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General Class Question Pool

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G7A01
What safety feature does a power-supply bleeder resistor provide?

It acts as a fuse for excess voltage
It discharges the filter capacitors
It removes shock hazards from the induction coils
It eliminates ground-loop current
G7A02
What components are used in a power-supply filter network?

Diodes
Transformers and transistors
Quartz crystals
Capacitors and inductors
G7A03
What should be the minimum peak-inverse-voltage rating of the rectifier in a full- wave power supply?

One-quarter the normal output voltage of the power supply
Half the normal output voltage of the power supply
Double the normal peak output voltage of the power supply
Equal to the normal output voltage of the power supply
G7A04
What should be the approximate minimum peak-inverse-voltage rating of the rectifier in a half-wave power supply?

One-half the normal peak output voltage of the power supply
Half the normal output voltage of the power supply
Equal to the normal output voltage of the power supply
Two times the normal peak output voltage of the power supply
G7A05
What should be the impedance of a low-pass filter as compared to the impedance of the transmission line into which it is inserted?

Substantially higher
About the same
Substantially lower
Twice the transmission line impedance
G7A06
Which of the following might be used to process signals from the balanced modulator and send them to the mixer in a single-sideband phone transmitter?

Carrier oscillator
Filter
IF amplifier
RF amplifier
G7A07
Which circuit is used to combine signals from the carrier oscillator and speech amplifier and send the result to the filter in a typical single-sideband phone transmitter?

Mixer
Detector
IF amplifier
Balanced modulator
G7A08
What circuit is used to process signals from the RF amplifier and local oscillator and send the result to the IF filter in a superheterodyne receiver?

Balanced modulator
IF amplifier
Mixer
Detector
G7A09
What circuit is used to process signals from the IF amplifier and BFO and send the result to the AF amplifier in a single-sideband phone superheterodyne receiver?

RF oscillator
IF filter
Balanced modulator
Product detector
G7A10
What is an advantage of a crystal controlled transmitter?

Stable output frequency
Excellent modulation clarity
Ease of switching between bands
Ease of changing frequency
G7A11
What is the simplest combination of stages that can be combined to implement a superheterodyne receiver?

RF amplifier, detector, audio amplifier
RF amplifier, mixer, if amplifier
HF oscillator, mixer, detector
HF oscillator, product detector, audio amplifier
G7A12
What type of receiver is suitable for CW and SSB reception but does not require a mixer stage or an IF amplifier?

A super-regenerative receiver
A TRF receiver
A super-heterodyne receiver
A direct conversion receiver
G7A13
What type of circuit is used in many FM receivers to convert signals coming from the IF amplifier to audio?

Product detector
Phase inverter
Mixer
Discriminator
G7A14
Which of the following is a desirable characteristic for capacitors used to filter the DC output of a switching power supply?

Low equivalent series resistance
High equivalent series resistance
Low Temperature coefficient
High Temperature coefficient
G7A15
Which of the following is an advantage of a switched-mode power supply as compared to a linear power supply?

Faster switching time makes higher output voltage possible
Fewer circuit components are required
High frequency operation allows the use of smaller components
All of these choices are correct
G7A16
What portion of the AC cycle is converted to DC by a half-wave rectifier?

90 degrees
180 degrees
270 degrees
360 degrees
G7A17
What portion of the AC cycle is converted to DC by a full-wave rectifier?

90 degrees
180 degrees
270 degrees
360 degrees
G7A18
What is the output waveform of an unfiltered full-wave rectifier connected to a resistive load?

A series of DC pulses at twice the frequency of the AC input
A series of DC pulses at the same frequency as the AC input
A sine wave at half the frequency of the AC input
A steady DC voltage
G7A19
Which symbol in figure G7-1 represents a fixed resistor?

Symbol 2
Symbol 6
Symbol 3
Symbol 12
G7A20
Which symbol in figure G7-1 represents a single cell battery?

Symbol 5
Symbol 12
Symbol 8
Symbol 13
G7A21
Which symbol in figure G7-1 represents a NPN transistor?

Symbol 2
Symbol 4
Symbol 10
Symbol 12
G7A22
Which symbol in figure G7-1 represents a variable capacitor?

Symbol 2
Symbol 11
Symbol 5
Symbol 12
G7A23
Which symbol in figure G7-1 represents a transformer?

Symbol 6
Symbol 4
Symbol 10
Symbol 2
G7A24
Which symbol in figure G7-1 represents a single pole switch?

Symbol 2
Symbol 3
Symbol 11
Symbol 12
G7B01
Which of the following describes a "flip-flop" circuit?

A transmit-receive circuit
A digital circuit with two stable states
An RF limiter
A voice-operated switch
G7B02
Why do digital circuits use the binary number system?

Binary "ones" and "zeros" are easy to represent with an "on" or "off" state
The binary number system is most accurate
Binary numbers are more compatible with analog circuitry
All of these answers are correct
G7B03
What is the output of a two-input NAND gate, given both inputs are "one"?

Two
One
Zero
Minus One
G7B04
What is the output of a NOR gate given that both inputs are "zero"?

Zero
One
Minus one
The opposite from the previous state
G7B05
How many states are there in a 3-bit binary counter?

3
6
8
16
G7B06
What is a shift register?

A clocked array of circuits that passes data in steps along the array
An array of operational amplifiers used for tri-state arithmetic operations
A digital mixer
An analog mixer
G7B07
What are the basic components of virtually all oscillators?

An amplifier and a divider
A frequency multiplier and a mixer
A circulator and a filter operating in a feed-forward loop
A filter and an amplifier operating in a feedback loop
G7B08
What determines the frequency of an RC oscillator?

The ratio of the capacitors in the feedback loop
The value of the inductor in the tank circuit
The phase shift of the RC feedback circuit
The gain of the amplifier
G7B09
What determines the frequency of an LC oscillator?

The number of stages in the counter
The number of stages in the divider
The inductance and capacitance in the tank circuit
The time delay of the lag circuit
G7B10
Which of the following is a characteristic of a Class A amplifier?

Low standby power
High Efficiency
No need for bias
Low distortion
G7B11
For which of the following modes is a Class C power stage appropriate for amplifying a modulated signal?

SSB
CW
AM
All of these answers are correct
G7B12
Which of the following is an advantage of a Class C amplifier?

High efficiency
Linear operation
No need for tuned circuits
All of these answers are correct
G7B13
How is the efficiency of an RF power amplifier determined?

Divide the DC input power by the DC output power
Divide the RF output power by the DC input power
Multiply the RF input power by the reciprocal of the RF output power
Add the RF input power to the DC output power
G7B14
Which of the following describes a linear amplifier?

Any RF power amplifier used in conjunction with an amateur transceiver
An amplifier whose output preserves the input waveform
A Class C high efficiency amplifier
An amplifier used as a frequency multiplier
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