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B - NTC Class B Exam Element 5

This document provides sample questions and answers that may appear on an amateur radio Element 5 exam. It contains 49 multiple choice questions covering topics like antenna properties, modulation types, frequency bands, propagation modes, and other concepts in radio theory and operation. Correct answers are provided for self-testing purposes. The questions assess knowledge across a wide range of foundational amateur radio topics as outlined in training materials like the PARA handbook.

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B - NTC Class B Exam Element 5

This document provides sample questions and answers that may appear on an amateur radio Element 5 exam. It contains 49 multiple choice questions covering topics like antenna properties, modulation types, frequency bands, propagation modes, and other concepts in radio theory and operation. Correct answers are provided for self-testing purposes. The questions assess knowledge across a wide range of foundational amateur radio topics as outlined in training materials like the PARA handbook.

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NTC - Class B amateur radio examination.

Below is Element 5, also see Elements 6


and 7

1 December 2006 - 4F3EW

See the PARA handbook "So You Want to be a Ham".

These are sample questions which may come up in the above exam. The correct answer
(Ans.) is given under the question number and there could be errors.

ELEMENT 5

1.If the radiation resistance of the antenna is 5000 ohms, the power radiated is
125
kilowatts, what is the antenna current?
Ans. 5 A

1. Ratio of the maximum deviation to modulating frequency


Ans. modulation index

2. An example of the worst kind of antenna and transmission matching is shown by


SWR reading
Ans. 1:1000

3. Undesired oscillations developed in RF amplifier circuit at some frequency


higher than normal operating frequency
Ans. parasitic

4. UHF frequency falls within the band


Ans. 300-3000 MHz

5. If a 10 kHz tone is transmitted and the modulation index is 7.5, what is value
of maximum deviation?
Ans. 75 kHz

6. To overcome language barrier ______ is used


Ans. Q code

7. The actual length of the radiating element in a Marconi antenna is


Ans. one-quarter

8. A device used for producing FM in transmitter


Ans. reactance modulator

9. Frequency bands used mostly for groundwave propagation such as AM broadcast


stations
Ans. 300-3000 kHz

10. Any unwanted form of energy tending to interfere with the proper and easy
reception and reproduction of wanted signals
Ans. noise

11. The use of ionosphere in wave propagation utilizes mostly this kind of radio
wave
Ans. sky waves
12. Microwave propagation makes use of
Ans. space wave

13. The three basic parts of transistors is base, collector and


Ans. emitter

14. Communication involving distress should not exceed


Ans. 16 wpm

15. In radioteletype transmission, either ASCII or ________ is used


Ans. Baudot

16.The majority carrier in P-type semiconductor materials are


Ans. holes

16. The power formula is


Ans. P=EI or P=I(raise to 2)R

17. What is the ratio of collector current to base current of a transistor?


Ans. Beta

18. Half-power points are also known as


Ans. 3 db points

19. Emission of an unmodulated carrier


Ans. N

20. Emission in which the wave carrier is amplitude modulated, single side band
(SSB) reduced carrier
Ans. R

21. Emission in which wave carrier is amplitude modulated SSB, vestigial sidebands
Ans. C

22. Emission in which the wave carrier is amplitude modulated, full carrier
Ans. A

23. The root-mean-square (RMS) value of a sine wave form is equal to


Ans. 70.7 percent of the peak value of the wave

24. What is the ratio of unmodulated carrier power to instantaneous peak power at
100% modulation?
Ans. 25 percent

25. What is the operating frequency of the transceiver if the radio wave is 6
meters long?
Ans. 50 MHz

26. The frequency band most suitable for propagation using the ionosphere is
Ans. HF

27. Ratio of maximum deviation allowed to the modulating frequency is


Ans. modulation index

28. The most ideal SWR in VHF communications


Ans. unity SWR or 1:1 SWR

29. Second harmonic of 500 kHz


Ans. 1000 kHz
30. Two forms of angle modulation are frequency modulation and ________ modulation
Ans. phase

31. F3 emission means carrier is


Ans. frequency modulated by voice

32. To overcome difficulty in spelling, the _____ is used


Ans. phonetic alphabet

33. Which diodes are normally reversed biased?


Ans. Zener diode

34.The symbol used for current amplification factor of transistors is


Ans. beta

34. A circuit element that opposes change in current


Ans. inductor

35. Radiation occurring on frequencies which are whole multiple of the original
desired frequency is called
Ans. harmonic

36. Undesired oscillations developed in a radio frequency amplifier circuit at some


frequency are called
Ans. parasitic

37. Ideal value of signal to noise ratio


Ans. infinity

38. Frequency range between two half-power points is


Ans. bandwidth

39. How long is the antenna using a frequency which is the 2nd harmonic of the
frequency of one meter antenna?
Ans. 0.50 meter

40. The sum of the carrier frequency and the sideband frequency of an amplitude
modulated carrier signal
And. Upperside bands

41. If you decrease the percentage of modulation from 100% to 50%, by what % have
you decreased the power in the sidebands?
Ans. 25

42. A frequency band most suitable for groundwave propagation


Ans. MF

43. The frequency bands normally used for the line of sight (LOS) propagation
Ans. 30-300 MHz

44. What emission designation is one in which the main carrier is frequency
modulated, while modulated by a single channel containing quantized information
without the use of a modulating subcarrrier?
Ans. Fsubscript(1)

45. Polarization of antenna used in high frequency propagation is normally


Ans. horizontal
46. Balanced modulator is a device used to
Ans. suppress the carrier in SSB transmitter

47. A frequency of a transmitted signal wherein the reflected signals disappear and
are no longer reflected back to earth
Ans. critical frequency

48. Another name for indirect FM


Ans. Phase modulation

49. Radiation occurring on frequencies which a whole or multiple of occupied


divided frequency is called
Ans. Harmonic

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