Practice Exam

Element 2: Technician (Expires June 30)

T1E08

1. Which of the following is an example of automatic control?

T1C02

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

T2C08

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

T6B12

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

T0C06

5. Which of the following is an acceptable method to determine whether your station complies with FCC RF exposure regulations?

T3C02

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

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T6A12

7. What type of switch is represented by component 3 in figure T-2?

T5D13

8. In which type of circuit is DC current the same through all components?

T8B03

9. Which of the following are provided by satellite tracking programs?

T6D04

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

T1F04

11. What language may you use for identification when operating in a phone sub-band?

T5C07

12. What is the abbreviation for megahertz?

T7D10

13. What reading indicates that an ohmmeter is connected across a large, discharged capacitor?

T4B05

14. What does the scanning function of an FM transceiver do?

T5A06

15. What is the unit of frequency?

T9B05

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

T1D07

17. What types of amateur stations can automatically retransmit the signals of other amateur stations?

T9A04

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

T0B02

19. What is required when climbing an antenna tower?

T3B01

20. What is the relationship between the electric and magnetic fields of an electromagnetic wave?

T8C08

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

T1B06

22. On which HF bands does a Technician class operator have phone privileges?

T7C01

23. What is the primary purpose of a dummy load?

T2B02

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

T7A09

25. What is the function of the SSB/CW-FM switch on a VHF power amplifier?

T8D09

26. What is CW?

T7B08

27. What should you do if something in a neighbor's home is causing harmful interference to your amateur station?

T5B10

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

T4A04

29. How are the transceiver audio input and output connected in a station configured to operate using FT8?

T3A04

30. What happens when antennas at opposite ends of a VHF or UHF line of sight radio link are not using the same polarization?

T0A10

31. What hazard is caused by charging or discharging a battery too quickly?

T2A12

32. What should you do before calling CQ?

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T6C08

33. What is component 9 in figure T-2?

T1A02

34. Which agency regulates and enforces the rules for the Amateur Radio Service in the United States?

T8A06

35. Which sideband is normally used for 10 meter HF, VHF, and UHF single-sideband communications?