NTC - Amateur Class C Examination. Below are elements 2, 3, and 4.

14 January 2008 - 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 2

1. A Class A licensee shall be allowed to operate HF fixed and mobile radio station
with an output power not to exceed
ans 2 kw on SSB

2. Maximum power authorized for Class B operating HF (SSB) transmitter

ans 1 kw pep

3. Maximum power output for VHF transceivers authorized for Class C amateurs.
ans 100 w

4. Class C licensee shall be authorized to operate on HF fixed radio station with

power output not to exceed
ans 200 w on SSB

5. Maximum power authorized for Class C using HF fixed radio station on CW

ans 100 w

6. Class C is equivalent to _____________ of amateur radio.

ans Technician Class

7. General Class of amateur radio is also known as

ans Class B

8. How many classes of amateurs are there in the Philippines?

ans 3

9. Morse code speed requirement for Class A amateur radio operator

ans 5 words per minute

10. An amateur who failed to renew his license for more than ___________ shall be
required to take another examination before another license is issued.
ans 5 years

11. Holders of 1st or 2nd class radiotelegraphy certificate shall be required to

pass_________
in order to secure Class B certificate.
ans Element II

12. Holders of ECE license is qualified to hold Class B amateur license provided he
passes
ans Element. 2

13. To facilitate the reception of distress calls, all transmissions on 145 MHz
shall be kept to a minimum and shall not exceed
ans One minute

14. This transmission may be sent over amateur radio stations

ans Technical radio operation

15. The transmission of the following messages are prohibited in the amateur bands
ans Commercial and broadcast messages

16. What is the radiotelephone safety signal

ans SECURITE

17. Radiotelephone distress signal

ans MAYDAY

18. What is the radiotelephone urgency signal?

ans PAN

19. What is the radio teletype distress signal?

ans SOS

20. Maximum term of an amateur radio station license

ans 3 years

21. When must an amateur license be filed for renewal without charges? ___ days
before expiration.
ans 30

22. An amateur club station is licensed under the name of

ans The Trustee

23. How long should a logbook with distress traffic entry be kept?
ans 5 yrs

24. How long are logbooks normally kept?

ans 2 years

25. Amateurs from another country may be allowed to operate in the Philippines
provided Filipinos are allowed to operate in their country. This formal or informal
arrangement is known as
ans Reciprocal Agreement

26. Maximum fine for violation of Provision of Radio Laws and Regulations by an
individual is
ans P2,000 fine or 2 yrs imprisonment

27. Average passing grade in an amateur examination is 70%, provided no rating

below
ans 50

28. In the Morse code exam, a candidate shall be considered passed if he can
receive without error plain text during a period of one minute provided at least
______ of the entire text for 5 minutes is transcribed.
ans 2/3

29. Number and letter combination assigned by NTC to provide positive

identification to radio stations
ans Call sign
30. If the equipment of a radio station is capable of operating with rf power
output in excess
of _________, it should be provided with means of measuring the node voltage and
current of the stage supplying power to the antenna.
ans 500 w

31. Portable operation must not extend beyond _______ without obtaining specific
authority for continual operation.
ans 30 days

32. Subject matters covered by Element II of Amateur Examination

ans Radio Laws and Regulation

33. Minimum age requirement for candidates for amateur examination

ans 12 yrs old

34. The Philippines is divided into how many amateur districts?

ans 9

35. The Philippine government regulatory agency is

ans NTC

36. Simultaneous transmission of sound and picture (amateur TV) on all frequencies
above _______is allowed if authorized by NTC.
ans 40 MHz

37. In radio teletype transmission, the frequency shift shall not exceed
ans 850 Hz

38. The operation of an amateur club station is under the responsibility of the
Trustee of
the station. A Trustee is designated by the club or society from among its
ans Class A

39. NTC issues license for amateur repeater station operation to _________ of a
club
or association.
ans Trustee

40. The VHF emergency and general calling frequency for radio telephony
ans 145 MHz +- 25 kHz

41. For every year that an amateur license had expired and filed for renewal at
NTC,
a surcharge equivalent to _____ shall be charged in addition to the regular annual
license fee.
ans 100%

42. Operation of portable stations must not extend beyond __________ in any other
area
without specific authority for continued operation.
ans One month

