Practice Exam

Element 2: Technician

T3B02

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

T2C08

2. Which of the following is a characteristic of good traffic handling?

T1B04

3. Which amateur band includes 146.52 MHz?

T0A07

4. Where should a lightning arrester be installed in a coaxial feed line?

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T6C09

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

T6D04

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

T3C01

7. Why are simplex UHF signals rarely heard beyond their radio horizon?

T7D03

8. When configured to measure current, how is a multimeter connected to a component?

T1C11

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

T8B12

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

T5D02

11. What formula is used to calculate voltage in a circuit?

T7A04

12. Which term describes the ability of a receiver to discriminate between multiple signals?

T6A09

13. What electrical component is used to protect other circuit components from current overloads?

T5C09

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

T5B10

15. Which decibel value most closely represents a power decrease from 12 watts to 3 watts?

T0C08

16. Which of the following actions can reduce exposure to RF radiation?

T5A05

17. What is the electrical term for the force that causes electron flow?

T4B08

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

T3A03

19. What antenna polarization is normally used for long-distance CW and SSB contacts on the VHF and UHF bands?

T2A12

20. What should you do before calling CQ?

T8C05

21. What is a grid locator?

T9A09

22. What is the approximate length, in inches, of a half-wavelength 6 meter dipole antenna?

T7C08

23. Which instrument can be used to determine SWR?

T1A06

24. What is the FCC Part 97 definition of a beacon?

T1D02

25. Under which of the following circumstances are one-way transmissions by an amateur station prohibited?

T6B11

26. What is the term that describes a device's ability to amplify a signal?

T7B04

27. Which of the following could you use to cure distorted audio caused by RF current on the shield of a microphone cable?

T8A12

28. Which of the following is a disadvantage of FM compared with single sideband?

T0B11

29. Which of the following establishes grounding requirements for an amateur radio tower or antenna?

T9B03

30. Why is coaxial cable the most common feed line for amateur radio antenna systems?

T2B11

31. Which Q signal indicates that you are changing frequency?

T1F10

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

T1E02

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

T8D06

34. What does the abbreviation "PSK" mean?

T4A05

35. Where should an RF power meter be installed?