Practice Exam

Element 2: Technician

T3A06

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

T0C04

2. What factors affect the RF exposure of people near an amateur station antenna?

T1A09

3. Who selects a Frequency Coordinator?

T7C08

4. Which instrument can be used to determine SWR?

T1C05

5. Which of the following is a valid Technician class call sign format?

T0A11

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

T7A01

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

T2A01

8. What is a common repeater frequency offset in the 2 meter band?

T5B13

9. Which is equal to 2425 MHz?

T8C11

10. What is an amateur radio station that connects other amateur stations to the internet?

T9B09

11. What can cause erratic changes in SWR?

T9A12

12. What is an advantage of a 5/8 wavelength whip antenna for VHF or UHF mobile service?

T5C10

13. How much power is delivered by a voltage of 12 volts DC and a current of 2.5 amperes?

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T6C04

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

T2B07

15. How can you join a digital repeater's "talkgroup"?

T8D05

16. Which of the following is an application of APRS?

T1F01

17. When must the station and its records be available for FCC inspection?

T8A05

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

T8B01

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

T6A01

20. What electrical component opposes the flow of current in a DC circuit?

T7D07

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

T1B05

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

T6B07

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

T4A03

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

T4B03

25. How is squelch adjusted so that a weak FM signal can be heard?

T7B04

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

T5A06

27. What is the unit of frequency?

T3C02

28. What is a characteristic of HF communication compared with communications on VHF and higher frequencies?

T1D01

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

T1E11

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

T2C09

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

T5D08

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

T3B03

33. What are the two components of a radio wave?

T6D09

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

T0B10

35. Which of the following is true when installing grounding conductors used for lightning protection?