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. - T0A07

Where should a lightning arrester be installed in a coaxial feed line?

Select	Answer
A	At the ac power service panel
B	At the antenna feed point
C	At the output connector of a transceiver
D	On a grounded panel near where feed lines enter the building

2. - T0B04

Which of the following is an important safety precaution to observe when putting up an antenna tower?

Select	Answer
A	All these choices are correct
B	Insulate the base of the tower to avoid lightning strikes
C	Look for and stay clear of any overhead electrical wires
D	Wear a ground strap connected to your wrist at all times

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	Amateur operators in a local or regional area whose stations are eligible to be repeater or auxiliary stations
B	FCC Regional Field Office
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. - T1B02

Which amateurs may contact the International Space Station (ISS) on VHF bands?

Select	Answer
A	Any amateur holding a Technician class or higher license who has applied for and received approval from NASA
B	Any amateur holding a Technician class or higher license
C	Any amateur holding a General class or higher license
D	Any amateur holding a General class or higher license who has applied for and received approval from NASA

6. - T1C01

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

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

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	Beacon, repeater, or space stations
C	Auxiliary, beacon, or Earth stations
D	Repeater, auxiliary, or space stations

8. - T1E02

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

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

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

10. - T2A05

How should you respond to a station calling CQ?

Select	Answer
A	Transmit the other station’s call sign followed by your call sign
B	Transmit a signal report followed by your call sign
C	Transmit "CQ" followed by the other station’s call sign
D	Transmit your call sign followed by the other station’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	CTCSS
B	Tone burst
C	Carrier squelch
D	DTMF

12. - T2C10

What information is contained in the preamble of a formal traffic message?

Select	Answer
A	Information needed to track the message
B	The telephone number of the addressee
C	The email address of the originating station
D	The address of the intended recipient

13. - T3A01

Why do VHF signal strengths sometimes vary greatly when the antenna is moved only a few feet?

Select	Answer
A	VHF ionospheric propagation is very sensitive to path length
B	All these choices are correct
C	Multipath propagation cancels or reinforces signals
D	The signal path encounters different concentrations of water vapor

14. - T3B08

What frequency range is referred to as VHF?

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

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	There is less atmospheric interference (static) on HF
C	HF antennas are generally smaller
D	Long-distance ionospheric propagation is far more common on HF

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 distance that the meter will be located from the antenna
C	All these choices are correct
D	The frequency and power level at which the measurements will be made

17. - T4B12

What is the result of tuning an FM receiver above or below a signal’s frequency?

Select	Answer
A	Sideband inversion
B	Change in audio pitch
C	Generation of a heterodyne tone
D	Distortion of the signal’s audio

18. - T5A06

What is the unit of frequency?

Select	Answer
A	Farad
B	Henry
C	Hertz
D	Tesla

19. - T5B05

Which is equal to 500 milliwatts?

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

20. - T5C10

How much power is delivered by a voltage of 12 volts DC and a current of 2.5 amperes?

Select	Answer
A	4.8 watts
B	30 watts
C	0.208 watts
D	14.5 watts

21. - T5D08

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

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

22. - T6A09

What electrical component is used to protect other circuit components from current overloads?

Select	Answer
A	All these choices are correct
B	Varactor
C	Fuse
D	Thyratron

23. - T6B02

What electronic component allows current to flow in only one direction?

Select	Answer
A	Driven element
B	Diode
C	Resistor
D	Fuse

24. - T6C02

What is component 1 in figure T-1?

Select	Answer
A	Resistor
B	Connector
C	Battery
D	Transistor

25. - T6D09

What is the name of a device that combines several semiconductors and other components into one package?

Select	Answer
A	Integrated circuit
B	Multi-pole relay
C	Transducer
D	Transformer

26. - T7A10

What device increases the transmitted output power from a transceiver?

Select	Answer
A	An RF power amplifier
B	All these choices are correct
C	An impedance network
D	A voltage divider

27. - T7B09

What should be the first step to resolve non-fiber optic cable TV interference caused by your amateur radio transmission?

Select	Answer
A	Add a preamplifier to the TV antenna input
B	Add a high-pass filter to the TV antenna input
C	Be sure all TV feed line coaxial connectors are installed properly
D	Add a low-pass filter to the TV antenna input

28. - T7C02

Which of the following is used to determine if an antenna is resonant at the desired operating frequency?

Select	Answer
A	A VTVM
B	A frequency counter
C	A Q meter
D	An antenna analyzer

29. - T7D03

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

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

30. - T8A05

Which of the following types of signal has the narrowest bandwidth?

Select	Answer
A	SSB voice
B	CW
C	Slow-scan TV
D	FM voice

31. - T8B10

What is a LEO satellite?

Select	Answer
A	A satellite in low earth orbit
B	A sun synchronous satellite
C	A satellite in low energy operation mode
D	A highly elliptical orbit satellite

32. - T8C11

What is an amateur radio station that connects other amateur stations to the internet?

Select	Answer
A	A gateway
B	A digipeater
C	A repeater
D	A beacon

33. - T8D13

What is FT8?

Select	Answer
A	An eight channel multiplex mode for FM repeaters
B	A digital slow-scan TV mode with forward error correction and automatic color compensation
C	A wideband FM voice mode
D	A digital mode capable of low signal-to-noise operation

34. - T9A09

What is the approximate length, in inches, of a half-wavelength 6 meter dipole antenna?

Select	Answer
A	236
B	112
C	6
D	50

35. - T9B12

What is standing wave ratio (SWR)?

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

Figure T-1