Practice Exam

Element 3: General

G9C03

1. How do the lengths of a three-element Yagi reflector and director compare to that of the driven element?

G1B03

2. Which of the following is a purpose of a beacon station as identified in the FCC rules?

G1C09

3. What is the maximum power limit on the 60-meter band?

G4D04

4. What does an S meter measure?

G4C05

5. What is a possible cause of high voltages that produce RF burns?

G1E07

6. In what part of the 2.4 GHz band may an amateur station communicate with non-licensed Wi-Fi stations?

G9A11

7. What is the effect of transmission line loss on SWR measured at the input to the line?

G2E07

8. Which of the following is required when using FT8?

G3B10

9. What is the approximate maximum distance along the Earth's surface normally covered in one hop using the E region?

G5C12

10. What is the capacitance of a 20-microfarad capacitor connected in series with a 50-microfarad capacitor?

G5B05

11. How many watts are consumed when a current of 7.0 milliamperes flows through a 1,250-ohm resistance?

G1D08

12. Which of the following criteria must be met for a non-US citizen to be an accredited Volunteer Examiner?

G8C04

13. Which of the following describes Baudot code?

G8B10

14. What is the relationship between transmitted symbol rate and bandwidth?

G4B12

15. What effect can strong signals from nearby transmitters have on an antenna analyzer?

G2A09

16. Why do most amateur stations use lower sideband on the 160-, 75-, and 40-meter bands?

G7C14

17. The bandwidth of a band-pass filter is measured between what two frequencies?

G9D05

18. What is an advantage of vertically stacking horizontally polarized Yagi antennas?

G3A01

19. How does a higher sunspot number affect HF propagation?

G8A11

20. What is the modulation envelope of an AM signal?

G6A08

21. Which of the following is characteristic of low voltage ceramic capacitors?

G6B11

22. What is an SMA connector?

G3C09

23. What type of propagation allows signals to be heard in the transmitting station's skip zone?

G4A13

24. What is the purpose of using a receive attenuator?

G7A01

25. What is the function of a power supply bleeder resistor?

G7B06

26. What is a shift register?

G0A03

27. How can you determine that your station complies with FCC RF exposure regulations?

G1A01

28. On which HF and/or MF amateur bands are there portions where General class licensees cannot transmit?

G5A08

29. What is impedance?

G2D05

30. Which of the following indicates that you are looking for an HF contact with any station?

G2B05

31. When selecting an SSB transmitting frequency, what minimum separation should be used to minimize interference to stations on adjacent frequencies?

G9B04

32. What is the radiation pattern of a dipole antenna in free space in a plane containing the conductor?

G2C10

33. What does the Q signal "QRN" mean?

G0B07

34. Which of these choices should be observed when climbing a tower using a safety harness?

G4E09

35. What is the approximate open-circuit voltage from a fully illuminated silicon photovoltaic cell?