The Remote Sensing Quiz! Trivia Questions
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How much knowledge do you have about the remote sensing technology? Remote sensing is the act of observing the radiation or a given area at a distance using unique cameras or satellite cameras that receive images and data in intervals or in real-time. Do you know the journey that this technology had taken over time since the creation of cameras? Well, take the quiz and see for yourself.
- 1.What is remote sensing?
- A.
Ability to gather information about a distant or unseen target using paranormal means or extra-sensory perception
- B.
Small or large-scale acquisition of information of an object or phenomenon not in physical or intimate contact
- C.
Electrical impedance measuring technique that uses separate pairs of current-carrying and voltage-sensing electrodes to make more accurate measurements
- D.
Allowing graphical applications to be run remotely on a server, while being displayed locally
- E.
Any system that captures, stores, analyzes, manages, and presents data that are linked to location.
- 2.What is photogrammetry?
- A.
Determining the geometric properties of objects from photographic images
- B.
Estimating the three-dimensional coordinates of points on an object
- C.
Acquisition of objects without contact of large complex scenes in 3D
- D.
Analysing a real-world object or environment to collect data on its shape and possibly its appearance
- E.
Optical illusion of depth created from flat, two-dimensional image or images
- 3.During the middle of the 14th century, who came up with the idea of Camera Obscura in their notebook?
- A.
Galileo Galilei
- B.
Thomas Alva Edison
- C.
Leonardo Da Vinci
- D.
Isaac Newton
- E.
Rene Descartes
- 4.Which famous French photographer first practiced aerial photography and made photographs of Paris from his balloon in the mid 18th century?
- A.
Charles Nègre
- B.
Jean-Marie Périer
- C.
André Giroux
- D.
François-Simon-Alphonse Giroux
- E.
Félix Nadar
- 5.At the start of the 19th century, how were pigeons used in the early form of remote sensing?
- A.
They carried pictures from the battlefield to remote sensing stations
- B.
They conveyed messages from remote sensing stations to another
- C.
They were used to test tracking equipment
- D.
They carried cameras which automatically took pictures
- E.
They were never used
- 6.Electromagnetic waves are defined to behave in the same way of which of the following waves?
- A.
Longitudinal waves
- B.
Transverse waves
- C.
Compressional waves
- D.
Mechanical wave
- E.
Sound waves
- 7.Which of the types of waves below has the longest wavelength?
- A.
X-Rays
- B.
Gamma Rays
- C.
Hertzian Waves
- D.
Radio Waves
- E.
Near Infrared Waves
- 8.Which of the following remote sensing technologies use sound?
- A.
RADAR
- B.
Colour Infrared
- C.
SONAR
- D.
LORAN
- E.
LIDAR
- 9.What color does living vegetation appear as on false-colour IR images?
- A.
Green
- B.
Red
- C.
Black
- D.
Blue
- E.
Yellow
- 10.What range of colors are used is for the sensing, representation, and display of images in modern electronic systems and photography.
- A.
Cyan, Magenta, Yellow
- B.
Red, Green, Blue
- C.
Cyan, Green, Yellow
- D.
Cyan, Magneta, Yellow, Black
- E.
Red, Green, Yellow
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