***** NOVICE CLASS STUDY GUIDE [ COMMISSION'S RULES ] *****
QUESTION NUMBER 1
WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF AN AMATEUR SERVICE ?
QUESTION NUMBER 2
WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF AN AMATEUR OPERATOR ?
QUESTION NUMBER 3
WHAT IS AN AMATEUR STATION ?
QUESTION NUMBER 4
WHAT DOCUMENT CONTAINS THE SPECIFIC RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE AMATEUR SERVICE IN THE UNITED STATES ?
QUESTION NUMBER 5
WHAT IS THAT PORTION OF AN AMATEUR OPERATOR/PRIMARY STATION LICENSE THAT CONVEYS OPERATOR PRIVILEGES ?
QUESTION NUMBER 6
WHAT AUTHORITY IS DERIVED FROM A WRITTEN AUTHORIZATION FOR AN AMATEUR STATION ?
QUESTION NUMBER 7
WHO IS A CONTROL OPERATOR ?
QUESTION NUMBER 8
IF YOU DESIGNATE ANOTHER AMATEUR OPERATOR TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TRANSMISSIONS FROM YOUR STATION, WHAT IS THE OTHER OPERATOR CALLED ?
QUESTION NUMBER 9
WHAT IS THIRD PARTY COMMUNICATION ?
QUESTION NUMBER 10
WHO IS A THIRD PARTY IN AMATEUR COMMUNICATIONS ?
QUESTION NUMBER 11
WHAT FREQUENCIES ARE AVAILABLE IN THE AMATEUR 80 METER WAVELENGHT BAND FOR A CONTROL OPERATOR HOLDING A NOVICE CLASS OPERATOR LICENSE ?
QUESTION NUMBER 12
WHAT FREQUENCIES ARE AVAILABLE IN THE AMATEUR 40 METER WAVELENGHT BAND FOR A CONTROL OPERATOR HOLDING A NOVICE CLASS OPERATOR LICENSE IN ITU REGION 2 ?
QUESTION NUMBER 13
WHAT FREQUENCIES ARE AVAILABLE IN THE AMATEUR 15 METER WAVELENGHT BAND FOR A CONTROL OPERATOR HOLDING A NOVICE CLASS OPERATOR LICENSE ?
QUESTION NUMBER 14
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT ONE OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES FOR WHICH THE AMATEUR SERVICE RULES ARE DEFINED ?
QUESTION NUMBER 15
THE AMATEUR SERVICE RULES WERE DEFINED TO PROVIDE A RADIO COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE THAT MEETS FIVE FUNDAMENTAL PURPOSES. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT ONE OF THOSE PRINCIPLES ?
QUESTION NUMBER 16
THE AMATEUR SERVICE RULES WERE DEFINED TO PROVIDE A RADIO COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE THAT MEETS FIVE FUNDAMENTAL PURPOSES. WHAT ARE THOSE PRINCIPLES ?
QUESTION NUMBER 17
WHICH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING TOPICS IS NOT ADDRESSED IN THE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE AMATEUR SERVICE ?
QUESTION NUMBER 18
LIST THE FIVE UNITED STATES AMATEUR LICENSE CLASSES IN ORDER OF INCREASING PRIVILEGES ?
QUESTION NUMBER 19
IF YOU ARE OPERATING YOUR AMATEUR STATION ON 3725 KHZ, IN WHAT METER WAVELENGHT BAMD ARE YOU OPERATING ?
QUESTION NUMBER 20
If YOU ARE OPERATING YOUR AMATEUR STATION ON 7125 KHZ, IN WHAT METER WAVELENGHT BAND ARE YOU OPERATING ?
QUESTION NUMBER 21
WHAT FREQUENCIES ARE AVAILABLE IN THE AMATEUR 10 METER WAVELENGHT BAND FOR A CONTROL OPERATOR HOLDING A NOVICE CLASS OPERATOR LICENSE ?
QUESTION NUMBER 22
WHAT FREQUENCIES ARE AVAILABLE IN THE AMATEUR 220-MHZ BAND FOR A CONTROL OPERATOR HOLDING A NOVICE CLASS OPERATOR LICENSE IN ITU REGION 2 ?
QUESTION NUMBER 23
WHAT FREQUENCIES ARE AVAILABLE IN THE AMATEUR 1270-MHZ BAND FOR A CONTROL OPERATOR HOLDING A NOVICE CLASS OPERATOR LICENSE ?
