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

All of these choices are correct

G0B11: Which of the following is good engineering practice for lightning protection grounds?

They must be bonded to all buried water and gas lines

Bends in ground wires must be made as close as possible to a right angle

Lightning grounds must be connected to all ungrounded wiring

G1A11: Which of the following frequencies is available to a control operator holding a General Class license?

28.020 MHz

28.350 MHz

28.550 MHz

G1B05: When may music be transmitted by an amateur station?

At any time, as long as it produces no spurious emissions

When it is unintentionally transmitted from the background at the transmitter

When it is transmitted on frequencies above 1215 MHz

G1C07: What is the maximum symbol rate permitted for RTTY or data emission transmission on the 20 meter band?

56 kilobaud

19.6 kilobaud

1200 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

Extra, General and Technician

G1E04: Which of the following conditions require an Amateur Radio station licensee to take specific steps to avoid harmful interference to other users or facilities?

When operating within one mile of an FCC Monitoring Station

When using a band where the Amateur Service is secondary

When a station is transmitting spread spectrum emissions

G2A07: Which of the following statements is true of the single sideband (SSB) voice mode?

Only one sideband and the carrier are transmitted; the other sideband is suppressed

SSB voice transmissions have higher average power than any other mode

SSB is the only mode that is authorized on the 160, 75 and 40 meter amateur bands

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

G2C03: What does it mean when a CW operator sends "KN" at the end of a transmission?

Listening for novice stations

Operating full break-in

Closing station now

G2D03: What skills learned during 'hidden transmitter hunts' are of help to the Amateur Auxiliary?

Identification of out of band operation

Identification of different call signs

Hunters have an opportunity to transmit on non-amateur frequencies

G2E06: What is the most common frequency shift for RTTY emissions in the amateur HF bands?

85 Hz

425 Hz

850 Hz

G3A12: What does the K-index indicate?

The relative position of sunspots on the surface of the Sun

The stability of the Sun's magnetic field

The solar radio flux at Boulder, Colorado

G3B08: What does MUF stand for?

The Minimum 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

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

G4A04: What reading on the plate current meter of a vacuum tube RF power amplifier indicates correct adjustment of the plate tuning control?

A pronounced peak

No change will be observed

A slow, rhythmic oscillation

G4B04: What signal source is connected to the vertical input of an oscilloscope when checking the RF envelope pattern of a transmitted signal?

The local oscillator of the transmitter

An external RF oscillator

The transmitter balanced mixer output

G4C07: What is one good way to avoid unwanted effects of stray RF energy in an amateur station?

Install an RF filter in series with the ground wire

Use a ground loop for best conductivity

Install a few ferrite beads on the ground wire where it connects to your station

G4D02: Which of the following describes how a speech processor affects a transmitted single sideband phone signal?

It increases peak power

It reduces harmonic distortion

It reduces intermodulation distortion

G4E10: What is the reason a series diode is connected between a solar panel and a storage battery that is being charged by the panel?

The diode serves to regulate the charging voltage to prevent overcharge

The diode limits the current flowing from the panel to a safe value

The diode greatly increases the efficiency during times of high illumination

G5A04: Which of the following causes opposition to the flow of alternating current in a capacitor?

Conductance

Reluctance

Admittance

G5B03: How many watts of electrical power are used if 400 VDC is supplied to an 800-ohm load?

0.5 watts

400 watts

3200 watts

G5C03: Which of the following components should be added to an existing resistor to increase the resistance?

A resistor in parallel

A capacitor in series

A capacitor in parallel

G6A01: Which of the following is an important characteristic for capacitors used to filter the DC output of a switching power supply?

High equivalent series resistance

Low Temperature coefficient

High Temperature coefficient

G6B02: What are two major ratings that must not be exceeded for silicon diode rectifiers?

Average power; average voltage

Capacitive reactance; avalanche voltage

Peak load impedance; peak voltage

G6C11: What is a microprocessor?

A low power analog signal processor used as a microwave detector

A microwave detector, amplifier, and local oscillator on a single integrated circuit

A low voltage amplifier used in a microwave transmitter modulator stage

G7A11: Which symbol in figure G7-1 represents an NPN junction transistor?

Symbol 1

Symbol 7

Symbol 11

G7B14: Which of the following describes a linear amplifier?

Any RF power amplifier used in conjunction with an amateur transceiver

A Class C high efficiency amplifier

An amplifier used as a frequency multiplier

G7C10: How is Digital Signal Processor filtering accomplished?

By using direct signal phasing

By differential spurious phasing

By converting the signal from digital to analog and taking the difference of mixing products

G8A01: What is the name of the process that changes the envelope of an RF wave to carry information?

Phase modulation

Frequency modulation

Spread spectrum modulation

G8B12: What is the relationship between transmitted symbol rate and bandwidth?

Symbol rate and bandwidth are not related

Lower symbol rates require higher bandwidth

Bandwidth is constant for data mode signals

G9A06: In what values are RF feed line losses usually expressed?

ohms per 1000 ft

dB per 1000 ft

ohms per 100 ft

G9B09: Which of the following is an advantage of a horizontally polarized as compared to vertically polarized HF antenna?

Lower feed-point impedance

Shorter Radials

Lower radiation resistance

G9C11: What is the purpose of a gamma match used with Yagi antennas?

To match the relatively high feed-point impedance to 50 ohms

To increase the front to back ratio

To increase the main lobe gain

G9D09: Which of the following is an application for a Beverage antenna?

Directional transmitting for low HF bands

Portable direction finding at higher HF frequencies

Portable direction finding at lower HF frequencies