Utm Coordinates Multiple Choice Questions: C. 60 Zones, at 6 Degrees of Longitude
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ScribdTranslationsDavidson Josué Caiza
Juan David Díaz
Santiago Gómez
Sebastián Muños
UTM COORDINATES
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
1. What are UTM projections used for?
A. To represent an object on a plane
B. Obtain coordinates of an object on a plane
C. Reference any point on the Earth's surface
D. Divide the Earth's surface into 60 equal sectors
RTA: A
2. How many time zones are there and at what longitude is the Earth's surface divided?
A. 40 time zones, at 4 degrees of longitude
B. 70 time zones, at 7 degrees of longitude
C. 60 zones, at 6 degrees of longitude
D. 50 time zones, at 5 degrees longitude
RTA: C
The greater the number of digits used in the coordinate, the more
represents an area:
A. Minor
B. Mayor
C. Equal
D. Equivalent
RTA: A
4. How is the UTM projection obtained?
A. Projecting the globe onto a sphere
B. Projecting the globe onto a cylinder
C. Projecting the globe onto an ellipsoid
D. Projecting the globe onto a conical surface
RTA: B
5. The UTM projection is a conformal projection that maintains:
A. the proportionality of the surface
B. the size of the countries
C. the value of the angles
D. all of the above
RTA: C
6. The UTM projection divides the Earth's surface into:
A. Latitudes and longitudes
B. 60 spindles and 20 bands
C. Parallels and meridians
D. None of the above
RTA: B
7. The UTM projection is a variant of the projection:
A. Transverse Mercator
B. De peters
C. De goode
D. De Robinson
RTA: A
One of the most notable drawbacks of the UTM projection is that:
A. the polar areas cannot be represented
B. there is no uniformity in the scale of distance
C. there is no proportion between the surfaces
D. all of the above
RTA: D
9. Who created the UTM coordinate system?
A. It is not known
B. United States Army
C. Russian Army
D. Army of Germany
RTA: B
10. What do the initials UTM mean?
A. Universal transformer meridian
B. Universal Mercator transformation
C. Universal Transverse Mercator
D. United transverse measure
RTA: C
TRUE OR FALSE QUESTIONS
11. The universal transverse Mercator coordinate system is a system of
coordinates that are built tangent to the Equator.
RTA: FALSE
12. The magnitudes in the UTM system are expressed in meters only at the level.
of the sea
RTA: TRUE
13. Currently, the WGS84 ellipsoid is used as the base model for the system.
of UTM coordinates.
RTA: TRUE
14. The earth is divided into 60 zones of 10° longitude, the projection zone of the
UTM is defined between the parallels of 80°S and 84°N.
RTA: FALSE
15. The Earth is divided into 20 bands of 8° of Latitude, which are designated by letters.
from C to X excluding the letters "I" and "O"
RTA: TRUE
16. For UTM coordinates, distances increase as we move apart.
from the point of tangency sphere-cylinder in the direction perpendicular to the cylinder.
RTA: TRUE
17. The cartographic projection does NOT establish an ordered relationship between the
points on the curved surface of the Earth and those on a flat surface.
RTA: FALSE
MATCHING QUESTIONS
Projection that served as the basis for Mercator Projection
the UTM coordinates
Way in which the surface is divided: Zones and Bands
land in UTM coordinates
They use a cylinder tangent to the sphere Cylindrical projection
terrestrial, placed in such a way that
the parallel of contact is the Equator
It maintains the value of the angles. If it is a projection according to
measure an angle over the projection
coincides with the measure on the
earth ellipsoid.
Graphic representation system that Cartographic Projection
establish an ordered relationship between
the points of the curved surface of the
earth and a flat surface
Cartographic projection system Coordinate system
with which references can be made UTM geographic
points on the earth's surface
The greater the number that is Numbering resolution
the lower it will be on the coordinate
represented area
Semicircles maximum Meridians
imaginary lines of the globe that
they pass through the North and South Poles.