43. To qualify for accreditation, amateur radio associations should have at least
ans 25 members

44. The basic �Radio Control Law� is

ans Act 3846
Element 3

1. Unit of capacitance
ans Farad

2. Unit of electric current

ans Ampere

3. Unit of inductance
ans Henry

4. Unit of inductive reactance

ans Ohms

5. Unit of conductance
ans Siemens

6. Unit of impedance
ans Ohms

7. Unit of electric charge

ans Coulomb

8. Unit of electric energy

ans Watt-hour

9. The unit of a cycle of a radio wave

ans Hertz

10. Siemens is a unit of

ans Admittance

11. HF is operating within the band

ans 3-30 MHz

12. Frequencies comprising Very High Frequency

ans 30-300 MHz

13. Frequencies comprising the Extra High Frequency

ans 30-300 GHz

14. Frequencies comprising Ultra High Frequency

ans 300-3000 MHz

15. Frequency band comprising SHF

ans 3-30 GHz

16. Frequencies comprising Medium Frequency

ans

17. Audio waves are operating in the frequency band

ans

18. The frequency band used for shortwave radio broadcast is on

ans HF
19. The frequency band (30-300) GHz is within the ________ band.
ans EHF

20. The frequency band (30-300) MHz is also known as

ans VHF

21. Which band is usable for line-of-sight propagation?

ans UHF

22. Resistance (instrument)

ans Ohmmeter

23. Power (instrument)

ans Wattmeter

24. Voltage (instrument)

ans Voltmeter

25. 1 microhenry is equal to

ans 0.000001 H

26. How many microfarads are there in 1 farad?

ans 1 million

27. The decimal equivalent of picofarad

ans 0.000000000001 F

28. The prefix MEGA means, ten raised to the power

ans 6

29. Prefix PICO means

ans 10(raised to the negative)

30. Prefix TERA when used to express units of measurement is the reciprocal of the
prefix
ans PICO

31. Farad
ans Capacitance

32. The symbol used to represent the effect of a reactance in an electric circuit
ans X

33. To increase the measuring range of an ammeter, connect a resistor __________

with
the meter.
ans In parallel

34. Ohm�s Law stated in formula

ans I = E/R

35. Formula of power when I and R are given

ans P=I(squared)R

36. A voltage of 220V across a resistor causes a current of 5-ampere flow. What is
the power expended in the resistor?
ans 1100 w
37. What is the power dissipated when a lamp draws 2 amperes while connected to a
220V source?
ans 440 w

38. If we increase by two times the resistance of a circuit whose voltage is kept
constant, what will happen to the current?
ans The current will be halved

39. For maximum current, dry cells should be connected

ans In parallel

40. Cells should be connected in series

ans To produce higher voltage

41. To produce higher output voltage, dry cells should be connected

ans Series

42. To be able to get 4.5 volts dc, use ordinary flashlight battery and convert
them as follows
ans 3 batteries (1.5V) in series

43. Two ordinary dry cell batteries are connected in series. The total voltage
resulting
from the combination is
ans 3 V

44. Storage batteries are rated in

ans Ampere-hour

Element 4

1. Spectrum analyzers are used to present test signal in _________ .

ans Frequency

2. What instrument is used to present test signals in frequency domain?

ans Spectrum analyzer

3. Grid-dip meter
ans Used for measuring resonant frequencies of radio frequency circuits

4. Signal generator
ans Designed to produce AF & RF bands

5. To simulate speech signal in SSB communication, this test is used

ans Two-tone test

6. The origin of an interfering signal can be located with the use of direction
finder by
ans Triangulation

7. To generate pulsating DC voltage, what equipment is used?

ans Sweep generator

8. What device is used to connect a balanced line to an unbalanced line?

ans Balun
9. Sweep generator is used to generate _________ .
ans Pulsating DC voltage

10. Dummy antenna is used to

ans To prevent unnecessary radiation that may cause interfence

11. The stage in an SSB operational transmitting system where distortion most
likely occurs
ans Modulator

12. What SWR among those mentioned shows the worst impedance match between
transmission line and antenna?
ans 5:1

13. Ability of a circuit to discriminate against different signals

ans Selectivity

14. What is the instrument that measure high and low states of ICs?
ans Logic probe

15. What is used to effect good impedance match between the transmitter and the
antenna?
ans Antenna coupler

16. Multi-element antenna provides high directivity aside from

ans High gain

17. Instrument used to measure voltage in an electrical circuit

ans Voltmeter

18. Instrument used to monitor relative RF output during transmitter and antenna
adjustments
ans Grid-dip meter

19. Instrument used to measure electric power

ans Wattmeter

20. Instrument used to present test signals in frequency domain

ans Spectrum analyzer

21. Instrument used to measure resistance with value less than one ohm
ans Wheatstone bridge

22. A Wheatstone bridge measures

ans Resistance

23. Frequency band used by an AM broadcast station when the radio dial is 860 kHz
ans Medium Frequency

24. At frequency 144 MHz, operation is within

ans VHF

25. Frequency 430 MHz is within the frequency band called

ans UHF

26. Frequency 7.100 MHz is within the

ans HF

27. The frequency band most useful for SSB communications is

ans HF

28. What is the frequency being used for transmission when wavelength is 2 meters
long?
ans 150 MHz

29. If the operating frequency of your radio transmitter is on 7 MHz, the

wavelength is
approximately
ans 40m

30. If the operating frequency is 150 MHz, the wavelength is

ans 2m

31. Frequency of operations when the wavelength of the radio signal is one meter
long
ans 300 MHz

32. The wavelength of 150 MHz is

ans 2m

33. What is the second harmonic of 1200 Hz?

ans 2400 Hz

34. A device used to connect a balanced line to an unbalanced line

ans Balun

35. Why are antenna coupler used?

ans To effect good match between transmitter and antenna

36. The origin of an interfering signal can be determined by triangulation using

ans Radio direction finder

37. Connect a resistor in series with a meter to ________ the measuring range of a
voltmeter.
ans Increase

38. Wires used in antennas and coils are stranded to prevent

ans Skin effect

39. Tendency of RF current to flow along the surface of wire at high frequencies
ans Skin effect

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