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	Hot
B	Equipment ground
C	Neutral
D	Black insulation is never used

2. - T0B07

Which of the following is an important safety rule to remember when using a crank-up tower?

Select	Answer
A	This type of tower must never be painted
B	This type of tower must not be climbed unless it is retracted, or mechanical safety locking devices have been installed
C	This type of tower must never be grounded
D	All these choices are correct

3. - T0C01

What type of radiation are radio signals?

Select	Answer
A	Ionizing radiation
B	Non-ionizing radiation
C	Alpha radiation
D	Gamma radiation

4. - T1A04

How many operator/primary station license grants may be held by any one person?

Select	Answer
A	One for each permanent station location from which the person plans to operate
B	No more than two
C	One
D	One for each band on which the person plans to operate

5. - T1B11

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

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

6. - T1C09

What is the grace period for renewal if an amateur license expires?

Select	Answer
A	Ten years
B	Three years
C	Five years
D	Two years

7. - T1D07

What types of amateur stations can automatically retransmit the signals of other amateur stations?

Select	Answer
A	Earth, repeater, or space stations
B	Beacon, repeater, or space stations
C	Auxiliary, beacon, or Earth stations
D	Repeater, auxiliary, or space stations

8. - T1E01

When may an amateur station transmit without a control operator?

Select	Answer
A	When the station licensee is away and another licensed amateur is using the station
B	When the transmitting station is an auxiliary station
C	Never
D	When using automatic control, such as in the case of a repeater

9. - T1F11

Which of the following is a requirement for the issuance of a club station license grant?

Select	Answer
A	All these choices are correct
B	The club must be registered with the American Radio Relay League
C	The club must have at least four members
D	The trustee must have an Amateur Extra Class operator license grant

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 1 MHz
C	Plus or minus 5 MHz
D	Plus or minus 600 kHz

11. - T2B11

Which Q signal indicates that you are changing frequency?

Select	Answer
A	QSL
B	QRZ
C	QSY
D	QRU

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	Requests to activate the net by a served agency
C	Messages exchanged by net stations
D	Operation by mobile or portable stations

13. - T3A10

What effect does multi-path propagation have on data transmissions?

Select	Answer
A	Transmission rates must be increased by a factor equal to the number of separate paths observed
B	Transmission rates must be decreased by a factor equal to the number of separate paths observed
C	Error rates are likely to increase
D	No significant changes will occur if the signals are transmitted using FM

14. - T3B09

What frequency range is referred to as UHF?

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

15. - T3C07

What band is best suited for communicating via meteor scatter?

Select	Answer
A	2 meters
B	70 centimeters
C	33 centimeters
D	6 meters

16. - T4A07

Which of the following connections is made between a computer and a transceiver to use computer software when operating digital modes?

Select	Answer
A	Computer “line in” to transceiver push-to-talk
B	Computer “line in” to transceiver speaker connector
C	Computer “line out” to transceiver push-to-talk
D	Computer “line out” to transceiver speaker connector

17. - T4B03

How is squelch adjusted so that a weak FM signal can be heard?

Select	Answer
A	Set the squelch threshold so that receiver output audio is on all the time
B	Turn up the audio level until it overcomes the squelch threshold
C	Enable squelch enhancement
D	Turn on the anti-squelch function

18. - T5A08

Which of the following is a good electrical insulator?

Select	Answer
A	Aluminum
B	Mercury
C	Copper
D	Glass

19. - T5B01

How many milliamperes is 1.5 amperes?

Select	Answer
A	1500 milliamperes
B	15,000 milliamperes
C	15 milliamperes
D	150 milliamperes

20. - T5C04

What is the unit of inductance?

Select	Answer
A	The farad
B	The ohm
C	The coulomb
D	The henry

21. - T5D14

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

Select	Answer
A	Resonant
B	Parallel
C	Series
D	Branch

22. - T6A12

What type of switch is represented by component 3 in figure T-2?

Select	Answer
A	Double-pole single-throw
B	Double-pole double-throw
C	Single-pole single-throw
D	Single-pole double-throw

23. - T6B01

Which is true about forward voltage drop in a diode?

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

24. - T6C11

What is component 4 in figure T-3?

Select	Answer
A	Antenna
B	Transmitter
C	Ground
D	Dummy load

25. - T6D05

What type of circuit controls the amount of voltage from a power supply?

Select	Answer
A	Filter
B	Phase inverter
C	Oscillator
D	Regulator

26. - T7A07

What is the function of a transceiver’s PTT input?

Select	Answer
A	Switches transceiver from receive to transmit when grounded
B	Input for a preamplifier tuning tone
C	Input for a key used to send CW
D	Provides a transmit tuning tone when grounded

27. - T7B10

What might be a problem if you receive a report that your audio signal through an FM repeater is distorted or unintelligible?

Select	Answer
A	All these choices are correct
B	Your batteries are running low
C	You are in a bad location
D	Your transmitter is slightly off frequency

28. - T7C04

What reading on an SWR meter indicates a perfect impedance match between the antenna and the feed line?

Select	Answer
A	Zero
B	50:50
C	Full Scale
D	1:1

29. - T7D07

Which of the following measurements are made using a multimeter?

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

30. - T8A11

What is the approximate bandwidth required to transmit a CW signal?

Select	Answer
A	1000 Hz
B	150 Hz
C	15 kHz
D	2.4 kHz

31. - T8B01

What telemetry information is typically transmitted by satellite beacons?

Select	Answer
A	The signal strength of received signals
B	Time of day accurate to plus or minus 1/10 second
C	All these choices are correct
D	Health and status of the satellite

32. - T8C03

What operating activity involves contacting as many stations as possible during a specified period?

Select	Answer
A	Contesting
B	Public service events
C	Simulated emergency exercises
D	Net operations

33. - T8D01

Which of the following is a digital communications mode?

Select	Answer
A	FT8
B	All these choices are correct
C	IEEE 802.11
D	Packet radio

34. - T9A01

What is a beam antenna?

Select	Answer
A	An omnidirectional antenna invented by Clarence Beam
B	An antenna that reverses the phase of received signals
C	An antenna that concentrates signals in one direction
D	An antenna built from aluminum I-beams

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	Air-insulated hardline
C	75-ohm flexible coax
D	Multi-conductor unbalanced cable

Figure T-2

Figure T-3