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An engineer must provide wireless converge in a square office. The engineer has only one AP and believes that it should be placed it in the middle of the room. Which antenna type should the engineer u

The correct answer is D. omnidirectional. To provide comprehensive wireless coverage throughout a square office using a single, centrally located Access Point (AP), an omnidirectional antenna is the most effective choice.

Submitted by hassan_iq· Mar 6, 2026Infrastructure

Question

An engineer must provide wireless converge in a square office. The engineer has only one AP and believes that it should be placed it in the middle of the room. Which antenna type should the engineer use?

Options

  • Adirectional
  • Bpolarized
  • CYagi
  • Domnidirectional

How the community answered

(35 responses)
  • A
    14% (5)
  • B
    3% (1)
  • C
    9% (3)
  • D
    74% (26)

Why each option

To provide comprehensive wireless coverage throughout a square office using a single, centrally located Access Point (AP), an omnidirectional antenna is the most effective choice.

Adirectional

A directional antenna focuses its signal in a specific narrow beam, which would only cover a limited portion of the square office and leave other areas without adequate wireless connectivity.

Bpolarized

Polarized refers to the orientation of the electromagnetic waves, not the overall radiation pattern, and is not a type of antenna chosen for general room coverage.

CYagi

A Yagi antenna is a highly directional antenna type used for long-distance point-to-point connections or specific area coverage, making it unsuitable for broad 360-degree office coverage from a central point.

DomnidirectionalCorrect

An omnidirectional antenna radiates radio signals equally in all horizontal directions (360 degrees), making it perfectly suited for covering a broad, open area like an office from a central deployment point, ensuring uniform signal distribution.

Concept tested: Wireless antenna radiation patterns

Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/wireless/antenna-reference-guide.html

Topics

#omnidirectional antenna#AP placement#wireless coverage#antenna types

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