Seismic Data Acquisition and Processing Quiz Answers

1) It transmits into the earth a long-duration signal the frequency of which varies
linearly with time; this is:
a. The dynamite ( )
b. The dinoseis ( )
c. The vibroseis ( / )
d. All of the above ( )
2) A volume of high-pressure air, stored in a chamber is suddenly released
underwater to form an air bubble; this is the:
a. Water gun ( )
b. Air gun ( / )
c. Geoflex ( )
d. Vibroseis ( )
3) Pressure-sensitive detectors are used:
a. Only in water covered areas ( / )
b. Only in onshore areas ( )
c. Anywhere ( )
d. None of the above ( )
4) The Streamer is a
a. Surface-reference cable ( )
b. Bottom-reference cable ( )
c. submerged buoyant cable ( / )
d. Land seismic cable ( )
5) The principle of digital recording is that
a. voltage amplitudes analogous to the seismic motion are measured at
regular time intervals and converted into numbers ( / )
b. the vibrations of the earth's surface as analogous displacements ( )
c. based on the principles of electrodynamics ( )
d. All of the above
6) What data from the following is needed for static corrections?
a. Sources and Receivers elevations ( )
b. Weathering layer thickness ( )
c. Weathering layer velocities ( )
d. All of the above ( / )
7) Trace editing is used for
a. zeroing all of the samples in the bad trace ( )
b. omit bad record ( )
c. Polarity reversal for the trace that is recorded of polarity reversed with
respect to all other traces ( )
d. All of the above ( / )
8) When we transform seismic data into the FK domain
a. dipping events in time/space become single points ( )
 b. dipping events in time/space become dipping events in
frequency/wavenumber ( / )
c. Inverse Fourier transform is used ( )
d. All of the above ( )
9) NMO correction is applied
a. On the data as it was recorded ( )
b. On the shot gathers ( )
c. On data sorted to the CMP gathers ( / )
d. On common velocity gathers ( )
10)Which of the following processes sum all of the data from one common mid-point
a. CMP Gathering ( )
b. CDP Gathering ( )
c. CMP Stacking ( / )
d. Shot Stacking ( )