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RF identification tags and Barcode, free technology assessment.

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Instructions: Answer the multiple-choice RFID questions, guessing if necessary; then click on the "Process Questions" button at the end of the RFID training assessment to see your score in the adjacent message box. The program will not reveal which questions you got wrong, only how many points you have. Go back and change your answers until you get them all right or take our online RFID course.

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Points to note: (1) FRID Questions have only one possible answer are one point each. (2) The program will not attempt to score your efforts at all if you have not tried at least half of the questions. (3) This free technology assessment is for your own use only. No record of your progress is kept or reported to anyone.

1. What does the acronym RFID stand for?

Remote Field Identification
Radio Frequency Identification
Radio Field Identification
Radio Frequency Imaging & detection
No Answer

2. An active tag generally has …

It's own power source
Does not have its own power source
Is more active than a passive tag
Actively seeks other tags
No Answer

3. A linear bar code is generally made up of …

Horizontal dashed lines
Thick and thin squares
Vertical thick colored lines
Vertical thick and thin black lines
No Answer

4. A good RFID reader can detect …

Only one tag in one minute
Only one tag in two seconds
Seven tags in one minute
Many tags in a second
No Answer

5. A good bar code reader can read …

Only one bar code at a time
Two bar codes at once
Many bar codes at once
Many bar codes, at the same time, from a distance of several feet
No Answer

6. Which of the following statements concerning bar codes is true?

The EAN bar code is a subset of the UPC bar coding system
The UPC bar code is a subset of the EAN bar coding system
The EAN bar codes and UPC bar codes are mutually exclusive
The EAN bar codes and UPC bar codes have some overlaps
No Answer

7. Which of these technologies is the cheapest automatic identification technology today?

RFID
Facial recognition
Bar Code
Fingerprint recognition
No Answer

8. Name the retailer that was the first one to issue a directive to many of its suppliers to use RFID technology.

Best Buy
Target
Tesco
Wal-Mart
No Answer

9. The acronym "UHF" stands for …

Ultimate High Frequency
Ultra High Frequency
Ultra Heavy Frequency
Ultra High Fidelity
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10. The main difference in Active tags and Passive tags is …

The tag's communication speed
The tag's frequency
The tag's power source
The tag's data storage capacity
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11. What could be the frequency range of a typical LF tag?

1-10Hz
100Hz-1KHz
125-134 KHz
125-134 MHz
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12. RFID smart cards used for access control, personal identification and similar applications generally use this frequency.

13.56MHz
100 KHz
125 MHz
134KHz
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13. Which Standards body has published the largest number of standards related to RFID technology?

IEEE
IEC
ISO
ANSI
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14. Can RFID tags be used in Hazardous areas?

No, never
Yes, provided certain conditions are met
Cannot Say for sure
No Answer

15. In the context of RFID tag frequencies, what does the acronym ISM stand for?

Industrial, Scientific and Medical
International Scientific Medium
Industrial Security Medium
International Scientific and Medical
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16. An antenna is mounted on an RFID "reader". Which of these fields surrounds it?

Electrical fields
Magnetic fields
Both Electrical and Magnetic fields
Cosmic Ray fields
No Answer

17. In RFID technology terms, a device is used to read the data off RFID tags in its vicinity & write fresh data into the tags' memories. This device is generally referred to as…

RFID reader
RFID writer
RFID reader and writer
None of these
No Answer

18. At present, how many generations of RFID tags are present in the market?

One
Two
Three
Four
No Answer

19. Can RFID tags be used to tag metallic objects?

No, RFID tags cannot be used at all
Yes, all kinds of RFID tags can be used for this.
Yes, special kinds of tags can be used
Cannot Say for sure
No Answer

20. An RFID system is used for "Yard Management" in a large container yard having many trucks and containers. The system keeps track of moving trucks and containers in a large area. What kind of RFID system is this likely to be?

UHF type
LF type
HF type
Any of these
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21. In RFID terminology "backscatter" generally refers to …

A phenomenon which causes scattering of data
A phenomenon used for data transfer
A weakening electromagnetic field
A phenomenon which causes loss of data
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22. The EPC in RFID terminology refers to …

Electromagnetic Process Control
Electromagnetic Process Coding
Electromagnetic Point Code
Electronic Product Code
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23. An RFID reader is connected to a PC which has been infected with a virus. The reader is accessing passive, read only tags in its vicinity. Can the reader now "infect" the RFID tags?

Yes, of course
Yes, under some conditions
No, never
Cannot say for sure
No Answer

24. Anti theft tags are commonly used to protect items in supermarkets. How many data bits do these tags need?

1 bit
8 bits
16 bits
32 bits
No Answer

25. A shopper goes into a supermarket and purchases two identical boxes of cereals which have bar codes on them. These two bar codes on the two boxes would be…

There would be minor differences
There may or may not be differences
The last line in the bar code would be different.
Exactly identical
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26. Which of the following statements is true?

A barcode reader requires a line of sight
A barcode reader doesn't require a line of sight
An RFID reader requires a line of sight
None of these
No Answer

27. If a shopper goes into a supermarket and purchases two identical boxes of cereals which have standard LF RFID tags containing Electronic Product Code numbers on them. These numbers on the two RFID tags could be…

Identical numbers
Different numbers
There is a likelihood of them being identical
Cannot say
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28. If the shopper above now, after visiting the supermarket, takes the boxes of cereals along with him and goes to watch a movie in a theater, can his movements be easily tracked by a detective sitting some miles away in his office? ( because of the RFID tags)

Possible if the shopper is within 5 miles of the detective's office
Possible if the detective's office is within 2 miles of the movie theater
Possible if the movie theater does not have cell phone jammers
No, it's not possible
No Answer

29. If we were to assign unique Electronic Product Code numbers to every item manufactured on the planet…

We would run out of numbers
We would not run out of numbers
Cannot say
No Answer

30. The near field and far field for an RFID reader and an associated tag is determined by …

Distance between reader and tag
Type of tag (Active or passive)
The frequency of operation and the distance between tag and reader
None of these
No Answer

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