Element 4 Extra Class Question Pool - This Pool Takes Effect July 1, 2002
·The current Extra Pool will now be valid until June 30, 2008.
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* The questions contained within this pool must be used in all Extra class
examinations beginning July 1, 2002, and is intended to be used up through June
30, 2008.
* The correct answer position A,B,C,D appears in parenthesis following each
question number [eg, in E1A01 (B), position B contains the correct answer text].
Question Pool
ELEMENT 4 - EXTRA CLASS
as released by the Question Pool Committee
of the National Conference of Volunteer Examiner Coordinators
November 30, 2001
SUBELEMENT E1 -- COMMISSION'S RULES [7 Exam Questions -- 7 Groups]
E1A Operating standards: frequency privileges for Extra class amateurs; emission
standards; message forwarding; frequency sharing between ITU Regions; FCC
modification of station license; 30-meter band sharing; stations aboard ships or
aircraft; telemetry; telecommand of an amateur station; authorized telecommand
transmissions
E1B Station restrictions: restrictions on station locations; restricted
operation; teacher as control operator; station antenna structures; definition
and operation of remote control and automatic control; control link
E1C Reciprocal operating: reciprocal operating authority; purpose of reciprocal
agreement rules; alien control operator privileges; identification
(Note: This includes CEPT and IARP)
E1D Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES): definition; purpose; station
registration; station license required; control operator requirements; control
operator privileges; frequencies available; limitations on use of RACES
frequencies; points of communication for RACES operation; permissible
communications
E1E Amateur Satellite Service: definition; purpose; station license required for
space station; frequencies available; telecommand operation: definition;
eligibility; telecommand station (definition); space telecommand station;
special provisions; telemetry: definition; special provisions; space station:
definition; eligibility; special provisions; authorized frequencies (space
station); notification requirements; earth operation: definition; eligibility;
authorized frequencies (Earth station)
E1F Volunteer Examiner Coordinators (VECs): definition; VEC qualifications; VEC
agreement; scheduling examinations; coordinating VEs; reimbursement for
expenses; accrediting VEs; question pools; Volunteer Examiners (VEs):
definition; requirements; accreditation; reimbursement for expenses; VE conduct;
preparing an examination; examination elements; definition of code and written
elements; preparation responsibility; examination requirements; examination
credit; examination procedure; examination administration; temporary operating
authority
E1G Certification of external RF power amplifiers and external RF power
amplifier kits; Line A; National Radio Quiet Zone; business communications;
definition and operation of spread spectrum; auxiliary station operation
SUBELEMENT E2 -- OPERATING PROCEDURES [5 Exam Questions - 5 Groups]
E2A Amateur Satellites: orbital mechanics; frequencies available for satellite
operation; satellite hardware; satellite operations
E2B Television: fast scan television (FSTV) standards; slow scan television
(SSTV) standards; facsimile (fax) communications
E2C Contest and DX operating; spread-spectrum transmissions; automatic HF
forwarding; selecting your operating frequency
E2D Operating VHF / UHF digital modes: packet clusters; digital bulletin
boards; Automatic Position Reporting System (APRS)
E2E Operating HF digital modes
SUBELEMENT E3 -- RADIO WAVE PROPAGATION [3 Exam Questions - 3 Groups]
E3A Earth-Moon-Earth (EME or moonbounce) communications; meteor scatter
E3B Transequatorial; long path; gray line
E3C Auroral propagation; selective fading; radio-path horizon; take-off angle
over flat or sloping terrain; earth effects on propagation
SUBELEMENT E4 -- AMATEUR RADIO PRACTICES [5 Exam Questions -- 5 Groups]
E4A Test equipment: spectrum analyzers (interpreting spectrum analyzer displays;
transmitter output spectrum), logic probes (indications of high and low states
in digital circuits; indications of pulse conditions in digital circuits)
E4B Frequency measurement devices (i.e., frequency counter, oscilloscope
Lissajous figures, dip meter); meter performance limitations; oscilloscope
performance limitations; frequency counter performance limitations
E4C Receiver performance characteristics (i.e., phase noise, desensitization,
capture effect, intercept point, noise floor, dynamic range {blocking and IMD},
image rejection, MDS, signal-to-noise-ratio); intermodulation and cross-
modulation interference
E4D Noise suppression: vehicular system noise; electronic motor noise; static;
line noise
E4E Component mounting techniques (i.e., surface, dead bug (raised), circuit
board; direction finding: techniques and equipment; fox hunting
SUBELEMENT E5 -- ELECTRICAL PRINCIPLES [9 Exam Questions -- 9 Groups]
