Practice Exam

Element 2: Technician (Expires June 30)

T8A09

1. What is the approximate bandwidth of a VHF repeater FM voice signal?

T5C08

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

T2A09

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

T7D09

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

T2B04

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

T1F10

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

T7B10

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

T8D03

8. What kind of data can be transmitted by APRS?

T5D04

9. What is the resistance of a circuit in which a current of 3 amperes flows when connected to 90 volts?

T1A07

10. What is the FCC Part 97 definition of a space station?

T1C03

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

T6D09

12. What is the name of a device that combines several semiconductors and other components into one package?

T6B06

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

T7C06

14. What does an SWR reading of 4:1 indicate?

T1B04

15. Which amateur band includes 146.52 MHz?

T3A06

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

T3B06

17. What is the formula for converting frequency to approximate wavelength in meters?

T3C07

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

T5B11

19. Which decibel value represents a power increase from 20 watts to 200 watts?

T4A10

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

T1D10

21. How does the FCC define broadcasting for the Amateur Radio Service?

T2C05

22. What does the term "traffic" refer to in net operation?

T5A12

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

T9B01

24. What is a benefit of low SWR?

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T6C07

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

T4B01

26. What is the effect of excessive microphone gain on SSB transmissions?

T8B08

27. What is meant by the statement that a satellite is operating in U/V mode?

T1E03

28. Who must designate the station control operator?

T0B08

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

T0A09

30. What should be done to all external ground rods or earth connections?

T6A05

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

T7A04

32. Which term describes the ability of a receiver to discriminate between multiple signals?

T9A10

33. In which direction does a half-wave dipole antenna radiate the strongest signal?

T0C11

34. What is the definition of duty cycle during the averaging time for RF exposure?

T8C01

35. Which of the following methods is used to locate sources of noise interference or jamming?