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. - T0A09

What should be done to all external ground rods or earth connections?

Select	Answer
A	Waterproof them with silicone caulk or electrical tape
B	Keep them as far apart as possible
C	Tune them for resonance on the lowest frequency of operation
D	Bond them together with heavy wire or conductive strap

2. - T0B08

Which is a proper grounding method for a tower?

Select	Answer
A	A ferrite-core RF choke connected between the tower and ground
B	Separate eight-foot ground rods for each tower leg, bonded to the tower and each other
C	A single four-foot ground rod, driven into the ground no more than 12 inches from the base
D	A connection between the tower base and a cold water pipe

3. - T0C01

What type of radiation are radio signals?

Select	Answer
A	Gamma radiation
B	Non-ionizing radiation
C	Ionizing radiation
D	Alpha radiation

4. - T1A01

Which of the following is part of the Basis and Purpose of the Amateur Radio Service?

Select	Answer
A	Providing personal radio communications for as many citizens as possible
B	Advancing skills in the technical and communication phases of the radio art
C	All these choices are correct
D	Providing communications for international non-profit organizations

5. - T1B09

Why should you not set your transmit frequency to be exactly at the edge of an amateur band or sub-band?

Select	Answer
A	All these choices are correct
B	To allow for calibration error in the transmitter frequency display
C	So that modulation sidebands do not extend beyond the band edge
D	To allow for transmitter frequency drift

6. - T1C01

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

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

7. - T1D05

When may amateur radio operators use their stations to notify other amateurs of the availability of equipment for sale or trade?

Select	Answer
A	When no profit is made on the sale
B	When selling amateur radio equipment and not on a regular basis
C	Never
D	When the equipment is not the personal property of either the station licensee, or the control operator, or their close relatives

8. - T1E05

What is an amateur station’s control point?

Select	Answer
A	The location of the station’s transmitting apparatus
B	The location of the station’s transmitting antenna
C	The location at which the control operator function is performed
D	The mailing address of the station licensee

9. - T1F01

When must the station and its records be available for FCC inspection?

Select	Answer
A	Only when presented with a valid warrant by an FCC official or government agent
B	At any time ten days after notification by the FCC of such an inspection
C	At any time after written notification by the FCC of such inspection
D	At any time upon request by an FCC representative

10. - T2A08

What is the meaning of the procedural signal “CQ”?

Select	Answer
A	Test transmission, no reply expected
B	Only the called station should transmit
C	Call on the quarter hour
D	Calling any station

11. - T2B06

What type of signaling uses pairs of audio tones?

Select	Answer
A	D-STAR
B	GPRS
C	CTCSS
D	DTMF

12. - T2C04

What is RACES?

Select	Answer
A	An emergency organization combining amateur radio and citizens band operators and frequencies
B	An FCC part 97 amateur radio service for civil defense communications during national emergencies
C	An international radio experimentation society
D	A radio contest held in a short period, sometimes called a “sprint”

13. - T3A03

What antenna polarization is normally used for long-distance CW and SSB contacts on the VHF and UHF bands?

Select	Answer
A	Horizontal
B	Left-hand circular
C	Right-hand circular
D	Vertical

14. - T3B10

What frequency range is referred to as HF?

Select	Answer
A	300 to 3000 MHz
B	3 to 30 MHz
C	30 to 300 MHz
D	300 to 3000 kHz

15. - T3C07

What band is best suited for communicating via meteor scatter?

Select	Answer
A	70 centimeters
B	33 centimeters
C	6 meters
D	2 meters

16. - T4A08

Which of the following conductors is preferred for bonding at RF?

Select	Answer
A	Steel wire
B	Copper braid removed from coaxial cable
C	Twisted-pair cable
D	Flat copper strap

17. - T4B08

What is the advantage of having multiple receive bandwidth choices on a multimode transceiver?

Select	Answer
A	Permits monitoring several modes at once by selecting a separate filter for each mode
B	Increases the amount of offset between receive and transmit frequencies
C	Increases the number of frequencies that can be stored in memory
D	Permits noise or interference reduction by selecting a bandwidth matching the mode

18. - T5A02

Electrical power is measured in which of the following units?

