1st Moock Exam Hawasauniversity
1st Moock Exam Hawasauniversity
1st Moock Exam Hawasauniversity
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Exam Questions
Carefully read each question and select the correct answer of your choice for each of the
questions presented below.
1. Data characterized by information about location of features, and their relationship with
another feature.
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A) Vector data
B) Non-spatial data
C) Raster data
D) Spatial data
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2. Which one of the following is the incorrect statement about the map?
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A) A map is the reduced representation of all or part of the surface of earth on a sheet of paper
C) A map must be selective on which information to include based on our purpose map
production
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A) Union
B) Measurment
C) Merging
D) Overlay
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A) Satellite image
C) Aerial photography
D) All
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A) Keyboard
B) ArcGIS
C) Auto CAD
D) Digitalization
E) All
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6. The generic term denoting the use of computers to create and depict digital representations
of the Earth's surface.
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A) GIS
B) GPS
C) GRPS
D) DBMS
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7. The polygon data feature can be used to represent
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A) Location
B) Area
C) 3-D area
D) Volume
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A) Merging
B) Reclassification
C) Union
D) Classification
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A) Spatial data
B) Geographic data
C) Both A and B
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10. GIS tools allow the user to perform which of the following tasks?
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A) Create searches
B) Store data
C) Edit data
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11. In GIS, X- coordinates of a given geographic feature/ object are represented by:
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A) Horizontal
B) Vertical
C) Tangential
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12. Which of the following parameters using GIS are correlated to represent an earth’s physical
location?
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A) Location
B) Spatial-temporal
C) Extent references
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13. Which of the following are the digital data creation methods used for GIS data creation?
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A) Digitization
B) Orthorectified imagery
C) Demodulation
D) Both A and B
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14. A process where a survey plan or hard copy is a map and is represented in a digital medium
using geo-referencing capabilities tool technique is.
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A) Digitization
B) Modulation
C) Demodulation
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15. Which of the following statements is true about the capabilities of GIS?
D) Data presentation
A) Discrete fields divide the study space in mutually exclusive, bounded parts, with all locations
in one part having the same field value
17. A set of regularly spaced cells with associated field values for all locations within the cell is.
A) Crystal
B) Raster
C) Segment
D) Polygon
A) ‘Fields’ are geographic phenomena that occur everywhere in the study area.
B) ‘Objects’ are geographic phenomena that occur ‘sparsely’ over the study area
19. What are the two general data formats used in GIS?
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A) Air temperature
B) Barometric pressure
C) Soil salinity
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21. Among the following, which do not come under the components of GIS?
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A) Hardware
B) Software
C) Compiler
D) Data
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A) Defining a map
C) Retrieving data
D) Transferring data
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A) Attributes
B) Vector data
Locations
Maps
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E) All
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25. During contour Map generation using ArcGIS which one of the following is used to
interpolate the land surface?
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A) Easting
B) Northing
C) Elevation
D) All
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26. Which one of the following is false about earth gravity field
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A) The Newton’s law of universal gravitation force helps to explain the geoid
B) The force of gravity of the Earth is resultant of centrifugal force of the Earth and the force of
acting up on unit of mass
C) Gravitational force, centrifugal force, and gravity force all have the identical potential
functions.
D) The Earth can be regarded as a body constituted by infinite number of continuous point
masses.
E) Gravitational potential is the sum of the gravitational potentials of the point masses
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E) Sometimes the mean sea level at tide gages offset from geoid because of gravity
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A) Combined types of gravity field models have high-resolution of spatial and accuracy.
B) Satellite only gravity field models are determined by orbit perturbations and by satellite
gravity gradiometry
D) The static gravity field models are not such a common type of gravity field models
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29. One of the following is false about the Electromagnetic Distance Measuring Instruments
according to the band they operate
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A) The user segment monitors the several tracking stations across the globe
B) GPS satellites transmit carrier signals for civilian use at three frequencies
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31. Precision of the range measurement in radar altimetry depends on
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A) Satellite position
B) Geophysical errors
C) Instrument errors
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32. One of the geometric parameters listed below is not widely employed in the Earth ellipsoid
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A) Flattening
D) First eccentricity
E) Sea topography
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35. One of the following is false about vertical datum and leveling
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B) the mean sea level is practically advantageous over geoid concepts in establishment of
vertical datum
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36. A technique utilized to determine the gravity value (actually, gravitational acceleration) at a
defined geometric point is
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A) Absolute gravimetry.
