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Technician Practice Exam

35 questions, one from each exam group, in your course's own words. Passing is 26 correct, the same standard as the real exam. Miss one and you get a link straight back to the section that teaches it.

T1A 1. Willfully interfering with another amateur station is:

T1B 2. 146.520 MHz sits inside which amateur band?

T1C 3. A new FCC amateur license is normally granted for a term of:

T1D 4. Accepting payment for operating your amateur station is:

T1E 5. A transmitting station's privileges are set by:

T1F 6. You must identify with your call sign:

T2A 7. The standard repeater offset on the 2-meter band is:

T2B 8. CTCSS is best described as:

T2C 9. During a directed net, the station that manages who transmits is the:

T3A 10. An FM signal that drops out at one spot in a room can often be fixed by:

T3B 11. Wavelength in meters is found by dividing 300 by:

T3C 12. Sporadic E propagation most famously produces long contacts on:

T4A 13. A mobile HF radio's power leads should run:

T4B 14. The receiver incremental tuning (RIT) control:

T5A 15. Which of these is a good electrical insulator?

T5B 16. A 3 dB increase means power has:

T5C 17. A radio drawing 10 amperes from a 13.8-volt supply consumes:

T5D 18. 90 volts across a 30-ohm resistor drives a current of:

T6A 19. Which battery chemistry must never be recharged?

T6B 20. On a physical diode, the stripe marks the:

T6C 21. In the figure, which numbered symbol is the NPN transistor?

Technician Figure 2: Symbol Quiz 1 2 3 4 5 6 Identify each numbered symbol. Answer key: tech-fig-2 © 2026 Anthony Pelfanio, K4DIA

T6D 22. A relay is:

T7A 23. A transceiver is a unit that combines:

T7B 24. If you are told your FM signal is overdeviating, you should:

T7C 25. Transmitter testing off the air is done into a:

T7D 26. To measure voltage, a voltmeter is connected:

T8A 27. Which emission occupies the narrowest bandwidth?

T8B 28. The steady drift you must tune out during a satellite pass is caused by:

T8C 29. A Maidenhead grid square is:

T8D 30. FT8's defining strength is:

T9A 31. A quarter-wave vertical for 146 MHz is approximately:

T9B 32. As frequency rises, loss in a length of coaxial cable:

T0A 33. A blown 5-amp fuse should be replaced with:

T0B 34. An antenna must be placed so that if it falls, it:

T0C 35. RF exposure limits are strictest near:

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