Select	Answer
A	Amperes
B	Watts
C	Volts
D	Watt-hours

19. - T5B06

Which is equal to 3000 milliamperes?

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

20. - T5C08

What is the formula used to calculate electrical power (P) in a DC circuit?

Select	Answer
A	P = E – I
B	P = I + E
C	P = I  E
D	P = E / I

21. - T5D05

What is the resistance of a circuit for which the applied voltage is 12 volts and the current flow is 1.5 amperes?

Select	Answer
A	13.5 ohms
B	8 ohms
C	18 ohms
D	0.125 ohms

22. - T6A11

Which of the following battery chemistries is not rechargeable?

Select	Answer
A	Carbon-zinc
B	Lead-acid
C	Lithium-ion
D	Nickel-cadmium

23. - T6B11

What is the term that describes a device's ability to amplify a signal?

Select	Answer
A	Gain
B	Forward resistance
C	On resistance
D	Forward voltage drop

24. - T6C05

What is component 4 in figure T-1?

Select	Answer
A	Ground symbol
B	Resistor
C	Battery
D	Transistor

25. - T6D09

What is the name of a device that combines several semiconductors and other components into one package?

Select	Answer
A	Integrated circuit
B	Transformer
C	Multi-pole relay
D	Transducer

26. - T7A02

What is a transceiver?

Select	Answer
A	A device for automatically sending and decoding Morse code
B	A device for matching feed line impedance to 50 ohms
C	A device for converting receiver and transmitter frequencies to another band
D	A device that combines a receiver and transmitter

27. - T7B09

What should be the first step to resolve non-fiber optic cable TV interference caused by your amateur radio transmission?

Select	Answer
A	Be sure all TV feed line coaxial connectors are installed properly
B	Add a preamplifier to the TV antenna input
C	Add a low-pass filter to the TV antenna input
D	Add a high-pass filter to the TV antenna input

28. - T7C11

What is a disadvantage of air core coaxial cable when compared to foam or solid dielectric types?

Select	Answer
A	It has more loss per foot
B	It requires special techniques to prevent moisture in the cable
C	It cannot be used for VHF or UHF antennas
D	It cannot be used at below freezing temperatures

29. - T7D11

Which of the following precautions should be taken when measuring in-circuit resistance with an ohmmeter?

Select	Answer
A	Ensure that the circuit is operating at the correct frequency
B	Ensure that the circuit is grounded
C	Ensure that the circuit is not powered
D	Ensure that the applied voltages are correct

30. - T8A01

Which of the following is a form of amplitude modulation?

Select	Answer
A	Single sideband
B	Packet radio
C	Spread spectrum
D	Phase shift keying (PSK)

31. - T8B02

What is the impact of using excessive effective radiated power on a satellite uplink?

Select	Answer
A	Possibility of commanding the satellite to an improper mode
B	Overloading the satellite batteries
C	Blocking access by other users
D	Possibility of rebooting the satellite control computer

32. - T8C10

What is required before using the EchoLink system?

Select	Answer
A	Complete the required EchoLink training
B	Register your call sign and provide proof of license
C	All these choices are correct
D	Purchase a license to use the EchoLink software

33. - T8D11

What is an ARQ transmission system?

Select	Answer
A	A special transmission format limited to video signals
B	A system used to encrypt command signals to an amateur radio satellite
C	A method of compressing data using autonomous reiterative Q codes prior to final encoding
D	An error correction method in which the receiving station detects errors and sends a request for retransmission

34. - T9A01

What is a beam antenna?

Select	Answer
A	An omnidirectional antenna invented by Clarence Beam
B	An antenna that reverses the phase of received signals
C	An antenna built from aluminum I-beams
D	An antenna that concentrates signals in one direction

35. - T9B03

Why is coaxial cable the most common feed line for amateur radio antenna systems?

Select	Answer
A	It has less loss than any other type of feed line
B	It is less expensive than any other type of feed line
C	It can handle more power than any other type of feed line
D	It is easy to use and requires few special installation considerations

Figure T-1