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	Neutral
D	Equipment ground

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. - T0C09

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

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

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

5. - T1B08

How are US amateurs restricted in segments of bands where the Amateur Radio Service is secondary?

Select	Answer
A	Digital transmissions are not permitted in those segments
B	International communications are not permitted in those segments
C	U.S. amateurs must give foreign amateur stations priority in those segments
D	U.S. amateurs may find non-amateur stations in those segments, and must avoid interfering with them

6. - T1C04

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

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

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

8. - T1E01

When may an amateur station transmit without a control operator?

Select	Answer
A	When the transmitting station is an auxiliary station
B	When the station licensee is away and another licensed amateur is using the station
C	When using automatic control, such as in the case of a repeater
D	Never

9. - T1F05

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

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

10. - T2A05

How should you respond to a station calling CQ?

Select	Answer
A	Transmit "CQ" followed by the other station’s call sign
B	Transmit a signal report followed by your call sign
C	Transmit your call sign followed by the other station’s call sign
D	Transmit the other station’s call sign followed by 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	CTCSS
B	Tone burst
C	Carrier squelch
D	DTMF

12. - T2C04

What is RACES?

Select	Answer
A	A radio contest held in a short period, sometimes called a “sprint”
B	An emergency organization combining amateur radio and citizens band operators and frequencies
C	An FCC part 97 amateur radio service for civil defense communications during national emergencies
D	An international radio experimentation society

13. - T3A07

What weather condition might decrease range at microwave frequencies?

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

14. - T3B05

What is the relationship between wavelength and frequency?

Select	Answer
A	Wavelength gets shorter as frequency increases
B	Wavelength and frequency are unrelated
C	Wavelength gets longer as frequency increases
D	Wavelength and frequency increase as path length increases

15. - T3C03

What is a characteristic of VHF signals received via auroral backscatter?

Select	Answer
A	They occur only during winter nighttime hours
B	They are often received from 10,000 miles or more
C	They are distorted and signal strength varies considerably
D	They are generally strongest when your antenna is aimed west

16. - T4A03

Why are short, heavy-gauge wires used for a transceiver’s DC power connection?

Select	Answer
A	All these choices are correct
B	To minimize voltage drop when transmitting
C	To avoid RF interference
D	To provide a good counterpoise for the antenna

17. - T4B08

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

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

18. - T5A08

Which of the following is a good electrical insulator?

Select	Answer
A	Mercury
B	Glass
C	Aluminum
D	Copper

19. - T5B08

Which is equal to 1,000,000 picofarads?

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

20. - T5C01

What describes the ability to store energy in an electric field?

Select	Answer
A	Inductance
B	Resistance
C	Capacitance
D	Tolerance

21. - T5D12

What is the voltage across a 10-ohm resistor if a current of 2 amperes flows through it?

Select	Answer
A	12 volts
B	0.2 volts
C	20 volts
D	8 volts

22. - T6A02

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

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

23. - T6B08

What does the abbreviation FET stand for?

Select	Answer
A	Field Effect Transistor
B	Fast Electron Transistor
C	Frequency Emission Transmitter
D	Free Electron Transmitter

24. - T6C10

What is component 3 in figure T-3?

Select	Answer
A	Variable inductor
B	Connector
C	Meter
D	Variable capacitor

25. - T6D11

Which of the following is a resonant or tuned circuit?

Select	Answer
A	A circuit designed to provide high-fidelity audio
B	A linear voltage regulator
C	A resistor circuit used for reducing standing wave ratio
D	An inductor and a capacitor in series or parallel

26. - T7A06

What device converts the RF input and output of a transceiver to another band?

Select	Answer
A	High-pass filter
B	Phase converter
C	Low-pass filter
D	Transverter

27. - T7B03

Which of the following can cause radio frequency interference?

Select	Answer
A	Spurious emissions
B	Fundamental overload
C	Harmonics
D	All these choices are correct

28. - T7C01

What is the primary purpose of a dummy load?

Select	Answer
A	To prevent transmitting signals over the air when making tests
B	To prevent over-modulation of a transmitter
C	To improve the efficiency of an antenna
D	To improve the signal-to-noise ratio of a receiver

29. - T7D04

Which instrument is used to measure electric current?

Select	Answer
A	An electrometer
B	An ohmmeter
C	A voltmeter
D	An ammeter

30. - T8A10

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

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

31. - T8B10

What is a LEO satellite?

Select	Answer
A	A highly elliptical orbit satellite
B	A satellite in low energy operation mode
C	A sun synchronous satellite
D	A satellite in low earth orbit

32. - T8C11

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

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

33. - T8D09

What is CW?

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

34. - T9A09

What is the approximate length, in inches, of a half-wavelength 6 meter dipole antenna?

Select	Answer
A	112
B	6
C	50
D	236

35. - T9B12

What is standing wave ratio (SWR)?

Select	Answer
A	The ratio of amplifier power output to input
B	The transmitter efficiency ratio
C	An indication of the quality of your station’s ground connection
D	A measure of how well a load is matched to a transmission line

Figure T-3