Practice Exam

T2A04

1. What is an appropriate way to call another station on a repeater if you know the other station's call sign?

• A. Wait for the station to call CQ, then answer with your call sign
• B. Say "break, break," then the other station's call sign, followed by your call sign
• C. Say "CQ" three times, then the other station's call sign, followed by your call sign
• D. Say the station's call sign, then identify with your call sign

T6C12

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

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

T1C01

3. For which classes of amateur radio licenses does the FCC currently issue new licenses?

• A. Technician, Technician Plus, General, Amateur Extra
• B. Technician, General, Amateur Extra
• C. Novice, Technician Plus, General, Advanced
• D. Novice, Technician, General, Amateur Extra

T5A07

4. Why are metals generally good conductors of electricity?

• A. They have relatively high density
• B. They have relatively high Young's modulus values
• C. They have many free electrons
• D. They have many free protons

T8B05

5. What is a satellite beacon?

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

T3A02

6. How does vegetation affect UHF and microwave signals?

• A. Causes knife-edge diffraction, distorting voice peaks
• B. Amplifies signals, improving reception of weak signals
• C. Has no effect
• D. Absorbs signals, leading to poor reception of weak signals

T7D10

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

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

T6B04

8. Which of the following components can consist of three regions of semiconductor material?

• A. Transistor
• B. Pentode
• C. Alternator
• D. Triode

T0C09

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

• A. By re-evaluating the station whenever an item in the transmitter or antenna system is changed
• B. By using only Underwriter Laboratories approved transmitting equipment
• C. By making sure your antennas have low SWR
• D. By informing the FCC of any changes made in your station

T5C06

10. What is the abbreviation for kilohertz?

• A. KHZ
• B. khz
• C. kHz
• D. KHz

T6D06

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

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

T7A10

12. What can be added to the output of a transceiver to increase the transmitted output power?

• A. All these choices are correct
• B. An impedance multiplier
• C. A potentiometer
• D. An RF power amplifier

T5D04

13. What is the resistance of a circuit in which a current of 3 amperes flows when connected to 90 volts?

• A. 270 ohms
• B. 1/30 ohm
• C. 30 ohms
• D. 3 ohms

T1F11

14. Which of the following is a requirement for the issuance of a club station license grant?

• A. The club must be registered with the American Radio Relay League (ARRL)
• B. The trustee must have an Amateur Extra Class operator license grant
• C. All these choices are correct
• D. The club must have at least four members

T8C02

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

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

T8A12

16. Which of the following is a disadvantage of FM compared with single sideband?

• A. Voice quality is poorer
• B. Only one signal can be received at a time
• C. FM signals are harder to tune
• D. FM signals are more susceptible to high SWR

T1D01

17. With which countries are FCC-licensed amateur radio stations prohibited from exchanging communications?

• A. Any country banned from making such communications by the American Radio Relay League (ARRL)
• B. Any country whose administration has notified the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) that it objects to such communications
• C. Any country whose administration has notified the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) that it objects to such communications
• D. Any country banned from such communications by the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU)

T0B01

18. Which of the following is good practice when installing ground wires on a tower for lightning protection?

• A. Make sure all ground wire bends are right angles
• B. Ensure that connections are short and direct
• C. All these choices are correct
• D. Put a drip loop in the ground connection to prevent water damage to the ground system

T0A08

19. Where should a fuse or circuit breaker be installed in a 120V AC power circuit?

• A. In series with the hot conductor only
• B. In series with the hot and neutral conductors
• C. In parallel with the hot and neutral conductors
• D. In parallel with the hot conductor only

T5B06

20. Which is equal to 3000 milliamperes?

• A. 3 amperes
• B. 3,000,000 amperes
• C. 0.3 amperes
• D. 0.003 amperes

T3C07

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

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

T6A10

22. Which of the following battery chemistries is rechargeable?

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

T1A05

23. What proves that the FCC has issued an operator/primary license grant?

• A. A printed copy of the certificate of successful completion of examination
• B. An email notification from the NCVEC granting the license
• C. All these choices are correct
• D. The license appears in the FCC ULS database

T2C04

24. What is RACES?

• A. An international radio experimentation society
• B. An emergency organization combining amateur radio and citizens band operators and frequencies
• C. An FCC Part 97 amateur radio service for civil defense communications during national emergencies
• D. A radio contest held in a short period, sometimes called a "sprint"

T1E02

25. Who may be the control operator of a station communicating through an amateur satellite or space station?

• A. Only an Amateur Extra Class operator who is also an AMSAT member
• B. Only an Amateur Extra Class operator
• C. A General class or higher licensee with a satellite operator certification
• D. Any amateur allowed to transmit on the satellite uplink frequency

T3B12

26. Which of these frequencies travels at the highest velocity in free space?

• A. All radio frequencies travel at the same velocity
• B. VHF
• C. UHF
• D. Microwaves

T7C05

27. Why do most solid-state transmitters reduce output power as SWR increases beyond a certain level?

• A. To comply with FCC rules on spectral purity
• B. Because power supplies cannot supply enough current at high SWR
• C. To protect the RF output amplifier transistors
• D. To lower the SWR on the transmission line

T4A10

28. What function does a digital mode hotspot perform for nearby transceivers?

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

T1B09

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

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

T9A01

30. What is a beam antenna?

• A. An antenna that focuses the signal into two intense rays
• B. An antenna built from square aluminum beams
• C. An antenna that concentrates signals in one direction
• D. An omnidirectional antenna invented by Clarence Beam

T9B11

31. Which of the following types of feed line has the lowest loss?

• A. Multi-conductor unbalanced cable
• B. 50-ohm flexible coax
• C. 75-ohm flexible coax
• D. Air-insulated hardline

T4B09

32. How is a specific group of stations selected on a DMR digital voice transceiver?

• A. By entering the group's identification code
• B. By retrieving the frequencies from transceiver memory
• C. By enabling the group's CTCSS tone
• D. By inserting a five-pin, pre-programmed code plug

T7B07

33. Which of the following can reduce interference to a 2-meter band transceiver from a nearby commercial FM station?

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

T8D03

34. What kind of data can be transmitted by APRS?

• A. Text messages
• B. All these choices are correct
• C. GPS position data
• D. Weather data

T2B08

35. Which of the following applies when two stations transmitting on the same frequency interfere with each other?

• A. The stations should negotiate continued use of the frequency
• B. Both stations should choose another frequency to avoid conflict
• C. Whichever station was on the frequency first has preemptive rights to the frequency
• D. Use subaudible tones so both stations can share the frequency