QUESTION NUMBER 24
WHICH US AMATEUR OPERATOR LICENSE IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE (ENTRY LEVEL) OR (BEGINNER'S) LICENSE ?
QUESTION NUMBER 25
WHAT IS THE LICENSE CLASS IMMEDIATELY ABOVE NOVICE CLASS ?
QUESTION NUMBER 26
IF YOU ARE OPERATING YOUR AMATEUR STATION ON 21150 KHZ, IN WHAT METER WAVELENGHT BAND ARE YOU OPERATING ?
QUESTION NUMBER 27
IF YOU ARE OPERATING YOUR AMATEUR STATION ON 28150 KHZ, IN WHAT METER WAVELENGHT BAND ARE YOU OPERATING ?
QUESTION NUMBER 28
WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO OBTAIN A US AMATEUR OPERATOR/PRIMARY STATION LICENSE ?
QUESTION NUMBER 29
WHO IS NOT ELIGIBLE TO OBTAIN A US AMATEUR OPERATOR/PRIMARY STATION LICENSE ?
QUESTION NUMBER 30
WHAT FCC EXAMINATION ELEMENTS ARE REQUIRED FOR A NOVICE CLASS LICENSE ?
QUESTION NUMBER 31
WHAT IS AN FCC ELEMENT 1(A) EXAMINATION INTENDED TO PROVE ?
QUESTION NUMBER 32
WHAT IS AN FCC ELEMENT 2 EXAMINATION ?
QUESTION NUMBER 33
WHAT DOES THE TERM EMISSION MEAN ?
QUESTION NUMBER 34
WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO OBTAIN AN FCC-ISSUED WRITTEN AUTHORIZATION FOR AN AMATEUR STATION ?
QUESTION NUMBER 35
WHAT EMISSION TYPES ARE NOVICE OPERATORS PERMITTED TO USE ON FREQUENCIES FROM 28.3 TO 28.5 MHZ ?
QUESTION NUMBER 36
WHAT EMISSION TYPES ARE NOVICE CONTROL OPERATORS PERMITTED TO USE ON FREQUENCIES FROM 28.1 TO 28.3 MHZ ?
QUESTION NUMBER 37
WHAT EMISSION TYPES ARE NOVICE CONTROL OPERATORS PERMITTED TO USE ON THE AMATEUR 220 MHZ BAND IN ITU REGION 2 ?
QUESTION NUMBER 38
WHAT EMISSION TYPES ARE NOVICE CONTROL OPERATORS PERMITTED TO USE ON THE FREQUENCIES FROM 1270 MHZ BAND ?
QUESTION NUMBER 39
ON WHAT FREQUENCIES IN THE 10-METER WAVELENGHT BAND ARE NOVICE CONTROL OPERATORS PERMITTED TO TRANSMIT RTTY ?
QUESTION NUMBER 40
WHY IS AN AMATEUR OPERATOR REQUIRED TO FURNISH THE FCC WITH A CURRENT MAILING ADDRESS SERVED BY THE US POSTAL SERVICE ?
QUESTION NUMBER 41
WHICH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING CALL SIGNS IS A VALID US AMATEUR CALL ?
QUESTION NUMBER 42
WHICH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING CALL SIGNS IS A VALID US AMATEUR CALL ?
QUESTION NUMBER 43
WHICH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING CALL SIGNS IS NOT A VALID US AMATEUR CALL ?
QUESTION NUMBER 44
WHAT LETTERS MAY BE USED FOR THE FIRST LETTER IN A VALID US AMATEUR CALL SIGN ?
QUESTION NUMBER 45
EXCLUDING SPECIAL-EVENT CALL SIGNS THAT MAY BE ISSUED BY THE FCC, WHAT NUMBERS MAY BE USED IN A VALID US CALL SIGN ?
QUESTION NUMBER 46
YOUR NOVICE LICENSE WAS ISSUED ON NOVEMBER 1, 1988. WHEN WILL IT EXPIRE ?
QUESTION NUMBER 47
WHEN MAY AN AMATEUR OPERATOR TRANSMIT UNIDENTIFIED COMMUNICATIONS ?
QUESTION NUMBER 48
WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THE TERM UNIDENTIFIED RADIO COMMUNICATIONS OR SIGNALS ?
QUESTION NUMBER 49
WHAT IS THE TERM USED TO DESCRIBE A TRANSMISSION FROM AN AMATEUR STATION THAT DOES NOT TRANSMIT THE REQUIRED STATION IDENTIFICATION ?
