Practice Exam

T5C01

1. What describes the ability to store energy in an electric field?

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

T0C02

2. Which of the following bands has the lowest maximum permissible exposure for RF safety?

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

T4A07

3. Which of the following is one of the connections required between a computer and a transceiver to operate digital modes?

• A. Computer "line in" to transceiver push-to-talk
• B. Computer "line out" to transceiver push-to-talk
• C. Computer "line out" to transceiver speaker connector
• D. Computer "line in" to transceiver speaker connector

T0B10

4. Which of the following is true when installing grounding conductors used for lightning protection?

• A. Sharp bends must be avoided
• B. Wires must be carefully routed with precise right-angle bends
• C. Use only non-insulated wire
• D. Common grounds must be avoided

T3B08

5. What frequency range is referred to as VHF?

• A. 300 kHz to 3000 kHz
• B. 30 kHz to 300 kHz
• C. 30 MHz to 300 MHz
• D. 300 MHz to 3000 MHz

T5D07

6. What is the current in a circuit with an applied voltage of 120 volts and a resistance of 80 ohms?

• A. 0.667 amperes
• B. 1.5 amperes
• C. 200 amperes
• D. 9600 amperes

T1B04

7. Which amateur band includes 146.52 MHz?

• A. 6 meters
• B. 20 meters
• C. 70 centimeters
• D. 2 meters

T2A10

8. What is a band plan, beyond the privileges established by the FCC?

• A. A list of available net frequencies
• B. A plan devised by a club to indicate frequency band usage
• C. A voluntary guideline for using different modes or activities within an amateur band
• D. A list of operating schedules

T6A10

9. Which of the following battery chemistries is rechargeable?

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

T1A03

10. What do the FCC rules state regarding the use of a phonetic alphabet for station identification in the Amateur Radio Service?

• A. It is required when transmitting emergency messages
• B. It is required when in contact with foreign stations
• C. All these choices are correct
• D. It is encouraged when using phone emissions

T2C08

11. Which of the following relays messages using email addresses based on amateur callsigns?

• A. AMTOR
• B. PSK31
• C. Winlink
• D. FT8

T2B01

12. What is the purpose of the reverse function on a VHF/UHF transceiver?

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

T7B03

13. Which of the following can cause radio frequency interference?

• A. Fundamental overload
• B. All these choices are correct
• C. Harmonics
• D. Spurious emissions

T8B03

14. Which of the following are provided by satellite tracking programs?

• A. All these choices are correct
• B. Maps showing the real-time position of the satellite track over Earth
• C. The time, azimuth, and elevation of the start, maximum altitude, and end of a pass
• D. The apparent frequency of the satellite transmission, including effects of Doppler shift

T1D02

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

• A. Telecommand or transmissions of telemetry
• B. International Morse Code Practice
• C. Announcements of upcoming ham radio operating events
• D. Broadcasting

T9B05

16. What happens as the frequency of a signal in coaxial cable is increased?

• A. The characteristic impedance increases
• B. The characteristic impedance decreases
• C. The loss decreases
• D. The loss increases

T7C11

17. What is an advantage of foam-dielectric versus solid-dielectric coaxial cable?

• A. It has a better impedance match to 50 ohms
• B. It has higher voltage breakdown
• C. It has less loss per foot
• D. It is more resistant to moisture contamination

T6C12

18. Which of the following is accurately represented in electrical schematics?

• A. Component connections
• B. Wire lengths
• C. All these choices are correct
• D. Physical appearance of components

T7A05

19. What is the name of a circuit that generates a signal at a specific frequency?

• A. Reactance modulator
• B. Oscillator
• C. Phase modulator
• D. Low-pass filter

T6D10

20. What is the function of component 2 in figure T-1?

• A. Supply electrical energy
• B. Convert electrical energy into radio waves
• C. Give off light when current flows through it
• D. Control the flow of current

T8A10

21. What is the approximate bandwidth of AM fast-scan TV transmissions?

• A. About 1 MHz
• B. More than 10 MHz
• C. About 6 MHz
• D. About 3 MHz

T8C06

22. How is over the air access to Internet Radio Linking Project (IRLP) nodes accomplished?

• A. By using Continuous Tone-Coded Squelch System (CTCSS) tone codes
• B. By entering the proper internet password
• C. By using Dual-Tone Multi-Frequency (DTMF) signals
• D. By obtaining a password that is sent via voice to the node

T5B10

23. Which decibel value most closely represents a power decrease from 12 watts to 3 watts?

• A. -9 dB
• B. -1 dB
• C. -3 dB
• D. -6 dB

T4B08

24. What is the advantage of having a choice of receiver filter bandwidths in a multimode transceiver?

• A. Permits monitoring several modes simultaneously by selecting a separate filter for each mode
• B. Increases the number of frequencies that can be stored in memory
• C. Permits noise or interference reduction by selecting a bandwidth matching the mode
• D. Increases the amount of offset between receive and transmit frequencies

T9A03

25. How is the polarization of an antenna described?

• A. By the direction of radiation
• B. By the shape of the driven element
• C. By the orientation of the electric field
• D. By the orientation of the magnetic field

T1F02

26. 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. At least every 10 minutes during and at the end of a communication
• C. Once every hour
• D. Never, the tactical call is sufficient

T0A12

27. Which of the following precautions should be taken when measuring high voltages with a voltmeter?

• A. Ensure that the circuit is grounded through the voltmeter
• B. Ensure that the voltmeter is set to the correct frequency
• C. Ensure that the voltmeter has very low impedance
• D. Ensure that the voltmeter and its leads are rated for use at the voltages being measured

T1C10

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

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

T6B07

29. What causes a light-emitting diode (LED) to emit light?

• A. Forward current
• B. Reverse current
• C. Capacitively-coupled RF signal
• D. Inductively-coupled RF signal

T8D02

30. What is FT8?

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

T1E03

31. Who must designate the station control operator?

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

T7D05

32. How does an ohmmeter measure the resistance of a circuit or component?

• A. By applying a variable voltage and measuring the resulting current change
• B. By placing a variable resistor in parallel with the circuit
• C. By applying a small current and measuring the resulting voltage
• D. By placing a variable resistor in series with the circuit

T3A08

33. What is a likely cause of irregular fading of signals propagated by the ionosphere?

• A. Interference from thunderstorms
• B. Random combining of signals arriving via different paths
• C. Frequency shift due to Faraday rotation
• D. Intermodulation distortion

T5A05

34. A difference in which of the following causes electron flow?

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

T3C07

35. What band is best suited for communicating via meteor scatter?

• A. 33 centimeters
• B. 70 centimeters
• C. 2 meters
• D. 6 meters