Write Cartography, your name, Questions, and Chapter 11 on an answer sheet.

1. Cartograms were called diagrammatic maps by: (a) Goode; (b) Espenshade; (c) Raisz; (d) Sauer; (e) Eratosthenes.
2. Other names for value-by-area maps include: (a) spatial transformations; (b) anamorphated images; (c) cartograms; (d) diagrammatic maps; (e) ALL of these.
3. A cartogram usually preserves: (a) geographical area; (b) orientation; (c) contiguity; (d) ALL of these; (e) NONE of these.
4. One of the main appeals of cartograms is their attention-getting attributes: (a) true; (b) false.
5. Data which can be mapped as cartograms include: (a) raw data; (b) derived data; (c) ratio or interval scale data; (d) census data or specially gathered data; (e) ALL of these.
6. Cartograms are quantitative maps that need no categorization during preparation: (a) true; (b) false.
7. Advantages of contiguous cartograms include: (a) maintenance of boundary and orientation relationships; (b) no missing areas need to be completed by the reader; (c) preservation of the shape of the total study area; (d) ALL of these; (e) NONE of these.
8. Disadvantages of the contiguous cartogram include (a) boundary and orientation distortions which become necessary; (b) distortion of internal enumeration units; (c) increased shape constraints; (d) ALL of these; (e) NONE of these.
9. Advantages of noncontiguous cartograms do NOT include: (a) ease of scaling; (b) a compact form; (c) true geographical shapes can be preserved; (d) gaps can be used to compare with the mapped units for quick visual assessment of the total distribution; (e) ease of construction.
10. The major requirement for a cartogram to be successful is that the reader must be: (a) highly trained in scale interpretation; (b) able to see color; (c) familiar with the form of the total study area and its internal enumeration units; (d) able to count to one hundred; (e) familiar with latitude and longitude coordinates.
11. Cartograms are unique in that: (a) the representative fraction and verbal scale stay the same during enlargement or reduction; (b) the thematic symbolization also forms the base map; (c) the base map contains size, shape, orientation, and contiguity information; (d) ALL of these are true; (e) NONE of these are true.
12. The shape of individual units on the cartogram must be similar to their geographical shapes: (a) true; (b) false.
13. When producing a cartogram, effort should be made to preserve: (a) shape; (b) orientation; (c) contiguity; (d) size; (e) A, B, and C above.
14. The element that must vary within a cartogram is area: (a) true; (b) false.
15. Data that is proportional to the area of the enumeration units of the geographical area can be usefully mapped with cartograms: (a) true; (b) false.
16. The chief goal of the cartogram is to illustrate a thematic distribution in dramatic fashion: (a) true; (b) false.
17. Quantitative support for the production of a cartogram can be provided partially by: (a) linear regression; (b) rank-order correlation indices; (c) residuals from regression analysis; (d) ALL of these; (e) NONE of these.
18. Problem areas for the success of cartograms include: (a) shape recognition; (b) estimation of area magnitude; (c) stored images of the map reader; (d) ALL of these; (e) NONE of these.
19. The places along an outline where directions changes rapidly appear to be those that carry the most information about the form's shape: (a) true; (b) false.
20. The BEST number of legend symbols recommended for cartograms is: (a) one; (b) three; (c) six; (d) eight; (e) twelve.
21. Rules for cartograms include: (a) shape-recognition clues along the outline of enumeration units must be maintained; (b) if the true geographical relationship may not be known, a geographical inset map must be included; (c) a well-designed legend is needed; (d) ALL of these; (e) NONE of these.
22. Reader tasks associated with a cartogram include: (a) understand map purpose and recognize statistical units; (b) use mental map of mapped area; (c) make magnitude estimation of statistical area; (d) compare mental map of geographical area and cartogram and respond to the message; (e) ALL of these.
23. Cartographer tasks associated with a cartogram include: (a) provided total map organization and shapes with meaningful cues or insets; (b) use statistical areas with straight-line segments and a legend; (c) use cartographic language elements efficiently with labeling, explanatory statements and other geographical cues; (d) restructure the message to effect desired response; (e) ALL of these.
24. Cartograms: (a) communicate spatial information; (b) are innovative and interesting; (c) display remarkable style; (d) present a generalized picture of reality; (e) do ALL of these.
25. Cartograms are viewed as: (a) difficult to read; (b) incomplete; (c) unusual; (d) different from reader's preconceptions of geographical space; (e) ALL of these.
26. The most serious drawback of cartograms is probably that no established methodology leads to consistent results: (a) true; (b) false.
27. The advantage of cartograms include: (a) shocking the reader with unexpected spatial peculiarities; (b) develop clarity in what might otherwise be a cluttered map; (c) show distributions that might otherwise be obscured by wide variation in the sizes of the enumeration areas; (d) ALL of these; (e) NONE of these.
28. Disadvantages of cartograms include: (a) map reader's may feel the map is "inaccurate"; (b) confusion about the method; (c) difficulty with location identification; (d) ALL of these; (e) NONE of these.
29. A cartogram can successfully be combined with data mapped by the choropleth method or the graduated point-symbol method: (a) true; (b) false.
30. Cartogram can be constructed either with computer technology or by the manual method: (a) true; (b) false.
31. To determine the number of counting units for an enumeration unit,: (a) the total units of the map area must be determined; (b) the total number for the data must be determined; (c) the ratio of the total number per counting unit must be determined; (d) the total number for enumeration unit must be divided by the number for each counting unit; (e) ALL of these must be determined.
32. The large enumeration units should be constructed first: (a) true; (b) false.
33. If a unit has a zero value, it should be omitted from the map and a note about this should be written below the map. (a) true; (b) false.
34. To do a noncontiguous cartogram, an optical reducer-enlarger is usually used.: (a) true; (b) false.
35. A noncontiguous cartogram preserves the shape of the enumeration areas.: (a) true; (b) false.