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QGIS User Interface Tour
Question: QGIS once installed requires access to a license server - true or false?
Answer:
false
Question: Customizations made to the QGIS user interface will be lost when you next start QGIS?
Answer:
false
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Adding vector data
Question: Which of the following file extension would you choose to add a shapefile into QGIS
Answer:
shp
Question: Does QGIS has the capability to open a file generated from google earth. The file type is kml
Answer:
Yes
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Adding raster data
Question: An image taken with the camera on your phone is classified as a raster or not.
Answer:
Yes it is
Question: What is one distinct advantage of adding raster layers using the browser panel
Answer:
It automatically filters the layer only showing you the extension that can be loaded in QGIS
Question: Can raster layers be stored in a database
Answer:
Yes, this will enhance analysis as vector and raster operations can be easily combined
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Navigating map data
Question: You added layers to QGIS but you can't see all of them. Why
Answer:
Your view extent does not coincide with the layer extent
Answer:
Your layer ordering has resulted in some layers obscuring other layers
Question: If you zoom in close to the exercise vector data it doesn't look good nor correct. Why is this
Answer:
It is simplifed
Question: I click on the map with the identify tool but either no attributes or the wrong attributes come up. Why
Answer:
The layer I want to query is not active
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Sourcing Spatial Data
Question: Which of the following statement is true ?
Answer:
Any user can contribute their data to Openstreet map.
Question: Which statement is true regarding open source data
Answer:
There are no cost associated with downloading the data.
Question: When using Open source data users should abide by the licensing rules.
Answer:
True
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Working with CSV
Question: Is it possible to load a CSV that does not contain geometry information to QGIS i.e no longitude or latitude columns
Answer:
Yes
Question: What is the easiest way to load an excel spreadsheet with geographic information to QGIS.
Answer:
Save the spreadsheet as a CSV and them load it into QGIS
- Module Name
Working with Spreadsheets
Question: Is it possible to save attribute tables into a spreadsheet from QGIS
Answer:
It is possible within QGIS
Question: What does latitude/longitude represent in the real world
Answer:
These are the geographic co ordinates of any particular place on the earth surface
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Working with WMS
Question: Is it possible to change the symbology of the layer being served using WMS
Answer:
No
Question: Is it possible to change the transparency of layers from WMS
Answer:
Yes
Question: Client sensitive data can be accessed through WMS
Answer:
Yes, It just needs to be authenticated
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Working with WFS
Question: Is it possible to delete records accessed from WFS
Answer:
Yes, provided the right authorisation has been set on the server
Question: Which of the following statements is true
Answer:
The size of the server and speed of the internet determines how fast your features will render when being accessed through WFS
Question: Which of the following is an advantage of using WFS
Answer:
Multiple people from different locations can access the same data
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Attribute data basics
Question: When you open a layer's attribute table in QGIS, where is the geometry column
Answer:
It is shown on the map
- Module Name
Adding and removing columns
Question: After removing a column and saving your edits, you can press undo to get it back again
Answer:
False
Question: Indicate which statements are correct
- Module Name
Query and Filter Attributes
Question: True or false: Applying a filter in the attribute table will result in only those features being shown on the canvas
Question: What is the purpose of filtering the attribute table - choose all that apply