Practice Exam

Element 2: Technician

T1F05

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

T6B09

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

T6A07

3. What electrical component is typically constructed as a coil of wire?

T8B02

4. What is the impact of using excessive effective radiated power on a satellite uplink?

T8C10

5. What is required before using the EchoLink system?

T7A03

6. Which of the following is used to convert a signal from one frequency to another?

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T6C09

7. What is component 4 in figure T-2?

T5C02

8. What is the unit of capacitance?

T0C12

9. How does RF radiation differ from ionizing radiation (radioactivity)?

T3C06

10. What type of propagation is responsible for allowing over-the-horizon VHF and UHF communications to ranges of approximately 300 miles on a regular basis?

T8D09

11. What is CW?

T1A02

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

T7D04

13. Which instrument is used to measure electric current?

T3A12

14. What is the effect of fog and rain on signals in the 10 meter and 6 meter bands?

T5D07

15. What is the current in a circuit with an applied voltage of 120 volts and a resistance of 80 ohms?

T4A04

16. How are the transceiver audio input and output connected in a station configured to operate using FT8?

T9A05

17. Which of the following increases the resonant frequency of a dipole antenna?

T7C10

18. Why should the outer jacket of coaxial cable be resistant to ultraviolet light?

T1B07

19. Which of the following VHF/UHF band segments are limited to CW only?

T5B05

20. Which is equal to 500 milliwatts?

T2A10

21. What is a band plan, beyond the privileges established by the FCC?

T5A01

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

T3B10

23. What frequency range is referred to as HF?

T8A05

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

T0B05

25. What is the purpose of a safety wire through a turnbuckle used to tension guy lines?

T0A08

26. Where should a fuse or circuit breaker be installed in a 120V AC power circuit?

T2B13

27. What is the purpose of a squelch function?

T4B07

28. What does a DMR "code plug" contain?

T2C11

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

T7B07

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

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T6D10

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

T1C01

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

T1D11

33. When may an amateur station transmit without identifying on the air?

T1E02

34. Who may be the control operator of a station communicating through an amateur satellite or space station?

T9B10

35. What is the electrical difference between RG-58 and RG-213 coaxial cable?