B.S.F. or B.Sc.F. Bachelor of Science in Forestry Bachelor of Science in Forestry: Remote Sensing and GIS in Forestry

Question 1

What does the acronym GIS stand for in the context of forestry applications?

Accepted Answer

Geographic Information System

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Global Imaging Software

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Geospatial Index Survey

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Ground Inventory System

Question 2

Which electromagnetic spectral band is most commonly used in remote sensing to detect healthy green vegetation?

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Near-infrared (NIR)

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Thermal infrared

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Ultraviolet

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Microwave

Question 3

What does NDVI stand for in forest remote sensing?

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Normalized Difference Vegetation Index

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National Digital Vegetation Inventory

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Near-Distance Variance Indicator

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Normalized Data Vegetation Imagery

Question 4

LiDAR technology in forestry is primarily valued for its ability to measure which forest attribute with high accuracy?

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Canopy height and vertical structure

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Soil pH levels

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Tree species composition

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Leaf chlorophyll content

Question 5

Which of the following Landsat satellite series is operated jointly by NASA and the USGS and is widely used for long-term forest cover monitoring?

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Landsat 8/9

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SPOT 7

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Sentinel-2

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WorldView-3

Question 6

In remote sensing, 'spatial resolution' refers to which characteristic of an image?

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The smallest ground area represented by a single pixel

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The number of spectral bands captured

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The frequency at which the satellite revisits an area

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The radiometric sensitivity of the sensor

Question 7

Which type of GIS data model stores information as a grid of cells, each with an assigned value, and is commonly used for representing continuous forest attributes such as elevation or canopy cover?

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Raster

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Vector polygon

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Shapefile

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Topology