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. - T0B02

What is required when climbing an antenna tower?

Select	Answer
A	Use appropriate tie-off to the tower at all times
B	Have sufficient training on safe tower climbing techniques
C	Always wear an approved climbing harness
D	All these choices are correct

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

4. - T1A09

Who selects a Frequency Coordinator?

Select	Answer
A	Amateur operators in a local or regional area whose stations are eligible to be repeater or auxiliary stations
B	The local chapter of the Office of National Council of Independent Frequency Coordinators
C	The FCC Office of Spectrum Management and Coordination Policy
D	FCC Regional Field Office

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	1500 watts
B	50 watts
C	100 watts
D	500 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 your operator/station license grant appears on the ARRL website
C	Immediately on receiving your Certificate of Successful Completion of Examination (CSCE)
D	As soon as you receive your license in the mail from the FCC

7. - T1D03

When is it permissible to transmit messages encoded to obscure their meaning?

Select	Answer
A	Only during contests
B	Only when transmitting certain approved digital codes
C	Only when transmitting control commands to space stations or radio control craft
D	Never

8. - T1E04

What determines the transmitting frequency privileges of an amateur station?

Select	Answer
A	The frequency authorized by the frequency coordinator
B	The class of operator license held by the control operator
C	The frequencies printed on the license grant
D	The highest class of operator license held by anyone on the premises

9. - T1F10

Who is accountable if a repeater inadvertently retransmits communications that violate the FCC rules?

Select	Answer
A	The owner of the repeater
B	Both the originating station and the repeater owner
C	The control operator of the originating station
D	The control operator of the repeater

10. - T2A03

What is a common repeater frequency offset in the 70 cm band?

Select	Answer
A	Plus or minus 1 MHz
B	Plus or minus 5 MHz
C	Plus or minus 500 kHz
D	Plus or minus 600 kHz

11. - T2B04

Which of the following could be the reason you are unable to access a repeater whose output you can hear?

Select	Answer
A	You are using the wrong DCS code
B	All these choices are correct
C	You are using the wrong CTCSS tone
D	Improper transceiver offset

12. - T2C08

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

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

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	Transmission rates must be increased by a factor equal to the number of separate paths observed
D	No significant changes will occur if the signals are transmitted using FM

14. - T3B07

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

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

15. - T3C05

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

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

16. - T4A04

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

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

17. - T4B11

Which of the following must be programmed into a D-STAR digital transceiver before transmitting?

Select	Answer
A	Your output power
B	The codec type being used
C	All these choices are correct
D	Your call sign

18. - T5A03

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

Select	Answer
A	Voltage
B	Current
C	Resistance
D	Capacitance

19. - T5B06

Which is equal to 3000 milliamperes?

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

20. - T5C08

What is the formula used to calculate electrical power (P) in a DC circuit?

Select	Answer
A	P = I  E
B	P = I + E
C	P = E / I
D	P = E – I

21. - T5D14

In which type of circuit is voltage the same across all components?

Select	Answer
A	Series
B	Branch
C	Resonant
D	Parallel

22. - T6A03

What electrical parameter is controlled by a potentiometer?

Select	Answer
A	Inductance
B	Field strength
C	Resistance
D	Capacitance

23. - T6B01

Which is true about forward voltage drop in a diode?

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

24. - T6C02

What is component 1 in figure T-1?

Select	Answer
A	Resistor
B	Connector
C	Battery
D	Transistor

25. - T6D02

What is a relay?

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

26. - T7A06

What device converts the RF input and output of a transceiver to another band?

Select	Answer
A	Low-pass filter
B	High-pass filter
C	Phase converter
D	Transverter

27. - T7B03

Which of the following can cause radio frequency interference?

Select	Answer
A	Fundamental overload
B	All these choices are correct
C	Harmonics
D	Spurious emissions

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 transmitting signals over the air when making tests
C	To improve the efficiency of an antenna
D	To prevent over-modulation of a transmitter

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 grounded
C	Ensure that the circuit is not powered
D	Ensure that the circuit is operating at the correct frequency

30. - T8A02

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

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

31. - T8B02

What is the impact of using excessive effective radiated power on a satellite uplink?

Select	Answer
A	Possibility of rebooting the satellite control computer
B	Overloading the satellite batteries
C	Possibility of commanding the satellite to an improper mode
D	Blocking access by other users

32. - T8C11

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

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

33. - T8D10

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

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

34. - T9A03

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

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

35. - T9B11

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

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

Figure T-1