Remote Sensing

2023 Division C Test

1. How are remote sensing data commonly used?

a. To predict surface geology
b. To change contour intervals on a map
c. To monitor changes in the land

2. How do satellites “see” things?

a. Sensing electromagnetic radiation
b. With cameras on a loop
c. Using remote sensing cameras mounted to the body and projected to Earth

3. Remote sensing is used for

a. Detecting plant health
b. Monitoring wetlands
c. Measuring snowpack
d. All of the above

4. When light is reflected off a surface, it is detected by passive remote sensing satellites
and produces a(n) ____________, which we use to identify different surfaces.
a. Rainbow
b. Spectral signatures
c. Pulsar
d. Data value

5. What was the world’s first artificial satellite?

a. Sputnik
b. Ariel
c. Sentinel
d. Terra

6. Healthy vegetation reflects energy in which parts of the electromagnetic spectrum?

a. Blue and green
b. Blue and red
c. Green and near-infrared
d. Green and red

7. Which of the following is NOT provided by ASOS (Automated Surface Observing

Systems):
a. Rain beginning and ending
 b. Heights of cloud bases above 30,000 feet
c. Rapid pressure changes
d. Wind shifts

8. Which type of satellite is best used to help monitor the motion of a hurricane?
a. GOES
b. POES
c. Plymouth
d. TIROS

9. Water vapor imagery is unique in that it can detect water vapor (water in a ________
state) in addition to clouds.
a. liquid
b. gas
c. solid
d. fluid

10. ____________ (lower in the atmosphere) clouds give off more energy than
_________ (higher) clouds.
a. Warm / Cold
b. Cold / Warm
c. Dark / Cold
d. White / Warm

11. GOES are capable of providing image types of clouds and moisture in three primary
forms:
a. visible, infrared, and water vapor imagery
b. liquid, solid, and gas
c. clear, cloudy, and rainy places

12. A satellite in a geosynchronous orbit circles the Earth along the equatorial plane at a
speed matching the Earth's rotation.
a. TRUE
b. FALSE

13. Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites (POES) are the main type used in weather
forecasting by the National Weather Service.
a. TRUE
b. FALSE

14. ASOS weather observation information helps the NWS increase the accuracy and
timeliness of its forecasts and warnings
 a. TRUE
b. FALSE

15. Radiosonde observations are the primary source of upper-air data and will remain so
into the foreseeable future.
a. TRUE
b. FALSE

16. SAR Interferometry technique requires:

a. An image
b. A pair of images
c. Scanner
d. Camera

17. An 8-bits image can have …… total number of pixel values:

a. 64
b. 128
c. 256
d. 65536

18. There are two main modes of scanning to acquire multispectral image data:
a. Parallel-track and side-track scanning
b. Parallel-track and along-track scanning
c. Across-track and along-track scanning
d. Across-track and side-track scanning

19. High pass filters highlight:

a. Low intensity components
b. Mid intensity components
c. High intensity components
d. All components

20. A 512 x 512 image of 8 bits would require computer memory to store:
a. 512 MB
b. 1.44 MB
c. 2.1 MB
d. 8 MB

21. Who coined the term, 'Remote sensing'?

a. Evelyn L. Pruitt, a geographer
b. Gaspard Felix Tournachon, a French scientist
c. Wilbur Wright, an Italian scientist
 d. Albert Einstein

22. The altitudinal distance of a geostationary satellite from the earth is about:
a. 26, 000 km
b. 30, 000 km
c. 36, 000 km
d. 44, 000 km

23. Consider the following statements regarding the satellite imaging:

1. The satellite orbit is fixed in the inertial space

2. During successive across-track imaging, the earth rotates beneath the sensor
3. The satellite images a skewed area

Which one of the following is correct regarding the above statements?

a. 1, 2, 3
b. 1, 3
c. 2, 3
d. 1, 2

24. A and B are two towers of equal height diametrically opposite on either side of the
nadir point, at 3 km and 5 km distances. Which one of the following statements is
correct?
a. Height displacement of A will be less than that of B
b. Height displacement of B will be less than that of A
c. Height displacement of A and B is equal
d. Height displacement of A and B will be towards each other

25. In geographic coordinate system 1° at equator is equivalent to:

a. 43.49km
b. 78.71km
c. 111.32km
d. 102.47km

26. For edge detection which spatial filter would be most suitable?
a. Gaussian
b. Laplacian
c. Low-pass
d. None of the above

27. In Hyperspectral remote sensing the EM Spectrum is:

a. Continuous
 b. Discontinuous
c. Discrete
d. None of the above

28. ERS, Envisat, Sentinel and RISAT are example of which type of satellites:
a. Optical
b. Passive
c. Thermal
d. Microwave