B) Relative gravimetry.
C) Airborne gravimetry.
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37. A method used for accurate determination of height difference between two points.
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A) Leveling.
B) GPS surveying.
C) Astronomical observation.
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38. Third- and fourth-order horizontal control networks are used specially for small scale
topographic mapping.
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A) True.
B) False
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40. Which one of the following is fall under the nominal type of data measurement?
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C) Elevation
D) All
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41. A system with deferent components that is designed to store, query, and manipulate
geographic information and spatial data is known as
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A) Geodatabase.
B) Spatial toolbox.
C) Spatial package.
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42. In the Geodatabase, tables that contain spatial attributes are called
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A) Feature classes.
B) Attribute tables.
D) Spatial tables.
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A) To locate features quickly when performing such tasks as panning, zooming, or selecting
features in ArcMap.
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44.When is a spatial reference assigned in a geodatabase?
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45.Which type of table in the geodatabase stores the polygon geometry for each feature?
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A) System tables
B) Catalogue tables
C) Dataset tables
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46.Grid dataset tables What is the primary mechanism used to organize and use geographic
information in ArcGIS?
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A) Feature classes
B) Raster datasets
C) Dataset
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48.Which one of the following does not belong to the primary datasets in the geodatabase?
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A) Attribute tables
B) Feature classes
C) Polygon layer
D) Raster datasets
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A) A catalogue.
B) Fields.
C) A separate file.
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A) the physical structure of the geodatabase along with the rules, relationships, and properties
of each dataset in the geodatabase.
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51. Creating a personal geodatabase involves creating
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C) a set of shapefile related files (.shp, , shx, .dbf, .prj)D) a .csv file.
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52.Which one of the following methods is not suitable for creating a file geodatabase?
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A) the Copy Tool, XML workspaces, or Extract and Export Data wizard
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54.Which one of the following does not belong to the ways to add datasets to a geodatabase
using ArcMap and the Catalog tree?
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D) Kriging
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55. Which one of the following cannot be used by Enterprise geodatabase to store data?
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A) Oracle
C) PostgreSQL.
D) QGIS
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A) 1 TB
B) 2 GB
C) Unlimited
D) 500 MB
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57.Which type of geodatabase is recommended as the native data format for ArcGIS stored and
managed in a relational database?
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A) File geodatabase
B) Personal geodatabase
C) Enterprise geodatabase
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58.What is the recommended type of geodatabase for storing datasets that can scale up to 1
TB in size?
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A) Personal geodatabase
B) Enterprise geodatabase
C) Both A and B
D) File geodatabase
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A) Personal geodatabase
B) Enterprise geodatabase
C) File geodatabase
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60.Which type of geodatabase is limited in size and tied to the Windows operating system?
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A) Personal geodatabase
B) Enterprise geodatabase
C) File geodatabase
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61. From the statements below, which is correct about the remote sensing image?
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A) Remote sensing images are representation of the earth surface as seen from ground
B) Image is composed of pixels associated with transmission that indicate brightness value
E) All except A
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B) It uses threshold to assign 1 for the value below the threshold and 0 for above threshold
C) These images are mostly used for identifying the general shape or outline of objects
E) All except C
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C) It contains channels containing the amount of radiation measured in UV, visible and IR
D) Scanning systems can be used on aircraft & space platforms with same operating principles
E) None
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64.Across-truck scanning is a system used to acquire multispectral image, which of the
following is not true about across truck scanning system?
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A) It uses oscillating mirror to scan earth surface from one side of the sensor to the other
D) It uses the forward motion of the platform to record successive scan lines
E) None
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B) It depends on/ uses UV, Visible and Infrared light to capture the target
C) Laser scanner used to determine the absolute position and orientation of the sensor
E) None
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66. Radiometric correction is one of image preprocessing method in remote sensing. Why we
apply radiometric correction on image before analysis?
