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	On a grounded panel near where feed lines enter the building
D	At the output connector of a transceiver

2. - T0B05

What is the purpose of a safety wire through a turnbuckle used to tension guy lines?

Select	Answer
A	Prevent loosening of the turnbuckle from vibration
B	Provide a ground path for lightning strikes
C	Secure the guy line if the turnbuckle breaks
D	Provide an ability to measure for proper tensioning

3. - T0C01

What type of radiation are radio signals?

Select	Answer
A	Gamma radiation
B	Alpha radiation
C	Ionizing radiation
D	Non-ionizing radiation

4. - T1A06

What is the FCC Part 97 definition of a beacon?

Select	Answer
A	A continuous transmission of weather information authorized in the amateur bands by the National Weather Service
B	A bulletin sent by the FCC to announce a national emergency
C	An amateur station transmitting communications for the purposes of observing propagation or related experimental activities
D	A government transmitter marking the amateur radio band edges

5. - T1B11

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

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

6. - T1C04

What may happen if the FCC is unable to reach you by email?

Select	Answer
A	Fine and suspension of operator license
B	Revocation of the station license or suspension of the operator license
C	Nothing; there is no such requirement
D	Revocation of access to the license record in the FCC system

7. - T1D01

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

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

8. - T1E02

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

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

9. - T1F11

Which of the following is a requirement for the issuance of a club station license grant?

Select	Answer
A	The club must be registered with the American Radio Relay League
B	The club must have at least four members
C	All these choices are correct
D	The trustee must have an Amateur Extra Class operator license grant

10. - T2A03

What is a common repeater frequency offset in the 70 cm band?

Select	Answer
A	Plus or minus 1 MHz
B	Plus or minus 500 kHz
C	Plus or minus 600 kHz
D	Plus or minus 5 MHz

11. - T2B08

Which of the following applies when two stations transmitting on the same frequency interfere with each other?

Select	Answer
A	Both stations should choose another frequency to avoid conflict
B	Interference is inevitable, so no action is required
C	Use subaudible tones so both stations can share the frequency
D	The stations should negotiate continued use of the frequency

12. - T2C03

What technique is used to ensure that voice messages containing unusual words are received correctly?

Select	Answer
A	Send the words by voice and Morse code
B	Spell the words using a standard phonetic alphabet
C	Speak very loudly into the microphone
D	All these choices are correct

13. - T3A06

What is the meaning of the term “picket fencing”?

Select	Answer
A	Alternating transmissions during a net operation
B	A type of ground system used with vertical antennas
C	Rapid flutter on mobile signals due to multipath propagation
D	Local vs long-distance communications

14. - T3B11

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

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

15. - T3C11

Why is the radio horizon for VHF and UHF signals more distant than the visual horizon?

Select	Answer
A	Radio signals move somewhat faster than the speed of light
B	The atmosphere refracts radio waves slightly
C	Radio waves are not blocked by dust particles
D	Radio waves are blocked by dust particles

16. - T4A07

Which of the following connections is made between a computer and a transceiver to use computer software when operating digital modes?

Select	Answer
A	Computer “line in” to transceiver speaker connector
B	Computer “line in” to transceiver push-to-talk
C	Computer “line out” to transceiver speaker connector
D	Computer “line out” to transceiver push-to-talk

17. - T4B07

What does a DMR “code plug” contain?

Select	Answer
A	The DMR software version
B	The codec for digitizing audio
C	Your call sign in CW for automatic identification
D	Access information for repeaters and talkgroups

18. - T5A06

What is the unit of frequency?

Select	Answer
A	Henry
B	Tesla
C	Farad
D	Hertz

19. - T5B04

Which is equal to one microvolt?

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

20. - T5C03

What describes the ability to store energy in a magnetic field?

Select	Answer
A	Capacitance
B	Resistance
C	Inductance
D	Admittance

21. - T5D10

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

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

22. - T6A09

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

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

23. - T6B04

Which of the following components can consist of three regions of semiconductor material?

Select	Answer
A	Alternator
B	Pentagrid converter
C	Transistor
D	Triode

24. - T6C10

What is component 3 in figure T-3?

Select	Answer
A	Variable inductor
B	Variable capacitor
C	Connector
D	Meter

25. - T6D06

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

Select	Answer
A	Diode
B	Transistor
C	Transformer
D	Variable capacitor

26. - T7A10

What device increases the transmitted output power from a transceiver?

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

27. - T7B03

Which of the following can cause radio frequency interference?

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

28. - T7C03

What does a dummy load consist of?

Select	Answer
A	A non-inductive resistor mounted on a heat sink
B	A high-gain amplifier and a TR switch
C	A low-voltage power supply and a DC relay
D	A 50-ohm reactance used to terminate a transmission line

29. - T7D03

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

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

30. - T8A09

What is the approximate bandwidth of a VHF repeater FM voice signal?

Select	Answer
A	Less than 500 Hz
B	Between 50 and 125 kHz
C	Between 10 and 15 kHz
D	About 150 kHz

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	The Keplerian elements
C	All these choices are correct
D	The satellite transmitted power

32. - T8C05

What is a grid locator?

Select	Answer
A	A letter-number designator assigned to an azimuth and elevation
B	A letter-number designator assigned to a geographic location
C	An instrument for radio direction finding
D	An instrument for neutralizing a final amplifier

33. - T8D13

What is FT8?

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

34. - T9A01

What is a beam antenna?

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

35. - T9B04

What is the major function of an antenna tuner (antenna coupler)?

Select	Answer
A	It allows an antenna to be used on both transmit and receive
B	It automatically selects the proper antenna for the frequency band being used
C	It matches the antenna system impedance to the transceiver's output impedance
D	It helps a receiver automatically tune in weak stations

Figure T-3