Practice Exam

Element 2: Technician

T3B09

1. What frequency range is referred to as UHF?

T7D08

2. Which of the following types of solder should not be used for radio and electronic applications?

T2C04

3. What is RACES?

T1A10

4. What is the Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES)?

T1C01

5. For which license classes are new licenses currently available from the FCC?

T7C06

6. What does an SWR reading of 4:1 indicate?

T8B10

7. What is a LEO satellite?

T5A07

8. Why are metals generally good conductors of electricity?

T0A03

9. In the United States, what circuit does black wire insulation indicate in a three-wire 120 V cable?

T1B09

10. Why should you not set your transmit frequency to be exactly at the edge of an amateur band or sub-band?

T0C13

11. Who is responsible for ensuring that no person is exposed to RF energy above the FCC exposure limits?

T4B05

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

T0B07

13. Which of the following is an important safety rule to remember when using a crank-up tower?

T8D09

14. What is CW?

T8C04

15. Which of the following is good procedure when contacting another station in a contest?

T7A02

16. What is a transceiver?

T5B11

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

T6B11

18. What is the term that describes a device's ability to amplify a signal?

T4A01

19. Which of the following is an appropriate power supply rating for a typical 50 watt output mobile FM transceiver?

T1E05

20. What is an amateur station's control point?

T5D02

21. What formula is used to calculate voltage in a circuit?

T5C11

22. How much current is required to deliver 120 watts at a voltage of 12 volts DC?

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T6C05

23. What is component 4 in figure T-1?

T9A10

24. In which direction does a half-wave dipole antenna radiate the strongest signal?

T3A03

25. What antenna polarization is normally used for long-distance CW and SSB contacts on the VHF and UHF bands?

T9B08

26. Which of the following is a source of loss in coaxial feed line?

T1D01

27. With which countries are FCC-licensed amateur radio stations prohibited from exchanging communications?

T2A01

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

T7B11

29. What is a symptom of RF feedback in a transmitter or transceiver?

T3C02

30. What is a characteristic of HF communication compared with communications on VHF and higher frequencies?

T6D02

31. What is a relay?

T8A02

32. What type of modulation is commonly used for VHF packet radio transmissions?

T6A03

33. What electrical parameter is controlled by a potentiometer?

T1F10

34. Who is accountable if a repeater inadvertently retransmits communications that violate the FCC rules?

T2B09

35. Why are simplex channels designated in the VHF/UHF band plans?