29. RESOURCESAT-1 was launched in 2003 by:

a. USA
b. India
c. China
d. Russia

30. Image can have only ________ integer pixel values, whereas grid can have _____
and ______ real and ________ cell values.
a. Positive, Positive, Negative, Integer
b. Negative, Negative, Positive, Integer
c. Positive, Negative, Negative, Integer
d. Negative, Positive, Positive, Real

31. Which of the following IS NOT an accurate descriptor of the

phenomena depicted in the accompanying RADARSAT image?
a. The image shows a number of 'imprints' made on the ocean
surface by unusual atmospheric conditions
b. The image has recorded the ocean topographic effects from
atmospheric phenomena such as a large low pressure cell
(A), atmospheric gravity waves (B) and a region of multiple
rising/falling air currents (C).
c. For each atmospheric phenomena wherein the falling air
mass dampens ocean waves, the radar backscatter is
lessened, while the rising air mass induces surface wind,
which in turn increases ocean waves and therefore, radar
backscatter.
d. Higher backscatter is shown in the imagery as darker areas.
32. Every spring seems to bring a resurgence of the mysterious crop circles seen in
farmers' fields around the world, often attributed to the work of aliens. The
explanation of such, as depicted in the Landsat TM view, is which of the following
options?
a. They are "crop circles" - healthy crops irrigated using
a pivot irrigation system
b. They are large oil storage tanks with the ‘green’ color
resulting from the substance contained therein
exhibiting the typical form of fluorescence
'fingerprinting' for oil
c. They are typical near-infrared images captured from
below ground storage containers.
d. They are caused by the local lads using the area for
throwing do-nuts when driving their pick-up down by the levees.

33. Given that every kind of surface has its own spectral signature, which are correct
statements of what is depicted in the diagram?
a. Butter reflects weakly in blue and
strongly in yellow to red.
b. Tomato reflects weakly in blue and
yellow and strongly in red.
c. Lettuce reflects weakly in blue,
moderately in yellow and weakly in red
d. All of the above

34. Which of the following statements are correct when describing the spectral
signatures of vegetation and water?
a. Water and vegetation reflect somewhat
similarly in the visible wavelengths
b. Similarity range is from about 0.4 to 0.7 nm
but are almost always separable in the
infrared
c. All of the above
35. With reference to the diagram, for which wavelength ranges would it be best to
compare Pinelands and Grasslands to differentiate between each of these two
surface types?
a. 0.4 – 0.7 micrometers
b. 0.7 – 0.95 micrometers
c. 0.95 – 1.1 micrometers
d. 1.1 – 1.2 micrometers

36. A farmer using remote sensing can tell which sugar beet fields are healthy and
which are not, if she/he knows their spectral signatures. If s/he were designing a
sensor solely to measure the health of his sugar beets, what wavelength range
would she/he want the sensor to detect?
a. 400 – 700 nm
b. 700 – 1000 nm
c. 1000 – 1450 nm
d. 1450 – 2400 nm

37. With reference to the aerial photograph below, which of the following statements
are relevant to the identification of features in the image based on a visual
interpretation?
a. Residential areas on the left hand side of the image
and the upper right can be identified by the pattern
made in conjunction with the roads.
b. River easy to identify due to its contrasting tone with
the surrounding land and its shape.
c. Roads are visible due to their shape and a bright tone
contrasting against the other darker features.
d. All of the above.
38. With reference to the reflectance curve diagram below that illustrates the spectral
response patterns of coniferous and deciduous trees, which of the following
statements are applicable when attempting to use remote sending data to map the
extent of the two tree species?
a. Both types of trees will appear as similar shades of
green to the naked eye, imagery or photography in the
visible portion of the spectrum
b. The tree type would be difficult to distinguish using any
of the visible wavelengths
c. In the near-infrared, both types of trees are clearly
separable
d. All of the above

39. Which of the following are correct descriptors of the type of scattering listed?
a. Rayleigh scattering occurs when particles are much larger than the wavelength of
the radiation
b. Mie scattering occurs when the particles are just about the same size as the
wavelength of the radiation
c. Non-selective scattering occurs when the particles are very small compared to the
wavelength of the radiation
d. All of the above

40. Which of the following statements is INCORRECT when defining/describing

radiation quantities?
a. Irradiance is a measure of the rate of energy received per unit area.
b. Irradiance has units of watts per square kilometer.
c. Radiant exposure is a time integral (or sum) of irradiance.
d. In terms of remote sensing by satellite, radiance refers to energy received by a
satellite sensor and is the rate of energy received per unit area per unit of solid
angle.