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Cartography, Statistics And Map Analysis Question Paper

Cartography, Statistics And Map Analysis

Course:Bachelor Of Arts In Geography

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2010

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2009/2010
FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF
ARTS AND BACHELOR OF EDUCATION
AGE 100:
CARTOGRAPHY, STATISTICS AND MAP ANALYSIS

DATE: Thursday, 29th July, 2010

TIME: 2.00 p.m. ? 4.00 p.m.
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INSTRUCTIONS:
Answer THREE questions at least ONE from each Section.
SECTION A: CARTOGRAPHY
Q.1
Discuss the development of cartography highlighting its key land marks.

(23 marks)

Q.2
With the help of examples and illustrations, discuss the qualitative and
quantitative methods of depicting relief on maps.

(23 marks)

SECTION B: MAP ANALYSIS
Q.3
With the aid of examples and illustrations, discuss the major marginal information
on maps.

(23 marks)

Q.4
Discuss the nearest neighbour technique as a method of studying human
settlement patterns in economic geography.

(23 marks)

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SECTION C: STATISTICS
Q.5
By use of examples and illustrations, discuss the usefulness of statistics for
geographical studies.

Q.6
Given the data below: 22, 24, 81, 78, 59, 59, 59, 56 and 22.

a)
Determine the mean, mode and median

(8 marks)
b)
Discuss the usefulness of the mean as a measure of Central tendency
(8 marks)

c)
Find the standard deviation of the data.

(7 marks)

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