Practice Exam

Element 3: General

G1D11

1. What action is required to obtain a new General class license after a previously held license has expired and the two-year grace period has passed?

G2E05

2. What is the standard sideband for JT65, JT9, FT4, or FT8 digital signal when using AFSK?

G3B07

3. What does LUF stand for?

G2A01

4. Which mode is most commonly used for voice communications on frequencies of 14 MHz or higher?

G5A11

5. What letter is used to represent reactance?

G5C10

6. What is the inductance of three 10-millihenry inductors connected in parallel?

G0A02

7. Which of the following is used to determine RF exposure from a transmitted signal?

G4A13

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

G9B03

9. Which of the following best describes the radiation pattern of a quarter-wave ground-plane vertical antenna?

G2D06

10. How is a directional antenna pointed when making a "long-path" contact with another station?

G4B13

11. Which of the following can be measured with an antenna analyzer?

G9D07

12. Which of the following describes a log-periodic antenna?

G2C04

13. What does the Q signal "QRL?" mean?

G8C14

14. Which of the following describes a waterfall display?

G9C03

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

G3A13

16. What does the A-index measure?

G6A02

17. What is an advantage of batteries with low internal resistance?

G7A07

18. What is the output waveform of an unfiltered full-wave rectifier connected to a resistive load?

G4D07

19. How much must the power output of a transmitter be raised to change the S meter reading on a distant receiver from S8 to S9?

G7C09

20. What is the phase difference between the I and Q RF signals that software-defined radio (SDR) equipment uses for modulation and demodulation?

G6B05

21. What is an advantage of using a ferrite core toroidal inductor?

G0B11

22. Which of the following is required for lightning protection ground rods?

G8A09

23. What type of modulation is used by FT8?

G9A02

24. What is the relationship between high standing wave ratio (SWR) and transmission line loss?

G1A01

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

G4E04

26. Why should DC power for a 100-watt HF transceiver not be supplied by a vehicle's auxiliary power socket?

G1E10

27. Why should an amateur operator normally avoid transmitting on 14.100, 18.110, 21.150, 24.930 and 28.200 MHz?

G2B01

28. Which of the following is true concerning access to frequencies?

G1B08

29. When is it permissible to communicate with amateur stations in countries outside the areas administered by the Federal Communications Commission?

G3C11

30. Which ionospheric region is the most absorbent of signals below 10 MHz during daylight hours?

G4C06

31. What is a possible effect of a resonant ground connection?

G5B10

32. What percentage of power loss is equivalent to a loss of 1 dB?

G1C04

33. Which of the following is required by the FCC rules when operating in the 60-meter band?

G7B09

34. What determines the frequency of an LC oscillator?

G8B06

35. What is the total bandwidth of an FM phone transmission having 5 kHz deviation and 3 kHz modulating frequency?