Practice Exam

Element 2: Technician (Expires June 30)

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T3C08

1. What causes tropospheric ducting?

T8C02

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

T6A04

3. What electrical component stores energy in an electric field?

T4A07

4. Which of the following connections is made between a computer and a transceiver to use computer software when operating digital modes?

T3A09

5. Which of the following results from the fact that signals propagated by the ionosphere are elliptically polarized?

T2B08

6. Which of the following applies when two stations transmitting on the same frequency interfere with each other?

T4B02

7. Which of the following can be used to enter a transceiver's operating frequency?

T1D10

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

T3B11

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

T7B10

10. What might be a problem if you receive a report that your audio signal through an FM repeater is distorted or unintelligible?

T0B10

11. Which of the following is true when installing grounding conductors used for lightning protection?

T5D12

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

T6B01

13. Which is true about forward voltage drop in a diode?

T7D04

14. Which instrument is used to measure electric current?

T1C01

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

T7C07

16. What happens to power lost in a feed line?

T6D03

17. Which of the following is a reason to use shielded wire?

T8A06

18. Which sideband is normally used for 10 meter HF, VHF, and UHF single-sideband communications?

T2A12

19. What should you do before calling CQ?

T8D07

20. Which of the following describes DMR?

T1A02

21. Which agency regulates and enforces the rules for the Amateur Radio Service in the United States?

T1E03

22. Who must designate the station control operator?

T9B04

23. What is the major function of an antenna tuner (antenna coupler)?

T0A11

24. What hazard exists in a power supply immediately after turning it off?

T5A09

25. Which of the following describes alternating current?

T1B09

26. Why should you not set your transmit frequency to be exactly at the edge of an amateur band or sub-band?

T8B07

27. What is Doppler shift in reference to satellite communications?

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T6C10

28. What is component 3 in figure T-3?

T9A11

29. What is antenna gain?

T1F10

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

T0C01

31. What type of radiation are radio signals?

T7A01

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

T5C03

33. What describes the ability to store energy in a magnetic field?

T2C01

34. When do FCC rules NOT apply to the operation of an amateur station?

T5B01

35. How many milliamperes is 1.5 amperes?