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

2. - T0B01

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

Select	Answer
A	Make sure all ground wire bends are right angles
B	All these choices are correct
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. - T0C07

What hazard is created by touching an antenna during a transmission?

Select	Answer
A	Radiation poisoning
B	All these choices are correct
C	Electrocution
D	RF burn to skin

4. - T1A10

What is the Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES)?

Select	Answer
A	An emergency service using amateur operators certified by a civil defense organization as being enrolled in that organization
B	All these choices are correct
C	A radio service using amateur frequencies for emergency management or civil defense communications
D	A radio service using amateur stations for emergency management or civil defense communications

5. - T1B06

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

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

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

7. - T1D07

What types of amateur stations can automatically retransmit the signals of other amateur stations?

Select	Answer
A	Earth, repeater, or space stations
B	Repeater, auxiliary, or space stations
C	Beacon, repeater, or space stations
D	Auxiliary, beacon, or Earth stations

8. - T1E02

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

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

9. - T1F02

How often must you identify with your FCC-assigned call sign when using tactical call signs such as “Race Headquarters”?

Select	Answer
A	At the end of each communication and every ten minutes during a communication
B	Once during every hour
C	At the end of every transmission
D	Never, the tactical call is sufficient

10. - T2A04

What is an appropriate way to call another station on a repeater if you know the other station's call sign?

Select	Answer
A	Say "CQ" three times, then the other station's call sign
B	Say the station's call sign, then identify with your call sign
C	Wait for the station to call CQ, then answer
D	Say "break, break," then say the station's call sign

11. - T2B06

What type of signaling uses pairs of audio tones?

Select	Answer
A	CTCSS
B	DTMF
C	D-STAR
D	GPRS

12. - T2C08

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

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

13. - T3A02

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

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

14. - T3B09

What frequency range is referred to as UHF?

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

15. - T3C07

What band is best suited for communicating via meteor scatter?

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

16. - T4A06

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

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

17. - T4B09

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

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

18. - T5A08

Which of the following is a good electrical insulator?

Select	Answer
A	Mercury
B	Aluminum
C	Copper
D	Glass

19. - T5B01

How many milliamperes is 1.5 amperes?

Select	Answer
A	1500 milliamperes
B	15,000 milliamperes
C	15 milliamperes
D	150 milliamperes

20. - T5C08

What is the formula used to calculate electrical power (P) in a DC circuit?

Select	Answer
A	P = E – I
B	P = I  E
C	P = E / I
D	P = I + E

21. - T5D08

What is the current through a 100-ohm resistor connected across 200 volts?

Select	Answer
A	2 amperes
B	20,000 amperes
C	100 amperes
D	0.5 amperes

22. - T6A12

What type of switch is represented by component 3 in figure T-2?

Select	Answer
A	Double-pole single-throw
B	Single-pole double-throw
C	Single-pole single-throw
D	Double-pole double-throw

23. - T6B01

Which is true about forward voltage drop in a diode?

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

24. - T6C02

What is component 1 in figure T-1?

Select	Answer
A	Connector
B	Resistor
C	Transistor
D	Battery

25. - T6D03

Which of the following is a reason to use shielded wire?

Select	Answer
A	To increase the current carrying capability of the wire
B	To decrease the resistance of DC power connections
C	To prevent coupling of unwanted signals to or from the wire
D	To couple the wire to other signals

26. - T7A03

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

Select	Answer
A	Inverter
B	Amplifier
C	Mixer
D	Phase splitter

27. - T7B02

What would cause a broadcast AM or FM radio to receive an amateur radio transmission unintentionally?

Select	Answer
A	The deviation of an FM transmitter is set too low
B	The microphone gain of the transmitter is turned up too high
C	The receiver is unable to reject strong signals outside the AM or FM band
D	The audio amplifier of the transmitter is overloaded

28. - T7C11

What is a disadvantage of air core coaxial cable when compared to foam or solid dielectric types?

Select	Answer
A	It cannot be used at below freezing temperatures
B	It cannot be used for VHF or UHF antennas
C	It has more loss per foot
D	It requires special techniques to prevent moisture in the cable

29. - T7D03

When configured to measure current, how is a multimeter connected to a component?

Select	Answer
A	In phase
B	In series
C	In quadrature
D	In parallel

30. - T8A09

What is the approximate bandwidth of a VHF repeater FM voice signal?

Select	Answer
A	Between 10 and 15 kHz
B	Between 50 and 125 kHz
C	Less than 500 Hz
D	About 150 kHz

31. - T8B09

What causes spin fading of satellite signals?

Select	Answer
A	Interfering signals within the satellite uplink band
B	Rotation of the satellite and its antennas
C	Circular polarized noise interference radiated from the sun
D	Doppler shift of the received signal

32. - T8C06

How is over the air access to IRLP nodes accomplished?

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

33. - T8D07

Which of the following describes DMR?

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

34. - T9A02

Which of the following describes a type of antenna loading?

Select	Answer
A	Electrically lengthening by inserting inductors in radiating elements
B	Strengthening the radiating elements of a beam antenna to better resist wind damage
C	Installing a spring in the base of a mobile vertical antenna to make it more flexible
D	Inserting a resistor in the radiating portion of the antenna to make it resonant

35. - T9B12

What is standing wave ratio (SWR)?

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

Figure T-2

Figure T-1