E1D Radio Amateur Civil Emergency
Service (RACES): definition;
purpose; station registration; station license required; control
operator requirements; control operator privileges; frequencies
available; limitations on use of RACES frequencies; points of
communication for RACES operation; permissible communications
E1D01
(B) [97.3a37]
What is
RACES?
A. An amateur network for providing emergency
communications during athletic races
B. The Radio Amateur Civil
Emergency Service
C. The Radio Amateur Corps for Engineering
Services
D. An amateur network for providing emergency
communications during boat or aircraft races
E1D02
(A) [97.3a37]
What is
the purpose of RACES?
A. To provide civil-defense
communications during emergencies
B. To provide emergency communications for boat
or aircraft races
C. To provide routine and emergency
communications for athletic races
D. To provide routine and emergency military
communications
E1D03
(C) [97.407a]
With
what other organization must an amateur station be registered before RACES
operation is permitted?
A. The Amateur Radio Emergency Service
B. The US Department of Defense
C. A civil defense
organization
D. The FCC Field Operations Bureau
E1D04
(C) [97.407a]
Which
amateur stations may be operated in RACES?
A. Only Extra class amateur stations
B. Any licensed amateur station (except a
station licensed to a Technician)
C. Any licensed amateur
station certified by the responsible civil defense organization
D. Any licensed amateur station (except a
station licensed to a Technician) certified by the responsible civil defense
organization
E1D05
(D) [97.21a1]
Application
for modification of a RACES license must be made on what FCC form, and sent to
what FCC office?
A. Form 605, sent to Washington, DC
B. Form 605, sent to Gettysburg, PA
C. Form 610-A, sent to Washington, DC
D. A Club Call Sign
Administrator must submit the information to the FCC in an electronic batch
file
E1D06
(D) [97.407a]
Who may
be the control operator of a RACES station?
A. Anyone who holds an FCC-issued amateur
license other than Novice
B. Only an Extra class licensee
C. Anyone who holds an FCC-issued amateur
license other than Novice and is certified by a civil defense organization
D. Anyone who holds an
FCC-issued amateur license and is certified by a civil defense organization
E1D07
(A) [97.407b]
What
additional operator privileges are granted to an Extra class operator
registered with RACES?
A. None
B. CW operations on 5167.5 kHz
C. Unattended HF packet-radio station
operations
D. 237-MHz civil defense band operations
E1D08
(D) [97.407b]
What
frequencies are normally available for RACES operation?
A. Only those frequencies authorized to civil
defense organizations
B. Only those frequencies authorized to
emergency military communications
C. Only the top 25 kHz of each amateur
frequency band
D. All frequencies available
to the amateur service
E1D09
(A) [97.407b]
What
type of emergency can cause limits to be placed on the frequencies available
for RACES operation?
A. An emergency in which the
President invokes the War Emergency Powers under the provisions of the
Communications Act of 1934
B. An emergency in only one state in the US
would limit RACES operations to a single HF frequency band
C. An emergency confined to a 25-mile area
would limit RACES operations to a single VHF band
D. An emergency involving no immediate danger
of loss of life
E1D10
(B) [97.407c,d]
With
what stations may amateur RACES stations communicate?
A. Any RACES stations and any amateur stations
except stations licensed to Technician class operators
B. Any RACES stations and
certain other stations authorized by the responsible civil defense official
C. Any amateur station or a station in the
Disaster Communications Service
D. Any amateur station and any military
emergency station
E1D11
(C) [97.407e]
What
are permissible communications in RACES?
A. Any type of communications when there is no
emergency
B. Any Amateur Radio Emergency Service
communications
C. National defense or
immediate safety of people and property and communications authorized by the
area civil defense organization
D. National defense and security or immediate
safety of people and property communications authorized by the President