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

2. - T0B03

Under what circumstances is it safe to climb a tower without a helper or observer?

Select	Answer
A	When no electrical work is being performed
B	Never
C	When no mechanical work is being performed
D	When the work being done is not more than 20 feet above the ground

3. - T0C02

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

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

4. - T1A02

Which agency regulates and enforces the rules for the Amateur Radio Service in the United States?

Select	Answer
A	The FCC
B	FEMA
C	All these choices are correct
D	Homeland Security

5. - T1B02

Which amateurs may contact the International Space Station (ISS) on VHF bands?

Select	Answer
A	Any amateur holding a Technician class or higher license
B	Any amateur holding a General class or higher license who has applied for and received approval from NASA
C	Any amateur holding a General class or higher license
D	Any amateur holding a Technician class or higher license who has applied for and received approval from NASA

6. - T1C08

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

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

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 incidental to an authorized retransmission of manned spacecraft communications
C	When transmissions are limited to less than three minutes per hour
D	When the music is transmitted above 1280 MHz

8. - T1E05

What is an amateur station’s control point?

Select	Answer
A	The location at which the control operator function is performed
B	The mailing address of the station licensee
C	The location of the station’s transmitting apparatus
D	The location of the station’s transmitting antenna

9. - T1F03

When are you required to transmit your assigned call sign?

Select	Answer
A	At the beginning of each contact, and every 10 minutes thereafter
B	At least once during each transmission
C	At least every 10 minutes during and at the end of a communication
D	At least every 15 minutes during and at the end of a communication

10. - T2A01

What is a common repeater frequency offset in the 2 meter 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. - T2B11

Which Q signal indicates that you are changing frequency?

Select	Answer
A	QRU
B	QSL
C	QSY
D	QRZ

12. - T2C07

Which of the following is standard practice when you participate in a net?

Select	Answer
A	Unless you are reporting an emergency, transmit only when directed by the net control station
B	All these choices are correct
C	When first responding to the net control station, transmit your call sign, name, and address as in the FCC database
D	Record the time of each of your transmissions

13. - T3A10

What effect does multi-path propagation have on data transmissions?

Select	Answer
A	Error rates are likely to increase
B	Transmission rates must be increased by a factor equal to the number of separate paths observed
C	No significant changes will occur if the signals are transmitted using FM
D	Transmission rates must be decreased by a factor equal to the number of separate paths observed

14. - T3B06

What is the formula for converting frequency to approximate wavelength in meters?

Select	Answer
A	Wavelength in meters equals 300 divided by frequency in megahertz
B	Wavelength in meters equals frequency in hertz divided by 300
C	Wavelength in meters equals frequency in hertz multiplied by 300
D	Wavelength in meters equals frequency in megahertz divided by 300

15. - T3C04

Which of the following types of propagation is most commonly associated with occasional strong signals on the 10, 6, and 2 meter bands from beyond the radio horizon?

Select	Answer
A	D region absorption
B	Sporadic E
C	Gray-line propagation
D	Backscatter

16. - T4A04

How are the transceiver audio input and output connected in a station configured to operate using FT8?

Select	Answer
A	To an FT8 conversion unit, a keyboard, and a computer monitor
B	To a computer connected to the FT8converter.com website
C	To the audio input and output of a computer running WSJT-X software
D	To a computer running a terminal program and connected to a terminal node controller unit

17. - T4B02

Which of the following can be used to enter a transceiver’s operating frequency?

Select	Answer
A	All these choices are correct
B	The Automatic Frequency Control
C	The CTCSS or DTMF encoder
D	The keypad or VFO knob

18. - T5A01

Electrical current is measured in which of the following units?

Select	Answer
A	Volts
B	Watts
C	Ohms
D	Amperes

19. - T5B02

Which is equal to 1,500,000 hertz?

Select	Answer
A	150 kHz
B	1500 MHz
C	1500 kHz
D	15 GHz

20. - T5C10

How much power is delivered by a voltage of 12 volts DC and a current of 2.5 amperes?

Select	Answer
A	30 watts
B	14.5 watts
C	4.8 watts
D	0.208 watts

21. - T5D10

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

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

22. - T6A12

What type of switch is represented by component 3 in figure T-2?

Select	Answer
A	Double-pole double-throw
B	Double-pole single-throw
C	Single-pole double-throw
D	Single-pole single-throw

23. - T6B02

What electronic component allows current to flow in only one direction?

Select	Answer
A	Resistor
B	Driven element
C	Diode
D	Fuse

24. - T6C07

What is component 8 in figure T-2?

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

25. - T6D08

Which of the following is combined with an inductor to make a resonant circuit?

Select	Answer
A	Resistor
B	Zener diode
C	Potentiometer
D	Capacitor

26. - T7A02

What is a transceiver?

Select	Answer
A	A device for converting receiver and transmitter frequencies to another band
B	A device that combines a receiver and transmitter
C	A device for matching feed line impedance to 50 ohms
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	Frequent blowing of power supply fuses
B	The transmitter will not stay on the desired frequency
C	Excessive SWR at the antenna connection
D	Reports of garbled, distorted, or unintelligible voice transmissions

28. - T7C04

What reading on an SWR meter indicates a perfect impedance match between the antenna and the feed line?

Select	Answer
A	50:50
B	Zero
C	Full Scale
D	1:1

29. - T7D07

Which of the following measurements are made using a multimeter?

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

30. - T8A05

Which of the following types of signal has the narrowest bandwidth?

Select	Answer
A	FM voice
B	CW
C	SSB voice
D	Slow-scan TV

31. - T8B08

What is meant by the statement that a satellite is operating in U/V mode?

Select	Answer
A	The satellite uplink is in the 15 meter band and the downlink is in the 10 meter band
B	The satellite operates using ultraviolet frequencies
C	The satellite frequencies are usually variable
D	The satellite uplink is in the 70 centimeter band and the downlink is in the 2 meter band

32. - T8C08

What is the Internet Radio Linking Project (IRLP)?

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

33. - T8D12

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

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

34. - T9A07

What is a disadvantage of using a handheld VHF transceiver with a flexible antenna inside a vehicle?

Select	Answer
A	The bandwidth of the antenna will decrease, increasing SWR
B	All these choices are correct
C	The SWR might decrease, decreasing the signal strength
D	Signal strength is reduced due to the shielding effect of the vehicle

35. - T9B09

What can cause erratic changes in SWR?

Select	Answer
A	Loose connection in the antenna or feed line
B	Over-modulation
C	Local thunderstorm
D	Overload from a strong local station

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