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. - T0A03

In the United States, what circuit does black wire insulation indicate in a three-wire 120 V cable?

Select	Answer
A	Equipment ground
B	Black insulation is never used
C	Hot
D	Neutral

2. - T0B03

Under what circumstances is it safe to climb a tower without a helper or observer?

Select	Answer
A	When no electrical work is being performed
B	When no mechanical work is being performed
C	Never
D	When the work being done is not more than 20 feet above the ground

3. - T0C09

How can you make sure your station stays in compliance with RF safety regulations?

Select	Answer
A	All these choices are correct
B	By re-evaluating the station whenever an item in the transmitter or antenna system is changed
C	By informing the FCC of any changes made in your station
D	By making sure your antennas have low SWR

4. - T1A11

When is willful interference to other amateur radio stations permitted?

Select	Answer
A	At any time, stations in the Amateur Radio Service are not protected from willful interference
B	When making short test transmissions
C	To stop another amateur station that is breaking the FCC rules
D	At no time

5. - T1B04

Which amateur band includes 146.52 MHz?

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

6. - T1C01

For which license classes are new licenses currently available from the FCC?

Select	Answer
A	Technician, Technician Plus, General, Amateur Extra
B	Technician, General, Amateur Extra
C	Novice, Technician Plus, General, Advanced
D	Novice, Technician, General, Amateur Extra

7. - T1D06

What, if any, are the restrictions concerning transmission of language that may be considered indecent or obscene?

Select	Answer
A	Any such language is prohibited
B	The FCC maintains a list of words that are not permitted to be used on amateur frequencies
C	The ITU maintains a list of words that are not permitted to be used on amateur frequencies
D	There is no such prohibition

8. - T1E11

Who does the FCC presume to be the control operator of an amateur station, unless documentation to the contrary is in the station records?

Select	Answer
A	The person operating the station equipment
B	The station licensee
C	The station custodian
D	The third party participant

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

10. - T2A08

What is the meaning of the procedural signal “CQ”?

Select	Answer
A	Calling any station
B	Only the called station should transmit
C	Test transmission, no reply expected
D	Call on the quarter hour

11. - T2B04

Which of the following could be the reason you are unable to access a repeater whose output you can hear?

Select	Answer
A	You are using the wrong DCS code
B	All these choices are correct
C	Improper transceiver offset
D	You are using the wrong CTCSS tone

12. - T2C01

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

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

13. - T3A11

Which region of the atmosphere can refract or bend HF and VHF radio waves?

Select	Answer
A	The mesosphere
B	The troposphere
C	The ionosphere
D	The stratosphere

14. - T3B11

What is the approximate velocity of a radio wave in free space?

Select	Answer
A	300,000,000 meters per second
B	150,000 miles per hour
C	150,000 meters per second
D	300,000,000 miles per hour

15. - T3C05

Which of the following effects may allow radio signals to travel beyond obstructions between the transmitting and receiving stations?

Select	Answer
A	Doppler shift
B	Quantum tunneling
C	Faraday rotation
D	Knife-edge diffraction

16. - T4A10

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

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

17. - T4B09

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

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

18. - T5A03

What is the name for the flow of electrons in an electric circuit?

Select	Answer
A	Voltage
B	Capacitance
C	Resistance
D	Current

19. - T5B04

Which is equal to one microvolt?

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

20. - T5C09

How much power is delivered by a voltage of 13.8 volts DC and a current of 10 amperes?

Select	Answer
A	0.7 watts
B	23.8 watts
C	3.8 watts
D	138 watts

21. - T5D05

What is the resistance of a circuit for which the applied voltage is 12 volts and the current flow is 1.5 amperes?

Select	Answer
A	0.125 ohms
B	18 ohms
C	8 ohms
D	13.5 ohms

22. - T6A03

What electrical parameter is controlled by a potentiometer?

Select	Answer
A	Inductance
B	Resistance
C	Field strength
D	Capacitance

23. - T6B08

What does the abbreviation FET stand for?

Select	Answer
A	Free Electron Transmitter
B	Frequency Emission Transmitter
C	Fast Electron Transistor
D	Field Effect Transistor

24. - T6C10

What is component 3 in figure T-3?

Select	Answer
A	Variable capacitor
B	Variable inductor
C	Connector
D	Meter

25. - T6D08

Which of the following is combined with an inductor to make a resonant circuit?

Select	Answer
A	Resistor
B	Zener diode
C	Capacitor
D	Potentiometer

26. - T7A03

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

Select	Answer
A	Mixer
B	Phase splitter
C	Inverter
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 farther away from the microphone
C	Talk louder into the microphone
D	Let the transceiver cool off

28. - T7C05

Why do most solid-state transmitters reduce output power as SWR increases beyond a certain level?

Select	Answer
A	To lower the SWR on the transmission line
B	Because power supplies cannot supply enough current at high SWR
C	To comply with FCC rules on spectral purity
D	To protect the output amplifier transistors

29. - T7D08

Which of the following types of solder should not be used for radio and electronic applications?

Select	Answer
A	Acid-core solder
B	Rosin-core solder
C	Tin-copper solder
D	Lead-tin solder

30. - T8A06

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

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

31. - T8B12

Which of the following is a way to determine whether your satellite uplink power is neither too low nor too high?

Select	Answer
A	Check your signal strength report in the telemetry data
B	Listen for distortion on your downlink signal
C	Your signal strength on the downlink should be about the same as the beacon
D	All these choices are correct

32. - T8C01

Which of the following methods is used to locate sources of noise interference or jamming?

Select	Answer
A	Echolocation
B	Radio direction finding
C	Doppler radar
D	Phase locking

33. - T8D02

What is a “talkgroup” on a DMR repeater?

Select	Answer
A	A protocol that increases the signal-to-noise ratio when multiple repeaters are linked together
B	A way for groups of users to share a channel at different times without hearing other users on the channel
C	A net that meets at a specified time
D	A group of operators sharing common interests

34. - T9A02

Which of the following describes a type of antenna loading?

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

35. - T9B05

What happens as the frequency of a signal in coaxial cable is increased?

Select	Answer
A	The loss decreases
B	The characteristic impedance decreases
C	The loss increases
D	The characteristic impedance increases

Figure T-3