Practice Exam

Element 2: Technician (Expires June 30)

T7A05

1. What is the name of a circuit that generates a signal at a specific frequency?

T8B11

2. Who may receive telemetry from a space station?

T7C04

3. What reading on an SWR meter indicates a perfect impedance match between the antenna and the feed line?

T0C09

4. How can you make sure your station stays in compliance with RF safety regulations?

T0B08

5. Which is a proper grounding method for a tower?

T9B02

6. What is the most common impedance of coaxial cables used in amateur radio?

T8A10

7. What is the approximate bandwidth of AM fast-scan TV transmissions?

T4A05

8. Where should an RF power meter be installed?

T5D01

9. What formula is used to calculate current in a circuit?

T3A11

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

T1C03

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

T3C11

12. Why is the radio horizon for VHF and UHF signals more distant than the visual horizon?

T6B03

13. Which of these components can be used as an electronic switch?

T8D06

14. What does the abbreviation "PSK" mean?

T1A03

15. What do the FCC rules state regarding the use of a phonetic alphabet for station identification in the Amateur Radio Service?

T7D10

16. What reading indicates that an ohmmeter is connected across a large, discharged capacitor?

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T6A12

17. What type of switch is represented by component 3 in figure T-2?

T1D10

18. How does the FCC define broadcasting for the Amateur Radio Service?

T0A01

19. Which of the following is a safety hazard of a 12-volt storage battery?

T2B07

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

T8C04

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

T6D09

22. What is the name of a device that combines several semiconductors and other components into one package?

T2A08

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

T1E06

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

T5C13

25. What is the abbreviation for kilohertz?

T3B05

26. What is the relationship between wavelength and frequency?

T2C05

27. What does the term "traffic" refer to in net operation?

T5A06

28. What is the unit of frequency?

T9A03

29. Which of the following describes a simple dipole oriented parallel to Earth's surface?

T1B11

30. What is the maximum peak envelope power output for Technician class operators in their HF band segments?

T7B03

31. Which of the following can cause radio frequency interference?

T5B04

32. Which is equal to one microvolt?

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T6C02

33. What is component 1 in figure T-1?

T4B08

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

T1F01

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