E5A Characteristics of resonant circuits: Series resonance (capacitor and
inductor to resonate at a specific frequency); Parallel resonance (capacitor and
inductor to resonate at a specific frequency); half-power bandwidth
E5B Exponential charge/discharge curves (time constants): definition; time
constants in RL and RC circuits
E5C Impedance diagrams: Basic principles of Smith charts; impedance of RLC
networks at specified frequencies; PC based impedance analysis (including Smith
Charts)
E5D Phase angle between voltage and current; impedances and phase angles of
series and parallel circuits;
E5E Algebraic operations using complex numbers: rectangular coordinates (real
and imaginary parts); polar coordinates (magnitude and angle)
E5F Skin effect; electrostatic and electromagnetic fields
E5G Circuit Q; reactive power; power factor
E5H Effective radiated power; system gains and losses
E5I Photoconductive principles and effects
SUBELEMENT E6 -- CIRCUIT COMPONENTS [5 Exam Questions -- 5 Groups]
E6A Semiconductor material: Germanium, Silicon, P-type, N-type; Transistor
types: NPN, PNP, junction, power; field-effect transistors (FETs): enhancement
mode; depletion mode; MOS; CMOS; N-channel; P-channel
E6B Diodes: Zener, tunnel, varactor, hot-carrier, junction, point contact, PIN
and light emitting; operational amplifiers (inverting amplifiers, noninverting
amplifiers, voltage gain, frequency response, FET amplifier circuits, single-
stage amplifier applications); phase-locked loops
E6C TTL digital integrated circuits; CMOS digital integrated circuits; gates
E6D Vidicon and cathode-ray tube devices; charge-coupled devices (CCDs); liquid
crystal displays (LCDs); toroids: permeability, core material, selecting,
winding
E6E Quartz crystal (frequency determining properties as used in oscillators and
filters); monolithic amplifiers (MMICs)
SUBELEMENT E7 -- PRACTICAL CIRCUITS [7 Exam Questions -- 7 Groups]
E7A Digital logic circuits: Flip flops; Astable and monostable multivibrators;
Gates (AND, NAND, OR, NOR); Positive and negative logic
E7B Amplifier circuits: Class A, Class AB, Class B, Class C, amplifier operating
efficiency (i.e., DC input versus PEP), transmitter final amplifiers; amplifier
circuits: tube, bipolar transistor, FET
E7C Impedance-matching networks: Pi, L, Pi-L; filter circuits: constant K, M-
derived, band-stop, notch, crystal lattice, pi-section, T-section, L-section,
Butterworth, Chebyshev, elliptical; filter applications (audio, IF, digital
signal processing {DSP})
E7D Oscillators: types, applications, stability; voltage-regulator circuits:
discrete, integrated and switched mode
E7E Modulators: reactance, phase, balanced; detectors; mixer stages; frequency
synthesizers
E7F Digital frequency divider circuits; frequency marker generators; frequency
counters
E7G Active audio filters: characteristics; basic circuit design; preselector
applications
SUBELEMENT E8 - SIGNALS AND EMISSIONS [4 Exam Questions -- 4 Groups]
E8A AC waveforms: sine wave, square wave, sawtooth wave; AC measurements: peak,
peak-to-peak and root-mean-square (RMS) value, peak-envelope-power (PEP)
relative to average
E8B FCC emission designators versus emission types; modulation symbols and
transmission characteristics; modulation methods; modulation index; deviation
ratio; pulse modulation: width; position
E8C Digital signals: including CW; digital signal information rate vs
bandwidth; spread-spectrum communications
E8D Peak amplitude (positive and negative); peak-to-peak values: measurements;
Electromagnetic radiation; wave polarization; signal-to-noise (S/N) ratio
SUBELEMENT E9 -- ANTENNAS [5 Exam Questions -- 5 Groups]
E9A Isotropic radiators: definition; used as a standard for comparison;
radiation pattern; basic antenna parameters: radiation resistance and reactance
(including wire dipole, folded dipole), gain, beamwidth, efficiency
E9B Free-space antenna patterns: E and H plane patterns (i.e., azimuth and
elevation in free-space); gain as a function of pattern; antenna design
(computer modeling of antennas)
E9C Phased vertical antennas; radiation patterns; beverage antennas; rhombic
antennas: resonant; terminated; radiation pattern; antenna patterns: elevation
above real ground, ground effects as related to polarization, take-off angles as
a function of height above ground
E9D Space and satellite communications antennas: gain; beamwidth; tracking;
losses in real antennas and matching: resistivity losses, losses in resonating
elements (loading coils, matching networks, etc. {i.e., mobile, trap}); SWR
bandwidth; efficiency
E9E Matching antennas to feed lines; characteristics of open and shorted feed
lines: 1/8 wavelength; 1/4 wavelength; 1/2 wavelength; feed lines: coax versus
open-wire; velocity factor; electrical length; transformation characteristics of
line terminated in impedance not equal to characteristic impedance; use of
antenna analyzers
Now that you've studied all the subelements, you should be taking practice tests and findind a test session to go and take your exam at. Best of luck !!1