1.

When using a directional antenna, how

might your station be able to access a
distant repeater if buildings or obstructions
are blocking the direct line of sight path?
Increase the antenna SWR

Power resistor

2.4 kHz

Transformer

150 Hz

Potentiometer

15 kHz

Change from vertical to horizontal

5.
polarization
Try to find a path that reflects signals to

What is the approximate bandwidth of a

single sideband voice signal?
3 kHz

1000 Hz

9.
the

6 kHz

repeater
Try the long path

How fast does a radio wave travel through

free space?
At the speed of light

15 kHz
Its speed is inversely proportional to its
2.

Which term describes the ability of a

receiver to discriminate between multiple
signals?
Tuning rate

1 kHz
wavelength
Its speed increases as the frequency
6.

Selectivity

What electrical component is used to

protect other circuit components from
current overloads?
Shield

increases
At the speed of sound

Noise floor
Capacitor
Sensitivity

10. Which of the following is true regarding

vertical antennas?

Inductor
3.

What is a way to enable quick access to a

favorite frequency on your transceiver?
Enable the CTCSS tones
Use the scan mode to select the desired

Fuse
The magnetic field is perpendicular to the
7.

frequency
Disable the CTCSS tones

What type of component is often used as

an adjustable volume control?
Fixed resistor

Which of the following is a form of

amplitude modulation?
Single sideband
Spread-spectrum

Store the frequency in a memory channel

4.

The phase is reversed

Packet radio
Phase shift keying

8.

What is the approximate maximum

bandwidth required to transmit a
(continuous wave) CW signal?

Earth
The phase is inverted
The electric field is perpendicular to the
Earth
10. What reading on an (standing wave ratio)
SWR meter indicates a perfect impedance
match between the antenna and
the feedline?
1 to 3

10 to 1
1 to 1
2 to 1

11. Why do VHF and UHF radio signals usually

travel somewhat farther than the visual
line of sight distance between two
stations?
Radio waves are blocked by dust particles

13. What is meant by the term knife-edge

propagation?
Signals are sliced into several discrete
beams and arrive via different paths
Signals are partially refracted around solid
objects exhibiting sharp edges
Signals are propagated close to the band
edge exhibiting a sharp cutoff
Signals are reflected back toward the

Product detector
Phase inverter

16. Why should coax connectors exposed to

the weather be sealed against water
intrusion?
All of these choices are correct
To prevent an increase in feedline loss
To prevent interference to telephones

The Earth seems less curved to radio

waves than to light
Radio signals move somewhat faster than
the speed of light
Radio waves are not blocked by dust
particles
12. What instrument other than an SWR meter
could you use to determine if a feedline
and antenna are properly matched?
Iambic pentameter
Voltmeter

originating station at acute angles

14. How would you change a dipole antenna to
make it resonant on a higher frequency?
Add capacity hats to the ends of the
radiating wires
Shorten it
Lengthen it
Insert coils in series with radiating wires

15. Which of the following circuits demodulates

FM signals?
Discriminator

Ohmmeter
Limiter
Directional Wattmeter

To keep the jacket from becoming loose

17. What is the advantage of having multiple

receive bandwidth choices on a multimode
transceiver?
Permits monitoring several modes at once
Increases the number of frequencies that
can be stored in memory
Permits noise or interference reduction by
selecting a bandwidth matching the mode
Increases the amount of offset between
receive and transmit frequencies