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SONAR is an acronym for [_____]   show
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Which is NOT an acoustic system? [Active SONAR, Seismic, Passive, Metric, Underwater Comms & Telemetry]   show
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show Electric, sound  
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show True  
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show Ohm's Law  
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show Intensity  
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show Figure of Merit  
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[T/F]: The Performance Figure is defined as the difference between the SL and NL measured at the TRANSDUCER   show
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The following equation applies to a SONAR system that is [____]: SL - 2TL + TS = NL - DI + DT   show
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What are the differences between the Active & Passive SONAR equations?   show
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show True  
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show One micropascal  
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An underwater acoustic hydrophone converts [____] energy into [____] energy.   show
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show 1) Ideal gas law, conservation of mass 2) Continuity equation, Euler equation  
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Name 2 common sources of ambient noise underwater   show
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Volume reverberation is mainly caused by [sea surface, sea bottom, marine life, shallow water]   show
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The following term is used IN the computation of the detection threshold for a SONAR system. What does the d stand for? What does that represent? d = (mu_s+n - mu_n)^2/(0.5(sigma_s+n^2 + sigma_n^2))   show
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show a, c, & d; NOT b  
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show True  
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show Acoustic pressure  
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In the given equation, rho*c is often referred to as [____]: p = rho*c*u   show
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show Passive reverberation is NOT real  
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A company needs to evaluate where they should drill an oil exploration well in deepwater. Which system is most applicable? [Side scan SONAR, sub-bottom profiler, Seismic, CHIRP]   show
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When studying sea sound propogation, the given equation is decribed by which law? cos(theta_2)/cos(theta_1) = c_2/c_1 [Ideal gas, Snell's, Euler's, Wave equation]   show
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What are the 4 layers of a typical velocity profile? In order from free surface to seafloor.   show
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show 1) Viscosity of pure water 2) Molecular relaxation of magnesium sulfate > 100 kHz 3) Molecular relaxation of boric acid > 100 kHz  
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What is the name of the widely used relation for evaluating absorption in the ocean, as a sum of the effects of boric aid, magnesium sulfate, and pure water? [D'Alembert, Francois-Garrison, Bernoulli, Euler-LaGrange]   show
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show N = 10 log(actual level/ref. level) = 10log(500/1) = 27 dB re 1 muPa  
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[T/F]: It is important to keep all units consistent when solving for intensity and pressure   show
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show SL - 2TL + TS = NL - DI + DT -> TL = 0.5(180 + 50 - 20 + 10 - 25) = 97.5 dB re 1 muPa @ 1 yd.  
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show SL - 2TL + TS = RL + DT  
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How do you change the reference pressure?   show
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show Ambient NL is never related to equipment (at least, not related to the equipment involved in the sound wave exchange)  
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Which is NOT a medium related parameter? [RL, Ambient NL, TL, TS]   show
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show True  
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For a perfectly coherent signal & partially coherent noise, AG is expressed as the following: AG = 10log(n/(1+(n-1)*rho)) What is n? [Euler's density factor, # of elements in array, NL, frequency coefficient]   show
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show Longitudinal, propogation  
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An offshore installation contractor is required to place a subsea structure on the seabed in deep water. Which system should they use that's independent of depth? [USBL, LBL, Hydrophone array, Side scan SONAR]   show
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show True I guess? What's the truth, there's no theta_c or there is theta_c? Are we talking about different sound rays here? Badly worded question smdh.  
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show Time  
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show Machinery noise is not ambient.  
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Sources of radiated noise include which of the following? [Machinery, propeller, hydrodynamic, thermal]   show
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show Side scan SONAR is used to search the seafloor  
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show Steradian  
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show True  
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show Sub-bottom profilers penetrate up to about 100 m below seabed.  
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[T/F]: A shadow zone occurs at a depth where the sound velocity is maximum.   show
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