Practice Exam

Element 2: Technician

T6A03

1. What electrical parameter is controlled by a potentiometer?

T1D02

2. Under which of the following circumstances are one-way transmissions by an amateur station prohibited?

T7A06

3. What device converts the RF input and output of a transceiver to another band?

T8C02

4. Which of these items would be useful for a hidden transmitter hunt?

T1B03

5. Which frequency is in the 6 meter amateur band?

T2A10

6. What is a band plan, beyond the privileges established by the FCC?

T5D05

7. What is the resistance of a circuit for which the applied voltage is 12 volts and the current flow is 1.5 amperes?

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T6C04

8. What is component 3 in figure T-1?

T8A11

9. What is the approximate bandwidth required to transmit a CW signal?

T2B12

10. What is the purpose of the color code used on DMR repeater systems?

T8D01

11. Which of the following is a digital communications mode?

T3C07

12. What band is best suited for communicating via meteor scatter?

T8B08

13. What is meant by the statement that a satellite is operating in U/V mode?

T2C05

14. What does the term "traffic" refer to in net operation?

T4A09

15. How can you determine the length of time that equipment can be powered from a battery?

T1F08

16. What is the definition of third party communications?

T3B08

17. What frequency range is referred to as VHF?

T9B02

18. What is the most common impedance of coaxial cables used in amateur radio?

T6B04

19. Which of the following components can consist of three regions of semiconductor material?

T7C04

20. What reading on an SWR meter indicates a perfect impedance match between the antenna and the feed line?

T9A02

21. Which of the following describes a type of antenna loading?

T7D01

22. Which instrument would you use to measure electric potential?

T1A06

23. What is the FCC Part 97 definition of a beacon?

T0C05

24. Why do exposure limits vary with frequency?

T3A08

25. What is a likely cause of irregular fading of signals propagated by the ionosphere?

T0B03

26. Under what circumstances is it safe to climb a tower without a helper or observer?

T6D05

27. What type of circuit controls the amount of voltage from a power supply?

T5B13

28. Which is equal to 2425 MHz?

T7B06

29. Which of the following actions should you take if a neighbor tells you that your station's transmissions are interfering with their radio or TV reception?

T4B06

30. Which of the following controls could be used if the voice pitch of a single-sideband signal returning to your CQ call seems too high or low?

T1C10

31. How soon after passing the examination for your first amateur radio license may you transmit on the amateur radio bands?

T0A12

32. Which of the following precautions should be taken when measuring high voltages with a voltmeter?

T5A06

33. What is the unit of frequency?

T1E10

34. Which of the following is an example of remote control as defined in Part 97?

T5C06

35. What does the abbreviation "RF" mean?