March 2013 edition Compiled by Fred Johnson MNZM
ZL2AMJ (ARX2106)
A
Team of Approved
Radio Examiners
is ready to answer your enquiry
You wish to be a radio amateur?
Prepare
yourself! Use these free books!
Download and
print double-sided:
BOOK 1 “What YOU do ...to Become a Radio Amateur".
The Syllabus and other features of the examination system.
(13 pages.)
BOOK 2 “All you need to know...to BECOME a RADIO AMATEUR!”. A theory text-book, or, if
required, classroom “hand-out” notes. (130 pages.)
"Quick
Indexing"*.
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BOOK 3 “The Amateur Radio Question-Bank (WITHOUT Answers)”. All the genuine questions for self-testing! (60 pages.)
"Quick Indexing"*.
BOOK 4 “A Sample examination paper (WITHOUT Answers)”, with a candidate’s answer sheet. (12 pages.)
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BOOK 5 “The Amateur Radio Question-Bank”. The MASTER copy of the Question-bank for this examination system.(60 pages.) "Quick Indexing"*.
BOOK 6 A short “Statement” version of “The Amateur Radio Question-Bank”. All questions and answers without
distractors! (30 pages.)
"Quick Indexing"*.
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Moving diagrams to supplement your study: View on-screen, (may not work with some browsers):
Resistor
Circuits
Alternating Current Radio
Waves
Standing Waves
The EXAMINATION:
The Syllabus content is divided into 60
"Clusters". (See Book 1)
The Examination Question-Bank
has
600 questions spread into 60 Clusters,
i.e. 10 questions in each Cluster. (See Book 5)
Examinations are 60 questions,
one randomly selected from each Cluster. All examination papers are different.
(Book 4 is a typical example)
A pass is 40 or more correct
answers.
Each question is identified by a
Cluster Number (01 to 60) and the number within the Cluster (0 to 9).
The correct answer choice may
also appear:
For example:
23-7-(c) = Cluster 23,
Question 7 in that Cluster,
c is the
correct answer.
*"Quick Indexing":
Navigating between books and tracking questions is
easy!
1. The CONTENTS list on the first page of BOOK 2 is
clearly visible through the transparent plastic front cover sheet. The subject
topics for the Study Notes and the relevant Syllabus (Cluster) Numbers are
listed.
2.
The footnotes
at the bottom of each page of the Study Notes in BOOK 2 show the relevant Syllabus
(Cluster) Numbers and the Cluster Name.
3. The Question-Banks (BOOKS 3 and 5), have all the ten
questions in a Cluster on one page - and the page number is the same as the Cluster Number!
Check your
study progress!
The 600-question examination Question-Bank is in two
Books:
Book 3 – all answers have
been removed,
and,
Book 5 – has the answers
to all questions.
You can easily self-test yourself!
Use Book 3 and attempt (say) question 5
from clusters 1 through to 60.
Note your
selections on the chart inside the back of Book
2, page 129.
Then check your answers using Book 5 – mark your own
paper.
Two students
can work together: One has the answers, and quotes a Question Number.
The other locates the Question and states the answer – to be told if it is
right or wrong and - discuss the topic. Keep a score!
Test
yourself regularly
to monitor your progress.
Ask your computer to present test papers to you
On-Screen!
You can
practice answering real questions from the New Zealand Amateur Radio
Examination question-bank on-screen and track your score too!
Click here and log-on Click on “New
Zealand” in the left-hand column to load the New Zealand Question-Bank.
This facility has been kindly provided by KD0FNR.
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Are you are ready to be examined?
Contact your local Amateur Radio Club or an ARX.
A formal test can be arranged, for a mutually-agreed time
and place.
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