ELEMENTS OF REMOTE SENSING QUIZ

Pick up the important characteristic of a target which facilitates its identification from the following:

All of these

Temporal variation

Spectral variation

Spatial variation

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The basic requirement of any sensor system is:

Spatial resolution

Spectral resolution

All of these

Radiometric resolution

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Who coined the term, ‘Remote sensing’.

Evelyn L. Pruitt, a geographer

Gaspard Felix Tournachon, a French scientist

Wilbur Wright, an Italian scientist

None of these

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In GPS, receivers are used are;

Quartz clocks

Electronic clocks

Atomic clocks

Mechanical clocks

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Leaf reflectance depends primarily on:

Equivalent water content

All of these

Internal cell structure

The pigments

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Spatial variation in horizontal and vertical directions is caused due to:

All of these

Physical weathering of rocks

Chemical weathering of rocks

Biological weathering of rocks

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The spectral region of the electromagnetic radiation which passes through the atmosphere without much attenuation is known as:

Atmospheric window

Ozone hole

Ozone window

Black hole

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Which one of the following geometric errors of satellite sensors is random?

Scan skew

Altitude variation

Earth rotation

Panoramic distortion

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Which one of the following parameters is considered to determine the reflectance of a vegetation canopy?

Solar zenith angle

Azimuth angle

All of these

Look angle

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The object of photo-interpretation is:

All of these

Recognition of objects

Identification

Judging the significance of objects

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