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. - T0A06

What is a good way to guard against electrical shock at your station?

Select	Answer
A	Connect all AC powered station equipment to a common safety ground
B	Install mechanical interlocks in high-voltage circuits
C	Use three-wire cords and plugs for all AC powered equipment
D	All these choices are correct

2. - T0B02

What is required when climbing an antenna tower?

Select	Answer
A	Have sufficient training on safe tower climbing techniques
B	Always wear an approved climbing harness
C	All these choices are correct
D	Use appropriate tie-off to the tower at all times

3. - T0C02

At which of the following frequencies does maximum permissible exposure have the lowest value?

Select	Answer
A	440 MHz
B	3.5 MHz
C	50 MHz
D	1296 MHz

4. - T1A09

Who selects a Frequency Coordinator?

Select	Answer
A	The FCC Office of Spectrum Management and Coordination Policy
B	Amateur operators in a local or regional area whose stations are eligible to be repeater or auxiliary stations
C	FCC Regional Field Office
D	The local chapter of the Office of National Council of Independent Frequency Coordinators

5. - T1B03

Which frequency is in the 6 meter amateur band?

Select	Answer
A	49.00 MHz
B	28.50 MHz
C	52.525 MHz
D	222.15 MHz

6. - T1C04

What may happen if the FCC is unable to reach you by email?

Select	Answer
A	Revocation of the station license or suspension of the operator license
B	Fine and suspension of operator license
C	Revocation of access to the license record in the FCC system
D	Nothing; there is no such requirement

7. - T1D03

When is it permissible to transmit messages encoded to obscure their meaning?

Select	Answer
A	Only when transmitting certain approved digital codes
B	Only during contests
C	Only when transmitting control commands to space stations or radio control craft
D	Never

8. - T1E10

Which of the following is an example of remote control as defined in Part 97?

Select	Answer
A	All these choices are correct
B	Controlling a model aircraft, boat, or car by amateur radio
C	Repeater operation
D	Operating the station over the internet

9. - T1F06

Which of the following self-assigned indicators are acceptable when using a phone transmission?

Select	Answer
A	All these choices are correct
B	KL7CC slash W3
C	KL7CC slant W3
D	KL7CC stroke W3

10. - T2A01

What is a common repeater frequency offset in the 2 meter band?

Select	Answer
A	Plus or minus 500 kHz
B	Plus or minus 5 MHz
C	Plus or minus 1 MHz
D	Plus or minus 600 kHz

11. - T2B09

Why are simplex channels designated in the VHF/UHF band plans?

Select	Answer
A	So stations with simple transmitters can access the repeater without automated offset
B	So stations within range of each other can communicate without tying up a repeater
C	For contest operation
D	For working DX only

12. - T2C05

What does the term “traffic” refer to in net operation?

Select	Answer
A	Operation by mobile or portable stations
B	Messages exchanged by net stations
C	The number of stations checking in and out of a net
D	Requests to activate the net by a served agency

13. - T3A02

What is the effect of vegetation on UHF and microwave signals?

Select	Answer
A	Amplification
B	Knife-edge diffraction
C	Absorption
D	Polarization rotation

14. - T3B07

In addition to frequency, which of the following is used to identify amateur radio bands?

Select	Answer
A	The approximate wavelength in meters
B	Channel numbers
C	All these choices are correct
D	Traditional letter/number designators

15. - T3C06

What type of propagation is responsible for allowing over-the-horizon VHF and UHF communications to ranges of approximately 300 miles on a regular basis?

Select	Answer
A	Tropospheric ducting
B	D region refraction
C	F2 region refraction
D	Faraday rotation

16. - T4A04

How are the transceiver audio input and output connected in a station configured to operate using FT8?

Select	Answer
A	To an FT8 conversion unit, a keyboard, and a computer monitor
B	To a computer running a terminal program and connected to a terminal node controller unit
C	To a computer connected to the FT8converter.com website
D	To the audio input and output of a computer running WSJT-X software

17. - T4B09

How is a specific group of stations selected on a digital voice transceiver?

Select	Answer
A	By activating automatic identification
B	By retrieving the frequencies from transceiver memory
C	By enabling the group’s CTCSS tone
D	By entering the group’s identification code

18. - T5A05

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

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

19. - T5B05

Which is equal to 500 milliwatts?

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

20. - T5C06

What does the abbreviation “RF” mean?

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

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	0.667 amperes
B	1.5 amperes
C	200 amperes
D	9600 amperes

22. - T6A06

What type of electrical component stores energy in a magnetic field?

Select	Answer
A	Varistor
B	Diode
C	Capacitor
D	Inductor

23. - T6B09

What are the names for the electrodes of a diode?

Select	Answer
A	Gate and base
B	Plus and minus
C	Anode and cathode
D	Source and drain

24. - T6C11

What is component 4 in figure T-3?

Select	Answer
A	Dummy load
B	Transmitter
C	Ground
D	Antenna

25. - T6D05

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

Select	Answer
A	Regulator
B	Oscillator
C	Phase inverter
D	Filter

26. - T7A03

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

Select	Answer
A	Amplifier
B	Inverter
C	Phase splitter
D	Mixer

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	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
B	Immediately turn off your transmitter and contact the nearest FCC office for assistance
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. - T7C01

What is the primary purpose of a dummy load?

Select	Answer
A	To improve the signal-to-noise ratio of a receiver
B	To prevent transmitting signals over the air when making tests
C	To prevent over-modulation of a transmitter
D	To improve the efficiency of an antenna

29. - T7D01

Which instrument would you use to measure electric potential?

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

30. - T8A06

Which sideband is normally used for 10 meter HF, VHF, and UHF single-sideband communications?

Select	Answer
A	Suppressed sideband
B	Lower sideband
C	Upper sideband
D	Inverted sideband

31. - T8B11

Who may receive telemetry from a space station?

Select	Answer
A	Anyone
B	A licensed radio amateur who has been certified by the protocol developer
C	A licensed radio amateur who has registered for an access code from AMSAT
D	A licensed radio amateur with a transmitter equipped for interrogating the satellite

32. - T8C08

What is the Internet Radio Linking Project (IRLP)?

Select	Answer
A	A system for informing amateurs in real time of the frequency of active DX stations
B	A technique to connect amateur radio systems, such as repeaters, via the internet using Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP)
C	A system for providing access to websites via amateur radio
D	A technique for measuring signal strength of an amateur transmitter via the internet

33. - T8D03

What kind of data can be transmitted by APRS?

Select	Answer
A	Weather data
B	All these choices are correct
C	Text messages
D	GPS position data

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

35. - T9B10

What is the electrical difference between RG-58 and RG-213 coaxial cable?

Select	Answer
A	RG-58 cable has two shields
B	RG-58 cable can handle higher power levels
C	There is no significant difference between the two types
D	RG-213 cable has less loss at a given frequency

Figure T-3