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	Neutral
B	Hot
C	Equipment ground
D	Black insulation is never used

2. - T0B03

Under what circumstances is it safe to climb a tower without a helper or observer?

Select	Answer
A	When no mechanical work is being performed
B	When the work being done is not more than 20 feet above the ground
C	When no electrical work is being performed
D	Never

3. - T0C04

What factors affect the RF exposure of people near an amateur station antenna?

Select	Answer
A	Radiation pattern of the antenna
B	Frequency and power level of the RF field
C	Distance from the antenna to a person
D	All these choices are correct

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	An email notification from the NCVEC granting the license
C	All these choices are correct
D	A printed copy of the certificate of successful completion of examination

5. - T1B04

Which amateur band includes 146.52 MHz?

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

6. - T1C07

Which of the following can result in revocation of the station license or suspension of the operator license?

Select	Answer
A	Failure to provide and maintain a correct email address with the FCC
B	Failure to have a copy of your license available at your station
C	Failure to inform the FCC of any changes in the amateur station following performance of an RF safety environmental evaluation
D	Failure to obtain FCC type acceptance prior to using a home-built transmitter

7. - T1D04

Under what conditions is an amateur station authorized to transmit music using a phone emission?

Select	Answer
A	When incidental to an authorized retransmission of manned spacecraft communications
B	When the music is transmitted above 1280 MHz
C	When transmissions are limited to less than three minutes per hour
D	When the music produces no spurious emissions

8. - T1E08

Which of the following is an example of automatic control?

Select	Answer
A	Using a computer or other device to send CW automatically
B	Using a computer or other device to identify automatically
C	Controlling a station over the internet
D	Repeater operation

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

10. - T2A10

What is a band plan, beyond the privileges established by the FCC?

Select	Answer
A	A list of operating schedules
B	A voluntary guideline for using different modes or activities within an amateur band
C	A list of available net frequencies
D	A plan devised by a club to indicate frequency band usage

11. - T2B05

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

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

12. - T2C01

When do FCC rules NOT apply to the operation of an amateur station?

Select	Answer
A	When operating under special ARES rules
B	When operating under special FEMA rules
C	FCC rules always apply
D	When operating a RACES station

13. - T3A02

What is the effect of vegetation on UHF and microwave signals?

Select	Answer
A	Polarization rotation
B	Absorption
C	Amplification
D	Knife-edge diffraction

14. - T3B03

What are the two components of a radio wave?

Select	Answer
A	Electric and magnetic fields
B	Ionizing and non-ionizing radiation
C	Voltage and current
D	Impedance and reactance

15. - T3C07

What band is best suited for communicating via meteor scatter?

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

16. - T4A09

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

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

17. - T4B08

What is the advantage of having multiple receive bandwidth choices on a multimode transceiver?

Select	Answer
A	Permits monitoring several modes at once by selecting a separate filter for each mode
B	Increases the number of frequencies that can be stored in memory
C	Increases the amount of offset between receive and transmit frequencies
D	Permits noise or interference reduction by selecting a bandwidth matching the mode

18. - T5A05

What is the electrical term for the force that causes electron flow?

Select	Answer
A	Ampere-hours
B	Capacitance
C	Inductance
D	Voltage

19. - T5B02

Which is equal to 1,500,000 hertz?

Select	Answer
A	1500 kHz
B	15 GHz
C	1500 MHz
D	150 kHz

20. - T5C05

What is the unit of impedance?

Select	Answer
A	The ohm
B	The volt
C	The ampere
D	The coulomb

21. - T5D13

In which type of circuit is DC current the same through all components?

Select	Answer
A	Branch
B	Series
C	Resonant
D	Parallel

22. - T6A10

Which of the following battery chemistries is rechargeable?

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

23. - T6B02

What electronic component allows current to flow in only one direction?

Select	Answer
A	Fuse
B	Driven element
C	Resistor
D	Diode

24. - T6C01

What is the name of an electrical wiring diagram that uses standard component symbols?

Select	Answer
A	Connector pinout
B	Flow chart
C	Schematic
D	Bill of materials

25. - T6D09

What is the name of a device that combines several semiconductors and other components into one package?

Select	Answer
A	Transformer
B	Integrated circuit
C	Multi-pole relay
D	Transducer

26. - T7A04

Which term describes the ability of a receiver to discriminate between multiple signals?

Select	Answer
A	Harmonic distortion
B	Sensitivity
C	Discrimination ratio
D	Selectivity

27. - T7B10

What might be a problem if you receive a report that your audio signal through an FM repeater is distorted or unintelligible?

Select	Answer
A	You are in a bad location
B	Your transmitter is slightly off frequency
C	All these choices are correct
D	Your batteries are running low

28. - T7C06

What does an SWR reading of 4:1 indicate?

Select	Answer
A	Impedance mismatch
B	Gain of +4 dB
C	Loss of -4 dB
D	Good impedance match

29. - T7D06

Which of the following can damage a multimeter?

Select	Answer
A	Attempting to measure resistance using the voltage setting
B	Failing to connect one of the probes to ground
C	Not allowing it to warm up properly
D	Attempting to measure voltage when using the resistance setting

30. - T8A09

What is the approximate bandwidth of a VHF repeater FM voice signal?

Select	Answer
A	About 150 kHz
B	Between 50 and 125 kHz
C	Less than 500 Hz
D	Between 10 and 15 kHz

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

32. - T8C11

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

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

33. - T8D03

What kind of data can be transmitted by APRS?

Select	Answer
A	GPS position data
B	All these choices are correct
C	Text messages
D	Weather data

34. - T9A03

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

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

35. - T9B08

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

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