Practice Exam

Element 2: Technician (Expires June 30)

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T5D08

1. What is the current through a 100-ohm resistor connected across 200 volts?

T7C09

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

T0A12

3. Which of the following precautions should be taken when measuring high voltages with a voltmeter?

T9B09

4. What can cause erratic changes in SWR?

T5B03

5. Which is equal to one kilovolt?

T7D09

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

T8A08

7. What is the approximate bandwidth of a typical single sideband (SSB) voice signal?

T0B07

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

T1D07

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

T9A12

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

T1B09

11. Why should you not set your transmit frequency to be exactly at the edge of an amateur band or sub-band?

T5A12

12. What describes the number of times per second that an alternating current makes a complete cycle?

T1A08

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

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T6D10

14. What is the function of component 2 in figure T-1?

T7B10

15. What might be a problem if you receive a report that your audio signal through an FM repeater is distorted or unintelligible?

T1C08

16. What is the normal term for an FCC-issued amateur radio license?

T8C08

17. What is the Internet Radio Linking Project (IRLP)?

T5C02

18. What is the unit of capacitance?

T4B09

19. How is a specific group of stations selected on a digital voice transceiver?

T6A04

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

T1E03

21. Who must designate the station control operator?

T8D10

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

T8B01

23. What telemetry information is typically transmitted by satellite beacons?

T2A12

24. What should you do before calling CQ?

T0C01

25. What type of radiation are radio signals?

T1F01

26. When must the station and its records be available for FCC inspection?

T3A01

27. Why do VHF signal strengths sometimes vary greatly when the antenna is moved only a few feet?

T2C02

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

T6B02

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

T3C02

30. What is a characteristic of HF communication compared with communications on VHF and higher frequencies?

T3B01

31. What is the relationship between the electric and magnetic fields of an electromagnetic wave?

T4A02

32. Which of the following should be considered when selecting an accessory SWR meter?

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T6C09

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

T2B13

34. What is the purpose of a squelch function?

T7A07

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