Ham Technician License Practice Quiz


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T0A10: What can happen if a lead-acid storage battery is charged or discharged too quickly?

The battery could overheat and give off flammable gas or explode
The voltage can become reversed
The 'memory effect' will reduce the capacity of the battery
All of these choices are correct

T0B07: Which of the following is an important safety rule to remember when using a crank-up tower?

This type of tower must never be painted
This type of tower must never be grounded
This type of tower must never be climbed unless it is in the fully retracted position
All of these choices are correct

T0C07: What could happen if a person accidentally touched your antenna while you were transmitting?

Touching the antenna could cause television interference
They might receive a painful RF burn
They might develop radiation poisoning
All of these choices are correct

T1A03: Which part of the FCC rules contains the rules and regulations governing the Amateur Radio Service?

Part 73
Part 95
Part 90
Part 97

T1B10: Which of the bands available to Technician Class operators have mode-restricted sub-bands?

The 6 meter, 2 meter, and 70 cm bands
The 2 meter and 13 cm bands
The 6 meter, 2 meter, and 1.25 meter bands
The 2 meter and 70 cm bands

T1C10: How soon may you operate a transmitter on an amateur service frequency after you pass the examination required for your first amateur radio license?

Immediately
30 days after the test date
As soon as your name and call sign appear in the FCC's ULS database
You must wait until you receive your license in the mail from the FCC

T1D11: Which of the following types of communications are permitted in the Amateur Radio Service?

Brief transmissions to make station adjustments
Retransmission of entertainment programming from a commercial radio or TV station
Retransmission of entertainment material from a public radio or TV station
Communications on a regular basis that could reasonably be furnished alternatively through other radio services

T1E03: Who must designate the station control operator?

The station licensee
The FCC
The frequency coordinator
The ITU

T1F02: When using tactical identifiers, how often must your station transmit the station's FCC-assigned call sign?

Never, the tactical call is sufficient
Once during every hour
Every ten minutes
At the end of every communication

T2A01: What is the most common repeater frequency offset in the 2 meter band?

plus 500 kHz
plus or minus 600 kHz
minus 500 kHz
Only plus 600 kHz

T2B03: Which of the following describes the muting of receiver audio controlled solely by the presence or absence of an RF signal?

Tone squelch
Carrier squelch
CTCSS
Modulated carrier

T2C07: What should you do to minimize disruptions to an emergency traffic net once you have checked in?

Whenever the net frequency is quiet, announce your call sign and location
Move 5 kHz away from the net's frequency and use high power to ask other hams to keep clear of the net frequency
Do not transmit on the net frequency until asked to do so by the net control station
Wait until the net frequency is quiet, then ask for any emergency traffic for your area

T3A11: Which part of the atmosphere enables the propagation of radio signals around the world?

The stratosphere
The troposphere
The ionosphere
The magnetosphere

T3B03: What are the two components of a radio wave?

AC and DC
Voltage and current
Electric and magnetic fields
Ionizing and non-ionizing radiation

T3C07: What band is best suited to communicating via meteor scatter?

10 meters
6 meters
2 meters
70 cm

T4A06: Which of the following would be connected between a transceiver and computer in a packet radio station?

Transmatch
Mixer
Terminal node controller
Antenna

T4B08: What is the advantage of having multiple receive bandwidth choices on a multimode transceiver?

Permits monitoring several modes at once
Permits noise or interference reduction by selecting a bandwidth matching the mode
Increases the number of frequencies that can be stored in memory
Increases the amount of offset between receive and transmit frequencies

T5A03: What is the name for the flow of electrons in an electric circuit?

Voltage
Resistance
Capacitance
Current

T5B11: What is the approximate amount of change, measured in decibels (dB), of a power increase from 20 watts to 200 watts?

10 dB
12 dB
18 dB
28 dB

T5C09: How much power is being used in a circuit when the applied voltage is 13.8 volts DC and the current is 10 amperes?

138 watts
0.7 watts
23.8 watts
3.8 watts

T5D11: What is the voltage across a 10-ohm resistor if a current of 1 ampere flows through it?

1 volt
10 volts
11 volts
9 volts

T6A05: What type of electrical component consists of two or more conductive surfaces separated by an insulator?

Resistor
Potentiometer
Oscillator
Capacitor

T6B03: Which of these components can be used as an electronic switch or amplifier?

Oscillator
Potentiometer
Transistor
Voltmeter

T6C05: What is component 4 in figure T1?

Resistor
Transistor
Battery
Ground symbol

T6D03: What type of switch is represented by item 3 in figure T2?

Single-pole single-throw
Single-pole double-throw
Double-pole single-throw
Double-pole double-throw

T7A03: What is the function of a mixer in a superheterodyne receiver?

To reject signals outside of the desired passband
To combine signals from several stations together
To shift the incoming signal to an intermediate frequency
To connect the receiver with an auxiliary device, such as a TNC

T7B06: What should you do first if someone tells you that your station's transmissions are interfering with their radio or TV reception?

Make sure that your station is functioning properly and that it does not cause interference to your own television
Immediately turn off your transmitter and contact the nearest FCC office for assistance
Tell them that your license gives you the right to transmit and nothing can be done to reduce the interference
Continue operating normally because your equipment cannot possibly cause any interference

T7C10: Why should the outer jacket of coaxial cable be resistant to ultraviolet light?

Ultraviolet resistant jackets prevent harmonic radiation
Ultraviolet light can increase losses in the cable's jacket
Ultraviolet and RF signals can mix together, causing interference
Ultraviolet light can damage the jacket and allow water to enter the cable

T7D02: What is the correct way to connect a voltmeter to a circuit?

In series with the circuit
In parallel with the circuit
In quadrature with the circuit
In phase with the circuit

T8A11: What is the approximate maximum bandwidth required to transmit a CW signal?

2.4 kHz
150 Hz
1000 Hz
15 kHz

T8B08: What is meant by the statement that a satellite is operating in "mode U/V"?

The satellite uplink is in the 15 meter band and the downlink is in the 10 meter band
The satellite uplink is in the 70 cm band and the downlink is in the 2 meter band
The satellite operates using ultraviolet frequencies
The satellite frequencies are usually variable

T8C05: What is a grid locator?

A letter-number designator assigned to a geographic location
A letter-number designator assigned to an azimuth and elevation
An instrument for neutralizing a final amplifier
An instrument for radio direction finding

T8D08: Which of the following may be included in packet transmissions?

A check sum which permits error detection
A header which contains the call sign of the station to which the information is being sent
Automatic repeat request in case of error
All of these choices are correct

T9A03: Which of the following describes a simple dipole mounted so the conductor is parallel to the Earth's surface?

A ground wave antenna
A horizontally polarized antenna
A rhombic antenna
A vertically polarized antenna

T9B06: Which of the following connectors is most suitable for frequencies above 400 MHz?

A UHF (PL-259/SO-239) connector
A Type N connector
An RS-213 connector
A DB-23 connector