QUESTION NUMBER 50
WHEN MAY AN AMATEUR OPERATOR WILLFULLY OR MALICIOUSLY INTERFERE WITH A RADIO COMMUNICATION OR SIGNAL ?
QUESTION NUMBER 51
WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THE TERM MALICIOUS INTERFERENCE ?
QUESTION NUMBER 52
WHAT IS THE TERM FOR TRANSMISSIONS FROM AN AMATEUR STATION WHICH ARE INTENDED TO DISRUPT OTHER COMMUNICATIONS IN PROGRESS ?
QUESTION NUMBER 53
UNDER WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES, IF ANY, MAY A CONTROL OPERATOR CAUSE FALSE OR DECEPTIVE SIGNALS OR COMMUNICATIONS TO BE TRANSMITTED ?
QUESTION NUMBER 54
IF AN AMATEUR OPERATOR TRANSMITS THE WORD (MAYDAY) WHEN NO ACTUAL EMERGENCY HAS OCCURRED, WHAT IS THIS CALLED ?
QUESTION NUMBER 55
WHAT EMISSION TYPES ARE NOVICE CONTROL OPERATORS PERMITTED TO USE ON THE 80-METER WAVELENGHT BAND ?
QUESTION NUMBER 56
WHEN MAY THE CONTROL OPERATOR BE PAID TO TRANSMIT MESSAGES FROM AN AMATEUR STATION ?
QUESTION NUMBER 57
WHAT ARE THE FIVE PRINCIPLES WHICH EXPRESS THE FUNDAMENTAL PURPOSE FOR WHICH THE RULES FOR THE AMATEUR SERVICE ARE DESIGNED ?
QUESTION NUMBER 58
WHAT EMISSION TYPES ARE NOVICE CONTROL OPERATORS PERMITTED TO USE IN THE 40-METER WAVELENGHT BAND ?
QUESTION NUMBER 59
WHAT EMISSION TYPES ARE NOVICE CONTROL OPERATORS PERMITTED TO USE IN THE 15-METER WAVELENGHT BAND ?
QUESTION NUMBER 60
WHAT EMISSION TYPES ARE NOVICE CONTROL OPERATORS PERMITTED TO USE FROM 3700 TO 3750 KHZ ?
QUESTION NUMBER 61
WHAT EMISSION TYPES ARE NOVICE CONTROL OPERATORS PERMITTED TO USE FROM 7100 TO 7150 KHZ IN ITU REGION 2 ?
QUESTION NUMBER 62
WITH WHICH AMATEUR STATIONS MAY AN FCC-LICENSED AMATEUR STATION COMMUNICATE ?
QUESTION NUMBER 63
WITH WHICH NON-AMATEUR STATIONS MAY AN FCC-LICENSED AMATEUR STATION COMMUNICATE ?
QUESTION NUMBER 64
WHEN MAY AN FCC-LICENSED AMATEUR OPERATOR COMMUNICATE WITH AN AMATEUR OPERATOR IN A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT ?
QUESTION NUMBER 65
WHAT EMISSION TYPES ARE NOVICE CONTROL OPERATORS PERMITTED TO USE ON FREQUENCIES FROM 21.1 TO 21.2 MHZ ?
QUESTION NUMBER 66
ON WHAT FREQUENCIES MAY A NOVICE CONTROL OPERATOR OPERATE SINGLE-SIDEBAND PHONE ?
QUESTION NUMBER 67
HOW OFTEN MUST AN AMATEUR STATION BE IDENTIFIED ?
QUESTION NUMBER 68
AS AN AMATEUR OPERATOR, HOW SHOULD YOU CORRECTLY IDENTIFY YOUR STATION ?
QUESTION NUMBER 69
WHAT STATION IDENTIFICATION, IF ANY, IS REQUIRED AT THE BEGINNING OF COMMUNICATION ?
QUESTION NUMBER 70
WHAT STATION IDENTIFICATION, IF ANY, IS REQUIRED AT THE END OF A COMMUNICATION ?
QUESTION NUMBER 71
WHAT DO THE FCC RULES FOR AMATEUR STATION IDENTIFICATION GENERALLY REQUIRE ?
QUESTION NUMBER 72
ON WHAT FREQUENCIES IN THE 1.25 METER WAVELENGHT BAND IN ITU REGION 2 MAY A NOVICE CONTROL OPERATOR USE FM PHONE EMISSION ?
