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. - T0A09

What should be done to all external ground rods or earth connections?

Select	Answer
A	Bond them together with heavy wire or conductive strap
B	Tune them for resonance on the lowest frequency of operation
C	Waterproof them with silicone caulk or electrical tape
D	Keep them as far apart as possible

2. - T0B09

Why should you avoid attaching an antenna to a utility pole?

Select	Answer
A	The antenna could contact high-voltage power lines
B	All these choices are correct
C	The antenna will not work properly because of induced voltages
D	The 60 Hz radiations from the feed line may increase the SWR

3. - T0C09

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

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

4. - T1A02

Which agency regulates and enforces the rules for the Amateur Radio Service in the United States?

Select	Answer
A	FEMA
B	Homeland Security
C	All these choices are correct
D	The FCC

5. - T1B03

Which frequency is in the 6 meter amateur band?

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

6. - T1C02

Who may select a desired call sign under the vanity call sign rules?

Select	Answer
A	Only a licensed amateur with an Amateur Extra Class license
B	Only a licensed amateur with a General or Amateur Extra Class license
C	Only a licensed amateur who has been licensed continuously for more than 10 years
D	Any licensed amateur

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

8. - T1E09

Which of the following are required for remote control operation?

Select	Answer
A	The control operator must be at the control point
B	All these choices are correct
C	The control operator must indirectly manipulate the controls
D	A control operator is required at all times

9. - T1F07

Which of the following restrictions apply when a non-licensed person is allowed to speak to a foreign station using a station under the control of a licensed amateur operator?

Select	Answer
A	The person must be a U.S. citizen
B	All these choices are correct
C	The foreign station must be in a country with which the U.S. has a third party agreement
D	The licensed control operator must do the station identification

10. - T2A12

What should you do before calling CQ?

Select	Answer
A	All these choices are correct
B	Listen first to be sure that no one else is using the frequency
C	Make sure you are authorized to use that frequency
D	Ask if the frequency is in use

11. - T2B11

Which Q signal indicates that you are changing frequency?

Select	Answer
A	QRZ
B	QRU
C	QSY
D	QSL

12. - T2C11

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

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

13. - T3A03

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

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

14. - T3B11

What is the approximate velocity of a radio wave in free space?

Select	Answer
A	300,000,000 meters per second
B	150,000 meters per second
C	150,000 miles per hour
D	300,000,000 miles per hour

15. - T3C10

Which of the following bands may provide long-distance communications via the ionosphere’s F region during the peak of the sunspot cycle?

Select	Answer
A	23 centimeters
B	70 centimeters and 1.25 meters
C	6 and 10 meters
D	All these choices are correct

16. - T4A10

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

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

17. - T4B09

How is a specific group of stations selected on a digital voice transceiver?

Select	Answer
A	By entering the group’s identification code
B	By retrieving the frequencies from transceiver memory
C	By activating automatic identification
D	By enabling the group’s CTCSS tone

18. - T5A03

What is the name for the flow of electrons in an electric circuit?

Select	Answer
A	Current
B	Capacitance
C	Resistance
D	Voltage

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. - T5C02

What is the unit of capacitance?

Select	Answer
A	The volt
B	The ohm
C	The henry
D	The farad

21. - T5D12

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

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

22. - T6A10

Which of the following battery chemistries is rechargeable?

Select	Answer
A	Lithium-ion
B	Nickel-metal hydride
C	Lead-acid
D	All these choices are correct

23. - T6B09

What are the names for the electrodes of a diode?

Select	Answer
A	Gate and base
B	Source and drain
C	Anode and cathode
D	Plus and minus

24. - T6C12

Which of the following is accurately represented in electrical schematics?

Select	Answer
A	Wire lengths
B	Component connections
C	All these choices are correct
D	Physical appearance of components

25. - T6D03

Which of the following is a reason to use shielded wire?

Select	Answer
A	To decrease the resistance of DC power connections
B	To couple the wire to other signals
C	To prevent coupling of unwanted signals to or from the wire
D	To increase the current carrying capability of the wire

26. - T7A02

What is a transceiver?

Select	Answer
A	A device that combines a receiver and transmitter
B	A device for automatically sending and decoding Morse code
C	A device for matching feed line impedance to 50 ohms
D	A device for converting receiver and transmitter frequencies to another band

27. - T7B05

How can fundamental overload of a non-amateur radio or TV receiver by an amateur signal be reduced or eliminated?

Select	Answer
A	Block the amateur signal with a filter at the antenna input of the affected receiver
B	Block the interfering signal with a filter on the amateur transmitter
C	Switch the transmitter from FM to SSB
D	Switch the transmitter to a narrow-band mode

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	1:1
C	Full Scale
D	Zero

29. - T7D04

Which instrument is used to measure electric current?

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

30. - T8A04

Which type of modulation is commonly used for VHF and UHF voice repeaters?

Select	Answer
A	AM
B	FM or PM
C	SSB
D	PSK

31. - T8B03

Which of the following are provided by satellite tracking programs?

Select	Answer
A	Maps showing the real-time position of the satellite track over Earth
B	The time, azimuth, and elevation of the start, maximum altitude, and end of a pass
C	All these choices are correct
D	The apparent frequency of the satellite transmission, including effects of Doppler shift

32. - T8C02

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

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

33. - T8D13

What is FT8?

Select	Answer
A	A digital slow-scan TV mode with forward error correction and automatic color compensation
B	An eight channel multiplex mode for FM repeaters
C	A wideband FM voice mode
D	A digital mode capable of low signal-to-noise operation

34. - T9A04

What is a disadvantage of the short, flexible antenna supplied with most handheld radio transceivers, compared to a full-sized quarter-wave antenna?

Select	Answer
A	All these choices are correct
B	It is mechanically fragile
C	It transmits only circularly polarized signals
D	It has low efficiency

35. - T9B11

Which of the following types of feed line has the lowest loss at VHF and UHF?

Select	Answer
A	50-ohm flexible coax
B	75-ohm flexible coax
C	Air-insulated hardline
D	Multi-conductor unbalanced cable