US Amateur Radio - Technician (Element 2, 2022-2026) Practice Test

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US Amateur Radio - Technician (Element 2, 2022-2026) Practice Test

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1. - T0A06

What is a good way to guard against electrical shock at your station?

Select	Answer
A	Install mechanical interlocks in high-voltage circuits
B	Connect all AC powered station equipment to a common safety ground
C	All these choices are correct
D	Use three-wire cords and plugs for all AC powered equipment

2. - T0B02

What is required when climbing an antenna tower?

Select	Answer
A	Always wear an approved climbing harness
B	Have sufficient training on safe tower climbing techniques
C	All these choices are correct
D	Use appropriate tie-off to the tower at all times

3. - T0C09

How can you make sure your station stays in compliance with RF safety regulations?

Select	Answer
A	By re-evaluating the station whenever an item in the transmitter or antenna system is changed
B	All these choices are correct
C	By informing the FCC of any changes made in your station
D	By making sure your antennas have low SWR

4. - T1A06

What is the FCC Part 97 definition of a beacon?

Select	Answer
A	An amateur station transmitting communications for the purposes of observing propagation or related experimental activities
B	A bulletin sent by the FCC to announce a national emergency
C	A continuous transmission of weather information authorized in the amateur bands by the National Weather Service
D	A government transmitter marking the amateur radio band edges

5. - T1B12

Except for some specific restrictions, what is the maximum peak envelope power output for Technician class operators using frequencies above 30 MHz?

Select	Answer
A	500 watts
B	1500 watts
C	50 watts
D	100 watts

6. - T1C01

For which license classes are new licenses currently available from the FCC?

Select	Answer
A	Novice, Technician Plus, General, Advanced
B	Novice, Technician, General, Amateur Extra
C	Technician, Technician Plus, General, Amateur Extra
D	Technician, General, Amateur Extra

7. - T1D01

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

Select	Answer
A	Any country banned from such communications by the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU)
B	Any country whose administration has notified the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) that it objects to such communications
C	Any country whose administration has notified the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) that it objects to such communications
D	Any country banned from making such communications by the American Radio Relay League (ARRL)

8. - T1E02

Who may be the control operator of a station communicating through an amateur satellite or space station?

Select	Answer
A	Only an Amateur Extra Class operator
B	Any amateur allowed to transmit on the satellite uplink frequency
C	Only an Amateur Extra Class operator who is also an AMSAT member
D	A General class or higher licensee with a satellite operator certification

9. - T1F08

What is the definition of third party communications?

Select	Answer
A	A message from a control operator to another amateur station control operator on behalf of another person
B	Operation when the transmitting equipment is licensed to a person other than the control operator
C	Temporary authorization for an unlicensed person to transmit on the amateur bands for technical experiments
D	Amateur radio communications where three stations are in communications with one another

10. - T2A07

What is meant by "repeater offset”?

Select	Answer
A	The number of simultaneous transmit frequencies used by a repeater
B	The difference between a repeater’s transmit and receive frequencies
C	The repeater has a time delay to prevent interference
D	The repeater station identification is done on a separate frequency

11. - T2B01

How is a VHF/UHF transceiver’s “reverse” function used?

Select	Answer
A	To listen on a repeater’s output frequency
B	To increase power output
C	To reduce power output
D	To listen on a repeater’s input frequency

12. - T2C06

What is the Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES)?

Select	Answer
A	A training program that certifies amateur operators for membership in the Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service
B	A group of licensed amateurs who are members of the military and who voluntarily agreed to provide message handling services in the case of an emergency
C	A group of licensed amateurs who have voluntarily registered their qualifications and equipment for communications duty in the public service
D	A training program that provides licensing courses for those interested in obtaining an amateur license to use during emergencies

13. - T3A09

Which of the following results from the fact that signals propagated by the ionosphere are elliptically polarized?

Select	Answer
A	FM voice is unusable
B	Either vertically or horizontally polarized antennas may be used for transmission or reception
C	Digital modes are unusable
D	Both the transmitting and receiving antennas must be of the same polarization

14. - T3B02

What property of a radio wave defines its polarization?

Select	Answer
A	The orientation of the electric field
B	The ratio of the energy in the magnetic field to the energy in the electric field
C	The ratio of the velocity to the wavelength
D	The orientation of the magnetic field

15. - T3C10

Which of the following bands may provide long-distance communications via the ionosphere’s F region during the peak of the sunspot cycle?

