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. - T0A04

What is the purpose of a fuse in an electrical circuit?

Select	Answer
A	To prevent power supply ripple from damaging a component
B	All these choices are correct
C	To limit current to prevent shocks
D	To remove power in case of overload

2. - T0B02

What is required when climbing an antenna tower?

Select	Answer
A	Have sufficient training on safe tower climbing techniques
B	Always wear an approved climbing harness
C	All these choices are correct
D	Use appropriate tie-off to the tower at all times

3. - T0C12

How does RF radiation differ from ionizing radiation (radioactivity)?

Select	Answer
A	RF radiation does not have sufficient energy to cause chemical changes in cells and damage DNA
B	RF radiation is limited in range to a few feet
C	RF radiation is perfectly safe
D	RF radiation can only be detected with an RF dosimeter

4. - T1A05

What proves that the FCC has issued an operator/primary license grant?

Select	Answer
A	The license appears in the FCC ULS database
B	A printed copy of the certificate of successful completion of examination
C	All these choices are correct
D	An email notification from the NCVEC granting the license

5. - T1B04

Which amateur band includes 146.52 MHz?

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

6. - T1C08

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

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

7. - T1D01

With which countries are FCC-licensed amateur radio stations prohibited from exchanging communications?

Select	Answer
A	Any country banned from making such communications by the American Radio Relay League (ARRL)
B	Any country whose administration has notified the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) that it objects to such communications
C	Any country banned from such communications by the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU)
D	Any country whose administration has notified the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) that it objects to such communications

8. - T1E07

When the control operator is not the station licensee, who is responsible for the proper operation of the station?

Select	Answer
A	All licensed amateurs who are present at the operation
B	Only the station licensee
C	The control operator and the station licensee
D	Only the control operator

9. - T1F03

When are you required to transmit your assigned call sign?

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

10. - T2A03

What is a common repeater frequency offset in the 70 cm band?

Select	Answer
A	Plus or minus 500 kHz
B	Plus or minus 600 kHz
C	Plus or minus 1 MHz
D	Plus or minus 5 MHz

11. - T2B03

Which of the following describes a linked repeater network?

Select	Answer
A	A network of repeaters in which signals received by one repeater are transmitted by all the repeaters in the network
B	A system of repeaters linked by APRS
C	Multiple repeaters with the same control operator
D	A single repeater with more than one receiver

12. - T2C07

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

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

13. - T3A06

What is the meaning of the term “picket fencing”?

Select	Answer
A	A type of ground system used with vertical antennas
B	Rapid flutter on mobile signals due to multipath propagation
C	Alternating transmissions during a net operation
D	Local vs long-distance communications

14. - T3B09

What frequency range is referred to as UHF?

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

15. - T3C07

What band is best suited for communicating via meteor scatter?

Select	Answer
A	33 centimeters
B	70 centimeters
C	6 meters
D	2 meters

16. - T4A09

How can you determine the length of time that equipment can be powered from a battery?

Select	Answer
A	Multiply the square of the current rating of the battery by the input resistance of the equipment
B	Divide the watt-hour rating of the battery by the peak power consumption of the equipment
C	Multiply the watts per hour consumed by the equipment by the battery power rating
D	Divide the battery ampere-hour rating by the average current draw of the equipment

17. - T4B11

Which of the following must be programmed into a D-STAR digital transceiver before transmitting?

Select	Answer
A	Your call sign
B	Your output power
C	The codec type being used
D	All these choices are correct

18. - T5A01

Electrical current is measured in which of the following units?

Select	Answer
A	Volts
B	Ohms
C	Amperes
D	Watts

19. - T5B04

Which is equal to one microvolt?

Select	Answer
A	One one-thousandth of a volt
B	One one-millionth of a volt
C	One thousand kilovolts
D	One million volts

20. - T5C10

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

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

21. - T5D01

What formula is used to calculate current in a circuit?

Select	Answer
A	I = E + R
B	I = E - R
C	I = E / R
D	I = E  R

22. - T6A02

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

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

23. - T6B11

What is the term that describes a device's ability to amplify a signal?

Select	Answer
A	Forward voltage drop
B	Gain
C	On resistance
D	Forward resistance

24. - T6C10

What is component 3 in figure T-3?

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

25. - T6D04

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

Select	Answer
A	Meter
B	Relay
C	Transistor
D	Potentiometer

26. - T7A08

Which of the following describes combining speech with an RF carrier signal?

Select	Answer
A	Oscillation
B	Impedance matching
C	Low-pass filtering
D	Modulation

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	Frequent blowing of power supply fuses
C	Excessive SWR at the antenna connection
D	Reports of garbled, distorted, or unintelligible voice transmissions

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 cannot be used at below freezing temperatures
D	It has more loss per foot

29. - T7D07

Which of the following measurements are made using a multimeter?

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

30. - T8A03

Which type of voice mode is often used for long-distance (weak signal) contacts on the VHF and UHF bands?

Select	Answer
A	SSB
B	DRM
C	FM
D	PM

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	All these choices are correct
D	Check your signal strength report in the telemetry data

32. - T8C06

How is over the air access to IRLP nodes accomplished?

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

33. - T8D09

What is CW?

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

34. - T9A07

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

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

35. - T9B10

What is the electrical difference between RG-58 and RG-213 coaxial cable?

Select	Answer
A	RG-58 cable can handle higher power levels
B	RG-213 cable has less loss at a given frequency
C	RG-58 cable has two shields
D	There is no significant difference between the two types

Figure T-3