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	Bond them together with heavy wire or conductive strap
C	Keep them as far apart as possible
D	Tune them for resonance on the lowest frequency of operation

2. - T0B10

Which of the following is true when installing grounding conductors used for lightning protection?

Select	Answer
A	Use only non-insulated wire
B	Wires must be carefully routed with precise right-angle bends
C	Sharp bends must be avoided
D	Common grounds must be avoided

3. - T0C13

Who is responsible for ensuring that no person is exposed to RF energy above the FCC exposure limits?

Select	Answer
A	The local zoning board
B	The station licensee
C	Anyone who is near an antenna
D	The FCC

4. - T1A04

How many operator/primary station license grants may be held by any one person?

Select	Answer
A	No more than two
B	One for each band on which the person plans to operate
C	One for each permanent station location from which the person plans to operate
D	One

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. - T1C03

What types of international communications are an FCC-licensed amateur radio station permitted to make?

Select	Answer
A	Any communications that would be permitted by an international broadcast station
B	Communications incidental to conducting business or remarks of a personal nature
C	Communications incidental to the purposes of the Amateur Radio Service and remarks of a personal character
D	Only communications incidental to contest exchanges; all other communications are prohibited

7. - T1D04

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

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

8. - T1E02

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

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

9. - T1F10

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

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

10. - T2A02

What is the national calling frequency for FM simplex operations in the 2 meter band?

Select	Answer
A	446.000 MHz
B	145.000 MHz
C	146.520 MHz
D	432.100 MHz

11. - T2B07

How can you join a digital repeater’s “talkgroup”?

Select	Answer
A	Program your radio with the group’s ID or code
B	Register your radio with the local FCC office
C	Join the repeater owner’s club
D	Sign your call after the courtesy tone

12. - T2C06

What is the Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES)?

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

13. - T3A06

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

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

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. - T3C03

What is a characteristic of VHF signals received via auroral backscatter?

Select	Answer
A	They are distorted and signal strength varies considerably
B	They are generally strongest when your antenna is aimed west
C	They occur only during winter nighttime hours
D	They are often received from 10,000 miles or more

16. - T4A06

What signals are used in a computer-radio interface for digital mode operation?

Select	Answer
A	NMEA GPS location and DC power
B	Receive audio, transmit audio, and transmitter keying
C	Receive and transmit mode, status, and location
D	Antenna and RF power

17. - T4B10

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

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

18. - T5A12

What describes the number of times per second that an alternating current makes a complete cycle?

Select	Answer
A	Pulse rate
B	Speed
C	Wavelength
D	Frequency

19. - T5B04

Which is equal to one microvolt?

Select	Answer
A	One one-thousandth of a volt
B	One thousand kilovolts
C	One million volts
D	One one-millionth of a volt

20. - T5C03

What describes the ability to store energy in a magnetic field?

Select	Answer
A	Resistance
B	Inductance
C	Admittance
D	Capacitance

21. - T5D04

What is the resistance of a circuit in which a current of 3 amperes flows when connected to 90 volts?

Select	Answer
A	270 ohms
B	93 ohms
C	30 ohms
D	3 ohms

22. - T6A05

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

Select	Answer
A	Oscillator
B	Capacitor
C	Resistor
D	Potentiometer

23. - T6B06

How is the cathode lead of a semiconductor diode often marked on the package?

Select	Answer
A	With the letter C
B	With the word "cathode"
C	With the letter K
D	With a stripe

24. - T6C02

What is component 1 in figure T-1?

Select	Answer
A	Resistor
B	Transistor
C	Battery
D	Connector

25. - T6D01

Which of the following devices or circuits changes an alternating current into a varying direct current signal?

Select	Answer
A	Transformer
B	Amplifier
C	Rectifier
D	Reflector

26. - T7A03

Which of the following is used to convert a signal from one frequency to another?

Select	Answer
A	Mixer
B	Inverter
C	Phase splitter
D	Amplifier

27. - T7B01

What can you do if you are told your FM handheld or mobile transceiver is over-deviating?

Select	Answer
A	Change to a higher power level
B	Talk louder into the microphone
C	Talk farther away from the microphone
D	Let the transceiver cool off

28. - T7C09

Which of the following causes failure of coaxial cables?

Select	Answer
A	Moisture contamination
B	Solder flux contamination
C	Operation at 100% duty cycle for an extended period
D	Rapid fluctuation in transmitter output power

29. - T7D09

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

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

30. - T8A01

Which of the following is a form of amplitude modulation?

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

31. - T8B06

Which of the following are inputs to a satellite tracking program?

Select	Answer
A	All these choices are correct
B	The satellite transmitted power
C	The Keplerian elements
D	The last observed time of zero Doppler shift

32. - T8C10

What is required before using the EchoLink system?

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

33. - T8D11

What is an ARQ transmission system?

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

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

35. - T9B12

What is standing wave ratio (SWR)?

Select	Answer
A	An indication of the quality of your station’s ground connection
B	The transmitter efficiency ratio
C	A measure of how well a load is matched to a transmission line
D	The ratio of amplifier power output to input

Figure T-1