Practice Exam

Element 2: Technician

T7D09

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

T1A09

2. Who selects a Frequency Coordinator?

T1F03

3. When are you required to transmit your assigned call sign?

T8D11

4. What is an ARQ transmission system?

T8A08

5. What is the approximate bandwidth of a typical single sideband (SSB) voice signal?

T6D09

6. What is the name of a device that combines several semiconductors and other components into one package?

T9A05

7. Which of the following increases the resonant frequency of a dipole antenna?

T1B07

8. Which of the following VHF/UHF band segments are limited to CW only?

T8C08

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

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T6C11

10. What is component 4 in figure T-3?

T6A09

11. What electrical component is used to protect other circuit components from current overloads?

T3B09

12. What frequency range is referred to as UHF?

T5B01

13. How many milliamperes is 1.5 amperes?

T3A11

14. Which region of the atmosphere can refract or bend HF and VHF radio waves?

T4A12

15. What is an electronic keyer?

T5A03

16. What is the name for the flow of electrons in an electric circuit?

T0C09

17. How can you make sure your station stays in compliance with RF safety regulations?

T3C09

18. What is generally the best time for long-distance 10 meter band propagation via the F region?

T2A08

19. What is the meaning of the procedural signal "CQ"?

T1C08

20. What is the normal term for an FCC-issued amateur radio license?

T5D10

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

T4B06

22. 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?

T2C10

23. What information is contained in the preamble of a formal traffic message?

T2B07

24. How can you join a digital repeater's "talkgroup"?

T0A09

25. What should be done to all external ground rods or earth connections?

T9B07

26. Which of the following is true of PL-259 type coax connectors?

T7A11

27. Where is an RF preamplifier installed?

T1E06

28. When, under normal circumstances, may a Technician class licensee be the control operator of a station operating in an Amateur Extra Class band segment?

T1D08

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

T6B01

30. Which is true about forward voltage drop in a diode?

T5C09

31. How much power is delivered by a voltage of 13.8 volts DC and a current of 10 amperes?

T8B03

32. Which of the following are provided by satellite tracking programs?

T7B10

33. What might be a problem if you receive a report that your audio signal through an FM repeater is distorted or unintelligible?

T0B05

34. What is the purpose of a safety wire through a turnbuckle used to tension guy lines?

T7C05

35. Why do most solid-state transmitters reduce output power as SWR increases beyond a certain level?