NGA GPC EXAM STUDY GUIDE
Broadcast-Request Imagery Technology Environment (BRITE) - Answers -An NSG
program that disseminates NGA GEOINT data via Military Satellite/SIPRNET to
communications-limited tactical users worldwide.
The Combatant Commands (COCOMs) - Answers -Promote and enhance security to
achieve U.S. stategic objectives and plan and conduct military operations. They
analyze, produce, and disseminate all-source intelligence and GEOINT to support
operations.
Datum - Answers -A mathmatical model of Earth used to calculate the coordinates on
any map, chart, or survey system.
The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) - Answers -Produces and manages foreign
military intelligence. Provides military intelligence to warfighters, defence policymakers,
and force planners.
Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS) - Answers -Is a family of systems
designed to provide airborne system-derived, multi-INT discipline, ISR task, post
process and use capabilities at the theater and tactical levels.
Ellipsoid - Answers -Refers to the shape of the Earth. Is the shape of the surface
created by Mean Sea Level (MSL).
Executive Order 12951 - Answers -Provides the authority for the release of imagery
acquired by space-based national intelligence reconnaissance systems. It also
addressed the fact that only the DNI has the authority to declassify imagery collected
from space.
Exhibiting Consistency of Analysis Over Time - Answers -One of the analytical
standards of GEOINT. Analyst can be hindered by limited knowledge of the analyst,
poor institutional record of previous analytic positions, a problem exacerbated by
frequent personnel moves and orginizational changes.
Geographic Information Service (GIS) - Answers -A computer-based system that aides
in the collection, maintenance, storage, analysis, output and distribution of spatial data
and information. It is compromised of hardware, software, data, humans and a set of
organizational tools.
GIS Software - Answers -Analysis Functions Commonly Provided: Spatial Query,
Attribute Query, Connectivity, Terrain Analysis, Map Algebra, Interpolation, Spatial Data
Overlay, Boundary Dissolve, Buffering, and Proximity & Adjacency.
, GEOINT - Answers -Is an intelligence dicsipline and a tradecraft that is comprised of
three elements.
The Three Elements of GEOINT - Answers -Comprised of Imagery, Imagery
Intelligence, and Geospatial Information.
Imagery - Answers -A likeness or presentation of any natural or man-made features or
related activity and the positional data acquired at the same time the likeness or
representation was acquired, including products produced by space-based national
intelligence reconnaissance systems, satellites, airborne platforms, unmanned aerial
vehicles, or other similar means (term does not include handheld or clandestine
photography taken by or on behalf of human intelligence collection organizations).
Imagery Intelligence - Answers -The technical, geographic, and intelligence information
derived through the analysis of imagery and collateral materials.
Geospatial Information - Answers -Information identifying the geographic location and
characteristics of natural or constructed features and boundaries on the earth, including:
statistical data, mapping, charting, geodetic data, and other data.
GEOINT Committee (GEOCOM) - Answers -NSG Committee that serves as an
advisory body to the GEOINT Funtional Manager.
GEOINT Information Management System (GIMS) - Answers -Provides the national
and DOD imagery communities with a uniform automated collection management
system for national platforms.
GEOINT Standards - Answers -Standards are the essential elements that will enable
integrated and interoperable GEOINT capabilities within the larger national security
environment.
GEOINT Support Systems - Answers -NSG hardware and software that increase the
capabilities to provide intelligence missions.
Commercial Analyst Workstation (CAWS) - Answers -A commercial system that
integrates intelligence application for use at the analyst workstation/desktop level.
Imagery Exploitation Support System (IESS) - Answers -DOD-Standard system that
provides near-real time support for imagery exploitation, requirements and
dissemination management at 40 locations.
Integrated Exploitation Capability (IEC) - Answers -An NGA capability that procures,
delivers, and integrates NSG softcopy imagery exploitation and information production
capabilities within the GEOINT community.
Broadcast-Request Imagery Technology Environment (BRITE) - Answers -An NSG
program that disseminates NGA GEOINT data via Military Satellite/SIPRNET to
communications-limited tactical users worldwide.
The Combatant Commands (COCOMs) - Answers -Promote and enhance security to
achieve U.S. stategic objectives and plan and conduct military operations. They
analyze, produce, and disseminate all-source intelligence and GEOINT to support
operations.
Datum - Answers -A mathmatical model of Earth used to calculate the coordinates on
any map, chart, or survey system.
The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) - Answers -Produces and manages foreign
military intelligence. Provides military intelligence to warfighters, defence policymakers,
and force planners.
Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS) - Answers -Is a family of systems
designed to provide airborne system-derived, multi-INT discipline, ISR task, post
process and use capabilities at the theater and tactical levels.
Ellipsoid - Answers -Refers to the shape of the Earth. Is the shape of the surface
created by Mean Sea Level (MSL).
Executive Order 12951 - Answers -Provides the authority for the release of imagery
acquired by space-based national intelligence reconnaissance systems. It also
addressed the fact that only the DNI has the authority to declassify imagery collected
from space.
Exhibiting Consistency of Analysis Over Time - Answers -One of the analytical
standards of GEOINT. Analyst can be hindered by limited knowledge of the analyst,
poor institutional record of previous analytic positions, a problem exacerbated by
frequent personnel moves and orginizational changes.
Geographic Information Service (GIS) - Answers -A computer-based system that aides
in the collection, maintenance, storage, analysis, output and distribution of spatial data
and information. It is compromised of hardware, software, data, humans and a set of
organizational tools.
GIS Software - Answers -Analysis Functions Commonly Provided: Spatial Query,
Attribute Query, Connectivity, Terrain Analysis, Map Algebra, Interpolation, Spatial Data
Overlay, Boundary Dissolve, Buffering, and Proximity & Adjacency.
, GEOINT - Answers -Is an intelligence dicsipline and a tradecraft that is comprised of
three elements.
The Three Elements of GEOINT - Answers -Comprised of Imagery, Imagery
Intelligence, and Geospatial Information.
Imagery - Answers -A likeness or presentation of any natural or man-made features or
related activity and the positional data acquired at the same time the likeness or
representation was acquired, including products produced by space-based national
intelligence reconnaissance systems, satellites, airborne platforms, unmanned aerial
vehicles, or other similar means (term does not include handheld or clandestine
photography taken by or on behalf of human intelligence collection organizations).
Imagery Intelligence - Answers -The technical, geographic, and intelligence information
derived through the analysis of imagery and collateral materials.
Geospatial Information - Answers -Information identifying the geographic location and
characteristics of natural or constructed features and boundaries on the earth, including:
statistical data, mapping, charting, geodetic data, and other data.
GEOINT Committee (GEOCOM) - Answers -NSG Committee that serves as an
advisory body to the GEOINT Funtional Manager.
GEOINT Information Management System (GIMS) - Answers -Provides the national
and DOD imagery communities with a uniform automated collection management
system for national platforms.
GEOINT Standards - Answers -Standards are the essential elements that will enable
integrated and interoperable GEOINT capabilities within the larger national security
environment.
GEOINT Support Systems - Answers -NSG hardware and software that increase the
capabilities to provide intelligence missions.
Commercial Analyst Workstation (CAWS) - Answers -A commercial system that
integrates intelligence application for use at the analyst workstation/desktop level.
Imagery Exploitation Support System (IESS) - Answers -DOD-Standard system that
provides near-real time support for imagery exploitation, requirements and
dissemination management at 40 locations.
Integrated Exploitation Capability (IEC) - Answers -An NGA capability that procures,
delivers, and integrates NSG softcopy imagery exploitation and information production
capabilities within the GEOINT community.
