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Geospatial and Monitoring Technology

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Geospatial technology involves tools and methods used to map, monitor, and analyze the Earth. This section covers remote sensing, geographic information systems, and environmental monitoring networks. These topics are crucial for civil services and state level examinations.

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Geospatial and Monitoring Technology Questions

Multiple choice business organisation and correspondence meaning and factors of business environment dimensions of business environment business environment and its dimensions business environment

Which of the following technique can be used in environment scanning?

  1. SWOT Analysis

  2. PEST/PESTEL Analysis

  3. Industry Analysis

  4. All of above
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D Correct answer
Explanation
Environment Scanning is careful monitoring of an organization's internal and external environments for detecting early signs of opportunities and threats that may influence its current and future plans.Following technique can be used in environment scanning:
A) SWOT Analysis
B) PEST/PESTEL Analysis
C) Industry Analysis.
Multiple choice business organisation and correspondence meaning and factors of business environment dimensions of business environment business environment and its dimensions business environment

In which type of environmental scanning, ad hoc decisions are made?

  1. Passive Scanning

  2. Active Scanning

  3. Directed Scanning

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Passive scanning helps to take the ad hoc decisions. Ad hoc decisions refer to those decisions which are taken in case of emergencies. Passive scanning is also known as ongoing scanning which takens place unconsciously in the organization.

Multiple choice

Which system gathers, stores, and analyzes geographic information?

  1. GPS

  2. remote sensing

  3. GIS

  4. satellites

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

A Geographic Information System (GIS) is a computer system designed to capture, store, manipulate, analyze, manage, and present all types of geographical data. While GPS is used for finding precise locations and satellites collect data, GIS is the comprehensive system that integrates and analyzes this information.

Multiple choice

What is remote sensing?

  1. using software to combine data

  2. analyzing different types of data

  3. tracking changes on Earth's surface

  4. getting information from far away
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Remote sensing is defined as the process of acquiring information about the Earth's surface from a distance, typically using sensors on satellites or aircraft. This allows scientists to gather data without making physical contact with the area being studied. Therefore, getting information from far away is the most accurate description.

Multiple choice

Which of the following helps people get directions while they are driving?

  1. GIS

  2. GPS

  3. remote sensing

  4. satellites
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a satellite-based navigation system that provides real-time location and direction tracking, making it the primary tool for driving navigation. GIS is used for analyzing spatial data, and remote sensing is used for gathering data from a distance, neither of which directly provide driving directions.

Multiple choice

What are satellite tags used for in the marine environment?

  1. Determine the location of a surface buoy

  2. Tracking currents

  3. None of the above

  4. Tracking organisms
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Satellite tags are attached to marine animals, such as sharks, turtles, and whales, to track their movements, migration patterns, and behaviors across the ocean. While other instruments track currents or buoys, satellite tags specifically revolutionized our understanding of marine organism migrations.

Multiple choice

GPS has benefited seafaringand oceanography by doing what?

  1. bridging the gap between submersibles and scuba.

  2. making it possible to see underwater.

  3. increasing under water duration.

  4. making navigation significantly more accurate.
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D Correct answer
Explanation

The Global Positioning System (GPS) revolutionized marine navigation and oceanography by providing highly accurate, real-time location data anywhere on Earth. This allows research vessels to precisely map the seafloor, track currents, and return to exact sampling locations, which was much more difficult with older navigation methods.

Multiple choice

What collects the data used in Remote asensing

  1. Sonar

  2. Geographers

  3. Cartographers

  4. Satellites
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Remote sensing involves collecting data about the Earth's surface from a distance, typically using sensors mounted on satellites or aircraft.

Multiple choice

What system is most helpful to a Geocacher?

  1. GIS

  2. GPS

  3. Maps

  4. Satellites
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B Correct answer
Explanation

GPS (Global Positioning System) is essential for Geocaching because it allows users to determine their precise location on Earth to find hidden containers.

Multiple choice

What is GPS?

  1. Global Positioning System, triangulate postition by referencing satellites

  2. Global Power System

  3. Global Plowing System

  4. Global Pushing system
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

GPS stands for Global Positioning System, a satellite-based navigation system that provides location and time information anywhere on Earth.

Multiple choice

Which technology is commonly used to monitor air quality in real-time?

  1. Air quality sensors

  2. Air quality monitors

  3. Air quality networks

  4. All of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Air quality sensors, air quality monitors, and air quality networks are all technologies used to monitor air quality in real-time, providing data on various pollutants and their concentrations in the air.