GPS Multiple Choice Questions and Answer

1. __________ tells the receiver at what time the satellite should be at what place?

1. Ellipse
2. Hyperboloid
3. DOP
4. Ephemeris

Answer: Ephemeris

2. The smallest GPS unit is the one ______________

1. in the airplanes
2. you can wear on wrist
3. in the boats
4. in cars

Answer: you can wear on wrist

3. What is the advantage of photogrammetry?

1. weather dependent
2. complex system
3. costlier
4. covers large area

Answer: covers large area

4. What is the process of getting digital equivalent of analog signals for processing?

1. pattern recognition
2. data processing
3. data acquisition
4. image recognition

Answer: data acquisition

5. How many satellites are required to measure 2-D position i.e., the longitude and the
latitude?

1. Three
2. Two
3. One
4. Four

Answer: Three

6. The segments present in GPS are __________.

 1. Ground control
2. Space
3. User equipment
4. All the above

Answer: All the above

7. The components partitioned in GPS are known as ______.

1. Partitions
2. Segments
3. Packets
4. Frames

Answer: Segments

8. The US Space Forces maintains, develops and operates _______ segments

1. Space and Control

2. Control and User
3. Space and User
4. None of above

Answer: Space and Control

9. _____________ tracks the satellites as they are passed over.

1. Master Control Stations

2. Monitor stations
3. Master Control Stations
4. None of above

Answer: Monitor stations

10. Global monitoring station is used in _____________.

1. Monitor stations
2. Master Control Stations
3. Ground Antennas
4. None of the above

Answer: Master Control Stations

11. How many methods used by the surveyors in the measurement of GPS?

1. Four
2. Two
3. One
4. Three
Answer: Three

12. Static GPS Baseline technique makes use of ________ receivers of GPS

1. One
2. three
3. two
4. four

Answer: two

13. A device altitude can be measured using __________ satellite.

1. Third
2. Second
3. First
4. Fourth

Answer: Fourth

14. GNSS systems are _______________.

1. GLONASS
2. GPS
3. Galileo
4. All the above

Answer: All the above

15. The observations collected by the monitor stations are fed to ________.

1. Monitor stations
2. Ground Antennas
3. Master Control Stations
4. None of the above

Answer: Master Control Stations

16. How many satellites on the surface of Earth are used so that the location can be
produced?

1. Four
2. Five
3. Six
4. Three

Answer: Three

17. The satellites meant for GPS orbits in _______________

 1. Medium Earth Orbit (MEO)
2. Geosynchronous Orbit (GSO)
3. Geostationary Equatorial Orbit (GEO)
4. Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Answer: Medium Earth Orbit (MEO)

18. The mathematical principle involved in GPS is _________?

1. Graphical Resection
2. Trilateration
3. Triangulation
4. Analytical Resection

Answer: Trilateration

19. What is an advantage of digital signal?

1. Difficult control
2. High cost
3. Nitidity in response to design
4. Noise immunity

Answer: Noise immunity

20. The degradation in the quality of GPS by the government of the U.S. discontinued
by whom?

1. Bradford Parkinson
2. Ivan A. Getting
3. Bill Clinton
4. Friedwardt Winterberg

Answer: Bill Clinton

21. What is the practice for determining the geometric properties of objects from
photographic images___________

1. Remote sensing
2. Photogrammetry
3. Positioning
4. Orientation

Answer: Photogrammetry

22. What is meant by study of something without direct contact?

1. Tachometry
2. Remoted sensing
3. Geographic information system
 4. Ranging

Answer: Remote sensing

23. Which country developed GLONASS in contemporary with the GPS?

1. India
2. China
3. Nepal
4. Russia

Answer: Russia

24. What is the another name for exposure station?

1. Horizon Point
2. Air station
3. Zenith Point
4. Nadir Point

Answer: Air Station

25. Compass satellite system of navigation is operated under __________ government.

1. Indian
2. European
3. Chinese
4. Russian

Answer: Chinese

26. Which is an application of GPS for visually impaired in India?

1. Drishti
2. Marine GOS
3. GIS
4. Ramchers

Answer: Drishti

27. Modified version of GPS used to approach precision in the military applications is
known as __

1. PGPS
2. CGPS
3. DGPS
4. GPS

Answer: DGPS
28. What is meant by GPS?

1. Global Positioning System

2. Global Processing System
3. Geographic Processing System
4. Geographic Positional System

Answer: Global Positioning System

29. The GPS operated by Indians is _______

1. NavIC
2. GLONASS
3. Galileo
4. Compass

Answer: NavIC

30. What is the orbital height for GPS?

1. 20,180 km
2. 15,000 km
3. 10,00 km
4. 24,280 km

Answer: 20, 180 km

31. What is the distance between the UTM grid lines on topo maps?

1. 100 m
2. 2000 m
3. 1000 m
4. 5000 m

Answer: 1000 m

32. Which segment of GPS consists of receivers?

1. control
2. space
3. navigation
4. user

Answer: user

33. What is an application of GPS for virtually impaired?

1. Ramchers
2. MOBIC
3. Navigation
 4. GIS

Answer: MOBIC

34. What is an advantage of GPS Survey?

1. site indivisibility required

2. High precision
3. Night operation only
4. weather dependent

Answer: High precision

35. A test on General Relativity was proposed by __________

1. Ivan A. Getting
2. Roger L. Easton
3. Friedwardt Winterberg
4. Bradford Parkinson

Answer: Friedwardt Winterberg

36. Which segment of GPS consists of satellite?

1. user
2. space
3. control
4. navigation

Answer: Space

37. What are the master control station of control segment located?

1. colorado
2. Hawaii
3. kwajalein
4. diego garcia

Answer: Colorado

38. How many minimum satellites are operational in the constellation of GPS?

1. 25
2. 27
3. 24
4. 26

Answer: 24

39. Global Positioning System (GPS) is operated by _______

 1. China Space Force
2. United States Space Force
3. Russian Space Force
4. French Air and Space Force

Answer: United States Space Force

40. During which year the project on GPS was launched?

1. 1973
2. 1971
3. 1970
4. 1972

Answer: 1973