Chapter 16 Wireless System

Question 1

What term is used to describe
the height of a wave above and
below the central axis?

Answer 1

Amplitude
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Question 2

What term is used to
describe the number of
cycles as a measurement
of radio waves and other
waveforms?

Answer 2

Frequency
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Question 3

What unit of measure is
used to express the
frequency?

Answer 3

Hertz (Hz)
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Question 4

What does one hertz equal?

Answer 4

One cycle per second
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Question 5

What term is used to
describe the distance
between peaks of a
sinusoidal wave?

Answer 5

Wavelength
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Question 6

What term is used to
describe the motion of
waves through or along
a medium?

Answer 6

Propagation
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