Practice Exam

Element 2: Technician (Expires June 30)

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T4A07

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

T8B07

2. What is Doppler shift in reference to satellite communications?

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T6C07

3. What is component 8 in figure T-2?

T0C03

4. How does the allowable power density for RF safety change if duty cycle changes from 100 percent to 50 percent?

T6B12

5. What are the names of the electrodes of a bipolar junction transistor?

T8D12

6. Which of the following best describes an amateur radio mesh network?

T7D03

7. When configured to measure current, how is a multimeter connected to a component?

T0A07

8. Where should a lightning arrester be installed in a coaxial feed line?

T8A11

9. What is the approximate bandwidth required to transmit a CW signal?

T2A08

10. What is the meaning of the procedural signal "CQ"?

T1D03

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

T9A12

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

T7C04

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

T3C08

14. What causes tropospheric ducting?

T2B08

15. Which of the following applies when two stations transmitting on the same frequency interfere with each other?

T1C02

16. Who may select a desired call sign under the vanity call sign rules?

T7A06

17. What device converts the RF input and output of a transceiver to another band?

T5A03

18. What is the name for the flow of electrons in an electric circuit?

T6D07

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

T1A08

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

T1B12

21. Except for some specific restrictions, what is the maximum peak envelope power output for Technician class operators using frequencies above 30 MHz?

T7B08

22. What should you do if something in a neighbor's home is causing harmful interference to your amateur station?

T1F10

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

T3B11

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

T2C06

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

T6A11

26. Which of the following battery chemistries is not rechargeable?

T5C07

27. What is the abbreviation for megahertz?

T1E06

28. When, under normal circumstances, may a Technician class licensee be the control operator of a station operating in an Amateur Extra Class band segment?

T5D14

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

T0B02

30. What is required when climbing an antenna tower?

T4B06

31. Which of the following controls could be used if the voice pitch of a single-sideband signal returning to your CQ call seems too high or low?

T8C09

32. Which of the following protocols enables an amateur station to transmit through a repeater without using a radio to initiate the transmission?

T9B08

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

T5B01

34. How many milliamperes is 1.5 amperes?

T3A04

35. What happens when antennas at opposite ends of a VHF or UHF line of sight radio link are not using the same polarization?