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

2. - T0B08

Which is a proper grounding method for a tower?

Select	Answer
A	A connection between the tower base and a cold water pipe
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 ferrite-core RF choke connected between the tower and ground

3. - T0C01

What type of radiation are radio signals?

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

4. - T1A07

What is the FCC Part 97 definition of a space station?

Select	Answer
A	An amateur station located more than 50 km above Earth's surface
B	An amateur station using amateur radio satellites for relay of signals
C	Any satellite orbiting Earth
D	A manned satellite orbiting Earth

5. - T1B04

Which amateur band includes 146.52 MHz?

Select	Answer
A	20 meters
B	2 meters
C	6 meters
D	70 centimeters

6. - T1C10

How soon after passing the examination for your first amateur radio license may you transmit on the amateur radio bands?

Select	Answer
A	As soon as your operator/station license grant appears in the FCC’s license database
B	As soon as your operator/station license grant appears on the ARRL website
C	Immediately on receiving your Certificate of Successful Completion of Examination (CSCE)
D	As soon as you receive your license in the mail from the FCC

7. - T1D04

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

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

8. - T1E07

When the control operator is not the station licensee, who is responsible for the proper operation of the station?

Select	Answer
A	Only the control operator
B	The control operator and the station licensee
C	All licensed amateurs who are present at the operation
D	Only the station licensee

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

10. - T2A05

How should you respond to a station calling CQ?

Select	Answer
A	Transmit the other station’s call sign followed by your call sign
B	Transmit your call sign followed by the other station’s call sign
C	Transmit a signal report followed by your call sign
D	Transmit "CQ" followed by the other station’s call sign

11. - T2B11

Which Q signal indicates that you are changing frequency?

Select	Answer
A	QSY
B	QRZ
C	QRU
D	QSL

12. - T2C01

When do FCC rules NOT apply to the operation of an amateur station?

Select	Answer
A	When operating under special ARES rules
B	When operating under special FEMA rules
C	FCC rules always apply
D	When operating a RACES station

13. - T3A01

Why do VHF signal strengths sometimes vary greatly when the antenna is moved only a few feet?

Select	Answer
A	The signal path encounters different concentrations of water vapor
B	Multipath propagation cancels or reinforces signals
C	VHF ionospheric propagation is very sensitive to path length
D	All these choices are correct

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 velocity to the wavelength
C	The ratio of the energy in the magnetic field to the energy in the electric field
D	The orientation of the magnetic field

15. - T3C02

What is a characteristic of HF communication compared with communications on VHF and higher frequencies?

Select	Answer
A	There is less atmospheric interference (static) on HF
B	Long-distance ionospheric propagation is far more common on HF
C	HF antennas are generally smaller
D	HF accommodates wider bandwidth signals

16. - T4A10

What function is performed with a transceiver and a digital mode hot spot?

Select	Answer
A	FT8 digital communications via AFSK
B	RTTY encoding and decoding without a computer
C	High-speed digital communications for meteor scatter
D	Communication using digital voice or data systems via the internet

17. - T4B10

Which of the following receiver filter bandwidths provides the best signal-to-noise ratio for SSB reception?

Select	Answer
A	1000 Hz
B	2400 Hz
C	500 Hz
D	5000 Hz

18. - T5A10

Which term describes the rate at which electrical energy is used?

Select	Answer
A	Power
B	Current
C	Resistance
D	Voltage

19. - T5B13

Which is equal to 2425 MHz?

Select	Answer
A	24.25 GHz
B	2425 GHz
C	0.002425 GHz
D	2.425 GHz

20. - T5C02

What is the unit of capacitance?

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

21. - T5D07

What is the current in a circuit with an applied voltage of 120 volts and a resistance of 80 ohms?

Select	Answer
A	1.5 amperes
B	200 amperes
C	0.667 amperes
D	9600 amperes

22. - T6A01

What electrical component opposes the flow of current in a DC circuit?

Select	Answer
A	Inductor
B	Transformer
C	Resistor
D	Inverter

23. - T6B10

Which of the following can provide power gain?

Select	Answer
A	Transformer
B	Transistor
C	Resistor
D	Reactor

24. - T6C09

What is component 4 in figure T-2?

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

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	Transducer
C	Multi-pole relay
D	Transformer

26. - T7A02

What is a transceiver?

Select	Answer
A	A device that combines a receiver and transmitter
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 for automatically sending and decoding Morse code

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

28. - T7C10

Why should the outer jacket of coaxial cable be resistant to ultraviolet light?

Select	Answer
A	Ultraviolet light can damage the jacket and allow water to enter the cable
B	Ultraviolet light can increase losses in the cable’s jacket
C	Ultraviolet and RF signals can mix, causing interference
D	Ultraviolet resistant jackets prevent harmonic radiation

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

30. - T8A04

Which type of modulation is commonly used for VHF and UHF voice repeaters?

Select	Answer
A	PSK
B	FM or PM
C	SSB
D	AM

31. - T8B08

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

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

32. - T8C11

What is an amateur radio station that connects other amateur stations to the internet?

Select	Answer
A	A gateway
B	A repeater
C	A digipeater
D	A beacon

33. - T8D07

Which of the following describes DMR?

Select	Answer
A	An automatic computer logging technique for hands-off logging when communicating while operating a vehicle
B	An automatic position tracking mode for FM mobiles communicating through repeaters
C	A digital technique for transmitting on two repeater inputs simultaneously for automatic error correction
D	A technique for time-multiplexing two digital voice signals on a single 12.5 kHz repeater channel

34. - T9A06

Which of the following types of antenna offers the greatest gain?

Select	Answer
A	Isotropic
B	Yagi
C	J pole
D	5/8 wave vertical

35. - T9B07

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

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

Figure T-2