N1A08 What is the definition of the amateur service?
- A. A private radio service used for profit and public benefit
- B. A public radio service for US citizens that requires no exam
- C. A personal radio service used for self-training, communication,
and technical studies
- D. A private radio service used for self-training of radio announcers
and technicians
N1A05 What are three reasons that the amateur service exists?
- A. To recognize the value of emergency communications, advance the
radio art, and improve communication and technical skills
- B. To learn about business communications, increase testing by trained
technicians, and improve amateur communications
- C. To preserve old radio techniques, maintain a pool of people familiar
with early tube-type equipment, and improve tube radios
- D. To improve patriotism, preserve nationalism, and promote world peace
N1A06 What are two of the five purposes for the amateur service?
- A. To protect historical radio data, and help the public understand
radio history
- B. To help foreign countries improve communication and technical skills,
and encourage visits from foreign hams
- C. To modernize radio schematic drawings, and increase the pool of
electrical drafting people
- D. To increase the number of trained radio operators and electronics
experts, and improve international goodwill
N1A02 Who makes and enforces the rules and regulations of the amateur
service in the US?
- A. The Congress of the United States
- B. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
- C. The Volunteer Examiner Coordinators (VECs)
- D. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
N1A01 What document contains the rules and regulations for the amateur
service in the US?
- A. Part 97 of Title 47 CFR (Code of Federal Regulations)
- B. The Communications Act of 1934 (as amended)
- C. The Radio Amateur's Handbook
- D. The minutes of the International Telecommunication Union meetings
N1D02 What age must you be to hold an amateur license?
- A. 14 years or older
- B. 18 years or older
- C. 70 years or younger
- D. There are no age limits
N1D01 Who can become an amateur licensee in the US?
- A. Anyone except a representative of a foreign government
- B. Only a citizen of the United States
- C. Anyone except an employee of the US government
- D. Anyone
N1D04 Why must an amateur operator have a current US postal mailing
address?
- A. So the FCC has a record of the location of each amateur station
- B. To follow the FCC rules and so the licensee can receive mail
from the FCC
- C. Because all US amateurs must be US residents
- D. So the FCC can publish a call-sign directory
N1A07 What is the definition of an amateur operator?
- A. A person who has not received any training in radio operations
- B. A person to whom the FCC has granted a license in the amateur
service
- C. A person who has very little practice operating a radio station
- D. A person who is in training to become the control operator of a
radio station
N1B01 Which of the following must you have an amateur license to do?
- A. Transmit on public-service frequencies
- B. Retransmit shortwave broadcasts
- C. Repair broadcast station equipment
- D. Transmit on amateur service frequencies
N1B11 What does the FCC consider to be the first two classes of US amateur
operator licenses (one or the other of which most new amateurs initially
hold)?
- A. Novice and Technician
- B. CB and Communicator
- C. Novice and General
- D. CB and Novice
N1D03 What minimum examinations must you pass for a Novice amateur license?
- A. A written exam, Element 1(A); and a 5-WPM code exam, Element 2(A)
- B. A 5-WPM code exam, Element 1(A); and a written exam, Element 3(A)
- C. A 5-WPM code exam, Element 1(A); and a written exam, Element
2
- D. A written exam, Element 2; and a 5 WPM code exam, Element 4
N1B13 Which US amateur license has no Morse code requirements?
- A. Amateur Extra
- B. Advanced
- C. General
- D. Technician