QUESTION NUMBER 73
WHAT IS THE FEWEST NUMBER OF TIMES YOU MUST TRANSMIT YOUR AMATEUR STATION IDENTIFICATION DURING A 25 MINUTE QSO ?
QUESTION NUMBER 74
WHAT IS THE MAXIMUM TRANSMITTING POWER PERMITTED AN AMATEUR STATION TRANSMITTING ON 21.125 MHZ ?
QUESTION NUMBER 75
WHAT IS THE LONGEST PERIOD OF TIME DURING A QSO THAT AN AMATEUR STATION DOES NOT NEED TO TRANSMIT ITS STATION IDENTIFICATION ?
QUESTION NUMBER 76
WHAT IS THE MAXIMUM TRANSMITTING POWER PERMITTED AN AMATEUR STATION WITH A NOVICE CONTROL OPERATOR TRANSMITTING ON 28.125 MHZ ?
QUESTION NUMBER 77
WHAT AMOUNT OF OUTPUT TRANSMITTING POWER MAY A NOVICE CLASS CONTROL OPERATOR USE WHEN OPERATING BELOW 30 MHZ ?
QUESTION NUMBER 78
WHAT IS THE MAXIMUM TRANSMITTING POWER EVER PERMITTED TO BE USED BY AN AMATEUR STATION TRANSMITTING IN THE 80, 40, 15-METER WAVELENGHT NOVICE BANDS ?
QUESTION NUMBER 79
WHAT IS THE MAXIMUM TRANSMITTING POWER PERMITTED AN AMATEUR STATION TRANSMITTING ON 3725 KHZ ?
QUESTION NUMBER 80
WHAT IS THE MAXIMUM TRANSMITTING POWER PERMITTED AN AMATEUR STATION TRANSMITTING ON 7125 KHZ ?
QUESTION NUMBER 81
WHAT IS THE MAXIMUM TRANSMITTING POWER PERMITTED AN AMATEUR STATION WITH A NOVICE CONTROL OPERATOR TRANSMITTING ON THE AMATEUR 10 METER WAVELENGHT BAND ?
QUESTION NUMBER 82
WHAT IS THE MAXIMUM TRANSMITTING POWER PERMITTED AN AMATEUR STATION WITH A NOVICE CONTROL OPERATOR TRANSMITTING ON THE AMATEUR 220 MHZ BAND ?
QUESTION NUMBER 83
WHAT IS THE MAXIMUM TRANSMITTING POWER PERMITTED AN AMATEUR STATION WITH A NOVICE CONTROL OPERATOR TRANSMITTING ON THE AMATEUR 1270 BANDS ?
QUESTION NUMBER 84
WHAT AMOUNT OF TRANSMITTING POWER MAY AN AMATEUR STATION WITH A NOVICE CONTROL OPERATOR USE ON THE AMATEUR 220 MHZ BAND ?
QUESTION NUMBER 85
AS AN AMATEUR OPERATOR, YOU RECEIVE AN OFFICIAL NOTICE OF VIOLATION FROM THE FCC. HOW PROMPTLY MUST YOU RESPOND ?
QUESTION NUMBER 86
IF YOU WERE TO RECEIVE A VOICE DISTRESS SIGNAL FROM A STATION ON A FREQUENCY OUTSIDE YOUR OPERATOR PRIVILEGES, WHAT RESTRICTIONS WOULD APPLY TO ASSISTING THE STATION IN DISTRESS ?
QUESTION NUMBER 87
IF YOU WERE IN A SITUATION WHERE NORMAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS WERE DISRUPTED DUE TO A DISASTER, WHAT RESTRICTIONS WOULD APPLY TO ESSENTIAL COMMUNICATIONS YOU MIGHT PROVIDE IN CONNECTION WITH THE IMMEDIATE SAFETY OF HUMAN LIFE ?
QUESTION NUMBER 88
WHO IS HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PROPER OPERATION OF AN AMATEUR STATION ?
QUESTION NUMBER 89
WHEN MUST AN AMATEUR STATION HAVE A CONTROL OPERATOR ?
QUESTION NUMBER 90
WHO MAY BE THE CONTROL OPERATOR OF AN AMATEUR STATION ?
QUESTION NUMBER 91
YOU ALLOW ANOTHER AMATEUR OPERATOR TO USE YOUR AMATEUR STATION. WHAT ARE YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES, AS THE STATION LICENSEE ?
QUESTION NUMBER 92
WHAT TERM IS USED TO DESCRIBE NARROW-BAND DIRECT-PRINTING TELEGRAPHY EMISSIONS ?
