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. - T0A03

In the United States, what circuit does black wire insulation indicate in a three-wire 120 V cable?

Select	Answer
A	Equipment ground
B	Hot
C	Neutral
D	Black insulation is never used

2. - T0B11

Which of the following establishes grounding requirements for an amateur radio tower or antenna?

Select	Answer
A	FCC Part 97 rules
B	Local electrical codes
C	UL recommended practices
D	FAA tower lighting regulations

3. - T0C07

What hazard is created by touching an antenna during a transmission?

Select	Answer
A	RF burn to skin
B	All these choices are correct
C	Radiation poisoning
D	Electrocution

4. - T1A06

What is the FCC Part 97 definition of a beacon?

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

5. - T1B08

How are US amateurs restricted in segments of bands where the Amateur Radio Service is secondary?

Select	Answer
A	International communications are not permitted in those segments
B	U.S. amateurs must give foreign amateur stations priority in those segments
C	Digital transmissions are not permitted in those segments
D	U.S. amateurs may find non-amateur stations in those segments, and must avoid interfering with them

6. - T1C09

What is the grace period for renewal if an amateur license expires?

Select	Answer
A	Five years
B	Ten years
C	Three years
D	Two years

7. - T1D02

Under which of the following circumstances are one-way transmissions by an amateur station prohibited?

Select	Answer
A	In all circumstances
B	Broadcasting
C	International Morse Code Practice
D	Telecommand or transmissions of telemetry

8. - T1E06

When, under normal circumstances, may a Technician class licensee be the control operator of a station operating in an Amateur Extra Class band segment?

Select	Answer
A	When designated as the control operator by an Amateur Extra Class licensee
B	At no time
C	As part of a multi-operator contest team
D	When using a club station whose trustee holds an Amateur Extra Class license

9. - T1F05

What method of call sign identification is required for a station transmitting phone signals?

Select	Answer
A	Send the call sign using only a phone emission
B	Send the call sign using a CW or phone emission
C	Send the call sign followed by the indicator R
D	Send the call sign followed by the indicator RPT

10. - T2A07

What is meant by "repeater offset”?

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

11. - T2B05

What would cause your FM transmission audio to be distorted on voice peaks?

Select	Answer
A	Your repeater offset is inverted
B	You are talking too loudly
C	You need to talk louder
D	Your transmit power is too high

12. - T2C10

What information is contained in the preamble of a formal traffic message?

Select	Answer
A	The address of the intended recipient
B	The telephone number of the addressee
C	Information needed to track the message
D	The email address of the originating station

13. - T3A08

What is a likely cause of irregular fading of signals propagated by the ionosphere?

Select	Answer
A	Frequency shift due to Faraday rotation
B	Interference from thunderstorms
C	Intermodulation distortion
D	Random combining of signals arriving via different paths

14. - T3B01

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

Select	Answer
A	They are in parallel
B	They revolve in opposite directions
C	They are at right angles
D	They travel at different speeds

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

16. - T4A02

Which of the following should be considered when selecting an accessory SWR meter?

Select	Answer
A	The distance that the meter will be located from the antenna
B	The frequency and power level at which the measurements will be made
C	The types of modulation being used at the station
D	All these choices are correct

17. - T4B02

Which of the following can be used to enter a transceiver’s operating frequency?

Select	Answer
A	All these choices are correct
B	The Automatic Frequency Control
C	The keypad or VFO knob
D	The CTCSS or DTMF encoder

18. - T5A05

What is the electrical term for the force that causes electron flow?

Select	Answer
A	Inductance
B	Capacitance
C	Ampere-hours
D	Voltage

19. - T5B05

Which is equal to 500 milliwatts?

Select	Answer
A	0.02 watts
B	0.5 watts
C	5 watts
D	50 watts

20. - T5C06

What does the abbreviation “RF” mean?

Select	Answer
A	Reflective force in antenna transmission lines
B	Radio frequency signals of all types
C	The resonant frequency of a tuned circuit
D	The real frequency transmitted as opposed to the apparent frequency

21. - T5D08

What is the current through a 100-ohm resistor connected across 200 volts?

Select	Answer
A	20,000 amperes
B	2 amperes
C	0.5 amperes
D	100 amperes

22. - T6A11

Which of the following battery chemistries is not rechargeable?

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

23. - T6B08

What does the abbreviation FET stand for?

Select	Answer
A	Frequency Emission Transmitter
B	Fast Electron Transistor
C	Field Effect Transistor
D	Free Electron Transmitter

24. - T6C03

What is component 2 in figure T-1?

Select	Answer
A	Connector
B	Resistor
C	Indicator lamp
D	Transistor

25. - T6D04

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

Select	Answer
A	Meter
B	Potentiometer
C	Transistor
D	Relay

26. - T7A08

Which of the following describes combining speech with an RF carrier signal?

Select	Answer
A	Low-pass filtering
B	Modulation
C	Oscillation
D	Impedance matching

27. - T7B10

What might be a problem if you receive a report that your audio signal through an FM repeater is distorted or unintelligible?

Select	Answer
A	Your transmitter is slightly off frequency
B	Your batteries are running low
C	You are in a bad location
D	All these choices are correct

28. - T7C04

What reading on an SWR meter indicates a perfect impedance match between the antenna and the feed line?

Select	Answer
A	Zero
B	1:1
C	50:50
D	Full Scale

29. - T7D04

Which instrument is used to measure electric current?

Select	Answer
A	A voltmeter
B	An ohmmeter
C	An electrometer
D	An ammeter

30. - T8A10

What is the approximate bandwidth of AM fast-scan TV transmissions?

Select	Answer
A	About 6 MHz
B	More than 10 MHz
C	About 3 MHz
D	About 1 MHz

31. - T8B10

What is a LEO satellite?

Select	Answer
A	A satellite in low energy operation mode
B	A highly elliptical orbit satellite
C	A satellite in low earth orbit
D	A sun synchronous satellite

32. - T8C02

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

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

33. - T8D02

What is a “talkgroup” on a DMR repeater?

Select	Answer
A	A group of operators sharing common interests
B	A protocol that increases the signal-to-noise ratio when multiple repeaters are linked together
C	A net that meets at a specified time
D	A way for groups of users to share a channel at different times without hearing other users on the channel

34. - T9A04

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

Select	Answer
A	All these choices are correct
B	It has low efficiency
C	It transmits only circularly polarized signals
D	It is mechanically fragile

35. - T9B02

What is the most common impedance of coaxial cables used in amateur radio?

Select	Answer
A	600 ohms
B	8 ohms
C	12 ohms
D	50 ohms

Figure T-1