Practice Exam

Element 2: Technician

T2C04

1. What is RACES?

T6A01

2. What electrical component opposes the flow of current in a DC circuit?

T7C09

3. Which of the following causes failure of coaxial cables?

T7B07

4. Which of the following can reduce overload of a VHF transceiver by a nearby commercial FM station?

T5C03

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

T6D04

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

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T6C10

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

T5D07

8. What is the current in a circuit with an applied voltage of 120 volts and a resistance of 80 ohms?

T3B06

9. What is the formula for converting frequency to approximate wavelength in meters?

T8B10

10. What is a LEO satellite?

T5A09

11. Which of the following describes alternating current?

T1B08

12. How are US amateurs restricted in segments of bands where the Amateur Radio Service is secondary?

T5B07

13. Which is equal to 3.525 MHz?

T2A10

14. What is a band plan, beyond the privileges established by the FCC?

T3C07

15. What band is best suited for communicating via meteor scatter?

T0B05

16. What is the purpose of a safety wire through a turnbuckle used to tension guy lines?

T8A09

17. What is the approximate bandwidth of a VHF repeater FM voice signal?

T3A11

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

T7A08

19. Which of the following describes combining speech with an RF carrier signal?

T8D03

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

T9B08

21. Which of the following is a source of loss in coaxial feed line?

T1E09

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

T1C07

23. Which of the following can result in revocation of the station license or suspension of the operator license?

T7D02

24. How is a voltmeter connected to a component to measure applied voltage?

T4A10

25. What function is performed with a transceiver and a digital mode hot spot?

T2B11

26. Which Q signal indicates that you are changing frequency?

T4B02

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

T1D06

28. What, if any, are the restrictions concerning transmission of language that may be considered indecent or obscene?

T1A08

29. Which of the following entities recommends transmit/receive channels and other parameters for auxiliary and repeater stations?

T6B02

30. What electronic component allows current to flow in only one direction?

T0A03

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

T9A09

32. What is the approximate length, in inches, of a half-wavelength 6 meter dipole antenna?

T8C02

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

T1F03

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

T0C02

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