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. - T0A09

What should be done to all external ground rods or earth connections?

Select	Answer
A	Bond them together with heavy wire or conductive strap
B	Waterproof them with silicone caulk or electrical tape
C	Tune them for resonance on the lowest frequency of operation
D	Keep them as far apart as possible

2. - T0B01

Which of the following is good practice when installing ground wires on a tower for lightning protection?

Select	Answer
A	Make sure all ground wire bends are right angles
B	Ensure that connections are short and direct
C	All these choices are correct
D	Put a drip loop in the ground connection to prevent water damage to the ground system

3. - T0C13

Who is responsible for ensuring that no person is exposed to RF energy above the FCC exposure limits?

Select	Answer
A	The FCC
B	The local zoning board
C	The station licensee
D	Anyone who is near an antenna

4. - T1A11

When is willful interference to other amateur radio stations permitted?

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

5. - T1B04

Which amateur band includes 146.52 MHz?

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

6. - T1C05

Which of the following is a valid Technician class call sign format?

Select	Answer
A	KA1X
B	KF1XXX
C	W1XX
D	All these choices are correct

7. - T1D04

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

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

8. - T1E04

What determines the transmitting frequency privileges of an amateur station?

Select	Answer
A	The frequency authorized by the frequency coordinator
B	The highest class of operator license held by anyone on the premises
C	The class of operator license held by the control operator
D	The frequencies printed on the license grant

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

10. - T2A08

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

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

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

12. - T2C10

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

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

13. - T3A02

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

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

14. - T3B05

What is the relationship between wavelength and frequency?

Select	Answer
A	Wavelength gets longer as frequency increases
B	Wavelength and frequency increase as path length increases
C	Wavelength and frequency are unrelated
D	Wavelength gets shorter as frequency increases

15. - T3C06

What type of propagation is responsible for allowing over-the-horizon VHF and UHF communications to ranges of approximately 300 miles on a regular basis?

Select	Answer
A	Faraday rotation
B	Tropospheric ducting
C	F2 region refraction
D	D region refraction

16. - T4A12

What is an electronic keyer?

Select	Answer
A	A device for voice activated switching from receive to transmit
B	A device for switching antennas from transmit to receive
C	An interlock to prevent unauthorized use of a radio
D	A device that assists in manual sending of Morse code

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 retrieving the frequencies from transceiver memory
D	By enabling the group’s CTCSS tone

18. - T5A12

What describes the number of times per second that an alternating current makes a complete cycle?

Select	Answer
A	Wavelength
B	Speed
C	Pulse rate
D	Frequency

19. - T5B03

Which is equal to one kilovolt?

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

20. - T5C06

What does the abbreviation “RF” mean?

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

21. - T5D14

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

Select	Answer
A	Branch
B	Series
C	Resonant
D	Parallel

22. - T6A02

What type of component is often used as an adjustable volume control?

Select	Answer
A	Potentiometer
B	Power resistor
C	Fixed resistor
D	Transformer

23. - T6B07

What causes a light-emitting diode (LED) to emit light?

Select	Answer
A	Forward current
B	Inductively-coupled RF signal
C	Capacitively-coupled RF signal
D	Reverse current

24. - T6C07

What is component 8 in figure T-2?

Select	Answer
A	Light emitting diode
B	Regulator IC
C	Inductor
D	Resistor

25. - T6D06

What component changes 120 V AC power to a lower AC voltage for other uses?

Select	Answer
A	Transistor
B	Transformer
C	Variable capacitor
D	Diode

26. - T7A06

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

Select	Answer
A	High-pass filter
B	Phase converter
C	Transverter
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	Your transmitter is slightly off frequency
D	All these choices are correct

28. - T7C10

Why should the outer jacket of coaxial cable be resistant to ultraviolet light?

Select	Answer
A	Ultraviolet resistant jackets prevent harmonic radiation
B	Ultraviolet light can increase losses in the cable’s jacket
C	Ultraviolet light can damage the jacket and allow water to enter the cable
D	Ultraviolet and RF signals can mix, causing interference

29. - T7D11

Which of the following precautions should be taken when measuring in-circuit resistance with an ohmmeter?

Select	Answer
A	Ensure that the applied voltages are correct
B	Ensure that the circuit is operating at the correct frequency
C	Ensure that the circuit is not powered
D	Ensure that the circuit is grounded

30. - T8A07

What is a characteristic of single sideband (SSB) compared to FM?

Select	Answer
A	All these choices are correct
B	SSB signals are easier to tune in correctly
C	SSB signals have narrower bandwidth
D	SSB signals are less susceptible to interference

31. - T8B06

Which of the following are inputs to a satellite tracking program?

Select	Answer
A	The last observed time of zero Doppler shift
B	All these choices are correct
C	The satellite transmitted power
D	The Keplerian elements

32. - T8C11

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

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

33. - T8D09

What is CW?

Select	Answer
A	A type of electromagnetic propagation
B	A digital mode used primarily on 2 meter FM
C	Another name for a Morse code transmission
D	A technique for coil winding

34. - T9A03

Which of the following describes a simple dipole oriented parallel to Earth's surface?

Select	Answer
A	A ground-wave antenna
B	A horizontally polarized antenna
C	A travelling-wave antenna
D	A vertically polarized antenna

35. - T9B05

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

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

Figure T-2