Technician exam question T0C07
Subelement T0, SAFETY· Group T0C
What hazard is created by touching an antenna during a transmission?
- A.Electrocution
- B.RF burn to skin (correct answer)
- C.Exposure to ionizing radiation
- D.All these choices are correct
WhyTouching an antenna during a transmission creates the hazard of an RF burn to the skin. Touching an energized antenna while transmitting exposes you to concentrated RF current at the point of contact, which can heat and burn skin tissue at that spot, answer B. It doesn't typically cause electrocution the way household AC voltage would (A), and RF energy is non-ionizing, so it doesn't expose you to ionizing radiation (C), so D, which depends on both of those also being real hazards, is also wrong.
Published 2026-08-28 · Last updated 2026-08-28 · Question text is verbatim from the 2026-2030 NCVEC Element 2 pool (public domain); the explanation above is original writing, see our methodology.
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