Exam 20: Mobile Technology

Which of the following is not a benefit of WiMAX?

What is an RFID tag?

WiMAX, or Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access, is a telecommunications technology aimed at providing wireless data over short distances in a variety of ways.

What is Bluetooth?

Which of the following is not a primary difference between traditional satellites and low-orbit satellites?

A smartphone combines the functions of a cellular phone and a PDA in a single device.

Cellular telephones (cell phones) work by using _____________ to communicate with radio antennas (or towers) placed within adjacent geographic areas called cells.

Which of the following is a common GIS use?

What is a geographic information system (GIS)?

A communications satellite is a big microwave repeater in the sky; it contains one or more transponders that listen to a particular portion of the electromagnetic spectrum, amplifying incoming signals, and retransmitting them back to Earth.

Explain how American farmers are using GPS satellite navigations systems.

Microwave ____________ uses the atmosphere (or outer space) as the transmission medium to send the signal to a microwave receiver.

Identify the many cellular technologies along with their advantages and disadvantages.

What is a telecommunications technology aimed at providing wireless data over long distances in a variety of ways, from point-to-point links to full mobile cellular type access?

A geographic information system (GIS) is designed to work with information that can be shown on a map.

Describe RFID and how it can be used to help make a supply chain more effective.

Which of the following is not a company using GPS to gain efficiencies and effectiveness?

Radio frequency identification tags have the potential to reinvent the ___________ chain.

What are the two components of a WiMAX system?

Bluetooth is a telecommunications industry specification that describes how phones and computers can be easily interconnected using a long-range wireless connection.