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. - T0A08

Where should a fuse or circuit breaker be installed in a 120V AC power circuit?

Select	Answer
A	In parallel with the hot conductor only
B	In series with the hot conductor only
C	In series with the hot and neutral conductors
D	In parallel with the hot and neutral conductors

2. - T0B10

Which of the following is true when installing grounding conductors used for lightning protection?

Select	Answer
A	Common grounds must be avoided
B	Use only non-insulated wire
C	Wires must be carefully routed with precise right-angle bends
D	Sharp bends must be avoided

3. - T0C06

Which of the following is an acceptable method to determine whether your station complies with FCC RF exposure regulations?

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

4. - T1A05

What proves that the FCC has issued an operator/primary license grant?

Select	Answer
A	All these choices are correct
B	A printed copy of the certificate of successful completion of examination
C	An email notification from the NCVEC granting the license
D	The license appears in the FCC ULS database

5. - T1B09

Why should you not set your transmit frequency to be exactly at the edge of an amateur band or sub-band?

Select	Answer
A	So that modulation sidebands do not extend beyond the band edge
B	To allow for calibration error in the transmitter frequency display
C	To allow for transmitter frequency drift
D	All these choices are correct

6. - T1C03

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

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

7. - T1D05

When may amateur radio operators use their stations to notify other amateurs of the availability of equipment for sale or trade?

Select	Answer
A	Never
B	When selling amateur radio equipment and not on a regular basis
C	When the equipment is not the personal property of either the station licensee, or the control operator, or their close relatives
D	When no profit is made on the sale

8. - T1E11

Who does the FCC presume to be the control operator of an amateur station, unless documentation to the contrary is in the station records?

Select	Answer
A	The person operating the station equipment
B	The station custodian
C	The station licensee
D	The third party participant

9. - T1F08

What is the definition of third party communications?

Select	Answer
A	Amateur radio communications where three stations are in communications with one another
B	A message from a control operator to another amateur station control operator on behalf of another person
C	Temporary authorization for an unlicensed person to transmit on the amateur bands for technical experiments
D	Operation when the transmitting equipment is licensed to a person other than the control operator

10. - T2A12

What should you do before calling CQ?

Select	Answer
A	Listen first to be sure that no one else is using the frequency
B	Make sure you are authorized to use that frequency
C	All these choices are correct
D	Ask if the frequency is in use

11. - T2B06

What type of signaling uses pairs of audio tones?

Select	Answer
A	DTMF
B	D-STAR
C	CTCSS
D	GPRS

12. - T2C07

Which of the following is standard practice when you participate in a net?

Select	Answer
A	Unless you are reporting an emergency, transmit only when directed by the net control station
B	When first responding to the net control station, transmit your call sign, name, and address as in the FCC database
C	Record the time of each of your transmissions
D	All these choices are correct

13. - T3A03

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

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

14. - T3B08

What frequency range is referred to as VHF?

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

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	Backscatter
D	Sporadic E

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 a computer running a terminal program and connected to a terminal node controller unit
C	To the audio input and output of a computer running WSJT-X software
D	To an FT8 conversion unit, a keyboard, and a computer monitor

17. - T4B12

What is the result of tuning an FM receiver above or below a signal’s frequency?

Select	Answer
A	Generation of a heterodyne tone
B	Change in audio pitch
C	Distortion of the signal’s audio
D	Sideband inversion

18. - T5A07

Why are metals generally good conductors of electricity?

Select	Answer
A	All these choices are correct
B	They have many free protons
C	They have many free electrons
D	They have relatively high density

19. - T5B07

Which is equal to 3.525 MHz?

Select	Answer
A	0.003525 kHz
B	3,525,000 kHz
C	3525 kHz
D	35.25 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	0.208 watts
C	4.8 watts
D	14.5 watts

21. - T5D08

What is the current through a 100-ohm resistor connected across 200 volts?

Select	Answer
A	2 amperes
B	0.5 amperes
C	100 amperes
D	20,000 amperes

22. - T6A01

What electrical component opposes the flow of current in a DC circuit?

Select	Answer
A	Resistor
B	Inverter
C	Transformer
D	Inductor

23. - T6B04

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

Select	Answer
A	Pentagrid converter
B	Alternator
C	Transistor
D	Triode

24. - T6C10

What is component 3 in figure T-3?

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

25. - T6D07

Which of the following is commonly used as a visual indicator?

Select	Answer
A	Zener diode
B	Bipolar transistor
C	FET
D	LED

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	Change the mode of the transmitted signal
C	Reduce the received signal noise
D	Change the frequency range of the amplifier to operate in the proper segment of the band

27. - T7B08

What should you do if something in a neighbor’s home is causing harmful interference to your amateur station?

Select	Answer
A	Politely inform your neighbor that FCC rules prohibit the use of devices that cause interference
B	Work with your neighbor to identify the offending device
C	All these choices are correct
D	Make sure your station meets the standards of good amateur practice

28. - T7C10

Why should the outer jacket of coaxial cable be resistant to ultraviolet light?

Select	Answer
A	Ultraviolet resistant jackets prevent harmonic radiation
B	Ultraviolet light can increase losses in the cable’s jacket
C	Ultraviolet light can damage the jacket and allow water to enter the cable
D	Ultraviolet and RF signals can mix, causing interference

29. - T7D08

Which of the following types of solder should not be used for radio and electronic applications?

Select	Answer
A	Acid-core solder
B	Lead-tin solder
C	Rosin-core solder
D	Tin-copper solder

30. - T8A06

Which sideband is normally used for 10 meter HF, VHF, and UHF single-sideband communications?

Select	Answer
A	Inverted sideband
B	Suppressed sideband
C	Lower sideband
D	Upper sideband

31. - T8B07

What is Doppler shift in reference to satellite communications?

Select	Answer
A	A special digital communications mode for some satellites
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 mode where the satellite receives signals on one band and transmits on another

32. - T8C05

What is a grid locator?

Select	Answer
A	A letter-number designator assigned to a geographic location
B	A letter-number designator assigned to an azimuth and elevation
C	An instrument for neutralizing a final amplifier
D	An instrument for radio direction finding

33. - T8D11

What is an ARQ transmission system?

Select	Answer
A	An error correction method in which the receiving station detects errors and sends a request for retransmission
B	A method of compressing data using autonomous reiterative Q codes prior to final encoding
C	A special transmission format limited to video signals
D	A system used to encrypt command signals to an amateur radio satellite

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

35. - T9B11

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

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

Figure T-3