Practice Exam

Element 2: Technician (EXPIRED)

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T5C09

1. How much power is being used in a circuit when the applied voltage is 13.8 volts DC and the current is 10 amperes?

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T8C13

2. What is the Internet Radio Linking Project (IRLP)?

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T7D11

3. Which of the following precautions should be taken when measuring circuit resistance with an ohmmeter?

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T7C07

4. What happens to power lost in a feed line?

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T6A06

5. What type of electrical component stores energy in a magnetic field?

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T6C12

6. What do the symbols on an electrical circuit schematic diagram represent?

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T8A08

7. What is the approximate bandwidth of a single sideband voice signal?

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T7A08

8. Which of the following describes combining speech with an RF carrier signal?

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T0B11

9. Which of the following establishes grounding requirements for an amateur radio tower or antenna?

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T5D10

10. What is the voltage across a 2-ohm resistor if a current of 0.5 amperes flows through it?

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T2B09

11. Which of the following methods is encouraged by the FCC when identifying your station when using phone?

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T0A08

12. What safety equipment should always be included in home-built equipment that is powered from 120V AC power circuits?

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T2C03

13. What should be done to insure that voice message traffic containing proper names and unusual words are copied correctly by the receiving station?

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T1B02

14. Why are the frequency assignments for some U.S. Territories different from those in the 50 U.S. States?

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T1F12

15. How many persons are required to be members of a club for a club station license to be issued by the FCC?

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T2A10

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

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T8B07

17. With regard to satellite communications, what is Doppler shift?

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T3C03

18. What is a characteristic of VHF signals received via auroral reflection?

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T3B10

19. What frequency range is referred to as HF?

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T8D11

20. What is an ARQ transmission system?

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T0C13

21. If the averaging time for exposure is 6 minutes, how much power density is permitted if the signal is present for 3 minutes and absent for 3 minutes rather than being present for the entire 6 minutes?

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T1D08

22. In which of the following circumstances may the control operator of an amateur station receive compensation for operating the station?

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T4B11

23. Which of the following describes the common meaning of the term "repeater offset"?

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T6B04

24. Which of the following components can be made of three layers of semiconductor material?

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T7B08

25. What should you do if something in a neighbor's home is causing harmful interference to your amateur station?

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T9B03

26. Why is coaxial cable used more often than any other feed line for amateur radio antenna systems?

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T5A02

27. Electrical power is measured in which of the following units?

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T1C06

28. From which of the following locations may an FCC-licensed amateur station transmit, in addition to places where the FCC regulates communications?

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T3A04

29. What can happen if the antennas at opposite ends of a VHF or UHF line of sight radio link are not using the same polarization?

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T1E06

30. Under what type of control do APRS network digipeaters operate?

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T5B05

31. Which of the following is equivalent to 500 milliwatts?

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T4A10

32. What is the source of a high-pitched whine that varies with engine speed in a mobile transceiver's receive audio?

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T1A13

33. What is the FCC Part 97 definition of telecommand?

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T9A12

34. What is a reason to use a properly mounted 5/8 wavelength antenna for VHF or UHF mobile service?

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T6D08

35. Which of the following is used together with an inductor to make a tuned circuit?