Information Transfer Vocabulary

What is the process of sharing information between people called?

• Encoding

• Communication

• Modulation

• Transmission

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What term describes anything that can transmit or pass on information?

• Noise

• Encoding

• Signal

• Frequency

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What is the term for representing information in a signal?

• Encoding

• Decoding

• Modulation

• Transmission

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What are disturbances that transfer energy from one place to another called?

• Waves

• Signals

• Noise

• Amplitude

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What type of wave can be modified to contain information?

• Sound wave

• Radio wave

• Light wave

• Water wave

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What is the process of varying a property of a wave to encode information called?

• Transmission

• Decoding

• Modulation

• Encoding

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What is the height of a wave known as?

• Frequency

• Amplitude

• Modulation

• Signal

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What does amplitude modulation (AM) involve?

• Varying the frequency of a wave

• Varying the height of a wave

• Varying the speed of a wave

• Varying the length of a wave

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What is the number of waves per cycle or vibrations per second called?

• Amplitude

• Frequency

• Modulation

• Signal

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What does frequency modulation (FM) involve?

• Varying the height of a wave

• Varying the speed of a wave

• Varying the number of waves per second

• Varying the length of a wave

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