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General Practice Exam

35 questions, one from each exam group, in your course's own words. Passing is 26 correct, the same standard as the real exam. Miss one and you get a link straight back to the section that teaches it.

G1A 1. Where Generals lack a full voice segment, their portion is the:

G1B 2. The maximum power for an HF beacon station is:

G1C 3. The power limit on the 30-meter band is:

G1D 4. A CSCE showing a passed exam element remains valid for:

G1E 5. The Americas fall in ITU Region:

G2A 6. By convention, voice on 160, 75, and 40 meters uses:

G2B 7. A courteous separation from an ongoing SSB contact is roughly:

G2C 8. Sending "QRL?" before calling CQ asks:

G2D 9. The long-path bearing to a station is its short-path bearing:

G2E 10. FT8 operation fails unless your computer's clock is:

G3A 11. The solar flux index measures solar radiation at a wavelength of:

G3B 12. One F2-region hop can span approximately:

G3C 13. NVIS operation aims signals:

G4A 14. The ALC circuit exists to:

G4B 15. Transmitter linearity is checked using:

G4C 16. Hum on your transmitted audio often points to:

G4D 17. A report of 20 dB over S9 means your power sounds:

G4E 18. A capacitance hat on a mobile whip serves to:

G5A 19. At resonance, inductive and capacitive reactance:

G5B 20. RMS voltage is the AC value that:

G5C 21. A transformer with 500 primary turns and 1500 secondary turns fed 120 V AC delivers:

G6A 22. The MOSFET's defining construction feature is:

G6B 23. The ferrite mix chosen for a core determines its:

G7A 24. In figure G7-1, which numbered symbol is the Zener diode?

General Figure G7-1: Symbol Quiz (pool numbering) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 + 9 10 11 Identify each numbered symbol. Answer key: gen-fig-g7-1 © 2026 Anthony Pelfanio, K4DIA

G7B 25. The amplifier class with the highest efficiency is:

G7C 26. SSB signals are recovered in a receiver by a:

G8A 27. The narrowest voice emission in common amateur use is:

G8B 28. By Carson's rule, 5 kHz deviation with 3 kHz audio occupies about:

G8C 29. Forward error correction works by:

G9A 30. A 200-ohm antenna on 50-ohm line gives an SWR of:

G9B 31. Moving a dipole's feed point from center toward an end makes the feed impedance:

G9C 32. Gain in dBi equals gain in dBd plus:

G9D 33. NVIS antennas are typically:

G0A 34. A lower transmitter duty cycle permits:

G0B 35. Before a generator powers your house, you must:

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