2016 QUARTER 02

A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P R S T U V W

Explain the rationale for piloting and prototyping new systems
Plan a formal quality assurance procedure
Construct an effective database structure in a selected GIS or database software based on the physical model
Acquire data from primary and secondary sources
Transfer data from primary and secondary sources into the database
Create customized programs and scripts based on an application design

Describe the advantages and disadvantages to an organization in using GIS portal information from other organizations
Describe how inter-organization GIS portals may impact or influence issues related to social equity, privacy and data access
Discuss how distributed GIS&T may affect the nature of organizations and relationships among institutions
Suggest the possible societal and ethical implications of distributed GIS&T

Describe political, economic, administrative, and other social forces in agencies, organizations, and citizens that inhibit or promote sharing of geospatial and other data

Select two effective methods of overcoming resistance to change
Illustrate how methods for overcoming resistance to change can aid implementation of a GIS
Explain how resistance to change and the need to standardize operations when trying to incorporate GIS&T can promote inclusion into existing job classifications

Discuss the contributions of early attempts to integrate the concepts of space, time, and attribute in geographic information, such as Berry (1964) and Sinton (1978)
Determine whether phenomena or applications exist that are not adequately represented in an existing comprehensive model
Discuss the degree to which these models can be implemented using current technologies
Design data models for specific applications based on these comprehensive general models
Illustrate major integrated models of geographic information, such as Peuquet’s triad, Mennis’ pyramid, and Yuan’s three-domain

Compare and contrast the prototypical corporate cultures of a MIS department and a GIS department
Describe the issues to consider when integrating with MIS in relation to personnel, hardware, software, and data
Draw conclusions from previous cases of GIS&T and MIS integration, including successes and failures
Make a business case for or against integrating GIS&T and MIS in the context of a particular organization
Compare and contrast the readiness of GIS&T professionals to learn MIS skills versus the readiness of MIS professionals to learn GIS&T skills

Appraise the possible improvement of integrating GeoAlgebra, Graph-Based Cellular Automata, or agent-based models to overcome the fixed-grid limitations of CA models
Explain the potential contribution of integrating data mining into CA models
Compare and contrast the analysis of a process using a CA with the analysis of the same process in a GIS using map algebra and similar raster operations

Discuss the roles traditionally performed by software vendors in developing professionals in GIS&T
Describe how inter-organization GIS portals may impact issues related to social equity, privacy, and data access
Discuss the mission, history, constituencies, and activities of user conferences hosted by software vendors
Describe the advantages and disadvantages to an organization in using GIS portal information from other organizations or entities (private, public, non-profit)
Discuss the history of major geospatial-centric companies, including software, hardware, and data vendors

Define alternatives to the Tietz and Bart heuristic
Outline the Tietz and Bart interchange heuristic
Describe the process whereby an element within a random solution is exchanged, and if it improves the solution, it is accepted, and if not, it is rejected and another element is tried until no improvement occurs in the objective function value

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