[Alexandria Radio Club Reflector] Amateur Radio Extra Class Aptitude Test (April, 2009) by KI3O

[Robert Lepelletier]

 Amateur Extra Class Aptitude Test
 by KI3O - Bob Lepelletier
  (April, 2009)
 

1. A good conductor:
 a). Has lots of free electrons
 b). Is usually is found on Amtrak's Metroliner
 c). Is scheduled for Saturday's evening orchestra
 d). All of the above.

 

2. MARS is
 a). The Military Affiliated Radio System
 b). The fourth planet from the Sun
 c). A candy maker
 d). All of the above.

 

3. A lid 
 a). Is a poor operator
 b). Covers your eyeballs
 c). Is located on the top of a jar.
 d). All of the above.

 

4. A valve is
 a). the British name for a vacuum tube.
 b). a device in a brass wind instrument for varying the length
       of the air column to alter the pitch of a tone.
 c). a structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap
      to insure one-way flow of fluid through it 
 d). All of the above.

 

5.  A bureau is
 a). an entity for processing QSL cards.
 b). a furniture with drawers for keeping clothes.
 c). a governmental department
 d). All of the above.

 

6. A key is
 a). an instrument used to send Morse code
 b). used to unlock a lock
 c). a pitch of voice
 d). All of the above.

 

7. A choke
 a). is a coil used to impede A/C & RF currents
 b). controls the amount of air to the carburetor
 c). is an illegal hold in sports
 d). All of the above.

 

8. To radiate means
 a). to transmit radio waves.
 b). to emit a glow of good health or good feeling
 c). to extend from the center of a hub, e.g. spokes on a wheel
 d). All of the above.

 

9. To receive means
 a). to convert RF into an useable format.
 b). to bid someone welcome
 c). to come into possession of, e.g. receive money
 d). All of the above

 

10.  A transmission
 a). is the act of sending a message
 b). is the gears used in an automobile to transmit power to the drive shaft
 c). is the right in law to confer or bestow.
 d). All of the above


 
For the correct answers see all of the above.


Copyrighted by Robert Lepelletier, Jr.

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