Practice Exam

Element 2: Technician

T8A01

1. Which of the following is a form of amplitude modulation?

Figure

T6C05

2. What is component 4 in figure T-1?

T6B05

3. What type of transistor has a gate, drain, and source?

T1B11

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

T4B08

5. What is the advantage of having multiple receive bandwidth choices on a multimode transceiver?

T1A02

6. Which agency regulates and enforces the rules for the Amateur Radio Service in the United States?

T2C09

7. Are amateur station control operators ever permitted to operate outside the frequency privileges of their license class?

T7C04

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

T3C06

9. What type of propagation is responsible for allowing over-the-horizon VHF and UHF communications to ranges of approximately 300 miles on a regular basis?

T4A10

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

T2B04

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

T0C12

12. How does RF radiation differ from ionizing radiation (radioactivity)?

T6A10

13. Which of the following battery chemistries is rechargeable?

T5C11

14. How much current is required to deliver 120 watts at a voltage of 12 volts DC?

T6D02

15. What is a relay?

T8B09

16. What causes spin fading of satellite signals?

T1C05

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

T7B11

18. What is a symptom of RF feedback in a transmitter or transceiver?

T9B02

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

T0B07

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

T3B07

21. In addition to frequency, which of the following is used to identify amateur radio bands?

T7A01

22. Which term describes the ability of a receiver to detect the presence of a signal?

T5D14

23. In which type of circuit is voltage the same across all components?

T2A06

24. Which of the following is required when making on-the-air test transmissions?

T3A07

25. What weather condition might decrease range at microwave frequencies?

T1F04

26. What language may you use for identification when operating in a phone sub-band?

T1D04

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

T8C07

28. What is Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP)?

T8D10

29. Which of the following operating activities is supported by digital mode software in the WSJT-X software suite?

T5B09

30. Which decibel value most closely represents a power increase from 5 watts to 10 watts?

T9A01

31. What is a beam antenna?

T7D09

32. What is the characteristic appearance of a cold tin-lead solder joint?

T1E01

33. When may an amateur station transmit without a control operator?

T5A11

34. What type of current flow is opposed by resistance?

T0A06

35. What is a good way to guard against electrical shock at your station?