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	All these choices are correct
C	Connect all AC powered station equipment to a common safety ground
D	Use three-wire cords and plugs for all AC powered equipment

2. - T0B06

What is the minimum safe distance from a power line to allow when installing an antenna?

Select	Answer
A	Add the height of the antenna to the height of the power line and multiply by a factor of 1.5
B	Enough so that if the antenna falls, no part of it can come closer than 10 feet to the power wires
C	1/2 wavelength at the operating frequency
D	The height of the power line above ground

3. - T0C13

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

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

4. - T1A05

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

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

5. - T1B01

Which of the following frequency ranges are available for phone operation by Technician licensees?

Select	Answer
A	28.100 MHz to 28.300 MHz
B	28.500 MHz to 28.600 MHz
C	28.050 MHz to 28.150 MHz
D	28.300 MHz to 28.500 MHz

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. - T1D03

When is it permissible to transmit messages encoded to obscure their meaning?

Select	Answer
A	Never
B	Only when transmitting certain approved digital codes
C	Only during contests
D	Only when transmitting control commands to space stations or radio control craft

8. - T1E11

Who does the FCC presume to be the control operator of an amateur station, unless documentation to the contrary is in the station records?

Select	Answer
A	The station custodian
B	The third party participant
C	The person operating the station equipment
D	The station licensee

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	All these choices are correct
C	The trustee must have an Amateur Extra Class operator license grant
D	The club must have at least four members

10. - T2A07

What is meant by "repeater offset”?

Select	Answer
A	The repeater has a time delay to prevent interference
B	The difference between a repeater’s transmit and receive frequencies
C	The number of simultaneous transmit frequencies used by a repeater
D	The repeater station identification is done on a separate frequency

11. - T2B11

Which Q signal indicates that you are changing frequency?

Select	Answer
A	QRU
B	QSL
C	QSY
D	QRZ

12. - T2C09

Are amateur station control operators ever permitted to operate outside the frequency privileges of their license class?

Select	Answer
A	Yes, but only when part of a FEMA emergency plan
B	Yes, but only in situations involving the immediate safety of human life or protection of property
C	Yes, but only when part of a RACES emergency plan
D	No

13. - T3A11

Which region of the atmosphere can refract or bend HF and VHF radio waves?

Select	Answer
A	The stratosphere
B	The mesosphere
C	The ionosphere
D	The troposphere

14. - T3B03

What are the two components of a radio wave?

Select	Answer
A	Electric and magnetic fields
B	Voltage and current
C	Impedance and reactance
D	Ionizing and non-ionizing radiation

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	D region refraction
C	F2 region refraction
D	Tropospheric ducting

16. - T4A02

Which of the following should be considered when selecting an accessory SWR meter?

Select	Answer
A	The distance that the meter will be located from the antenna
B	All these choices are correct
C	The frequency and power level at which the measurements will be made
D	The types of modulation being used at the station

17. - T4B08

What is the advantage of having multiple receive bandwidth choices on a multimode transceiver?

Select	Answer
A	Permits monitoring several modes at once by selecting a separate filter for each mode
B	Increases the number of frequencies that can be stored in memory
C	Permits noise or interference reduction by selecting a bandwidth matching the mode
D	Increases the amount of offset between receive and transmit frequencies

18. - T5A08

Which of the following is a good electrical insulator?

Select	Answer
A	Copper
B	Aluminum
C	Mercury
D	Glass

19. - T5B13

Which is equal to 2425 MHz?

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

20. - T5C02

What is the unit of capacitance?

Select	Answer
A	The ohm
B	The farad
C	The henry
D	The volt

21. - T5D03

What formula is used to calculate resistance in a circuit?

Select	Answer
A	R = E x I
B	R = E + I
C	R = E / I
D	R = E - I

22. - T6A02

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

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

23. - T6B03

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

Select	Answer
A	Thermistor
B	Transistor
C	Varistor
D	Potentiometer

24. - T6C02

What is component 1 in figure T-1?

Select	Answer
A	Transistor
B	Battery
C	Connector
D	Resistor

25. - T6D05

What type of circuit controls the amount of voltage from a power supply?

Select	Answer
A	Regulator
B	Filter
C	Oscillator
D	Phase inverter

26. - T7A10

What device increases the transmitted output power from a transceiver?

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

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	Your transmitter is slightly off frequency
B	Your batteries are running low
C	You are in a bad location
D	All these choices are correct

28. - T7C11

What is a disadvantage of air core coaxial cable when compared to foam or solid dielectric types?

Select	Answer
A	It has more loss per foot
B	It cannot be used for VHF or UHF antennas
C	It requires special techniques to prevent moisture in the cable
D	It cannot be used at below freezing temperatures

29. - T7D03

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

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

30. - T8A10

What is the approximate bandwidth of AM fast-scan TV transmissions?

Select	Answer
A	About 3 MHz
B	About 6 MHz
C	About 1 MHz
D	More than 10 MHz

31. - T8B04

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

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

32. - T8C11

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

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

33. - T8D09

What is CW?

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

34. - T9A12

What is an advantage of a 5/8 wavelength whip antenna for VHF or UHF mobile service?

Select	Answer
A	It radiates at a very high angle
B	It eliminates distortion caused by reflected signals
C	It has 10 times the power gain of a 1/4 wavelength whip
D	It has more gain than a 1/4-wavelength antenna

35. - T9B11

Which of the following types of feed line has the lowest loss at VHF and UHF?

Select	Answer
A	75-ohm flexible coax
B	Air-insulated hardline
C	50-ohm flexible coax
D	Multi-conductor unbalanced cable

Figure T-1