Practice Exam

Element 3: General (NEW)

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G5C10

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

G4E01

2. What is the purpose of a capacitance hat on a mobile antenna?

G1E12

3. When may third-party messages be transmitted via remote control?

G2A10

4. Which of the following statements is true of VOX operation versus PTT operation?

G7B09

5. What determines the frequency of an LC oscillator?

G1A01

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

G1B08

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

G3A01

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

G0A02

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

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G7A09

10. Which symbol in figure G7-1 represents a field effect transistor?

G6B11

11. What is an SMA connector?

G4D02

12. How does a speech processor affect a single sideband phone signal?

G5B13

13. What is the output PEP of an unmodulated carrier if the average power is 1060 watts?

G2D06

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

G4C02

15. Which of the following could be a cause of interference covering a wide range of frequencies?

G8A01

16. How is direct binary FSK modulation generated?

G8B09

17. Why is it good to match receiver bandwidth to the bandwidth of the operating mode?

G9B08

18. How does the feed point impedance of a 1/2 wave dipole change as the feed point is moved from the center toward the ends?

G2B03

19. What is good amateur practice if propagation changes during a contact creating interference from other stations using the frequency?

G2E05

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

G5A09

21. What unit is used to measure reactance?

G9C03

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

G3B11

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

G4B11

24. Which of the following must be connected to an antenna analyzer when it is being used for SWR measurements?

G6A04

25. Which of the following is characteristic of an electrolytic capacitor?

G8C03

26. What part of a packet radio frame contains the routing and handling information?

G1C07

27. What must be done before using a new digital protocol on the air?

G0B11

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

G7C12

29. What is the frequency above which a low-pass filter's output power is less than half the input power?

G3C03

30. Why is skip propagation via the F2 region longer than that via the other ionospheric regions?

G1D09

31. How long is a Certificate of Successful Completion of Examination (CSCE) valid for exam element credit?

G4A03

32. How does a noise blanker work?

G2C08

33. What prosign is sent to indicate the end of a formal message when using CW?

G9A11

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

G9D08

35. How does a "screwdriver" mobile antenna adjust its feed point impedance?