Practice Exam

Element 2: Technician (Expires June 30)

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T1E10

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

T0B05

2. What is the purpose of a safety wire through a turnbuckle used to tension guy lines?

T6D04

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

T7D04

4. Which instrument is used to measure electric current?

T2B08

5. Which of the following applies when two stations transmitting on the same frequency interfere with each other?

T8B11

6. Who may receive telemetry from a space station?

T1C02

7. Who may select a desired call sign under the vanity call sign rules?

T7C03

8. What does a dummy load consist of?

T1F11

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

T5C02

10. What is the unit of capacitance?

T6A09

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

T1B11

12. What is the maximum peak envelope power output for Technician class operators in their HF band segments?

T5A01

13. Electrical current is measured in which of the following units?

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T6C09

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

T8A11

15. What is the approximate bandwidth required to transmit a CW signal?

T9B01

16. What is a benefit of low SWR?

T2A01

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

T2C06

18. What is the Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES)?

T5B10

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

T8D05

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

T6B12

21. What are the names of the electrodes of a bipolar junction transistor?

T4B11

22. Which of the following must be programmed into a D-STAR digital transceiver before transmitting?

T5D14

23. In which type of circuit is voltage the same across all components?

T7B05

24. How can fundamental overload of a non-amateur radio or TV receiver by an amateur signal be reduced or eliminated?

T7A06

25. What device converts the RF input and output of a transceiver to another band?

T3C11

26. Why is the radio horizon for VHF and UHF signals more distant than the visual horizon?

T3B05

27. What is the relationship between wavelength and frequency?

T3A11

28. Which region of the atmosphere can refract or bend HF and VHF radio waves?

T8C08

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

T4A01

30. Which of the following is an appropriate power supply rating for a typical 50 watt output mobile FM transceiver?

T0A11

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

T9A07

32. What is a disadvantage of using a handheld VHF transceiver with a flexible antenna inside a vehicle?

T1D11

33. When may an amateur station transmit without identifying on the air?

T0C03

34. How does the allowable power density for RF safety change if duty cycle changes from 100 percent to 50 percent?

T1A03

35. What do the FCC rules state regarding the use of a phonetic alphabet for station identification in the Amateur Radio Service?