E0A03: Which of the following would be a practical way to estimate whether the RF fields produced by an amateur radio station are within permissible MPE limits?

Use a calibrated antenna analyzer

Use a hand calculator plus Smith-chart equations to calculate the fields

All of the choices are correct

E1A09: What is the first action you should take if your digital message forwarding station inadvertently forwards a communication that violates FCC rules?

Notify the originating station that the communication does not comply with FCC rules

Notify the nearest FCC Field Engineer's office

Discontinue forwarding all messages

E1B12: What is the highest modulation index permitted at the highest modulation frequency for angle modulation?

.5

2.0

3.0

E1C02: What is meant by automatic control of a station?

A station operating with its output power controlled automatically

Remotely controlling a station's antenna pattern through a directional control link

The use of a control link between a control point and a locally controlled station

E1D02: What is the amateur satellite service?

A radio navigation service using satellites for the purpose of self training, intercommunication and technical studies carried out by amateurs

A spacecraft launching service for amateur-built satellites

A radio communications service using stations on Earth satellites for public service broadcast

E1E13: What are the consequences of failing to appear for re-administration of an examination when so directed by the FCC?

The person may be fined or imprisoned

The licensee is disqualified from any future examination for an amateur operator license grant

All these choices are correct

E1F13: What types of communications may be transmitted to amateur stations in foreign countries?

Business-related messages for non-profit organizations

Messages intended for connection to users of the maritime satellite service

All of these choices are correct

E2A04: What is meant by the term mode as applied to an amateur radio satellite?

The type of signals that can be relayed through the satellite

The satellite's orientation with respect to the Earth

Whether the satellite is in a polar or equatorial orbit

E2B19: What special operating frequency restrictions are imposed on slow scan TV transmissions?

None; they are allowed on all amateur frequencies

They are restricted to 7.245 MHz, 14.245 MHz, 21.345, MHz, and 28.945 MHz

They are not permitted above 54 MHz

E2C11: How should you generally identify your station when attempting to contact a DX station working a pileup or in a contest?

Send only the last two letters of your call sign until you make contact

Send your full call sign and grid square

Send the call sign of the DX station three times, the words this is, then your call sign three times

E2D02: What is the definition of baud?

The number of characters transmitted per second

The number of characters transmitted per minute

The number of words transmitted per minute

E2E09: Which of the following HF digital modes uses variable-length coding for bandwidth efficiency?

RTTY

PACTOR

MT63

E3A04: What type of receiving system is desirable for EME communications?

Equipment with very wide bandwidth

Equipment with very low dynamic range

Equipment with very low gain

E3B01: What is transequatorial propagation?

Propagation between any two points located on the magnetic equator

Propagation between two continents by way of ducts along the magnetic equator

Propagation between two stations at the same latitude

E3C02: What is the cause of Aurora activity?

The interaction between the solar wind and the Van Allen belt

A low sunspot level combined with tropospheric ducting

Meteor showers concentrated in the northern latitudes

E4A06: Which of the following could be determined with a spectrum analyzer?

The degree of isolation between the input and output ports of a 2 meter duplexer

Whether a crystal is operating on its fundamental or overtone frequency

The spectral output of a transmitter

E4B10: Which of the following describes a method to measure intermodulation distortion in an SSB transmitter?

Modulate the transmitter with two non-harmonically related radio frequencies and observe the RF output with a spectrum analyzer

Modulate the transmitter with two harmonically related audio frequencies and observe the RF output with a peak reading wattmeter

Modulate the transmitter with two harmonically related audio frequencies and observe the RF output with a logic analyzer

E4C07: What does the MDS of a receiver represent?

The meter display sensitivity

The multiplex distortion stability

The maximum detectable spectrum

E4D12: What is the term for the reduction in receiver sensitivity caused by a strong signal near the received frequency?

Quieting

Cross-modulation interference

Squelch gain rollback

E4E11: Which of the following is the most likely cause if you are hearing combinations of local AM broadcast signals within one or more of the MF or HF ham bands?

The broadcast station is transmitting an over-modulated signal

You are receiving sky wave signals from a distant station

Your station receiver IF amplifier stage is defective

E5A16: What is the resonant frequency of a parallel RLC circuit if R is 33 ohms, L is 50 microhenrys and C is 10 picofarads?

23.5 MHz

23.5 kHz

7.12 kHz

E5B04: What is the time constant of a circuit having two 220-microfarad capacitors and two 1-megohm resistors, all in parallel?

55 seconds

110 seconds

440 seconds

E5C14: What coordinate system is often used to display the phase angle of a circuit containing resistance, inductive and/or capacitive reactance?

