Practice Exam

Element 2: Technician (Expires June 30)

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T5B08

1. Which is equal to 1,000,000 picofarads?

T4B04

2. What is a way to enable quick access to a favorite frequency or channel on your transceiver?

T9B07

3. Which of the following is true of PL-259 type coax connectors?

T8B12

4. Which of the following is a way to determine whether your satellite uplink power is neither too low nor too high?

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T6C03

5. What is component 2 in figure T-1?

T6D05

6. What type of circuit controls the amount of voltage from a power supply?

T3B09

7. What frequency range is referred to as UHF?

T7B01

8. What can you do if you are told your FM handheld or mobile transceiver is over-deviating?

T9A08

9. What is the approximate length, in inches, of a quarter-wavelength vertical antenna for 146 MHz?

T1F10

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

T0A06

11. What is a good way to guard against electrical shock at your station?

T1B05

12. How may amateurs use the 219 to 220 MHz segment of 1.25 meter band?

T0C13

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

T8C09

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

T1D11

15. When may an amateur station transmit without identifying on the air?

T3A05

16. When using a directional antenna, how might your station be able to communicate with a distant repeater if buildings or obstructions are blocking the direct line of sight path?

T8D08

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

T7C11

18. What is a disadvantage of air core coaxial cable when compared to foam or solid dielectric types?

T7A02

19. What is a transceiver?

T1C11

20. If your license has expired and is still within the allowable grace period, may you continue to transmit on the amateur radio bands?

T6A08

21. What is the function of an SPDT switch?

T4A04

22. How are the transceiver audio input and output connected in a station configured to operate using FT8?

T7D03

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

T8A12

24. Which of the following is a disadvantage of FM compared with single sideband?

T3C04

25. 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?

T5D06

26. What is the resistance of a circuit that draws 4 amperes from a 12-volt source?

T0B05

27. What is the purpose of a safety wire through a turnbuckle used to tension guy lines?

T1A08

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

T5A01

29. Electrical current is measured in which of the following units?

T6B12

30. What are the names of the electrodes of a bipolar junction transistor?

T2A02

31. What is the national calling frequency for FM simplex operations in the 2 meter band?

T5C04

32. What is the unit of inductance?

T2C03

33. What technique is used to ensure that voice messages containing unusual words are received correctly?

T2B11

34. Which Q signal indicates that you are changing frequency?

T1E10

35. Which of the following is an example of remote control as defined in Part 97?