Answer: D. flattened orange peel
Category: 1 Cartography
Authority: William Huxhold
Answer: A. meridians converge at the pole
Category: 1 Cartography
Authority: adapted from surveyor licensing exam sample question by George Cole
Answer: C. "It depends on what you mean by the word 'is'." - Bill Clinton
Category: 2 Cognitive Science
Authority: Alan Saalfeld
Answer: B. avulsion
Category: 4 Land Surveying
Authority: adapted from surveyor licensing exam sample question by George Cole
Answer: c. Ozosphere
Category: 5 Environmental Sciences
Authority: Handy Geography Answer Book, Matthew Rosenberg, p71
Explanation: In order the layers are troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere and exosphere.
Answer: A. Mount Chimbrazo in the Andes
Category: 7 Geography
Authority: Harlan Onsrud - drawing from numerous sources
Explanation: Mount Everest has the greatest height above sea level at 8,850 meters (i.e. above the geoid). Mauna Kea is the earth's tallest mountain as measured from base to peak. This volcanic island in the Hawaiian chain rises 10,203 meters from the seafloor. Mount Kilimanjaro is Africa's tallest mountain and is often considered to be the largest free-standing mountain as measured by its mass above the geoid even though its elevation above sea level is only 5,897 meters. Vinson Massif is the highest point in Antarctica at 16,860 feet above sea level. Mount Chimbrazo in South America stands at a height above sea level of 6,310 meters which makes it much shorter than Mount Everest. However, it is at a latitude of 1.5 degrees south of the equator. Due to the bulging of the earth near the equator, the crest of Mount Chimbrazo is 6,384,458 meters above the center of mass of the earth (i.e. "earth center") while the crest of Mount Everest is only 6,382,266 meters above earth center. Looking at it this way, Mount Chimbrazo is 1.36 miles higher than Mount Everest!
Answer: C. They use the same XY-coordinate for display purposes.
Category: 8 GIS
Authority: William Huxhold
Answer: B. Owen Manning
Category: 9 Landscape Architecture
Authority: Lynda Wayne
Explanation: source, Steinitz, C. (1979) 'Defensible Processes for Regional Landscape Design', Landscape Architecture Technical Information Series (LATIS), Washington DC, American Society of Landscape Architects. (Owen Manning, 1923)
Answer: E. all of the above
Category: 10 Law, Information Policy
Authority: Harlan Onsrud
Answer: A. 1 inch = 400 feet
Category: 11 Remote Sensing and Digital Photogrammetry
Authority: adapted from surveyor licensing exam sample question by George Cole
Answer: D. automated mapping
Category: 12 Statistics, Geostatistics and Spatial Analysis
Authority: William Huxhold
Answer: B. Joe Lobley
Category: 13 History of GIScience and UCGIS, & Odds and Ends
Authority: Michael Goodchild
Explanation: Quote found on page 19 of Volume 1 (1999 Edition) of "Geographical Information Systems: Principles, Techniques, Management and Applications" (New York: Wiley) Edited by P.A. Longley, M.F. Goodchild, D.J. Maguire, and D.W. Rhind. Note by HJO: Joe Lobley is a made-up personality (i.e. a psydonym used by Mike Goodchild) and also the middle names of Brian Berry.