Practice Exam

Element 2: Technician

T7A01

1. Which term describes the ability of a receiver to detect the presence of a signal?

T3A05

2. When using a directional antenna, how might your station be able to communicate with a distant repeater if buildings or obstructions are blocking the direct line of sight path?

T1C11

3. If your license has expired and is still within the allowable grace period, may you continue to transmit on the amateur radio bands?

T0B03

4. Under what circumstances is it safe to climb a tower without a helper or observer?

T3B02

5. What property of a radio wave defines its polarization?

T8D07

6. Which of the following describes DMR?

T2A12

7. What should you do before calling CQ?

T2C06

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

T6A11

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

T6B02

10. What electronic component allows current to flow in only one direction?

T2B06

11. What type of signaling uses pairs of audio tones?

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T6D10

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

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T6C08

13. What is component 9 in figure T-2?

T9A08

14. What is the approximate length, in inches, of a quarter-wavelength vertical antenna for 146 MHz?

T1B03

15. Which frequency is in the 6 meter amateur band?

T7B08

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

T8C11

17. What is an amateur radio station that connects other amateur stations to the internet?

T8A06

18. Which sideband is normally used for 10 meter HF, VHF, and UHF single-sideband communications?

T8B10

19. What is a LEO satellite?

T4B01

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

T7C07

21. What happens to power lost in a feed line?

T5A06

22. What is the unit of frequency?

T5C03

23. What describes the ability to store energy in a magnetic field?

T9B09

24. What can cause erratic changes in SWR?

T7D06

25. Which of the following can damage a multimeter?

T5D01

26. What formula is used to calculate current in a circuit?

T0C06

27. Which of the following is an acceptable method to determine whether your station complies with FCC RF exposure regulations?

T3C10

28. Which of the following bands may provide long-distance communications via the ionosphere's F region during the peak of the sunspot cycle?

T5B04

29. Which is equal to one microvolt?

T4A12

30. What is an electronic keyer?

T0A08

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

T1A04

32. How many operator/primary station license grants may be held by any one person?

T1D03

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

T1E04

34. What determines the transmitting frequency privileges of an amateur station?

T1F10

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