G0A10: What is one thing that can be done if evaluation shows that a neighbor might receive more than the allowable limit of RF exposure from the main lobe of a directional antenna?

Change from horizontal polarization to vertical polarization

Change from horizontal polarization to circular polarization

Use an antenna with a higher front-to-back ratio

G0B10: Which of the following is a danger from lead-tin solder?

High voltages can cause lead-tin solder to disintegrate suddenly

Tin in the solder can 'cold flow' causing shorts in the circuit

RF energy can convert the lead into a poisonous gas

G1A07: Which of the following frequencies is within the General Class portion of the 75 meter phone band?

1875 kHz

3750 kHz

4005 kHz

G1B12: Who or what determines 'good engineering and good amateur practice' as applied to the operation of an amateur station in all respects not covered by the Part 97 rules?

The Control Operator

The IEEE

The ITU

G1C06: Which of the following is a limitation on transmitter power on 1.8 MHz band?

200 watts PEP output

1000 watts PEP output

1200 watts PEP output

G1D10: What is the minimum age that one must be to qualify as an accredited Volunteer Examiner?

12 years

21 years

There is no age limit

G1E02: When may a 10 meter repeater retransmit the 2 meter signal from a station having a Technician Class control operator?

Under no circumstances

Only if the station on 10 meters is operating under a Special Temporary Authorization allowing such retransmission

Only during an FCC declared general state of communications emergency

G2A03: Which of the following is most commonly used for SSB voice communications in the VHF and UHF bands?

Lower sideband

Vestigial sideband

Double sideband

G2B05: What is the customary minimum frequency separation between SSB signals under normal conditions?

Between 150 and 500 Hz

Approximately 6 kHz

Approximately 10 kHz

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

G2D07: Which of the following is required by the FCC rules when operating in the 60 meter band?

You must keep a log of the date, time, frequency, power level and stations worked

You must keep a log of all third party traffic

You must keep a log of the manufacturer of your equipment and the antenna used

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

G3A15: How long does it take charged particles from coronal mass ejections to affect radio-wave propagation on the Earth?

28 days

14 days

4 to 8 minutes

G3B01: How might a sky-wave signal sound if it arrives at your receiver by both short path and long path propagation?

Periodic fading approximately every 10 seconds

Signal strength increased by 3 dB

The signal might be cancelled causing severe attenuation

G3C08: Why are HF scatter signals in the skip zone usually weak?

Signals are scattered from the magnetosphere which is not a good reflector

Propagation is through ground waves which absorb most of the signal energy

Propagations is through ducts in F region which absorb most of the energy

G4A10: What is the purpose of an electronic keyer?

Automatic transmit/receive switching

VOX operation

Computer interface for PSK and RTTY operation

G4B15: What type of transmitter performance does a two-tone test analyze?

Carrier and undesired sideband suppression

Percentage of frequency modulation

Percentage of carrier phase shift

G4C02: Which of the following could be a cause of interference covering a wide range of frequencies?

Not using a balun or line isolator to feed balanced antennas

Lack of rectification of the transmitter's signal in power conductors

The use of horizontal rather than vertical antennas

G4D11: How close to the upper edge of the 20 meter General Class band should your displayed carrier frequency be when using 3 kHz wide'USB?

3 kHz above the edge of the band

Your displayed carrier frequency may be set at the edge of the band

Center your signal on the edge of the band

G4E09: What is the approximate open-circuit voltage from a modern, well-illuminated photovoltaic cell?

0.02 VDC

0.2 VDC

1.38 VDC

G5A06: How does a capacitor react to AC?

As the frequency of the applied AC increases, the reactance increases

As the amplitude of the applied AC increases, the reactance increases

As the amplitude of the applied AC increases, the reactance decreases

G5B02: How does the total current relate to the individual currents in each branch of a parallel circuit?

It equals the average of each branch current

It decreases as more parallel branches are added to the circuit

It is the sum of the reciprocal of each individual voltage drop

G5C03: Which of the following components should be added to an existing resistor to increase the resistance?

A resistor in parallel

A capacitor in series

A capacitor in parallel

G6A07: Which of the following is a reason not to use wire-wound resistors in an RF circuit?

The resistor's tolerance value would not be adequate for such a circuit

The resistor could overheat

The resistor's internal capacitance would detune the circuit

G6B03: What is the approximate junction threshold voltage of a germanium diode?

0.1 volt

0.7 volts

1.0 volts

G6C14: Which of these connector types is commonly used for audio signals in Amateur Radio stations?

PL-259

BNC

Type N

G7A04: What is the peak-inverse-voltage across the rectifier in a half-wave power supply?

One-half the normal peak output voltage of the power supply

One-half the normal output voltage of the power supply

Equal to the normal output voltage of the power supply

G7B12: Which of these classes of amplifiers has the highest efficiency?

Class A

Class B

Class AB

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

G8A06: What is one advantage of carrier suppression in a single-sideband phone transmission?

Audio fidelity is improved

Greater modulation percentage is obtainable with lower distortion

Simpler receiving equipment can be used

G8B06: What is the total bandwidth of an FM-phone transmission having a 5 kHz deviation and a 3 kHz modulating frequency?

3 kHz

5 kHz

8 kHz

G9A11: What standing wave ratio will result from the connection of a 50-ohm feed line to a non-reactive load having a 50-ohm impedance?

2:1

50:50

0:0

G9B01: What is one disadvantage of a directly fed random-wire antenna?

It must be longer than 1 wavelength

It produces only vertically polarized radiation

It is not effective on the higher HF bands

G9C12: Which of the following is an advantage of using a gamma match for impedance matching of a Yagi antenna to 50-ohm coax feed line?

It does not require any inductors or capacitors

It is useful for matching multiband antennas

All of these choices are correct

G9D09: Which of the following is an application for a Beverage antenna?

Directional transmitting for low HF bands

Portable direction finding at higher HF frequencies

Portable direction finding at lower HF frequencies