Maidenhead grid

Faraday grid

Elliptical coordinates

E5D05: Which of the following creates a magnetic field?

Potential differences between two points in space

A charged capacitor

A battery

E6A09: What is a depletion-mode FET?

An FET that has no current flow between source and drain when no gate voltage is applied

Any FET without a channel

Any FET for which holes are the majority carriers

E6B03: What special type of diode is capable of both amplification and oscillation?

Point contact

Zener

Junction

E6C04: Which of the following is the primary advantage of tri-state logic?

Low power consumption

High speed operation

More efficient arithmetic operations

E6D15: What is the principle advantage of liquid-crystal display (LCD) devices over other types of display devices?

They can display changes instantly

They are visible in all light conditions

They can be easily interchanged with other display devices

E6E12: What is a "Jones filter" as used as part of a HF receiver IF stage?

An automatic notch filter

A special filter that emphasizes image responses

A filter that removes impulse noise

E6F04: What is the photovoltaic effect?

The conversion of voltage to current when exposed to light

The conversion of electrical energy to mechanical energy

The tendency of a battery to discharge when used outside

E7A13: What is an SR or RS flip-flop?

A speed-reduced logic device with high power capability

A speed-reduced logic device with very low voltage operation capability

A set/reset flip-flop that toggles whenever the T input is pulsed, unless both inputs are high

E7B03: Which of the following forms the output of a class D amplifier circuit?

A high-pass filter to compensate for low gain at low frequencies

A matched load resistor to prevent damage by switching transients

A temperature-compensated load resistor to improve linearity

E7C11: Which of the following is the common name for a filter network which is equivalent to two L networks connected back-to-back with the inductors in series and the capacitors in shunt at the input and output?

Pi-L

Cascode

Omega

E7D15: What is the purpose of a "step-start" circuit in a high-voltage power supply?

To provide a dual-voltage output for reduced power applications

To compensate for variations of the incoming line voltage

To allow for remote control of the power supply

E7E13: Which of the following describes a common means of generating an SSB signal when using digital signal processing?

Mixing products are converted to voltages and subtracted by adder circuits

A frequency synthesizer removes the unwanted sidebands

Emulation of quartz crystal filter characteristics

E7F02: Which of the following would be used to reduce a signal's frequency by a factor of ten?

A preamp

A marker generator

A flip-flop

E7G04: Which of the following is a type of capacitor best suited for use in high-stability op-amp RC active filter circuits?

Electrolytic

Disc ceramic

Paper

E7H11: What are the major spectral impurity components of direct digital synthesizers?

Broadband noise

Digital conversion noise

Nyquist limit noise

E8A09: What type of waveform is produced by human speech?

Sinusoidal

Logarithmic

Trapezoidal

E8B08: What parameter does the modulating signal vary in a pulse-position modulation system?

The number of pulses per second

The amplitude of the pulses

The duration of the pulses

E8C03: What is one advantage of using the ASCII code for data communications?

It includes built-in error-correction features

It contains fewer information bits per character than any other code

It uses one character as a shift code to send numeric and special characters

E8D05: If an RMS-reading AC voltmeter reads 65 volts on a sinusoidal waveform, what is the peak-to-peak voltage?

46 volts

92 volts

130 volts

E9A06: What is included in the total resistance of an antenna system?

Radiation resistance plus space impedance

Radiation resistance plus transmission resistance

Transmission-line resistance plus radiation resistance

E9B13: What does the abbreviation NEC stand for when applied to antenna modeling programs?

Next Element Comparison

National Electrical Code

Numeric Electrical Computation

E9C07: What type of antenna pattern over real ground is shown in Figure E9-2?

Azimuth

Radiation resistance

Polarization

E9D05: Where should a high-Q loading coil be placed to minimize losses in a shortened vertical antenna?

As low as possible on the vertical radiator

As close to the transmitter as possible

At a voltage node

E9E09: Which of these matching systems is an effective method of connecting a 50-ohm coaxial cable feed line to a grounded tower so it can be used as a vertical antenna?

Double-bazooka match

Hairpin match

All of these choices are correct

E9F03: Why is the physical length of a coaxial cable transmission line shorter than its electrical length?

Skin effect is less pronounced in the coaxial cable

The characteristic impedance is higher in a parallel feed line

The surge impedance is higher in a parallel feed line

E9G04: What are the two families of circles and arcs that make up a Smith chart?

Resistance and voltage

Reactance and voltage

Voltage and impedance

E9H03: What is the effective isotropic radiated power of a repeater station with 200 watts transmitter power output, 2-dB feed line loss, 2.8-dB duplexer loss, 1.2-dB circulator loss and 7-dBi antenna gain?

159 watts

632 watts

63.2 watts