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. - T0A10

What hazard is caused by charging or discharging a battery too quickly?

Select	Answer
A	Excess output ripple
B	Inverse memory effect
C	Half-wave rectification
D	Overheating or out-gassing

2. - T0B09

Why should you avoid attaching an antenna to a utility pole?

Select	Answer
A	All these choices are correct
B	The antenna could contact high-voltage power lines
C	The 60 Hz radiations from the feed line may increase the SWR
D	The antenna will not work properly because of induced voltages

3. - T0C06

Which of the following is an acceptable method to determine whether your station complies with FCC RF exposure regulations?

Select	Answer
A	By measurement of field strength using calibrated equipment
B	All these choices are correct
C	By calculation based on FCC OET Bulletin 65
D	By calculation based on computer modeling

4. - T1A01

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

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

5. - T1B11

What is the maximum peak envelope power output for Technician class operators in their HF band segments?

Select	Answer
A	10 watts
B	200 watts
C	50 watts
D	100 watts

6. - T1C06

From which of the following locations may an FCC-licensed amateur station transmit?

Select	Answer
A	From within any country that is a member of the United Nations
B	From any vessel or craft located in international waters and documented or registered in the United States
C	From within any country that belongs to the International Telecommunication Union
D	From anywhere within International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Regions 2 and 3

7. - T1D04

Under what conditions is an amateur station authorized to transmit music using a phone emission?

Select	Answer
A	When the music produces no spurious emissions
B	When the music is transmitted above 1280 MHz
C	When transmissions are limited to less than three minutes per hour
D	When incidental to an authorized retransmission of manned spacecraft communications

8. - T1E11

Who does the FCC presume to be the control operator of an amateur station, unless documentation to the contrary is in the station records?

Select	Answer
A	The station licensee
B	The person operating the station equipment
C	The third party participant
D	The station custodian

9. - T1F10

Who is accountable if a repeater inadvertently retransmits communications that violate the FCC rules?

Select	Answer
A	The control operator of the repeater
B	The owner of the repeater
C	The control operator of the originating station
D	Both the originating station and the repeater owner

10. - T2A10

What is a band plan, beyond the privileges established by the FCC?

Select	Answer
A	A list of operating schedules
B	A list of available net frequencies
C	A plan devised by a club to indicate frequency band usage
D	A voluntary guideline for using different modes or activities within an amateur band

11. - T2B03

Which of the following describes a linked repeater network?

Select	Answer
A	Multiple repeaters with the same control operator
B	A network of repeaters in which signals received by one repeater are transmitted by all the repeaters in the network
C	A single repeater with more than one receiver
D	A system of repeaters linked by APRS

12. - T2C03

What technique is used to ensure that voice messages containing unusual words are received correctly?

Select	Answer
A	Spell the words using a standard phonetic alphabet
B	Speak very loudly into the microphone
C	Send the words by voice and Morse code
D	All these choices are correct

13. - T3A06

What is the meaning of the term “picket fencing”?

Select	Answer
A	Rapid flutter on mobile signals due to multipath propagation
B	A type of ground system used with vertical antennas
C	Alternating transmissions during a net operation
D	Local vs long-distance communications

14. - T3B01

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

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

15. - T3C07

What band is best suited for communicating via meteor scatter?

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

16. - T4A09

How can you determine the length of time that equipment can be powered from a battery?

Select	Answer
A	Divide the battery ampere-hour rating by the average current draw of the equipment
B	Multiply the square of the current rating of the battery by the input resistance of the equipment
C	Multiply the watts per hour consumed by the equipment by the battery power rating
D	Divide the watt-hour rating of the battery by the peak power consumption of the equipment

17. - T4B03

How is squelch adjusted so that a weak FM signal can be heard?

Select	Answer
A	Set the squelch threshold so that receiver output audio is on all the time
B	Enable squelch enhancement
C	Turn up the audio level until it overcomes the squelch threshold
D	Turn on the anti-squelch function

18. - T5A01

Electrical current is measured in which of the following units?

Select	Answer
A	Amperes
B	Watts
C	Volts
D	Ohms

19. - T5B05

Which is equal to 500 milliwatts?

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

20. - T5C04

What is the unit of inductance?

Select	Answer
A	The farad
B	The henry
C	The coulomb
D	The ohm

21. - T5D14

In which type of circuit is voltage the same across all components?

Select	Answer
A	Parallel
B	Resonant
C	Series
D	Branch

22. - T6A09

What electrical component is used to protect other circuit components from current overloads?

Select	Answer
A	Thyratron
B	Fuse
C	All these choices are correct
D	Varactor

23. - T6B01

Which is true about forward voltage drop in a diode?

Select	Answer
A	It is proportional to peak inverse voltage
B	It is lower in some diode types than in others
C	It indicates that the diode is defective
D	It has no impact on the voltage delivered to the load

24. - T6C09

What is component 4 in figure T-2?

Select	Answer
A	Transformer
B	Double-pole switch
C	Potentiometer
D	Variable inductor

25. - T6D05

What type of circuit controls the amount of voltage from a power supply?

Select	Answer
A	Phase inverter
B	Regulator
C	Filter
D	Oscillator

26. - T7A06

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

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

27. - T7B06

Which of the following actions should you take if a neighbor tells you that your station’s transmissions are interfering with their radio or TV reception?

Select	Answer
A	Immediately turn off your transmitter and contact the nearest FCC office for assistance
B	Make sure that your station is functioning properly and that it does not cause interference to your own radio or television when it is tuned to the same channel
C	All these choices are correct
D	Install a harmonic doubler on the output of your transmitter and tune it until the interference is eliminated

28. - T7C06

What does an SWR reading of 4:1 indicate?

Select	Answer
A	Impedance mismatch
B	Good impedance match
C	Gain of +4 dB
D	Loss of -4 dB

29. - T7D09

What is the characteristic appearance of a cold tin-lead solder joint?

Select	Answer
A	A rough or lumpy surface
B	A bright or shiny surface
C	Excessive solder
D	Dark black spots

30. - T8A07

What is a characteristic of single sideband (SSB) compared to FM?

Select	Answer
A	All these choices are correct
B	SSB signals have narrower bandwidth
C	SSB signals are easier to tune in correctly
D	SSB signals are less susceptible to interference

31. - T8B05

What is a satellite beacon?

Select	Answer
A	The primary transmit antenna on the satellite
B	A reflective surface on the satellite
C	An indicator light that shows where to point your antenna
D	A transmission from a satellite that contains status information

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. - T8D06

What does the abbreviation "PSK" mean?

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

34. - T9A09

What is the approximate length, in inches, of a half-wavelength 6 meter dipole antenna?

Select	Answer
A	50
B	236
C	6
D	112

35. - T9B11

Which of the following types of feed line has the lowest loss at VHF and UHF?

Select	Answer
A	Air-insulated hardline
B	Multi-conductor unbalanced cable
C	50-ohm flexible coax
D	75-ohm flexible coax

Figure T-2