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. - T0A07

Where should a lightning arrester be installed in a coaxial feed line?

Select	Answer
A	At the ac power service panel
B	At the antenna feed point
C	On a grounded panel near where feed lines enter the building
D	At the output connector of a transceiver

2. - T0B06

What is the minimum safe distance from a power line to allow when installing an antenna?

Select	Answer
A	Enough so that if the antenna falls, no part of it can come closer than 10 feet to the power wires
B	1/2 wavelength at the operating frequency
C	Add the height of the antenna to the height of the power line and multiply by a factor of 1.5
D	The height of the power line above ground

3. - T0C02

At which of the following frequencies does maximum permissible exposure have the lowest value?

Select	Answer
A	440 MHz
B	3.5 MHz
C	50 MHz
D	1296 MHz

4. - T1A08

Which of the following entities recommends transmit/receive channels and other parameters for auxiliary and repeater stations?

Select	Answer
A	International Telecommunication Union
B	Volunteer Frequency Coordinator recognized by local amateurs
C	FCC Regional Field Office
D	Frequency Spectrum Manager appointed by the FCC

5. - T1B12

Except for some specific restrictions, what is the maximum peak envelope power output for Technician class operators using frequencies above 30 MHz?

Select	Answer
A	50 watts
B	100 watts
C	500 watts
D	1500 watts

6. - T1C01

For which license classes are new licenses currently available from the FCC?

Select	Answer
A	Technician, General, Amateur Extra
B	Technician, Technician Plus, General, Amateur Extra
C	Novice, Technician, General, Amateur Extra
D	Novice, Technician Plus, General, Advanced

7. - T1D11

When may an amateur station transmit without identifying on the air?

Select	Answer
A	When the transmitted power level is below 1 watt
B	When the transmissions are unmodulated
C	When transmitting signals to control model craft
D	When the transmissions are of a brief nature to make station adjustments

8. - T1E07

When the control operator is not the station licensee, who is responsible for the proper operation of the station?

Select	Answer
A	All licensed amateurs who are present at the operation
B	Only the station licensee
C	The control operator and the station licensee
D	Only the control operator

9. - T1F05

What method of call sign identification is required for a station transmitting phone signals?

Select	Answer
A	Send the call sign using only a phone emission
B	Send the call sign followed by the indicator R
C	Send the call sign followed by the indicator RPT
D	Send the call sign using a CW or phone emission

10. - T2A09

Which of the following indicates that a station is listening on a repeater and looking for a contact?

Select	Answer
A	“CQ CQ” followed by the repeater’s call sign
B	“QSY” followed by your call sign
C	The repeater call sign followed by the station’s call sign
D	The station’s call sign followed by the word “monitoring”

11. - T2B01

How is a VHF/UHF transceiver’s “reverse” function used?

Select	Answer
A	To reduce power output
B	To listen on a repeater’s output frequency
C	To increase power output
D	To listen on a repeater’s input frequency

12. - T2C09

Are amateur station control operators ever permitted to operate outside the frequency privileges of their license class?

Select	Answer
A	Yes, but only in situations involving the immediate safety of human life or protection of property
B	Yes, but only when part of a FEMA emergency plan
C	Yes, but only when part of a RACES emergency plan
D	No

13. - T3A10

What effect does multi-path propagation have on data transmissions?

Select	Answer
A	Transmission rates must be decreased by a factor equal to the number of separate paths observed
B	Error rates are likely to increase
C	No significant changes will occur if the signals are transmitted using FM
D	Transmission rates must be increased by a factor equal to the number of separate paths observed

14. - T3B07

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

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

15. - T3C04

Which of the following types of propagation is most commonly associated with occasional strong signals on the 10, 6, and 2 meter bands from beyond the radio horizon?

Select	Answer
A	Backscatter
B	D region absorption
C	Sporadic E
D	Gray-line propagation

16. - T4A04

How are the transceiver audio input and output connected in a station configured to operate using FT8?

Select	Answer
A	To an FT8 conversion unit, a keyboard, and a computer monitor
B	To the audio input and output of a computer running WSJT-X software
C	To a computer running a terminal program and connected to a terminal node controller unit
D	To a computer connected to the FT8converter.com website

17. - T4B02

Which of the following can be used to enter a transceiver’s operating frequency?

Select	Answer
A	The keypad or VFO knob
B	The Automatic Frequency Control
C	The CTCSS or DTMF encoder
D	All these choices are correct

18. - T5A01

Electrical current is measured in which of the following units?

Select	Answer
A	Amperes
B	Watts
C	Volts
D	Ohms

19. - T5B02

Which is equal to 1,500,000 hertz?

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

20. - T5C12

What is impedance?

Select	Answer
A	The power handling capability of a component
B	The inverse of resistance
C	The opposition to AC current flow
D	The Q or Quality Factor of a component

21. - T5D01

What formula is used to calculate current in a circuit?

Select	Answer
A	I = E + R
B	I = E - R
C	I = E / R
D	I = E  R

22. - T6A06

What type of electrical component stores energy in a magnetic field?

Select	Answer
A	Diode
B	Capacitor
C	Inductor
D	Varistor

23. - T6B09

What are the names for the electrodes of a diode?

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

24. - T6C06

What is component 6 in figure T-2?

Select	Answer
A	Regulator IC
B	Capacitor
C	Transistor
D	Resistor

25. - T6D08

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

Select	Answer
A	Capacitor
B	Zener diode
C	Resistor
D	Potentiometer

26. - T7A08

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

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

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

28. - T7C01

What is the primary purpose of a dummy load?

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

29. - T7D11

Which of the following precautions should be taken when measuring in-circuit resistance with an ohmmeter?

Select	Answer
A	Ensure that the applied voltages are correct
B	Ensure that the circuit is not powered
C	Ensure that the circuit is operating at the correct frequency
D	Ensure that the circuit is grounded

30. - T8A03

Which type of voice mode is often used for long-distance (weak signal) contacts on the VHF and UHF bands?

Select	Answer
A	PM
B	SSB
C	DRM
D	FM

31. - T8B08

What is meant by the statement that a satellite is operating in U/V mode?

Select	Answer
A	The satellite uplink is in the 15 meter band and the downlink is in the 10 meter band
B	The satellite operates using ultraviolet frequencies
C	The satellite frequencies are usually variable
D	The satellite uplink is in the 70 centimeter band and the downlink is in the 2 meter band

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	EchoLink
B	IRLP
C	DMR
D	D-STAR

33. - T8D10

Which of the following operating activities is supported by digital mode software in the WSJT-X software suite?

Select	Answer
A	Meteor scatter
B	Earth-Moon-Earth
C	Weak signal propagation beacons
D	All these choices are correct

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

35. - T9B02

What is the most common impedance of coaxial cables used in amateur radio?

Select	Answer
A	12 ohms
B	8 ohms
C	600 ohms
D	50 ohms

Figure T-2