Practice Exam

Element 2: Technician

T1E03

1. Who must designate the station control operator?

T3B07

2. In addition to frequency, which of the following is used to identify amateur radio bands?

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T6C02

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

T3A05

4. When using a directional antenna, how might your station be able to communicate with a distant repeater if buildings or obstructions are blocking the direct line of sight path?

T5A12

5. What describes the number of times per second that an alternating current makes a complete cycle?

T8D11

6. What is an ARQ transmission system?

T6D05

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

T6B03

8. Which of these components can be used as an electronic switch?

T2A12

9. What should you do before calling CQ?

T5B11

10. Which decibel value represents a power increase from 20 watts to 200 watts?

T7D09

11. What is the characteristic appearance of a cold tin-lead solder joint?

T9B11

12. Which of the following types of feed line has the lowest loss at VHF and UHF?

T5C04

13. What is the unit of inductance?

T0B03

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

T4A11

15. Where should the negative power return of a mobile transceiver be connected in a vehicle?

T8B05

16. What is a satellite beacon?

T1C09

17. What is the grace period for renewal if an amateur license expires?

T1D02

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

T4B05

19. What does the scanning function of an FM transceiver do?

T7C04

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

T3C01

21. Why are simplex UHF signals rarely heard beyond their radio horizon?

T9A04

22. What is a disadvantage of the short, flexible antenna supplied with most handheld radio transceivers, compared to a full-sized quarter-wave antenna?

T7B04

23. Which of the following could you use to cure distorted audio caused by RF current on the shield of a microphone cable?

T0A05

24. Why should a 5-ampere fuse never be replaced with a 20-ampere fuse?

T7A11

25. Where is an RF preamplifier installed?

T8A06

26. Which sideband is normally used for 10 meter HF, VHF, and UHF single-sideband communications?

T0C03

27. How does the allowable power density for RF safety change if duty cycle changes from 100 percent to 50 percent?

T2B12

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

T1F02

29. How often must you identify with your FCC-assigned call sign when using tactical call signs such as "Race Headquarters"?

T8C02

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

T5D06

31. What is the resistance of a circuit that draws 4 amperes from a 12-volt source?

T1B10

32. Where may SSB phone be used in amateur bands above 50 MHz?

T1A08

33. Which of the following entities recommends transmit/receive channels and other parameters for auxiliary and repeater stations?

T2C02

34. Which of the following are typical duties of a Net Control Station?

T6A07

35. What electrical component is typically constructed as a coil of wire?