Ham General License Practice Quiz
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G0A08: Which of the following steps must an amateur operator take to ensure compliance with RF safety regulations when transmitter power exceeds levels specified in part 97.13?
Post a copy of FCC Part 97 in the station
Post a copy of OET Bulletin 65 in the station
Perform a routine RF exposure evaluation
All of these choices are correct
G0B14: Which of the following is covered by the National Electrical Code?
Acceptable bandwidth limits
Acceptable modulation limits
Electrical safety inside the ham shack
RF exposure limits of the human body
G1A10: Which of the following frequencies is within the General Class portion of the 15 meter band?
14250 kHz
18155 kHz
21300 kHz
24900 kHz
G1B07: What are the restrictions on the use of abbreviations or procedural signals in the Amateur Service?
Only "Q" codes are permitted
They may be used if they do not obscure the meaning of a message
They are not permitted
Only "10 codes" are permitted
G1C10: What is the maximum symbol rate permitted for RTTY or data emission transmissions on the 10 meter band?
56 kilobaud
19.6 kilobaud
1200 baud
300 baud
G1D02: What license examinations may you administer when you are an accredited VE holding a General Class operator license?
General and Technician
General only
Technician only
Extra, General and Technician
G1E10: What portion of the 10 meter band is available for repeater use?
The entire band
The portion between 28.1 MHz and 28.2 MHz
The portion between 28.3 MHz and 28.5 MHz
The portion above 29.5 MHz
G2A05: Which mode of voice communication is most commonly used on the high frequency amateur bands?
Frequency modulation
Double sideband
Single sideband
Phase modulation
G2B04: When selecting a CW transmitting frequency, what minimum frequency separation should you allow in order to minimize interference to stations on adjacent frequencies?
5 to 50 Hz
150 to 500 Hz
1 to 3 kHz
3 to 6 kHz
G2C06: What does the term 'zero beat' mean in CW operation?
Matching the speed of the transmitting station
Operating split to avoid interference on frequency
Sending without error
Matching your transmit frequency to the frequency of a received signal.
G2D05: When is it permissible to communicate with amateur stations in countries outside the areas administered by the Federal Communications Commission?
Only when the foreign country has a formal third party agreement filed with the FCC
When the contact is with amateurs in any country except those whose administrations have notified the ITU that they object to such communications
When the contact is with amateurs in any country as long as the communication is conducted in English
Only when the foreign country is a member of the International Amateur Radio Union
G2E10: What is a major advantage of MFSK16 compared to other digital modes?
It is much higher speed than RTTY
It is much narrower bandwidth than most digital modes
It has built-in error correction
It offers good performance in weak signal environments without error correction
G3A10: What causes HF propagation conditions to vary periodically in a 28-day cycle?
Long term oscillations in the upper atmosphere
Cyclic variation in the Earth's radiation belts
The Sun's rotation on its axis
The position of the Moon in its orbit
G3B08: What does MUF stand for?
The Minimum Usable Frequency for communications between two points
The Maximum Usable Frequency for communications between two points
The Minimum Usable Frequency during a 24 hour period
The Maximum Usable Frequency during a 24 hour period
G3C12: Which ionospheric layer is the most absorbent of long skip signals during daylight hours on frequencies below 10 MHz?
The F2 layer
The F1 layer
The E layer
The D layer
G4A01: What is the purpose of the "notch filter" found on many HF transceivers?
To restrict the transmitter voice bandwidth
To reduce interference from carriers in the receiver passband
To eliminate receiver interference from impulse noise sources
To enhance the reception of a specific frequency on a crowded band
G4B03: Which of the following is the best instrument to use when checking the keying waveform of a CW transmitter?
An oscilloscope
A field-strength meter
A sidetone monitor
A wavemeter
G4C12: Which of the following is an advantage of a receiver Digital Signal Processor IF filter as compared to an analog filter?
A wide range of filter bandwidths and shapes can be created
Fewer digital components are required
Mixing products are greatly reduced
The DSP filter is much more effective at VHF frequencies
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
3 kHz below 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
G4E01: What is a "capacitance hat", when referring to a mobile antenna?
A device to increase the power handling capacity of a mobile whip antenna
A device that allows automatic band-changing for a mobile antenna
A device to electrically lengthen a physically short antenna
A device that allows remote tuning of a mobile antenna
G5A09: What unit is used to measure reactance?
Farad
Ohm
Ampere
Siemens
G5B12: What would be the RMS voltage across a 50-ohm dummy load dissipating 1200 watts?
173 volts
245 volts
346 volts
692 volts
G5C09: What is the capacitance of three 100 microfarad capacitors connected in series?
.30 microfarads
.33 microfarads
33.3 microfarads
300 microfarads
G6A11: Why would it be important to minimize the mutual inductance between two inductors?
To increase the energy transfer between circuits
To reduce unwanted coupling between circuits
To reduce conducted emissions
To increase the self-resonant frequency of the inductors
G6B14: What is the minimum allowable discharge voltage for maximum life of a standard 12 volt lead acid battery?
6 volts
8.5 volts
10.5 volts
12 volts
G6C08: How is an LED biased when emitting light?
Beyond cutoff
At the Zener voltage
Reverse Biased
Forward Biased
G7A01: What safety feature does a power-supply bleeder resistor provide?
It acts as a fuse for excess voltage
It discharges the filter capacitors
It removes shock hazards from the induction coils
It eliminates ground-loop current
G7B07: What are the basic components of virtually all sine wave oscillators?
An amplifier and a divider
A frequency multiplier and a mixer
A circulator and a filter operating in a feed-forward loop
A filter and an amplifier operating in a feedback loop
G7C01: Which of the following is used to process signals from the balanced modulator and send them to the mixer in a single-sideband phone transmitter?
Carrier oscillator
Filter
IF amplifier
RF amplifier
G8A08: Which of the following is an effect of over-modulation?
Insufficient audio
Insufficient bandwidth
Frequency drift
Excessive bandwidth
G8B09: Why is it good to match receiver bandwidth to the bandwidth of the operating mode?
It is required by FCC rules
It minimizes power consumption in the receiver
It improves impedance matching of the antenna
It results in the best signal to noise ratio
G9A10: What standing wave ratio will result from the connection of a 50-ohm feed line to a non-reactive load having a 10-ohm impedance?
2:1
50:1
1:5
5:1
G9B03: What happens to the feed-point impedance of a ground-plane antenna when its radials are changed from horizontal to downward-sloping?
It decreases
It increases
It stays the same
It reaches a maximum at an angle of 45 degrees
G9C04: Which statement about a three-element; single-band Yagi antenna is true?
The reflector is normally the longest parasitic element
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?
Wide bandwidth
Higher gain per element than a Yagi antenna
Harmonic suppression
Polarization diversity
