G0A02: Which of the following properties is important in estimating whether an RF signal exceeds the maximum permissible exposure (MPE)?

Its duty cycle

Its frequency

Its power density

G0B09: Why should soldered joints not be used with the wires that connect the base of a tower to a system of ground rods?

The resistance of solder is too high

Solder flux will prevent a low conductivity connection

Solder has too high a dielectric constant to provide adequate lightning protection

G1A09: Which of the following frequencies is within the General Class portion of the 80 meter band?

1855 kHz

2560 kHz

3650 kHz

G1B12: Who or what determines 'good engineering and good amateur practice' as applied to the operation of an amateur station in all respects not covered by the Part 97 rules?

The Control Operator

The IEEE

The ITU

G1C11: What is the maximum symbol rate permitted for RTTY or data emission transmissions on the 2 meter band?

56 kilobaud

1200 baud

300 baud

G1D10: What is the minimum age that one must be to qualify as an accredited Volunteer Examiner?

12 years

21 years

There is no age limit

G1E09: What language must you use when identifying your station if you are using a language other than English in making a contact using phone emission?

The language being used for the contact

Any language if the US has a third party agreement with that country

Any language of a country that is a member of the ITU

G2A11: What does the expression "CQ DX" usually indicate?

A general call for any station

The caller is listening for a station in Germany

A distress call

G2B10: When may the FCC restrict normal frequency operations of amateur stations participating in RACES?

When they declare a temporary state of communication emergency

When they seize your equipment for use in disaster communications

Only when all amateur stations are instructed to stop transmitting

G2C02: What should you do if a CW station sends "QRS"?

Change frequency

Increase your power

Repeat everything twice

G2D10: What is QRP operation?

Remote piloted model control

Transmission using Quick Response Protocol

Traffic relay procedure net operation

G2E07: What does the abbreviation "RTTY" stand for?

Returning to you

A general call to all digital stations

Repeater transmission type

G3A16: What is a possible benefit to radio communications resulting from periods of high geomagnetic activity?

Higher signal strength for HF signals passing through the polar regions

Improved HF long path propagation

Reduced long delayed echoes

G3B10: What is the approximate maximum distance along the Earth's surface that is normally covered in one hop using the E region?

180 miles

2,500 miles

12,000 miles

G3C09: What type of radio wave propagation allows a signal to be detected at a distance too far for ground wave propagation but too near for normal sky-wave propagation?

Faraday rotation

Sporadic-E skip

Short-path skip

G4A07: What condition can lead to permanent damage when using a solid-state RF power amplifier?

Exceeding the Maximum Usable Frequency

Low input SWR

Shorting the input signal to ground

G4B06: What is an advantage of a digital voltmeter as compared to an analog voltmeter?

Better for measuring computer circuits

Better for RF measurements

Faster response

G4C10: What could be a symptom of a ground loop somewhere in your station?

The SWR reading for one or more antennas is suddenly very high

An item of station equipment starts to draw excessive amounts of current

You receive reports of harmonic interference from your station

G4D11: How close to the upper edge of the 20 meter General Class band should your displayed carrier frequency be when using 3 kHz wide'USB?

3 kHz above the edge of the band

Your displayed carrier frequency may be set at the edge of the band

Center your signal on the edge of the band

G4E04: Why is it best NOT to draw the DC power for a 100-watt HF transceiver from an automobile's auxiliary power socket?

The socket is not wired with an RF-shielded power cable

The DC polarity of the socket is reversed from the polarity of modern HF

Drawing more than 50 watts from this socket could cause the engine to overheat

G5A07: What happens when the impedance of an electrical load is equal to the internal impedance of the power source?

The source delivers minimum power to the load

The electrical load is shorted

No current can flow through the circuit

G5B01: A two-times increase or decrease in power results in a change of how many dB?

Approximately 2 dB

Approximately 6 dB

Approximately 12 dB

G5C05: If three equal value resistors in parallel produce 50 ohms of resistance, and the same three resistors in series produce 450 ohms, what is the value of each resistor?

1500 ohms

90 ohms

175 ohms

G6A13: What is an effect of inter-turn capacitance in an inductor?

The magnetic field may become inverted

The permeability will increase

The voltage rating may be exceeded

G6B11: Which of the following solid state devices is most like a vacuum tube in its general operating characteristics?

A bipolar transistor

A tunnel diode

A varistor

G6C13: Which of these connector types is commonly used for RF service at frequencies up to 150 MHz?

Octal

RJ-11

DB-25

G7A06: What portion of the AC cycle is converted to DC by a full-wave rectifier?

90 degrees

180 degrees

270 degrees

G7B13: What is the reason for neutralizing the final amplifier stage of a transmitter?

To limit the modulation index

To cut off the final amplifier during standby periods

To keep the carrier on frequency

G7C03: What circuit is used to process signals from the RF amplifier and local oscillator and send the result to the IF filter in a superheterodyne receiver?

Balanced modulator

IF amplifier

Detector

G8A11: What happens to the RF carrier signal when a modulating audio signal is applied to an FM transmitter?

The carrier frequency changes proportionally to the amplitude and frequency of the modulating signal

The carrier amplitude changes proportionally to the instantaneous frequency of the modulating signal

The carrier phase changes proportionally to the instantaneous amplitude of the modulating signal

G8B04: What is the name of the stage in a VHF FM transmitter that generates a harmonic of a lower frequency signal to reach the desired operating frequency?

Mixer

Reactance modulator

Pre-emphasis network

G9A05: How does the attenuation of coaxial cable change as the frequency of the signal it is carrying increases?

It is independent of frequency

It decreases

It reaches a maximum at approximately 18 MHz

G9B01: What is one disadvantage of a directly fed random-wire antenna?

It must be longer than 1 wavelength

It produces only vertically polarized radiation

It is not effective on the higher HF bands

G9C04: Which statement about a three-element; single-band Yagi antenna is true?

The director is normally the longest parasitic element

The reflector is normally the shortest parasitic element

All of the elements must be the same length

G9D06: Which of the following is an advantage of a log periodic antenna?

Higher gain per element than a Yagi antenna

Harmonic suppression

Polarization diversity