To appropriately perform communications even when a random access procedure with less steps than existing steps is performed, an aspect of a user terminal according to the present disclosure includes a transmitting section that transmits a UL signal including a random access preamble and a certain message, a receiving section that receives a DL signal transmitted in response to the UL signal, and a control section that controls at least one of transmission of the UL signal and reception of the DL signal by applying a common behavior to a first procedure for transmitting the UL signal in accordance with an indication from a network and a second procedure for transmitting the UL signal without any indication from the network.