Practice Exam

T7A03

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

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

T1E09

2. Which of the following are required for remote control operation?

• A. All these choices are correct
• B. The control operator must indirectly manipulate the controls
• C. A control operator is required at all times
• D. The control operator must be at the control point

T1A09

3. Who selects a Frequency Coordinator?

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

T8C07

4. What is Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP)?

• A. A set of rules specifying how to identify your station when linked over the internet to another station
• B. A technique for measuring the modulation quality of a transmitter using remote sites monitored via the internet
• C. A method of delivering voice communications over the internet using digital techniques
• D. A technique employed to "spot" DX stations via the internet

T2B03

5. Which of the following describes a linked repeater network?

• A. Multiple repeaters with the same control operator
• B. A single repeater with more than one receiver
• C. A system of repeaters linked by APRS
• D. A network of repeaters in which signals received by one repeater are transmitted by all the repeaters in the network

T7D02

6. How is a voltmeter connected to a component to measure applied voltage?

• A. In parallel
• B. In quadrature
• C. In phase
• D. In series

T0B02

7. What is required when climbing an antenna tower?

• A. Have sufficient training on safe tower climbing techniques
• B. Use appropriate tie-off to the tower at all times
• C. Always wear an approved climbing harness
• D. All these choices are correct

T5C03

8. What describes the ability to store energy in a magnetic field?

• A. Admittance
• B. Inductance
• C. Resistance
• D. Capacitance

T9B04

9. What is the major function of an antenna tuner (antenna coupler)?

• A. It helps a receiver automatically tune in weak stations
• B. It automatically selects the proper antenna for the frequency band being used
• C. It allows an antenna to be used on both transmit and receive
• D. It matches the antenna system impedance to the transceiver's output impedance

T3C10

10. Which of the following bands may provide long-distance communications via the ionosphere's F region during the peak of the sunspot cycle?

• A. 70 centimeters and 1.25 meters
• B. 23 centimeters
• C. 6 and 10 meters
• D. All these choices are correct

T7C06

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

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

T6D06

12. What component changes 120 V AC power to a lower AC voltage for other uses?

• A. Transformer
• B. Variable capacitor
• C. Transistor
• D. Diode

T5A05

13. What is the electrical term for the force that causes electron flow?

• A. Voltage
• B. Capacitance
• C. Inductance
• D. Ampere-hours

T6C05

14. What is component 4 in figure T-1?

• A. Transistor
• B. Ground symbol
• C. Battery
• D. Resistor

T2C05

15. What does the term "traffic" refer to in net operation?

• A. Operation by mobile or portable stations
• B. The number of stations checking in and out of a net
• C. Requests to activate the net by a served agency
• D. Messages exchanged by net stations

T1C09

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

• A. Three years
• B. Two years
• C. Five years
• D. Ten years

T1F02

17. How often must you identify with your FCC-assigned call sign when using tactical call signs such as "Race Headquarters"?

• A. At the end of every transmission
• B. Never, the tactical call is sufficient
• C. At the end of each communication and every ten minutes during a communication
• D. Once during every hour

T0A03

18. In the United States, what circuit does black wire insulation indicate in a three-wire 120 V cable?

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

T9A02

19. Which of the following describes a type of antenna loading?

• A. Electrically lengthening by inserting inductors in radiating elements
• B. Installing a spring in the base of a mobile vertical antenna to make it more flexible
• C. Inserting a resistor in the radiating portion of the antenna to make it resonant
• D. Strengthening the radiating elements of a beam antenna to better resist wind damage

T4A04

20. How are the transceiver audio input and output connected in a station configured to operate using FT8?

• A. To the audio input and output of a computer running WSJT-X software
• B. To an FT8 conversion unit, a keyboard, and a computer monitor
• C. To a computer running a terminal program and connected to a terminal node controller unit
• D. To a computer connected to the FT8converter.com website

T1B06

21. On which HF bands does a Technician class operator have phone privileges?

• A. 80 meter, 40 meter, 15 meter, and 10 meter bands
• B. None
• C. 30 meter band only
• D. 10 meter band only

T0C02

22. At which of the following frequencies does maximum permissible exposure have the lowest value?

• A. 50 MHz
• B. 440 MHz
• C. 3.5 MHz
• D. 1296 MHz

T5D03

23. 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

T6B12

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

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

T3A09

25. Which of the following results from the fact that signals propagated by the ionosphere are elliptically polarized?

• A. Both the transmitting and receiving antennas must be of the same polarization
• B. FM voice is unusable
• C. Digital modes are unusable
• D. Either vertically or horizontally polarized antennas may be used for transmission or reception

T2A03

26. What is a common repeater frequency offset in the 70 cm band?

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

T5B02

27. Which is equal to 1,500,000 hertz?

• A. 1500 MHz
• B. 15 GHz
• C. 150 kHz
• D. 1500 kHz

T8A05

28. Which of the following types of signal has the narrowest bandwidth?

• A. Slow-scan TV
• B. SSB voice
• C. CW
• D. FM voice

T7B07

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

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

T6A04

30. What electrical component stores energy in an electric field?

• A. Inductor
• B. Diode
• C. Capacitor
• D. Varistor

T8D13

31. What is FT8?

• A. An eight channel multiplex mode for FM repeaters
• B. A digital mode capable of low signal-to-noise operation
• C. A digital slow-scan TV mode with forward error correction and automatic color compensation
• D. A wideband FM voice mode

T3B02

32. What property of a radio wave defines its polarization?

• A. The orientation of the magnetic field
• B. The orientation of the electric field
• C. The ratio of the energy in the magnetic field to the energy in the electric field
• D. The ratio of the velocity to the wavelength

T8B05

33. What is a satellite beacon?

• A. An indicator light that shows where to point your antenna
• B. The primary transmit antenna on the satellite
• C. A reflective surface on the satellite
• D. A transmission from a satellite that contains status information

T4B04

34. What is a way to enable quick access to a favorite frequency or channel on your transceiver?

• A. Enable the VOX
• B. Store it in a memory channel
• C. Use the scan mode to select the desired frequency
• D. Enable the frequency offset

T1D06

35. What, if any, are the restrictions concerning transmission of language that may be considered indecent or obscene?

• A. The ITU maintains a list of words that are not permitted to be used on amateur frequencies
• B. The FCC maintains a list of words that are not permitted to be used on amateur frequencies
• C. There is no such prohibition
• D. Any such language is prohibited