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

2. - T0B11

Which of the following establishes grounding requirements for an amateur radio tower or antenna?

Select	Answer
A	UL recommended practices
B	FCC Part 97 rules
C	FAA tower lighting regulations
D	Local electrical codes

3. - T0C02

At which of the following frequencies does maximum permissible exposure have the lowest value?

Select	Answer
A	3.5 MHz
B	1296 MHz
C	50 MHz
D	440 MHz

4. - T1A03

What do the FCC rules state regarding the use of a phonetic alphabet for station identification in the Amateur Radio Service?

Select	Answer
A	All these choices are correct
B	It is required when in contact with foreign stations
C	It is encouraged
D	It is required when transmitting emergency messages

5. - T1B07

Which of the following VHF/UHF band segments are limited to CW only?

Select	Answer
A	50.0 MHz to 50.1 MHz and 144.0 MHz to 144.1 MHz
B	902.0 MHz to 902.1 MHz
C	219 MHz to 220 MHz and 420.0 MHz to 420.1 MHz
D	All these choices are correct

6. - T1C08

What is the normal term for an FCC-issued amateur radio license?

Select	Answer
A	Five years
B	Eight years
C	Ten years
D	Life

7. - T1D06

What, if any, are the restrictions concerning transmission of language that may be considered indecent or obscene?

Select	Answer
A	Any such language is prohibited
B	There is no such prohibition
C	The FCC maintains a list of words that are not permitted to be used on amateur frequencies
D	The ITU maintains a list of words that are not permitted to be used on amateur frequencies

8. - T1E06

When, under normal circumstances, may a Technician class licensee be the control operator of a station operating in an Amateur Extra Class band segment?

Select	Answer
A	When using a club station whose trustee holds an Amateur Extra Class license
B	As part of a multi-operator contest team
C	At no time
D	When designated as the control operator by an Amateur Extra Class licensee

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

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

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

12. - T2C11

What is meant by “check” in a radiogram header?

Select	Answer
A	The number of words or word equivalents in the text portion of the message
B	The call sign of the originating station
C	A box on the message form that indicates that the message was received and/or relayed
D	A list of stations that have relayed the message

13. - T3A07

What weather condition might decrease range at microwave frequencies?

Select	Answer
A	Colder temperatures
B	Precipitation
C	Low barometric pressure
D	High winds

14. - T3B07

In addition to frequency, which of the following is used to identify amateur radio bands?

Select	Answer
A	All these choices are correct
B	Channel numbers
C	Traditional letter/number designators
D	The approximate wavelength in meters

15. - T3C07

What band is best suited for communicating via meteor scatter?

Select	Answer
A	2 meters
B	6 meters
C	33 centimeters
D	70 centimeters

16. - T4A09

How can you determine the length of time that equipment can be powered from a battery?

Select	Answer
A	Multiply the watts per hour consumed by the equipment by the battery power rating
B	Divide the watt-hour rating of the battery by the peak power consumption of the equipment
C	Multiply the square of the current rating of the battery by the input resistance of the equipment
D	Divide the battery ampere-hour rating by the average current draw of the equipment

17. - T4B09

How is a specific group of stations selected on a digital voice transceiver?

Select	Answer
A	By activating automatic identification
B	By enabling the group’s CTCSS tone
C	By retrieving the frequencies from transceiver memory
D	By entering the group’s identification code

18. - T5A11

What type of current flow is opposed by resistance?

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

19. - T5B03

Which is equal to one kilovolt?

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

20. - T5C02

What is the unit of capacitance?

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

21. - T5D13

In which type of circuit is DC current the same through all components?

Select	Answer
A	Branch
B	Resonant
C	Series
D	Parallel

22. - T6A01

What electrical component opposes the flow of current in a DC circuit?

Select	Answer
A	Inductor
B	Resistor
C	Inverter
D	Transformer

23. - T6B01

Which is true about forward voltage drop in a diode?

Select	Answer
A	It is proportional to peak inverse voltage
B	It indicates that the diode is defective
C	It is lower in some diode types than in others
D	It has no impact on the voltage delivered to the load

24. - T6C08

What is component 9 in figure T-2?

Select	Answer
A	Variable transformer
B	Variable inductor
C	Variable resistor
D	Variable capacitor

25. - T6D03

Which of the following is a reason to use shielded wire?

Select	Answer
A	To decrease the resistance of DC power connections
B	To increase the current carrying capability of the wire
C	To couple the wire to other signals
D	To prevent coupling of unwanted signals to or from the wire

26. - T7A02

What is a transceiver?

Select	Answer
A	A device for converting receiver and transmitter frequencies to another band
B	A device for matching feed line impedance to 50 ohms
C	A device that combines a receiver and transmitter
D	A device for automatically sending and decoding Morse code

27. - T7B11

What is a symptom of RF feedback in a transmitter or transceiver?

Select	Answer
A	Excessive SWR at the antenna connection
B	Reports of garbled, distorted, or unintelligible voice transmissions
C	Frequent blowing of power supply fuses
D	The transmitter will not stay on the desired frequency

28. - T7C02

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

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

29. - T7D07

Which of the following measurements are made using a multimeter?

Select	Answer
A	Signal strength and noise
B	All these choices are correct
C	Impedance and reactance
D	Voltage and resistance

30. - T8A07

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

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

31. - T8B06

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

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

32. - T8C08

What is the Internet Radio Linking Project (IRLP)?

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

33. - T8D05

Which of the following is an application of APRS?

Select	Answer
A	Providing real-time tactical digital communications in conjunction with a map showing the locations of stations
B	Providing information on the number of stations signed into a repeater
C	Showing automatically the number of packets transmitted via PACTOR during a specific time interval
D	Providing voice over internet connection between repeaters

34. - T9A10

In which direction does a half-wave dipole antenna radiate the strongest signal?

Select	Answer
A	Equally in all directions
B	Off the ends of the antenna
C	Broadside to the antenna
D	In the direction of the feed line

35. - T9B05

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

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

Figure T-2