Practice Exam

Element 2: Technician (Expires June 30)

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T3C05

1. Which of the following effects may allow radio signals to travel beyond obstructions between the transmitting and receiving stations?

T5B07

2. Which is equal to 3.525 MHz?

T7A02

3. What is a transceiver?

T2A08

4. What is the meaning of the procedural signal "CQ"?

T8C02

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

T3B10

6. What frequency range is referred to as HF?

T1A11

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

T1D10

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

T8A01

9. Which of the following is a form of amplitude modulation?

T4A03

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

T1E10

11. Which of the following is an example of remote control as defined in Part 97?

T1C04

12. What may happen if the FCC is unable to reach you by email?

T8D04

13. What type of transmission is indicated by the term "NTSC?"

T2B02

14. What term describes the use of a sub-audible tone transmitted along with normal voice audio to open the squelch of a receiver?

T6D01

15. Which of the following devices or circuits changes an alternating current into a varying direct current signal?

T7D07

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

T5D12

17. What is the voltage across a 10-ohm resistor if a current of 2 amperes flows through it?

T6A03

18. What electrical parameter is controlled by a potentiometer?

T7C08

19. Which instrument can be used to determine SWR?

T2C05

20. What does the term "traffic" refer to in net operation?

T4B08

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

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T6C04

22. What is component 3 in figure T-1?

T0B02

23. What is required when climbing an antenna tower?

T0A08

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

T6B10

25. Which of the following can provide power gain?

T5C09

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

T8B10

27. What is a LEO satellite?

T0C02

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

T5A10

29. Which term describes the rate at which electrical energy is used?

T1B08

30. How are US amateurs restricted in segments of bands where the Amateur Radio Service is secondary?

T1F06

31. Which of the following self-assigned indicators are acceptable when using a phone transmission?

T9B05

32. What happens as the frequency of a signal in coaxial cable is increased?

T9A04

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

T7B01

34. What can you do if you are told your FM handheld or mobile transceiver is over-deviating?

T3A09

35. Which of the following results from the fact that signals propagated by the ionosphere are elliptically polarized?