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Timing Analysis Quiz - Level 2
Timing Analysis Quiz
One big difference between astronomy and other sciences such as biology and physics is:
[A] it is not recognized as a science by the National Science Foundation
[B] it requires greater mathematics skills
[C] it does not allow for its objects of study to be tested in the laboratory
[D] it is a much younger field of study
Astronomers conduct their research of cosmic objects by
[A] analyzing the electromagnetic radiation each produces
[B] sending probes to each object
[C] characterizing their mass and size with a scale and meter stick
[D] none of the above
An astronomical time series can be thought of as
[A] the sound made by a tuning fork
[B] a set of measurements of the mass of an object as a function of size
[C] analysis of data from an image of an object
[D] a number of frequencies
Fourier analysis presumes that every function can be expressed as an infinite series of
[A] random periodic functions
[B] sine waves
[C] timing measurements
[D] chaotic systems
The most useful tool to an astronomer for performing timing analysis of data is
[A] Fourier analysis
[B] epoch folding
[C] wavelet analysis
[D] determined by the specific set of circumstances in the data