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E) All
F) All except C
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A) Random noise and Striping are errors that can be removed by using atmospheric correction
B) Sensor calibration and replacing missing scan lines are used in radiometric correction
D) Atmospheric error can be caused due to the curvature and rotation of the Earth
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68. Which of the following is not among the sources of geometric error?
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C) Sensor irregularities
E) All
F) All except C
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69. During digital image analysis, if a classification is not satisfactory, it can be repeated with
different algorithms or with updated inputs in a new trial. This process can continue until the
results are satisfactory. What kind of advantage of digital image analysis is this indicate?
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A) Efficiency
B) Flexibility
C) Reliability
D) Portability
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70. During image processing, if your input image doesn’t enable you to identify individual
objects found on the image, which specific method would you use to improve it before analysis?
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A) Preprocessing
B) Radiometric correction
C) Enhancement
D) Geometric correction
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B) Low-pass filter emphasize larger, homogeneous areas of similar tone and reduce smaller
detail in an image
C) Band Pass Filters passes signals within a certain band of frequencies without introducing
extra noise
D) High pass filter emphasizes local detail and deemphasize large area changes
E) All
F) A&C
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72. Which of the following technique is applied to a single-band monochrome image for
highlighting areas that appear to be uniform in an image?
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A) Density slicing
B) Spatial filtering
C) Image sharpening
D) Median filter
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73. Which of the following is correct about band rationing enhancement method?
A) It used to contrast heavily-vegetated areas with areas of little vegetation, by taking advantage
of vegetation’s strong absorption of green and reflection of near infrared
C) It used for analyzing NDVI of a given area based on spectral response calculation
E) All
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74. Among below one is a statistical procedure to summarize the information content in large
data set by means of a smaller set of summary indices that can be more easily visualized and
analyzed?
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A) Spatial transformation
B) Band rationing
D) Texture transformation
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75. Assume you are going to analyze the pattern of coverage on a given study area, which step
or order is correct from the beginning to end of the analysis?
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76. Imagine you are going to work analysis with large study area, one scene or layer is not
enough to cover your study area. So which technique would you use to have the image that fit
with your study area?
A) Layer stacking
B) Band compositing
C) Mosaicking
D) Spatial transformation
E) All
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77. Which of the following analysis method is BEST to indicate or calculate chlorophyll content,
and canopy water stress amount on the given image?
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78. Imagine you are going to cluster the whole image into 6 groups/classes to have the output
image with six items, which method would you apply to perform such kind of image analysis?
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B) Unsupervised classification
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79. Assume that you have given merged image and you are going to perform supervised
classification for selected study site. Which order would you follow to perform such analysis
correctly?
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80. Which of the following statement is correct regarding about accuracy assessment?
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A) It determines the quality of the information derived from remotely sensed data
C) Error Matrix report compares the reference class values to the assigned class values
D) User accuracy refers how actually classified map is real on the ground
E) All
F) All except C
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81. The processes of determining, recording and disseminating information about the
ownership, value and use of land when implementing land management policies is known as
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A) Land administration
B) Adjudication
C) Land registration
D) Cadasteral survey
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82. Which of the folling does not belong to the processes of land administration?
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A) the transfer of rights in land from one party to another through sale, lease, loan, gift and
inheritance;
B) the regulating of land and property development; and the use and conservation of the land;
the gathering of revenues from the land through sales, leasing, and taxation; and
C) the resolving of conflicts concerning the ownership and the use of land
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83. One of the following does not belong to the benefits of land administration
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B) Support for land and property taxation, and provide security for credit
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84. Maps produced at a scale of 1:2,000, showing all the defined parcels in a rural Kebele, which
can be prepared to show the location and extent of holdings of the Kebele using the final
merged parcel coverage (shapefile) is known as
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B) Index maps
C) Adjuration maps
D) Cadaster map
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85. What are the key attributes of land from land administration’s points of view?
