Practice Exam

Element 2: Technician

T5A07

1. Why are metals generally good conductors of electricity?

T0C11

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

T6B06

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

T3A04

4. What happens when antennas at opposite ends of a VHF or UHF line of sight radio link are not using the same polarization?

T4A05

5. Where should an RF power meter be installed?

T1B05

6. How may amateurs use the 219 to 220 MHz segment of 1.25 meter band?

T9B06

7. Which of the following RF connector types is most suitable for frequencies above 400 MHz?

T5D08

8. What is the current through a 100-ohm resistor connected across 200 volts?

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T6C02

9. What is component 1 in figure T-1?

T6A05

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

T7C03

11. What does a dummy load consist of?

T4B08

12. What is the advantage of having multiple receive bandwidth choices on a multimode transceiver?

T7A08

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

T8B12

14. Which of the following is a way to determine whether your satellite uplink power is neither too low nor too high?

T1C03

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

T1F08

16. What is the definition of third party communications?

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T6D10

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

T9A11

18. What is antenna gain?

T3C07

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

T0A11

20. What hazard exists in a power supply immediately after turning it off?

T8A04

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

T7B08

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

T8D10

23. Which of the following operating activities is supported by digital mode software in the WSJT-X software suite?

T1D10

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

T0B09

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

T1A11

26. When is willful interference to other amateur radio stations permitted?

T7D07

27. Which of the following measurements are made using a multimeter?

T1E09

28. Which of the following are required for remote control operation?

T2C04

29. What is RACES?

T2B12

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

T5B12

31. Which is equal to 28400 kHz?

T5C12

32. What is impedance?

T2A11

33. What term describes an amateur station that is transmitting and receiving on the same frequency?

T8C02

34. Which of these items would be useful for a hidden transmitter hunt?

T3B05

35. What is the relationship between wavelength and frequency?