GE3502GE5502 Geographic and Land Information Systems

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GE3502/GE5502Geographic and LandInformation
Systems
Lecture 22 The Final Exam..
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Housekeeping

• Organise some times for student consultation
  during Swatvac
• We can meet individually or as a group in TG108

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Exam Overview

• Exam is on Thursday 10 June
• Worth 50 of overall assessment
• 2003 Exam will be available via the GE3502 web
  page
• Read all questions carefully
• Write legibly
• Use highlighter to mark exam paper during perusal
  time
• Bullet points are OK if short of time

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Exam Overview

• Exam duration 2 hours
• Reading time 10 minutes
• Calculators are not permitted.
• Notes and other written materials are not
  permitted.
• Except in extenuating circumstances (i.e.
  illegible handwriting), computers are not to be
  used.
• Section A. 6 questions. (60/100)
• Section B. 1 question. (40/100)

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Exam Part A

• Need to answer SIX of the NINE short answer
  questions
• Allow 12 minutes per question
• Half a page or so is a rough guide (as I always
  say though, quality, rather than quantity.
• Material from lectures (from readings may get
  extra marks
• Part A is worth 60 of exam so spend around 70
  mins on this section
• Answers are to be in grammatically correct
  sentences
• Make sure you clearly state which question you
  are answering
• Remember this subject is about spatial analysis
  so use diagrams wherever possible

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Exam Part B

• SPATIAL MODEL
• Need to answer ONE of the THREE research
  questions
• Part B is worth 40 of exam so spend around 50
  mins on this section
• Answers to be in structured, grammatically
  correct sentences
• Make sure you clearly state which question you
  are answering

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Exam Part B

• For one of these following research problems (Im
  not going to give them to you now), devise a
  research plan to answer the question. You should
  consider and explain
• What type of spatial data will be used, and why
  (extent, resolution)
• What spatial analysis operations will be used,
  and why
• What potential difficulties/challenges you might
  anticipate?
• What strategies you would propose to overcome or
  minimise these problems?
• Describe the type of outputs that you would need
  to provide.