Practice Exam

Element 2: Technician (Expires June 30)

T6D08

1. Which of the following is combined with an inductor to make a resonant circuit?

T1F01

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

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T6A12

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

T1C09

4. What is the grace period for renewal if an amateur license expires?

T8C03

5. What operating activity involves contacting as many stations as possible during a specified period?

T2B03

6. Which of the following describes a linked repeater network?

T0B07

7. Which of the following is an important safety rule to remember when using a crank-up tower?

T5C08

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

T0A03

9. In the United States, what circuit does black wire insulation indicate in a three-wire 120 V cable?

T5B05

10. Which is equal to 500 milliwatts?

T0C07

11. What hazard is created by touching an antenna during a transmission?

T2A01

12. What is a common repeater frequency offset in the 2 meter band?

T8D03

13. What kind of data can be transmitted by APRS?

T7C10

14. Why should the outer jacket of coaxial cable be resistant to ultraviolet light?

T2C06

15. What is the Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES)?

T5A06

16. What is the unit of frequency?

T7B04

17. Which of the following could you use to cure distorted audio caused by RF current on the shield of a microphone cable?

T5D10

18. What is the voltage across a 2-ohm resistor if a current of 0.5 amperes flows through it?

T4B05

19. What does the scanning function of an FM transceiver do?

T9B05

20. What happens as the frequency of a signal in coaxial cable is increased?

T8B12

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

T1E09

22. Which of the following are required for remote control operation?

T1B11

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

T6C12

24. Which of the following is accurately represented in electrical schematics?

T6B11

25. What is the term that describes a device's ability to amplify a signal?

T9A05

26. Which of the following increases the resonant frequency of a dipole antenna?

T1A03

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

T7A06

28. What device converts the RF input and output of a transceiver to another band?

T1D11

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

T3A02

30. What is the effect of vegetation on UHF and microwave signals?

T3B08

31. What frequency range is referred to as VHF?

T3C03

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

T8A12

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

T4A01

34. Which of the following is an appropriate power supply rating for a typical 50 watt output mobile FM transceiver?

T7D07

35. Which of the following measurements are made using a multimeter?