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What aspect of an oscillating system's motion does damping directly reduce over time?
amplitude
frequency
period
phase
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How does adding deliberate damping to a car's suspension system help improve its performance?
it prevents excessive vertical oscillations of the wheels over bumps.
it stores energy from vertical oscillations to reuse.
it transfers energy from vertical to horizontal oscillations.
it enables fine tuning of the natural frequencies.
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Which effect of damping helps improve the performance of moving coil meters?
it reduces internal energy losses.
it prevents needle oscillations.
it allows higher amplitude oscillations.
it enables electrical damping adjustments.
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What term describes a damping level that stops oscillations rapidly without oscillating?
critical damping
heavy damping
underdamping
light damping
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How does damping affect the sharpness and height of an oscillating system's resonance peak?
it makes the peak taller and narrower.
it makes the peak taller but does not affect width.
it makes the peak shorter and broader.
it does not impact the resonance peak shape.
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Adding damping to an oscillating system makes its amplitude response:
less sensitive to changes in driving frequency near resonance
more sensitive to changes in driving frequency away from resonance
more sensitive to changes in driving frequency near resonance
less sensitive to changes in driving frequency away from resonance
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Deliberately damping a resonating system:
narrows the resonance peak width
can enable finer tuning of the natural frequency
increases overall energy losses
decreases sensitivity to the driving frequency
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Adding damping to an oscillating system causes:
a higher resonant frequency.
a lower resonant frequency.
a shorter, broader resonant peak shape.
a narrower, taller resonant peak shape.
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What is the term for opposition forces that remove energy from an oscillating system?
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What aspect of an oscillation is reduced by damping forces?
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What term describes very small damping forces in an oscillating system?
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Give 3 examples of systems that use deliberate damping.
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Briefly explain one advantage and one disadvantage of heavy damping in an oscillating system.
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State two effects of damping on the shape of an oscillating system's resonant peak.
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