Exam Primer

Overview
1. Regulations and Policies
  • Authority and Regulations
  • Licence
  • License Penalties
  • Certificate
  • Operation, Repair
  • Content Restrictions
  • Operating Restrictions
  • Interference
  • Emergencies
  • Non-remuneration, Privacy
  • Call Signs
  • Other Countries
  • Frequency Bands
  • Power Allowed
  • unmodulated carriers, retransmission
  • amplitude modulation, frequency stability, me
  • International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
  • Exams
  • Antenna Structures
  • RF Field Strength
  • Resolving Complaints
  • 2. Operating and Procedures
  • VHF/UHF Repeaters - Voice
  • Phonetic Alphabet
  • Voice Operating Procedures
  • tuning, testing and dummy loads
  • Morse Code (CW) procedures
  • RST signal reporting, S meter
  • Q Signals
  • Emergency Operating Procedures
  • Record Keeping, Antenna Orientation and Maps
  • 3. Station Assembly, Practice and Safety
  • Layout of HF Stations
  • Layout of FM Transmitters
  • Layout of FM Receivers
  • Layout of CW Transmitters
  • Layout of SSB/CW receivers
  • Layout of SSB Transmitters
  • Layout of Digital Systems
  • Layout of Regulated Power Supplies
  • Layout of Yagi-Uda Antennas
  • Receiver Fundamentals
  • Transmitter, carrier, keying, AM
  • Carrier Suppression, SSB
  • Frequency and Phase Modulation
  • Station Accessories
  • Digital Modes
  • Batteries
  • Power Supplies
  • Electrical Safety
  • Antenna and Tower Safety
  • RF Exposure Safety
  • 4. Circuit Components
  • Amplifier Fundamentals
  • Diodes
  • Bipolar Transistors
  • Field-effect Transistors
  • Tiode Vacuum Tubes
  • Resister Color Codes
  • 5. Basic Electronics and Theory
  • Metric Prefixes
  • Basic Concepts
  • Circuits
  • Ohm's law
  • Series and Parallel Resistors
  • Power law, Resister Power Disipation
  • AC and frequency
  • Ratios, Logarithms and Decibels
  • Inductance and Capacitance
  • Reactance and Impedance
  • Magnetica and Transformers
  • Resonance and Tuned Circuits
  • Meters and Measurements
  • 6. Feedlines and Antenna Systems
  • Impedance and Feedlines
  • Balanced and Unbalanced feedlines
  • Feedlines and Connectors
  • Line Losses
  • Standing Wave Ratio
  • Impedance Matching
  • Isotropic Sources, Polarization
  • Wavelength vs Physical Length
  • Antenna Radiation Patterns
  • Vertical Antennas
  • Yagi Antennas
  • Wire Antennas
  • Quad/loop Antennas
  • 7. Radio Wave Propagation
  • Propogation Types
  • Ionospheric Regions
  • Hops and Skips
  • Ionosphere Issues
  • Solar Activity
  • MF and HF and Skywaves
  • VHF and UHF, Sporadic-E, Aurira, Ducting
  • Scatter - HF, VHF, UHF
  • 8. Interference and Suppression
  • Front-end overload
  • Audio Rectification, Bypass Capacitors, Ferri
  • Intermodulation, Spurious, Key-clicks
  • Harmonics, Splatter, Transmitter Adjustments
  • Filters
  • 1.13 Frequency Bands

    Practice


    B-001-15-01
    If you let another amateur with additional qualifications than yours control your station, what operating privileges are allowed?
    Only the privileges allowed by your qualifications
    Any privileges allowed by the additional qualifications
    All the emission privileges of the additional qualifications, but only the frequency privileges of your qualifications
    All the frequency privileges of the additional qualifications, but only the emission privileges of your qualifications

    B-001-15-02
    If you are the control operator at the station of another amateur who has additional qualifications to yours, what operating privileges are you allowed?
    Any privileges allowed by the additional qualifications
    All the emission privileges of the additional qualifications, but only the frequency privileges of your qualifications
    All the frequency privileges of the additional qualifications, but only the emission privileges of your qualifications
    Only the privileges allowed by your qualifications

    B-001-15-03
    In addition to passing the Basic written examination, what must you do before you are allowed to use amateur frequencies below 30 MHz?
    You must notify Industry Canada that you intend to operate on the HF bands
    You must pass a Morse code test
    You must attend a class to learn about HF communications
    You must pass a Morse code or Advanced test or attain a mark of 80% on the Basic exam

