N10-005 · Question #460
A small office is looking to deploy wireless to cover one half of the work area only. The technician is restricted to suspending the WAP in the middle of the office due to network jack limitations…
The correct answer is C. Directional. A directional antenna focuses its signal pattern toward a specific area, making it ideal when coverage is needed for only one half of a space from a centrally mounted WAP.
Question
A small office is looking to deploy wireless to cover one half of the work area only. The technician is restricted to suspending the WAP in the middle of the office due to network jack limitations. Which of the following antenna types would BEST meet these requirements?
Options
- ADipole
- BParabolic
- CDirectional
- DOmni-directional
How the community answered
(34 responses)- A12% (4)
- B3% (1)
- C79% (27)
- D6% (2)
Why each option
A directional antenna focuses its signal pattern toward a specific area, making it ideal when coverage is needed for only one half of a space from a centrally mounted WAP.
A dipole antenna is omnidirectional and radiates signal in a 360-degree pattern around its axis, which would cover the entire office rather than just one half.
A parabolic antenna is designed for long-distance, highly focused point-to-point links over large distances and is not suited for short-range indoor office coverage.
A directional antenna concentrates RF energy in one focused direction, allowing the WAP mounted in the center of the office to project coverage only toward the half of the space that requires wireless. This satisfies both the coverage requirement and the physical mounting constraint.
An omni-directional antenna radiates signal equally in all horizontal directions and would cover the entire office, not just one half.
Concept tested: Directional antenna selection for partial coverage
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