Select	Answer
A	6 and 10 meters
B	23 centimeters
C	70 centimeters and 1.25 meters
D	All these choices are correct

16. - T4A07

Which of the following connections is made between a computer and a transceiver to use computer software when operating digital modes?

Select	Answer
A	Computer “line in” to transceiver speaker connector
B	Computer “line out” to transceiver push-to-talk
C	Computer “line in” to transceiver push-to-talk
D	Computer “line out” to transceiver speaker connector

17. - T4B12

What is the result of tuning an FM receiver above or below a signal’s frequency?

Select	Answer
A	Change in audio pitch
B	Sideband inversion
C	Generation of a heterodyne tone
D	Distortion of the signal’s audio

18. - T5A01

Electrical current is measured in which of the following units?

Select	Answer
A	Ohms
B	Amperes
C	Volts
D	Watts

19. - T5B06

Which is equal to 3000 milliamperes?

Select	Answer
A	3,000,000 amperes
B	0.003 amperes
C	0.3 amperes
D	3 amperes

20. - T5C07

What is the abbreviation for megahertz?

Select	Answer
A	MH
B	mh
C	Mhz
D	MHz

21. - T5D02

What formula is used to calculate voltage in a circuit?

Select	Answer
A	E = I - R
B	E = I x R
C	E = I + R
D	E = I / R

22. - T6A05

What type of electrical component consists of conductive surfaces separated by an insulator?

Select	Answer
A	Capacitor
B	Resistor
C	Oscillator
D	Potentiometer

23. - T6B12

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

Select	Answer
A	Input, output, supply
B	Pole one, pole two, output
C	Signal, bias, power
D	Emitter, base, collector

24. - T6C07

What is component 8 in figure T-2?

Select	Answer
A	Inductor
B	Light emitting diode
C	Resistor
D	Regulator IC

25. - T6D07

Which of the following is commonly used as a visual indicator?

Select	Answer
A	LED
B	Bipolar transistor
C	FET
D	Zener diode

26. - T7A06

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

Select	Answer
A	Transverter
B	High-pass filter
C	Low-pass filter
D	Phase converter

27. - T7B11

What is a symptom of RF feedback in a transmitter or transceiver?

Select	Answer
A	The transmitter will not stay on the desired frequency
B	Frequent blowing of power supply fuses
C	Reports of garbled, distorted, or unintelligible voice transmissions
D	Excessive SWR at the antenna connection

28. - T7C07

What happens to power lost in a feed line?

Select	Answer
A	It is converted into heat
B	It increases the SWR
C	It is radiated as harmonics
D	It distorts the signal

29. - T7D08

Which of the following types of solder should not be used for radio and electronic applications?

Select	Answer
A	Lead-tin solder
B	Acid-core solder
C	Rosin-core solder
D	Tin-copper solder

30. - T8A03

Which type of voice mode is often used for long-distance (weak signal) contacts on the VHF and UHF bands?

Select	Answer
A	SSB
B	DRM
C	PM
D	FM

31. - T8B08

What is meant by the statement that a satellite is operating in U/V mode?

Select	Answer
A	The satellite uplink is in the 70 centimeter band and the downlink is in the 2 meter band
B	The satellite uplink is in the 15 meter band and the downlink is in the 10 meter band
C	The satellite operates using ultraviolet frequencies
D	The satellite frequencies are usually variable

32. - T8C02

Which of these items would be useful for a hidden transmitter hunt?

Select	Answer
A	A calibrated noise bridge
B	All these choices are correct
C	A directional antenna
D	Calibrated SWR meter

33. - T8D06

What does the abbreviation "PSK" mean?

Select	Answer
A	Packet Short Keying
B	Pulse Shift Keying
C	Phase Shift Keying
D	Phased Slide Keying

34. - T9A03

Which of the following describes a simple dipole oriented parallel to Earth's surface?

Select	Answer
A	A horizontally polarized antenna
B	A ground-wave antenna
C	A travelling-wave antenna
D	A vertically polarized antenna

35. - T9B07

Which of the following is true of PL-259 type coax connectors?

Select	Answer
A	They are watertight
B	They are a bayonet-type connector
C	They are preferred for microwave operation
D	They are commonly used at HF and VHF frequencies

Figure T-2