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

2. - T0B01

Which of the following is good practice when installing ground wires on a tower for lightning protection?

Select	Answer
A	Put a drip loop in the ground connection to prevent water damage to the ground system
B	All these choices are correct
C	Make sure all ground wire bends are right angles
D	Ensure that connections are short and direct

3. - T0C11

What is the definition of duty cycle during the averaging time for RF exposure?

Select	Answer
A	The difference between the lowest power output and the highest power output of a transmitter
B	The difference between the PEP and average power output of a transmitter
C	The percentage of time that a transmitter is not transmitting
D	The percentage of time that a transmitter is transmitting

4. - T1A05

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

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

5. - T1B02

Which amateurs may contact the International Space Station (ISS) on VHF bands?

Select	Answer
A	Any amateur holding a Technician class or higher license who has applied for and received approval from NASA
B	Any amateur holding a General class or higher license who has applied for and received approval from NASA
C	Any amateur holding a Technician class or higher license
D	Any amateur holding a General class or higher license

6. - T1C06

From which of the following locations may an FCC-licensed amateur station transmit?

Select	Answer
A	From anywhere within International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Regions 2 and 3
B	From within any country that is a member of the United Nations
C	From any vessel or craft located in international waters and documented or registered in the United States
D	From within any country that belongs to the International Telecommunication Union

7. - T1D02

Under which of the following circumstances are one-way transmissions by an amateur station prohibited?

Select	Answer
A	Telecommand or transmissions of telemetry
B	Broadcasting
C	International Morse Code Practice
D	In all circumstances

8. - T1E07

When the control operator is not the station licensee, who is responsible for the proper operation of the station?

Select	Answer
A	Only the station licensee
B	All licensed amateurs who are present at the operation
C	Only the control operator
D	The control operator and the station licensee

9. - T1F04

What language may you use for identification when operating in a phone sub-band?

Select	Answer
A	English, French, or Spanish
B	Any language recognized by the ITU
C	English
D	Any language recognized by the United Nations

10. - T2A01

What is a common repeater frequency offset in the 2 meter band?

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

11. - T2B12

What is the purpose of the color code used on DMR repeater systems?

Select	Answer
A	Must match the repeater color code for access
B	Identifies the codec used
C	Defines the minimum signal level required for access
D	Defines the frequency pair to use

12. - T2C01

When do FCC rules NOT apply to the operation of an amateur station?

Select	Answer
A	When operating a RACES station
B	FCC rules always apply
C	When operating under special ARES rules
D	When operating under special FEMA rules

13. - T3A07

What weather condition might decrease range at microwave frequencies?

Select	Answer
A	Precipitation
B	Low barometric pressure
C	High winds
D	Colder temperatures

14. - T3B10

What frequency range is referred to as HF?

Select	Answer
A	300 to 3000 MHz
B	30 to 300 MHz
C	300 to 3000 kHz
D	3 to 30 MHz

15. - T3C06

What type of propagation is responsible for allowing over-the-horizon VHF and UHF communications to ranges of approximately 300 miles on a regular basis?

Select	Answer
A	D region refraction
B	F2 region refraction
C	Faraday rotation
D	Tropospheric ducting

16. - T4A05

Where should an RF power meter be installed?

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

17. - T4B09

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

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

18. - T5A02

Electrical power is measured in which of the following units?

Select	Answer
A	Volts
B	Watt-hours
C	Amperes
D	Watts

19. - T5B02

Which is equal to 1,500,000 hertz?

Select	Answer
A	150 kHz
B	1500 kHz
C	1500 MHz
D	15 GHz

20. - T5C13

What is the abbreviation for kilohertz?

Select	Answer
A	KHZ
B	khz
C	kHz
D	khZ

21. - T5D14

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

Select	Answer
A	Series
B	Resonant
C	Parallel
D	Branch

22. - T6A10

Which of the following battery chemistries is rechargeable?

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

23. - T6B12

What are the names of the electrodes of a bipolar junction transistor?

Select	Answer
A	Signal, bias, power
B	Input, output, supply
C	Pole one, pole two, output
D	Emitter, base, collector

24. - T6C02

What is component 1 in figure T-1?

Select	Answer
A	Connector
B	Resistor
C	Battery
D	Transistor

25. - T6D03

Which of the following is a reason to use shielded wire?

Select	Answer
A	To couple the wire to other signals
B	To increase the current carrying capability of the wire
C	To decrease the resistance of DC power connections
D	To prevent coupling of unwanted signals to or from the wire

26. - T7A04

Which term describes the ability of a receiver to discriminate between multiple signals?

Select	Answer
A	Discrimination ratio
B	Harmonic distortion
C	Sensitivity
D	Selectivity

27. - T7B07

Which of the following can reduce overload of a VHF transceiver by a nearby commercial FM station?

Select	Answer
A	Installing an RF preamplifier
B	Installing bypass capacitors on the microphone cable
C	Installing a band-reject filter
D	Using double-shielded coaxial cable

28. - T7C08

Which instrument can be used to determine SWR?

Select	Answer
A	Iambic pentameter
B	Voltmeter
C	Directional wattmeter
D	Ohmmeter

29. - T7D10

What reading indicates that an ohmmeter is connected across a large, discharged capacitor?

Select	Answer
A	Steady full-scale reading
B	Decreasing resistance with time
C	Alternating between open and short circuit
D	Increasing resistance with time

30. - T8A12

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

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

31. - T8B06

Which of the following are inputs to a satellite tracking program?

Select	Answer
A	The Keplerian elements
B	All these choices are correct
C	The satellite transmitted power
D	The last observed time of zero Doppler shift

32. - T8C11

What is an amateur radio station that connects other amateur stations to the internet?

Select	Answer
A	A beacon
B	A gateway
C	A repeater
D	A digipeater

33. - T8D11

What is an ARQ transmission system?

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

34. - T9A01

What is a beam antenna?

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

35. - T9B11

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

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

Figure T-1