Practice Exam

T1C10

1. How soon after passing the examination for your first amateur radio license may you transmit on the amateur radio bands?

• A. As soon as you receive your license in the mail from the FCC
• B. As soon as your operator/station license grant appears on the ARRL website
• C. As soon as your operator/station license grant appears in the FCC's license database
• D. Immediately on receiving your Certificate of Successful Completion of Examination (CSCE)

T2A01

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

• A. Plus or minus 600 kHz
• B. Plus or minus 5 MHz
• C. Plus or minus 500 kHz
• D. Plus or minus 1 MHz

T6C03

3. What is component 2 in figure T-1?

• A. Indicator lamp
• B. Resistor
• C. Connector
• D. Transistor

T1A09

4. Who selects a Frequency Coordinator?

• A. The FCC Office of Spectrum Management and Coordination Policy
• B. Amateur operators in a local or regional area whose stations are eligible to be repeater or auxiliary stations
• C. The local chapter of the Office of National Council of Independent Frequency Coordinators
• D. FCC Regional Field Office

T1D08

5. In which of the following circumstances may the control operator of an amateur station receive compensation for operating that station?

• A. When the communication is related to the sale of amateur equipment by the control operator's employer
• B. When the communication is incidental to classroom instruction at an educational institution
• C. When the communication is made to obtain emergency information for a local broadcast station
• D. All these choices are correct

T3C08

6. What causes tropospheric ducting?

• A. Sunspots and solar flares
• B. Updrafts from hurricanes and tornadoes
• C. Discharges of lightning during electrical storms
• D. Temperature inversions in the atmosphere

T1E06

7. When, under normal circumstances, may a Technician class licensee be the control operator of a station operating in an Amateur Extra Class band segment?

• A. When designated as the control operator by an Amateur Extra Class licensee
• B. At no time
• C. As part of a multi-operator contest team
• D. When using a club station whose trustee holds an Amateur Extra Class license

T7C06

8. What does an SWR reading of 4:1 indicate?

• A. Impedance mismatch
• B. Good impedance match
• C. Gain of +4 dB
• D. Loss of -4 dB

T8D09

9. What is CW?

• A. A type of electromagnetic propagation
• B. A technique for coil winding
• C. Another name for a Morse code transmission
• D. A digital mode used primarily on 2 meter FM

T3A11

10. Which region of the atmosphere can refract or bend HF and VHF radio waves?

• A. The ionosphere
• B. The troposphere
• C. The mesosphere
• D. The stratosphere

T0B04

11. Which of the following is an important safety precaution to observe when putting up an antenna tower?

• A. Wear a ground strap connected to your wrist at all times
• B. Insulate the base of the tower to avoid lightning strikes
• C. All these choices are correct
• D. Look for and stay clear of any overhead electrical wires

T7D09

12. What is the characteristic appearance of a cold tin-lead solder joint?

• A. Dark black spots
• B. A bright or shiny surface
• C. Excessive solder
• D. A rough or lumpy surface

T9B01

13. What is a benefit of low SWR?

• A. Reduced television interference
• B. Less antenna wear
• C. All these choices are correct
• D. Reduced signal loss

T6A01

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

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

T0A05

15. Why should a 5-ampere fuse never be replaced with a 20-ampere fuse?

• A. The power supply ripple would greatly increase
• B. Excessive current could cause a fire
• C. The larger fuse would be likely to blow because it is rated for higher current
• D. All these choices are correct

T5C05

16. What is the unit of impedance?

• A. The volt
• B. The ampere
• C. The coulomb
• D. The ohm

T2B01

17. How is a VHF/UHF transceiver's "reverse" function used?

• A. To listen on a repeater's input frequency
• B. To increase power output
• C. To listen on a repeater's output frequency
• D. To reduce power output

T7A03

18. Which of the following is used to convert a signal from one frequency to another?

• A. Mixer
• B. Phase splitter
• C. Inverter
• D. Amplifier

T7B07

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

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

T8A09

20. What is the approximate bandwidth of a VHF repeater FM voice signal?

• A. Less than 500 Hz
• B. Between 10 and 15 kHz
• C. Between 50 and 125 kHz
• D. About 150 kHz

T8C03

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

• A. Net operations
• B. Public service events
• C. Contesting
• D. Simulated emergency exercises

T6D09

22. What is the name of a device that combines several semiconductors and other components into one package?

• A. Transformer
• B. Transducer
• C. Integrated circuit
• D. Multi-pole relay

T3B11

23. What is the approximate velocity of a radio wave in free space?

• A. 300,000,000 miles per hour
• B. 150,000 meters per second
• C. 300,000,000 meters per second
• D. 150,000 miles per hour

T5B04

24. Which is equal to one microvolt?

• A. One million volts
• B. One one-thousandth of a volt
• C. One one-millionth of a volt
• D. One thousand kilovolts

T1B01

25. Which of the following frequency ranges are available for phone operation by Technician licensees?

• A. 28.500 MHz to 28.600 MHz
• B. 28.100 MHz to 28.300 MHz
• C. 28.050 MHz to 28.150 MHz
• D. 28.300 MHz to 28.500 MHz

T8B07

26. What is Doppler shift in reference to satellite communications?

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

T0C08

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

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

T9A06

28. Which of the following types of antenna offers the greatest gain?

• A. 5/8 wave vertical
• B. Isotropic
• C. J pole
• D. Yagi

T1F06

29. Which of the following self-assigned indicators are acceptable when using a phone transmission?

• A. KL7CC stroke W3
• B. All these choices are correct
• C. KL7CC slash W3
• D. KL7CC slant W3

T5A11

30. What type of current flow is opposed by resistance?

• A. All these choices are correct
• B. Alternating current
• C. Direct current
• D. RF current

T4A09

31. How can you determine the length of time that equipment can be powered from a battery?

• A. Multiply the square of the current rating of the battery by the input resistance of the equipment
• B. Divide the battery ampere-hour rating by the average current draw of the equipment
• C. Multiply the watts per hour consumed by the equipment by the battery power rating
• D. Divide the watt-hour rating of the battery by the peak power consumption of the equipment

T5D05

32. What is the resistance of a circuit for which the applied voltage is 12 volts and the current flow is 1.5 amperes?

• A. 0.125 ohms
• B. 13.5 ohms
• C. 18 ohms
• D. 8 ohms

T2C01

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

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

T4B05

34. What does the scanning function of an FM transceiver do?

• A. Checks for messages left on a digital bulletin board
• B. Checks incoming signal deviation
• C. Tunes through a range of frequencies to check for activity
• D. Prevents interference to nearby repeaters

T6B01

35. Which is true about forward voltage drop in a diode?

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