Understanding Spatial Relationships

Question 1

Which step comes first when performing analysis to understand spatial relationships in your data?

Answer 1

Determine the spatial question

Question 2

T/F: Spatial relationships can be used to solve spatial problems.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

For two features to be identified using the _________ relationship, any part of a feature from the first feature class must contact the boundary of a feature from the second feature class.

Answer 3

touches

The touches relationship can be used when performing analysis using the following geometry combinations:
Line and line
Line and polygon

Question 4

A ________ relationship is when a feature from the first feature class completely encloses a feature from the second feature class.

Answer 4

contains

The contains spatial relationship can be used when performing analysis using the following geometry combinations:
Line and point
Line and line
Polygon and point
Polygon and line
Polygon and polygon

Question 5

Features from the first feature class that come into contact with any part of a feature from the second feature class are known to be __________.

Answer 5

intersecting

The intersects relationship can be used when performing analysis using the following geometry combinations:
Point and point
Point and line
Point and polygon
Line and point
Line and line
Line and polygon
Polygon and point
Polygon and line
Polygon and polygon

Question 6

Similar to the contains spatial relationship, the _______ spatial relationship is when a feature from the second feature class completely encloses a feature from the first feature class.

Answer 6

within

The within relationship can be used when performing analysis using the following geometry combinations:
Point and point
Point and line
Point and polygon
Line and line
Line and polygon
Polygon and polygon

Question 7

A ______ spatial relationship occurs when a feature from the first feature class comes into contact with the interior or boundary of a feature from the second feature class.

Answer 7

crosses

The crosses relationship can be used when performing analysis using the following geometry combinations:
Line and line
Line and polygon
Polygon and line
Polygon and polygon

Question 8

_______ occur when the interior of a feature from the first feature class partly or completely covers a feature from the second feature class.

Answer 8

Overlaps

When performing analysis using the overlaps spatial relationship, only features of the same geometry type can be compared.
The overlaps relationship can be used when performing analysis using the following geometry combinations:
Line and line
Polygon and polygon

Question 9

Which spatial relationship would you use to locate food and fuel resources that are less than 10 miles from a high-use recreation area?

Answer 9

Intersects

Question 10

Which spatial relationship would you use to determine which roads travel completely through the recreation area?

Answer 10

Crosses

Question 11

Which spatial relationship type has any part of a feature from one feature class coming into contact with any part of a feature from another feature class?

Answer 11

Intersects

Question 12

T/F: Multiple spatial relationship types can be used to solve one spatial problem.

Answer 12

True

Question 13

Which spatial relationship has a feature from one feature class completely enclosing a feature from another feature class?

Answer 13

Contains

Question 14

What tool allows you to join attributes between multiple features based on the spatial relationship.

Answer 14

Spatial Join

Question 15

T/F: Spatial join results can be saved to a feature class in a file geodatabase.

Answer 15

True