G0A04: What does "time averaging" mean in reference to RF radiation exposure?

The average time of day when the exposure occurs

The average time it takes RF radiation to have any long-term effect on the body

The total time of the exposure

G0B08: What should be done by any person preparing to climb a tower that supports electrically powered devices?

Notify the electric company that a person will be working on the tower

Unground the base of the tower

All of these choices are correct

G1A10: Which of the following frequencies is within the General Class portion of the 15 meter band?

14250 kHz

18155 kHz

24900 kHz

G1B10: What is the power limit for beacon stations?

10 watts PEP output

20 watts PEP output

200 watts PEP output

G1C01: What is the maximum transmitting power an amateur station may use on 10.140 MHz?

1000 watts PEP output

1500 watts PEP output

2000 watts PEP output

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

G1E08: Which of the following is a requirement for a non-licensed person to communicate with a foreign Amateur Radio station from a station with an FCC granted license at which a licensed control operator is present?

Information must be exchanged in English

The control operator must have at least a General Class license

All of these choices are correct

G2A06: Which of the following is an advantage when using single sideband as compared to other analog voice modes on the HF amateur bands?

Very high fidelity voice modulation

Ease of tuning on receive and immunity to impulse noise

Less subject to static crashes (atmospherics)

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

G2C08: What prosign is sent to indicate the end of a formal message when using CW?

SK

BK

KN

G2D04: Which of the following describes an azimuthal projection map?

A world map that shows accurate land masses

A world map that shows the angle at which an amateur satellite crosses the equator

A world map that shows the number of degrees longitude that an amateur satellite appears to move westward at the equator with each orbit

G2E02: How many data bits are sent in a single PSK31 character?

5

7

8

G3A14: How are radio communications usually affected by the charged particles that reach the Earth from solar coronal holes?

HF communications are improved

VHF/UHF ducting is improved

VHF/UHF ducting is disturbed

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

G3C06: What is a characteristic of HF scatter signals?

They have high intelligibility

They have very large swings in signal strength

All of these choices are correct

G4A02: What is one advantage of selecting the opposite or "reverse" sideband when receiving CW signals on a typical HF transceiver?

Interference from impulse noise will be eliminated

More stations can be accommodated within a given signal passband

Accidental out of band operation can be prevented

G4B12: What problem can occur when making measurements on an antenna system with an antenna analyzer?

SWR readings may be incorrect if the antenna is too close to the Earth

The analyzer can be damaged if measurements outside the ham bands are attempted

Connecting the analyzer to an antenna can cause it to absorb harmonics

G4C06: What effect can be caused by a resonant ground connection?

Overheating of ground straps

Corrosion of the ground rod

A ground loop

G4D03: Which of the following can be the result of an incorrectly adjusted speech processor?

Distorted speech

Splatter

Excessive background pickup

G4E08: What is the name of the process by which sunlight is changed directly into electricity?

Photon emission

Photosynthesis

Photon decomposition

G5A08: Why is impedance matching important?

So the load will draw minimum power from the source

To ensure that there is less resistance than reactance in the circuit

To ensure that the resistance and reactance in the circuit are equal

G5B05: How many watts are dissipated when a current of 7.0 milliamperes flows through 1.25 kilohms?

Approximately 61 watts

Approximately 11 milliwatts

Approximately 11 watts

G5C04: What is the total resistance of three 100-ohm resistors in parallel?

.30 ohms

.33 ohms

300 ohms

G6A02: Which of the following types of capacitors are often used in power supply circuits to filter the rectified AC?

Disc ceramic

Vacuum variable

Mica

G6B07: What are the stable operating points for a bipolar transistor used as a switch in a logic circuit?

Its active region (between the cut-off and saturation regions)

Its peak and valley current points

Its enhancement and deletion modes

G6C12: Which of the following connectors would be a good choice for a serial data port?

PL-259

Type N

Type SMA

G7A09: Which symbol in figure G7-1 represents a field effect transistor?

Symbol 2

Symbol 5

Symbol 4

G7B12: Which of these classes of amplifiers has the highest efficiency?

Class A

Class B

Class AB

G7C02: Which circuit is used to combine signals from the carrier oscillator and speech amplifier and send the result to the filter in a typical single-sideband phone transmitter?

Discriminator

Detector

IF amplifier

G8A04: What emission is produced by a reactance modulator connected to an RF power amplifier?

Multiplex modulation

Amplitude modulation

Pulse modulation

G8B07: What is the frequency deviation for a 12.21-MHz reactance-modulated oscillator in a 5-kHz deviation, 146.52-MHz FM-phone transmitter?

101.75 Hz

5 kHz

60 kHz

G9A13: What would be the SWR if you feed an antenna that has a 300-ohm feed-point impedance with 50-ohm coaxial cable?

1.5:1

3:1

You cannot determine SWR from impedance values

G9B08: How does the feed-point impedance of a 1/2 wave dipole change as the feed-point location is moved from the center toward the ends?

It steadily decreases

It peaks at about 1/8 wavelength from the end

It is unaffected by the location of the feed point

G9C10: Which of the following is a Yagi antenna design variable that could be adjusted to optimize forward gain, front-to-back ratio, or SWR bandwidth?

The physical length of the boom

The number of elements on the boom

The spacing of each element along the boom

G9D02: Which of the following is an advantage of an NVIS antenna?

Low vertical angle radiation for working stations out to ranges of several thousand kilometers

High forward gain

All of these choices are correct