1. Where is the distortion least on a normal azimuthal map projection?
At a meridian
At the Pole
At the Equator
2. Where is the distortion least on a normal cylindrical projection?
At a meridian
At the Pole
At the line(s) of tangency
3. Which of the following areas would be shown on a conic projection with secant tangency at 42 and 56 degrees North?
The North Pole
Chile
Europe
Central Africa
4. What type of projections are used for topographic mapping?
Conformal
Equal-area
Compromise
5. Population density of the world: Which of the following is most suitable for this topic?
Stereographic azimuthal projection
Equal-area conic projection
Simple polyconic projection
Equal-area pseudocylindrical or miscellaneous projection
6. Which of the following is called Mercator projection?
7. Which of the following is an equal-area projection?
Mercator
Equal-area
Mercator
Equal-area
Mercator
Equal-area
8. What are the general characteristics of a normal conic projection?
Meridians are straight lines
Parallels are straight lines
The Pole is always represented as a point
Shows no distortions along the Equator
9. Which of the following statements are true?
UTM stands for Universal Transverse Mercator projection
There are map projections which can maintain scale everywhere
An infinately small circle on the surface of the Earth projects as an infinately small ellipse on the map projection plane