T0A10: What can happen if a lead-acid storage battery is charged or discharged too quickly?

The voltage can become reversed

The 'memory effect' will reduce the capacity of the battery

All of these choices are correct

T0B07: Which of the following is an important safety rule to remember when using a crank-up tower?

This type of tower must never be painted

This type of tower must never be grounded

All of these choices are correct

T0C01: What type of radiation are VHF and UHF radio signals?

Gamma radiation

Ionizing radiation

Alpha radiation

T1A10: What is the FCC Part 97 definition of an amateur station?

A building where Amateur Radio receivers, transmitters, and RF power amplifiers are installed

Any radio station operated by a non-professional

Any radio station for hobby use

T1B01: What is the ITU?

An agency of the United States Department of Telecommunications Management

An independent frequency coordination agency

A department of the FCC

T1C01: Which type of call sign has a single letter in both the prefix and suffix?

Vanity

Sequential

In-memoriam

T1D09: Under which of the following circumstances are amateur stations authorized to transmit signals related to broadcasting, program production, or news gathering, assuming no other means is available?

Only when broadcasting communications to or from the space shuttle.

Only where noncommercial programming is gathered and supplied exclusively to the National Public Radio network

Only when using amateur repeaters linked to the Internet

T1E01: When must an amateur station have a control operator?

Only when the station is being locally controlled

Only when the station is being remotely controlled

Only when the station is being automatically controlled

T1F10: Who is accountable should a repeater inadvertently retransmit communications that violate the FCC rules?

The control operator of the repeater

The owner of the repeater

Both the originating station and the repeater owner

T2A06: What must an amateur operator do when making on-air transmissions to test equipment or antennas?

Make test transmissions only after 10:00 p.m. local time

Notify the FCC of the test transmission

State the purpose of the test during the test procedure

T2B02: What is the term used to describe the use of a sub-audible tone transmitted with normal voice audio to open the squelch of a receiver?

Carrier squelch

Tone burst

DTMF

T2C09: When may an amateur station use any means of radio communications at its disposal for essential communications in connection with immediate safety of human life and protection of property?

Only when FEMA authorizes it by declaring an emergency

Only when RACES authorizes it by declaring an emergency

Only when authorized by the local MARS program director

T3A05: When using a directional antenna, how might your station be able to access a distant repeater if buildings or obstructions are blocking the direct line of sight path?

Change from vertical to horizontal polarization

Try the long path

Increase the antenna SWR

T3B06: What is the formula for converting frequency to wavelength in meters?

Wavelength in meters equals frequency in hertz multiplied by 300

Wavelength in meters equals frequency in hertz divided by 300

Wavelength in meters equals frequency in megahertz divided by 300

T3C08: What causes "tropospheric ducting"?

Discharges of lightning during electrical storms

Sunspots and solar flares

Updrafts from hurricanes and tornadoes

T4A09: Which would you use to reduce RF current flowing on the shield of an audio cable?

Band-pass filter

Low-pass filter

Preamplifier

T4B03: What is the purpose of the squelch control on a transceiver?

To set the highest level of volume desired

To set the transmitter power level

To adjust the automatic gain control

T5A03: What is the name for the flow of electrons in an electric circuit?

Voltage

Resistance

Capacitance

T5B04: How many volts are equal to one microvolt?

One million volts

One thousand kilovolts

One one-thousandth of a volt

T5C06: What is the abbreviation that refers to radio frequency signals of all types?

AF

HF

VHF

T5D05: What is the resistance in a circuit for which the applied voltage is 12 volts and the current flow is 1.5 amperes?

18 ohms

0.125 ohms

13.5 ohms

T6A05: What type of electrical component consists of two or more conductive surfaces separated by an insulator?

Resistor

Potentiometer

Oscillator

T6B06: How is a semiconductor diode's cathode lead usually identified?

With the word "cathode"

With the letter "C"

All of these choices are correct

T6C02: What is component 1 in figure T1?

Transistor

Battery

Connector

T6D04: Which of the following can be used to display signal strength on a numeric scale?

Potentiometer

Transistor

Relay

T7A12: Which term describes the ability of a receiver to discriminate between multiple signals?

Tuning rate

Sensitivity

Noise floor

T7B01: What can you do if you are told your FM handheld or mobile transceiver is over deviating?

Talk louder into the microphone

Let the transceiver cool off

Change to a higher power level

T7C06: What does an SWR reading of 4:1 mean?

An antenna loss of 4 dB

A good impedance match

An antenna gain of 4

T7D04: Which instrument is used to measure electric current?

An ohmmeter

A wavemeter

A voltmeter

T8A05: Which of the following types of emission has the narrowest bandwidth?

FM voice

SSB voice

Slow-scan TV

T8B09: What causes "spin fading" when referring to satellite signals?

Circular polarized noise interference radiated from the sun

Doppler shift of the received signal

Interfering signals within the satellite uplink band

T8C04: Which of the following is good procedure when contacting another station in a radio contest?

Be sure to sign only the last two letters of your call if there is a pileup calling the station

Work the station twice to be sure that you are in his log

All of these choices are correct

T8D04: What type of transmission is indicated by the term NTSC?

A Normal Transmission mode in Static Circuit

A special mode for earth satellite uplink

A frame compression scheme for TV signals

T9A03: Which of the following describes a simple dipole mounted so the conductor is parallel to the Earth's surface?

A ground wave antenna

A rhombic antenna

A vertically polarized antenna

T9B03: Why is coaxial cable used more often than any other feedline for amateur radio antenna systems?

It has less loss than any other type of feedline

It can handle more power than any other type of feedline

It is less expensive than any other types of feedline