G0A12: What precaution should you take whenever you make adjustments or repairs to an antenna?

Ensure that you and the antenna structure are grounded

Wear a radiation badge

All of these choices are correct

G0B16: When might a lead acid storage battery give off explosive hydrogen gas?

When stored for long periods of time

When being discharged

When not placed on a level surface

G1A15: What is the appropriate action if, when operating on either the 30 or 60 meter bands, a station in the primary service interferes with your contact?

Notify the FCC's regional Engineer in Charge of the interference

Increase your transmitter's power to overcome the interference

Attempt to contact the station and request that it stop the interference

G1B08: When choosing a transmitting frequency, what should you do to comply with good amateur practice?

Review FCC Part 97 Rules regarding permitted frequencies and emissions

Follow generally accepted band plans agreed to by the Amateur Radio community

Before transmitting, listen to avoid interfering with ongoing communication

G1C02: What is the maximum transmitting power an amateur station may use on the 12 meter band?

1500 PEP output, except for 200 watts PEP output in the Novice portion

200 watts PEP output

An effective radiated power equivalent to 50 watts from a half-wave dipole

G1D01: Which of the following is a proper way to identify when transmitting using phone on General Class frequencies if you have a CSCE for the required elements but your upgrade from Technician has not appeared in the FCC database?

Give your call sign followed by the words "General Class"

No special identification is needed

Give your call sign followed the abbreviation 'CSCE'

G1E06: Which of the following applies in the event of interference between a coordinated repeater and an uncoordinated repeater?

The licensee of the coordinated repeater has primary responsibility to resolve the interference

Both repeater licensees share equal responsibility to resolve the interference

The frequency coordinator bears primary responsibility to resolve the interference

G2A10: Which of the following statements is true of SSB VOX operation?

The received signal is more natural sounding

Frequency spectrum is conserved

Provides more power output

G2B08: What is the 'DX window' in a voluntary band plan?

An FCC rule that prohibits contacts between stations within the United States and possessions on that band segment

An FCC rule that allows only digital contacts in that portion of the band

A portion of the band that has been voluntarily set aside for digital contacts only

G2C06: What does the term 'zero beat' mean in CW operation?

Matching the speed of the transmitting station

Operating split to avoid interference on frequency

Sending without error

G2D03: What skills learned during 'hidden transmitter hunts' are of help to the Amateur Auxiliary?

Identification of out of band operation

Identification of different call signs

Hunters have an opportunity to transmit on non-amateur frequencies

G2E10: What is a major advantage of MFSK16 compared to other digital modes?

It is much higher speed than RTTY

It is much narrower bandwidth than most digital modes

It has built-in error correction

G3A16: What is a possible benefit to radio communications resulting from periods of high geomagnetic activity?

Higher signal strength for HF signals passing through the polar regions

Improved HF long path propagation

Reduced long delayed echoes

G3B03: Which of the following applies when selecting a frequency for lowest attenuation when transmitting on HF?

Select a frequency just above the LUF

Select a frequency just below the critical frequency

Select a frequency just above the critical frequency

G3C11: Which of the following antenna types will be most effective for skip communications on 40 meters during the day?

Vertical antennas

Left-hand circularly polarized antennas

Right-hand circularly polarized antenna

G4A12: Which of the following is a common use for the dual VFO feature on a transceiver?

To allow transmitting on two frequencies at once

To permit full duplex operation, that is transmitting and receiving at the same time

To facilitate computer interface

G4B14: What is an instance in which the use of an instrument with analog readout may be preferred over an instrument with a numerical digital readout?

When testing logic circuits

When high precision is desired

When measuring the frequency of an oscillator

G4C04: What is the effect on an audio device or telephone system if there is interference from a nearby CW transmitter?

A CW signal at a nearly pure audio frequency

A chirpy CW signal

Severely distorted audio

G4D03: Which of the following can be the result of an incorrectly adjusted speech processor?

Distorted speech

Splatter

Excessive background pickup

G4E11: Which of the following is a disadvantage of using wind as the primary source of power for an emergency station?

The conversion efficiency from mechanical energy to electrical energy is less than 2 percent

The voltage and current ratings of such systems are not compatible with amateur equipment

All of these choices are correct

G5A01: What is impedance?

The electric charge stored by a capacitor

The inverse of resistance

The force of repulsion between two similar electric fields

G5B05: How many watts are dissipated when a current of 7.0 milliamperes flows through 1.25 kilohms?

Approximately 61 watts

Approximately 11 milliwatts

Approximately 11 watts

G5C10: What is the inductance of three 10 millihenry inductors connected in parallel?

.30 Henrys

3.3 Henrys

30 millihenrys

G6A03: Which of the following is an advantage of ceramic capacitors as compared to other types of capacitors?

Tight tolerance

High stability

High capacitance for given volume

G6B15: When is it acceptable to recharge a carbon-zinc primary cell?

As long as the voltage has not been allowed to drop below 1.0 volt

When the cell is kept warm during the recharging period

When a constant current charger is used

G6C03: Which of the following is an advantage of CMOS integrated circuits compared to TTL integrated circuits?

High power handling capability

Better suited for RF amplification

Better suited for power supply regulation

G7A12: Which symbol in Figure G7-1 represents a multiple-winding transformer?

Symbol 4

Symbol 7

Symbol 1

G7B05: How many states does a 3-bit binary counter have?

3

6

16

G7C06: What should be the impedance of a low-pass filter as compared to the impedance of the transmission line into which it is inserted?

Substantially higher

Substantially lower

Twice the transmission line impedance

G8A08: Which of the following is an effect of over-modulation?

Insufficient audio

Insufficient bandwidth

Frequency drift

G8B01: What receiver stage combines a 14.250 MHz input signal with a 13.795 MHz oscillator signal to produce a 455 kHz intermediate frequency (IF) signal?

BFO

VFO

Discriminator

G9A02: What are the typical characteristic impedances of coaxial cables used for antenna feed lines at amateur stations?

25 and 30 ohms

80 and 100 ohms

500 and 750 ohms

G9B08: How does the feed-point impedance of a 1/2 wave dipole change as the feed-point location is moved from the center toward the ends?

It steadily decreases

It peaks at about 1/8 wavelength from the end

It is unaffected by the location of the feed point

G9C08: What is meant by the "main lobe" of a directive antenna?

The magnitude of the maximum vertical angle of radiation

The point of maximum current in a radiating antenna element

The maximum voltage standing wave point on a radiating element

G9D02: Which of the following is an advantage of an NVIS antenna?

Low vertical angle radiation for working stations out to ranges of several thousand kilometers

High forward gain

All of these choices are correct