Practice Exam

T8B08

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

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

T1B05

2. How may amateurs use the 219 to 220 MHz segment of 1.25 meter band?

• A. Fixed digital message forwarding systems only
• B. Spread spectrum only
• C. Emergency traffic only
• D. Fast-scan television only

T5A08

3. Which of the following is a good electrical insulator?

• A. Glass
• B. Aluminum
• C. Copper
• D. Mercury

T7C11

4. What is a disadvantage of air core coaxial cable when compared to foam or solid dielectric types?

• A. It cannot be used at below freezing temperatures
• B. It has more loss per foot
• C. It requires special techniques to prevent moisture in the cable
• D. It cannot be used for VHF or UHF antennas

T6C01

5. What is the name of an electrical wiring diagram that uses standard component symbols?

• A. Flow chart
• B. Schematic
• C. Connector pinout
• D. Bill of materials

T2A04

6. What is an appropriate way to call another station on a repeater if you know the other station's call sign?

• A. Say "break, break," then say the station's call sign
• B. Say "CQ" three times, then the other station's call sign
• C. Wait for the station to call CQ, then answer
• D. Say the station's call sign, then identify with your call sign

T1D04

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

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

T2C02

8. Which of the following are typical duties of a Net Control Station?

• A. Ensure that all stations checking into the net are properly licensed for operation on the net frequency
• B. Call the net to order and direct communications between stations checking in
• C. Choose the regular net meeting time and frequency
• D. All these choices are correct

T3B03

9. What are the two components of a radio wave?

• A. Voltage and current
• B. Impedance and reactance
• C. Electric and magnetic fields
• D. Ionizing and non-ionizing radiation

T1E03

10. Who must designate the station control operator?

• A. The frequency coordinator
• B. The station licensee
• C. Any licensed operator
• D. The FCC

T7D11

11. Which of the following precautions should be taken when measuring in-circuit resistance with an ohmmeter?

• A. Ensure that the applied voltages are correct
• B. Ensure that the circuit is not powered
• C. Ensure that the circuit is operating at the correct frequency
• D. Ensure that the circuit is grounded

T9B07

12. Which of the following is true of PL-259 type coax connectors?

• A. They are watertight
• B. They are preferred for microwave operation
• C. They are a bayonet-type connector
• D. They are commonly used at HF and VHF frequencies

T4B09

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

• A. By retrieving the frequencies from transceiver memory
• B. By enabling the group's CTCSS tone
• C. By entering the group's identification code
• D. By activating automatic identification

T5C13

14. What is the abbreviation for kilohertz?

• A. khz
• B. kHz
• C. khZ
• D. KHZ

T8C01

15. Which of the following methods is used to locate sources of noise interference or jamming?

• A. Phase locking
• B. Echolocation
• C. Radio direction finding
• D. Doppler radar

T0A11

16. What hazard exists in a power supply immediately after turning it off?

• A. Charge stored in filter capacitors
• B. Voltage transients from kickback diodes
• C. Circulating currents in the dc filter
• D. Leakage flux in the power transformer

T5B07

17. Which is equal to 3.525 MHz?

• A. 3525 kHz
• B. 3,525,000 kHz
• C. 35.25 kHz
• D. 0.003525 kHz

T1F11

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

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

T1C05

19. Which of the following is a valid Technician class call sign format?

• A. All these choices are correct
• B. KF1XXX
• C. KA1X
• D. W1XX

T1A06

20. What is the FCC Part 97 definition of a beacon?

• A. A bulletin sent by the FCC to announce a national emergency
• B. An amateur station transmitting communications for the purposes of observing propagation or related experimental activities
• C. A government transmitter marking the amateur radio band edges
• D. A continuous transmission of weather information authorized in the amateur bands by the National Weather Service

T8A07

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

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

T5D03

22. What formula is used to calculate resistance in a circuit?

• A. R = E + I
• B. R = E x I
• C. R = E - I
• D. R = E / I

T0B07

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

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

T2B09

24. Why are simplex channels designated in the VHF/UHF band plans?

• A. For contest operation
• B. So stations within range of each other can communicate without tying up a repeater
• C. For working DX only
• D. So stations with simple transmitters can access the repeater without automated offset

T6B05

25. What type of transistor has a gate, drain, and source?

• A. Field-effect
• B. Varistor
• C. Bipolar junction
• D. Tesla-effect

T7A07

26. What is the function of a transceiver's PTT input?

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

T6A01

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

• A. Transformer
• B. Resistor
• C. Inductor
• D. Inverter

T3C05

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

• A. Faraday rotation
• B. Quantum tunneling
• C. Doppler shift
• D. Knife-edge diffraction

T0C04

29. What factors affect the RF exposure of people near an amateur station antenna?

• A. Frequency and power level of the RF field
• B. Radiation pattern of the antenna
• C. All these choices are correct
• D. Distance from the antenna to a person

T4A10

30. What function is performed with a transceiver and a digital mode hot spot?

• A. FT8 digital communications via AFSK
• B. Communication using digital voice or data systems via the internet
• C. High-speed digital communications for meteor scatter
• D. RTTY encoding and decoding without a computer

T6D02

31. What is a relay?

• A. An electrically-controlled switch
• B. A current controlled amplifier
• C. An inverting amplifier
• D. A pass transistor

T9A01

32. What is a beam antenna?

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

T3A02

33. What is the effect of vegetation on UHF and microwave signals?

• A. Absorption
• B. Amplification
• C. Polarization rotation
• D. Knife-edge diffraction

T8D03

34. What kind of data can be transmitted by APRS?

• A. GPS position data
• B. Weather data
• C. Text messages
• D. All these choices are correct

T7B02

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

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