Practice Exam

Element 2: Technician

T4A03

1. Why are short, heavy-gauge wires used for a transceiver's DC power connection?

T7A07

2. What is the function of a transceiver's PTT input?

T1A02

3. Which agency regulates and enforces the rules for the Amateur Radio Service in the United States?

T8C09

4. Which of the following protocols enables an amateur station to transmit through a repeater without using a radio to initiate the transmission?

T1F11

5. Which of the following is a requirement for the issuance of a club station license grant?

T2B10

6. Which Q signal indicates that you are receiving interference from other stations?

T0C12

7. How does RF radiation differ from ionizing radiation (radioactivity)?

T8B05

8. What is a satellite beacon?

T9B05

9. What happens as the frequency of a signal in coaxial cable is increased?

T2A01

10. What is a common repeater frequency offset in the 2 meter band?

T1C10

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

T6C12

12. Which of the following is accurately represented in electrical schematics?

T0B11

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

T5A09

14. Which of the following describes alternating current?

T4B01

15. What is the effect of excessive microphone gain on SSB transmissions?

T8D08

16. Which of the following is included in packet radio transmissions?

T3A01

17. Why do VHF signal strengths sometimes vary greatly when the antenna is moved only a few feet?

T3B11

18. What is the approximate velocity of a radio wave in free space?

T7C08

19. Which instrument can be used to determine SWR?

T8A01

20. Which of the following is a form of amplitude modulation?

T1E03

21. Who must designate the station control operator?

T5C01

22. What describes the ability to store energy in an electric field?

T0A05

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

T2C08

24. Which of the following is a characteristic of good traffic handling?

T9A06

25. Which of the following types of antenna offers the greatest gain?

T1D03

26. When is it permissible to transmit messages encoded to obscure their meaning?

T6D09

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

T5B10

28. Which decibel value most closely represents a power decrease from 12 watts to 3 watts?

T7D07

29. Which of the following measurements are made using a multimeter?

T3C04

30. Which of the following types of propagation is most commonly associated with occasional strong signals on the 10, 6, and 2 meter bands from beyond the radio horizon?

T6A05

31. What type of electrical component consists of conductive surfaces separated by an insulator?

T5D12

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

T1B03

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

T6B07

34. What causes a light-emitting diode (LED) to emit light?

T7B04

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