SET-2
1. Multipath propagation of the GPS signal is a dominant source of error in
a) differential positioning
b) finding target location
c) positioning
d) none
2. Multipath propagation can be divided into two classes
a) precision and dynamic
b) static and precision
c) static and dynamic
d) precision and accuracy
3. The most common form of spatial processing is an antenna designed to attenuate
a) signals reflected from the building
b) signals reflected from the mountains
c) signals reflected from the trees
d) signals reflected from the ground
4. The time of transmission used in calculating pseudoranges must be in ______, which is
common to all satellites.
a) atomic time
b) GPS time
c) satellite time
d) earth’s time
5. Receivers that incorporate receiver clock error in the Kalman filter state vector need a
suitable mathematical model of the
a) transmitter clock error
b) crystal clock error
c) oscillator clock
d) quartz clock error
6. The troposphere is nondispersive at the GPS frequencies, so that delay is not
a) frequency dependent
b) time dependent
c) magnitude dependent
d) noise dependent
7. The path delay for a satellite at zenith typically varies from about ___at night to ___during
late afternoon.
a) 1 m& 5-15 m
b) 12 m & 5-15 m
c) 1 m & 5-10 m
d) 1 m & 5-150 m
8. Helical antennas are generally ________to manufacture than patch antenna.
a) more complex and costly
b) less complex and costly
c) more reliable and costly
d) less reliable and costly
9. Fine adjustments are made to the signal generator carrier frequency to maintain
a) frequency
b) phase coherence
c) carrier
d) code
10. A full WAAS algorithm contains three Kalman filters
a) an orbit determination filter
b) an ionospheric corrections filter
c) a fast corrections filter
d) all the above
11. Control of the carrier frequency and phase is also required to eliminate __________and to
maintain ____________
a) uplink Doppler, coherence between code and carrier
b) uplink Doppler, phase coherence
c) downlink Doppler, coherence between code and carrier
d) downlink Doppler, phase coherence
12. GPS is first and foremost a ________
a) military system
b) navigation system
c) surveying system
d) inertial navigation system
13. Only a satellite-based system could ensure___________.
a) wide area coverage
b) limited coverage
c) local area coverage
d) global coverage
14. Modernized GPS will transmit the ___ code for existing receivers and transmit the
___code for new receivers.
a) P& M
b) P & C/A
c) Y & M
d) Y & P
15. The first military applications were with ________receivers on ships and other vehicles.
a) computer-operated
b) man-operated
c) self-operated
d) none
16. GPS receivers have found their way into
a) ballistic missiles
b) smart bombs
c) artillery shells
d) all the above
17. GPS-equipped precision guided munitions quantities will total over ________in the U.S.
Air Force alone.
a) 300,000
b) 30,000
c) 3000
d) 500,000
18. GPS receivers are quite useful on spacecraft in orbit up to about __________ nmi.
a) 1,000
b) 20,000
c) 10,000
d) 100,000
19. Full form of RINEX
a) receiver inter exchange format
b) receiver independent exchange format
c) receiver in exchange format
d) receiver input exchange format
20. Non standard format is in _____ format and Rinex format is in ________ standard
format.
a) binary & ASCII
b) ASCII & binary
c) only binary
d) only ASCII
