Practice Exam

Element 2: Technician (Expires June 30)

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T3C07

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

T6B06

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

T0A11

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

T7B03

4. Which of the following can cause radio frequency interference?

T2A03

5. What is a common repeater frequency offset in the 70 cm band?

T6D04

6. Which of the following displays an electrical quantity as a numeric value?

T7C11

7. What is a disadvantage of air core coaxial cable when compared to foam or solid dielectric types?

T1F11

8. Which of the following is a requirement for the issuance of a club station license grant?

T7A01

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

T4B09

10. How is a specific group of stations selected on a digital voice transceiver?

T3B01

11. What is the relationship between the electric and magnetic fields of an electromagnetic wave?

T5D07

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

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T6C11

13. What is component 4 in figure T-3?

T8B11

14. Who may receive telemetry from a space station?

T8A05

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

T5B04

16. Which is equal to one microvolt?

T2C02

17. Which of the following are typical duties of a Net Control Station?

T1D01

18. With which countries are FCC-licensed amateur radio stations prohibited from exchanging communications?

T4A06

19. What signals are used in a computer-radio interface for digital mode operation?

T9A05

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

T0C01

21. What type of radiation are radio signals?

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T6A12

22. What type of switch is represented by component 3 in figure T-2?

T1B07

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

T8D11

24. What is an ARQ transmission system?

T5A02

25. Electrical power is measured in which of the following units?

T1A09

26. Who selects a Frequency Coordinator?

T3A06

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

T1E11

28. Who does the FCC presume to be the control operator of an amateur station, unless documentation to the contrary is in the station records?

T9B08

29. Which of the following is a source of loss in coaxial feed line?

T7D04

30. Which instrument is used to measure electric current?

T1C08

31. What is the normal term for an FCC-issued amateur radio license?

T8C08

32. What is the Internet Radio Linking Project (IRLP)?

T5C09

33. How much power is delivered by a voltage of 13.8 volts DC and a current of 10 amperes?

T2B06

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

T0B07

35. Which of the following is an important safety rule to remember when using a crank-up tower?