QUESTION NUMBER 93
WHAT TERM IS USED TO DESCRIBE TELEMETRY, TELECOMMAND AND COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS EMISSIONS ?
QUESTION NUMBER 94
WHEN MUST THE LICENSEE OF AN AMATEUR STATION IN PORTABLE OR MOBILE OPERATION NOTIFY THE FCC ?
QUESTION NUMBER 95
WHEN MAY YOU OPERATE YOUR AMATEUR STATION AT A LOCATION WITHIN THE UNITED STATES, ITS TERRITORIES OR POSSESSIONS OTHER THAN THE ONE LISTED ON YOUR STATION LICENSE ?
QUESTION NUMBER 96
WHAT IS YOUR PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY AS THE STATION LICENSEE ?
QUESTION NUMBER 97
YOU ARE THE LICENSEE OF AN AMATEUR STATION. WHEN ARE YOU NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PROPER OPERATION ?
QUESTION NUMBER 98
ANOTHER AMATEUR GIVES YOU PERMISSION TO USE HER AMATEUR STATION. WHAT ARE YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES, AS THE CONTROL OPERATOR ?
QUESTION NUMBER 99
WHERE MUST AN AMATEUR OPERATOR BE WHEN HE OR SHE IS PERFORMING THE DUTIES OF CONTROL OPERATOR ?
QUESTION NUMBER 100
WHERE MUST YOU KEEP YOUR AMATEUR OPERATOR LICENSE WHEN YOU ARE OPERATING A STATION ?
QUESTION NUMBER 101
WHERE MUST YOU KEEP YOUR WRITTEN AUTHORIZATION FOR AN AMATEUR STATION ?
QUESTION NUMBER 102
WHEN ARE COMMUNICATIONS PERTAINING TO BUSINESS OR COMMERCIAL AFFAIRS OF ANY PARTY PERMITTED IN THE AMATEUR SERVICE ?
QUESTION NUMBER 103
YOU WISH TO OBTAIN AN APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP IN THE AMERICAN RADIO RELAY LEAGUE. WHEN WOULD YOU BE PERMITTED TO SEND AN AMATEUR RADIO MESSAGE REQUESTING THE APPLICATION ?
QUESTION NUMBER 104
ON YOUR WAY HOME FROM WORK YOU DECIDE TO ORDER PIZZA FOR DINNER. WHEN WOULD YOU BE PERMITTED TO USE THE AUTOPATCH ON YOUR RADIO CLUB REPEATER TO ORDER THE PIZZA ?
QUESTION NUMBER 105
WHEN MAY AN AMATEUR STATION BE USED TO TRANSMIT MESSAGES FOR HIRE ?
QUESTION NUMBER 106
WHEN IS AN AMATEUR OPERATOR PERMITTED TO BROADCAST INFORMATION INTENDED FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC ?
QUESTION NUMBER 107
WHEN IS AN AMATEUR OPERATOR PERMITTED TO TRANSMIT A MESSAGE TO A FOREIGN COUNTRY FOR A THIRD PARTY ?
QUESTION NUMBER 108
WHEN IS AN AMATEUR OPERATOR PERMITTED TO TRANSMIT MUSIC ?
QUESTION NUMBER 109
IS THE USE OF CODES OR CIPHERS WHERE THE INTENT IS TO OBSCURE THE MEANING PERMITTED DURING A TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION IN THE AMATEUR SERVICE ?
QUESTION NUMBER 110
WHEN IS AN AMATEUR OPERATOR IN THE AMATEUR SERVICE PERMITTED TO USE ABBREVIATIONS THAT ARE INTENDED TO OBSCURE THE MEANING OF THE MESSAGE ?
QUESTION NUMBER 111
WHAT NAME IS GIVEN TO THE RADIO COMMUNICATION SERVICE THAT IS DESIGNED FOR SELF-TRAINING, INTERCOMMUNICATION, AND TECHNICAL EXPERIMENTATION ?
QUESTION NUMBER 112
WHAT TERM DESCRIBES A PERSON HOLDING A WRITTEN AUTHORIZATION TO BE THE CONTROL OPERATOR OF AN AMATEUR STATION?
QUESTION NUMBER 113
WHAT AUTHORITY IS DERIVED FROM AN OPERATOR/PRIMARY STATION LICENSE ?
QUESTION NUMBER 114
WHAT PART OF YOUR AMATEUR LICENSE GIVES YOU AUTHORITY TO OPERATE AN AMATEUR STATION ?