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Multiple Choice Questions: Remote Sensing Exercises For INF GEO 4310

This document contains a multiple choice quiz on concepts in remote sensing. It includes 10 multiple choice questions on topics like satellite orbits, wavelengths, sensor types, and radar concepts. Students select one answer for each question and can gain or lose points depending on whether their answers are correct or incorrect. The questions test knowledge of topics covered in an INF-GEO remote sensing course.

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Multiple Choice Questions: Remote Sensing Exercises For INF GEO 4310

This document contains a multiple choice quiz on concepts in remote sensing. It includes 10 multiple choice questions on topics like satellite orbits, wavelengths, sensor types, and radar concepts. Students select one answer for each question and can gain or lose points depending on whether their answers are correct or incorrect. The questions test knowledge of topics covered in an INF-GEO remote sensing course.

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Remote

sensing exercises for INFGEO 4310


Multiple Choice Questions

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1. Why is water blue?

Becausetheatmosphereabsorbslightcorrespondingtogreenandredwavelengths.
Becausebluelighthassmallerwavelengthsthanredandgreenlight.
Becausetheenergyemittedfromthesunismoreconcentratedinthebluewavelength
regions.
Becausewaterabsorbslongerwavelenghtsmorethanshorterwavelengths.
Becausewaterabsorbsshorterwavelengthsmorethanlongerwavelengths.

2. Which statement below is NOT correct?

Geostationaryorbitstypicallyhavearotationtimeof90min.
Communicationsatellitestypicallyusegeostationaryorbits.
Geostationaryorbitsrotateatthesamespeedastheearth.
Polarorbitsgivevaryingcoveragedependingonlatitude.
Polarorbitstypicallyhaveaspeedof8km/s.

3. Which of the following effect do NOT result in geometrical errors/distortion in


satellite images?

Earthcurvature
Earthrotation
Atmosphericabsorption
Sensorplatformmotion
Localtopography

4. Which wavelength can be most useful for imaging from a satellite in cloud-covered
conditions?

0.4m
0.4nm
1.4m
4cm
4nm

5. Why does vegetation look green?

Becausevegetationabsorbslightinthegreenrangeofthespectrum.
Becausevegetationreflectslightforwavelengthsinthegreenrangeofthespectrum.
Becausechlorophyllshasaflatreflectancecurveregardlessofwavelength.
Becausetheeyeissensitivetolightcorrespondingtowavelengthsinthegreenrangeof
thespectrum.
Becausegreenlighthashigherwavelengththanredandbluelight.

6. Which statement is not correct for a satellite in polar orbit?

Wecanimagebothonascendinganddescendingpasses.
Thesatellitewillafteracertainperiodcovertheentiresurfaceoftheearth.
Thesatellitehasaninclinationanglecloseto90degrees.
Thecoverageisbestclosetoequator.
Thecoverageisbestclosetothepoles.

7. Visiblelighthaswavelengthsfrom0.4m(purple)to0.7m(res).
thehighestfrequency?

Blue
Green
Purple
Red
Yellow

8. Whattypeofinstrumentisilustratedbelow?

Whichcolorhas

Alongtrackscanner
Acrosstrackscanner
Pushbroomscanner
Laserscanner
Noneoftheabove

9. Whatkindofinteractionbetweenradiationandtargetisillustratedbelow?

Reflection
Absorption
Transmission
Scattering
Mirroring

10. Remote sensing.


a) Whatisageostationaryorbit?

b) Whatisthetypicalhightofageostationarysatellite?

c) Whatdoesitmeanthatasatellitehassunsynchronousorbit?

Multiple choice radar (corresponding to SAR lecture (SveinErik))


11. What determines the range resolution in radar?

The radiated power

The bandwidth of the transmitted pulse


The antenna size
The center frequency of the radar
The length of the synthetic aperture

12. W hat is the name of the radar technique that makes it possible to make surface
elevation models?
Interferometric SAR

ISAR
GPR
Elevated SAR
SAR

13. What is moving in Inverse Synthetic Aperture (ISAR) imaging?


The radar

The target
The Earth
The radar relative to the Earth
The antenna height

14. What parameter is independent of range distance in Synthetic Aperture Imaging?


Azimuth resolution

Signal-to-Noise ratio
The Doppler shift
Incidence angle
Two way travel time

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