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. - T0A02

What health hazard is presented by electrical current flowing through the body?

Select	Answer
A	It may disrupt the electrical functions of cells
B	All these choices are correct
C	It may cause injury by heating tissue
D	It may cause involuntary muscle contractions

2. - T0B11

Which of the following establishes grounding requirements for an amateur radio tower or antenna?

Select	Answer
A	Local electrical codes
B	FCC Part 97 rules
C	UL recommended practices
D	FAA tower lighting regulations

3. - T0C13

Who is responsible for ensuring that no person is exposed to RF energy above the FCC exposure limits?

Select	Answer
A	The FCC
B	Anyone who is near an antenna
C	The local zoning board
D	The station licensee

4. - T1A11

When is willful interference to other amateur radio stations permitted?

Select	Answer
A	At any time, stations in the Amateur Radio Service are not protected from willful interference
B	When making short test transmissions
C	At no time
D	To stop another amateur station that is breaking the FCC rules

5. - T1B01

Which of the following frequency ranges are available for phone operation by Technician licensees?

Select	Answer
A	28.050 MHz to 28.150 MHz
B	28.500 MHz to 28.600 MHz
C	28.100 MHz to 28.300 MHz
D	28.300 MHz to 28.500 MHz

6. - T1C08

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

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

7. - T1D06

What, if any, are the restrictions concerning transmission of language that may be considered indecent or obscene?

Select	Answer
A	Any such language is prohibited
B	The FCC maintains a list of words that are not permitted to be used on amateur frequencies
C	There is no such prohibition
D	The ITU maintains a list of words that are not permitted to be used on amateur frequencies

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 using automatic control, such as in the case of a repeater
C	When the station licensee is away and another licensed amateur is using the station
D	Never

9. - T1F06

Which of the following self-assigned indicators are acceptable when using a phone transmission?

Select	Answer
A	KL7CC slant W3
B	KL7CC slash W3
C	All these choices are correct
D	KL7CC stroke W3

10. - T2A03

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

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

11. - T2B05

What would cause your FM transmission audio to be distorted on voice peaks?

Select	Answer
A	You are talking too loudly
B	You need to talk louder
C	Your repeater offset is inverted
D	Your transmit power is too high

12. - T2C04

What is RACES?

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

13. - T3A12

What is the effect of fog and rain on signals in the 10 meter and 6 meter bands?

Select	Answer
A	Range increase
B	Deflection
C	Absorption
D	There is little effect

14. - T3B04

What is the velocity of a radio wave traveling through free space?

Select	Answer
A	Speed of light
B	Speed of sound
C	Speed that increases as the frequency increases
D	Speed inversely proportional to its wavelength

15. - T3C03

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

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

16. - T4A03

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

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

17. - T4B06

Which of the following controls could be used if the voice pitch of a single-sideband signal returning to your CQ call seems too high or low?

Select	Answer
A	The AGC or limiter
B	The tone squelch
C	The RIT or Clarifier
D	The bandwidth selection

18. - T5A10

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

Select	Answer
A	Current
B	Voltage
C	Resistance
D	Power

19. - T5B06

Which is equal to 3000 milliamperes?

Select	Answer
A	3 amperes
B	3,000,000 amperes
C	0.003 amperes
D	0.3 amperes

20. - T5C13

What is the abbreviation for kilohertz?

Select	Answer
A	kHz
B	KHZ
C	khZ
D	khz

21. - T5D06

What is the resistance of a circuit that draws 4 amperes from a 12-volt source?

Select	Answer
A	16 ohms
B	48 ohms
C	3 ohms
D	8 ohms

22. - T6A11

Which of the following battery chemistries is not rechargeable?

Select	Answer
A	Nickel-cadmium
B	Carbon-zinc
C	Lead-acid
D	Lithium-ion

23. - T6B11

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

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

24. - T6C09

What is component 4 in figure T-2?

Select	Answer
A	Transformer
B	Double-pole switch
C	Variable inductor
D	Potentiometer

25. - T6D05

What type of circuit controls the amount of voltage from a power supply?

Select	Answer
A	Phase inverter
B	Filter
C	Oscillator
D	Regulator

26. - T7A08

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

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

27. - T7B03

Which of the following can cause radio frequency interference?

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

28. - T7C04

What reading on an SWR meter indicates a perfect impedance match between the antenna and the feed line?

Select	Answer
A	50:50
B	Full Scale
C	1:1
D	Zero

29. - T7D03

When configured to measure current, how is a multimeter connected to a component?

Select	Answer
A	In parallel
B	In series
C	In quadrature
D	In phase

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	Inverted sideband
D	Upper sideband

31. - T8B04

What mode of transmission is commonly used by amateur radio satellites?

Select	Answer
A	FM
B	SSB
C	All these choices are correct
D	CW/data

32. - T8C02

Which of these items would be useful for a hidden transmitter hunt?

Select	Answer
A	A calibrated noise bridge
B	Calibrated SWR meter
C	All these choices are correct
D	A directional antenna

33. - T8D04

What type of transmission is indicated by the term "NTSC?"

Select	Answer
A	An analog fast-scan color TV signal
B	A Normal Transmission mode in Static Circuit
C	A frame compression scheme for TV signals
D	A special mode for satellite uplink

34. - T9A03

Which of the following describes a simple dipole oriented parallel to Earth's surface?

Select	Answer
A	A ground-wave antenna
B	A horizontally polarized antenna
C	A travelling-wave antenna
D	A vertically polarized antenna

35. - T9B08

Which of the following is a source of loss in coaxial feed line?

Select	Answer
A	Water intrusion into coaxial connectors
B	All these choices are correct
C	High SWR
D	Multiple connectors in the line

Figure T-2