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Final Exam - Rio Tinto

[True/False Questions:]{.underline} (Place a T or F in the space
provided prior to the number)

1.  The high concentration of iron is the cause for the reddish colored
    land at Rio Tinto?

2.  Is it detrimental to add automation to drilling to remove human
    interaction?

3.  You control contamination in planetary exploration by sterilization,
    monitoring, and controlling the manufacturing environment on earth?

4.  Concerning probes on mars in a space environment, the availability
    of energy is limited to atomic and thermal?

5.  Mars gullies appear at 30° latitude?

6.  Is SOLID an acronym for Signs of Life Detector?

7.  Prototype mars drills have gone to a depth of five meters in the
    field in JPL tests?

8.  Subsurface microbiology is basically the study of micro organisms
    that live beneath the surface of the earth?

9.  In forward contamination on a field mission you must control both
    environmental and laboratory contamination?

10. Has Molecular Biology and biosensor industry permitted the
    development of very sensitive methods and devices suitable for
    biochemical and microbiological detection?

11. On Mars we see a red horizon because there is a high concentration
    of iron?

12. Bio-markers are indicators of life whether extinct or current?

13. You can tell if there is contamination by adding tracers to drilling
    fluid?

14. A raman spectrometer is used for detecting biomolecules and organic
    material?

15. If there is life on any other planet it should be iron based and
    would have the following characteristics: the capacity to evolve and
    to replicate?

16. Rio Tinto subsurface is an important mars analog?

[Multiple Choice Questions:]{.underline} (Place appropriate letter in
the space provided)

17. What are the four requirements for life?\
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    A. Electrical Energy, Source of Energy, Sunlight, Chemical Energy\
    B. Sunlight, Liquid water, Source of Energy, Biological Material\
    C. Liquid water, Temperate Climate, Source of Energy, Chemical
    Energy.\
    D. Source of Energy, Sunlight, Liquid water, Chemical Energy.

18. What percent of the Earths biosphere is below the grounds surface?\
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    A. 95%\
    B. 91%\
    C. 99%\
    D. 83%

19. When designing a drilling apparatus for space environment one must
    consider the following elements.\
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    A. Temperature, Weight, Autonomy, Vibrations, Energy, Radiation,
    Volume.\
    B. Weight, Energy, Autonomy, Vibrations, Radiation, Temperature,
    Volume, Design.\
    C. Vibrations, Autonomy, Radiation, Energy, Temperature, Design,
    Volume.\
    D. Energy, Weight, Temperature, Volume, Autonomy, Vibrations,
    Design.

20. What does MARTE stand for?\
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    A. Mars Autonomous Research and Technology Exercise\
    B. Mars Analog Research and Technology Experiment\
    C. Mars Analog Resource and Technology Experiment\
    D. Mars Autonomous Research and Terrestrial Exercise

21. The three major types of contamination are.\
    \
    A. Reverse, Back, Cross\
    B. Forward, Back, Linear\
    C. Back, Forward, Cross\
    D. Linear, cross, Forward.

22. What types of information can be gathered from logging data?\
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    A. Conductivity, Acoustics, Temperature, Imaging\
    B. Temperature, Conductivity, Radiation, Acoustics, Imaging\
    C. Imaging, Radiation, Conductivity, Temperature\
    D. Acoustics, Conductivity, Imaging Radiation,

23. The three types of tracers are?\
    \
    A. Chemical-Bromide, Physical-Florescent beads,
    Biological-lactobacillus bacteria.\
    B. Chemical-Sulfur, Physical-Florescent beads,
    Biological-lactobacillus bacteria.\
    C. Chemical --Bromide, Physical-Florescent beads,
    Biological-leptospira bacteria\
    D. Chemical --Bromide, Physical-luminous beads,
    Biological-leptospira bacteria.

[Completion Questions:]{.underline} (Please provide SHORT answers;
continue on back if additional space is\
needed)

1.  What are the mission constraints facing autonomous drilling?

2.  What are the problems with Drilling on Microbes?

3.  What kinds of minerals are found in the area of the River Tinto?

4.  Why was the Rio Tinto area selected for these experiments?

5.  What are the two different types of drilling probes?

6.  What are the three main components of a bottom hole assembly system?

7.  What does the high ferrous content of the water do for the acidity?

8.  List 5 of the sensors that are required to allow a robot to drill
    autonomously?

9.  What are three benefits of MARTE?

10. List three of the five science rationale for drilling on Mars?

11. Why are gullies important to drilling?

12. What aspects of drilling make it unpredictable for an autonomous
    driller?

13. What are the MARTE experiment objectives?