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	Equipment ground
C	Black insulation is never used
D	Hot

2. - T0B09

Why should you avoid attaching an antenna to a utility pole?

Select	Answer
A	All these choices are correct
B	The antenna could contact high-voltage power lines
C	The 60 Hz radiations from the feed line may increase the SWR
D	The antenna will not work properly because of induced voltages

3. - T0C07

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

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

4. - T1A06

What is the FCC Part 97 definition of a beacon?

Select	Answer
A	A government transmitter marking the amateur radio band edges
B	A continuous transmission of weather information authorized in the amateur bands by the National Weather Service
C	An amateur station transmitting communications for the purposes of observing propagation or related experimental activities
D	A bulletin sent by the FCC to announce a national emergency

5. - T1B11

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

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

6. - T1C11

If your license has expired and is still within the allowable grace period, may you continue to transmit on the amateur radio bands?

Select	Answer
A	Yes, for up to one year
B	Yes, for up to two years
C	Yes, as soon as you apply for renewal
D	No, you must wait until the license has been renewed

7. - T1D01

With which countries are FCC-licensed amateur radio stations prohibited from exchanging communications?

Select	Answer
A	Any country banned from such communications by the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU)
B	Any country whose administration has notified the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) that it objects to such communications
C	Any country banned from making such communications by the American Radio Relay League (ARRL)
D	Any country whose administration has notified the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) that it objects to such communications

8. - T1E05

What is an amateur station’s control point?

Select	Answer
A	The mailing address of the station licensee
B	The location of the station’s transmitting antenna
C	The location of the station’s transmitting apparatus
D	The location at which the control operator function is performed

9. - T1F10

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

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

10. - T2A08

What is the meaning of the procedural signal “CQ”?

Select	Answer
A	Call on the quarter hour
B	Test transmission, no reply expected
C	Only the called station should transmit
D	Calling any station

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	You are using the wrong CTCSS tone
C	Improper transceiver offset
D	All these choices are correct

12. - T2C03

What technique is used to ensure that voice messages containing unusual words are received correctly?

Select	Answer
A	Spell the words using a standard phonetic alphabet
B	All these choices are correct
C	Send the words by voice and Morse code
D	Speak very loudly into the microphone

13. - T3A03

What antenna polarization is normally used for long-distance CW and SSB contacts on the VHF and UHF bands?

Select	Answer
A	Vertical
B	Left-hand circular
C	Horizontal
D	Right-hand circular

14. - T3B02

What property of a radio wave defines its polarization?

Select	Answer
A	The orientation of the electric field
B	The ratio of the energy in the magnetic field to the energy in the electric field
C	The ratio of the velocity to the wavelength
D	The orientation of the magnetic field

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

16. - T4A10

What function is performed with a transceiver and a digital mode hot spot?

Select	Answer
A	RTTY encoding and decoding without a computer
B	High-speed digital communications for meteor scatter
C	FT8 digital communications via AFSK
D	Communication using digital voice or data systems via the internet

17. - T4B09

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

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

18. - T5A06

What is the unit of frequency?

Select	Answer
A	Farad
B	Hertz
C	Henry
D	Tesla

19. - T5B07

Which is equal to 3.525 MHz?

Select	Answer
A	3,525,000 kHz
B	35.25 kHz
C	3525 kHz
D	0.003525 kHz

20. - T5C10

How much power is delivered by a voltage of 12 volts DC and a current of 2.5 amperes?

Select	Answer
A	30 watts
B	4.8 watts
C	14.5 watts
D	0.208 watts

21. - T5D06

What is the resistance of a circuit that draws 4 amperes from a 12-volt source?

Select	Answer
A	48 ohms
B	3 ohms
C	8 ohms
D	16 ohms

22. - T6A07

What electrical component is typically constructed as a coil of wire?

Select	Answer
A	Capacitor
B	Diode
C	Inductor
D	Switch

23. - T6B06

How is the cathode lead of a semiconductor diode often marked on the package?

Select	Answer
A	With a stripe
B	With the word "cathode"
C	With the letter C
D	With the letter K

24. - T6C10

What is component 3 in figure T-3?

Select	Answer
A	Variable inductor
B	Connector
C	Meter
D	Variable capacitor

25. - T6D06

What component changes 120 V AC power to a lower AC voltage for other uses?

Select	Answer
A	Transformer
B	Transistor
C	Diode
D	Variable capacitor

26. - T7A01

Which term describes the ability of a receiver to detect the presence of a signal?

Select	Answer
A	Linearity
B	Total Harmonic Distortion
C	Selectivity
D	Sensitivity

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

28. - T7C03

What does a dummy load consist of?

Select	Answer
A	A low-voltage power supply and a DC relay
B	A 50-ohm reactance used to terminate a transmission line
C	A non-inductive resistor mounted on a heat sink
D	A high-gain amplifier and a TR switch

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. - T8A12

Which of the following is a disadvantage of FM compared with single sideband?

Select	Answer
A	All these choices are correct
B	FM signals are harder to tune
C	Voice quality is poorer
D	Only one signal can be received at a time

31. - T8B05

What is a satellite beacon?

Select	Answer
A	The primary transmit antenna on the satellite
B	A reflective surface on the satellite
C	An indicator light that shows where to point your antenna
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	IRLP
C	D-STAR
D	EchoLink

33. - T8D09

What is CW?

Select	Answer
A	Another name for a Morse code transmission
B	A technique for coil winding
C	A type of electromagnetic propagation
D	A digital mode used primarily on 2 meter FM

34. - T9A08

What is the approximate length, in inches, of a quarter-wavelength vertical antenna for 146 MHz?

Select	Answer
A	12
B	19
C	112
D	50

35. - T9B12

What is standing wave ratio (SWR)?

Select	Answer
A	The ratio of amplifier power output to input
B	A measure of how well a load is matched to a transmission line
C	An indication of the quality of your station’s ground connection
D	The transmitter efficiency ratio

Figure T-3