Instruction
Answer each of the following questions in 100 words or less. This progress assignment is intended to assess your knowledge and progress FOLLOWING the required electronic textbook readings and your completion of the ungraded exam in the exams area of the classroom:
1) Define resolution and how it is measured.
2) What are two major advantages identified in the required reading for the use of satellites for intelligence gathering. Explain.
3) Define and discuss the tradeoffs between aperture and focal length dimensions in optical imaging.
4) From the required readings identify the four major spectral imaging categories, general level of resolution, number of spectral bands, and what level of information they obtain.
5) When compared with optical imaging why is synthetic aperture radar one of the most powerful tools in intelligence collection?
6) Discuss the tradeoffs of antennas and receivers in SIGINT systems.
SUBMIT YOUR WORK FIRST INTO THE SPACE PROVIDED.
Rubric for grading:
Each question is worth 15 points and you automatically earn 10 points completing this assignment.
The material for the questions is in the electronic textbook and you are expected to provide a complete description/definition/discussion/list. Partial credit will be awarded for incomplete or partially correct answers. The answers CANNOT be quotes from the electronic textbook, but must be placed in your own words (to demonstrate that you are internalizing the material). If there are multiple elements to the question, you must respond to all elements in the question.