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Knowledge Checklist
Quiz 2
Multiple Choice Quiz (tick the best answer
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1 Jamboree on the Air is …
A [ ] only for scouts and guides in the UK
B [ ] only for guides not scouts
C [ ] held in October every year
D [ ] only held once every two years
2 Which of the items listed below is NOT a type of Amateur licence?
A [ ] Intermediate
B [ ] Beginner
C [ ] Foundation
D [ ] Full
3 VHF stands for …
A [ ] Vertical Horizontal Frontage
B [ ] Very Happy Families
C [ ] Very High Frequency
D [ ] Ultra High Frequency
4 The Ionosphere is …
A [ ] A large iron ball near Swanage.
B [ ] The latest type of ironing board
C [ ] The name given to the bending of radio waves in the sky
D [ ] A conductive ring of gas above the earth
5 The highest frequency refracted back to earth at a particular time is known
as …
A [ ] MUF
B [ ] MFU
C [ ] FMU
D [ ] UFM
6 Receiver antennas are usually carried by hand when …
A [ ] high power transmissions are required
B [ ] they have blown down in a gale
C [ ] they are being used in an orienteering event such as ARDF
(Amateur Radio Direction Finding)
D [ ] CW (Carrier Wave) - Morse Code is being used
7 Radio signals refracted back to earth are called …
A [ ] Line of sight waves
B [ ] Ground waves
C [ ] Standing waves
D [ ] Sky waves
Answers are on the bottom of page 15.
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