Chapter 14: Vocabulary

Question 1

Sematic

Answer 1

Related to the meaning of a word

Question 2

10-code

Answer 2

Radio communications system using codes that begin with the word ten

Question 3

Radio band

Answer 3

A range of radio frequencies

Question 4

Radio frequency

Answer 4

The number of times per second a radio wave oscillates

Question 5

Ultrahigh frequency (UHF)

Answer 5

Radio frequency band from 300-3000 megahertz

Question 6

Prehospital care report (PCR)

Answer 6

The written record of an EMS response

Question 7

Public Safety answering point (PSAP)

Answer 7

An agency that takes emergency calls from citizens in a given region and dispatches the necessary emergency resources

Question 8

Automated collision notification (ACN) system

Answer 8

Data collection and transmission system that can automatically contact a national call center or local public safety answering point and transmit specific crash data

Question 9

Prearrival instructions

Answer 9

Dispatcher’s instructions to caller for appropriate emergency measures

Question 10

Simplex

Answer 10

Communication system that transmits and receives on the same frequency

Question 11

Duplex

Answer 11

Communication system that allows simultaneous two-way communications by using two frequencies for each channel

Question 12

Multiplex

Answer 12

Duplex system that can transmit voice and data simultaneously

Question 13

Trunking

Answer 13

Communication system that pools all frequencies and routes transmissions to the next available frequency

Question 14

Digital communications

Answer 14

Data or sounds that are translated into a digital code for transmission

Question 15

Mobile data terminal

Answer 15

Vehicle-mounted computer keyboard and display

Question 16

Cellular telephone system

Answer 16

Telephone system divided into regions, or cells, that are served by radio base stateions

Question 17

Facsimile Machine (FAX)

Answer 17

Device for electronically transmitting and receiving printed information

Question 18

Touch pad

Answer 18

Computer on which you enter data by touching areas of the display screen

Question 19

Echo Procedure

Answer 19

Immediately repeating each transmission received during radio communications

Question 20

Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Answer 20

Agency that controls all nongovernmental communications in the United States.

Question 21

Very high frequency (VHF)

Answer 21

Radio frequency band from 30 to 300 megahertz