Practice Exam

Element 2: Technician (Expires June 30)

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T0C05

1. Why do exposure limits vary with frequency?

T9A12

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

T6D04

3. Which of the following displays an electrical quantity as a numeric value?

T7C04

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

T3C04

5. 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?

T7B06

6. Which of the following actions should you take if a neighbor tells you that your station's transmissions are interfering with their radio or TV reception?

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T6C09

7. What is component 4 in figure T-2?

T2A01

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

T6A04

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

T5B02

10. Which is equal to 1,500,000 hertz?

T1D04

11. Under what conditions is an amateur station authorized to transmit music using a phone emission?

T3A10

12. What effect does multi-path propagation have on data transmissions?

T1B04

13. Which amateur band includes 146.52 MHz?

T6B08

14. What does the abbreviation FET stand for?

T4B04

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

T0B10

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

T4A01

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

T3B08

18. What frequency range is referred to as VHF?

T5A04

19. What are the units of electrical resistance?

T8B07

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

T7D06

21. Which of the following can damage a multimeter?

T7A07

22. What is the function of a transceiver's PTT input?

T8A04

23. Which type of modulation is commonly used for VHF and UHF voice repeaters?

T2C01

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

T5D02

25. What formula is used to calculate voltage in a circuit?

T0A05

26. Why should a 5-ampere fuse never be replaced with a 20-ampere fuse?

T1A11

27. When is willful interference to other amateur radio stations permitted?

T9B09

28. What can cause erratic changes in SWR?

T1E08

29. Which of the following is an example of automatic control?

T5C08

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

T2B08

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

T1F03

32. When are you required to transmit your assigned call sign?

T1C11

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

T8D05

34. Which of the following is an application of APRS?

T8C09

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