Practice Exam

T3C07

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

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

T8C04

2. Which of the following is good procedure when contacting another station in a contest?

• A. Send only the minimum information needed for proper identification and the contest exchange
• B. Contact the station twice to be sure that you are in his log
• C. All these choices are correct
• D. Sign only the last two letters of your call if there are many other stations calling

T0B07

3. 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. All these choices are correct
• C. This type of tower must never be painted
• D. This type of tower must never be grounded

T0A07

4. Where should a lightning arrester be installed in a coaxial feed line?

• A. At the ac power service panel
• B. At the antenna feed point
• C. On a grounded panel near where feed lines enter the building
• D. At the output connector of a transceiver

T6A03

5. What electrical parameter is controlled by a potentiometer?

• A. Inductance
• B. Resistance
• C. Field strength
• D. Capacitance

T1B12

6. Except for some specific restrictions, what is the maximum peak envelope power output for Technician class operators using frequencies above 30 MHz?

• A. 50 watts
• B. 500 watts
• C. 100 watts
• D. 1500 watts

T9A02

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

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

T7C03

8. What does a dummy load consist of?

• A. A high-gain amplifier and a TR switch
• B. A 50-ohm reactance used to terminate a transmission line
• C. A non-inductive resistor mounted on a heat sink
• D. A low-voltage power supply and a DC relay

T1E11

9. Who does the FCC presume to be the control operator of an amateur station, unless documentation to the contrary is in the station records?

• A. The station custodian
• B. The person operating the station equipment
• C. The third party participant
• D. The station licensee

T2A08

10. What is the meaning of the procedural signal "CQ"?

• A. Test transmission, no reply expected
• B. Call on the quarter hour
• C. Calling any station
• D. Only the called station should transmit

T6B10

11. Which of the following can provide power gain?

• A. Transistor
• B. Reactor
• C. Transformer
• D. Resistor

T2B03

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

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

T7A11

13. Where is an RF preamplifier installed?

• A. Between the transmitter and the antenna tuner
• B. At the output of the receiver audio amplifier
• C. At the output of the transmitter power amplifier
• D. Between the antenna and receiver

T1D10

14. How does the FCC define broadcasting for the Amateur Radio Service?

• A. Transmissions intended for reception by the general public
• B. Two-way transmissions by amateur stations
• C. Transmission of messages directed only to amateur operators
• D. Any transmission made by the licensed station

T6D04

15. Which of the following displays an electrical quantity as a numeric value?

• A. Relay
• B. Transistor
• C. Meter
• D. Potentiometer

T8D04

16. What type of transmission is indicated by the term "NTSC?"

• A. A special mode for satellite uplink
• B. An analog fast-scan color TV signal
• C. A frame compression scheme for TV signals
• D. A Normal Transmission mode in Static Circuit

T1A08

17. Which of the following entities recommends transmit/receive channels and other parameters for auxiliary and repeater stations?

• A. Volunteer Frequency Coordinator recognized by local amateurs
• B. International Telecommunication Union
• C. FCC Regional Field Office
• D. Frequency Spectrum Manager appointed by the FCC

T8A05

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

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

T3A10

19. What effect does multi-path propagation have on data transmissions?

• A. No significant changes will occur if the signals are transmitted using FM
• B. Transmission rates must be decreased by a factor equal to the number of separate paths observed
• C. Transmission rates must be increased by a factor equal to the number of separate paths observed
• D. Error rates are likely to increase

T3B08

20. What frequency range is referred to as VHF?

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

T0C13

21. Who is responsible for ensuring that no person is exposed to RF energy above the FCC exposure limits?

• A. The FCC
• B. The station licensee
• C. The local zoning board
• D. Anyone who is near an antenna

T5C03

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

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

T5A04

23. What are the units of electrical resistance?

• A. Siemens
• B. Ohms
• C. Coulombs
• D. Mhos

T6C03

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

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

T7B09

25. What should be the first step to resolve non-fiber optic cable TV interference caused by your amateur radio transmission?

• A. Be sure all TV feed line coaxial connectors are installed properly
• B. Add a high-pass filter to the TV antenna input
• C. Add a preamplifier to the TV antenna input
• D. Add a low-pass filter to the TV antenna input

T4A12

26. What is an electronic keyer?

• A. A device that assists in manual sending of Morse code
• B. An interlock to prevent unauthorized use of a radio
• C. A device for switching antennas from transmit to receive
• D. A device for voice activated switching from receive to transmit

T8B09

27. What causes spin fading of satellite signals?

• A. Interfering signals within the satellite uplink band
• B. Rotation of the satellite and its antennas
• C. Doppler shift of the received signal
• D. Circular polarized noise interference radiated from the sun

T9B05

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

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

T1C10

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

T5D03

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

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

T2C05

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

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

T4B11

32. Which of the following must be programmed into a D-STAR digital transceiver before transmitting?

• A. Your call sign
• B. The codec type being used
• C. Your output power
• D. All these choices are correct

T5B13

33. Which is equal to 2425 MHz?

• A. 24.25 GHz
• B. 2425 GHz
• C. 2.425 GHz
• D. 0.002425 GHz

T1F07

34. Which of the following restrictions apply when a non-licensed person is allowed to speak to a foreign station using a station under the control of a licensed amateur operator?

• A. The person must be a U.S. citizen
• B. The foreign station must be in a country with which the U.S. has a third party agreement
• C. All these choices are correct
• D. The licensed control operator must do the station identification

T7D10

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

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