T0A03: What is connected to the green wire in a three-wire electrical AC plug?

Neutral

Hot

The white wire

T0B11: Which of the following establishes grounding requirements for an amateur radio tower or antenna?

FCC Part 97 Rules

FAA tower lighting regulations

Underwriters Laboratories' recommended practices

T0C06: Which of the following is an acceptable method to determine that your station complies with FCC RF exposure regulations?

By calculation based on FCC OET Bulletin 65

By calculation based on computer modeling

By measurement of field strength using calibrated equipment

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

Part 73

Part 95

Part 90

T1B01: What is the ITU?

An agency of the United States Department of Telecommunications Management

An independent frequency coordination agency

A department of the FCC

T1C03: What types of international communications are permitted by an FCC-licensed amateur station?

Communications incidental to conducting business or remarks of a personal nature

Only communications incidental to contest exchanges, all other communications are prohibited

Any communications that would be permitted on an international broadcast station

T1D09: Under which of the following circumstances are amateur stations authorized to transmit signals related to broadcasting, program production, or news gathering, assuming no other means is available?

Only when broadcasting communications to or from the space shuttle.

Only where noncommercial programming is gathered and supplied exclusively to the National Public Radio network

Only when using amateur repeaters linked to the Internet

T1E11: Who does the FCC presume to be the control operator of an amateur station, unless documentation to the contrary is in the station records?

The station custodian

The third party participant

The person operating the station equipment

T1F05: What method of call sign identification is required for a station transmitting phone signals?

Send the call sign followed by the indicator RPT

Send the call sign followed by the indicator R

Send the call sign using only phone emission

T2A06: What must an amateur operator do when making on-air transmissions to test equipment or antennas?

Make test transmissions only after 10:00 p.m. local time

Notify the FCC of the test transmission

State the purpose of the test during the test procedure

T2B10: What is the "Q" signal used to indicate that you are receiving interference from other stations?

QRN

QTH

QSB

T2C04: What do RACES and ARES have in common?

They represent the two largest ham clubs in the United States

Both organizations broadcast road and weather traffic information

Neither may handle emergency traffic supporting public service agencies

T3A02: Why are UHF signals often more effective from inside buildings than VHF signals?

VHF signals lose power faster over distance

This is incorrect; VHF works better than UHF inside buildings

UHF antennas are more efficient than VHF antennas

T3B08: What are the frequency limits of the VHF spectrum?

30 to 300 kHz

300 to 3000 kHz

300 to 3000 MHz

T3C04: Which of the following propagation types is most commonly associated with occasional strong over-the-horizon signals on the 10, 6, and 2 meter bands?

Backscatter

D layer absorption

Gray-line propagation

T4A10: What is the source of a high-pitched whine that varies with engine speed in a mobile transceiver's receive audio?

The ignition system

The electric fuel pump

Anti-lock braking system controllers

T4B07: What does the term "RIT" mean?

Receiver Input Tone

Rectifier Inverter Test

Remote Input Transmitter

T5A04: What is the name for a current that flows only in one direction?

Alternating current

Normal current

Smooth current

T5B10: What is the approximate amount of change, measured in decibels (dB), of a power decrease from 12 watts to 3 watts?

1 dB

3 dB

9 dB

T5C03: What is the ability to store energy in a magnetic field called?

Admittance

Capacitance

Resistance

T5D05: What is the resistance in a circuit for which the applied voltage is 12 volts and the current flow is 1.5 amperes?

18 ohms

0.125 ohms

13.5 ohms

T6A10: What is the nominal voltage of a fully charged nickel-cadmium cell?

1.0 volts

1.5 volts

2.2 volts

T6B01: What class of electronic components is capable of using a voltage or current signal to control current flow?

Capacitors

Inductors

Resistors

T6C03: What is component 2 in figure T1?

Resistor

Indicator lamp

Connector

T6D02: What best describes a relay?

A current controlled amplifier

An optical sensor

A pass transistor

T7A07: If figure T5 represents a transceiver in which block 1 is the transmitter portion and block 3 is the receiver portion, what is the function of block 2?

A balanced modulator

A power amplifier

A high-pass filter

T7B07: Which of the following may be useful in correcting a radio frequency interference problem?

Snap-on ferrite chokes

Low-pass and high-pass filters

Band-reject and band-pass filters

T7C07: What happens to power lost in a feedline?

It increases the SWR

It comes back into your transmitter and could cause damage

It can cause distortion of your signal

T7D10: What is probably happening when an ohmmeter, connected across a circuit, initially indicates a low resistance and then shows increasing resistance with time?

The ohmmeter is defective

The circuit contains a large inductor

The circuit is a relaxation oscillator

T8A05: Which of the following types of emission has the narrowest bandwidth?

FM voice

SSB voice

Slow-scan TV

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 operates using ultraviolet frequencies

The satellite frequencies are usually variable

T8C05: What is a grid locator?

A letter-number designator assigned to an azimuth and elevation

An instrument for neutralizing a final amplifier

An instrument for radio direction finding

T8D01: Which of the following is an example of a digital communications method?

Packet

PSK31

MFSK

T9A05: How would you change a dipole antenna to make it resonant on a higher frequency?

Lengthen it

Insert coils in series with radiating wires

Add capacity hats to the ends of the radiating wires

T9B05: What generally happens as the frequency of a signal passing through coaxial cable is increased?

The apparent SWR increases

The reflected power increases

The characteristic impedance increases