    B-001-15-04
    The licensee of an amateur station may operate radio controlled models:
    if the control transmitter does not exceed 15 kHz of occupied bandwidth
    on all frequencies above 30 MHz
    if the frequency used is below 30 MHz
    if only pulse modulation is used

    B-001-15-05
    In Canada, the 75/80 metre amateur band corresponds in frequency to:
    3.0 to 3.5 MHz
    4.0 to 4.5 MHz
    4.5 to 5.0 MHz
    3.5 to 4.0 MHz

    B-001-15-06
    In Canada, the 160 metre amateur band corresponds in frequency to:
    1.8 to 2.0 MHz
    1.5 to 2.0 MHz
    2.0 to 2.25 MHz
    2.25 to 2.5 MHz

    B-001-15-07
    In Canada, the 40 metre amateur band corresponds in frequency to:
    6.5 to 6.8 MHz
    6.0 to 6.3 MHz
    7.7 to 8.0 MHz
    7.0 to 7.3 MHz

    B-001-15-08
    In Canada, the 20 meter amateur band corresponds in frequency to:
    14.000 to 14.350 MHz
    13.500 to 14.000 MHz
    15.000 to 15.750 MHz
    16.350 to 16.830 MHz

    B-001-15-09
    In Canada, the 15 metre amateur band corresponds in frequency to:
    18.068 to 18.168 MHz
    14.000 to 14.350 MHz
    28.000 to 29.700 MHz
    21.000 to 21.450 MHz

    B-001-15-10
    In Canada, the 10 metre amateur band corresponds in frequency to:
    28.000 to 29.700 MHz
    24.890 to 24.990 MHz
    21.000 to 21.450 MHz
    50.000 to 54.000 MHz

    B-001-15-11
    In Canada, radio amateurs may use which of the following for radio control of models:
    50 to 54 MHz only
    all amateur frequency bands
    all amateur frequency bands above 30 MHz
    50 to 54, 144 to 148, and 220 to 225 MHz only

    B-001-16-01
    What is the maximum authorized bandwidth within the frequency range of 50 to 148 MHz?
    20 kHz
    The total bandwidth shall not exceed that of a single-sideband phone emission
    The total bandwidth shall not exceed 10 times that of a CW emission
    30 kHz

    B-001-16-02
    The maximum bandwidth of an amateur station's transmission allowed in the band 28 to 29.7 MHz is:
    6 kHz
    20 kHz
    30 kHz
    15 kHz

    B-001-16-03
    Except for one band, the maximum bandwidth of an amateur station's transmission allowed below 28 MHz is:
    6 kHz
    15 kHz
    20 kHz
    30 kHz

    B-001-16-04
    The maximum bandwidth of an amateur station's transmission allowed in the band 144 to 148 MHz is:
    6 kHz
    20 kHz
    30 kHz
    15 kHz

    B-001-16-05
    The maximum bandwidth of an amateur station's transmission allowed in the band 50 to 54 MHz is:
    20 kHz
    30 kHz
    6 kHz
    15 kHz

    B-001-16-06
    Only one band of amateur frequencies has a maximum allowed bandwidth of less than 6 kHz. That band is:
    18.068 to 18.168 MHz
    10.1 to 10.15 MHz
    24.89 to 24.99 MHz
    1.8 to 2.0 MHz

    B-001-16-07
    Single sideband is not permitted in the band:
    18.068 to 18.168 MHz
    10.1 to 10.15 MHz
    24.89 to 24.99 MHz
    7.0 to 7.3 MHz

    B-001-16-08
    The bandwidth of an amateur station shall be determined by measuring the frequency band occupied by that signal at a level of _______ dB below the maximum amplitude of that signal:
    3
    6
    36
    26

    B-001-16-09
    Which of the following answers is not correct? Based on the bandwidth required, the following modes may be transmitted on these frequencies:
    AMTOR on 14.08 MHz
    packet on 10.145 MHz
    fast-scan television (ATV) on 145 MHz
    fast-scan television (ATV) on 440 MHz

    B-001-16-10
    Which of the following answers is not correct? Based on the bandwidth required, the following modes may be transmitted on these frequencies:
    fast-scan television (ATV) on 14.23 MHz
    slow-scan television (SSTV) on 14.23 MHz
    frequency modulation (FM) on 29.6 MHz
    single-sideband (SSB) on 3.76 MHz

    B-001-16-11
    Which of the following answers is not correct? Based on the bandwidth required, the following modes may be transmitted on these frequencies:
    single-sideband (SSB) on 10.12 MHz
    frequency modulation (FM) on 29.6 MHz
    Morse radiotelegraphy (CW) on 10.11 MHz
    packet on 10.148 MHz