American Planning Association AICP Exam - Topic 6 Question 109 Discussion

Actual exam question for American Planning Association's AICP exam

Question #: 109
Topic #: 6

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Geographic Information Systems (GIS) analysis is least useful for:

CIdentifying the shopping center that a household will use.

BDetermining the shortest path for a commuter trip.

DIdentifying the parts of a city well served by grocery stores.

ASupplying distances for geographically sensitive statistical models.

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Suggested Answer: C

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Jerlene

1 day ago

Haha, this is a trick question. Everyone knows GIS is useful for everything!

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Mozell

6 days ago

Definitely not land use planning. That's like the bread and butter of GIS.

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Lai

11 days ago

Hmm, I'm not sure about this one. Gotta think it through.

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Eden

17 days ago

I think this question is a bit too easy.

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Cecilia

22 days ago

I think GIS is least useful for things like social media trends, but I might be mixing it up with another topic we covered.

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Sabrina

27 days ago

I feel like GIS wouldn't be great for qualitative research, but I can't recall the specifics of why that is.

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Elke

2 months ago

I remember a practice question about GIS applications, and it seemed like it wasn't very helpful for purely statistical analysis.

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Precious

2 months ago

I think GIS is less useful for tasks that don't involve spatial data, but I'm not entirely sure what those tasks might be.

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Stephane

2 months ago

I'm a bit stumped on this one. GIS is so versatile, it's hard to pinpoint what it's least useful for. I'll have to carefully consider the key strengths and limitations of the technology.

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Zita

2 months ago

Okay, let me think this through. GIS is great for mapping, modeling, and analyzing spatial relationships. So it's probably least useful for purely non-spatial applications.

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