Course review :: GBIF Training Courses

How can you access GBIF data?
- GBIF.org search interface
- GBIF API
- rgbif
- GBIF.org search interface
- GBIF API
- rgbif
Which file formats are available for downloads of data?
- Simple
- XML
- Darwin Core Archive
- Species list
- Simple
- XML
- Darwin Core Archive
- Species list
Who determines if a dataset is fit for use?
- The museum or department director
- The users of the data for research or education
- The collector of the data in the field
- The person entering the data into the database
- The museum or department director
- The users of the data for research or education
- The collector of the data in the field
- The person entering the data into the database
Which of these aspects do you need to consider when assessing if a GBIF-mediated dataset is fit for use?
- The number of data points
- The spatial resolution of the data
- Dataset metadata
- The species identification
- The number of data points
- The spatial resolution of the data
- Dataset metadata
- The species identification
Which of these would you consider to be accurate data?
- Data where the coordinates match the country information
- Data where the higher taxonomy of a species does not reflect the current taxonomy of a species
- Data where the coordinates match the country information
- Data where the higher taxonomy of a species does not reflect the current taxonomy of a species
Which of these are some common GBIF data quality issues?
- Duplicates of occurrence data
- Gridded datasets
- Country centroids
- Coordinate mismatches
- Duplicates of occurrence data
- Gridded datasets
- Country centroids
- Coordinate mismatches
What kind of flags does GBIF apply to data to alert you to the quality?
- altered
- amended
- translated
- excluded
- interpreted
- inferred
- altered
- amended
- translated
- excluded
- interpreted
- inferred
Which of the following data quality checks cannot be performed automatically by GBIF?
- Duplicate publication of the same occurrence
- Coordinate inversions
- Missing higher taxonomy
- Incorrect identification of a taxon
- Duplicate publication of the same occurrence
- Coordinate inversions
- Missing higher taxonomy
- Incorrect identification of a taxon
Which of the following is not an issue flag?
- Country coordinate mismatch
- Taxon match fuzzy
- Basis of record invalid
- Outside native range
- Country coordinate mismatch
- Taxon match fuzzy
- Basis of record invalid
- Outside native range