Regarding attenuator card

Hi all,

I am currently doing an online degree, and was given a title for a short research assignment.

The title is "thin film design of attenuator card"


I have gone through some IEEE journals, all of them were discussing about thin-film resistors on the attenuator card. Am I actually in the right direction?
Do you think the "thin film design" in the title is pointing to the components on the attenuator card, or the attenuator card itself?

Sorry, Im confuse at the moment

may i know Which degree you are doing ,technology based ?

communication and electronics.