Practice Exam

Element 2: Technician (Expires June 30)

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T5C06

1. What does the abbreviation "RF" mean?

T9A08

2. What is the approximate length, in inches, of a quarter-wavelength vertical antenna for 146 MHz?

T7D01

3. Which instrument would you use to measure electric potential?

T5D05

4. What is the resistance of a circuit for which the applied voltage is 12 volts and the current flow is 1.5 amperes?

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T6A12

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

T7C01

6. What is the primary purpose of a dummy load?

T7B02

7. What would cause a broadcast AM or FM radio to receive an amateur radio transmission unintentionally?

T1B06

8. On which HF bands does a Technician class operator have phone privileges?

T1A01

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

T2B04

10. Which of the following could be the reason you are unable to access a repeater whose output you can hear?

T3A05

11. When using a directional antenna, how might your station be able to communicate with a distant repeater if buildings or obstructions are blocking the direct line of sight path?

T0C13

12. Who is responsible for ensuring that no person is exposed to RF energy above the FCC exposure limits?

T0B01

13. Which of the following is good practice when installing ground wires on a tower for lightning protection?

T9B01

14. What is a benefit of low SWR?

T5A08

15. Which of the following is a good electrical insulator?

T8A06

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

T4B05

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

T4A07

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

T1F10

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

T3C03

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

T3B04

21. What is the velocity of a radio wave traveling through free space?

T8C11

22. What is an amateur radio station that connects other amateur stations to the internet?

T6C12

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

T8D05

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

T8B03

25. Which of the following are provided by satellite tracking programs?

T1E07

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

T1C05

27. Which of the following is a valid Technician class call sign format?

T2C06

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

T1D03

29. When is it permissible to transmit messages encoded to obscure their meaning?

T6B04

30. Which of the following components can consist of three regions of semiconductor material?

T0A08

31. Where should a fuse or circuit breaker be installed in a 120V AC power circuit?

T7A10

32. What device increases the transmitted output power from a transceiver?

T6D07

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

T5B10

34. Which decibel value most closely represents a power decrease from 12 watts to 3 watts?

T2A01

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