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

2. - T0B11

Which of the following establishes grounding requirements for an amateur radio tower or antenna?

Select	Answer
A	FAA tower lighting regulations
B	Local electrical codes
C	FCC Part 97 rules
D	UL recommended practices

3. - T0C08

Which of the following actions can reduce exposure to RF radiation?

Select	Answer
A	Relocate antennas
B	All these choices are correct
C	Relocate the transmitter
D	Increase the duty cycle

4. - T1A11

When is willful interference to other amateur radio stations permitted?

Select	Answer
A	When making short test transmissions
B	At any time, stations in the Amateur Radio Service are not protected from willful interference
C	At no time
D	To stop another amateur station that is breaking the FCC rules

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	500 watts
C	50 watts
D	100 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. - T1D04

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

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

8. - T1E09

Which of the following are required for remote control operation?

Select	Answer
A	The control operator must be at the control point
B	The control operator must indirectly manipulate the controls
C	A control operator is required at all times
D	All these choices are correct

9. - T1F07

Which of the following restrictions apply when a non-licensed person is allowed to speak to a foreign station using a station under the control of a licensed amateur operator?

Select	Answer
A	The foreign station must be in a country with which the U.S. has a third party agreement
B	The person must be a U.S. citizen
C	All these choices are correct
D	The licensed control operator must do the station identification

10. - T2A03

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

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

11. - T2B01

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

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

12. - T2C05

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

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

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. - T3B01

What is the relationship between the electric and magnetic fields of an electromagnetic wave?

Select	Answer
A	They travel at different speeds
B	They revolve in opposite directions
C	They are in parallel
D	They are at right angles

15. - T3C05

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

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

16. - T4A05

Where should an RF power meter be installed?

Select	Answer
A	At the power supply output
B	In parallel with the push-to-talk line and the antenna
C	In the feed line, between the transmitter and antenna
D	In the power supply cable, as close as possible to the radio

17. - T4B11

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

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

18. - T5A06

What is the unit of frequency?

Select	Answer
A	Henry
B	Farad
C	Hertz
D	Tesla

19. - T5B07

Which is equal to 3.525 MHz?

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

20. - T5C11

How much current is required to deliver 120 watts at a voltage of 12 volts DC?

Select	Answer
A	0.1 amperes
B	132 amperes
C	12 amperes
D	10 amperes

21. - T5D13

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

Select	Answer
A	Branch
B	Resonant
C	Parallel
D	Series

22. - T6A10

Which of the following battery chemistries is rechargeable?

Select	Answer
A	Lead-acid
B	All these choices are correct
C	Nickel-metal hydride
D	Lithium-ion

23. - T6B04

Which of the following components can consist of three regions of semiconductor material?

Select	Answer
A	Pentagrid converter
B	Triode
C	Alternator
D	Transistor

24. - T6C04

What is component 3 in figure T-1?

Select	Answer
A	Lamp
B	Ground symbol
C	Resistor
D	Transistor

25. - T6D06

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

Select	Answer
A	Variable capacitor
B	Diode
C	Transistor
D	Transformer

26. - T7A09

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

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

27. - T7B03

Which of the following can cause radio frequency interference?

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

28. - T7C03

What does a dummy load consist of?

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

29. - T7D07

Which of the following measurements are made using a multimeter?

Select	Answer
A	All these choices are correct
B	Voltage and resistance
C	Signal strength and noise
D	Impedance and reactance

30. - T8A07

What is a characteristic of single sideband (SSB) compared to FM?

Select	Answer
A	SSB signals have narrower bandwidth
B	All these choices are correct
C	SSB signals are less susceptible to interference
D	SSB signals are easier to tune in correctly

31. - T8B07

What is Doppler shift in reference to satellite communications?

Select	Answer
A	A mode where the satellite receives signals on one band and transmits on another
B	A change in the satellite orbit
C	An observed change in signal frequency caused by relative motion between the satellite and Earth station
D	A special digital communications mode for some satellites

32. - T8C07

What is Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP)?

Select	Answer
A	A set of rules specifying how to identify your station when linked over the internet to another station
B	A method of delivering voice communications over the internet using digital techniques
C	A technique for measuring the modulation quality of a transmitter using remote sites monitored via the internet
D	A technique employed to “spot” DX stations via the internet

33. - T8D12

Which of the following best describes an amateur radio mesh network?

Select	Answer
A	An amateur-radio based data network using commercial Wi-Fi equipment with modified firmware
B	A satellite communications network using modified commercial satellite TV hardware
C	A wide-bandwidth digital voice mode employing DMR protocols
D	An internet linking protocol used to network repeaters

34. - T9A11

What is antenna gain?

Select	Answer
A	The increase in impedance on receive or transmit compared to a reference antenna
B	The increase in signal strength in a specified direction compared to a reference antenna
C	The additional power that is added to the transmitter power
D	The additional power that is required in the antenna when transmitting on a higher frequency

35. - T9B12

What is standing wave ratio (SWR)?

Select	Answer
A	The transmitter efficiency ratio
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 ratio of amplifier power output to input

Figure T-1