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1: G0A08
What does "time averaging" mean when it applies to RF radiation exposure?
A. The average time of day when the exposure occurs
B. The average time it takes RF radiation to have any long term effect on the body
C. The total time of the exposure, e.g. 6 minutes or 30 minutes
D. The total RF exposure averaged over a certain time

2: G0B04
What is the threshold power used to determine if an RF environmental evaluation is required when the operation takes place in the 15-meter band?
A. 50 watts PEP
B. 100 watts PEP
C. 225 watts PEP
D. 500 watts PEP

3: G0C03
If the free-space far-field strength of a 1.8-MHz dipole antenna measures 9 microvolts per meter at a distance of 4 wavelengths, what will the field strength measure at a distance of 12 wavelengths?
A. 3 microvolts per meter
B. 3.6 microvolts per meter
C. 4.8 microvolts per meter
D. 10 microvolts per meter

4: G0D03
What is the best reason to place a protective fence around the base of a ground-mounted transmitting antenna?
A. To reduce the possibility of persons being exposed to levels of RF in excess of the maximum permissible exposure (MPE) limits
B. To reduce the possibility of animals damaging the antenna
C. To reduce the possibility of persons vandalizing expensive equipment
D. To improve the antenna's grounding system and thereby reduce the possibility of lightning damage

5: G0E01
If you receive minor burns every time you touch your microphone while you are transmitting, which of the following statements is true?
A. You need to use a low-impedance microphone
B. You and others in your station may be exposed to more than the maximum permissible level of RF radiation
C. You need to use a surge suppressor on your station transmitter
D. All of these choices are correct

6: G1A03
What are the frequency limits for General class operators in the 40- meter band (ITU Region 2)?
A. 7025 - 7175-kHz and 7200 - 7300-kHz
B. 7025 - 7175-kHz and 7225 - 7300-kHz
C. 7025 - 7150-kHz and 7200 - 7300-kHz
D. 7025 - 7150-kHz and 7225 - 7300-kHz

7: G1B10
Which of the following amateur transmissions is NOT prohibited by the FCC Rules?
A. The playing of music
B. The use of obscene or indecent words
C. False or deceptive messages or signals
D. Retransmission of space shuttle communications

8: G1C01
What is the maximum transmitting power an amateur station may use on 3690 kHz?
A. 200 watts PEP output
B. 1000 watts PEP output
C. 1500 watts PEP output
D. The minimum power necessary to carry out the desired communications with a maximum of 2000 watts PEP output

9: G1D11
When may you participate as an administering Volunteer Examiner (VE) to administer the Element 1 5-WPM Morse code examination?
A. Once you have notified the FCC that you want to give an examination
B. Once you have a Certificate of Successful Completion of Examination (CSCE) for General class
C. Once you have prepared telegraphy and written examinations for the Technician license, or obtained them from a qualified supplier
D. Once you have been granted your FCC General class or higher license and received your VEC accreditation

10: G1E07
If a repeater is causing harmful interference to another amateur repeater and a frequency coordinator has recommended the operation of both stations, who is responsible for resolving the interference?
A. The licensee of the repeater that has been recommended for the longest period of time
B. The licensee of the repeater that has been recommended the most recently
C. The frequency coordinator
D. Both repeater licensees

11: G1F05
What is the maximum symbol rate permitted for packet emissions below 28 MHz?
A. 300 bauds
B. 1200 bauds
C. 19.6 kilobauds
D. 56 kilobauds

12: G2A08
Why is the single sideband mode of voice transmission used more frequently than Amplitude Modulation (AM) on the HF amateur bands?
A. Single sideband transmissions use less spectrum space
B. Single sideband transmissions are more power efficient
C. No carrier is transmitted with a single sideband transmission
D. All of the above responses are correct

13: G2B07
What is a band plan?
A. A voluntary guideline beyond the divisions established by the FCC for using different operating modes within an amateur band
B. A guideline from the FCC for making amateur frequency band allocations
C. A plan of operating schedules within an amateur band published by the FCC
D. A plan devised by a club to best use a frequency band during a contest

14: G2C03
If a disaster disrupts normal communications in your area, what may the FCC do?
A. Declare a temporary state of communication emergency
B. Temporarily seize your equipment for use in disaster communications
C. Order all stations across the country to stop transmitting at once
D. Nothing until the President declares the area a disaster area

15: G2D08
If a visiting amateur transmits from your station, which of these is NOT true?
A. You must first give permission for the visiting amateur to use your station
B. You must keep in your station log the call sign of the visiting amateur together with the time and date of transmissions
C. The FCC may think that you were the station's control operator, unless your station records show otherwise
D. You both are equally responsible for the proper operation of the station

16: G2E01
What type of messages may be transmitted to an amateur station in a foreign country?
A. Messages of any type
B. Messages that are not religious, political, or patriotic in nature
C. Messages of a technical nature or personal remarks of relative unimportance
D. Messages of any type, but only if the foreign country has a third- party communications agreement with the US

17: G2F09
As one of several digital codes, what is the benefit of using AMTOR?
A. Its error detection and correction properties
B. Its data compression properties
C. Its store and save properties
D. It is a very narrow-bandwidth frequency efficient system

