Practice Exam

Element 2: Technician

T5B09

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

T0A10

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

T0C06

3. Which of the following is an acceptable method to determine whether your station complies with FCC RF exposure regulations?

T3A06

4. What is the meaning of the term "picket fencing"?

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T6C10

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

T8D07

6. Which of the following describes DMR?

T1F04

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

T0B08

8. Which is a proper grounding method for a tower?

T3B11

9. What is the approximate velocity of a radio wave in free space?

T1B01

10. Which of the following frequency ranges are available for phone operation by Technician licensees?

T7B02

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

T5C08

12. What is the formula used to calculate electrical power (P) in a DC circuit?

T5A08

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

T1E09

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

T1C06

15. From which of the following locations may an FCC-licensed amateur station transmit?

T1A02

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

T1D03

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

T7D10

18. What reading indicates that an ohmmeter is connected across a large, discharged capacitor?

T9B08

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

T3C07

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

T6B06

21. How is the cathode lead of a semiconductor diode often marked on the package?

T6A05

22. What type of electrical component consists of conductive surfaces separated by an insulator?

T4A08

23. Which of the following conductors is preferred for bonding at RF?

T7C07

24. What happens to power lost in a feed line?

T7A08

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

T8A08

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

T2A06

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

T2C11

28. What is meant by "check" in a radiogram header?

T6D08

29. Which of the following is combined with an inductor to make a resonant circuit?

T9A04

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

T5D05

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

T4B11

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

T8B06

33. Which of the following are inputs to a satellite tracking program?

T2B06

34. What type of signaling uses pairs of audio tones?

T8C03

35. What operating activity involves contacting as many stations as possible during a specified period?