EADA10 Online Practice Questions and Answers

An ArcGIS user wants to automate a process in ModelBuilder to determine the number of points that are located in polygons.

Which tool should be used for this process?

A. Point Distance geoprocessing tool

B. Spatial Join geoprocessing tool

C. Select by Attributes ArcMap tool

D. Intersect Points geoprocessing tool

How is a coordinate system changed in a data frame to match the coordinate system of a desired layer contained within?

A. The desired layer must be reloaded to the map document (.mxd) in order to inherit the coordinate system

B. The coordinate system must be saved as a projection file (.prj) and imported to the data frame

C. The layer can be selected in the Coordinate System tab and selected as the data frame spatial reference

D. The data frame can be set to inherit the coordinate system using the Project tool

Which two methods are valid for calculating the values of a field using a calculation expression? (Choose two)

A. If more than one field is selected, the calculation can be applied to each field.

B. For VB calculations, field names must be enclosed in square brackets [ ]

C. If any records are currently selected in the table, only the selected records will be calculated

D. For Python calculations, field names must be enclosed in double quotes" "

An ArcGIS user wants editable text that can be added as a layer to many different map documents.

Which type of text should be created?

A. dynamic labels

B. feature-linked annotation

C. map annotation

D. stand-alone annotation

A map document references a local data source.

What must an ArcGIS user do before sending the map document to another workstation? (Choose two)

A. set the .mxd file to store full paths

B. provide associated data contained within the map document

C. update metadata for the map document

D. set the .mxd file to store relative paths

An organization manages multiple GIS projects and restricts data access to specific users. Which type of geodatabase should the organization use?

A. distributed geodatabase

B. versioned geodatabase

C. replica geodatabase

D. modular geodatabase

An ArcGIS user is creating a road polygon feature at a specified distance on each side of a road centerline.

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Which geoprocessing tool should be used to accomplish this?

A. Intersect

B. Buffer

C. Feature to Polygon

D. Clip

In ArcCatalog, how can an ArcGIS user repair an .mxd file that has broken data sources?

A. use the MXD Doctor utility

B. right-click .mxd file and use the Set Data Sources tool

C. right-click .mxd file and update Map Properties

D. use the Repair Data Sources geoprocessing tool

An ArcGIS user is viewing a feature layer that is being displayed in a projected coordinate system that uses meters as the units. The user needs to see the map coordinates displayed in the status bar as nautical miles.

How can the units be changed without changing the coordinate system?

A. change the output coordinates in the Environment Settings

B. change the units used for distance in the Measure tool

C. change the display units of the feature layer

D. change the display units of the data frame containing the layer

Using ArcCatalog, an ArcGIS user plans to use the Export to Geodatabase option to export a feature class with one spatial reference into a feature dataset with a different spatial reference

How can this be accomplished while maintaining the accuracy of the data?

A. reproject the feature class then export

B. export the feature class then reproject the output

C. export the feature class and allow on the fly projection

D. assign spatial reference of feature class to Unknown then export