Practice Exam

Element 2: Technician

T6B09

1. What are the names for the electrodes of a diode?

T5D05

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

T8D11

3. What is an ARQ transmission system?

T7C05

4. Why do most solid-state transmitters reduce output power as SWR increases beyond a certain level?

T2A09

5. Which of the following indicates that a station is listening on a repeater and looking for a contact?

T9B01

6. What is a benefit of low SWR?

T1C03

7. What types of international communications are an FCC-licensed amateur radio station permitted to make?

T0B09

8. Why should you avoid attaching an antenna to a utility pole?

T8C07

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

T1F04

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

T7D11

11. Which of the following precautions should be taken when measuring in-circuit resistance with an ohmmeter?

T5A02

12. Electrical power is measured in which of the following units?

T4B05

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

T1B11

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

T1D03

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

T2C04

16. What is RACES?

T2B12

17. What is the purpose of the color code used on DMR repeater systems?

T3A07

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

T6D07

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

T1E05

20. What is an amateur station's control point?

T3B08

21. What frequency range is referred to as VHF?

T6A04

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

T3C07

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

T8A05

24. Which of the following types of signal has the narrowest bandwidth?

T7B07

25. Which of the following can reduce overload of a VHF transceiver by a nearby commercial FM station?

T0C13

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

T0A10

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

T6C12

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

T1A01

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

T8B05

30. What is a satellite beacon?

T9A02

31. Which of the following describes a type of antenna loading?

T7A08

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

T5C06

33. What does the abbreviation "RF" mean?

T5B02

34. Which is equal to 1,500,000 hertz?

T4A02

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