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

2. - T0B01

Which of the following is good practice when installing ground wires on a tower for lightning protection?

Select	Answer
A	All these choices are correct
B	Make sure all ground wire bends are right angles
C	Ensure that connections are short and direct
D	Put a drip loop in the ground connection to prevent water damage to the ground system

3. - T0C08

Which of the following actions can reduce exposure to RF radiation?

Select	Answer
A	Relocate the transmitter
B	Relocate antennas
C	Increase the duty cycle
D	All these choices are correct

4. - T1A02

Which agency regulates and enforces the rules for the Amateur Radio Service in the United States?

Select	Answer
A	All these choices are correct
B	The FCC
C	Homeland Security
D	FEMA

5. - T1B06

On which HF bands does a Technician class operator have phone privileges?

Select	Answer
A	80 meter, 40 meter, 15 meter, and 10 meter bands
B	30 meter band only
C	10 meter band only
D	None

6. - T1C02

Who may select a desired call sign under the vanity call sign rules?

Select	Answer
A	Any licensed amateur
B	Only a licensed amateur who has been licensed continuously for more than 10 years
C	Only a licensed amateur with an Amateur Extra Class license
D	Only a licensed amateur with a General or Amateur Extra Class license

7. - T1D01

With which countries are FCC-licensed amateur radio stations prohibited from exchanging communications?

Select	Answer
A	Any country banned from such communications by the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU)
B	Any country banned from making such communications by the American Radio Relay League (ARRL)
C	Any country whose administration has notified the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) that it objects to such communications
D	Any country whose administration has notified the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) that it objects to such communications

8. - T1E01

When may an amateur station transmit without a control operator?

Select	Answer
A	When the transmitting station is an auxiliary station
B	Never
C	When the station licensee is away and another licensed amateur is using the station
D	When using automatic control, such as in the case of a repeater

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 control operator of the originating station
C	Both the originating station and the repeater owner
D	The owner of the repeater

10. - T2A09

Which of the following indicates that a station is listening on a repeater and looking for a contact?

Select	Answer
A	The station’s call sign followed by the word “monitoring”
B	“QSY” followed by your call sign
C	The repeater call sign followed by the station’s call sign
D	“CQ CQ” followed by the repeater’s call sign

11. - T2B02

What term describes the use of a sub-audible tone transmitted along with normal voice audio to open the squelch of a receiver?

Select	Answer
A	Carrier squelch
B	CTCSS
C	Tone burst
D	DTMF

12. - T2C08

Which of the following is a characteristic of good traffic handling?

Select	Answer
A	Ensuring that any newsworthy messages are relayed to the news media
B	Making decisions as to whether messages are worthy of relay or delivery
C	Passing messages exactly as received
D	All these choices are correct

13. - T3A07

What weather condition might decrease range at microwave frequencies?

Select	Answer
A	High winds
B	Colder temperatures
C	Precipitation
D	Low barometric pressure

14. - T3B09

What frequency range is referred to as UHF?

Select	Answer
A	300 to 3000 kHz
B	30 to 300 MHz
C	30 to 300 kHz
D	300 to 3000 MHz

15. - T3C02

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

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

16. - T4A02

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

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

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. - T5A06

What is the unit of frequency?

Select	Answer
A	Farad
B	Tesla
C	Hertz
D	Henry

19. - T5B06

Which is equal to 3000 milliamperes?

Select	Answer
A	3 amperes
B	3,000,000 amperes
C	0.3 amperes
D	0.003 amperes

20. - T5C02

What is the unit of capacitance?

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

21. - T5D12

What is the voltage across a 10-ohm resistor if a current of 2 amperes flows through it?

Select	Answer
A	20 volts
B	12 volts
C	8 volts
D	0.2 volts

22. - T6A07

What electrical component is typically constructed as a coil of wire?

Select	Answer
A	Diode
B	Switch
C	Capacitor
D	Inductor

23. - T6B07

What causes a light-emitting diode (LED) to emit light?

Select	Answer
A	Capacitively-coupled RF signal
B	Forward current
C	Inductively-coupled RF signal
D	Reverse current

24. - T6C07

What is component 8 in figure T-2?

Select	Answer
A	Inductor
B	Light emitting diode
C	Resistor
D	Regulator IC

25. - T6D02

What is a relay?

Select	Answer
A	An inverting amplifier
B	An electrically-controlled switch
C	A current controlled amplifier
D	A pass transistor

26. - T7A02

What is a transceiver?

Select	Answer
A	A device for matching feed line impedance to 50 ohms
B	A device that combines a receiver and transmitter
C	A device for automatically sending and decoding Morse code
D	A device for converting receiver and transmitter frequencies to another band

27. - T7B11

What is a symptom of RF feedback in a transmitter or transceiver?

Select	Answer
A	Frequent blowing of power supply fuses
B	Reports of garbled, distorted, or unintelligible voice transmissions
C	Excessive SWR at the antenna connection
D	The transmitter will not stay on the desired frequency

28. - T7C08

Which instrument can be used to determine SWR?

Select	Answer
A	Voltmeter
B	Iambic pentameter
C	Directional wattmeter
D	Ohmmeter

29. - T7D07

Which of the following measurements are made using a multimeter?

Select	Answer
A	Voltage and resistance
B	Impedance and reactance
C	Signal strength and noise
D	All these choices are correct

30. - T8A08

What is the approximate bandwidth of a typical single sideband (SSB) voice signal?

Select	Answer
A	1 kHz
B	15 kHz
C	6 kHz
D	3 kHz

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. - T8C06

How is over the air access to IRLP nodes accomplished?

Select	Answer
A	By using DTMF signals
B	By entering the proper internet password
C	By using CTCSS tone codes
D	By obtaining a password that is sent via voice to the node

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 method of compressing data using autonomous reiterative Q codes prior to final encoding
C	A special transmission format limited to video signals
D	An error correction method in which the receiving station detects errors and sends a request for retransmission

34. - T9A10

In which direction does a half-wave dipole antenna radiate the strongest signal?

Select	Answer
A	Broadside to the antenna
B	Off the ends of the antenna
C	Equally in all directions
D	In the direction of the feed line

35. - T9B07

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

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

Figure T-2