T0A13: What safety equipment should always be included in home-built equipment that is powered from 120V AC power circuits?

An AC voltmeter across the incoming power source

An inductor in series with the AC power source

A capacitor across the AC power source

T0B02: What is a good precaution to observe before climbing an antenna tower?

Make sure that you wear a grounded wrist strap

Remove all tower grounding connections

All of the these choices are correct

T0C03: What is the maximum power level that an amateur radio station may use at VHF frequencies before an RF exposure evaluation is required?

1500 watts PEP transmitter output

1 watt forward power

50 watts PEP reflected power

T1A07: What is the FCC Part 97 definition of telemetry?

An information bulletin issued by the FCC

A one-way transmission to initiate, modify or terminate functions of a device at a distance

An information bulletin from a VEC

T1B09: Why should you not set your transmit frequency to be exactly at the edge of an amateur band or sub-band?

To allow for calibration error in the transmitter frequency display

So that modulation sidebands do not extend beyond the band edge

To allow for transmitter frequency drift

T1C05: What must you do if you are operating on the 23 cm band and learn that you are interfering with a radiolocation station outside the United States?

Nothing, because this band is allocated exclusively to the amateur service

Establish contact with the radiolocation station and ask them to change frequency

Change to CW mode, because this would not likely cause interference

T1D11: Which of the following types of communications are permitted in the Amateur Radio Service?

Retransmission of entertainment programming from a commercial radio or TV station

Retransmission of entertainment material from a public radio or TV station

Communications on a regular basis that could reasonably be furnished alternatively through other radio services

T1E05: What is an amateur station control point?

The location of the station's transmitting antenna

The location of the station transmitting apparatus

The mailing address of the station licensee

T1F04: Which of the following is an acceptable language for use for station identification when operating in a phone sub-band?

Any language recognized by the United Nations

Any language recognized by the ITU

English, French, or Spanish

T2A07: Which of the following is true when making a test transmission?

Station identification is not required if the transmission is less than 15 seconds

Station identification is not required if the transmission is less than 1 watt

Station identification is required only if your station can be heard

T2B09: Which of the following methods is encouraged by the FCC when identifying your station when using phone?

Send your call sign in CW as well as voice

Repeat your call sign three times

Increase your signal to full power when identifying

T2C11: What is meant by the term "check" in reference to a formal traffic message?

The check is the value of a money order attached to the message

The check is a list of stations that have relayed the message

The check is a box on the message form that tells you the message was received

T3A06: What term is commonly used to describe the rapid fluttering sound sometimes heard from mobile stations that are moving while transmitting?

Flip-flopping

Frequency shifting

Pulsing

T3B04: How fast does a radio wave travel through free space?

At the speed of sound

Its speed is inversely proportional to its wavelength

Its speed increases as the frequency increases

T3C05: What is meant by the term "knife-edge" propagation?

Signals are reflected back toward the originating station at acute angles

Signals are sliced into several discrete beams and arrive via different paths

Signals propagated close to the band edge exhibiting a sharp cutoff

T4A11: Where should a mobile transceiver's power negative connection be made?

At the antenna mount

To any metal part of the vehicle

Through the transceiver's mounting bracket

T4B04: What is a way to enable quick access to a favorite frequency on your transceiver?

Enable the CTCSS tones

Disable the CTCSS tones

Use the scan mode to select the desired frequency

T5A09: What is the name for a current that reverses direction on a regular basis?

Direct current

Circular current

Vertical current

T5B11: What is the approximate amount of change, measured in decibels (dB), of a power increase from 20 watts to 200 watts?

12 dB

18 dB

28 dB

T5C01: What is the ability to store energy in an electric field called?

Inductance

Resistance

Tolerance

T5D06: What is the resistance of a circuit that draws 4 amperes from a 12-volt source?

16 ohms

48 ohms

8 Ohms

T6A07: What electrical component is usually composed of a coil of wire?

Switch

Capacitor

Diode

T6B07: What does the abbreviation "LED" stand for?

Low Emission Diode

Liquid Emission Detector

Long Echo Delay

T6C04: What is component 3 in figure T1?

Resistor

Transistor

Ground symbol

T6D07: Which of the following is commonly used as a visual indicator?

FET

Zener diode

Bipolar transistor

T7A04: What circuit is pictured in Figure T7, if block 1 is a frequency discriminator?

A double-conversion receiver

A regenerative receiver

A superheterodyne receiver

T7B03: Which of the following may be a cause of radio frequency interference?

Fundamental overload

Harmonics

Spurious emissions

T7C11: What is a disadvantage of "air core" coaxial cable when compared to foam or solid dielectric types?

It has more loss per foot

It cannot be used for VHF or UHF antennas

It cannot be used at below freezing temperatures

T7D05: What instrument is used to measure resistance?

An oscilloscope

A spectrum analyzer

A noise bridge

T8A03: Which type of voice modulation is most often used for long-distance or weak signal contacts on the VHF and UHF bands?

FM

AM

PM

T8B01: Who may be the control operator of a station communicating through an amateur satellite or space station?

Only an Amateur Extra Class operator

A General Class licensee or higher licensee who has a satellite operator certification

Only an Amateur Extra Class operator who is also an AMSAT member

T8C11: What name is given to an amateur radio station that is used to connect other amateur stations to the Internet?

A repeater

A digipeater

A beacon

T8D09: What code is used when sending CW in the amateur bands?

Baudot

Hamming

Gray

T9A10: In which direction is the radiation strongest from a half-wave dipole antenna in free space?

Equally in all directions

Off the ends of the antenna

In the direction of the feedline

T9B06: Which of the following connectors is most suitable for frequencies above 400 MHz?

A UHF (PL-259/SO-239) connector

An RS-213 connector

A DB-23 connector