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	Neutral
C	Hot
D	Black insulation is never used

2. - T0B02

What is required when climbing an antenna tower?

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

3. - T0C07

What hazard is created by touching an antenna during a transmission?

Select	Answer
A	Electrocution
B	Radiation poisoning
C	RF burn to skin
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	All these choices are correct
B	It is required when transmitting emergency messages
C	It is required when in contact with foreign stations
D	It is encouraged

5. - T1B05

How may amateurs use the 219 to 220 MHz segment of 1.25 meter band?

Select	Answer
A	Emergency traffic only
B	Fixed digital message forwarding systems only
C	Spread spectrum only
D	Fast-scan television only

6. - T1C08

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

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

7. - T1D01

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

Select	Answer
A	Any country whose administration has notified the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) that it objects to such communications
B	Any country banned from making such communications by the American Radio Relay League (ARRL)
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. - T1E04

What determines the transmitting frequency privileges of an amateur station?

Select	Answer
A	The frequencies printed on the license grant
B	The class of operator license held by the control operator
C	The highest class of operator license held by anyone on the premises
D	The frequency authorized by the frequency coordinator

9. - T1F08

What is the definition of third party communications?

Select	Answer
A	Operation when the transmitting equipment is licensed to a person other than the control operator
B	A message from a control operator to another amateur station control operator on behalf of another person
C	Temporary authorization for an unlicensed person to transmit on the amateur bands for technical experiments
D	Amateur radio communications where three stations are in communications with one another

10. - T2A07

What is meant by "repeater offset”?

Select	Answer
A	The repeater station identification is done on a separate frequency
B	The difference between a repeater’s transmit and receive frequencies
C	The number of simultaneous transmit frequencies used by a repeater
D	The repeater has a time delay to prevent interference

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	Carrier squelch
C	DTMF
D	Tone burst

12. - T2C11

What is meant by “check” in a radiogram header?

Select	Answer
A	A box on the message form that indicates that the message was received and/or relayed
B	The number of words or word equivalents in the text portion of the message
C	The call sign of the originating station
D	A list of stations that have relayed the message

13. - T3A07

What weather condition might decrease range at microwave frequencies?

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

14. - T3B10

What frequency range is referred to as HF?

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

15. - T3C06

What type of propagation is responsible for allowing over-the-horizon VHF and UHF communications to ranges of approximately 300 miles on a regular basis?

Select	Answer
A	Faraday rotation
B	F2 region refraction
C	D region refraction
D	Tropospheric ducting

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. - T4B07

What does a DMR “code plug” contain?

Select	Answer
A	The DMR software version
B	Your call sign in CW for automatic identification
C	The codec for digitizing audio
D	Access information for repeaters and talkgroups

18. - T5A12

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

Select	Answer
A	Speed
B	Wavelength
C	Pulse rate
D	Frequency

19. - T5B13

Which is equal to 2425 MHz?

Select	Answer
A	2.425 GHz
B	2425 GHz
C	24.25 GHz
D	0.002425 GHz

20. - T5C13

What is the abbreviation for kilohertz?

Select	Answer
A	kHz
B	khz
C	khZ
D	KHZ

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	18 ohms
C	8 ohms
D	0.125 ohms

22. - T6A05

What type of electrical component consists of conductive surfaces separated by an insulator?

Select	Answer
A	Capacitor
B	Resistor
C	Oscillator
D	Potentiometer

23. - T6B12

What are the names of the electrodes of a bipolar junction transistor?

Select	Answer
A	Emitter, base, collector
B	Signal, bias, power
C	Input, output, supply
D	Pole one, pole two, output

24. - T6C10

What is component 3 in figure T-3?

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

25. - T6D06

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

Select	Answer
A	Diode
B	Transformer
C	Transistor
D	Variable capacitor

26. - T7A05

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

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

27. - T7B11

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

Select	Answer
A	Reports of garbled, distorted, or unintelligible voice transmissions
B	Frequent blowing of power supply fuses
C	Excessive SWR at the antenna connection
D	The transmitter will not stay on the desired frequency

28. - T7C09

Which of the following causes failure of coaxial cables?

Select	Answer
A	Rapid fluctuation in transmitter output power
B	Solder flux contamination
C	Operation at 100% duty cycle for an extended period
D	Moisture contamination

29. - T7D01

Which instrument would you use to measure electric potential?

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

30. - T8A06

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

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

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 uplink is in the 70 centimeter band and the downlink is in the 2 meter band
C	The satellite operates using ultraviolet frequencies
D	The satellite frequencies are usually variable

32. - T8C11

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

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

33. - T8D12

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

Select	Answer
A	An internet linking protocol used to network repeaters
B	A satellite communications network using modified commercial satellite TV hardware
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	Signal strength is reduced due to the shielding effect of the vehicle
B	The bandwidth of the antenna will decrease, increasing SWR
C	All these choices are correct
D	The SWR might decrease, decreasing the signal strength

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	RS-213
D	Type N

Figure T-3