The document covers topics in chapter 2 including gain, attenuation, and decibels; tuned circuits; filters; and Fourier theory. It discusses gain as the ratio of a circuit's output to its input where an amplifier has gain, and attenuation as the opposite of gain where it reduces the amplitude of a signal. Gain is commonly expressed in decibels which is a logarithmic unit used to express the ratio of two signal powers or amplitudes.