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. - T0A06

What is a good way to guard against electrical shock at your station?

Select	Answer
A	Use three-wire cords and plugs for all AC powered equipment
B	All these choices are correct
C	Install mechanical interlocks in high-voltage circuits
D	Connect all AC powered station equipment to a common safety ground

2. - T0B10

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

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

3. - T0C01

What type of radiation are radio signals?

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

4. - T1A07

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

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

5. - T1B03

Which frequency is in the 6 meter amateur band?

Select	Answer
A	28.50 MHz
B	49.00 MHz
C	222.15 MHz
D	52.525 MHz

6. - T1C01

For which license classes are new licenses currently available from the FCC?

Select	Answer
A	Technician, General, Amateur Extra
B	Novice, Technician Plus, General, Advanced
C	Novice, Technician, General, Amateur Extra
D	Technician, Technician Plus, General, Amateur Extra

7. - T1D05

When may amateur radio operators use their stations to notify other amateurs of the availability of equipment for sale or trade?

Select	Answer
A	When the equipment is not the personal property of either the station licensee, or the control operator, or their close relatives
B	When no profit is made on the sale
C	Never
D	When selling amateur radio equipment and not on a regular basis

8. - T1E02

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

Select	Answer
A	A General class or higher licensee with a satellite operator certification
B	Only an Amateur Extra Class operator
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. - T1F11

Which of the following is a requirement for the issuance of a club station license grant?

Select	Answer
A	The club must be registered with the American Radio Relay League
B	The club must have at least four members
C	The trustee must have an Amateur Extra Class operator license grant
D	All these choices are correct

10. - T2A05

How should you respond to a station calling CQ?

Select	Answer
A	Transmit the other station’s call sign followed by your 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 "CQ" followed by the other station’s call sign

11. - T2B06

What type of signaling uses pairs of audio tones?

Select	Answer
A	D-STAR
B	DTMF
C	CTCSS
D	GPRS

12. - T2C06

What is the Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES)?

Select	Answer
A	A group of licensed amateurs who are members of the military and who voluntarily agreed to provide message handling services in the case of an emergency
B	A group of licensed amateurs who have voluntarily registered their qualifications and equipment for communications duty in the public service
C	A training program that certifies amateur operators for membership in the Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service
D	A training program that provides licensing courses for those interested in obtaining an amateur license to use during emergencies

13. - T3A03

What antenna polarization is normally used for long-distance CW and SSB contacts on the VHF and UHF bands?

Select	Answer
A	Horizontal
B	Right-hand circular
C	Left-hand circular
D	Vertical

14. - T3B10

What frequency range is referred to as HF?

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

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 distorted and signal strength varies considerably
C	They are generally strongest when your antenna is aimed west
D	They are often received from 10,000 miles or more

16. - T4A10

What function is performed with a transceiver and a digital mode hot spot?

Select	Answer
A	FT8 digital communications via AFSK
B	RTTY encoding and decoding without a computer
C	High-speed digital communications for meteor scatter
D	Communication using digital voice or data systems via the internet

17. - T4B05

What does the scanning function of an FM transceiver do?

Select	Answer
A	Tunes through a range of frequencies to check for activity
B	Prevents interference to nearby repeaters
C	Checks incoming signal deviation
D	Checks for messages left on a digital bulletin board

18. - T5A10

Which term describes the rate at which electrical energy is used?

Select	Answer
A	Power
B	Resistance
C	Voltage
D	Current

19. - T5B01

How many milliamperes is 1.5 amperes?

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

20. - T5C07

What is the abbreviation for megahertz?

Select	Answer
A	mh
B	MHz
C	Mhz
D	MH

21. - T5D05

What is the resistance of a circuit for which the applied voltage is 12 volts and the current flow is 1.5 amperes?

Select	Answer
A	13.5 ohms
B	0.125 ohms
C	18 ohms
D	8 ohms

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. - T6B02

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

Select	Answer
A	Fuse
B	Resistor
C	Driven element
D	Diode

24. - T6C10

What is component 3 in figure T-3?

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

25. - T6D06

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

Select	Answer
A	Variable capacitor
B	Transformer
C	Diode
D	Transistor

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	Oscillator
D	Phase modulator

27. - T7B03

Which of the following can cause radio frequency interference?

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

28. - T7C11

What is a disadvantage of air core coaxial cable when compared to foam or solid dielectric types?

Select	Answer
A	It requires special techniques to prevent moisture in the cable
B	It cannot be used for VHF or UHF antennas
C	It has more loss per foot
D	It cannot be used at below freezing temperatures

29. - T7D10

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

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

30. - T8A12

Which of the following is a disadvantage of FM compared with single sideband?

Select	Answer
A	Only one signal can be received at a time
B	Voice quality is poorer
C	FM signals are harder to tune
D	All these choices are correct

31. - T8B12

Which of the following is a way to determine whether your satellite uplink power is neither too low nor too high?

Select	Answer
A	Your signal strength on the downlink should be about the same as the beacon
B	Listen for distortion on your downlink signal
C	Check your signal strength report in the telemetry data
D	All these choices are correct

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	D-STAR
B	EchoLink
C	IRLP
D	DMR

33. - T8D01

Which of the following is a digital communications mode?

Select	Answer
A	IEEE 802.11
B	FT8
C	All these choices are correct
D	Packet radio

34. - T9A01

What is a beam antenna?

Select	Answer
A	An antenna that concentrates signals in one direction
B	An antenna that reverses the phase of received signals
C	An omnidirectional antenna invented by Clarence Beam
D	An antenna built from aluminum I-beams

35. - T9B06

Which of the following RF connector types is most suitable for frequencies above 400 MHz?

Select	Answer
A	DB-25
B	UHF (PL-259/SO-239)
C	Type N
D	RS-213

Figure T-3