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

2. - T0B11

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

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

3. - T0C06

Which of the following is an acceptable method to determine whether your station complies with FCC RF exposure regulations?

Select	Answer
A	By calculation based on FCC OET Bulletin 65
B	By calculation based on computer modeling
C	By measurement of field strength using calibrated equipment
D	All these choices are correct

4. - T1A05

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

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

5. - T1B06

On which HF bands does a Technician class operator have phone privileges?

Select	Answer
A	10 meter band only
B	None
C	30 meter band only
D	80 meter, 40 meter, 15 meter, and 10 meter bands

6. - T1C08

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

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

7. - T1D09

When may amateur stations transmit information in support of broadcasting, program production, or news gathering, assuming no other means is available?

Select	Answer
A	Never
B	When broadcasting communications to or from the space shuttle
C	When such communications are directly related to the immediate safety of human life or protection of property
D	Where noncommercial programming is gathered and supplied exclusively to the National Public Radio network

8. - T1E01

When may an amateur station transmit without a control operator?

Select	Answer
A	When using automatic control, such as in the case of a repeater
B	When the transmitting station is an auxiliary station
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	All these choices are correct
B	KL7CC slash W3
C	KL7CC stroke W3
D	KL7CC slant W3

10. - T2A12

What should you do before calling CQ?

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

11. - T2B07

How can you join a digital repeater’s “talkgroup”?

Select	Answer
A	Sign your call after the courtesy tone
B	Join the repeater owner’s club
C	Register your radio with the local FCC office
D	Program your radio with the group’s ID or code

12. - T2C10

What information is contained in the preamble of a formal traffic message?

Select	Answer
A	The telephone number of the addressee
B	The email address of the originating station
C	The address of the intended recipient
D	Information needed to track the message

13. - T3A12

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

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

14. - T3B05

What is the relationship between wavelength and frequency?

Select	Answer
A	Wavelength gets shorter as frequency increases
B	Wavelength and frequency are unrelated
C	Wavelength and frequency increase as path length increases
D	Wavelength gets longer as frequency increases

15. - T3C05

Which of the following effects may allow radio signals to travel beyond obstructions between the transmitting and receiving stations?

Select	Answer
A	Knife-edge diffraction
B	Doppler shift
C	Quantum tunneling
D	Faraday rotation

16. - T4A03

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

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

17. - T4B09

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

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

18. - T5A09

Which of the following describes alternating current?

Select	Answer
A	Current that alternates between a negative direction and zero
B	Current that alternates between a positive direction and zero
C	Current that alternates between positive and negative directions
D	All these answers are correct

19. - T5B06

Which is equal to 3000 milliamperes?

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

20. - T5C09

How much power is delivered by a voltage of 13.8 volts DC and a current of 10 amperes?

Select	Answer
A	138 watts
B	23.8 watts
C	3.8 watts
D	0.7 watts

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	0.125 ohms
B	13.5 ohms
C	18 ohms
D	8 ohms

22. - T6A10

Which of the following battery chemistries is rechargeable?

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

23. - T6B01

Which is true about forward voltage drop in a diode?

Select	Answer
A	It indicates that the diode is defective
B	It is proportional to peak inverse voltage
C	It has no impact on the voltage delivered to the load
D	It is lower in some diode types than in others

24. - T6C08

What is component 9 in figure T-2?

Select	Answer
A	Variable capacitor
B	Variable transformer
C	Variable inductor
D	Variable resistor

25. - T6D08

Which of the following is combined with an inductor to make a resonant circuit?

Select	Answer
A	Potentiometer
B	Capacitor
C	Zener diode
D	Resistor

26. - T7A07

What is the function of a transceiver’s PTT input?

Select	Answer
A	Provides a transmit tuning tone when grounded
B	Input for a key used to send CW
C	Switches transceiver from receive to transmit when grounded
D	Input for a preamplifier tuning tone

27. - T7B01

What can you do if you are told your FM handheld or mobile transceiver is over-deviating?

Select	Answer
A	Change to a higher power level
B	Talk louder into the microphone
C	Talk farther away from the microphone
D	Let the transceiver cool off

28. - T7C01

What is the primary purpose of a dummy load?

Select	Answer
A	To prevent transmitting signals over the air when making tests
B	To improve the efficiency of an antenna
C	To improve the signal-to-noise ratio of a receiver
D	To prevent over-modulation of a transmitter

29. - T7D02

How is a voltmeter connected to a component to measure applied voltage?

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

30. - T8A10

What is the approximate bandwidth of AM fast-scan TV transmissions?

Select	Answer
A	More than 10 MHz
B	About 6 MHz
C	About 3 MHz
D	About 1 MHz

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

32. - T8C06

How is over the air access to IRLP nodes accomplished?

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

33. - T8D12

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

Select	Answer
A	An amateur-radio based data network using commercial Wi-Fi equipment with modified firmware
B	An internet linking protocol used to network repeaters
C	A satellite communications network using modified commercial satellite TV hardware
D	A wide-bandwidth digital voice mode employing DMR protocols

34. - T9A01

What is a beam antenna?

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

35. - T9B03

Why is coaxial cable the most common feed line for amateur radio antenna systems?

Select	Answer
A	It can handle more power than any other type of feed line
B	It is less expensive than any other type of feed line
C	It is easy to use and requires few special installation considerations
D	It has less loss than any other type of feed line

Figure T-2