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. - T0A10

What hazard is caused by charging or discharging a battery too quickly?

Select	Answer
A	Overheating or out-gassing
B	Inverse memory effect
C	Half-wave rectification
D	Excess output ripple

2. - T0B08

Which is a proper grounding method for a tower?

Select	Answer
A	A connection between the tower base and a cold water pipe
B	A single four-foot ground rod, driven into the ground no more than 12 inches from the base
C	Separate eight-foot ground rods for each tower leg, bonded to the tower and each other
D	A ferrite-core RF choke connected between the tower and 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 making sure your antennas have low SWR
D	By informing the FCC of any changes made in your station

4. - T1A05

What proves that the FCC has issued an operator/primary license grant?

Select	Answer
A	A printed copy of the certificate of successful completion of examination
B	The license appears in the FCC ULS database
C	An email notification from the NCVEC granting the license
D	All these choices are correct

5. - T1B11

What is the maximum peak envelope power output for Technician class operators in their HF band segments?

Select	Answer
A	100 watts
B	50 watts
C	200 watts
D	10 watts

6. - T1C11

If your license has expired and is still within the allowable grace period, may you continue to transmit on the amateur radio bands?

Select	Answer
A	No, you must wait until the license has been renewed
B	Yes, for up to two years
C	Yes, for up to one year
D	Yes, as soon as you apply for renewal

7. - T1D04

Under what conditions is an amateur station authorized to transmit music using a phone emission?

Select	Answer
A	When incidental to an authorized retransmission of manned spacecraft communications
B	When the music is transmitted above 1280 MHz
C	When the music produces no spurious emissions
D	When transmissions are limited to less than three minutes per hour

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

9. - T1F08

What is the definition of third party communications?

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

10. - T2A09

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

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

11. - T2B11

Which Q signal indicates that you are changing frequency?

Select	Answer
A	QRZ
B	QRU
C	QSL
D	QSY

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	When first responding to the net control station, transmit your call sign, name, and address as in the FCC database
D	Record the time of each of your transmissions

13. - T3A08

What is a likely cause of irregular fading of signals propagated by the ionosphere?

Select	Answer
A	Random combining of signals arriving via different paths
B	Frequency shift due to Faraday rotation
C	Intermodulation distortion
D	Interference from thunderstorms

14. - T3B11

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

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

15. - T3C03

What is a characteristic of VHF signals received via auroral backscatter?

Select	Answer
A	They are often received from 10,000 miles or more
B	They occur only during winter nighttime hours
C	They are generally strongest when your antenna is aimed west
D	They are distorted and signal strength varies considerably

16. - T4A06

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

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

17. - T4B06

Which of the following controls could be used if the voice pitch of a single-sideband signal returning to your CQ call seems too high or low?

Select	Answer
A	The tone squelch
B	The AGC or limiter
C	The RIT or Clarifier
D	The bandwidth selection

18. - T5A04

What are the units of electrical resistance?

Select	Answer
A	Ohms
B	Coulombs
C	Siemens
D	Mhos

19. - T5B13

Which is equal to 2425 MHz?

Select	Answer
A	2425 GHz
B	0.002425 GHz
C	2.425 GHz
D	24.25 GHz

20. - T5C07

What is the abbreviation for megahertz?

Select	Answer
A	MH
B	Mhz
C	MHz
D	mh

21. - T5D12

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

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

22. - T6A04

What electrical component stores energy in an electric field?

Select	Answer
A	Varistor
B	Diode
C	Inductor
D	Capacitor

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. - T6C05

What is component 4 in figure T-1?

Select	Answer
A	Transistor
B	Ground symbol
C	Resistor
D	Battery

25. - T6D10

What is the function of component 2 in figure T-1?

Select	Answer
A	Convert electrical energy into radio waves
B	Supply electrical energy
C	Control the flow of current
D	Give off light when current flows through it

26. - T7A05

What is the name of a circuit that generates a signal at a specific frequency?

Select	Answer
A	Oscillator
B	Low-pass filter
C	Phase modulator
D	Reactance modulator

27. - T7B05

How can fundamental overload of a non-amateur radio or TV receiver by an amateur signal be reduced or eliminated?

Select	Answer
A	Switch the transmitter to a narrow-band mode
B	Block the amateur signal with a filter at the antenna input of the affected receiver
C	Switch the transmitter from FM to SSB
D	Block the interfering signal with a filter on the amateur transmitter

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 protect the output amplifier transistors
D	To comply with FCC rules on spectral purity

29. - T7D08

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

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

30. - T8A05

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

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

31. - T8B10

What is a LEO satellite?

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

32. - T8C03

What operating activity involves contacting as many stations as possible during a specified period?

Select	Answer
A	Contesting
B	Net operations
C	Public service events
D	Simulated emergency exercises

33. - T8D06

What does the abbreviation "PSK" mean?

Select	Answer
A	Phased Slide Keying
B	Packet Short Keying
C	Phase Shift Keying
D	Pulse Shift Keying

34. - T9A07

What is a disadvantage of using a handheld VHF transceiver with a flexible antenna inside a vehicle?

Select	Answer
A	The bandwidth of the antenna will decrease, increasing SWR
B	The SWR might decrease, decreasing the signal strength
C	Signal strength is reduced due to the shielding effect of the vehicle
D	All these choices are correct

35. - T9B12

What is standing wave ratio (SWR)?

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

Figure T-1