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What aspect of an oscillating system's motion does damping directly reduce over time?
amplitude
frequency
phase
period
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How does adding deliberate damping to a car's suspension system help improve its performance?
it transfers energy from vertical to horizontal oscillations.
it prevents excessive vertical oscillations of the wheels over bumps.
it stores energy from vertical oscillations to reuse.
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 prevents needle oscillations.
it reduces internal energy losses.
it enables electrical damping adjustments.
it allows higher amplitude oscillations.
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What term describes a damping level that stops oscillations rapidly without oscillating?
light damping
critical damping
underdamping
heavy 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 does not impact the resonance peak shape.
it makes the peak shorter and broader.
it makes the peak taller but does not affect width.
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Adding damping to an oscillating system makes its amplitude response:
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 near resonance
less sensitive to changes in driving frequency away from resonance
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Deliberately damping a resonating system:
decreases sensitivity to the driving frequency
can enable finer tuning of the natural frequency
increases overall energy losses
narrows the resonance peak width
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Adding damping to an oscillating system causes:
a narrower, taller resonant peak shape.
a shorter, broader resonant peak shape.
a lower resonant frequency.
a higher resonant frequency.
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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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