A neatline drawn as a heavy black rule around a delicate map is a fault because it
Answer: C
The frame is there to bound the map, not to be noticed, so a thick rule pulls attention to the edge and away from the content it encloses. A fine line does the same job without competing, which is why published sheets keep the neatline light.
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State whether the following is true or false.
Elements of a layout that belong together should be placed close to one another.
Answer: D
Proximity is read as relationship before anything else is considered, so a scale bar sitting beside the legend is taken as part of the same apparatus. Separating related items forces the reader to reconstruct a grouping that the design should have supplied.
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The extent shown on a map should be decided by
Answer: A
Everything else follows from the question: the extent settles the scale, and the scale settles how much detail can survive generalisation. Letting the sheet or the data set the extent puts the argument last rather than first.
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Consider the following statements about the elements of a sheet.
1. The collar lies between the neatline and the trimmed edge.
2. Marginalia are the supporting elements outside the map face.
3. The neatline and the collar are two names for the same feature.
Answer: B
The first two are correct definitions. The third confuses a line with an area: the neatline is the single rule bounding the map face, while the collar is the band of sheet lying beyond that rule and carrying the graticule and grid values.
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A map that will be folded for field use should avoid placing important detail
Answer: C
Repeated folding wears the paper and eventually splits it exactly along those lines. Anticipating where the sheet will fold, and keeping the critical content off them, is a small decision that greatly extends the map's working life.
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