Test 1 Random Vocab

Question 1

Goals

Answer 1

What is expected to be accomplished
Statement of purpose

Question 2

Objectives

Answer 2

Specific/measurable condition that must be met to accomplish a goal

Answer what/how much/when

Question 3

Models

Answer 3

representation of reality in material/symbolic form

Question 4

GIS modeling

Answer 4

representation of where/what/when for space and time

Question 5

Principle of parsimony

Answer 5

only include what’s important, keep simple

Select the simplest explanation for things that fit in model

things are connected/behave in the simplest way

Question 6

Principle of diminishing returns

Answer 6

when you add a new factor into the model does the small benefit outweigh the cost of adding it?

Question 7

GIScience

Answer 7

studies issues around creation/handling/storage/use of GIS

scientific approach to study of GIS

Question 8

GIStudies

Answer 8

study of how GIS is used in society

interaction of GIS with social structures

Question 9

Sensitivity analysis

Answer 9

how model is impacted by different variables

what variables are the most sensitive to change in their parameters

Question 10

Intersect (attributes/output)

Answer 10

From both
Where they overlap

Question 11

Union (attributes/output)

Answer 11

From both
Full extent of both layers

Question 12

Merge (attributes/output)

Answer 12

Only attributes with same names
Full extent of both

Question 13

Erase (attributes/output)

Answer 13

Only attributes from input layer
Section removed

Question 14

Topology

Answer 14

relationships of objects in space

Question 15

Why is topology good?

Answer 15

can ensure data quality if layers are interacting properly (no slices between polygons that should touch)

Question 16

Descriptive

Answer 16

data, information

mapping, management, temporal, spatial

Question 17

Prescriptive

Answer 17

understanding

suitability, system, simulation