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. - T0A12

Which of the following precautions should be taken when measuring high voltages with a voltmeter?

Select	Answer
A	Ensure that the voltmeter and leads are rated for use at the voltages to be measured
B	Ensure that the voltmeter is set to the correct frequency
C	Ensure that the circuit is grounded through the voltmeter
D	Ensure that the voltmeter has very low impedance

2. - T0B07

Which of the following is an important safety rule to remember when using a crank-up tower?

Select	Answer
A	This type of tower must never be painted
B	This type of tower must never be grounded
C	This type of tower must not be climbed unless it is retracted, or mechanical safety locking devices have been installed
D	All these choices are correct

3. - T0C06

Which of the following is an acceptable method to determine whether your station complies with FCC RF exposure regulations?

Select	Answer
A	By calculation based on FCC OET Bulletin 65
B	By calculation based on computer modeling
C	All these choices are correct
D	By measurement of field strength using calibrated equipment

4. - T1A09

Who selects a Frequency Coordinator?

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

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. - T1C03

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

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

7. - T1D05

When may amateur radio operators use their stations to notify other amateurs of the availability of equipment for sale or trade?

Select	Answer
A	When no profit is made on the sale
B	Never
C	When selling amateur radio equipment and not on a regular basis
D	When the equipment is not the personal property of either the station licensee, or the control operator, or their close relatives

8. - T1E07

When the control operator is not the station licensee, who is responsible for the proper operation of the station?

Select	Answer
A	Only the control operator
B	All licensed amateurs who are present at the operation
C	Only the station licensee
D	The control operator and the station licensee

9. - T1F08

What is the definition of third party communications?

Select	Answer
A	Amateur radio communications where three stations are in communications with one another
B	Operation when the transmitting equipment is licensed to a person other than the control operator
C	Temporary authorization for an unlicensed person to transmit on the amateur bands for technical experiments
D	A message from a control operator to another amateur station control operator on behalf of another person

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 600 kHz
D	Plus or minus 1 MHz

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 working DX only
D	For contest operation

12. - T2C07

Which of the following is standard practice when you participate in a net?

Select	Answer
A	Unless you are reporting an emergency, transmit only when directed by the net control station
B	All these choices are correct
C	Record the time of each of your transmissions
D	When first responding to the net control station, transmit your call sign, name, and address as in the FCC database

13. - T3A02

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

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

14. - T3B04

What is the velocity of a radio wave traveling through free space?

Select	Answer
A	Speed of sound
B	Speed that increases as the frequency increases
C	Speed inversely proportional to its wavelength
D	Speed of light

15. - T3C10

Which of the following bands may provide long-distance communications via the ionosphere’s F region during the peak of the sunspot cycle?

Select	Answer
A	70 centimeters and 1.25 meters
B	23 centimeters
C	6 and 10 meters
D	All these choices are correct

16. - T4A05

Where should an RF power meter be installed?

Select	Answer
A	At the power supply output
B	In the power supply cable, as close as possible to the radio
C	In parallel with the push-to-talk line and the antenna
D	In the feed line, between the transmitter and antenna

17. - T4B09

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

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

18. - T5A07

Why are metals generally good conductors of electricity?

Select	Answer
A	They have relatively high density
B	They have many free electrons
C	All these choices are correct
D	They have many free protons

19. - T5B10

Which decibel value most closely represents a power decrease from 12 watts to 3 watts?

Select	Answer
A	-3 dB
B	-1 dB
C	-6 dB
D	-9 dB

20. - T5C04

What is the unit of inductance?

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

21. - T5D10

What is the voltage across a 2-ohm resistor if a current of 0.5 amperes flows through it?

Select	Answer
A	2.5 volts
B	1 volt
C	1.5 volts
D	0.25 volts

22. - T6A05

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

Select	Answer
A	Oscillator
B	Capacitor
C	Potentiometer
D	Resistor

23. - T6B12

What are the names of the electrodes of a bipolar junction transistor?

Select	Answer
A	Emitter, base, collector
B	Input, output, supply
C	Pole one, pole two, output
D	Signal, bias, power

24. - T6C09

What is component 4 in figure T-2?

Select	Answer
A	Potentiometer
B	Variable inductor
C	Transformer
D	Double-pole switch

25. - T6D05

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

Select	Answer
A	Oscillator
B	Regulator
C	Phase inverter
D	Filter

26. - T7A06

What device converts the RF input and output of a transceiver to another band?

Select	Answer
A	Transverter
B	High-pass filter
C	Phase converter
D	Low-pass filter

27. - T7B10

What might be a problem if you receive a report that your audio signal through an FM repeater is distorted or unintelligible?

Select	Answer
A	You are in a bad location
B	Your batteries are running low
C	All these choices are correct
D	Your transmitter is slightly off frequency

28. - T7C07

What happens to power lost in a feed line?

Select	Answer
A	It is radiated as harmonics
B	It is converted into heat
C	It increases the SWR
D	It distorts the signal

29. - T7D01

Which instrument would you use to measure electric potential?

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

30. - T8A03

Which type of voice mode is often used for long-distance (weak signal) contacts on the VHF and UHF bands?

Select	Answer
A	SSB
B	PM
C	DRM
D	FM

31. - T8B05

What is a satellite beacon?

Select	Answer
A	A reflective surface on the satellite
B	An indicator light that shows where to point your antenna
C	A transmission from a satellite that contains status information
D	The primary transmit antenna on the satellite

32. - T8C06

How is over the air access to IRLP nodes accomplished?

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

33. - T8D04

What type of transmission is indicated by the term "NTSC?"

Select	Answer
A	A Normal Transmission mode in Static Circuit
B	An analog fast-scan color TV signal
C	A special mode for satellite uplink
D	A frame compression scheme for TV signals

34. - T9A01

What is a beam antenna?

Select	Answer
A	An antenna built from aluminum I-beams
B	An antenna that reverses the phase of received signals
C	An antenna that concentrates signals in one direction
D	An omnidirectional antenna invented by Clarence Beam

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 preferred for microwave operation
C	They are watertight
D	They are a bayonet-type connector

Figure T-2