* The questions contained within this pool must be used in 

all General class examinations beginning July 1, 2004, and 

is intended to be used up through June 30, 2007. 

* This pool has no graphic representations (that is, no 

symbols or diagrams are necessary to answer questions used 

in this question pool).

* The correct answer position A,B,C,D appears in 

parenthesis following each question number [e.g., in G1A01 

(C), position C contains the correct answer text]. 

Question Pool

ELEMENT 3 - GENERAL CLASS

as released by the Question Pool Committee of the 

National Conference of Volunteer Examiner Coordinators

December 1, 2003

SUBELEMENT G1 -- COMMISSION'S RULES [6 Exam Questions -- 6 Groups]

	G1A  General control operator frequency privileges

	G1B  Antenna structure limitations; good engineering and 

		good amateur practice; beacon operation; restricted 

		operation; retransmitting radio signals

	G1C  Transmitter power standards; certification of external 

		RF- power-amplifiers; standards for certification of 

		external RF-power amplifiers; HF data emission standards

	G1D  Examination element preparation; examination 

		administration; temporary station identification

	G1E  Local control; repeater and harmful interference 

		definitions; third party communications

	G1F Certification of external RF-power-amplifiers; 

		standards for certification of external RF-power 

		amplifiers; HF data emission standards

SUBELEMENT G2 -- OPERATING PROCEDURES [6 Exam Questions -- 6 Groups]

	G2A  Phone operating procedures

	G2B  Operating courtesy

	G2C  Emergencies, including drills and emergency communications

	G2D  Amateur auxiliary to the FCC's Compliance and 

		Information Bureau; antenna orientation to minimize 

		interference; HF operations, including logging practices

	G2E  Third-party communications; ITU Regions; VOX operation

	G2F  CW operating procedures, including procedural signals, 

		Q signals and common abbreviations; full break-in; RTTY 

		operating procedures, including procedural signals and 

		common abbreviations and operating procedures for other 

		digital modes, such as HF packet, AMTOR, PacTOR, G-TOR, 

		Clover and PSK31

	G3A  Ionospheric disturbances; sunspots and solar radiation

	G3B  Maximum usable frequency; propagation "hops"

	G3C  Height of ionospheric regions; critical angle and frequency; HF scatter

SUBELEMENT G4 -- AMATEUR RADIO PRACTICES [5 Exam Questions -- 5 Groups]

	G4A  Two-tone test; electronic TR switch; amplifier neutralization

	G4B  Test equipment: oscilloscope; signal tracer; antenna 

		noise bridge; monitoring oscilloscope; field-strength 

		meters

	G4C  Audio rectification in consumer electronics; RF ground

	G4D  Speech processors; PEP calculations; wire sizes and fuses

	G4E  Common connectors used in amateur stations: types; 

		when to use; fastening methods; precautions when using; HF 

		mobile radio installations; emergency power systems; 

		generators; battery storage devices and charging sources 

		including solar; wind generation

SUBELEMENT G5 -- ELECTRICAL PRINCIPLES [2 Exam Questions -- 2 Groups]

	G5A  Impedance, including matching; resistance, including 

		ohm; reactance; inductance; capacitance; and metric 

		divisions of these values

	G5B  Decibel; Ohm's Law; current and voltage dividers; 

		electrical power calculations and series and parallel 

		components; transformers (either voltage or impedance); 

		sine wave root-mean-square (RMS) value

SUBELEMENT G7 -- PRACTICAL CIRCUITS [1 exam question -- 1 group]

	G7A  Power supplies and filters; single-sideband transmitters and receivers

SUBELEMENT G8 -- SIGNALS AND EMISSIONS [2 Exam Questions -- 2 Groups]

	G8A  Signal information; AM; FM; single and double sideband 

		and carrier; bandwidth; modulation envelope; deviation; 

		overmodulation

	G8B  Frequency mixing; multiplication; bandwidths; HF data communications

SUBELEMENT G9 -- ANTENNAS AND FEED-LINES [4 Exam Questions -- 4 Groups]

	G9A  Yagi antennas - physical dimensions; impedance 

		matching; radiation patterns; directivity and major lobes

	G9B  Loop antennas - physical dimensions; impedance 

		matching; radiation patterns; directivity and major lobes

	G9C  Random wire antennas - physical dimensions; impedance 

		matching; radiation patterns; directivity and major lobes; 

		feed point impedance of 1/2-wavelength dipole and 1/4-

		wavelength vertical antennas

	G9D  Popular antenna feed-lines - characteristic impedance 

		and impedance matching; SWR calculations

SUBELEMENT G0 -- RF SAFETY [5 Exam Questions -- 5 Groups]

	G0A  RF Safety Principles

	G0B  RF Safety Rules and Guidelines

	G0C  Routine Station Evaluation and Measurements 

	(FCC Part 97 refers to RF Radiation Evaluation)

	G0D  Practical RF-safety applications

	G0E  RF-safety solutions