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	Black insulation is never used
C	Hot
D	Equipment ground

2. - T0B08

Which is a proper grounding method for a tower?

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

3. - T0C02

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

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

4. - T1A09

Who selects a Frequency Coordinator?

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

5. - T1B04

Which amateur band includes 146.52 MHz?

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

6. - T1C03

What types of international communications are an FCC-licensed amateur radio station permitted to make?

Select	Answer
A	Communications incidental to conducting business or remarks of a personal nature
B	Only communications incidental to contest exchanges; all other communications are prohibited
C	Any communications that would be permitted by an international broadcast station
D	Communications incidental to the purposes of the Amateur Radio Service and remarks of a personal character

7. - T1D04

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

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

8. - T1E06

When, under normal circumstances, may a Technician class licensee be the control operator of a station operating in an Amateur Extra Class band segment?

Select	Answer
A	When designated as the control operator by an Amateur Extra Class licensee
B	At no time
C	As part of a multi-operator contest team
D	When using a club station whose trustee holds an Amateur Extra Class license

9. - T1F06

Which of the following self-assigned indicators are acceptable when using a phone transmission?

Select	Answer
A	KL7CC slash W3
B	All these choices are correct
C	KL7CC slant W3
D	KL7CC stroke W3

10. - T2A09

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

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

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

12. - T2C05

What does the term “traffic” refer to in net operation?

Select	Answer
A	Requests to activate the net by a served agency
B	The number of stations checking in and out of a net
C	Operation by mobile or portable stations
D	Messages exchanged by net stations

13. - T3A12

What is the effect of fog and rain on signals in the 10 meter and 6 meter bands?

Select	Answer
A	There is little effect
B	Absorption
C	Range increase
D	Deflection

14. - T3B08

What frequency range is referred to as VHF?

Select	Answer
A	300 MHz to 3000 MHz
B	300 kHz to 3000 kHz
C	30 MHz to 300 MHz
D	30 kHz to 300 kHz

15. - T3C05

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

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

16. - T4A02

Which of the following should be considered when selecting an accessory SWR meter?

Select	Answer
A	The frequency and power level at which the measurements will be made
B	The types of modulation being used at the station
C	All these choices are correct
D	The distance that the meter will be located from the antenna

17. - T4B02

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

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

18. - T5A12

What describes the number of times per second that an alternating current makes a complete cycle?

Select	Answer
A	Wavelength
B	Pulse rate
C	Speed
D	Frequency

19. - T5B03

Which is equal to one kilovolt?

Select	Answer
A	One hundred volts
B	One thousand volts
C	One million volts
D	One one-thousandth of a volt

20. - T5C13

What is the abbreviation for kilohertz?

Select	Answer
A	KHZ
B	khz
C	kHz
D	khZ

21. - T5D10

What is the voltage across a 2-ohm resistor if a current of 0.5 amperes flows through it?

Select	Answer
A	1.5 volts
B	2.5 volts
C	0.25 volts
D	1 volt

22. - T6A06

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

Select	Answer
A	Inductor
B	Capacitor
C	Diode
D	Varistor

23. - T6B08

What does the abbreviation FET stand for?

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

24. - T6C11

What is component 4 in figure T-3?

Select	Answer
A	Antenna
B	Dummy load
C	Transmitter
D	Ground

25. - T6D09

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

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

26. - T7A09

What is the function of the SSB/CW-FM switch on a VHF power amplifier?

Select	Answer
A	Set the amplifier for proper operation in the selected mode
B	Reduce the received signal noise
C	Change the mode of the transmitted signal
D	Change the frequency range of the amplifier to operate in the proper segment of the band

27. - T7B02

What would cause a broadcast AM or FM radio to receive an amateur radio transmission unintentionally?

Select	Answer
A	The deviation of an FM transmitter is set too low
B	The receiver is unable to reject strong signals outside the AM or FM band
C	The audio amplifier of the transmitter is overloaded
D	The microphone gain of the transmitter is turned up too high

28. - T7C01

What is the primary purpose of a dummy load?

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

29. - T7D06

Which of the following can damage a multimeter?

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

30. - T8A09

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

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

31. - T8B08

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

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

32. - T8C02

Which of these items would be useful for a hidden transmitter hunt?

Select	Answer
A	A calibrated noise bridge
B	Calibrated SWR meter
C	All these choices are correct
D	A directional antenna

33. - T8D08

Which of the following is included in packet radio transmissions?

Select	Answer
A	All these choices are correct
B	A header that contains the call sign of the station to which the information is being sent
C	Automatic repeat request in case of error
D	A check sum that permits error detection

34. - T9A03

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

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

35. - T9B02

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

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

Figure T-3