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. - T0A03

In the United States, what circuit does black wire insulation indicate in a three-wire 120 V cable?

Select	Answer
A	Black insulation is never used
B	Hot
C	Equipment ground
D	Neutral

2. - T0B08

Which is a proper grounding method for a tower?

Select	Answer
A	A ferrite-core RF choke connected between the tower and ground
B	Separate eight-foot ground rods for each tower leg, bonded to the tower and each other
C	A connection between the tower base and a cold water pipe
D	A single four-foot ground rod, driven into the ground no more than 12 inches from the base

3. - T0C09

How can you make sure your station stays in compliance with RF safety regulations?

Select	Answer
A	By re-evaluating the station whenever an item in the transmitter or antenna system is changed
B	By informing the FCC of any changes made in your station
C	By making sure your antennas have low SWR
D	All these choices are correct

4. - T1A07

What is the FCC Part 97 definition of a space station?

Select	Answer
A	An amateur station using amateur radio satellites for relay of signals
B	An amateur station located more than 50 km above Earth's surface
C	A manned satellite orbiting Earth
D	Any satellite orbiting Earth

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	200 watts
C	10 watts
D	100 watts

6. - T1C03

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

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

7. - T1D04

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

Select	Answer
A	When the music is transmitted above 1280 MHz
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 produces no spurious emissions

8. - T1E02

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

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

9. - T1F05

What method of call sign identification is required for a station transmitting phone signals?

Select	Answer
A	Send the call sign using a CW or phone emission
B	Send the call sign followed by the indicator RPT
C	Send the call sign using only a phone emission
D	Send the call sign followed by the indicator R

10. - T2A04

What is an appropriate way to call another station on a repeater if you know the other station's call sign?

Select	Answer
A	Wait for the station to call CQ, then answer
B	Say "break, break," then say the station's call sign
C	Say "CQ" three times, then the other station's call sign
D	Say the station's call sign, then identify with your call sign

11. - T2B02

What term describes the use of a sub-audible tone transmitted along with normal voice audio to open the squelch of a receiver?

Select	Answer
A	DTMF
B	CTCSS
C	Tone burst
D	Carrier squelch

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 RACES 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 FEMA emergency plan
D	No

13. - T3A12

What is the effect of fog and rain on signals in the 10 meter and 6 meter bands?

Select	Answer
A	Absorption
B	Deflection
C	Range increase
D	There is little effect

14. - T3B09

What frequency range is referred to as UHF?

Select	Answer
A	30 to 300 MHz
B	300 to 3000 kHz
C	300 to 3000 MHz
D	30 to 300 kHz

15. - T3C05

Which of the following effects may allow radio signals to travel beyond obstructions between the transmitting and receiving stations?

Select	Answer
A	Doppler shift
B	Quantum tunneling
C	Faraday rotation
D	Knife-edge diffraction

16. - T4A05

Where should an RF power meter be installed?

Select	Answer
A	In the power supply cable, as close as possible to the radio
B	In the feed line, between the transmitter and antenna
C	In parallel with the push-to-talk line and the antenna
D	At the power supply output

17. - T4B12

What is the result of tuning an FM receiver above or below a signal’s frequency?

Select	Answer
A	Distortion of the signal’s audio
B	Change in audio pitch
C	Generation of a heterodyne tone
D	Sideband inversion

18. - T5A07

Why are metals generally good conductors of electricity?

Select	Answer
A	They have relatively high density
B	They have many free protons
C	All these choices are correct
D	They have many free electrons

19. - T5B01

How many milliamperes is 1.5 amperes?

Select	Answer
A	150 milliamperes
B	15 milliamperes
C	1500 milliamperes
D	15,000 milliamperes

20. - T5C02

What is the unit of capacitance?

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

21. - T5D07

What is the current in a circuit with an applied voltage of 120 volts and a resistance of 80 ohms?

Select	Answer
A	1.5 amperes
B	200 amperes
C	0.667 amperes
D	9600 amperes

22. - T6A11

Which of the following battery chemistries is not rechargeable?

Select	Answer
A	Lithium-ion
B	Lead-acid
C	Nickel-cadmium
D	Carbon-zinc

23. - T6B12

What are the names of the electrodes of a bipolar junction transistor?

Select	Answer
A	Pole one, pole two, output
B	Input, output, supply
C	Signal, bias, power
D	Emitter, base, collector

24. - T6C03

What is component 2 in figure T-1?

Select	Answer
A	Connector
B	Transistor
C	Resistor
D	Indicator lamp

25. - T6D06

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

Select	Answer
A	Transistor
B	Transformer
C	Diode
D	Variable capacitor

26. - T7A04

Which term describes the ability of a receiver to discriminate between multiple signals?

Select	Answer
A	Discrimination ratio
B	Harmonic distortion
C	Sensitivity
D	Selectivity

27. - T7B07

Which of the following can reduce overload of a VHF transceiver by a nearby commercial FM station?

Select	Answer
A	Using double-shielded coaxial cable
B	Installing an RF preamplifier
C	Installing bypass capacitors on the microphone cable
D	Installing a band-reject filter

28. - T7C07

What happens to power lost in a feed line?

Select	Answer
A	It is radiated as harmonics
B	It distorts the signal
C	It is converted into heat
D	It increases the SWR

29. - T7D07

Which of the following measurements are made using a multimeter?

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

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. - T8B11

Who may receive telemetry from a space station?

Select	Answer
A	A licensed radio amateur with a transmitter equipped for interrogating the satellite
B	A licensed radio amateur who has been certified by the protocol developer
C	A licensed radio amateur who has registered for an access code from AMSAT
D	Anyone

32. - T8C09

Which of the following protocols enables an amateur station to transmit through a repeater without using a radio to initiate the transmission?

Select	Answer
A	IRLP
B	D-STAR
C	EchoLink
D	DMR

33. - T8D12

Which of the following best describes an amateur radio mesh network?

Select	Answer
A	A wide-bandwidth digital voice mode employing DMR protocols
B	An amateur-radio based data network using commercial Wi-Fi equipment with modified firmware
C	A satellite communications network using modified commercial satellite TV hardware
D	An internet linking protocol used to network repeaters

34. - T9A10

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

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

35. - T9B02

What is the most common impedance of coaxial cables used in amateur radio?

Select	Answer
A	8 ohms
B	600 ohms
C	12 ohms
D	50 ohms

Figure T-1