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Novice Question Pool

    SUBELEMENT N1: COMMISSION'S RULES

  1. N1A01 What document contains the rules and regulations for the amateur service in the US?
    A. Part 97 of Title 47 CFR (Code of Federal Regulations)
    B. The Communications Act of 1934 (as amended)
    C. The Radio Amateur's Handbook
    D. The minutes of the International Telecommunication Union meetings

  2. N1A02 Who makes and enforces the rules and regulations of the amateur service in the US?
    A. The Congress of the United States
    B. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
    C. The Volunteer Examiner Coordinators (VECs)
    D. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

  3. N1A03 Which three topics are part of the rules and regulations of the amateur service?
    A. Station operation standards, technical standards, emergency communications
    B. Notices of Violation, common operating procedures, antenna lengths
    C. Frequency band plans, repeater locations, Ohm's Law
    D. Station construction standards, FCC approved radios, FCC approved antennas

  4. N1A04 Which of these topics is NOT part of the rules and regulations of the amateur service?
    A. Qualifying examination systems
    B. Technical standards
    C. Providing emergency communications
    D. Station construction standards

  5. N1A05 What are three reasons that the amateur service exists?
    A. To recognize the value of emergency communications, advance the radio art, and improve communication and technical skills
    B. To learn about business communications, increase testing by trained technicians, and improve amateur communications
    C. To preserve old radio techniques, maintain a pool of people familiar with early tube-type equipment, and improve tube radios
    D. To improve patriotism, preserve nationalism, and promote world peace

  6. N1A06 What are two of the five purposes for the amateur service?
    A. To protect historical radio data, and help the public understand radio history
    B. To help foreign countries improve communication and technical skills, and encourage visits from foreign hams
    C. To modernize radio schematic drawings, and increase the pool of electrical drafting people
    D. To increase the number of trained radio operators and electronics experts, and improve international goodwill

  7. N1A07 What is the definition of an amateur operator?
    A. A person who has not received any training in radio operations
    B. A person to whom the FCC has granted a license in the amateur service
    C. A person who has very little practice operating a radio station
    D. A person who is in training to become the control operator of a radio station

  8. N1A08 What is the definition of the amateur service?
    A. A private radio service used for profit and public benefit
    B. A public radio service for US citizens that requires no exam
    C. A personal radio service used for self-training, communication, and technical studies
    D. A private radio service used for self-training of radio announcers and technicians

  9. N1A09 What is the definition of an amateur station?
    A. A station in a public radio service used for radiocommunications
    B. A station using radiocommunications for a commercial purpose
    C. A station using equipment for training new radiocommunications operators
    D. A station in the Amateur Radio service used for radiocommunications

  10. N1A10 What is the definition of a control operator of an amateur station?
    A. Anyone who operates the controls of the station
    B. Anyone who is responsible for the station's equipment
    C. Any licensed amateur operator who is responsible for the station's transmissions
    D. The amateur operator with the highest class of license who is near the controls of the station

  11. N1A11 What is a Volunteer Examiner (VE)?
    A. A certified instructor who volunteers to examine amateur teaching manuals
    B. An FCC employee who accredits volunteers to administer amateur license exams
    C. An amateur, accredited by one or more VECs, who volunteers to administer amateur license exams
    D. An amateur, registered with the Electronic Industries Association, who volunteers to examine amateur station equipment

  12. N1B01 Which of the following must you have an amateur license to do?
    A. Transmit on public-service frequencies
    B. Retransmit shortwave broadcasts
    C. Repair broadcast station equipment
    D. Transmit on amateur service frequencies

  13. N1B02 What does an amateur license allow you to control?
    A. A shortwave-broadcast station's transmissions
    B. An amateur station's transmissions
    C. Non-commercial FM broadcast transmissions
    D. Any type of transmitter, as long as it is used for non- commercial transmissions

  14. N1B03 Which of the following is required before you can operate an amateur station in the US?
    A. You must hold an FCC operator's training permit for a licensed radio station
    B. You must submit an FCC Form 610 together with a license examination fee
    C. The FCC must grant you an amateur operator/primary station license
    D. The FCC must issue you a Certificate of Successful Completion of Amateur Training

  15. N1B04 Where does a US amateur license allow you to operate?
    A. Anywhere in the world
    B. Wherever the amateur service is regulated by the FCC
    C. Within 50 km of your primary station location
    D. Only at the mailing address printed on your license

  16. N1B05 How many transmitters may a Novice licensee control at the same time?
    A. Only one
    B. No more than two
    C. Any number
    D. Any number, as long as they are transmitting in different bands

  17. N1B06 What must happen before you are allowed to operate an amateur station?
    A. The FCC database must show that you have been granted an amateur license
    B. You must have written authorization from the FCC
    C. You must have written authorization from a Volunteer Examiner Coordinator
    D. You must have a copy of the FCC Rules, Part 97, at your station location

