T0A13: What safety equipment should always be included in home-built equipment that is powered from 120V AC power circuits?

An AC voltmeter across the incoming power source

An inductor in series with the AC power source

A capacitor across the AC power source

T0B09: Why should you avoid attaching an antenna to a utility pole?

The antenna will not work properly because of induced voltages

The utility company will charge you an extra monthly fee

All of these choices are correct

T0C08: Which of the following actions might amateur operators take to prevent exposure to RF radiation in excess of FCC-supplied limits?

Relocate the transmitter

Increase the duty cycle

All of these choices are correct

T1A08: Which of the following entities recommends transmit/receive channels and other parameters for auxiliary and repeater stations?

Frequency Spectrum Manager

FCC Regional Field Office

International Telecommunications Union

T1B02: North American amateur stations are located in which ITU region?

Region 1

Region 3

Region 4

T1C07: What may result when correspondence from the FCC is returned as undeliverable because the grantee failed to provide the correct mailing address?

Fine or imprisonment

Require the licensee to be re-examined

A reduction of one rank in operator class

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

T1E07: When the control operator is not the station licensee, who is responsible for the proper operation of the station?

All licensed amateurs who are present at the operation

Only the station licensee

Only the control operator

T1F13: When must the station licensee make the station and its records available for FCC inspection?

Any time upon request by an official observer

30 days prior to renewal of the station license

10 days before the first transmission

T2A11: What are the FCC rules regarding power levels used in the amateur bands?

Always use the maximum power allowed to ensure that you complete the contact

An amateur may use no more than 200 watts PEP to make an amateur contact

An amateur may use up to 1500 watts PEP on any amateur frequency

T2B02: What is the term used to describe the use of a sub-audible tone transmitted with normal voice audio to open the squelch of a receiver?

Carrier squelch

Tone burst

DTMF

T2C08: What is usually considered to be the most important job of an amateur operator when handling emergency traffic messages?

Estimating the number of people affected by the disaster

Communicating messages to the news media for broadcast outside the disaster area

Broadcasting emergency information to the general public

T3A03: What antenna polarization is normally used for long-distance weak-signal CW and SSB contacts using the VHF and UHF bands?

Right-hand circular

Left-hand circular

Vertical

T3B02: What term describes the number of times per second that an alternating current reverses direction?

Pulse rate

Speed

Wavelength

T3C08: What causes "tropospheric ducting"?

Discharges of lightning during electrical storms

Sunspots and solar flares

Updrafts from hurricanes and tornadoes

T4A03: Which is a good reason to use a regulated power supply for communications equipment?

A regulated power supply has FCC approval

A fuse or circuit breaker regulates the power

Power consumption is independent of load

T4B05: Which of the following would reduce ignition interference to a receiver?

Change frequency slightly

Decrease the squelch setting

Use the RIT control

T5A11: What is the basic unit of electromotive force?

The watt

The ampere

The ohm

T5B07: If a frequency readout calibrated in megahertz shows a reading of 3.525 MHz, what would it show if it were calibrated in kilohertz?

0.003525 kHz

35.25 kHz

3,525,000 kHz

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

Admittance

Capacitance

Resistance

T5D11: What is the voltage across a 10-ohm resistor if a current of 1 ampere flows through it?

1 volt

11 volts

9 volts

T6A06: What type of electrical component stores energy in a magnetic field?

Resistor

Capacitor

Diode

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

Capacitors

Inductors

Resistors

T6C10: What is component 3 in figure T3?

Connector

Meter

Variable capacitor

T6D05: What type of circuit controls the amount of voltage from a power supply?

Oscillator

Filter

Phase inverter

T7A06: What device takes the output of a low-powered 28 MHz SSB exciter and produces a 222 MHz output signal?

High-pass filter

Low-pass filter

Phase converter

T7B11: What is a symptom of RF feedback in a transmitter or transceiver?

Excessive SWR at the antenna connection

The transmitter will not stay on the desired frequency

Frequent blowing of power supply fuses

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

T7D04: Which instrument is used to measure electric current?

An ohmmeter

A wavemeter

A voltmeter

T8A03: Which type of voice modulation is most often used for long-distance or weak signal contacts on the VHF and UHF bands?

FM

AM

PM

T8B03: Which of the following can be done using an amateur radio satellite?

Get global positioning information

Make telephone calls

All of these choices are correct

T8C03: What popular operating activity involves contacting as many stations as possible during a specified period of time?

Net operations

Public service events

Simulated emergency exercises

T8D08: Which of the following may be included in packet transmissions?

A check sum which permits error detection

A header which contains the call sign of the station to which the information is being sent

Automatic repeat request in case of error

T9A08: What is the approximate length, in inches, of a quarter-wavelength vertical antenna for 146 MHz?

112

50

12

T9B07: Which of the following is true of PL-259 type coax connectors?

They are good for UHF frequencies

They are water tight

They are a bayonet type connector