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- 1. Multiple Choice
On a 1:50 000 map
1 cm represents 5000 metres
1 cm represents 50 metres
1 cm represents 500 metres
1 cm represents 5 metres
- 2. Multiple Choice
The contour interval on a 1: 50 000 SA topographic map is....
20 m
50 m
5 m
20 ft
- 3. Multiple Choice
This symbol on a topographic map represents
orchards
cultivated land
green belt
Forestry
- 4. Multiple Choice
This symbol on a SA topographic map represents
A secondary road
a railway line
a power line
a national freeway
- 5. Multiple Choice
Average gradient can be written as .....
Difference height : Horizontal distance
Difference in height ÷ Horizontal distance
Horizontal difference: Vertical distance
Average length x average width
- 6. Multiple Choice
The area of a city block on a 1:50000 map which measures 0.8 cm by 0.4 cm would be
80 ha
8 ha
80000 ha
800 ha
- 7. Multiple Choice
What would the average gradient between Spot height 1250 and Spot height 610 be on a 1:50000 topo map. The two spot heights are 8.2 cm apart on the map.
1: 62
1.12.4
1;6.4
1: 0.156
- 8. Multiple Choice
A plane flying due west would be flying on a true bearing of .....
90 degrees west
180 degrees
270 degrees
45 degrees west
- 9. Multiple Choice
If the magnetic declination for a map is 17°15' W and a plane is flying on a True bearing of 25° its magnetic bearing would be....
42°15'
17°15'
27°45'
332°45'
- 10. Multiple Choice
If the magnetic declination for a map was 15° 42' W in 2014 and the mean annual change is 4' E the magnetic declination for that map would be ......... in 2020
15° 42' W
15° 10' W
16° 12' W
15° 42' E
- 11. Multiple Choice
An articulated truck that takes 20 minutes to drive down town hill from Hilton to PMB at distance of 16.4 cm on a 1:50 000 map would be travelling at a speed of ....
12.4 km/hr
6.2 km/hr
124.0 km/hr
24.8 km/hr
- 12. Multiple Choice
How long would it take a minibus taxi travelling at 130 km/hr to travel from Hilton to PMB. The distance on a 1:50000 map is 16.4 cm
15 minutes and 48 seconds
3 minutes and 48 seconds
7 minutes and 36 seconds
13 minutes
- 13. Multiple Choice
The diagram is indicating a .......
concave slope
terraced slope
convex slope
constant slope
- 14. Multiple Choice
The diagram is indicating a ......
convex slope
terraced slope
constant slope
concave slope
- 15. Multiple Choice
On a 1:50000 topo map a cross-section with a vertical scale of 1 cm : 20 m would have a vertical exaggeration of......
1:50
1:25
1:2.5
1:500
- 16. Multiple Choice
The google earth image is an example of ....
centre pivot irrigation
channel irrigation
drip irrigation
drag line irrigation
- 17. Multiple Choice
The map gives an example of part of a .....
cobweb street pattern
grid street pattern
irregular street pattern
circular street pattern
- 18. Multiple Choice
The map gives an example of a.......
linear town
cross road town
circular town
gap town
- 19. Multiple Choice
De Aar shown in the map is a good example of a ......
harbour town
transport town
central place town
mining town
- 20. Multiple Choice
The parks and recreational areas in this town are an example of ......
green belt
the zone of transition
rural urban fringe
an outlying business centre
- 21. Multiple Choice
The street pattern on the map is an example of a ............. pattern.
grid
planned irregular
unplanned irregular or organic
radial
- 22. Multiple Choice
Identify 2 services located on the map
shop and warehouse
shop and a school
school and a warehouse
church and a shop
- 23. Multiple Choice
What do the furrows on the map indicate the possibility of......
irrigation
open water swimming
recreation
Fishing
- 24. Multiple Choice
Describe the street pattern on the Kimberley map.
Irregular/organic
radial
cobweb
grid
- 25. Multiple Choice
Identify the type of settlement seen at Shackleton on the map.....
dispersed rural
nucleated urban
nucleated rural
dispersed urban
- 26. Multiple Choice
A map located in the diagram would have a map code of ......
3119 BD
3119 DB
1931 DB
1931 BD
- 27. Multiple Choice
The abbreviation GIS stands for ....
Geography Is Superb
Geography Information System
Geographical Information System
Geological Information System
- 28. Multiple Choice
Passive Remote Sensing involves.....
collecting data that constantly radiates from the earth.
collecting data from other satellites
collecting data only when a signal radiates out to the target
collecting data that is relayed to the satellite
- 29. Multiple Choice
Spatial data tells us where features are by using co-ordinates. it is organised into three types....
points, lines and polygons
points, lines and triangles
points, lines and hexagons
points, lines and squares
- 30. Multiple Choice
The process of drawing a zone a specific distance around a particular feature when using GIS is known as ......
bordering
buffering
edging
marking
- 31. Multiple Choice
The data stored by a GIS is made up of different .....
layers
sheets
plates
categories
- 32. Multiple Choice
Rasta models of data capture work with......
points, lines and polygons.
triangular cells or pixels
layers
rectangular grid cells or pixels.
- 33. Multiple Choice
On a 1:50000 topographic map a distance of 17.5 cm would represent ............ms on the ground
8750
87.5
1750
17500
- 34. Multiple Choice
On a 1: 50000 map a rectangle with a length of 0.7cm and a width of 0.4cm would have an area of
60 ha
6 ha
17 ha
7 ha
- 35. Multiple Choice
On a topographic map with a scale of 1:50000. What would the gradient of a slope be if the difference in height is 360m and the distance between the points is 1.8cm?
1:25
1:36
1:9
1:2.5
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