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. - T0A10

What hazard is caused by charging or discharging a battery too quickly?

Select	Answer
A	Inverse memory effect
B	Half-wave rectification
C	Excess output ripple
D	Overheating or out-gassing

2. - T0B08

Which is a proper grounding method for a tower?

Select	Answer
A	Separate eight-foot ground rods for each tower leg, bonded to the tower and each other
B	A ferrite-core RF choke connected between the tower and ground
C	A single four-foot ground rod, driven into the ground no more than 12 inches from the base
D	A connection between the tower base and a cold water pipe

3. - T0C07

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

Select	Answer
A	Radiation poisoning
B	All these choices are correct
C	Electrocution
D	RF burn to skin

4. - T1A10

What is the Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES)?

Select	Answer
A	An emergency service using amateur operators certified by a civil defense organization as being enrolled in that organization
B	All these choices are correct
C	A radio service using amateur frequencies for emergency management or civil defense communications
D	A radio service using amateur stations for emergency management or civil defense communications

5. - T1B11

What is the maximum peak envelope power output for Technician class operators in their HF band segments?

Select	Answer
A	200 watts
B	50 watts
C	10 watts
D	100 watts

6. - T1C10

How soon after passing the examination for your first amateur radio license may you transmit on the amateur radio bands?

Select	Answer
A	As soon as your operator/station license grant appears in the FCC’s license database
B	As soon as you receive your license in the mail from the FCC
C	Immediately on receiving your Certificate of Successful Completion of Examination (CSCE)
D	As soon as your operator/station license grant appears on the ARRL website

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

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. - T1F11

Which of the following is a requirement for the issuance of a club station license grant?

Select	Answer
A	The club must have at least four members
B	All these choices are correct
C	The club must be registered with the American Radio Relay League
D	The trustee must have an Amateur Extra Class operator license grant

10. - T2A07

What is meant by "repeater offset”?

Select	Answer
A	The difference between a repeater’s transmit and receive frequencies
B	The number of simultaneous transmit frequencies used by a repeater
C	The repeater station identification is done on a separate frequency
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	DTMF
C	Carrier squelch
D	Tone burst

12. - T2C08

Which of the following is a characteristic of good traffic handling?

Select	Answer
A	Passing messages exactly as received
B	Ensuring that any newsworthy messages are relayed to the news media
C	All these choices are correct
D	Making decisions as to whether messages are worthy of relay or delivery

13. - T3A06

What is the meaning of the term “picket fencing”?

Select	Answer
A	A type of ground system used with vertical antennas
B	Alternating transmissions during a net operation
C	Local vs long-distance communications
D	Rapid flutter on mobile signals due to multipath propagation

14. - T3B07

In addition to frequency, which of the following is used to identify amateur radio bands?

Select	Answer
A	Channel numbers
B	All these choices are correct
C	Traditional letter/number designators
D	The approximate wavelength in meters

15. - T3C09

What is generally the best time for long-distance 10 meter band propagation via the F region?

Select	Answer
A	From shortly after sunset to dawn during periods of low sunspot activity
B	From shortly after sunset to dawn during periods of high sunspot activity
C	From dawn to shortly after sunset during periods of high sunspot activity
D	From dawn to shortly after sunset during periods of low sunspot activity

16. - T4A11

Where should the negative power return of a mobile transceiver be connected in a vehicle?

Select	Answer
A	Through the transceiver’s mounting bracket
B	At the antenna mount
C	To any metal part of the vehicle
D	At the 12 volt battery chassis ground

17. - T4B05

What does the scanning function of an FM transceiver do?

Select	Answer
A	Checks for messages left on a digital bulletin board
B	Checks incoming signal deviation
C	Prevents interference to nearby repeaters
D	Tunes through a range of frequencies to check for activity

18. - T5A11

What type of current flow is opposed by resistance?

Select	Answer
A	Alternating current
B	All these choices are correct
C	Direct current
D	RF current

19. - T5B06

Which is equal to 3000 milliamperes?

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

20. - T5C02

What is the unit of capacitance?

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

21. - T5D13

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

Select	Answer
A	Resonant
B	Series
C	Branch
D	Parallel

22. - T6A12

What type of switch is represented by component 3 in figure T-2?

Select	Answer
A	Single-pole single-throw
B	Double-pole double-throw
C	Single-pole double-throw
D	Double-pole single-throw

23. - T6B08

What does the abbreviation FET stand for?

Select	Answer
A	Free Electron Transmitter
B	Fast Electron Transistor
C	Field Effect Transistor
D	Frequency Emission Transmitter

24. - T6C08

What is component 9 in figure T-2?

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

25. - T6D02

What is a relay?

Select	Answer
A	A pass transistor
B	A current controlled amplifier
C	An electrically-controlled switch
D	An inverting amplifier

26. - T7A05

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

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

27. - T7B01

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

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

28. - T7C09

Which of the following causes failure of coaxial cables?

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

29. - T7D10

What reading indicates that an ohmmeter is connected across a large, discharged capacitor?

Select	Answer
A	Alternating between open and short circuit
B	Steady full-scale reading
C	Increasing resistance with time
D	Decreasing resistance with time

30. - T8A02

What type of modulation is commonly used for VHF packet radio transmissions?

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

31. - T8B05

What is a satellite beacon?

Select	Answer
A	An indicator light that shows where to point your antenna
B	A reflective surface on the satellite
C	The primary transmit antenna on the satellite
D	A transmission from a satellite that contains status information

32. - T8C09

Which of the following protocols enables an amateur station to transmit through a repeater without using a radio to initiate the transmission?

Select	Answer
A	DMR
B	EchoLink
C	IRLP
D	D-STAR

33. - T8D07

Which of the following describes DMR?

Select	Answer
A	An automatic computer logging technique for hands-off logging when communicating while operating a vehicle
B	An automatic position tracking mode for FM mobiles communicating through repeaters
C	A digital technique for transmitting on two repeater inputs simultaneously for automatic error correction
D	A technique for time-multiplexing two digital voice signals on a single 12.5 kHz repeater channel

34. - T9A01

What is a beam antenna?

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

35. - T9B04

What is the major function of an antenna tuner (antenna coupler)?

Select	Answer
A	It helps a receiver automatically tune in weak stations
B	It allows an antenna to be used on both transmit and receive
C	It automatically selects the proper antenna for the frequency band being used
D	It matches the antenna system impedance to the transceiver's output impedance

Figure T-2