Practice Exam

Element 2: Technician

T0C02

1. At which of the following frequencies does maximum permissible exposure have the lowest value?

T9A04

2. What is a disadvantage of the short, flexible antenna supplied with most handheld radio transceivers, compared to a full-sized quarter-wave antenna?

T7C10

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

T5A02

4. Electrical power is measured in which of the following units?

T8D06

5. What does the abbreviation "PSK" mean?

T0A10

6. What hazard is caused by charging or discharging a battery too quickly?

T2C02

7. Which of the following are typical duties of a Net Control Station?

T7B05

8. How can fundamental overload of a non-amateur radio or TV receiver by an amateur signal be reduced or eliminated?

T8C02

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

T7A02

10. What is a transceiver?

T2A12

11. What should you do before calling CQ?

T6A11

12. Which of the following battery chemistries is not rechargeable?

T6B01

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

T9B02

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

T5C03

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

T1A01

16. Which of the following is part of the Basis and Purpose of the Amateur Radio Service?

T1B05

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

T5B01

18. How many milliamperes is 1.5 amperes?

T4A09

19. How can you determine the length of time that equipment can be powered from a battery?

T8B09

20. What causes spin fading of satellite signals?

T3B02

21. What property of a radio wave defines its polarization?

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T6C02

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

T1F11

23. Which of the following is a requirement for the issuance of a club station license grant?

T1D07

24. What types of amateur stations can automatically retransmit the signals of other amateur stations?

T1E07

25. When the control operator is not the station licensee, who is responsible for the proper operation of the station?

T2B12

26. What is the purpose of the color code used on DMR repeater systems?

T1C04

27. What may happen if the FCC is unable to reach you by email?

T3A10

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

T5D12

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

T7D06

30. Which of the following can damage a multimeter?

T4B11

31. Which of the following must be programmed into a D-STAR digital transceiver before transmitting?

T6D07

32. Which of the following is commonly used as a visual indicator?

T3C09

33. What is generally the best time for long-distance 10 meter band propagation via the F region?

T8A06

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

T0B07

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