Practice Exam

Element 2: Technician

T7C07

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

T2A04

2. What is an appropriate way to call another station on a repeater if you know the other station's call sign?

T0C08

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

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T6C05

4. What is component 4 in figure T-1?

T9B05

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

T6A04

6. What electrical component stores energy in an electric field?

T4A05

7. Where should an RF power meter be installed?

T0A02

8. What health hazard is presented by electrical current flowing through the body?

T5C03

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

T8D04

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

T3C08

11. What causes tropospheric ducting?

T7D09

12. What is the characteristic appearance of a cold tin-lead solder joint?

T6B07

13. What causes a light-emitting diode (LED) to emit light?

T2C09

14. Are amateur station control operators ever permitted to operate outside the frequency privileges of their license class?

T8C10

15. What is required before using the EchoLink system?

T5D03

16. What formula is used to calculate resistance in a circuit?

T3B11

17. What is the approximate velocity of a radio wave in free space?

T0B01

18. Which of the following is good practice when installing ground wires on a tower for lightning protection?

T4B06

19. Which of the following controls could be used if the voice pitch of a single-sideband signal returning to your CQ call seems too high or low?

T1E02

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

T7B07

21. Which of the following can reduce overload of a VHF transceiver by a nearby commercial FM station?

T8A09

22. What is the approximate bandwidth of a VHF repeater FM voice signal?

T1C10

23. How soon after passing the examination for your first amateur radio license may you transmit on the amateur radio bands?

T7A02

24. What is a transceiver?

T6D09

25. What is the name of a device that combines several semiconductors and other components into one package?

T9A11

26. What is antenna gain?

T8B01

27. What telemetry information is typically transmitted by satellite beacons?

T1B08

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

T1F02

29. How often must you identify with your FCC-assigned call sign when using tactical call signs such as "Race Headquarters"?

T1A09

30. Who selects a Frequency Coordinator?

T5B02

31. Which is equal to 1,500,000 hertz?

T2B05

32. What would cause your FM transmission audio to be distorted on voice peaks?

T1D05

33. When may amateur radio operators use their stations to notify other amateurs of the availability of equipment for sale or trade?

T5A02

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

T3A02

35. What is the effect of vegetation on UHF and microwave signals?