Exam 16: Integrating Wireless Technology in Business

What is a means by which portable devices can connect wirelessly to a local area network, using access points that send and receive data via radio waves?

Mobile means the technology can travel with the user; for instance, users can download software, email messages, and web pages onto a laptop or other mobile device for portable reading or reference. Information collected while on the road can be synchronized with a PC or company server.

RFID reader (RFID interrogator) is a transmitter/receiver that reads the contents of RFID tags in the area. A RFID system is composed of one or more RFID tags, one or more RFID readers, two or more antennas.

What is a wireless PAN technology that transmits signals over short distances among cell phones, computers, and other devices?

Which business application is a satellite-based navigation system providing extremely accurate position, time, and speed information?

Which of the following describes an RFID reader (RFID interrogator)?

What is the time of day of an expected arrival at a certain destination and is typically used for navigation applications?

Explain the different wireless network categories.

A wireless access point (WAP) enables devices to connect to a wireless network to communicate with each other.

A wireless LAN (WLAN) is a means by which portable devices can connect wirelessly to a local area network, using access points that send and receive data via radio waves.

Which tags have their own transmitter and a power source (typically a battery)?

A wireless WAN (WWAN) is a local area network that uses radio signals to transmit and receive data over distances of a few hundred feet.

Which of the following describes asset tracking?

The bandwidths associated with Wi-Fi are separated according to several wireless networking standards, known as ________, for carrying out wireless local area network communication.

Which of the following describes an active RFID tag?

WiMAX is a coding process that takes a digital map feature and assigns it an attribute that serves as a unique ID (tract number, node number) or classification (soil type, zoning category). GIS professionals are certified in geocoding practices to ensure industry standards are met when classifying spatial data.

Bluetooth is a wireless PAN technology that transmits signals over short distances among cell phones, computers, and other devices.

What do both GPS and GIS use?

What is Wi-Fi infrastructure?

A geographic information system (GIS) stores, views, and analyzes geographic data, creating multidimensional charts or maps.