  18. N1B07 Which one of the following does NOT allow a person to control a US amateur station?
    A. An operator/primary station license from the FCC
    B. A reciprocal permit from the FCC for alien amateur licensee
    C. An amateur service license from the United Nations Secretary of Communications
    D. An amateur service license from the Government of Canada, if it is held by a Canadian citizen

  19. N1B08 What is the FCC's full name for an amateur station license?
    A. Restricted operating permit
    B. General radiotelephone operator license
    C. Amateur operator/primary station license
    D. Amateur telegraphers radio station permit

  20. N1B09 What document indicates your amateur station call sign?
    A. Your operator/primary station license
    B. The FCC's rules and regulations (Part 97)
    C. None; you may choose any call sign you want
    D. FCC Form 610, Application for Amateur License

  21. N1B10 What are the six US amateur operator license classes?
    A. Beginner, Novice, Communicator, General, Advanced, Expert
    B. Novice, Technician, Technician Plus, General, Advanced, Expert
    C. Communicator, Novice, Digital, Technician, General, Amateur Extra
    D. Novice, Technician, Technician Plus, General, Advanced, Amateur Extra

  22. N1B11 What does the FCC consider to be the first two classes of US amateur operator licenses (one or the other of which most new amateurs initially hold)?
    A. Novice and Technician
    B. CB and Communicator
    C. Novice and General
    D. CB and Novice

  23. N1B12 Which of the following would NOT be a new privilege if you upgraded your license class beyond the Novice level?
    A. More operating frequencies
    B. Higher transmitting power
    C. Authority to prepare amateur license exams
    D. Authority to send third-party messages

  24. N1B13 Which US amateur license has no Morse code requirements?
    A. Amateur Extra
    B. Advanced
    C. General
    D. Technician

  25. N1C01 What are the frequency limits of the 80-meter Novice band?
    A. 3500 - 4000 kHz
    B. 3675 - 3725 kHz
    C. 7100 - 7150 kHz
    D. 7000 - 7300 kHz

  26. N1C02 What are the frequency limits of the 40-meter Novice band in ITU Region 2?
    A. 3500 - 4000 kHz
    B. 3700 - 3750 kHz
    C. 7100 - 7150 kHz
    D. 7000 - 7300 kHz

  27. N1C03 What are the frequency limits of the 15-meter Novice band?
    A. 21.100 - 21.200 MHz
    B. 21.000 - 21.450 MHz
    C. 28.000 - 29.700 MHz
    D. 28.100 - 28.200 MHz

  28. N1C04 What are the frequency limits of the 10-meter Novice band?
    A. 28.000 - 28.500 MHz
    B. 28.100 - 29.500 MHz
    C. 28.100 - 28.500 MHz
    D. 29.100 - 29.500 MHz

  29. N1C05 What are the frequency limits of the 1.25-meter Novice band in ITU Region 2?
    A. 225.0 - 230.5 MHz
    B. 222.0 - 225.0 MHz
    C. 224.1 - 225.1 MHz
    D. 220.0 - 226.0 MHz

  30. N1C06 What are the frequency limits of the 23-centimeter Novice band?
    A. 1260 - 1270 MHz
    B. 1240 - 1300 MHz
    C. 1270 - 1295 MHz
    D. 1240 - 1246 MHz

  31. N1C07 If you are operating on 3710 kHz, in what amateur band are you operating?
    A. 80 meters
    B. 40 meters
    C. 15 meters
    D. 10 meters

  32. N1C08 If you are operating on 7135 kHz, in what amateur band are you operating?
    A. 80 meters
    B. 40 meters
    C. 15 meters
    D. 10 meters

  33. N1C09 If you are operating on 21.165 MHz, in what amateur band are you operating?
    A. 80 meters
    B. 40 meters
    C. 15 meters
    D. 10 meters

  34. N1C10 If you are operating on 28.400 MHz, in what amateur band are you operating?
    A. 80 meters
    B. 40 meters
    C. 15 meters
    D. 10 meters

  35. N1C11 If you are operating on 223.50 MHz, in what amateur band are you operating?
    A. 15 meters
    B. 10 meters
    C. 2 meters
    D. 1.25 meters

  36. N1D01 Who can become an amateur licensee in the US?
    A. Anyone except a representative of a foreign government
    B. Only a citizen of the United States
    C. Anyone except an employee of the US government
    D. Anyone

  37. N1D02 What age must you be to hold an amateur license?
    A. 14 years or older
    B. 18 years or older
    C. 70 years or younger
    D. There are no age limits

  38. N1D03 What minimum examinations must you pass for a Novice amateur license?
    A. A written exam, Element 1(A); and a 5-WPM code exam, Element 2(A)
    B. A 5-WPM code exam, Element 1(A); and a written exam, Element 3(A)
    C. A 5-WPM code exam, Element 1(A); and a written exam, Element 2
    D. A written exam, Element 2; and a 5 WPM code exam, Element 4

