Sample question paper of the examination for award of
Amateur station operator's Licence -General grade
compiled by Rajan VU2JXM
Q1: How much power is being applied in a circuit when the applied voltage is 13.8 volts DC and current is 10A
Q2: What is the resistance of a circuit that draws 4A from a 12-volt source?
Q3: Which of the following does not change in a transformer?
Q4: A transformer core is laminated to
Q5: A certain oscillator has a tap on the inductor in the tank circuit.This oscillator is probably
Q6: For a forward bias diode the barrier potential _____ as temperature increases
Q7: Reverse break down isa condition in which a diode
Q8: Signals with a frequency above 30Mhz use _________ propagation
Q9: A 50Ω trasmission line that has impedance load of 300Ω has a VSWR
Q10: The input impedance at the center ofa dipole antenna is approximately
Q11: The characeteristic impedance of free space is ___ ohms
Q12: A zener diode has
Q13: Negative feedback in an amplifier
Q14: A series of RL flter circuit with an output across the inductor will result in what type of filtering
Q15: The DC current through each diode in a bridge rectifier equals
Q16: The oscillator that makes a communication receiver capable of receiving Morse codeis
Q17: A receiver has poor IF selectivity. I will therefore also have poor
Q18: Higher Q of a series circuit
Q19: When a transistor is used as switch its ON/OFF terminals are
Q20: For a satellite communication the frequency should be
Q21: When modulation of AM wave is decreased
Q22: The beakdown mechanism in a lightly doped p-n junction under reversebiased contion is called
Q23: Ohm's law not applicable to
Q24: In a pure capacitor the phase relation between the current and voltage is
Q25: The right most band in a resisitor indicates
Q26: A resonant frequency total impedance of series RLC circuit depends on
Q27: Which class of amplifier to pickup and reproduce weak radio signal is
Q28: Which block of the super hetrodyne receiver is known as first detector
Q29: Which of the following block is not present in tuned radio frequency
Q30: The range of carrier frquencies identified for amplitude modulation transmission falls in ____ band
Q31: For a signal band limited to W Hz thebandwidth of its SSB modulated signal is
Q32: For a class B amplifier theQpoint is
Q33: In FM modulation frequency deviation is mainly depemdt on
Q34: The primary advantage of a crystal oscillator is that
Q35: The intrinsic semiconductor at the absolute zero of temparature
Q36: For sustaining oscilations in an oscillator
Q37: An inductor opposes
Q38: In a full wave rectifier the current in each of the diode flows for
Q39: In the process of modulation in communication system
Q40: The output signal of a detector in a communication receiver is in
Q41: In a radio receiver the selectivity will be governed by
Q42: The emf of a cell depends on
Q43: The mutual inductance (M) between two coils of self inductance L1 & L2 is expressed as
Q44: The SI unit of resistivity is
Q45: The capacitance of a capacitor is not influenced by
Q46: A signal (fm) is amplitude modulated with a carrier (fc) the frequency value of lower side band is
Q47: The highest frequency that is reflected by an inosphere layer is
Q48: Two resistors are in parallel. Resistor A carries twice the current of ResistorB implies
Q49: The SSB transmission
Q50: Selectivity in a super hetrodyne receiver is achived primarily in the
Q51: The polarizationof an electromagnatic waveis defined by the direction of
Q52: What is the name of a current that flows only in one direction?
Q53: What is the standard unit of frequency?
Q54: How much voltage does an automobile battery normally supply?
Q55: Which of the following describes a linear amplifier?
Q56: How is the efficiency of an RF power amplifier determined?
Q57: Which of the following is an advantage of a Class C amplifier?
Q58: For which of the following modes is a Class C power stage appropriate for amplifying a modulated signal?
Q59: Which of the following is a characteristic of a Class A amplifier?
Q60: What is the output waveform of an unfiltered full-wave rectifier connected to a resistive load?
Q61: What portion of the AC cycle is converted to DC by a full-wave rectifier?
Q62: What portion of the AC cycle is converted to DC by a half-wave rectifier?
Q63: What type of circuit is used in many FM receivers to convert signals coming from the IF amplifier to audio?
Q64: What type of receiver is suitable for CW and SSB reception but does not require a mixer stage or an IF amplifier?
Q65: What is an advantage of a crystal controlled transmitter?
Q66: A superhetrodyne receiver is tuned to 555 KHz and its local oscillator at 1010 KHz . The image frequency will be
Q67: 3 to 30 MHz band is known as
Q68: The wavelength of a broadcast station at 1000 KHz is
Q69: The core of power supply transformer is laminated to …
Q70: In a resonant circuit
Q71: When frequency of a carrier is varied according to modulation the result is
Q72: what is the phase relationship between the input and output of a common emitter circuit in degrees?
Q73: The quartz crystal oscillator is known for its
Q74: Which of the following is a characteristic of a liquid crystal display?
Q75: What is meant by the term MMIC?
Q76: What is a microprocessor?
Q77: What safety feature does a power-supply bleeder resistor provide?