Practice Exam

Element 2: Technician

T6D04

1. Which of the following displays an electrical quantity as a numeric value?

T9A02

2. Which of the following describes a type of antenna loading?

T1B10

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

T1E02

4. Who may be the control operator of a station communicating through an amateur satellite or space station?

T1C05

5. Which of the following is a valid Technician class call sign format?

T9B12

6. What is standing wave ratio (SWR)?

T5A05

7. What is the electrical term for the force that causes electron flow?

T7D02

8. How is a voltmeter connected to a component to measure applied voltage?

T0C05

9. Why do exposure limits vary with frequency?

T1F01

10. When must the station and its records be available for FCC inspection?

T8D03

11. What kind of data can be transmitted by APRS?

T4A01

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

T2C04

13. What is RACES?

T4B08

14. What is the advantage of having multiple receive bandwidth choices on a multimode transceiver?

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T6C05

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

T5D12

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

T3B03

17. What are the two components of a radio wave?

T7C06

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

T1A08

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

T2B03

20. Which of the following describes a linked repeater network?

T5C05

21. What is the unit of impedance?

T8A05

22. Which of the following types of signal has the narrowest bandwidth?

T8B08

23. What is meant by the statement that a satellite is operating in U/V mode?

T7A06

24. What device converts the RF input and output of a transceiver to another band?

T0B09

25. Why should you avoid attaching an antenna to a utility pole?

T7B08

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

T6B05

27. What type of transistor has a gate, drain, and source?

T3C07

28. What band is best suited for communicating via meteor scatter?

T0A04

29. What is the purpose of a fuse in an electrical circuit?

T8C03

30. What operating activity involves contacting as many stations as possible during a specified period?

T5B13

31. Which is equal to 2425 MHz?

T2A08

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

T6A07

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

T3A04

34. What happens when antennas at opposite ends of a VHF or UHF line of sight radio link are not using the same polarization?

T1D09

35. When may amateur stations transmit information in support of broadcasting, program production, or news gathering, assuming no other means is available?