Practice Exam

Element 2: Technician (Expires June 30)

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T6B07

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

T1C01

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

T1B01

3. Which of the following frequency ranges are available for phone operation by Technician licensees?

T1E02

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

T5B03

5. Which is equal to one kilovolt?

T5A07

6. Why are metals generally good conductors of electricity?

T5C08

7. What is the formula used to calculate electrical power (P) in a DC circuit?

T3B11

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

T4A06

9. What signals are used in a computer-radio interface for digital mode operation?

T7D04

10. Which instrument is used to measure electric current?

T0B02

11. What is required when climbing an antenna tower?

T7A04

12. Which term describes the ability of a receiver to discriminate between multiple signals?

T2C07

13. Which of the following is standard practice when you participate in a net?

T9B03

14. Why is coaxial cable the most common feed line for amateur radio antenna systems?

T1A08

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

T2A09

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

T2B07

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

T1D03

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

T8C08

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

T1F11

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

T3A11

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

T4B03

22. How is squelch adjusted so that a weak FM signal can be heard?

T9A12

23. What is an advantage of a 5/8 wavelength whip antenna for VHF or UHF mobile service?

T8D07

24. Which of the following describes DMR?

T8A11

25. What is the approximate bandwidth required to transmit a CW signal?

T8B11

26. Who may receive telemetry from a space station?

T0C01

27. What type of radiation are radio signals?

T7B05

28. How can fundamental overload of a non-amateur radio or TV receiver by an amateur signal be reduced or eliminated?

T7C06

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

T6A06

30. What type of electrical component stores energy in a magnetic field?

T5D08

31. What is the current through a 100-ohm resistor connected across 200 volts?

T0A07

32. Where should a lightning arrester be installed in a coaxial feed line?

T6D11

33. Which of the following is a resonant or tuned circuit?

T3C03

34. What is a characteristic of VHF signals received via auroral backscatter?

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T6C06

35. What is component 6 in figure T-2?