Esri ArcGIS Pro Associate Pro Certification Practice Exam

What is the expected result of selecting Intersection Of Inputs for the Extent environment setting?

1. The output extent will be where all input features or rasters overlap.

2. The output extent will be the maximum area of the input features.

3. The output extent will be limited to the first input feature.

4. The output extent will cover the entire workspace area.

The correct answer is: The output extent will be where all input features or rasters overlap.

Selecting "Intersection Of Inputs" for the Extent environment setting means that the output will be constrained to the area where all provided input features or rasters overlap. This setting is particularly useful in GIS analysis when it is important to focus on the common area shared by multiple datasets, such as when evaluating the responses of various geographic features that exist in the same spatial region. For example, if you have several polygons representing different land use categories and you select the intersection option, the resultant output will only include the areas where all the polygons overlap. This is crucial in various analyses, such as identifying regions that meet multiple criteria or analyzing specific aspects of a spatial phenomenon that occurs only in shared locations. The other scenarios, such as limiting the output to just the first input, covering only the maximum area, or enveloping the entire workspace do not provide the focused analysis that the intersection setting offers, thereby missing the value of understanding where multiple features interact spatially.