  39. N1D04 Why must an amateur operator have a current US postal mailing address?
    A. So the FCC has a record of the location of each amateur station
    B. To follow the FCC rules and so the licensee can receive mail from the FCC
    C. Because all US amateurs must be US residents
    D. So the FCC can publish a call-sign directory

  40. N1D05 What can you do to replace your license document if it is lost, mutilated or destroyed?
    A. Nothing; the FCC does not replace license documents
    B. Send a change of address request to the FCC using a current FCC Form 610
    C. Retake all examination elements for your license
    D. Ask the FCC for a replacement, explaining what happened to the original

  41. N1D06 What must you do to notify the FCC if your mailing address changes?
    A. Fill out an FCC Form 610 using your new address, attach a copy of your license, and mail it to your local FCC Field Office
    B. Fill out an FCC Form 610 using your new address, attach a copy of your license, and mail it to the FCC office in Gettysburg, PA
    C. Call your local FCC Field Office and give them your new address over the phone
    D. Call the FCC office in Gettysburg, PA, and give them your new address over the phone

  42. N1D07 Which of the following call signs is a valid US amateur call?
    A. UZ4FWD
    B. KBL7766
    C. KA1TMJ
    D. VE3BKJ

  43. N1D08 What letters must be used for the first letter in US amateur call signs?
    A. K, N, U and W
    B. A, K, N and W
    C. A, B, C and D
    D. A, N, V and W

  44. N1D09 What numbers are normally used in US amateur call signs?
    A. Any two-digit number, 10 through 99
    B. Any two-digit number, 22 through 45
    C. A single digit, 1 though 9
    D. A single digit, 0 through 9

  45. N1D10 For how many years is a new amateur license normally issued?
    A. 2
    B. 5
    C. 10
    D. 15

  46. N1D11 How soon before the expiration date of your license should you send the FCC a completed Form 610 for a renewal?
    A. No more than 90 days
    B. No more than 30 days
    C. Within 6 to 9 months
    D. Within 6 months to a year

  47. N1D12 How soon after you pass the elements required for your first Amateur Radio license may you transmit?
    A. Immediately
    B. 30 days after the test date
    C. As soon as the FCC grants you a license
    D. As soon as you receive your license from the FCC

  48. N1E01 What emission types are Novice control operators allowed to use in the 80-meter band?
    A. CW only
    B. Data only
    C. RTTY only
    D. Phone only

  49. N1E02 What emission types are Novice control operators allowed to use in the 40-meter band?
    A. CW only
    B. Data only
    C. RTTY only
    D. Phone only

  50. N1E03 What emission types are Novice control operators allowed to use in the 15-meter band?
    A. CW only
    B. Data only
    C. RTTY only
    D. Phone only

  51. N1E04 What emission types are Novice control operators allowed to use from 3675 to 3725 kHz?
    A. Phone only
    B. Image only
    C. Data only
    D. CW only

  52. N1E05 What emission types are Novice control operators allowed to use from 7100 to 7150 kHz in ITU Region 2?
    A. CW and data
    B. Phone
    C. Data only
    D. CW only

  53. N1E06 What emission types are Novice control operators allowed to use on frequencies from 21.1 to 21.2 MHz?
    A. CW and data
    B. CW and phone
    C. Data only
    D. CW only

  54. N1E07 What emission types are Novice control operators allowed to use on frequencies from 28.1 to 28.3 MHz?
    A. All authorized amateur emission privileges
    B. Data or phone
    C. CW, RTTY and data
    D. CW and phone

  55. N1E08 What emission types are Novice control operators allowed to use on frequencies from 28.3 to 28.5 MHz?
    A. All authorized amateur emission privileges
    B. CW and data
    C. CW and single-sideband phone
    D. Data and phone

  56. N1E09 What emission types are Novice control operators allowed to use on the amateur 1.25-meter band in ITU Region 2?
    A. Only CW and phone
    B. Only CW and data
    C. Only data and phone
    D. All amateur emission privileges authorized for use on the band

  57. N1E10 What emission types are Novice control operators allowed to use on the amateur 23-centimeter band?
    A. Only data and phone
    B. Only CW and data
    C. Only CW and phone
    D. All amateur emission privileges authorized for use on the band

  58. N1E11 On what HF frequencies may Novice control operators use single- sideband (SSB) phone?
    A. 3700 - 3750 kHz
    B. 7100 - 7150 kHz
    C. 21100 - 21200 kHz
    D. 28300 - 28500 kHz

  59. N1E12 On which of the following frequencies may Novice control operators in ITU Region 2 use FM phone?
    A. 28.3 - 28.5 MHz
    B. 144.0 - 148.0 MHz
    C. 222 - 225 MHz
    D. 1240 - 1270 MHz

  60. N1E13 On what frequencies in the 10-meter