[RVRC] New Technician question pool (license exams)

[Marvin Bronstein]

>From the ARRL letter, February 04,2010





       NCVEC Releases Second Technician Question Pool (Feb 2, 2010) -- In January, the Question Pool Committee  of the National Conference of Volunteer Examiner Coordinators the 2010 Technician (Element 2) Question Pool. Upon further review of the pool, members of the QPC found and corrected more than 50 minor typographical errors and clarified the questions and answers, making them easier to understand. These adopted changes are now incorporated in a revised question pool. The errata list is available on the NCVEC Web site. The previously released pool dated January 4, 2010 is invalid for use. The newly revised Technician question pool will become effective for all examinations administered on or after July 1, 2010; it will remain valid until June 30, 2014. The current Technician question pool that became effective July 1, 2006 will expire June 30, 2010. The new Technician pool contains approximately 400 questions, from which 35 are selected for an Element 2 examination; it will contain graphics and diagrams, something new for this element. The the current GENERAL question pool was effective July 1, 2007 and is valid through June 30, 2011. The current Amateur Extra question pool was effective July 1, 2008 and is valid until June 30, 2012.