Unit 1 Quiz

Question 1

This course requires that you have the CoastWatch Utilities installed.

• True

• False

Question 2

What do CoastWatch data files contain?

• Global file attributes and numerical data arrays bundled into a scientific data format

• Standard JPEG image data as color pixels, readable in any image viewer

• Text and images in a standard rich text format

• 32-bit floating point GeoTIFF data usable in any GIS software

Question 3

Two scientific data formats used by CoastWatch are:

• SHP and DBF

• PNG and JPEG

• KML and XML

• HDF and NetCDF

Question 4

The CoastWatch Utilities only has command line tools useful for scripting, no graphical user interface.

• True

• False

Question 5

Uses for the CoastWatch Utilities are: (choose all answers that apply)

• Generic math and interactive data analysis

• 3D rendering

• Data resampling and conversion

• Displaying a set of satellites in orbit

Question 6

Two other software packages useful for working with HDF and NetCDF files are:

• HDFView and the NetCDF Operators (NCO)

• PaintShop Pro and Excel

• Microsoft Access and Microsoft Word

• VLC and Google Earth

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