STUDY GUIDE EXAM NEWEST

2025 TEST BANK| COMPLETE 650 QUESTIONS

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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

• .LAS - Correct Answer - B. .DXF

The local county health department has provided data on EMS calls and ER calls in order for a county GIS department to produce maps showing patterns and density of calls. What restrictions would be involved in using this data? (Choose the best response)

• HIPPA laws
• Fire Safety regulations
• GIS mapping standards
• There are no restrictions - Correct Answer - A. HIPPA laws
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pg. 2 What roles are a database administrator expected to fill? (Select all that apply)

• Create database security settings which reflect the needs of the

organization

• Create queries for reporting purposes
• Install and configure server hardware
• Backup and Recovery of database - Correct Answer - A. Create

database security settings which reflect the needs of the organization

• Create queries for reporting purposes
• Backup and Recovery of database

Several characteristics of GIS services that make it difficult to design GIS web services with satisfactory performance. These include (Select all that apply)

• GIS requires heavy CPU usage
• GIS services sometimes transmit large images
• Clients of GIS services are often complex software packages
• GIS is not scalable to web services - Correct Answer - B. GIS

services sometimes transmit large images

Leveraging GIS to support an enterprise environment can be best accomplished using which of the following approaches? (Choose the best response)

• Write-protected shapefiles located on each employee's workstation
• Geodatabases stored on a centralized server 2 / 4

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• Geospatial data served as map services and web maps
• A well-staffed GIS department that is able to response all questions

required for the enterprise - Correct Answer - C. Geospatial data served as map services and web maps

Which of these types of online information could NOT be referenced in a hyperlink field within a GIS data table? (Choose the best response)

• Assessment records for parcel polygons
• Precipitation data for rain gage points
• City name for municipal polygons
• Construction project information for roadway lines - Correct Answer
• City name for municipal polygons

When a GIS dataset for a given project is constantly revised, accessed, and manipulated by multiple users the best practice approach for storing the data is (Choose the best response)

• Shapefiles
• Personal Geodatabase
• KML files
• Enterprise Geodatabase - Correct Answer - D. Enterprise

Geodatabase

What technology allows for multiple server instances on a single piece of hardware/single server? (Choose the best response)

• Open Source 3 / 4

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• Remote Desktop
• Virtualization
• Network Attached Storage - Correct Answer - C. Virtualization

Which of the following is NOT a true relational database? (Choose the best response)

• SQL Server
• Access
• Oracle
• PostgreSQL - Correct Answer - B. Access

Overlay analysis is based on (Choose the best response)

• Principal component analysis
• Spatial diffusion
• Graph theory
• Boolean logic - Correct Answer - D. Boolean logic

Showing data based on defined parameters is one of the greatest benefits of GIS. Filtering data based on the specific content stored in a field

refers to which of the following: (Choose the best response)

• Attribute query
• Spatial query
• Locational query
• Cartographic query - Correct Answer - A. Attribute query
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