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. - T0A08

Where should a fuse or circuit breaker be installed in a 120V AC power circuit?

Select	Answer
A	In parallel with the hot conductor only
B	In parallel with the hot and neutral conductors
C	In series with the hot conductor only
D	In series with the hot and neutral conductors

2. - T0B10

Which of the following is true when installing grounding conductors used for lightning protection?

Select	Answer
A	Sharp bends must be avoided
B	Use only non-insulated wire
C	Wires must be carefully routed with precise right-angle bends
D	Common grounds must be avoided

3. - T0C01

What type of radiation are radio signals?

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

4. - T1A09

Who selects a Frequency Coordinator?

Select	Answer
A	FCC Regional Field Office
B	The FCC Office of Spectrum Management and Coordination Policy
C	Amateur operators in a local or regional area whose stations are eligible to be repeater or auxiliary stations
D	The local chapter of the Office of National Council of Independent Frequency Coordinators

5. - T1B04

Which amateur band includes 146.52 MHz?

Select	Answer
A	2 meters
B	20 meters
C	6 meters
D	70 centimeters

6. - T1C04

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

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

7. - T1D09

When may amateur stations transmit information in support of broadcasting, program production, or news gathering, assuming no other means is available?

Select	Answer
A	When broadcasting communications to or from the space shuttle
B	Where noncommercial programming is gathered and supplied exclusively to the National Public Radio network
C	Never
D	When such communications are directly related to the immediate safety of human life or protection of property

8. - T1E08

Which of the following is an example of automatic control?

Select	Answer
A	Controlling a station over the internet
B	Using a computer or other device to send CW automatically
C	Using a computer or other device to identify automatically
D	Repeater operation

9. - T1F05

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

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

10. - T2A10

What is a band plan, beyond the privileges established by the FCC?

Select	Answer
A	A voluntary guideline for using different modes or activities within an amateur band
B	A list of available net frequencies
C	A plan devised by a club to indicate frequency band usage
D	A list of operating schedules

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

12. - T2C05

What does the term “traffic” refer to in net operation?

Select	Answer
A	Requests to activate the net by a served agency
B	Messages exchanged by net stations
C	Operation by mobile or portable stations
D	The number of stations checking in and out of a net

13. - T3A01

Why do VHF signal strengths sometimes vary greatly when the antenna is moved only a few feet?

Select	Answer
A	All these choices are correct
B	VHF ionospheric propagation is very sensitive to path length
C	Multipath propagation cancels or reinforces signals
D	The signal path encounters different concentrations of water vapor

14. - T3B10

What frequency range is referred to as HF?

Select	Answer
A	300 to 3000 kHz
B	3 to 30 MHz
C	300 to 3000 MHz
D	30 to 300 MHz

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. - T4A11

Where should the negative power return of a mobile transceiver be connected in a vehicle?

Select	Answer
A	At the antenna mount
B	At the 12 volt battery chassis ground
C	To any metal part of the vehicle
D	Through the transceiver’s mounting bracket

17. - T4B09

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

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

18. - T5A12

What describes the number of times per second that an alternating current makes a complete cycle?

Select	Answer
A	Pulse rate
B	Speed
C	Frequency
D	Wavelength

19. - T5B08

Which is equal to 1,000,000 picofarads?

Select	Answer
A	1000 microfarads
B	0.001 microfarads
C	1 microfarad
D	1,000,000,000 microfarads

20. - T5C04

What is the unit of inductance?

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

21. - T5D04

What is the resistance of a circuit in which a current of 3 amperes flows when connected to 90 volts?

Select	Answer
A	30 ohms
B	270 ohms
C	93 ohms
D	3 ohms

22. - T6A10

Which of the following battery chemistries is rechargeable?

Select	Answer
A	Lithium-ion
B	Nickel-metal hydride
C	Lead-acid
D	All these choices are correct

23. - T6B03

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

Select	Answer
A	Transistor
B	Varistor
C	Potentiometer
D	Thermistor

24. - T6C04

What is component 3 in figure T-1?

Select	Answer
A	Lamp
B	Ground symbol
C	Resistor
D	Transistor

25. - T6D04

Which of the following displays an electrical quantity as a numeric value?

Select	Answer
A	Potentiometer
B	Meter
C	Transistor
D	Relay

26. - T7A05

What is the name of a circuit that generates a signal at a specific frequency?

Select	Answer
A	Low-pass filter
B	Reactance modulator
C	Phase modulator
D	Oscillator

27. - T7B11

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

Select	Answer
A	The transmitter will not stay on the desired frequency
B	Excessive SWR at the antenna connection
C	Frequent blowing of power supply fuses
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	1:1
B	Zero
C	Full Scale
D	50:50

29. - T7D10

What reading indicates that an ohmmeter is connected across a large, discharged capacitor?

Select	Answer
A	Steady full-scale reading
B	Increasing resistance with time
C	Alternating between open and short circuit
D	Decreasing resistance with time

30. - T8A06

Which sideband is normally used for 10 meter HF, VHF, and UHF single-sideband communications?

Select	Answer
A	Suppressed sideband
B	Inverted sideband
C	Upper sideband
D	Lower sideband

31. - T8B02

What is the impact of using excessive effective radiated power on a satellite uplink?

Select	Answer
A	Overloading the satellite batteries
B	Possibility of commanding the satellite to an improper mode
C	Possibility of rebooting the satellite control computer
D	Blocking access by other users

32. - T8C06

How is over the air access to IRLP nodes accomplished?

Select	Answer
A	By using CTCSS tone codes
B	By obtaining a password that is sent via voice to the node
C	By using DTMF signals
D	By entering the proper internet password

33. - T8D03

What kind of data can be transmitted by APRS?

Select	Answer
A	All these choices are correct
B	Text messages
C	GPS position data
D	Weather data

34. - T9A08

What is the approximate length, in inches, of a quarter-wavelength vertical antenna for 146 MHz?

Select	Answer
A	112
B	50
C	12
D	19

35. - T9B07

Which of the following is true of PL-259 type coax connectors?

Select	Answer
A	They are watertight
B	They are commonly used at HF and VHF frequencies
C	They are preferred for microwave operation
D	They are a bayonet-type connector

Figure T-1