Practice Exam

Element 2: Technician (Expires June 30)

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T8B09

1. What causes spin fading of satellite signals?

T9B01

2. What is a benefit of low SWR?

T7B07

3. Which of the following can reduce overload of a VHF transceiver by a nearby commercial FM station?

T0B06

4. What is the minimum safe distance from a power line to allow when installing an antenna?

T7A01

5. Which term describes the ability of a receiver to detect the presence of a signal?

T0C12

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

T3A01

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

T1B08

8. How are US amateurs restricted in segments of bands where the Amateur Radio Service is secondary?

T8A03

9. Which type of voice mode is often used for long-distance (weak signal) contacts on the VHF and UHF bands?

T7C01

10. What is the primary purpose of a dummy load?

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T6C05

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

T5D11

12. What is the voltage across a 10-ohm resistor if a current of 1 ampere flows through it?

T6B10

13. Which of the following can provide power gain?

T4B11

14. Which of the following must be programmed into a D-STAR digital transceiver before transmitting?

T2C04

15. What is RACES?

T5B07

16. Which is equal to 3.525 MHz?

T1E06

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

T3B09

18. What frequency range is referred to as UHF?

T5C01

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

T8C02

20. Which of these items would be useful for a hidden transmitter hunt?

T4A02

21. Which of the following should be considered when selecting an accessory SWR meter?

T6D06

22. What component changes 120 V AC power to a lower AC voltage for other uses?

T1F10

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

T3C04

24. 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?

T9A09

25. What is the approximate length, in inches, of a half-wavelength 6 meter dipole antenna?

T2B01

26. How is a VHF/UHF transceiver's "reverse" function used?

T1D03

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

T1C03

28. What types of international communications are an FCC-licensed amateur radio station permitted to make?

T2A09

29. Which of the following indicates that a station is listening on a repeater and looking for a contact?

T5A10

30. Which term describes the rate at which electrical energy is used?

T7D03

31. When configured to measure current, how is a multimeter connected to a component?

T1A08

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

T0A12

33. Which of the following precautions should be taken when measuring high voltages with a voltmeter?

T8D06

34. What does the abbreviation "PSK" mean?

T6A07

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