20 Multiple Choice Questions and Answers For Personal Communication Systems - RAMON (Revised)
20 Multiple Choice Questions and Answers For Personal Communication Systems - RAMON (Revised)
Citations:
- Chapter 32: Wireless and Personal Communications Systems from the book Teach
Yourself Electricity and Electronics, 5th edition by Stan Gibilisco.
1. A network that employs one powerful central computer and several PCs is called:
A. A wireless network.
B. A local-area network.
C. A client-server network.*
D. A peer-to-peer network.
A. Radio reception.*
B. Radio transmission.
C. Infrared reception.
D. Infrared transmission.
7. As the data speed increases in a wireless system, all other factors being equal:
wavelengths of approximately:
A. 10 to 100 millimeters.
B. 100 millimeters to 1 meter.
C. 1 to 10 meters.
D. 10 to 100 meters.*
9. In general, as the noise level in a wireless system increases:
A. Voltage.
B. Power.
C. Frequency.*
D. Time.
11. A device consisting of a receiver and transmitter in the same box is called a:
A. Modem.
B. Transverter.
C. Transceiver.*
D. Transponder.
12. The use of direction-finding equipment to determine the latitude and longitude of a radio
transmitter is an example of:
A. Radiolocation.*
B. IR wireless.
C. The Global Positioning System.
D. Packet radio.
13. A LAN in which each user’s computer stores its own data is called:
A. A wireless LAN.
B. A wide-area LAN.
C. LAN topology.
D. A peer-to-peer LAN.*
15. An electromagnetic wave can be considered to fall in the shortwave band if its free-space
wavelength is:
A. 55 kilometers.
B. 55 meters.*
C. 55 centimeters.
D. 55 millimeters.
A. Transceiver.
B. Cell.
C. Repeater.*
D. Cell phone.
A. Privacy.*
B. Portability.
C. Ease of use in a car.
D. LAN topology.
18. An advantage of cellular over conventional hard-wired telephone is:
A. Security.
B. Lower cost.
C. Mobility.*
D. Data speed.