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

2. - T0B10

Which of the following is true when installing grounding conductors used for lightning protection?

Select	Answer
A	Use only non-insulated wire
B	Common grounds must be avoided
C	Wires must be carefully routed with precise right-angle bends
D	Sharp bends must be avoided

3. - T0C08

Which of the following actions can reduce exposure to RF radiation?

Select	Answer
A	Relocate the transmitter
B	Relocate antennas
C	Increase the duty cycle
D	All these choices are correct

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	All these choices are correct
C	An email notification from the NCVEC granting the license
D	The license appears in the FCC ULS database

5. - T1B04

Which amateur band includes 146.52 MHz?

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

6. - T1C03

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

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

7. - T1D01

With which countries are FCC-licensed amateur radio stations prohibited from exchanging communications?

Select	Answer
A	Any country whose administration has notified the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) that it objects to such communications
B	Any country banned from making such communications by the American Radio Relay League (ARRL)
C	Any country whose administration has notified the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) that it objects to such communications
D	Any country banned from such communications by the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU)

8. - T1E09

Which of the following are required for remote control operation?

Select	Answer
A	The control operator must indirectly manipulate the controls
B	All these choices are correct
C	The control operator must be at the control point
D	A control operator is required at all times

9. - T1F06

Which of the following self-assigned indicators are acceptable when using a phone transmission?

Select	Answer
A	KL7CC stroke W3
B	All these choices are correct
C	KL7CC slant W3
D	KL7CC slash W3

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 repeater call sign followed by the station’s call sign
C	The station’s call sign followed by the word “monitoring”
D	“CQ CQ” followed by the repeater’s call sign

11. - T2B03

Which of the following describes a linked repeater network?

Select	Answer
A	A network of repeaters in which signals received by one repeater are transmitted by all the repeaters in the network
B	Multiple repeaters with the same control operator
C	A single repeater with more than one receiver
D	A system of repeaters linked by APRS

12. - T2C06

What is the Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES)?

Select	Answer
A	A training program that provides licensing courses for those interested in obtaining an amateur license to use during emergencies
B	A group of licensed amateurs who have voluntarily registered their qualifications and equipment for communications duty in the public service
C	A training program that certifies amateur operators for membership in the Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service
D	A group of licensed amateurs who are members of the military and who voluntarily agreed to provide message handling services in the case of an emergency

13. - T3A01

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

Select	Answer
A	Multipath propagation cancels or reinforces signals
B	VHF ionospheric propagation is very sensitive to path length
C	All these choices are correct
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 kHz to 300 kHz
D	30 MHz to 300 MHz

15. - T3C02

What is a characteristic of HF communication compared with communications on VHF and higher frequencies?

Select	Answer
A	Long-distance ionospheric propagation is far more common on HF
B	There is less atmospheric interference (static) on HF
C	HF antennas are generally smaller
D	HF accommodates wider bandwidth signals

16. - T4A10

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

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

17. - T4B02

Which of the following can be used to enter a transceiver’s operating frequency?

Select	Answer
A	The Automatic Frequency Control
B	The CTCSS or DTMF encoder
C	The keypad or VFO knob
D	All these choices are correct

18. - T5A11

What type of current flow is opposed by resistance?

Select	Answer
A	Direct current
B	All these choices are correct
C	Alternating current
D	RF current

19. - T5B05

Which is equal to 500 milliwatts?

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

20. - T5C06

What does the abbreviation “RF” mean?

Select	Answer
A	Radio frequency signals of all types
B	The resonant frequency of a tuned circuit
C	Reflective force in antenna transmission lines
D	The real frequency transmitted as opposed to the apparent frequency

21. - T5D14

In which type of circuit is voltage the same across all components?

Select	Answer
A	Parallel
B	Series
C	Branch
D	Resonant

22. - T6A07

What electrical component is typically constructed as a coil of wire?

Select	Answer
A	Inductor
B	Capacitor
C	Diode
D	Switch

23. - T6B03

Which of these components can be used as an electronic switch?

Select	Answer
A	Varistor
B	Potentiometer
C	Transistor
D	Thermistor

24. - T6C04

What is component 3 in figure T-1?

Select	Answer
A	Resistor
B	Transistor
C	Ground symbol
D	Lamp

25. - T6D09

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

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

26. - T7A11

Where is an RF preamplifier installed?

Select	Answer
A	At the output of the transmitter power amplifier
B	At the output of the receiver audio amplifier
C	Between the antenna and receiver
D	Between the transmitter and the antenna tuner

27. - T7B03

Which of the following can cause radio frequency interference?

Select	Answer
A	Fundamental overload
B	All these choices are correct
C	Spurious emissions
D	Harmonics

28. - T7C02

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

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

29. - T7D06

Which of the following can damage a multimeter?

Select	Answer
A	Attempting to measure voltage when using the resistance setting
B	Not allowing it to warm up properly
C	Failing to connect one of the probes to ground
D	Attempting to measure resistance using the voltage setting

30. - T8A08

What is the approximate bandwidth of a typical single sideband (SSB) voice signal?

Select	Answer
A	15 kHz
B	1 kHz
C	6 kHz
D	3 kHz

31. - T8B04

What mode of transmission is commonly used by amateur radio satellites?

Select	Answer
A	SSB
B	CW/data
C	FM
D	All these choices are correct

32. - T8C08

What is the Internet Radio Linking Project (IRLP)?

Select	Answer
A	A technique for measuring signal strength of an amateur transmitter via the internet
B	A system for providing access to websites via amateur radio
C	A technique to connect amateur radio systems, such as repeaters, via the internet using Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP)
D	A system for informing amateurs in real time of the frequency of active DX stations

33. - T8D08

Which of the following is included in packet radio transmissions?

Select	Answer
A	A header that contains the call sign of the station to which the information is being sent
B	All these choices are correct
C	Automatic repeat request in case of error
D	A check sum that permits error detection

34. - T9A08

What is the approximate length, in inches, of a quarter-wavelength vertical antenna for 146 MHz?

Select	Answer
A	112
B	19
C	12
D	50

35. - T9B08

Which of the following is a source of loss in coaxial feed line?

Select	Answer
A	High SWR
B	Multiple connectors in the line
C	Water intrusion into coaxial connectors
D	All these choices are correct

Figure T-1