Test 1 Sample questions

1) You can bring a 3x5 card of handwritten notes (both sides) to the test. If your card is any bigger you will have 10 points taken off your test score.

The questions cover both material presented in class, material from archive presentations and material from the readings.

Visible light:

a) occupies a narrow frequency within the electromagnetic spectrum

b) are the shortest wavelengths within the electromagnetic spectrum

c) are some of the longest wavelengths within the electromagnetic spectrum

d) are the only wavelengths that can be detected by Landsat MSS

GPS:

a) is based on the five Landsat satellites

b) is based on the NOAA weather satellites

c) is based on a network of Department of Defense satellites

d) is based on geosynchronous satellites

Bands of data refer to:

a) stripes of data collected by satellites orbiting the earth

b) the way in which level 0 data are collected

c) a collection of data on a CD-ROM

d) data like Landsat TM data that is collected over a narrow frequency range

Short essays (use full sentences)

1) A friend has heard the word GIS and all he or she knows is that there are jobs in this field. How would you answer this person? (explain the acronym, what it does and give an example of an application for GIS)

2) You are looking for imagery of Bremerton. What type of imagery might be useful to get a general understanding of the region? What archive would you access?

You want to produce an impressive map to show the location of 4 parks that you are proposing for Bremerton. The map will be a result of several sorts of data.

a) What types of data might you be looking for? (Explain the reasons for your selection)

b) If you don’t have GIS expertise, what archive also can probably provide this service?

3) What is a heat island and what might you use to detect a heat island?

4) What is food security? How can remotely sensed data be used to help predict food security?

5) Explain 4 of the following terms:

Crowd sourcing

Pixel

Orbital debris

Kessler syndrome

Heat island

GPS receiver

Shallow urban canopy

Raw data