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D) B and C
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86. Which one of the following is not correct about the final parcel map?
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A) The final parcel map preparation is started after the after completed public display, and all
necessary information's to registry book is entered.
B) Certification should be issued for those parcels which have no outstanding disputes.
D) Currently, the Ethiopia rural land administration sector has their own parcel map
template/elements.
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87. Which one of the following is against the benefits of a computerized land administration
system?
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A) Force standardization in the collection and processing of land information, and decrease the
cost and space required for storing land records;
D) Reduce the time and cost involved in transferring property rights and in processing
mortgages;
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88. Examples of the data of general interest to a wide user community, that is usually
considered part of the Cadastre, include
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D) B and C
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A) Kebele
B) Ketena
C) Parcel
D) Zone
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90. Categories or types of cadastre based on their use, type, quality and quantity of data
summarized in it are
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D) B and C
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91. A cadaster that deals with defining property rights, describing the extent of property rights,
supporting land transfer, and providing evidence of ownership is known as
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A) multi-purpose
B) modern cadaster
C) legal cadaster.
D) fiscal cadaster.
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92. The operational manual for rural cadaster and the national urban legal standard number
03/2015 stated the spatial component (parcel map) of the data should be obtained using-
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D) Ground surveying using total station and DGPS surveying (real time,
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94. During the rural adjudication process in the field, the landholders show the parcel
boundaries to the field team. This will be witnessed and confirmed by
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A) the neighbors sharing boundaries with the demarcated parcel, plus a representative from the
Land Administration and Use Committee.
C) GIS team leader.neighbours sharing boundaries with the demarcated parcel, plus a
representative from the Land Administration and Use Committee.
D) the Kebele Chairman and the wife or husband and elder cild/children of the landholder.
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95. Which one of the following is not correct about the rural adjudication process,
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A) Any documents held, including 1st level certificates or other documents, must be presented
to the committee member and the field team.
B) If no documentation exists, the chairman of the Kebele is invited to attest to the holder’s
claim.
C) If more than one certificate is presented for the same parcel, the certificate that was issued
first is registered. The information in the second certificate is added in the field data form as
additional information for further investigation.
D) Neighbors on all sides will be called to verify that there is no dispute over boundaries or
holder rights.
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96. Which one of the following is not correct about the practical aspect of the rural parcel
boundary demarcation?
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A) The parcel boundaries will be drawn on the field map. The parcel will then get a unique
identification number.
B) Both agreed and disputed boundaries will be recorded on the relevant field map.
C) Disputed boundaries will be annotated on the field map and noted on the field data form. If a
border is in dispute, a question mark is written on it on the field map to be able to quickly detect
dispute location.
D) At each point where the boundary changes its direction, GPS measurement will be take.
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97. Which one of the following is correct about disputes during the rural land registration
process?
A) Landholders can resolve all disputes after the process is completed whether these are about
ownership or boundaries.
B) If it is not possible to resolve the disputes, the committee will make the decision based on
the information from high-resolution satellite image.
C) If it is not possible to resolve the disputes, those land parcels will be recorded as disputed
during the field process and second level certificate issuance might be delayed for these
parcels.
D) If it is not possible to resolve the disputes before the process begins, those land parcels will
not be recorded during the field process.
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98. The overall planning, organization, and coordination of the public display map management
responsibility should be
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A) The Woreda land administration offices in cooperation with the respective KLAUC and Kebele
administration organs.
B) The Zone land administration offices in cooperation with the respective KLAUC and Kebele
administration organs.
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99. Which one of the following is not correct about parcel boundary creation?
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A) Vertex should be available only at corner points of a parcel boundary where it changes its
direction.
D) An entire area of a town/a project area should be covered by a parcel map including road,
streams, gullies, hills, pocket areas etc.
E) An aggregate area of each parcel of a town should be equal to a total area of that town.
100. The datum transformation parameters for transforming the geodetic coordinates from
WGS84 to Adindan geodetic datum should be provided by
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B) ESRI
C) ERDAS Imagine
D) EPSG