Week-3: Introduction to Remote Sensing
Assignment-3
Time: 1hr Max. Marks: 20
Note: Attempt all questions.
1. Earth observations from a satellite platform provides:
(a) Synoptic view of a large area
(b) Constant solar zenith angles and similar illumination conditions
(c) Repetitive observations of the same area with intervals of a few minutes
to a few weeks
(d) All of these
2. Due to scan geometry of a satellite sensor:
(a) The off-nadir resolution is degraded
(b) The ground distance swept by the senor, IFOV is proportional to sec2θ,
where θ is the angle of scan measured from the nadir
(c) The details towards the edge of the scan get compressed
(d) All of these
3. 'A time varying electric field produces a magnetic field.' This phenomenon is
called:
(a) Hertz's law
(b) Ampere Maxwell's law
(c) Faraday's law
(d) Kirchoff s law
4. The maximum sun's radiation occurs around:
(a) 0.4 μm wave length
(b) 0.55 μm wave length
(c) 0.7 μm wave length
(d) None of these
5. The objective of image interpretation is:
(a) Identification and recognition of objects
(b) Measuring the thickness of objects
(c) Estimate the age of the objects
(d) None of the above
6. Pick up the correct statement from the following:
(a) The first man-made satellite, Sputnik was launched on 4th October, 1957
(b) The US's Explorer 6 transmitted the first picture of the earth in August
1959
(c) Television Infrared Observation Satellite (TIROS) designed for
meteorological observations, started systematic earth observations from
space from 1, April, 1960
(d) U.S.A.'s highly secret mission CORONA started the collection of
intelligence photography in 1960
(e) All of these.
7. The reflectance from a surface is called specular reflection if it follows:
(a) Snells's law
(b) Lambert's cosine law
(c) Planktan's law
(d) All of these
8. The changes in the reflectivity/emissivity with time, is called:
(a) Spectral variation
(b) Spatial variation
(c) Temporal variation
(d) None of these
9. In sun light, water rich in phytoplankton appears:
(a) Red
(b) Green
(c) Brown
(d) Blue
10. "All bodies at temperatures above absolute zero degree emit electromagnetic
radiation at different wave length", is known as:
(a) Plank's law
(b) Planktan's law
(c) Lambert's cosine law
(d) None of these
11. In which part of the reflective optical infrared region, the effect of multiple leaves
in vegetation canopy is maximum?
(a) The near-IR (0.7 - 1.3 μm) region
(b) The visible (0.4 - 0.7 μm) region
(c) The short wave IR (1.3 - 2.7 μm) region
(d) In all the above region
12. If a pixel of an image is having 30m resolution, how much ground area it would
represents:
(a) 30 m2
(b) 60 m2
(c) 90 m2
(d) 900 m2
13. While passing through the atmosphere, the solar radiation:
(a) Remains unaffected
(b) Gets scattered
(c) Gets absorbed partially
(d) None of these
14. With the increase of turbidity, the muddy water appears brown due to the shift of
the upward radiance peak towards:
(a) Red
(b) Green
(c) Yellow
(d) Blue
15. Which one of the following can travel through empty space?
(a) Sound waves
(b) Water waves
(c) Electromagnetic waves
(d) Spring waves
16. The emission of electrons from a metal plate exposed to light depends on the:
(a) Intensity of the light
(b) Frequency of light
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) Neither (a) nor (b)
17. Spatial resolution of an image is?
(a) Can be improved later
(b) Vary with time
(c) Fixed once the image is acquired by the satellite
(d) None of the above
18. Which form of scattering in the atmosphere is NOT dependent on wavelength?
(a) Rayleigh
(b) Non-Selective
(c) Mie
(d) Both Rayleigh and Mie
19. Which of the following is not a reason why remote sensing is ideal for use in
Natural Sciences?
(a) It can be applied at any scale
(b) It can monitor change over time
(c) It minimizes the need for fieldwork in dangerous, isolated and sensitive
areas
(d) It will always be more reliable than fieldwork studies
20. Which of the following is not a type of image resolution?
(a) Special
(b) Spatial
(c) Temporal
(d) Spectral
