Civil Engineering MCQs

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The refractive index of the ocean water_______________?
A. Increases with salinity
B. Increases with temperature
C. Decreases with salinity
D. Decreases with temperature
Which one of the following parameters is accurate for DGPS ?
A. Positional accuracies ~ 1 – 2 m if rover is less than 1-2 km from the reference station
B. Positional accuracies ~ 2 – 5m if rover is less than 2-5 fm from the reference station
C. Positional accuracies ~ 5 – 10 m if rover is less than 5-10 km from reference station
D. Positional accuracies ~ 5 – 10 m if rover is less than 25 km
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 sec2 of scan measured from the nadir
C. The details towards the edge of the scan get compressed
D. All of these