Released January 31, 2024
The NCVEC Question Pool Committee hereby releases into public domain the 2024-2028 Element 4 Extra Class Question Pool.
Errata Issued January 31, 2024
In the diagrams, one diagram modified:
Diagram E9-3 – the Smith Chart has been rotated 90 degrees to the conventional horizontal orientation with infinity on the right. All pool documents (PDF, JPG, and Word) have been updated.
In the pool itself, 1 question deleted and 5 questions modified:
E1D07 – in the question change “group of” to “of the following” to read:
Which of the following HF amateur bands include allocations for space stations?
E1F03 – replace answer D to read:
D. The amplifier is constructed or modified by an amateur radio operator for use at an amateur station
E4D12 – in the question change “100 W” to “10 W” to read:
What is the link margin in a system with a transmit power level of 10 W (+40 dBm), a system antenna gain of 10 dBi, a cable loss of 3 dB, a path loss of 136 dB, a receiver minimum discernable signal of -103 dBm, and a required signal-to-noise ratio of 6 dB?
E4D13 – in the question change “100 W” to “10 W” to read:
What is the received signal level with a transmit power of 10 W (+40 dBm), a transmit antenna gain of 6 dBi, a receive antenna gain of 3 dBi, and a path loss of 100 dB?
E6A06 – in answer B add “the change in” before base current to read:
B. The change in collector current with respect to the change in base current
Question E9E10 is withdrawn from the pool and marked as deleted; the remaining questions in E9E were not renumbered, leaving 10 questions.
In the pool itself, 2 questions FCC rule citation updated:
The citations do not affect the questions and are only included for reference.
E1E10 – update the rule citation’s letter from “h” to “m” to read:
E1E10 (C) [97.509(m)]
E1E11 – update the rule citation’s letter from “m” to “i” to read:
E1E11 (B) [97.509(i)]
Roland Anders, K3RA - Anchorage VEC Chairman of NCVEC Question Pool Committee
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Public Release of the 2020-2024 Amateur Extra Class Question Pool January 22, 2020
2020-2024 Extra Pool Files for download:
2020-2024 Extra Class Pool With Errata.docx
2020-2024 Amateur Extra Class Pool with 2nd Errata March 5 2020.pdf'
2020-2024 Extra Class Pool 2nd Errata issued March 5, 2020
The following changes have been made to the
2020-2024 Extra Class Question Pool released January 22, 2020
In the syllabus at the top of the pool:
SUBELEMENT E3 – changed “41 Questions” to “40 Questions”
E3B – in subelement heading deleted “grayline;”
In the pool itself:
E3B – in subelement heading deleted “grayline;”
E3B08 – question withdrawn from pool and marked as deleted; the remaining questions in E3B were not renumbered, leaving 11 questions
E9C02 – in question changed both “1/4 wavelength” to “1/4-wavelength”
E9C03 – in question changed “1/2 wavelength” to “1/2-wavelength”
Added ~~ after E1D12, E4B11, E8C10.
~~ End of Errata #2 Issued 3/05/2020
2020-2024 Extra Class Pool Errata Issued February 24, 2020
The following changes have been made to the 2020-2024 Extra Class Question Pool released January 22, 2020
In the syllabus at the top of the pool:
E1C – Changed “bandwith” to “bandwidth”
E9D – Changed “feedpoint” to “feed point”
In the pool itself:
E1C13 – in answer C changed “Utilities Telecom Council” to Utilities Technology Council (UTC)
E1C14 – in question changed Utilities Telecom Commission” to Utilities Technology Council (UTC)
E1D03 – in answer choices C and D, changed “earth” to “Earth”
E2A02 – in question changed “inverted” to “inverting”
E5B04 – in question changed “220 microfarad” and “1 megohm” to “220-microfarad” and “1-megohm”
E7C09 – in answer B added a space between “1” and “kHz”
E8C10 – in question changed “symbol” to “data”
E9D – in subelement heading changed “feedpoint” to “feed point”
E9E09 - removed brackets after answer (C)
~~ End of Errata #1 Issued 2/24/2020 ~~
Roland Anders, K3RA - Anchorage VEC
Chairman of NCVEC Question Pool Committee
Members of the Committee:
Maria Somma, AB1FM - ARRL VEC
Michael Mastroleo - AJ6NJ - GLAARG VEC
Larry Pollock, NB5X - W5YI VEC
Ralph Roberts, W5VE - WCARS VEC
Released March 6 2024
The NCVEC Question Pool Committee hereby releases into public domain the 2023-2027 General, Element 3, Question pool.
The final pool doc with all errata is included at the top of this page.
4th Errata Issued March 6, 2024
One Question Withdrawn From Use:
G1E09 – question deleted
Question G1E09 is withdrawn from the pool and marked as deleted.
The remaining questions in G1E were not renumbered, leaving 11 questions.
3rd Errata Issued December 1, 2023
FCC Rule Change - Two Questions Withdrawn From Use:
G1C08 – question deleted
G1C10 – question deleted
Questions G1C08 and G1C10 are withdrawn from the pool and marked as deleted.
The remaining questions in G1C were not renumbered, leaving 9 questions.
In the syllabus at the top of the pool one change:
Change SUBELEMENT G1 question count from 57 to 55:
SUBELEMENT G1 – COMMISSION’S RULES [5 Exam Questions – 5 Groups] 55 Questions
In the pool itself, 1 question modified:
G2E12 – in the answers, change answer D to read “All these choices are correct”.
D. All these choices are correct
Errata 2
In the pool itself, 3 questions modified, and 1 question deleted:
G1A05 – in the answers, change answer D to read “All these choices are correct”.
D. All these choices are correct
G1E10 – in the question remove the space in 24.930 to read:
Why should an amateur operator normally avoid transmitting on 14.100, 18.110, 21.150, 24.930 and 28.200 MHz?
G9D01 – in answer C add “A” to the beginning of the answer to read:
C. A horizontal dipole placed at approximately 1/2 wavelength above the ground
G6B09 – question deleted
Question G6B09 is withdrawn from the pool and marked as deleted.
The remaining questions in G6B were not renumbered, leaving 11 questions.
Errata 1
Nine (9) Questions were modified.
TWO (2) Questions are withdrawn from use.
G9C06 - question deleted
G9D13 - question deleted .
Users of the pool documents are free to correct minor typographical and punctuation errors, including obvious minor omissions. Such corrections must not cause a change in the meaning of a question or any of the proposed answers to the questions. Also, since rule citation references are not part of the questions themselves and are included only to assist when looking up the applicable section of the rules, errors in the reference identifiers are not considered adequate reason for removal of a question from the pool.
Members of the 2023-2027 Question Pool Committee: Chairman - Roland Anders, K3RA - Anchorage VEC |
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