Practice Exam

Element 3: General

G9C12

1. Which of the following is a characteristic of using a gamma match with a Yagi antenna?

G8B10

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

G7B10

3. Which of the following describes a linear amplifier?

G6B11

4. What is an SMA connector?

G2D11

5. Why are signal reports typically exchanged at the beginning of an HF contact?

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G7A10

6. Which symbol in figure G7-1 represents a Zener diode?

G1A10

7. What portion of the 10-meter band is available for repeater use?

G3A01

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

G8A13

9. What is a link budget?

G1C04

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

G1D11

11. 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?

G5A09

12. What unit is used to measure reactance?

G1E05

13. What are the restrictions on messages sent to a third party in a country with which there is a Third-Party Agreement?

G8C16

14. Which of the following provide digital voice modes?

G5C13

15. Which of the following components should be added to a capacitor to increase the capacitance?

G2C01

16. Which of the following describes full break-in CW operation (QSK)?

G0B01

17. Which wire or wires in a four-conductor 240 VAC circuit should be attached to fuses or circuit breakers?

G4B08

18. What transmitter performance parameter does a two-tone test analyze?

G0A06

19. What must you do if your station fails to meet the FCC RF exposure exemption criteria?

G4A10

20. What is the function of an electronic keyer?

G9A08

21. If the SWR on an antenna feed line is 5:1, and a matching network at the transmitter end of the feed line is adjusted to present a 1:1 SWR to the transmitter, what is the resulting SWR on the feed line?

G2A11

22. Generally, who should respond to a station in the contiguous 48 states calling "CQ DX"?

G6A11

23. What happens when an inductor is operated above its self-resonant frequency?

G3C05

24. Why is long-distance communication on the 40-, 60-, 80-, and 160-meter bands more difficult during the day?

G4C04

25. What sound is heard from an audio device experiencing RF interference from a CW transmitter?

G2B09

26. Who may be the control operator of an amateur station transmitting in RACES to assist relief operations during a disaster?

G2E01

27. Which mode is normally used when sending RTTY signals via AFSK with an SSB transmitter?

G4D04

28. What does an S meter measure?

G9D04

29. What is the primary function of antenna traps?

G7C05

30. Which of the following is characteristic of a direct digital synthesizer (DDS)?

G4E04

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

G3B11

32. What happens to HF propagation when the LUF exceeds the MUF?

G1B10

33. What is the power limit for beacon stations?

G9B07

34. How does the feed point impedance of a horizontal 1/2 wave dipole antenna change as the antenna height is reduced to 1/10 wavelength above ground?

G5B09

35. What is the RMS voltage of a sine wave with a value of 17 volts peak?