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Question #101Amateur Radio Regulations and Licensing

Which emission mode must be used to obtain assistance during a disaster?

  1. Only SSB
  2. Only SSB and CW
  3. Any mode ✓ Correct answer
  4. Only CW

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Question #102Operating Procedures, Morse Code and Phonetics

What should you do if a CW station sends "QRS" when using Morse code?

  1. Send slower ✓ Correct answer
  2. Change frequency
  3. Increase your power
  4. Repeat everything twice

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Question #103Amateur Radio Regulations and Licensing

What is the recommended way to break into a conversation when using phone?

  1. Say "QRZ" several times followed by your call sign
  2. Say your call sign during a break between transmissions from the other stations
  3. Say "Break" "Break" "Break" and wait for a response ✓ Correct answer
  4. Say "CQ" followed by the call sign of either station

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Question #104Amateur Radio Regulations and Licensing

Which of the following 20 meter band segments is most often used for most data transmissions?

  1. 14.000 – 14.050 MHz
  2. 14.070 - 14.100 MHz ✓ Correct answer
  3. 14.150 - 14.225 MHz
  4. 14.275 - 14.350 MHz

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Question #105Amateur Radio Regulations and Licensing

What action should be taken if the frequency on which a net normally meets is in use just before the net begins?

  1. Reduce your output power and start the net as usual
  2. Increase your power output so that net participants will be able to hear you
  3. Ask the stations if the net may use the frequency, or move the net to a nearby clear frequency if necessary ✓ Correct answer
  4. Cancel the net for that day

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Question #106Amateur Radio Regulations and Licensing

Which of the following is an advantage when using single sideband as compared to other voice modes on the HF amateur bands?

  1. Very high fidelity voice modulation
  2. Less bandwidth used and high power efficiency ✓ Correct answer
  3. Ease of tuning on receive
  4. Less subject to static crashes (atmospherics)

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Question #107Amateur Radio Regulations and Licensing

What is an azimuthal projection map?

  1. A world map projection centered on the North Pole
  2. A world map projection centered on a particular location ✓ Correct answer
  3. A world map that shows the angle at which an amateur satellite crosses the equator
  4. A world map that shows the number of degrees longitude that an amateur satellite appears to move westward at the equator with each orbit

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Question #108Amateur Radio Regulations and Licensing

How do you call another station on a repeater if you know the station\'s call sign?

  1. Say "break, break" then say the station's call sign
  2. Say the station's call sign then identify your own station ✓ Correct answer
  3. Say "CQ" three times then the other station's call sign
  4. Wait for the station to call "CQ" then answer it

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Question #109Amateur Radio Regulations and Licensing

The frequency of 40 Meter band in MHz is

  1. 14 - 14.350
  2. 7 - 7.2 ✓ Correct answer
  3. 21 - 21.450
  4. 15 - 15.400

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Question #110Amateur Radio Regulations and Licensing

Which sideband is commonly used in the VHF and UHF bands?

  1. Upper Side Band
  2. Lower side band
  3. Vestigial side band
  4. Double side band ✓ Correct answer

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Question #111Operating Procedures, Morse Code and Phonetics

When are you prohibited from helping a station in distress?

  1. When that station is not transmitting on amateur frequencies ✓ Correct answer
  2. When the station in distress offers no call sign
  3. You are never prohibited from helping any station in distress
  4. When the station is not another amateur station

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Question #112Operating Procedures, Morse Code and Phonetics

What is a practical way to avoid harmful interference when calling CQ using Morse code or CW?

  1. Send the letter "V" 12 times and then listen for a response
  2. Keep your CQ to less than 2 minutes in length to avoid interference with contacts already in progress
  3. Send "QRL? de" followed by your call sign and listen for a response
  4. Call CQ at low power first; if there is no indication of interference then increase power as necessary ✓ Correct answer

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Question #113Amateur Radio Regulations and Licensing

What does it mean when a CW operator sends "KN" at the end of a transmission?

  1. Listening for novice stations
  2. Operating full break-in
  3. Listening only for a specific station or stations ✓ Correct answer
  4. Closing station now

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Question #114Amateur Radio Regulations and Licensing

Who is accountable if a repeater station inadvertently retransmits communications that violate WPC rules?

  1. The repeater trustee
  2. The repeater control operator
  3. The transmitting station ✓ Correct answer
  4. All of these answers are correct

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Question #115Amateur Radio Regulations and Licensing

Which of the following statements is true of the single sideband (SSB) voice mode?

  1. Only one sideband and the carrier are transmitted; the other sideband is suppressed
  2. Only one sideband is transmitted; the other sideband and carrier are suppressed ✓ Correct answer
  3. SSB voice transmissions have higher average power than any other mode
  4. SSB is the only mode that is authorized on the 160, 75 and 40 meter amateur bands

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Question #116Operating Procedures, Morse Code and Phonetics

When sending CW, what does a “C” mean when added to the RST report?

  1. Chirpy or unstable signal ✓ Correct answer
  2. Report was read from S meter reading rather than estimated
  3. 100 percent copy
  4. Key clicks

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Question #117Operating Procedures, Morse Code and Phonetics

What does the Q signal "QSL" mean when operating CW?

  1. We have already confirmed by card
  2. I acknowledge receipt ✓ Correct answer
  3. We have worked before
  4. Send slower

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Question #118Operating Procedures, Morse Code and Phonetics

What is the first thing you should do if you are communicating with another amateur station and hear a station in distress break in?

  1. Continue your communication because you were on frequency first
  2. Acknowledge the station in distress and determine what assistance may be needed ✓ Correct answer
  3. Change to a different frequency
  4. Immediately cease all transmissions

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Question #119Amateur Radio Regulations and Licensing

How do you indicate you are looking for any station with which to make contact?

  1. CQ followed by your call sign ✓ Correct answer
  2. RST followed by your call sign
  3. QST followed by your call sign
  4. SK followed by your call sign

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Question #120Operating Procedures, Morse Code and Phonetics

What should you transmit when responding to a call of CQ?

  1. Your own CQ followed by the other station’s call sign
  2. Your call sign followed by the other station’s call sign
  3. The other station’s call sign followed by your call sign ✓ Correct answer
  4. A signal report followed by your call sign

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