GIS in Water Resources Engineering – Midterm

Instructor: Mamoon Mustafa Name:

Result: Class: Third Year
Period: 90 minutes
Date: April 30, 2019

Part A consists of 6 questions related to fundamentals of GIS (1 point each).

1. What does the select by attributes tool do?

a. Select by attributes is only used in cartography to change the display of a final map
product.

b. The select by attributes tool manipulates the data within a layer based on what the
user enters.

c. It allows the user to enter a query in order to create a selection based on specific data
in a feature class.

d. It allows the user to create a selection based on location.

2. What is a projection?

a. A model showing projected values of a data set after a set amount of time.

b. A projection is a way to display two dimensional information on a three dimensional

surface like a sphere.

c. A projection is a way to display three dimensional information on a two dimensional

surface like a computer screen or a map.

d. A type of map file used to share data after geospatial analysis has been performed.

e. The distortions caused by displaying three dimensional data on a two dimensional

surface.

3. At a fundamental level, what do geoprocessing tools do?

a. Geoprocessing tools automatically select input data based on what the user defines
as output data and performs calculations.

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 b. Require the user to write computer code to perform tasks.

c. Combine features with a map, but nothing else.

d. Take input spatial data defined by the user, perform a set of operations to aid in
analysis or management and produce a set of output data.

e. None of the above

4. What does normalization do in ArcGIS?

a. Normalization symbolizes a field's value as a ratio/portion of a total.

b. Normalization alters the underlying data to perform more accurate calculations

against normal data.

c. Normalization is when a GIS converts separate data types to a unified projection

format to reduce distortion.

d. None of the above.

5. Which of the following numbers can be represented accurately using the float data type?
Check all that apply?

a. 2

b. 33.25

c. 53

d. -231.25

6. What does the relate tool demonstrate?

a. A one to one join, where each record is joined to just one other record.

b. A one to many join, where each record is joined to many other records.

c. A spatial join, where data is joined based on location.

d. A many to many join, where a set of records are joined to many other records.

e. None of the above

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Part B consist of 5 questions related to Homework 4 (2 points each). Answer Four only.

Look for the watershed with unit code of 12100203, to investigate the following:

1. Number of Watersheds of area larger than 36,000 acres = Three

2. The 12 digit Hydrologic Unit Code of watersheds that meet the criteria listed in question 1

121002030504 121002030501 121002030104

3. What technique would you use to visualize and inspect the main River?

4. What is the Drainage Density of the largest subwatershed (HUC-12)?

62.417/43982

5. How many streams have a drainage equals to or greater than 2500 Square-Kilometers?

11

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Part C consist of 5 questions related to Evaporation Layer Data (2 points each).

1. Find the Station that has an Annual Evaporation of 76.447778 inches. Give the name of the
station. Number of Recorded Years (NumYear). Coordinates of the station (Longitude and
Latitude).

CANYON DAM 9 -98.196 29.87

2. How many stations have annual evaporation above 80 inches and at the same time have
records for at least 10 years. Give the name of all stations.

3 CHOKE CANYON DAM RIESEL WESLEY SEALE DAM

3. Give the name of any station that meets the criteria listed below:

Number of Recorded Years = 8

First Recorded Year = 2002
Final Recorded Year = 2011
Annual Evaporation above 82 inches and below 90 inches

SULPHUR SPRINGS
Ingram

4. What is the maximum annual evaporation? At which station it’s recorded (Station Name).
Give the coordinates of that station.

111.65 DELL CITY 5 SSW -105.226667, 31.88

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Part D consist of 4 questions related to Join Layer (2 points each)

1. Length (km) and drainage area (Square-Kilometers) of segment with COMID equals to
22228658.

1.909 1.827

2. Total Number of streams that are located within Subwatershed of HUC-12 equals to
180701050105.

133.316 there should be 71 streams

3. Total drainage area of watershed with unit code of 180701050105.

6521.1651 total drainage area equals 6916.7142

4. How many species are associated with watershed of 1809020802 Hydrologic Unit Code?

115

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