Practice Exam

Element 2: Technician (Expires June 30)

T4A03

1. Why are short, heavy-gauge wires used for a transceiver's DC power connection?

T1D03

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

T3C04

3. Which of the following types of propagation is most commonly associated with occasional strong signals on the 10, 6, and 2 meter bands from beyond the radio horizon?

T1E05

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

T9A04

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

T8A04

6. Which type of modulation is commonly used for VHF and UHF voice repeaters?

T8C09

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

T0A07

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

T1A06

9. What is the FCC Part 97 definition of a beacon?

T7A06

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

T1F05

11. What method of call sign identification is required for a station transmitting phone signals?

T1B04

12. Which amateur band includes 146.52 MHz?

T0C02

13. At which of the following frequencies does maximum permissible exposure have the lowest value?

T4B05

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

T7D02

15. How is a voltmeter connected to a component to measure applied voltage?

T6B05

16. What type of transistor has a gate, drain, and source?

T5B03

17. Which is equal to one kilovolt?

T5C05

18. What is the unit of impedance?

T8B03

19. Which of the following are provided by satellite tracking programs?

T1C01

20. For which license classes are new licenses currently available from the FCC?

T5D14

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

T9B01

22. What is a benefit of low SWR?

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T6D10

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

T3A01

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

T6A05

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

T2A07

26. What is meant by "repeater offset"?

T0B04

27. Which of the following is an important safety precaution to observe when putting up an antenna tower?

T7B07

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

T2C01

29. When do FCC rules NOT apply to the operation of an amateur station?

T7C04

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

T5A01

31. Electrical current is measured in which of the following units?

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T6C03

32. What is component 2 in figure T-1?

T3B10

33. What frequency range is referred to as HF?

T8D03

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

T2B07

35. How can you join a digital repeater's "talkgroup"?