Practice Exam

T1E01

1. When may an amateur station transmit without a control operator?

• A. When using automatic control, such as in the case of a repeater
• B. Never
• C. When the transmitting station is an auxiliary station
• D. When the station licensee is away and another licensed amateur is using the station

T5A02

2. Electrical power is measured in which of the following units?

• A. Amperes
• B. Watts
• C. Watt-hours
• D. Volts

T6B08

3. What does the abbreviation FET stand for?

• A. Fast Electron Transistor
• B. Free Electron Transmitter
• C. Frequency Emission Transmitter
• D. Field Effect Transistor

T3A12

4. What is the effect of fog and rain on signals in the 10 meter and 6 meter bands?

• A. There is little effect
• B. Deflection
• C. Range increase
• D. Absorption

T2C07

5. Which of the following is standard practice when you participate in a net?

• A. Unless you are reporting an emergency, transmit only when directed by the net control station
• B. Record the time of each of your transmissions
• C. When first responding to the net control station, transmit your call sign, name, and address as in the FCC database
• D. All these choices are correct

T4B04

6. 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

T8D09

7. 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

T9B10

8. What is the electrical difference between RG-58 and RG-213 coaxial cable?

• A. RG-213 cable has less loss at a given frequency
• B. RG-58 cable has two shields
• C. There is no significant difference between the two types
• D. RG-58 cable can handle higher power levels

T0A10

9. What hazard is caused by charging or discharging a battery too quickly?

• A. Overheating or out-gassing
• B. Half-wave rectification
• C. Excess output ripple
• D. Inverse memory effect

T1B09

10. Why should you not set your transmit frequency to be exactly at the edge of an amateur band or sub-band?

• A. So that modulation sidebands do not extend beyond the band edge
• B. To allow for transmitter frequency drift
• C. All these choices are correct
• D. To allow for calibration error in the transmitter frequency display

T8C02

11. Which of these items would be useful for a hidden transmitter hunt?

• A. A calibrated noise bridge
• B. Calibrated SWR meter
• C. All these choices are correct
• D. A directional antenna

T7A06

12. What device converts the RF input and output of a transceiver to another band?

• A. Transverter
• B. Low-pass filter
• C. Phase converter
• D. High-pass filter

T6A11

13. Which of the following battery chemistries is not rechargeable?

• A. Lead-acid
• B. Lithium-ion
• C. Carbon-zinc
• D. Nickel-cadmium

T3C08

14. What causes tropospheric ducting?

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

T1F08

15. What is the definition of third party communications?

• A. Amateur radio communications where three stations are in communications with one another
• B. A message from a control operator to another amateur station control operator on behalf of another person
• C. Temporary authorization for an unlicensed person to transmit on the amateur bands for technical experiments
• D. Operation when the transmitting equipment is licensed to a person other than the control operator

T0C09

16. How can you make sure your station stays in compliance with RF safety regulations?

• A. By making sure your antennas have low SWR
• B. By re-evaluating the station whenever an item in the transmitter or antenna system is changed
• C. By informing the FCC of any changes made in your station
• D. All these choices are correct

T6D02

17. What is a relay?

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

T8A06

18. Which sideband is normally used for 10 meter HF, VHF, and UHF single-sideband communications?

• A. Suppressed sideband
• B. Lower sideband
• C. Upper sideband
• D. Inverted sideband

T7C06

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

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

T0B02

20. What is required when climbing an antenna tower?

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

T8B08

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

• A. The satellite operates using ultraviolet frequencies
• B. The satellite uplink is in the 70 centimeter band and the downlink is in the 2 meter band
• 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

T1D05

22. When may amateur radio operators use their stations to notify other amateurs of the availability of equipment for sale or trade?

• A. When the equipment is not the personal property of either the station licensee, or the control operator, or their close relatives
• B. When selling amateur radio equipment and not on a regular basis
• C. Never
• D. When no profit is made on the sale

T2B12

23. What is the purpose of the color code used on DMR repeater systems?

• A. Defines the minimum signal level required for access
• B. Must match the repeater color code for access
• C. Identifies the codec used
• D. Defines the frequency pair to use

T3B06

24. What is the formula for converting frequency to approximate wavelength in meters?

• A. Wavelength in meters equals frequency in megahertz divided by 300
• B. Wavelength in meters equals frequency in hertz multiplied by 300
• C. Wavelength in meters equals frequency in hertz divided by 300
• D. Wavelength in meters equals 300 divided by frequency in megahertz

T9A06

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

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

T5B09

26. Which decibel value most closely represents a power increase from 5 watts to 10 watts?

• A. 2 dB
• B. 3 dB
• C. 10 dB
• D. 5 dB

T1C10

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

T7B07

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

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

T4A10

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

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

T1A04

30. How many operator/primary station license grants may be held by any one person?

• A. One for each permanent station location from which the person plans to operate
• B. No more than two
• C. One for each band on which the person plans to operate
• D. One

T7D10

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

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

T6C05

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

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

T5D06

33. What is the resistance of a circuit that draws 4 amperes from a 12-volt source?

• A. 8 ohms
• B. 16 ohms
• C. 3 ohms
• D. 48 ohms

T5C13

34. What is the abbreviation for kilohertz?

• A. KHZ
• B. kHz
• C. khZ
• D. khz

T2A04

35. 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