Element 3: General Radiotelephone

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3-A-007: Waveforms

3-7A1: What is a sine wave?

A wave whose amplitude at any given instant can be represented by the projection of a point on a wheel rotating at a uniform speed.

A constant-voltage, varying-current wave.

A wave following the laws of the trigonometric tangent function.

A wave whose polarity changes in a random manner.



3-7A2: How many degrees are there in one complete sine wave cycle?

360 degrees.

90 degrees.

270 degrees.

180 degrees.



3-7A3: What type of wave is made up of sine waves of the fundamental frequency and all the odd harmonics?

Square.

Sine.

Cosine.

Tangent.



3-7A4: What is the description of a square wave?

A wave that abruptly changes back and forth between two voltage levels and stays at these levels for equal amounts of time.

A wave with only 300 degrees in one cycle.

A wave whose periodic function is always negative.

A wave whose periodic function is always positive.



3-7A5: What type of wave is made up of sine waves at the fundamental frequency and all the harmonics?

Sawtooth wave.

Square wave.

Sine wave.

Cosine wave.



3-7A6: What type of wave is characterized by a rise time significantly faster than the fall time (or vice versa)?

Sawtooth wave.

Cosine wave.

Square wave.

Sine wave.





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