18: G3A11
When sunspot numbers are high, what is the affect on radio communications?
A. High-frequency radio signals are absorbed
B. Frequencies above 300 MHz become usable for long-distance communication
C. Long-distance communication in the upper HF and lower VHF range is enhanced
D. High-frequency radio signals become weak and distorted

19: G3B04
What is one way to determine if the maximum usable frequency (MUF) is high enough to support 28-MHz propagation between your station and western Europe?
A. Listen for signals on the 10-meter beacon frequency
B. Listen for signals on the 20-meter beacon frequency
C. Listen for signals on the 39-meter broadcast frequency
D. Listen for WWVH time signals on 20 MHz

20: G3C07
What makes HF scatter signals often sound distorted?
A. Auroral activity and changes in the earth's magnetic field
B. Propagation through ground waves that absorb much of the signal
C. The state of the E-region at the point of refraction
D. Energy scattered into the skip zone through several radio-wave paths

21: G4A08
Why is neutralization necessary for some vacuum-tube amplifiers?
A. To reduce the limits of loaded Q
B. To reduce grid-to-cathode leakage
C. To cancel AC hum from the filament transformer
D. To cancel oscillation caused by the effects of interelectrode capacitance

22: G4B07
What signal source is connected to the vertical input of a monitoring oscilloscope when checking the quality of a transmitted signal?
A. The IF output of a monitoring receiver
B. The audio input of the transmitter
C. The RF signals of a nearby receiving antenna
D. The RF output of the transmitter

23: G4C06
If your third-floor amateur station has a ground wire running 33 feet down to a ground rod, why might you get an RF burn if you touch the front panel of your HF transceiver?
A. Because the ground rod is not making good contact with moist earth
B. Because the transceiver's heat-sensing circuit is not working to start the cooling fan
C. Because of a bad antenna connection, allowing the RF energy to take an easier path out of the transceiver through you
D. Because the ground wire is a resonant length on several HF bands and acts more like an antenna than an RF ground connection

24: G4D07
Which wires in a four-conductor line cord should be attached to fuses in a 240-VAC primary (single phase) power supply?
A. Only the "hot" (black and red) wires
B. Only the "neutral" (white) wire
C. Only the ground (bare) wire
D. All wires

25: G4E04
Why is it best NOT to draw the DC power for a 100-watt HF transceiver from an automobile's cigarette lighter socket?
A. The socket is not wired with an RF-shielded power cable
B. The DC polarity of the socket is reversed from the polarity of modern HF transceivers
C. The power from the socket is never adequately filtered for HF transceiver operation
D. The socket's wiring may not be adequate for the current being drawn by the transceiver

26: G5A06
How does a capacitor react to AC?
A. As the frequency of the applied AC increases, the reactance decreases
B. As the frequency of the applied AC increases, the reactance increases
C. As the amplitude of the applied AC increases, the reactance increases
D. As the amplitude of the applied AC increases, the reactance decreases

27: G5B08
What is the impedance of a speaker that requires a transformer with a turns ratio of 24 to 1 to match an audio amplifier having an output impedance of 2000 ohms?
A. 576 ohms
B. 83.3 ohms
C. 7.0 ohms
D. 3.5 ohms

28: G6A08
What is the output waveform of an unfiltered full-wave rectifier connected to a resistive load?
A. A series of pulses at twice the frequency of the AC input
B. A series of pulses at the same frequency as the AC input
C. A sine wave at half the frequency of the AC input
D. A steady DC voltage

29: G7A01
What safety feature does a power-supply bleeder resistor provide?
A. It improves voltage regulation
B. It discharges the filter capacitors
C. It removes shock hazards from the induction coils
D. It eliminates ground-loop current

30: G8A02
What type of modulation system changes the phase of an RF wave for the purpose of conveying information?
A. Pulse modulation
B. Phase modulation
C. Phase-rectification modulation
D. Amplitude modulation

31: 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?
A. 41.67 Hz
B. 416.7 Hz
C. 5 kHz
D. 12 kHz

32: G9A08
What does "antenna front-to-back ratio" mean in reference to a Yagi antenna?
A. The number of directors versus the number of reflectors
B. The relative position of the driven element with respect to the reflectors and directors
C. The power radiated in the major radiation lobe compared to the power radiated in exactly the opposite direction
D. The power radiated in the major radiation lobe compared to the power radiated 90 degrees away from that direction

33: G9B05
Approximately how long is each leg of a symmetrical delta-loop antenna driven element for 24.9 MHz?
A. 10.99 feet
B. 12.95 feet
C. 13.45 feet
D. 40.36 feet

34: G9C10
If a slightly longer parasitic element is placed 0.1 wavelength away and parallel to an HF dipole antenna mounted above ground, what effect will this have on the antenna's radiation pattern?
A. The radiation pattern will not be affected
B. A major lobe will develop in the horizontal plane, away from the parasitic element, toward the dipole
C. A major lobe will develop in the vertical plane, away from the ground
D. A major lobe will develop in the horizontal plane, parallel to the two elements

35: G9D11
What standing-wave-ratio will result from the connection of a 50-ohm feed line to a resonant antenna having a 50-ohm feed-point impedance?
A. 2:1
B. 50:50
C. 0:0
D. 1:1

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