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The EAPF exam has 75 questions and runs 1 hours 30 minutes.
These 10 free EAPF questions are organized by exam domain, so you can see how each part of the ArcGIS Pro Foundation 2025 blueprint is tested. Reveal the answer and explanation under each question.
Domain 1: Data Management 32% of exam
Question 1
Two districts are being compared on a choropleth of population concentration. East has 18,000 residents in 30 km²; West has 12,000 residents in 12 km². The fields POP and AREA_KM2 contain those values. What should the graduated-color symbology represent, and which district has the higher value?
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Correct answer: C - POP divided by AREA_KM2; West, with 1,000 residents per km².
Question 2
Map scale: 1:120,000. Hydrants visibility range: minimum 1:60,000; maximum 1:4,000. The layer's checkbox is dimmed, its source opens normally, and its features lie within the view. Choose the change that reveals the hydrants while retaining their configured visibility range.
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Correct answer: B - Zoom in to a map scale of 1:20,000.
Question 3
A road map must show every road but label only those with MAINTAINED = 'Yes'. Its only label class uses NAME. A technician applies MAINTAINED = 'Yes' as the layer's definition query, and the other roads disappear. Keeping a single Roads layer, how should the configuration be revised?
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Correct answer: A - Remove the definition query and apply its condition to the road-name label class.
Question 4
Export Features is run with the Parks map layer as its input. All selections have been cleared, but the output still contains only public parks. The source feature class contains public and private parks, and the layer has ACCESS = 'Public' as its active definition query. For a new export that must include every park without changing the source records, choose the correct input or preparation.
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Correct answer: C - Use the unfiltered source feature class as the Export Features input.
Domain 2: Mapping and Visualization 36% of exam
Question 5
An engineering contractor delivers a point shapefile whose spatial reference is Unknown. The delivery documentation confirms that its coordinate values are in WGS 84 / UTM zone 32N, in meters. A client needs a new copy stored as WGS 84 longitude and latitude. Select the appropriate preparation sequence.
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Correct answer: A - Define the source as WGS 84 / UTM zone 32N, then Project it to geographic WGS 84.
Question 6
Each pump has one point feature and a unique PUMP_ID. A separate inspections table contains several dated records for each pump, using the same text PUMP_ID. An inspector wants to select a pump and open all of its inspection records, while keeping the feature table and inspection history separate. The appropriate association is:
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Correct answer: B - A one-to-many relate using PUMP_ID as the common key.
Question 7
An editable point inventory must retain identifiers such as '000731', measured depths such as 1.275 meters, unknown depths as genuine nulls, and inspection dates with their times. Depths must remain numeric for calculations. Which storage and field design meets all four requirements?
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Correct answer: D - File geodatabase: Text ASSET_ID, nullable Double DEPTH_M, and Date INSPECTED.
Domain 3: Layouts and Sharing 12% of exam
Question 8
During a flood response, crews need complete footprints of occupied buildings whenever any part lies inside or on the boundary of the approved evacuation zone. The Buildings layer already has occupied buildings selected by attribute, with no definition query. Using Buildings as input and the zone as selecting features, choose the Select By Location settings that identify the required footprints.
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Correct answer: D - Relationship: Intersect; selection type: Select subset from the current selection.
Question 9
A road-maintenance team needs new line features divided wherever roads cross soil-zone boundaries. Each resulting segment must carry both ROAD_ID and SOIL_TYPE, and road portions outside the soil polygons must be excluded. Which operation produces that result directly?
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Correct answer: A - Intersect the roads and soil polygons, retaining attributes from both inputs.
Domain 4: Performing Analysis 20% of exam
Question 10
The handoff requirement is an editable ArcGIS Pro project: two maps, three layouts, and all referenced local file-geodatabase data. The recipient has no access to the sender's folders. With transfer permission granted and no web services involved, what should be sent?
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Correct answer: C - A project package (.ppkx) containing the project and its required data.
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